NEI Nuclear Notes

Scott Peterson The following is a guest post by Scott Peterson, NEI's Senior Vice President of Communications. The red clay landscape of rural Georgia may seem like an unlikely setting for technological innovation in the nuclear energy industry. The expansion of Plant Vogtle is the largest construction project in the state’s history. The project is midway through building two state-of-the-art reactors that will power 500,000 homes and businesses. Nearby, Mark Verbeck , a Navy veteran and second-generation industry leader, is training the men and women who will operate the massive electricity-producing machines. “I’m one of 5,000 workers building the future of nuclear energy,” says Verbeck. “Nuclear plant construction is creating jobs and growing local economies around the world.” As Georgia Power ’s manager for reactor operators training at full-scale, digital simulators, Verbeck oversees the development of a next generation workforce in the nuclear industry. New em...