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How to Plan a Refueling Outage

Outages are huge projects.

Updated By the Career Education Institute Curriculum Team
Quick answer

Outages are huge projects. In short: plan; schedule; plan, then complete the remaining steps below.

Step by step

  1. Plan fuel moves.

  2. Schedule work.

  3. Plan dose.

  4. Plan staffing.

  5. Run reviews.

  6. Execute safely.

Safety reminders for nuclear engineers

  • Follow radiation protection
  • Follow NRC rules
  • Apply ALARA
  • Use procedures exactly

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