Nuclear Equipment Operation Technicians

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Code: 19-4051.01

Description : Operate equipment used for the release, control, or utilization of nuclear energy to assist scientists in laboratory or production activities.

JobTitles : Nuclear Equipment Operator (NEO), Nuclear Auxiliary Operator, Equipment Operator, Nuclear Plant Equipment Operator, Non-Licensed Nuclear Equipment Operator (NLO), Non-Licensed Operator (NLO), Operations Technician, Licensed Nuclear Operator, Non-Licensed Nuclear Plant Operator (NLO), Nuclear Operations Specialist

Tasks:
  • Follow policies and procedures for radiation workers to ensure personnel safety.
  • Monitor instruments, gauges, and recording devices in control rooms during operation of equipment, under direction of nuclear experimenters.
  • Modify, devise, and maintain equipment used in operations.
  • Perform testing, maintenance, repair, or upgrading of accelerator systems.
  • Warn maintenance workers of radiation hazards and direct workers to vacate hazardous areas.
  • Submit computations to supervisors for review.
  • Calculate equipment operating factors, such as radiation times, dosages, temperatures, gamma intensities, or pressures, using standard formulas and conversion tables.
  • Set control panel switches, according to standard procedures, to route electric power from sources and direct particle beams through injector units.
  • Adjust controls of equipment to control particle beam movement, pulse rates, energy or intensity, or radiation, according to specifications.
  • Communicate with accelerator maintenance personnel to ensure readiness of support systems, such as vacuum, water cooling, or radio frequency power sources.