Performs maintenance and repairs on mechanical, auxiliary, and standby equipment of nuclear powerplants.
Must be qualified as Nuclear Powerplant Chief (52M40); must know organization, mission, and administrative requirements of nuclear power facilities to which assigned; must know procedures and techniques pertinent to operation and maintenance of nuclear powerplant to which assigned; must know current Army clerical, supply, personnel, training, maintenance, and administrative procedures applicable to nuclear powerplant operations; must know publications and directive governing Army and nuclear powerplant operating and administrative procedures; must know precedence of military directives; must be able to direct, evaluate, and advise all subordinate personnel; must be able to read and utilize TOE, TDA, and supply manuals; must be able to make independent technical decisions pertaining to plant operations.
Must be qualified as Nuclear Powerplant Mechanic/Operator (52H), Nuclear Powerplant Electrician/Operator (52J), Nuclear Powerplant Instrumentman/Operator (52K), or Nuclear Powerplant Process Control Specialist/Operator (52L); must know nuclear powerplant systems, components, and operating shift duties and procedures; must know procedures for maintaining operating efficiency of plant; must know capabilities and limitations of plant equipment and subordinate operating and maintenance personnel; must know relationship of instrument registrations to plant efficiency and safety of personnel and equipment; must know maintenance requirements of plant reactor, mechanical elements, and instrumentation; must know regulations and guidance procedures pertaining to and governing operation of nuclear powerplants; must know military procurement and supply procedures; must be able to supervise plant activities during absence of plant supervisor or superintendent; must be able to plan, coordinate, and supervise activities of subordinate operating and maintenance personnel; must be able to diagnose and locate improperly functioning equipment, determine causes of failure, and take proper action to insure safe operation; must be able to instruct in plant operation and maintenance; must be able to prepare technical and administrative reports pertaining to nuclear powerplant operation and maintenance activities; must be able to make independent technical decisions pertaining to nuclear power facilities maintenance; must be qualified as Nuclear Powerplant Chief (52M40); must know organization, mission, and administrative requirements of nuclear power facilities to which assigned; must know procedures and techniques pertinent to operation and maintenance of nuclear powerplant to which assigned; must know current Army clerical, supply, personnel, training, maintenance, and administrative procedures applicable to nuclear powerplant operations; must know publications and directive governing Army and nuclear powerplant operating and administrative procedures; must know precedence of military directives; must be able to direct, evaluate, and advise all subordinate personnel; must be able to read and utilize TOE, TDA, and supply manuals; must be able to make independent technical decisions pertaining to plant operations.
Must know nomenclature, functions, operation, and maintenance of mechanical components of nuclear powerplants; must know principles and techniques of stainless steel welding; must know machining properties and welding qualities of unusual metals and metal alloys; must know maintenance and repair procedures for such mechanical equipment as turbines, control rod drives, pumps, air compressors, heat exchangers, economizers, and chlorinators; must know methods and techniques of installing pipes; must know procedures for removing, replacing, storing, packing, and shipping fuel elements and demineralizers; must know purposes, operating characteristics, capabilities, and limitations of nuclear powerplant mechanical and electrical systems; must know radiation, high pressure steam, and high voltage electrical hazards as well as procedures for minimization or elimination; must know Department of the Army regulations governing radiation exposure limits; must know lubricants and lubricating procedures appropriate to mechanical components of nuclear powerplants; must know administrative procedures pertinent to nuclear powerplant mechanical maintenance; must know startup, operating, shutdown, and emergency procedures; must know operating principles of nuclear powerplant equipment and systems, reactor kinetics, electrical and steam power theory, procedures for operating regulatory controls, and radiation hazards; must know routine operator maintenance procedures; must be able to read and interpret nuclear, mechanical, and electrical problems involving algebraic formulas; must be able to operate diesel-driven auxiliary generating equipment; must be able to read schematic diagrams and mechanical drawings of equipment, piping systems, and flow charts; must be able to comprehend and use technical literature pertaining to operation and maintenance of mechanical components of nuclear powerplants; must be able to use hand tools, precision measuring devices, and electrically and pneumatically operated power tools; must be able to develop new or modify existing tools to perform unusual maintenance and repair tasks; must be able to read graphic representations of nuclear powerplant equipment; must be able to maintain diesel elements of auxiliary power equipment.