Operates nuclear powerplant controls and equipment.
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 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 radiological safety requirements, practices, and procedures as applied to nuclear powerplants; must know chemistry and radio-chemistry procedures and analyses; must know and recognize long terms effects of various process chemistry conditions on nuclear powerplant components; must know biological effects of nuclear radiation and means of reducing exposure to radiation; must know function, operation, and maintenance of testing equipment; must know procedures for preparation of reagents and standardization of chemicals; must know principles and procedures pertinent to water treatment in nuclear powerplants; must know current radiological safety regulations and specific plant safety procedures; must know decontamination procedures; must know administrative procedures for recording and reporting radiological safety information; must know procedures applicable to process chemistry; must know procedures and special techniques for volumetric, gravimetric, colorimetric, and radio-chemical analysis of water; must know procedures for converting radiation levels into millicuries; 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 determine alpha, beta, gamma, and neutron activities in air, water, and solid samples and interpret results in relation to maximum permissible concentrations prescribed by regulations; must be able to compute radiation levels, exposure time limits, accumulated dosages, and radiation counter efficiencies, and obtain data by solving chemical and algebraic formulas; must be able to follow printed instructions for mixing and standardizing chemical solutions and conducting tests in prescribed manner; must be able to use equipment and read graduated scales; must be able to use slide rule and logarithm tables to solve equations.