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  2. Nuclear Power School - Wikipedia

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    Nuclear Power School (NPS) is a technical school operated by the U.S. Navy in Goose Creek, South Carolina as a central part of a program that trains enlisted sailors, officers, KAPL civilians and Bettis civilians for shipboard nuclear power plant operation and maintenance of surface ships and submarines in the U.S. nuclear navy. [1]

  3. Nuclear School Sailors Run into Housing Pay Delays

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    Sailors at the Navy's challenging nuclear power school faced delays getting their housing allowances, the result of a miscommunication and more side effects of the service's efforts to update its ...

  4. Naval Nuclear Power Training Command - Wikipedia

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    NNPTC houses Nuclear Field "A" School and Naval Nuclear Power School. These two schools were formerly independent entities run by separate commanding officers and structures. NNPTC was created in 1993 to streamline the command structures of both schools, with each school ultimately reporting to a single commanding officer of NNPTC.

  5. United States Navy Nuclear Propulsion - Wikipedia

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    The United States Navy first began research into the applications of nuclear power in 1946 at the Manhattan Project's nuclear power-focused laboratory to develop a nuclear power plant. Eight men were assigned to the project. One of these men was Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, who is known as the "Father of the Nuclear Navy."

  6. Nuclear-trained sailors, considered the Navy’s ‘best and ...

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    GOOSE CREEK, S.C. — Nuclear operators are considered the Navy’s “best and brightest,” with only the top-scoring applicants gaining acceptance into the prestigious training program.

  7. Electronics technician (United States Navy) - Wikipedia

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    Those who are selected to be nuclear electronics technicians then enter the Navy Nuclear Pipeline to train to become an ETN. In the first stage of training in the Navy Nuclear Pipeline, prospective ETNs are trained for six months at the Nuclear Field 'A' School (NFAS) at the Naval Nuclear Power Training Command (NNPTC) in Goose Creek, SC. The ...

  8. Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory - Wikipedia

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    Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory (KAPL) is an American research and development facility based in Niskayuna, New York and dedicated to the support of the U.S. Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program. [1] KAPL was instituted in 1946 under a contract between General Electric and the United States government .

  9. S1C reactor - Wikipedia

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    The reactor was situated on land and known as the S1C Nuclear Power Training Unit (NPTU). Regarding its size and electric drive, the system layout was different than the S5W reactor used in most nuclear-powered submarines at the time. The prototype and ship had four turbine generators (2 for DC power for propulsion and 2 for AC voltage) and ...