COLUMBIA, Md., Nov. 27, 2001— General Physics Corporation (GP), a wholly owned subsidiary of GP Strategies Corporation, was recently awarded a contract to develop classroom training for Control Room ...

With baby-boomer retirements on the horizon, manufacturers are looking to OTS systems to quickly bring new process control operators up to speed. Will virtual reality-based training help attract new ...

More than 100 operators will be trained on the systems and integrated plant operations of the Westinghouse AP1000 reactors at Georgia Power’s Plant Vogtle near Waynesboro, Ga. The operators will use ...

Skill levels generally differ between plant operator shifts. Further, these differences often cause divides among the shifts that result in unequal divisions of responsibility. Comprehensive, ...

IDAHO FALLS — Modernizing nuclear power plants to help extend their operating lifetimes is no small task. But the endeavor offers an opportunity to improve control-room design and layout. The ...

Westinghouse has opened a full-sized replica of a control room at a new AP1000 Training Academy in Spain as the company prepares for the construction of 14 or more units across Europe in the coming ...

Right now, 50 engineers and technicians at Fukushima are risking their lives to avoid a meltdown of crippled nuclear reactors at the plant. It's already the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl, and ...