Nuclear Maintenance Technology - Cape Fear Community College

Nuclear Maintenance Technology from Cape Fear Community College is a Campus Associate Nuclear Medicine degree that prepares you for a Healthcare career. The Nuclear Maintenance Technology program prepares individuals to become qualified field service technicians who perform maintenance, repairs, and modifications to licensed nuclear facilities in the United States and around the globe which have light water reactors that are shutdown for refueling. Students enter this program in either the Fall or Spring semesters and participate in five academic semesters plus one Spring co-op semester. Academic semester course work includes theory and application related to nuclear energy, boiling water reactors, quality control, industrial and nuclear safety, instrumentation, electrical generation, automation devices, process measurement, welding, various metallurgical inspection procedures, and specialized equipment applications. The co-op semester emphasizes specialized training and hands-on experience to further prepare students for maintenance and service support positions during nuclear plant outages. The co-op semester may include training in radiological controls at GE-Hitachi facilities in Wilmington, North Carolina, working at a full-scale mockup of a boiling water reactor at GE-Hitachi facilities in San Jose, California, and operating equipment during nuclear plant refueling outages at sites throughout the US and overseas or equivalent. After their co-op semester, students continue their academic work to complete their degree requirements. View more details on Cape Fear Community College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Nuclear Medicine courses.