Palisades, originally shut down in 2022, is slated to reopen this year. Three Mile Island Unit 1, now Crane Clean Energy Center, is targeting a 2027 restart. Google and Kairos Power will be building up to seven SMRs, targeting 2030 for the first unit. Executive orders seek 400 Gigawatts of new U.S. nuclear capacity by […]
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The nuclear workforce conversation usually gets framed as a supply problem. Not enough experienced people. Too many retirements. Too much demand from operating plants, license renewals, new builds, SMRs, advanced reactor developers, utilities, EPCs, and regulators all competing for the same talent. Now, that’s all still true. The nuclear workforce shortage is real, but […]
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Hiring is not an exact science. You can do everything right, solid job description, thorough interviews, checked references, and still end up with someone who looks completely different on the job than they did across the table from you. For most organizations, the only way to find out is to make the hire and wait. […]
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The nuclear workforce shortage is well-documented at this point. Thirty to forty percent of the industry is approaching retirement age, demand is growing across operating plants, license renewals, new builds, and the SMR pipeline, and the traditional answer has been the same: find someone who already has nuclear experience. But that search is getting […]
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If you lead engineering in a regulated energy environment, you already know the staffing pressure is real. Qualified people are hard to find. The DOE has documented significant hiring difficulty across the sector, with retirements outpacing new entrants. When a gap opens up before an outage, during a capital project, or ahead of a license […]
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The energy sector is in the middle of a transformation. Utilities are modernizing grids. Oil and gas operators are balancing traditional production with energy transition investments. Nuclear plants are extending licenses and building new capacity. Data centers are going up everywhere, and they’re energy-hungry by design. Across every corner of the industry, demand is rising. […]
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The American Nuclear Society recently highlighted the top states leading nuclear development right now. New plants. Life extensions. Advanced reactor projects. Fuel and supply chain investment. What the article makes clear is that more states than ever are entering the nuclear conversation. But when interest turns into execution, the pressure doesn’t spread evenly. The […]
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The race to fix our national energy shortage is on. With S&P Global expecting a $1T total capex in the sector over a four-year period, we will almost certainly see a spike in demand for the talent needed to bring these new facilities online. However, it takes time to fill these positions and, as we’ve […]
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Our country is facing an energy crisis, driven in part by heightened consumer demands and AI data center builds. Although there are some concerted efforts to boost energy production (especially nuclear power), there just aren’t enough qualified engineers to take on these projects, forcing many organizations to rethink their approach to nuclear engineering staffing. […]
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Over the past few years, the energy sector has become accustomed to delays: delayed hires, delayed projects, delayed funding. The longer this trend continues, the more companies are asking themselves: is it time to rethink how we approach our talent pipelines? The answer is a hard yes. The factors causing talent delays aren’t […]
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