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RSCS Attains EPRI AP3 Certification Compliancy Renewal

In order to give nuclear utilities confidence in the skill sets of their temporary workforce, and to reduce the cost of redundant site training for routine maintenance tasks that are common to all utilities, EPRI developed a standard series of evaluations that have been vetted by industry groups, such as the Institute of Nuclear Power… Read more »

Radiation Safety Officer Training 2023

RSCS has offered world-class Radiation Safety Officer training since 2016. Our instructors have over a hundred years of combined experience in the field of Radiation Protection, most with advanced degrees and professional Radiation Protection certifications. Our students come from a wide range of fields including medical, manufacturing, research, government, and military, just to name a… Read more »

NS Savannah featured in a recent NPR story

     National Public Radio recently did a story on the Nuclear Ship Savannah. The link to this article is below. RSCS and our Joint Venture partner Energy Solutions were awarded a five-year contract in 2021 to decommission the NS Savannah. The project is unique in that it is a first-ever combination of NRC License… Read more »

RSCS Water Tank Demolition Project

     RSCS has been setting up a demolition project at a southern US Nuclear Station. The subject of the project is to segment a 150,000-gallon contaminated water storage tank to support packaging for disposal. This tank has been situated outside of the site’s restricted area, where segmentation activities will be performed. RSCS will be… Read more »

Ellen Anderson presents at the 2023 Wissink Memorial Lecture

   Ellen Anderson, Director of Radiological Services, was chosen to make the 2023 Wissink Memorial Lecture at the 54th Northern Central Chapter of the Health Physics Society meeting on April 21st, in Madison Wisconsin. This annual lectureship memorializes Robert Wissink’s lifelong service and contributions to health physics and the North Central Chapter.   Ms. Anderson’s… Read more »

RSCS featured in National Geographic – NS Savannah

National Geographic recently published an article on the Nuclear Ship Savannah. The link to this article is below. RSCS and our Joint Venture partner Energy Solutions were awarded a five-year contract in 2021 to decommission the NS Savannah.  The project is unique in that it is a first-ever combination of NRC License Termination, Coast Guard… Read more »

Watch the Video of NS Savannah Decommissioning Project featuring RSCS

 

RSCS Expands On Site Manufacturing Capabilities With Our New Pick & Place Machine

Our new Neoden Pick & Place Machine gives us the capabilities of making the circuit boards for our industry leading SIM-Teq line of radiation simulators 100% in-house, in Seabrook NH. This machine eliminates the need for outsourcing or hand-placing circuit board components. This in-house build capability combined with increased design abilities and supply chain optimization… Read more »

Neutron Characterization at Vogtle Unit 3

(RSCS Team Outside Vogtle Unit 3)     The call came in on the morning of April 1st, “Tim, Vogtle Unit 3 has synced to the grid”.  Tim Rogers, Radiation Safety and Control Services (RSCS) senior Health Physicist, recalls.  “I thought it was an April Fool’s joke” states Tim.  It couldn’t have been the worse… Read more »

RSCS Congratulates Heather Baxter for earning CHP

Heather Baxter began her employment with RSCS in June of 2022 as a Sr. Staff Health Physicist. She has a BS in chemistry and an MS in nuclear chemistry with over 18 years experience in radiochemistry, health physics and radiation protection. Her experience includes work at operating nuclear plants and soil remediation sites with radiological… Read more »