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The Nuclear Electrical Engineer

An educational resource for electrical engineers in the nuclear power industry

Here you can find design tips on technical skills like cable and breaker sizing, short-circuit evaluations and more, PLUS deep-dive analysis of nuclear-specific topics like design basis, Tech Specs, UFSARs, and safety-related SSCs — built from primary source documents.

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Author: John Livingston

Technical Requirements Manual

The NRC made some rule changes in the mid-1990’s that simplified a critical component of a nuclear power plant’s licensing basis. This reduced the…

Licensing Basis

Remove backgrounds from images

Sometimes you need to remove the background from an image, but you don’t necessarily want to purchase, or learn how to use, expensive photo…

Tip of the Week

GE HAA relays in sudden-pressure applications

Fault-pressure relays protect transformers from internal electrical faults that other protective relays, like differential or overcurrent, can’t always detect. If the transformer’s protective relaying…

Short-circuits and faults