Nuclear

 

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Jim Little, URS Corporation

Overview/Mission

The Carolinas' Nuclear Cluster collaboratively strengthens workforce, services, products, and policies to capture and extend our global leadership in nuclear energy capabilities.

The Carolina’s are a hub of nuclear expertise, supplying more than 11% of the nation’s nuclear power production, and we can build on that tradition. As the need for electricity increases, our solid energy expertise can provide the Carolinas with environmentally-friendly, safe and plentiful power. In fact, talented Carolinians can help develop energy infrastructure around the globe.

New Carolina has created a consortium of industry, higher education and nonprofit organizations working in unison to support our energy and economic development – The Carolinas Nuclear Cluster.

Reference Library

Energized: The Nuclear Renaissance in SCBIZ

Center for Energy Workforce Development
www.cewd.org

Energy Solutions Foundation
http://energysolutionsfoundation.org/

Want to learn more about a career in energy?
www.getintoenergy.com

Ben Cross and Mark Henry discuss the Carolinas Nuclear Cluster Impact Study on SC Business Review

Current Activities
  • Finalized an economic development impact study to better understand and extend our financial impact on our states
  • Conducting supplier sessions to introduce our industry to local small businesses so we can build the Carolinas' economy
  • Assessing engineering workforce needs to help our univeristies prepare professionals who will lead our industry
  • Conducting a leadership program to train upcoming nuclear industry leaders
  • Creating strategic education and training venues
  • Building a technology development that ties together industry and education
  • Meeting with policy-makers to build their understanding about-and ability to help-the nuclear industry

Success Story

Carolinas Nuclear Cluster in USA Today Supplement. Read More Here

Global Carolina Profile: New Carolina Nuclear Cluster (published by Global Carolina Business Journal)

COLUMBIA, SC – What does the nuclear industry in the Carolinas have in common with the upstate city of Spartanburg, SC? Among other things, it employs approximately the same number of people as live in the Hub City: some 37,000. And with projections for expansion of the global nuclear energy market from US$50 billion to $300 billion in the next 15 years, that number could more than double.

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