Nuclear Power School
Founded by Admiral Rickover, USN
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Former names
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Naval Nuclear Power School |
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| Motto | Knowledge, Integrity, Excellence |
| Type | Military Technical School |
| Established | 1955 |
| Commanding Officer | Capt. Kevin M. Byrne, USN |
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Administrative staff
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500 |
| Students | 2,500 |
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Goose Creek, South Carolina, USA 32°57′57″N 79°58′04″W / 32.9659°N 79.9678°WCoordinates: 32°57′57″N 79°58′04″W / 32.9659°N 79.9678°W |
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NNPTC on Joint Base Charleston |
| Website | https://www.netc.navy.mil/nnptc/ |
Nuclear Power School is a technical school operated by the U.S. Navy in Goose Creek, South Carolina to train enlisted sailors, officers, KAPL civilians and Bettis civilians for shipboard nuclear power plant operation and maintenance of surface ships and submarines in the U.S. nuclear navy. The United States Navy currently operates 95 total nuclear power plants including 71 submarines (each with one reactor), 10 aircraft carriers (each with two reactors), and 4 training/research prototype plants.
Prospective enlisted enrollees in the Nuclear Power Program must have a qualifying score on the ASVAB exam, may need to pass a general science exam, and must undergo a NACLC investigation for attaining a "Secret" security clearance.
All officer students have had college-level courses in calculus and calculus-based physics. Acceptance to the officer program requires successful completion of interviews at Naval Reactors in Washington, D.C., and a final approval via a direct interview with the Director, Naval Nuclear Propulsion, a unique eight-year, four-star admiral position which was originally held by the program's founder, Admiral Hyman G. Rickover.
Women were allowed into the Naval Nuclear Field from 1978 until 1980, when the Navy began only allowing men again. With the repeal of the Combat Exclusion Law in the 1994 Defense Authorization Act, and the decision to open combatant ships to women, the Navy once again began accepting women into NNPS for duty aboard nuclear-powered surface combatant ships. Female graduates of NNPS may serve at shore commands and on Nimitz Class aircraft carriers. Female officers may also serve aboard SSBN and SSGN submarines. The first female officers bound for submarines began training at NNPTC in late August 2010.
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