Professor Frederic J. Grevin shared a successful class project:

Our visit to the Indian Point Energy Center (nuclear power plant) on Wednesday 24 April was very successful. It began at 10:00 AM and ended shortly after 5:30 PM, so you can see this was truly an extensive time commitment on the part of the students.

After an intensive briefing on nuclear power generation, the history and operation of this particular plant, and a mandatory radiological safety training session, our guide, retired engineer Patrick “Pat” Falciano and another Entergy employee (Barbara), took the group through much of the facility (spent fuel pool building, turbine rooms, control room training room, and even the cooling canal with its fish recovery system). See photos attached, courtesy of Pat Falciano (no photography is allowed during the tour). The levels and thoroughness of security (multiple checkpoints) and safety (each person got two dosimeters and had to go through radiation-detection booths going in and out) impressed everyone. Entergy supplied safety equipment (hard hats, safety glasses and ear protectors) as well as lunch.

Seven students from the Spring 2019 Digital Preservation class participated:

Michael Korte

Jean Pai

Kristen Parrella

Kadian Reid

Alexa Van Gilder

Andrew Weinstein

Jing “Lydia” Wen