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  2. Nuclear Power School - Wikipedia

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    The Nuclear Power School (NPS) is a technical training institution operated by the United States Navy in Goose Creek, South Carolina.It serves as a core component of the Navy’s program to prepare enlisted sailors, officers, and civilians employed at the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory and Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory for the operation and maintenance of nuclear power plants aboard surface ...

  3. Naval Nuclear Power Training Command - Wikipedia

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    NNPTC houses Nuclear Field "A" School and Naval Nuclear Power School. These two schools were formerly independent entities run by separate commanding officers and structures. NNPTC was created in 1993 to streamline the command structures of both schools, with each school ultimately reporting to a single commanding officer of NNPTC.

  4. Nuclear-trained sailors, considered the Navy’s ‘best and ...

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    GOOSE CREEK, S.C. — Nuclear operators are considered the Navy’s “best and brightest,” with only the top-scoring applicants gaining acceptance into the prestigious training program.

  5. Nuclear School Sailors Run into Housing Pay Delays

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    Sailors at the Navy's challenging nuclear power school faced delays getting their housing allowances, the result of a miscommunication and more side effects of the service's efforts to update its ...

  6. United States Navy Nuclear Propulsion - Wikipedia

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    The United States Navy first began research into the applications of nuclear power in 1946 at the Manhattan Project's nuclear power-focused laboratory to develop a nuclear power plant. Eight men were assigned to the project. One of these men was Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, who is known as the "Father of the Nuclear Navy."

  7. Moored training ship - Wikipedia

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    A moored training ship (MTS) is a United States Navy nuclear powered submarine that has been converted to a training ship for the Nuclear Power Training Unit (NPTU) at Naval Support Activity Charleston in South Carolina. The Navy uses decommissioned nuclear submarines and converts them to MTSs to train personnel in the operation and maintenance ...

  8. Naval Support Activity Saratoga Springs - Wikipedia

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    Its mission is to provide support services to naval assets within the New York Capital region as well as those in neighboring Connecticut and Massachusetts. Primarily however, it serves the Naval Nuclear Power Training Command students and staff that are located just 7 miles (11 km) west in nearby Ballston Spa.

  9. United States Naval Training Center Bainbridge - Wikipedia

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    Admiral Frank B. Kelso II (1933–2013), who later became Chief of Naval Operations, commanded the U.S. Naval Nuclear Power School at the U.S. Naval Training Center Bainbridge from 1969 to 1971. Paul Pierce , who later became head football coach at Sul Ross State University and Sam Houston State University