I spoke to Joey at Westinghouse today about doing the week of testing and he said that they may end up starting early in June because they have a lot of people in the queue this year. So they’re potentially doing June, July, and August. I asked him if it was going to be hard to place that many people in the fall if they all passed and were jr RP at the same time and he said that they usually have a 50-75 person attrition rate due to the RPs taking permanent positions either with the plants they’re working at or with the Department of Energy, so he wasn’t worried at all. This was something that I’ve been worried about so just thought I’d share in case anyone else was feeling the same as me.

While Joey was the first recruiter I spoke with, I haven't been able to reach him again. I was able to speak with Tricia on her direct line multiple times in the past few weeks and received the offer letter today. Thanks to her I will be working Brunswick and McGuire back to back around the start of Feb as decon, hopefully working my way towards Jr. RP Tech. Yes, keep calling the recruiters, they're crazy busy and it can take a large amount of calls (I called multiple times a day) but thank them for taking your call when they get a chance to do so. @Michael Williams thanks for getting me started on this new chapter in my life, this all started when I read your reddit post a while ago.

After taking the first exam I was given access to begin studying for the second set of courses. I have emailed the training contact at WH and haven’t gotten a response. Anyone in here completed the Jr. RP program through WH recently?? I have a couple questions and would love to know if anyone has the answer - 1. Are we expected to complete the course work for the second set of courses BEFORE the 1 week training? Quizzes and all? 2. Have you received any info from WH with further details about the training? Thanks in advance!

Today, I received my offer for the Brunswick Plant in South Port, NC. This will be my first outage as a Junior Decon. I plan to work this outage to get my foot in the door, take my tests this summer and doing my 2nd & 3rd outage this fall as a Junior RP. I manage to get my brother in as well so we will be doing outages together to cut cost.

I got an 83% so I'm by no means a perfect example but here is how I prepared and my advice. The Westinghouse provided training course was the primary material and therefore the most pertinent information for the test. Pay attention to the quizzes at the end of each module as they are most similar to the actual test questions. This also gives you more specific "learning objectives" which are what you are tested on. For the past 2 days I have used the practice tests (100 and 200) provided here. They help as refreshers but the test itself was much more theory than math. The GPT helped break down concepts and terminology for those struggling with acronym fatigue. It also can provide quick cheat sheets on important relationships between concepts. Which I found helpful to solidify what did what. As a supplement to the tests provided here, I would study more of the following. Common isotopes from fission, corrosion products, and coolant. The sampling methods used to isolate noble gasses and Iodine. The reactivity chart. Safety procedures and contamination control. For those not mechanically inclined, brush up on valve types and components. I wish everyone the best of luck! 80% is all you need!