We have a great union at our national laboratory for the professionals compared to the trades and technicians. We always get inflationary and merit raises, but benefits have stalled to 2000 levels. Everyone on the executive (except maybe one) of the union has no f**ks to give if they become...
Not how it goes in my jurisdiction. Since you are personally licensed to practice engineering, you can be personally sued for negligence, not just your employer. Your licence to practice is also on the line.
However, it does go back to competency, unless your licence says otherwise (my...
It depends on the jurisdiction. P.Eng. licenses are creatures of statute law. That means each jurisdiction handles it differently according to the law of that land. In Canada and the US, this is at the state/province level, which means 60 different jurisdictions plus however the territories in...
I have this argument with my colleagues all the time. The argument stems because our licensing body states that no one can use the title "engineer" unless they are a professional engineer. This is not legally the case. The requirement to be a licensed professional engineer in Canada involves the...
The problem with this is the "ride through daily peaks and troughs" part. I know of no reactor design that is particularly suited to this. In fact it is far from ideal for reactors to not operate at 100% full power. It can be done, but numerous compromises are made. It is hard enough to run a...
