New Madrid Academy to Train Europe's Nuclear Operators
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Westinghouse has opened a new nuclear training academy in Madrid, built around a full-scale replica of a reactor control room. The facility gives trainees a realistic environment to practice everything from routine procedures to emergency scenarios, and will serve as the central training hub for future plant operators across Europe.
Training typically kicks off around five years before a plant opens, largely because each facility needs enough qualified operators to run continuously, every day of the year. Once individual plants are built, each will have its own replica control room, but Madrid is intended to remain the central European hub for new operator training.
According to World Nuclear News, Westinghouse's long-term investment in training is core to how it operates, noting that staff retention commonly spans 25 years or more — meaning the capabilities built through training are developed and maintained over the long haul.
