1. In the firstsummerthe mainprojectsIworkedon wasthe TMI Heaterbundle andthe AirPowered
LiftingTool as well asothersmall projects.Ilearnedhow the nuclearbusinessisrunwithsafetybeing
the numberone priorityasit shouldbe.Ialso learnedfroma fellow colleaguehow tocommunicate
more efficientlyinemail askill thatisveryimportant.Iwasalso able towork witha lotpeople that
summersome thathad beeninthe industry30-40 yearswhichwasa true honorto receive feedbackand
advice fromsuch prestigiouscolleagues.Inmysecondsummerthe mainprojectsIworkedonwas the
ANOReactor studs,nuts,andwashersandthe secondwasdealingwithaprogramin Documentum.This
summerwasa lotdifferentthanthe previoussummerasI wasgivenmore independence bymybosses
and therefore Iwasputin the spotlight.Thisnew freedomgave me experience inaccountability.WhenI
made a mistake I hadto figure outwhat I didwrongand whyitwas wrong.The Reactorstuds,nuts,and
washersprojectwasa trulyunique experience becauseof two reasons.The firstreasonwas that the last
time AREVA didthisprojectwas 23 yearsago so there wasreal challenge intraceabilityandresearch.
The last reasonwasthe experience ininterfacingwithdifferentcompaniesatthe same time aswell as
interfacingwithdifferentgroupsinAREVA.The twocompaniesIinterfacedwithwere PennoyerDodge
and General NuclearCorporation.Myotherprojectwasputtingnew documentsinaprogram called
Documentum.PuttingdocumentsinDocumentumwasveryrewardingasIwas able to deal with
numerousdocumentsandovertime Iwasable to identifycertaindocumentsbasedontheirnumbers.