‘We merely need to have the workforce:’ Framatome relaunches Nuclear Technologies Academy at CVCC

LYNCHBURG, Va. (WSET) — Framatome announced on Thursday that they are relaunching their Nuclear Technologies Academy at Central Virginia Neighborhood College.

Initially beginning in 2004, Framatome has now committed $400,000 to this modernized system that they say will enable meet the desires of a challenged workforce.

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Katherine Williams is Framatome’s existing CFO, but quickly-to-be CEO, mentioned that as the demand for clean power increases, so does the need to have for skilled staff. She mentioned that is exactly where Framatome comes in.

“We have the technologies. We merely need to have the workforce, the sources, folks who are committed and prepared to make the work by means of this system to get educated, and then we will take it from there and give you lots of possibilities,” mentioned Williams.

Craig Ranson, Senior Vice President of Installed Base America at Framatome mentioned that the education and perform encounter that students would be receiving is one of a kind. Students can earn an Associate’s degree in Applied Science when operating for Framatome.

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“They get precious perform encounter when they are also going back and forth in between classes and their perform. They get positive aspects they get getaway and they graduate debt-no cost and the chance to have a complete-time job at Framatome,” mentioned Ranson.

CVCC has 30 students currently enrolled in this system that starts in the Fall of 2023.