Arvid Anderson:  

Immediately following graduation from CHS I attended Iowa State University for three years majoring in Physics and Mechanical Engineering. I then enlisted in the US Navy in November 1961. I stayed 8 years in the US Navy. During my Navy enlistment I made 2 patrols on the USS Remora (SS 487), a diesel driven submarine, and 3 patrols on the USS Plunger (SSN 595), a nuclear fast attack submarine. I was then assigned to the S1W Prototype in Idaho as an instructor and instructed potential reactor operators until my discharge in November of 1969. Following my Navy enlistment, I attended the University of Michigan and obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering (Nuclear Engineering). During my time at the University of Michigan I obtained both Reactor Operator and Senior Reactor Operator Licenses from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. These licenses allowed me to operate the Ford Nuclear Reactor, a Research and Test reactor at the University of Michigan. After receiving the BSE ¿ NE degree I went to Arizona as an instructor for the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, a three unit nuclear generating station. This position required that a course of instruction be developed that included Reactor Theory, Transient and Accident Analysis, Systems and Syste...Expand for more