Jim Redwine:  

Life [Left Picture is my 15 minutes of fame - front cover of the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations annual report; Right Picture - I'm third from the left - this is a picture of the comedy quartet I sing in - We're called THE THREE GOOD LOOKING GUYS.] Hi Everybody - I left Salinas in 1976 to embark in high adventure in the Navy. After 2 years of "nuclear power school", I reported to a nuclear submarine out of Charleston SC. After 4 years of underwater fun near the coast line of Russian ports, I took a shore duty position at a nuclear training facility near Hartford CT. I left the Navy at the end of that assignment and went to work for Georgia Power at the Hatch Nuclear Plant near Vidalia GA. After four years of living just south of the middle of no-where, I decided to become an independant contractor. During the next 6 years, I worked at 4 different nuc plants in the Pennsylvania and New Jersey areas. After that I decided to head for the resort area of Wilmington NC and work for Carolina Power and Light. While attending a seminar in Charlotte, I ran across an old friend who happened to be working in Washington state. I mentioned to him that I'd like to get back to the west...several months later I landed a job with Energy Northwest at their nuc plant outside of Richland WA, where I am the Simulator Supervisor (see left picture). I love it up here. Although the area is "highland-desert", it is heavily irrigated (it's at the confluence of the Columbia, Snake, and Yakima rivers), and thus lots of orchards, vineyards, and oth...Expand for more