Radiation Safety & Protection Services

BNI is the largest U.S. supplier of radiological personnel & has experience providing services to every U.S. commercial nuclear power plant

Radiation safety has always been and continues to be Bartlett Nuclear, Inc.’s (BNI) core business. With over 30 years of experience and the nation’s largest mobile radiological workforce, our strength lies not only in providing staff augmentation services, but in total radiation safety solutions for our clients.

  • Technicians & Supervision
  • Radiological Engineering
  • Technical Consulting

Our management team provides unmatched expertise and hands on power plant experience and includes former senior utility managers, radiation protection managers, NRC inspectors, NRRPT chairs, ANSI committee members, Certified Health Physicist (CHPs), NEI subcommittee members and ABHP board members. Based on this experience, we recognize the importance of a rapid response to client needs and maintain a 24/7 management “on-call” procedure. Our corporate managers are available to address any technical, regulatory or safety issue that may arise.

Workforce Development Initiatives

Since 2004 BHI Energy has been actively involved and investing in growing the pipeline of radiation safety personnel, addressing the industry-wide shortage of an aging and shrinking workforce. BNI remains the only radiation safety support company engaged with academia, utilities and regulatory/peer organizations (e.g., NEI, INPO, USNRC) in these efforts.

Our workforce development initiatives include:

  • Associate degree program involvement
  • Internships, scholarships, donations, etc.
  • Participation with industry peer organizations, including the NEI WITF, Uniform Curriculum, RP2020, USNRC grant reviews and NA-YGN support.
  • ANSI committee participation
  • Position created (CTO) dedicated to growing the nuclear workforce and serve as a single point-of-contact between BNI and other organizations.
  • Provide radiation technicians from international sources; over 70 technicians annually from Mexico, Brazil, Sweden, Serbia and Croatia

There are currently 10 active institutes aligned with BNI and industry partners (increased from 0 in 2004) who offer Associate Degree programs in Radiation Safety. These programs now provide 40-50 graduates annually .

Core Group Program

BNI maintains a “core” group of technicians who are committed to a single utility and trained in all facets of the site policies and procedures within that utility. This Core Group Program is designed to benefit both our employees and utility customers. Core group technicians are guaranteed at least 10 months of work per year with eligibility for benefits. They are obligated to travel with minimal notice, allowing our customers to maximize the use of available personnel who are readily available for critical outage periods or unscheduled work. Our customers who implement the core group program experience cost savings in the areas of payroll, in-processing, training and labor hours.