Month: March 2013

Monticello Gains Valuable Expertise through USA Connection

Author: Patrick L. Thompson

The Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant sends a big salute to the Utilities Service Alliance (USA) connection through which Fermi 2 ALARA engineering technician Tony Pezzino is spending 45 days assisting in RFO26. Pezzino, who has benchmarked and/or worked at 15 utilities as part of his Fermi career, assisted Monticello with oversight of a Torus diving...

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New USA Manager – Supply Chain

Author: Lynne Hilton

Recently Jim Kitchens, Certified Purchasing Manager (CPM), was named the USA Manager-Supply Chain. Jim is taking over the role formerly held by Daniel Dale, who is now the Supply Chain Manager at Energy Northwest’s Columbia station. Jim reports to Steve Willrett, Vice President-Supply Chain Business Unit. In this role, Jim is responsible for management and...

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Two-Year Fukushima Anniversary: USA Implements Fukushima Lessons Learned

Author: Lisa Kuehl

March 11 marks the two-year anniversary of the largest natural disaster that Japan has ever experienced. The earthquake and tsunami tidal waves caused considerable damage to the Japanese coast, most notably damaging the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. “Following the events at Fukushima Daiichi, the U.S. nuclear energy facilities immediately began taking steps to make...

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Northard assists with INPO Plant Review Visit: Fukushima Response Efforts Assessed

Author: Lisa Kuehl

Scott Northard, Utilities Services Alliance (USA) project director for Fukushima response, recently participated on the INPO Emergency Response Review Visit (ERRV) at Entergy's Arkansas Nuclear One (ANO) in Russellville, Ark. Northard served as an industry peer on the seven-member INPO ERRV team which reviewed the status of the utility's response to the recommendations from the...

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