Month: April 2013

Member News: PSEG Nuclear Announces Leadership Changes

Author: Digital Lagoon

PSEG Nuclear recently announced a series of leadership changes impacting its Salem and Hope Creek Generating Stations. Effective dates will vary to allow for proper transitions. Current Salem Vice President Carl Fricker will be joining PSEG Energy Resources & Trading (ER&T) as the new vice president of trading support and operations. In his new role,...

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Standard KPIs Encourage Fleet Behavior

Author: Digital Lagoon

The Utilities Services Alliance (USA) has developed a standardized list of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that provides a common platform for measuring and trending performance of the stations in the USA fleet. Working together, members of USA reviewed each station’s KPIs to develop a comprehensive list of 200 indicators to measure performance in 11 functional...

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USA Security Team Reminds Everyone to be Vigilant

Author: Digital Lagoon

We are all aware of the tragic events that occurred at the Boston Marathon. Our hearts go out to the people of Boston and those impacted. As is always the case in the nuclear industry, we try to learn from any situation and look for ways to improve our processes and prevent similar occurrences. Nuclear...

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Spring Refueling Outages Underway

Author: Joe Delmar

Spring means more than April showers and May flowers for the nuclear industry. For the members of the Utilities Service Alliance (USA), it means spring refueling outage season. This spring, six USA members have spring refueling outages with many already underway. Wolf Creek started their refueling outage in February with Monticello and Cook Unit 1...

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Behavior Initiative driving USA Performance

Author: Joe Delmar

Through the first quarter of 2013, the Utilities Service Alliance (USA) performance has continued to improve thanks to the fleet’s behavior initiative. The two tiered initiative has improved engagement amongst members and led to a better recognition of risk to help drive performance towards excellence. “Across USA, the core peer teams (CPTs) have really stepped...

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