Month: February 2014

Q&A with PSEG Nuclear’s Tom Joyce

Author: Joe Delmar

PSEG Nuclear President & Chief Nuclear Officer (CNO) Tom Joyce has served as Utilities Service Alliance (USA) Board Chairman for almost four years. Joyce recently sat down to discuss his involvement in USA. Can you discuss why PSEG Nuclear joined USA in 2008? Prior to joining the USA fleet, Salem and Hope Creek had not...

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Q&A with STP’s President and CNO Dennis Koehl

Author: Buddy Eller

STP Nuclear Operating Company President and CEO Dennis Koehl provides an overview of the company’s decision to rejoin the Utilities Service Alliance (USA) on Jan. 1, 2014, and the goals and objectives for the year ahead. Can you discuss STP’s decision to rejoin USA? We believe that the USA member fleet has a structure in...

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Photos from the Field: Outage work commences at Fermi 2

Author: Stephen Tait

The head lamp of Fermi 2 journeyman mechanic Duane Gritter illuminates the work area for Bob Boes (left) and David Jones (right), who are replacing a drain valve on a Steam Jet Air Ejector system at Fermi 2. Boes, from D.C. Cook, and Jones, from Palo Verde, are at DTE Energy’s Fermi 2 nuclear power...

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STP honored by employee serving our country

Author: Buddy Eller

In many ways, James Williams is a lot like any other teammate at STP. He enjoys working for the company, and has spent the past five years as an ISI engineer. James hopes to be a part of the team that "helps STP get that shine back" and also grow and develop with the company...

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USA Fleet shows support through jump up calls

Author: Stephen Tait

Throughout the nuclear industry, benchmarking and sharing operating experience are used to share lessons learned and address emergent plant issues. Within the USA fleet, the Core Peer Teams (CPTs) have gone a step further by initiating jump up calls to offer real time support to their counterparts. It is through these calls that fleet members...

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