Month: August 2014

PSEG WIN chapter recognized

Author: Joe Delmar

PSEG Nuclear’s Women in Nuclear (WIN) chapter was recently honored at the U.S. WIN National Conference hosted in Boston. Each year, US WIN recognizes small and large chapters who demonstrate excellence in its strategic objectives: professional development, public outreach and networking. U.S. WIN also recognizes overall chapter excellence. The PSEG WIN chapter is considered a...

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ER team taking strides toward program improvement

Author: Stephen Tait

There’s a tri-fold at PSEG’s two nuclear power plants that helps explain Equipment Reliability. It’s given to new employees or visitors who — if outside the nuclear industry, for instance — may not know that term well. On the first flap of literature it asks: “Why is Equipment Reliability important?” Let us count the ways....

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I want to drive the Zamboni!

Author: Margaret Bridge

Ever since he was young and saw the ice maintenance crew driving a Zamboni to clean the ice at a hockey game, Bill Kahler from USA fleet member Susquehanna knew that driving the enormous ice-cleaning machine was an item on his bucket list. Recently, he was able to cross that item off by attending an...

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Fermi 2 table top exercise goes beyond typical

Author: Stephen Tait

As the team determined its next step in its unfolding emergency, an employee made a seemingly sensible suggestion: try to cool the Reactor Building by opening a certain hatch to increase air flow. The person quickly realized his error: “That’s right, we have no power.” His realization came several hours into a tabletop exercise at...

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Photos from the Field: STP hosts WANO small group CEO meeting

Author: Buddy Eller

Kazutaka Kakinoki, Executive Vice President of Shikoku Electric, presents STP President and CEO Dennis Koehl with a framed photo during the opening session of the WANO small group meeting in mid-July. The meeting was hosted by STP and included U.S. and internal CEO’s, and WANO Chairman Jacques Regaldo and the WANO directors. The two-day meeting...

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