Month: December 2018

Indiana Michigan Power names new plant manager for Cook

Author: Bill Schalk

Indiana Michigan Power (I&M) has named Kelly Ferneau, current plant operations director, as the new plant manager for the Cook Nuclear Plant. Ferneau, is the sixteenth person to hold the position since plant construction began in 1969, and she is the first female plant manager. “Kelly’s skill set goes well beyond the necessary plant operational...

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Innovation takes to the sky at Prairie Island plant

Author: Margaret Church

A high flying drone was used in July to inspect Minnesota's Prairie Island Nuclear Plant's two landmark reactor buildings. This was the first time an Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) was deployed at one of Xcel Energy's nuclear plants to fulfill a technical function, and based on the mission team's enthusiasm, it won't be the last....

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