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Month: August 2019

Energy Northwest receives honor for military employee support

Author: USA Communication

August 20, 2019

Nuclear Security Officer and Marine Staff Sgt. Christopher Clouse nominated Energy Northwest for the Washington state Above and Beyond award. This award is one of the highest recognitions given to Washington state employers for their support of employees who serve in the National Guard or Reserve. CEO Brad Sawatzke and Sid Morrison, executive board chair,...

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STP – Recognizing Hazards as One Team

Author: USA Communication

August 20, 2019

Hazard recognition is the most important tool to protect workers from workplace hazards; help avoid injuries, illnesses, and incidents; minimize or eliminate safety and health risks; and help employers provide workers with safe and healthful working conditions. We must look out for each other regardless of work group, department, or company. Look for safety hazards, plant...

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USA Plants work together to improve Plant Status Control

Author: USA Communication

August 20, 2019

USA has completed four plant status control assessments resulting in the identification of five strengths and twelve recommendations for improvements.  These ideas and the help provided were driven by the outstanding industry and host peers we have had on the assessment teams.  Tim Borgen of Xcel started us off by acting as host peer at...

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Process improvements yielded successful valve work by Crane Nuclear during Spring 2019 USA outages

Author: USA Communication

August 20, 2019

Working closely together and implementing improvements based on past lessons learned, Crane Nuclear and the USA plants carried out very successful valve work during the Spring 2019 Outage Season.  Columbia, Comanche Peak, and Cook all had Spring Outages using the USA Agreement with Crane Nuclear for valve services.  Each plant was able to save thousands...

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Executive Spotlight – August 2019

Author: Jim Kitchens

August 20, 2019

As summer draws to a close and we look forward to fall outages, the USA Supply Chain Team continues with a full slate of activities and initiatives. In addition to wrapping up our Maintenance and Mods contracting initiative the SCM Team will be actively moving forward with the Engineer of Choice (EOC) initiative as well...

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