The nuclear industry has begun comprehensive efforts to strengthen its resiliency. Resiliency is the ability to withstand and reduce the impact of disruptive external threats through planning and preparation, which enables the capability to anticipate, absorb and respond, rapidly recover, and adapt from such an event. USA in 2024 worked to improve resiliency related to...

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The 2025 USA Member & Supplier-Partner Winter Conference is just weeks away!  We’ll be in warm and sunny Tucson, Arizona for our 22nd Annual Winter Conference, where we’ll feature an outstanding agenda loaded with engaging speakers and relevant content! The Conference will also include meetings of the USA Innovations, Procurement Engineering, Site Representative and Supply...

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Innovation is about improving efficiency, reducing costs and improving our lives at work. We need to be responsible public stewards by keeping our costs as low as we reasonably can. Improving our efficiency and effectiveness contribute to our ability to produce safe, reliable energy for our members. Reliability improvements help move us out of crisis...

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Every two years, the communities surrounding Cooper Nuclear Station (CNS) drastically change as hundreds of supplemental personnel travel from across the country to support the refueling outage. These visitors provide an inject to the local economy through housing rentals, eating at restaurants and food vendors, and shopping at local stores. During Cooper’s 33rd refueling outage,...

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