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 combined USA / STARs Mid-Cycle Self-Assessment (MCSA) staffing support process has had another busy year in 2024 supporting MCSAs at eight participating stations. We started off the year at Columbia followed by Monticello, Palo Verde, STP and Comanche Peak, with Fermi, Wolf Creek and Cook remaining for 2024. We continue to staff our MCSAs...

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It’s hard to believe it’s been a year since the launch of the USA Innovation Hub. Our goal was to facilitate open innovation and crowdsource ideas, giving utility employees the chance to work on interesting and impactful projects. The Innovation Hub was also designed to provide individuals from different utilities the opportunity to collaborate with...

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Training efforts over the last 18 months have involved dealing with substantial change while undergoing detailed reviews by INPO for accreditation renewal. Three of our stations will have remote board reviews in the last two months of 2023. Looking ahead for 2024, we are building our self-assessment schedule which will include new efforts under the...

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