The 2022 USA Executive Summit was a great opportunity to see old friends, meet new people, and for me, to share my passion for the USA Nuclear Safety Culture Assessment (NSCA) Process. It was such an honor to speak at the General Session and discuss how the USA NSCA Process can help ensure that utilities...

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In 2018, one of the projects that Utilities Service Alliance (USA) conducted was focused self-assessments at eight of the nine (Cooper did not participate) USA facilities on the implementation of Level 1 IER 17-5. In addition to the IER 17-5 focus, stations had the option of identifying any additional Operations Fundamentals focus areas that they...

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The Reactivity Management Gap Focus Area assessments captured items impacting the industry reactivity management key performance indicator and current station processes that impact reactivity management performance - both human performance and equipment reliability. USA team members developed an Excellence Standard using industry practices and an assessment tool to evaluate excellence at each USA site. The...

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The Reactivity Management Gap Focus Area assessments looked in detail at both equipment reliability and human performance aspects pertaining to issues impacting the Reactivity Management KPIs for the USA Fleet Member Stations. The assessment combined interviews, document reviews, and meeting observations. Identified GAPs and recommendations from each assessment are entered into the sites tracking program...

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