Columbia’s Dick Ehr has been named as the USA Site Representative/Corporate Functional Area Manager (CFAM) for Outages. “I’m excited about this opportunity and looking forward to the new role and challenges,” said Ehr. “I have always been energized by my involvement in the USA and BWROG groups and have always wanted to devote more time...

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Utilities Service Alliance fleet members rallied to support Columbia Generating Station repair options of a reactor feedwater valve in July. After Columbia’s refueling and maintenance outage, the plant was unable to return to full power due to one of the 24 inch feedwater discharge isolation gate valves remaining closed resulting from a stem-disc separation (Reactor...

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The USA Cyber Security Project Team met in Richland, Washington in early April to continue their work on implementing the requirements of Nuclear Energy Institute 08-09, Revision 6, Cyber Security Plan for Nuclear Power Reactors. The team covered many topics during the meeting. The topics included: Cyber Security Event Notification, Regulation Guide 5.83. 2015 USA...

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