Each spring and fall, nuclear plants across the country bring in thousands of additional workers to their site as part of their refueling outages. For the Utilities Service Alliance (USA) fleet, it is also a time for supporting each other as members share key personnel in maintenance, radiation protection and other positions. “One of the...

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With the fall season comes the beginning of another refueling outage season for Utilities Service Alliance (USA) fleet members. This fall, Prairie Island Unit 2, Cook Unit 2 and Hope Creek will begin refueling outages and look to capitalize on the lessons learned from this past spring’s refueling outages that were captured by the USA...

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The Utilities Service Alliance (USA) Emergency Preparedness (EP) Core Peer Team recently helped train 19 new emergency preparedness managers at an Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO) seminar. USA was represented by EP Team Leader David Burgin who served as one of three industry mentors. “The goal of the program was to help these new...

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Industry leader Chris Schwarz has joined PSEG Nuclear as Vice President – Operations Support. Schwarz most recently served as the site vice president of Arkansas Nuclear One (ANO). Prior to ANO, Chris served as the site vice president of Palisades Power Plant. Before coming to Palisades, Chris was vice president of operations support for Entergy...

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The Utilities Service Alliance (USA) recently announced the election of John Christensen to Vice President – Operational Performance effective September 1, 2013. In his new position, he will become an officer of the company with fiduciary responsibilities and provide additional support to USA CEO Carl Parry with financial reviews and budgeting. “John has been a...

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