Political and civic leaders affirmed Energy Northwest’s status as a safe, reliable and clean provider of affordable power to the region during a celebration May 24 of Columbia Generating Station’s license renewal. Employees, elected officials, members of Energy Northwest’s Executive Board and dignitaries – including retired CEO Vic Parrish - gathered in the parking lot...

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Columbia Generating Station’s license renewal application now rests with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission after clearing its last major hurdle. The Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards, or ACRS, voted April 13 to recommend to the NRC that Columbia’s operating license be extended an additional 20 years through 2043. Columbia’s application now goes to the director of...

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The Utilities Service Alliance (USA) provided a week of outage training to Energy Northwest employees, the first site-specific outage management training conducted by USA’s outage team. Dick Ehr, Energy Northwest outage manager, said the outage managers from Fort Calhoun Nuclear Station, Callaway, and a retired Institute of Nuclear Power Operations outage management evaluator worked with...

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