When the new steam generators in Unit 2 at USA member Prairie Island were declared in-service on Dec. 16, 2013, it was the culmination of a project that was nearly seven years in the making. It began in 2006 with a contract with AREVA to manufacture the generators in Chalon St. Marcel, France. With that...

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In mid-November, USA fleet members Cook Unit 2 and Hope Creek successfully completed their scheduled refueling outages. As these two plants returned to service, Prairie Island continued its major project to replace its steam generators during its refueling outage. As part of its refueling outage, Cook completed more than 12,600 maintenance, inspection and equipment modification...

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The Xcel Energy Monticello and Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plants have recently announced new leaders at the helm. Most recently, Kevin Davison was named site vice president at Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant. Karen Fili was announced the site vice president of the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant in late August. “Karen and Kevin have each...

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March 11 marks the two-year anniversary of the largest natural disaster that Japan has ever experienced. The earthquake and tsunami tidal waves caused considerable damage to the Japanese coast, most notably damaging the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. “Following the events at Fukushima Daiichi, the U.S. nuclear energy facilities immediately began taking steps to make...

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