USA fleet member Fermi 2’s new main generator rotor arrived on site in late April — reaching the end of a long journey from California. In 2015, Fermi 2 purchased the rotor from San Onofre Nuclear Generator Station, or SONGS, in California. That plant is now shut down. Ron Freeman led the effort to get...

Read More

USA fleet member Fermi 2 is the only U.S. nuclear power plant with an international Emergency Preparedness Zone. The 10 miles around Fermi, a Utilities Service Alliance fleet member, reaches into part of Ontario, Canada. As such, the plant invites its neighbors across Lake Erie to the plant every year or two. In early February,...

Read More

Keith Polson, a 27-year veteran of the nuclear industry, is the new site vice president at Fermi 2, a Utilities Service Alliance fleet member. Polson most recently was site vice president at the Browns Ferry Nuclear plant in Athens, Ala. “I’m pleased to welcome Keith to Fermi 2,” said Paul Fessler, Fermi 2’s senior vice...

Read More

Stephen Burns, the chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and U.S. Congressman Tim Walberg visited USA fleet member Fermi 2 on October 14, taking a tour of the plant and getting an update on the plant’s Fukushima modifications. Burns and Walberg met with senior leaders at Fermi 2 including with Paul Fessler, the plant’s...

Read More