COVID-19-related lockdowns and slowdowns remained the norm in 2021, directly impacting the planned activity across the nation and with the Utilities Service Alliance (USA).  Even with those challenges, USA has had several project accomplishments in the past year.  USA started the year with a focus on Training, INPO 19-003 – “Staying on Top”, Work Management...

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The Personnel Sharing Program is designed to provide many benefits for the participating plants.  The Borrowing Participants obtain experienced personnel at a reasonable and value-added cost, using other utility personnel results in a more experienced work force than those hired from commercial sources.  In most cases, this results in either less personnel required to complete...

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The 2019 Utilities Service Alliance (USA) Excellence Plan has as two of its Focus Area Initiatives the revision of the Mid-Cycle and Nuclear Safety Assessment processes. The expected action requires that improvements to the processes be identified and implemented in 2019. Also included in the Focus Area is the development of a DevonWay software tool...

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