USA MCR Project Excellence receives industry recognition
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Executive Spotlight – May 2020
I’ve been in this industry since 1982, and in my very first year, I learned the phrase “The only thing that is constant is change.” This year has proven the accuracy of that statement once again. Unbelievable change has occurred since mid-March when the significance of the coronavirus became clear. The last Executive Spotlight article...
Churchill and Training
The Pandemic created a substantial impact to our training efforts including one alliance member having an initial license exam delayed three months due to NRC travel restrictions and four alliance members having to reschedule INPO Accreditation Team Visits (ATVs). In addition, many alliance members had to temporarily suspend or reschedule training as part of utility...
USA 2019 Spend and Savings Summary
USA had another great year in 2019. Thanks to our members and suppliers, savings for our members continues to be strong with the overall Return on Investment (ROI) being 33.96 with an average member benefit of $5.4M. Focus on USA Supply Chain Programs Members saved $34.8M, an increase of $3.4M over...
***Breaking News*** – Advanced Technologies Initiative Takes Flight
This past week, notification was received from the Department of Energy that USA’s “Advanced Remote Monitoring Project,” has been approved for full-scale implementation. This multi-million-dollar grant award was funded through the Office of Nuclear Energy’s Advanced Reactor Development Projects pathway, which gives funds for concepts and ideas that could improve the capabilities and commercialization potential...
2019 USA Projects Successfully Concluded
In 2019, the USA BOD undertook two projects. The first project was to assess and improve Plant Status Control at the plants. The initiative was led by John Tripoli of Susquehanna. The second project, to validate that the issues discussed in IER 17-9 “Weaknesses in Maintenance Technical Fundamental Skills Adversely Affecting Plant Operations” were correctly...