A group of about 125 Scouts visited Fermi 2 on a Saturday in late April to get an up-close look at the science behind nuclear power. Boy Scouts and Venturing Scouts from Indiana, Ohio and throughout Michigan — including about a dozen from Monroe County — were at the nuclear power plant for Nuclear Science...

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In 2018, the focus of the USA Cyber Security Project Team was preparing for the NRC Full Implementation Inspections (Milestone 8). The regulator had decided to conduct these inspections over a three-year period. In 2017, they conducted two pilot inspections to refine their inspection methodology and validate their inspection procedure. Their inspection procedure was established...

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Monticello, Minn. (May 16, 2019) – After two consecutive years of breaking its own generation records and reliably providing carbon-free electricity to customers throughout the Upper Midwest, the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant recently completed its 29th refueling outage. For the first time, new drone and virtual reality technology helped crews complete this important work. “Our...

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MCR ended 2018 with total project to date savings of $16.1M with a return on investment (ROI) of 40.62. Looking ahead to 2019 the team agreed to work on the following projects and provide on-going savings to our members. Continuous identification of and pursuit of long term project savings opportunities which have the biggest potential...

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