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Exceeding ALARA standards, Security receives trophy

Author: Anna Markham

The Nuclear Security Team took home Columbia Generating Station’s recently created collective radiation exposure trophy for the month of April. The trophy is awarded each month to the department that achieves superior performance in dose savings and supporting examples of how dose reduction was demonstrated. During April, Security held second quarter tactical drills throughout Columbia...

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Comanche Peak completes outage successfully

Author: Mitch Warren

Comanche Peak Unit 1 completed a breaker-to-breaker run and began its 18th refueling outage May 7emphasizing safety, quality and then schedule, within 30 days, 3 hours. “Comanche Peak had no challenges to their nuclear safety event goal and successfully met the radiological safety superior site target dose goal of 36 REM,” said Doug Davis, USA Maintenance...

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New USA supplier PIPELINE

Author: Ricky Myers

USA is pleased to introduce one of its newest suppliers PIPELINE PIPELINE provides advanced technology solutions for nuclear outage, on-line and capital project work execution optimization. Their industry-leading solution, Syntempo®, is an integrated backbone for the next generation OCC. Syntempo automates work progress collection and provides a real-time view of the schedule and automatically informs...

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USA supplier Areva awarded three patents

Author: Curtis Roberts

USA supplier AREVA was recently awarded three patents for employee inventions that were developed to enhance the safe operations of existing nuclear reactors and to recycle a rare material from used control rod assemblies. “At AREVA, our employees are committed to innovating solutions that sustain and advance the nuclear energy industry,” said Marty Parece, vice...

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Two down, two to go

Author: Anna Markham

Activities performed during Refueling and Maintenance Outages support the safe and reliable operations of nuclear facilities. Four Utilities Service Alliance plants planned to perform refueling and maintenance tasks. DC Cook Nuclear Plant Unit 1 and Susquehanna Unit 1 Nuclear Plant recently connected to the grid, and Salem and Comanche Peak are currently performing their outage....

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Team Susquehanna achieves one year OSHA free

Author: Chip Palazzo

USA fleet member Talen Energy’s Susquehanna Nuclear has been challenged for years with Industrial Safety issues. In 2010 alone, Susquehanna experienced an average of one OSHA Recordable PER MONTH. Susquehanna leadership was frustrated to see personnel getting injured, and its station delivering some of the lowest performance in industrial safety in the U.S. “Injuries were...

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