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USA Communications team collaborates to highlight successes

Author: Anna Markham

The Utilities Service Alliance Communications team met at the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations recently to discuss improving USA visibility at each site and sharing best communication practices. To better align the communications team with the newly formed USA site representatives and corporate functional area managers, each communication member will support the site rep/CFAM at...

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USA fleet’s 2016 strategic focus areas & key initiatives

Author: Joe Delmar

The Utilities Service Alliance fleet has several strategic focus areas and key initiatives for 2016: Delivering the Nuclear Promise: USA will coordinate fleet support of industry actions and initiatives via the CFAMs and Core Peer Teams. Station Recovery: USA will coordinate fleet support of stations in Recovery by providing review and challenge of action plans, and supporting...

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Columbia Generating Station breaks monthly generation record

Author: Anna Markham

In December, Columbia Generating Station sent more megawatt-hours of electricity to the grid than in any month since its startup 31 years ago: 859,619 megawatt-hours of net generation. “This is a reflection of the hard work by the Columbia team to focus on equipment reliability; maintaining equipment backlogs within industry top quartile; and the implementation...

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Polson new site vice president at Fermi 2

Author: Stephen Tait

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...

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USA staff changes – a letter from Carl Parry

Author: Digital Lagoon

As the year comes to an end I want to advise you of some changes to the USA staff to support the fleet. First, two long time staff members, Bill Ponec and Kevin Moles, will be retiring from USA at the end of the year. Please join me in thanking both of these folks for...

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New USA CFAMs meet

Author: Joe Delmar

The new USA fleet CFAMs met in early December to review fleet progress this past year and goals for 2015. “Looking back on the past year, USA continues to make progress as a fleet,” said USA CEO Carl Parry. “With our new operational model led by our CFAMs and the commitment of our members will...

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