USA fleet member Prairie Island recently completed the construction of its FLEX Beyond Design Basis Building that houses the FLEX response equipment. The building’s robust design is due to withstand a missile generated from a design basis tornado. It also meets the site’s license design basis (USAR) for extreme high wind, airborne tornado missiles and...

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Prairie Island recently hosted six industry peers through its partnership with the Utilities Services Alliance fleet shared resources program. Arriving in September from the Columbia, Cooper, Cook and Susquehanna stations, the workers were in familiar territory in the radiation protection, mechanical maintenance and I&C maintenance shops. With sincere appreciation, Prairie Island bid farewell to workers...

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Joel P. Gebbie has been named senior vice president and chief nuclear officer of USA fleet member American Electric Power’s Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant effective Jan. 1, 2016. Gebbie is currently site vice president at Cook, a dual-unit nuclear site with a total generating capacity of 2,150 megawatts. Gebbie, 52, is replacing Larry Weber,...

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The Utilities Service Alliance hosted supplier fairs recently at fleet members Columbia, Monticello and Prairie Island. With more than a dozen vendors and a steady flow of employees visiting booths, the supplier fairs provided a unique opportunity for employees to network with industry suppliers and to learn about new and existing products and services available...

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Nine participants of the senior nuclear plant management course visited USA fleet member Columbia Generating Station recently as part of the field activities portion of the course. The intense five-week SNPM course gives senior management participants a running start on augmenting their leadership skills while working with industry mentors who are proven plant managers, site...

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