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Team Susquehanna responds to On-Line & Refuel Outage Work Management

Author: Chip Palazzo

T-Week Meeting engagement, work schedules posted early, material availability, personal responsibility for being prepared and staying safe: It adds up to better teamwork. And better teamwork is what helped Work Management improve last year at USA fleet member PPL Susquehanna. In the last quarter of 2014, Team Susquehanna experienced multiple weeks of schedule adherence at...

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Monticello hosts Mississippi ‘low flow’ planning group

Author: Pat Thompson

A group of Mississippi River stakeholders couldn’t agree more with Mark Twain’s conclusions. USA fleet member Xcel Energy hosted 35 public and private power generators, federal-state-regional regulatory officials, American Indian community and environmental entities at the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant Tuesday, March 24, as part of the Mississippi River System-wide Low-Flow Management Plan (above St....

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Nuclear Energy Tribal Working Group tours Prairie Island

Author: Lisa Kuehl

The Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant hosted the Nuclear Energy Tribal Work Group (NETWG) for a plant tour and presentation March 31 in conjunction with a meeting held between the group and the U.S. Department of Energy. Members of NETWG received a presentation on the generation of nuclear power, a view of the Independent Spent...

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Fermi 2 begins construction on FLEX buildings

Author: Stephen Tait

Seth Borowski, a member of the Local 2 Bricklayers and Allied Craft workers in Detroit, works on one of Fermi 2’s two FLEX buildings. Fermi 2, the entire Utilities Service Alliance fleet and the commercial nuclear industry, is in the process of implementing new standards to help plants respond to beyond-design basis events. The initiative,...

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USA Cyber Security meets in the Pacific Northwest

Author: Anna Markham

The USA Cyber Security Project Team met in Richland, Washington in early April to continue their work on implementing the requirements of Nuclear Energy Institute 08-09, Revision 6, Cyber Security Plan for Nuclear Power Reactors. The team covered many topics during the meeting. The topics included: Cyber Security Event Notification, Regulation Guide 5.83. 2015 USA...

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