Crews at Fermi 2 will complete this month the installation of two 23-foot long probes in the used fuel pool that will improve the plant's ability to monitor water level during a loss of power. Fermi 2 is the third Utilities Service Alliance fleet member to install the probes. The USA fleet is using MOHR...

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The Fermi 2 radiological team was stuck between a rock and a hot spot. At the plant’s radwaste facility, the team uses a crane with a grapple to move containers, which are about 5 ½ feet tall by 5 feet in diameter and weigh between 5,000 pounds and 10,000 pounds each. The liners are filled...

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The National Nuclear Accrediting Board voted unanimously to renew the accreditation of USA fleet member STP’s Maintenance and Technical Training Programs. Accreditation renewal of these programs is one of the station’s 2014 Key Results. An eight-person STP team represented the Maintenance and Technical Training Programs at the National Nuclear Accrediting Board in Atlanta today. This...

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The Utilities Service Alliance (USA) has formally announced that Luminant, which operates Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant located near Glen Rose, Texas will join the fleet of independent nuclear plant operators as a full member effective January 1, 2015. “We are pleased to welcome Luminant to the USA fleet,” said USA President and Chief Executive...

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