Membership does have its privileges, and USA member Cook Plant personnel openly welcomed the 15 peers from other USA sites in support of the Cook Unit 1 Refueling Outage this spring. “The experience offered from our USA peers is outstanding,” said Tim Farrish, Cook Plant Site USA Shared Personal Liaison. “We have a well-trained group...

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Working with Utilities Service Alliance fleet members, Columbia’s USA site representative and corporate functional area manager for outages Dick Ehr is working with his peer group to improve outage performance at all 10 USA nuclear facilities. “The work completed during a refueling and maintenance outage supports the safe and reliable operation of nuclear plants,” Ehr said. “The development of common USA...

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Our hearts go out to Belgium after the vicious coordinated attacks throughout their country. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security noted that there have been no specific, credible threats to the United States. Belgium's nuclear safety regulator asked all non-essential staff at the Doel and Tihange nuclear power plants to go home on Tuesday. This...

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In early March, STP’s Women in Nuclear (WIN) chapter hosted a POWERSET symposium in recognition of National Women’s History Month. More than 100 students and faculty attended from local area high schools. The trip to STP was an opportunity to not only learn about potential careers in the nuclear industry but to receive information regarding...

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The selection process for 2015 USA Suppliers of the Year is now underway at each USA fleet member. Each year fleet members vote for the top USA suppliers in both the Materials and Services categories. To make the ballot this year a supplier must have been used by at least half of our members and...

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