Senior executive leaders from the Shikoku Electric Power Co, Inc. met with leaders from USA fleet member Xcel Energy’s Nuclear Department and the Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant to foster a technical exchange relationship, which has been more than 24 years in the making. Shikoku Electric owns the Ikata Nuclear plant, located in Ikata, Japan,...

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USA fleet member PSEG Nuclear’s Women In Nuclear (WIN) chapter recently attended the National Conference in Austin, Texas where they received the large chapter Public Outreach Award. This achievement reinforces the chapter's commitment to their community. The WIN National Conference provided perspectives from national authorities on key issues, as well as ample professional development opportunities...

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Talen Energy’s senior executive and nuclear professional Jeffrey M. Helsel, who currently serves the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO) as a Performance Monitoring Leader (PML), has been selected by the Utilities Service Alliance (USA) Board of Directors to serve as its first Director Performance Sustainability. As a result of corporate governance changes announced just...

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USA fleet member Comanche Peak successfully performed the biennial FEMA and NRC evaluated Hostile Based Action emergency exercise recently. The scenario was challenging involving simulated mass casualties, large scale fire, significant equipment damage and a radiological release. Alternate facility activation and integration with the Incident Command Post was demonstrated. The federal, state, and local governments...

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The votes are in. The 2014 USA Suppliers of the Year are AP Services (Curtiss-Wright), Material Supplier of the Year, and Rolls-Royce, Services Supplier of the Year. The winners were announced last week at USA’s 21st Annual Executive Summit. Suppliers are chosen for this prestigious award by representatives from the twelve USA member utilities. Fleet...

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