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Salem Unit 1 begins refueling outage

Author: Karen Miller

USA fleet member PSEG Nuclear’s Salem Unit 1 began its 23rd refueling outage Sunday night. PSEG Nuclear employees will be supported by 1,400 contractors during the outage. Together, they will complete more than 22,000 scheduled work activities. High level major work includes replacing various valves, relays, actuators, and seals; and replacing about one third of 193...

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Prairie Island sets record on continuous operations

Author: Lisa Kuehl

USA fleet’s Prairie Island Nuclear Generating Plant Unit 1 exceeded its previous record breaker-to-breaker run when it began its 29th refueling outage on October 8. The unit had been running for 644 consecutive days since January 2, 2013, the longest run ever of both units at Prairie Island. “An outage-to-outage run like this places us among...

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Energy Northwest Safe Day event receives high praise

Author: Anna Markham

Horns, employee chatter and music echoed the Deschutes parking lot recently as employees and guests participated in the Safe Day Event for USA fleet member Energy Northwest (EN). There were more than 40 informational booths spread throughout the parking lot for the event reinforcing safe practices at work and at home. To support the Safe...

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STP celebrates 25 years

Author: Buddy Eller

USA fleet member STP recently celebrated the 25-year commercial operation anniversaries of Unit 1 and Unit 2 in 2013 and 2014 respectively. As part of the celebration, STP hosted a reception and dinner to thank employees who have worked at the facility since the units went online. Many of the 350 employees have been with...

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Monticello Open House attracts 850 attendees

Author: Pat Thompson

More than 850 people shrugged off a light rain and the lure of Vikings-Packers football to attend the Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant Community Open House on October 2 at the USA fleet member’s training center. Individuals and families flocked to the Open House from Monticello and dozens of cities in central Minnesota and the Twin...

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Girl Scouts get nuclear at Monticello and Prairie Island

Author: Julie Weber

A group of 180 Girl Scouts between 4th and 8th grades plus 70 leaders, had the opportunity to learn about nuclear science at USA fleet member Xcel Energy’s Prairie Island and Monticello stations. The scouts rotated through six activities to earn their Nuclear Science and Technology Activity Patch including a control room simulator demonstration, Atomic...

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Boy Scouts earn Nuclear Science Merit Badge through PSEG Nuclear

Author: Joe Delmar

USA fleet member PSEG Nuclear recently hosted a successful Nuclear Science Merit Badge workshop for area Boy Scouts at its Energy & Environmental Resource Center (EERC). Now in its fourth year, more than 600 Boy Scouts have visited the EERC to earn one of the more elusive merit badges. “The workshop is well received and...

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Public shows support for PSEG Nuclear’s development efforts

Author: Joe Delmar

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) held two public meetings recently for USA fleet member PSEG Nuclear’s early site permit (ESP). The meetings solicited feedback on the NRC’s draft environmental impact statement (DEIS) for the ESP which concluded there are no environmental impacts that would preclude PSEG Nuclear from building an additional nuclear plant north of...

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TEPCO visits PSEG Nuclear

Author: Grace Hymer

Four visitors from Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) visited USA fleet member PSEG Nuclear recently to present an informative and powerful presentation outlining firsthand accounts of the events at Fukushima Daiichi. While there, they participated in a tour of PSEG’s Hope Creek Generating Station. The presentation included plant status of each unit leading up to...

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