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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The new USA  Work Management Core Peer Team held their first face to face meeting in Minneapolis recently.  The team met to discuss site performance, identify common issues, finalize key performance indicators for the Work Management functional area and agree on business plan objectives for 2015. Appearing in the photo from left to right:  Joe...

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Two guests from Spain representing Spanish utility Endesa benchmarked at USA fleet members Prairie Island and Monticello in August. Jesús Añorbe Rodriguez and Ramón María María spent a few days at both stations interacting with plant operations’ staff to learn and share expertise. Both men were complimentary about the welcome they received and the free...

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