In early February, Radiation Protection representatives from each of the Utilities Service Alliance fleet members gathered for a week-long work shop at DC Cook with a singular goal: developing a fleet-wide program to control and monitor alpha contamination. The effort that stems from EPRI’s revision to industry guidelines for alpha contamination; the industry has until...

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This winter certainly has taken its toll on all of us. The cold, snow and ice have seemed to come in relentless waves. Knowing how each trip outside makes us feel, one can only imagine what it’s been like for area wildlife. Their normal food, water and shelter have been minimized or eliminated and the...

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Nearly 150 children showed up to school on a Saturday last month to learn about science and engineering, but mostly to have some fun. Utilities Service Alliance member Columbia Generating Station, operated by Energy Northwest, hosted its second annual Kid’s Engineering Day on Feb. 22 in Kennewick, Wash. The Energy Northwest chapter of U.S. Women...

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PSEG Nuclear President & Chief Nuclear Officer (CNO) Tom Joyce has served as Utilities Service Alliance (USA) Board Chairman for almost four years. Joyce recently sat down to discuss his involvement in USA. Can you discuss why PSEG Nuclear joined USA in 2008? Prior to joining the USA fleet, Salem and Hope Creek had not...

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STP Nuclear Operating Company President and CEO Dennis Koehl provides an overview of the company’s decision to rejoin the Utilities Service Alliance (USA) on Jan. 1, 2014, and the goals and objectives for the year ahead. Can you discuss STP’s decision to rejoin USA? We believe that the USA member fleet has a structure in...

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The head lamp of Fermi 2 journeyman mechanic Duane Gritter illuminates the work area for Bob Boes (left) and David Jones (right), who are replacing a drain valve on a Steam Jet Air Ejector system at Fermi 2. Boes, from D.C. Cook, and Jones, from Palo Verde, are at DTE Energy’s Fermi 2 nuclear power...

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In many ways, James Williams is a lot like any other teammate at STP. He enjoys working for the company, and has spent the past five years as an ISI engineer. James hopes to be a part of the team that "helps STP get that shine back" and also grow and develop with the company...

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