It’s a hopeless feeling when a special item goes missing, but every now and then, items get found and returned to their rightful owner and hope restored. Such is the case with Steven Hafner, a painter at Columbia Generating Station, who was recently reunited with the wedding ring he lost 21 years ago. “My co-worker...

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As the first female IBEW member at Cook, Sally Barber retires leaving a lasting impression on craft co-workers “Pioneer Woman” may be the last thing long-time IBEW craft member Sally Barber would call herself. In fact, she’d probably bristle at the phrase. But to the many friends and co-workers she has met over the years,...

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In early September, the chief nuclear officers (CNOs) from the Utilities Service Alliance (USA) and the rest of the industry visited Japan to learn more about the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear event. The CNOs saw firsthand the damage at Fukushima Daiichi and Daini and discussed with their Japanese counterparts actions taken at the plants during and...

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USA Cyber Security Project Team Member Jim Shank from PSEG Nuclear was recently recognized as a finalist for the prestigious Americas Information Security Leadership Award in the category of Senior Information Security Professional. (ISC)-2, the world’s largest information security professional body, recognized Shank for creating an industry-standard, cyber security control implementation strategy to help nuclear...

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At USA fleet member Fermi 2, when employee Harry Giles heard the station was going to offer first responder training, it piqued his interest. Giles works in the Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation building, about as far from the site nurse as possible within the Protected Area. “I told my boss that we are so...

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Each spring and fall, nuclear plants across the country bring in thousands of additional workers to their site as part of their refueling outages. For the Utilities Service Alliance (USA) fleet, it is also a time for supporting each other as members share key personnel in maintenance, radiation protection and other positions. “One of the...

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