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Behavior Initiative driving USA Performance

Author: Joe Delmar

April 12, 2013

Through the first quarter of 2013, the Utilities Service Alliance (USA) performance has continued to improve thanks to the fleet’s behavior initiative. The two tiered initiative has improved engagement amongst members and led to a better recognition of risk to help drive performance towards excellence. “Across USA, the core peer teams (CPTs) have really stepped...

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USA Sites Work Together to Improve Force-on-Force Exercises

Author: Dave Lefor

April 11, 2013

The Utilities Service Alliance (USA) Security Core Peer Team (CPT) is working together to improve performance on Force-on-Force exercises throughout our fleet. A Force-on-Force inspection is conducted over several days in two separate visits by an inspection team at the licensee's site. This inspection is on a three-year cycle. What is a Force-on-Force exercise? Below...

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Member News: PPL Susquehanna Welcomes Jon Franke, Site Vice President

Author: Chip Palazzo

April 9, 2013

PPL Susquehanna recently appointed an industry veteran with nearly 30 years of military and commercial nuclear power experience as its new site vice president for the Susquehanna nuclear power station. Jon A. Franke joins PPL on Tuesday, April 9, 2013, from the Crystal River nuclear plant in Florida, where he served as site vice president...

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Monticello Gains Valuable Expertise through USA Connection

Author: Patrick L. Thompson

March 26, 2013

The Monticello Nuclear Generating Plant sends a big salute to the Utilities Service Alliance (USA) connection through which Fermi 2 ALARA engineering technician Tony Pezzino is spending 45 days assisting in RFO26. Pezzino, who has benchmarked and/or worked at 15 utilities as part of his Fermi career, assisted Monticello with oversight of a Torus diving...

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New USA Manager – Supply Chain

Author: Lynne Hilton

March 13, 2013

Recently Jim Kitchens, Certified Purchasing Manager (CPM), was named the USA Manager-Supply Chain. Jim is taking over the role formerly held by Daniel Dale, who is now the Supply Chain Manager at Energy Northwest’s Columbia station. Jim reports to Steve Willrett, Vice President-Supply Chain Business Unit. In this role, Jim is responsible for management and...

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Two-Year Fukushima Anniversary: USA Implements Fukushima Lessons Learned

Author: Lisa Kuehl

March 11, 2013

March 11 marks the two-year anniversary of the largest natural disaster that Japan has ever experienced. The earthquake and tsunami tidal waves caused considerable damage to the Japanese coast, most notably damaging the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant. “Following the events at Fukushima Daiichi, the U.S. nuclear energy facilities immediately began taking steps to make...

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Northard assists with INPO Plant Review Visit: Fukushima Response Efforts Assessed

Author: Lisa Kuehl

March 11, 2013

Scott Northard, Utilities Services Alliance (USA) project director for Fukushima response, recently participated on the INPO Emergency Response Review Visit (ERRV) at Entergy's Arkansas Nuclear One (ANO) in Russellville, Ark. Northard served as an industry peer on the seven-member INPO ERRV team which reviewed the status of the utility's response to the recommendations from the...

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Member News: Xcel Energy Names Chief Nuclear Officer

Author: Digital Lagoon

February 21, 2013

MINNEAPOLIS – Xcel Energy’s board of directors today named Tim O’Connor senior vice president and chief nuclear officer. O'Connor has been serving as acting CNO since September, when he succeeded former CNO Dennis Koehl. O’Connor, who has more than 30 years of experience in the nuclear industry, joined Xcel Energy in 2007 as site vice...

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Letter from the President: 2013 Look Ahead

Author: Carl Parry

February 19, 2013

As we continue into 2013, I wanted to take a moment and recognize the success of the Utilities Service Alliance (USA) last year and our plans to continue moving forward towards Excellence. USA has entered a new era of accountability and engagement. Our members are working more closely together than ever before. Our main focus...

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