The positive benefits of being a member of the Utilities Service Alliance (USA) continued to be realized at the Prairie Island plant. An example of this is a recent visit by Brian Evans, Operations Training Manager from the Cook Nuclear Plant. Evans visited Prairie Island to help leaders in the Control Room identify areas in...

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Columbia Generating Station’s license renewal application now rests with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission after clearing its last major hurdle. The Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards, or ACRS, voted April 13 to recommend to the NRC that Columbia’s operating license be extended an additional 20 years through 2043. Columbia’s application now goes to the director of...

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The Utilities Service Alliance (USA) provided a week of outage training to Energy Northwest employees, the first site-specific outage management training conducted by USA’s outage team. Dick Ehr, Energy Northwest outage manager, said the outage managers from Fort Calhoun Nuclear Station, Callaway, and a retired Institute of Nuclear Power Operations outage management evaluator worked with...

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The Utilities Service Alliance (USA) Maintenance Core Peer Team’s role is to improve performance, promote cost reduction, and influence the industry in the maintenance function within the USA fleet through the identification of areas for improvement and initiation of appropriate resolution fleet-wide or at individual fleet member facilities. On Jan. 24, seven members of the...

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At the Utilities Service Alliance (USA) Board of Directors (BOD) Meeting held November 10, 2011 in Atlanta, the Directors approved a policy that would make USA team participation expectations part of an individual’s job and documented in performance reviews and incentive plans. Previously, team participation was considered by many team members to be an “extracurricular...

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Our personnel sharing agreement with the various USA and STARS nuclear plants provided much benefit in Refuel 18. Shared employees assisted in several departments and we greatly value having their knowledge, expertise and support. Shared employees and their home plants are: Operations: Terry Romig, Wolf Creek, Fred Scadin, Fermi, Mark Cimadon, Fermi, Clifton Bowen, Fermi,...

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Susquehanna Team members voluntarily took turns helping one community north of the plant clean up homes and businesses ravaged by the recent flooding. From Tuesday, Sept. 14 until Saturday, Sept 24, teams of Susquehanna employees joined the clean-up efforts in Shickshinny, Pa. Each day, a group of plant volunteers headed out, with approval of their...

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Have trouble with Regulatory Issues? Knowledge Transfer? The USA Regulatory Affairs Training and Qualification website offers extensive, qualification level training 24/7 AND formal, stand-up training typically twice per year. The internet-based Computer Based Training (CBT) is available anywhere there is an internet connection. This resource is used extensively and successfully by many utilities and the...

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The 2010 USA Suppliers of the Year were named at the USA’s 17th Annual Executive Summit, held in Grapevine, TX. PKMJ Technical Services was named Services Supplier of the Year, and AP Services was named the Material Supplier of the Year for the second year in a row.  Suppliers are chosen for this prestigious award by...

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