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Doug Stewart

IEC Minutes
September 2020

Arkansas Turnaround
Demonstrates the Power of the Code
Excellence at the Core

Seven years after a series of accidents that placed it among the lowest-rated nuclear power stations in the country, Entergy's Arkansas Nuclear One is now officially back among the ranks of the best.

At the core of that recovery was a transformation of the relationship between the facility's management, corporate executives and members of Little Rock, Ark., Local 647.

"Back in the 90s we were one of the best plants in the industry," said Local 647 Business Manager Shannon Walters. "Now, we are back where we were and always wanted to be."

This fall, the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations, a private auditing agency that evaluates the performance of nuclear power stations, gave ANO its highest rating — 1.

Only two years ago, during INPO's last biannual review, ANO was reportedly ranked near the bottom, a 3 out of 4. INPO ratings are not made public.

And INPO was not alone.

ANO was in the Nuclear Regulatory Council's basement too. Where INPO focuses on operations and performance, NRC ranks plants primarily on compliance with safety and security regulations, and ANO was severely underperforming.

Since a crane collapse and a transformer fire in 2013, ANO was in NRC's Column 4. The only other plant rated so low, Pilgrim in Massachusetts, shut down. Column 5 designation is the precursor to being forcibly shut down.

Stephenson:
A Commitment to
Excellence
Cooper:
The Power of Union

Dale Dunlop;
James A. Dotson

Grateful for our Union

December 2020

Big Hearts Always in Season for IBEW Members