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Welcome to the NIC, Duke Energy’s new online Nuclear Information Center. In this online space, you will find educational information on the nuclear industry and the nuclear stations operated by Duke...
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Lessons Learned from Fukushima
In the wake of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, Duke Energy and others in the nuclear industry have begun to apply lessons learned from Fukushima. Personnel at nuclear stations operated by...
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Wired for Success – Practice Makes Perfect at Oconee Nuclear Station
So, how do you train employees to work on equipment that is rarely taken out of service? How do you reduce the risk in what is inherently a risky task due to lag times between execution? You do exactly...
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Oconee Nuclear Station and the World of Energy Awarded
Oconee’s “Best of the Best” Award Recently, Oconee received the Nuclear Energy Institute’s (NEI) prestigious “Best of the Best” award for the first digital upgrade of a nuclear safety-related system in...
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Surprises Await at World of Energy
It is a place where orchids bloom, art is displayed and local history is remembered. It is also a venue where professionals meet, children learn and retirees explore new interests. The World of Energy,...
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Boy Scouts Flock to Local Nuclear Plants Year After Year
Engineering, nuclear science, environmental science, chemistry. No, they’re not just subjects some of our nuclear teammates majored in as college students, but in fact, represent just a few of the Boy...
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Nuclear Fuel: What do we do with that stuff?
All nuclear power reactors use uranium fuel to generate electricity. This fuel consists of small ceramic pellets stacked into metal fuel rods, which are bound together into fuel assemblies that are...
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Oconee Nuclear Station Celebrates 40 Years of Operation
In 1973, major news headlines covered the increasingly shocking discoveries of Watergate. Tony Orlando and Dawn had everyone singing about tying yellow ribbons around old oak trees, and moviegoers...
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Power Plants End Summer on a High Note
There’s nothing more reminiscent of a summer in the South than the sound of crickets in the distance, the smell of honeysuckle in the air and sitting under the starry skies enjoying a movie. It might...
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Duke Energy Inspires Young Minds during National Nuclear Science Week
Last week, dozens of nuclear professionals across Duke Energy’s nuclear fleet met with hundreds of students to give them a lesson on nuclear power as part of National Nuclear Science Week. Teammates...
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Why don’t all nuclear plants have cooling towers?
Water is pumped from the cooling tower basin to the plant’s condenser, and back to the cooling tower. Some of the warmth is immediately released by spraying over a grid, allowing some of the liquid to...
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NAYGN “Community Service Week” starts a tradition
Whether it’s cleaning local parks, clearing heavily traveled roads of debris or landscaping the yard of an elderly women, Duke Energy’s North American Young Generation in Nuclear (NAYGN) chapters have...
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Annual hunting and fishing event draws a big crowd
The 8th Annual National Hunting and Fishing Day event held at the World of Energy in Seneca, S.C. on Saturday, Sept. 20 was a huge success with an estimated 1,500 people in attendance. Children of all...
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Duke Energy donates school supplies to help kick-off the school year
With school back in session, Duke Energy’s nuclear sites are helping needy elementary and middle school students start the year off right with loads of school supplies. Across the fleet, sites...
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Annual national celebration places focus on nuclear science, careers and...
Last week, Duke Energy hosted a series of local events in communities around the company’s six nuclear plants. More than 125 nuclear professionals across the company’s nuclear fleet met with hundreds...
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The Season for Giving
’Tis the season of giving, and Duke Energy’s nuclear teammates in South Carolina and North Carolina are always finding rewarding and creative ways to give to their local communities. South Carolina At...
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Celebrating STEM
Student robotics Team 343 poses with members of Duke Energy and iMAGINE Upstate to celebrate the recent partnership between Duke Energy and iMAGINE Upstate. “Hookshot” wheeled itself across the floor...
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The Wild Side of Nuclear Facilities
When you think of nuclear power plants, recreation may not be the first thing that comes to mind. But at and around Duke Energy’s nuclear sites you can find numerous places to hike, fish, picnic and...
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Who says education is boring?
National Hunting and Fishing Day makes education a thrill “I am so excited to be there, I am so excited to be there, I am SO excited to be there!” was the repetitive (and increasingly louder) chant...
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World of Energy educates the Upstate – even during spring break
It’s said spring break is a kid’s best friend – and a parent’s worst nightmare. At the World of Energy – Oconee Nuclear Station’s education center – our goal is to change that conundrum. That’s why...
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