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With a fresh look and brand, Duke Energy needed a compelling new way to show off its most powerful asset – its employees. The result is this 3-minute video that introduces the new Duke Energy and what goes on behind the light switch. The video, ...

Harold Walker, 57, is known as the “creative one” at the Crystal River Nuclear Plant (CR3) in Crystal River, Fla. So anytime a special team is formed, he is often the first person picked. “I was on the diversity team for three years at CR3,” Walker ...

Harris Nuclear Plant The Energy and Environmental Center at the Harris Nuclear Plant has undergone many facelifts since the mid-1980s when it first opened. That was a few years before the Harris Plant, located about 20 miles south of downtown Raleigh, ...

When engineers at Harris Nuclear Plant recently developed plans to make repairs to a small flaw in a nozzle in the top of the plant’s reactor vessel head, they used a high-tech robot to reduce the risk of human error and to ensure precise, consistent, ...

The nuclear energy industry sometimes gets a bad rap. Many of the negative opinions surrounding the public’s thoughts toward nuclear power production are rooted in information that is not factual. Since nuclear energy first became a power source six ...

When Curtis McKeown, 60, wanted a job at the Crystal River Nuclear Plant (CR3) on Florida’s west coast in 1970, he showed up every day until he landed a position as a carpenter’s helper working the night shift. He was only 17 and even had to wait a ...

Since the first U.S. nuclear power plant opened its doors for commercial operation in 1958 until today, the nuclear industry has grown to serve nearly 20 percent of the U.S. population’s energy needs. Though most nuclear power plants that began...

We asked Keith Ferdinando, a teammate at Brunswick Nuclear Plant to sit down with us and share a few insights into his role as a radiation protection technician. Q. They say security is tough at nuclear power plants. What type of security do you go ...

Time assumes a rhythm in places where 110 degree heat snatches your breath and sand clings to your clothing and boots. It’s the summer of 2012 at Bagram Airfield located in Parwan Province, Afghanistan. As uniformed men and women come and go, Steve ...

He did what most of us won’t at age 22; he took his father’s advice. After a successful 43-year career with Duke Energy’s subsidiary Progress Energy Florida, Doug Humphrey, 66, has never regretted pursuing his career in the utility industry. “My ...