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 sponsored back to school supply drives in an effort to ...
Nuclear observation program helps to ensure public safety
Employees working at nuclear plants may feel like they are always being watched and, in reality, this is partly true. Monitored security cameras are located throughout the plant property and buildings, and employees only have authorized access to ...
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 ages and their families helped celebrate the great ...
Duke Energy's WINning Chapter
Outstanding efforts deserve recognition, and Duke Energy’s Women in Nuclear (WIN) Central Chapter got just that this summer at the 2014 U.S. Women in Nuclear National Conference. In July, 45 Duke Energy WIN members made their way to Boston to accept ...
Nuclear energy's future is green
The Nuclear Energy Institute, a pro-nuclear power organization, recently launched a Future of Energy campaign. The purpose of this campaign is to promote the positive attributes of nuclear energy, including its crucial role in America’s diverse energy ...
Catawba Nuclear Station: Through a different lens
Morning comes to Catawba Nuclear Station, located in York County, S. C. on Lake Wylie. The two units at Catawba generate approximately 2,258 megawatts of electricity—enough electricity to power approximately one million homes—making it the ...
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 started a new tradition! Approximately 75 NAYGN ...
Community leaders get inside look at Crystal River Nuclear Plant decommissioning
Don Taylor, 65, drove down the three mile access road and pulled into the visitor’s left lane at the Access Control Point – the first layer of security before coming onto plant property. A security officer cross-checked his driver’s license, looked ...
Duke Energy's NAYGN Does it Again!
Duke Energy’s reputation for hiring the brightest and best young professionals in the nuclear power industry is once again taking center stage. Duke Energy's North American Young Generation in Nuclear (NAYGN) organization was recently awarded the ...
New FLEX Regional Center Opens in Arizona
One of three FLEX buildings at McGuire Nuclear Station in Huntersville, NC is almost complete. As part of the U.S. nuclear industry’s ongoing response to the events at Fukushima in 2011, additional portable equipment is being added to all U.S. nuclear ...