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What’s better than a night out under the stars? A night out enjoying the sounds of the Charlotte Symphony at McGuire Nuclear Station, of course. It’s not often that you hear that thousands of people are planning to attend a free concert at a nuclear...

In the electric utility industry, “outage” can be an unwelcome word. However, for nuclear plants, scheduled refueling outages mean greater efficiency and reliability. While nuclear plants produce low-carbon energy around the clock, every 18 to 24 months...

The Nuclear Information Center (NIC) has been a go-to source for sharing about the nuclear industry and Duke Energy's six nuclear sites across the Carolinas since we first began publishing articles in 2011. Now we're just over a decade old, and want to...

Some say turning 40 is a gateway to old age. Others say life begins at 40. McGuire Nuclear Station workers view 40 as an important milestone since McGuire Unit 1 produced its first commercial electricity on Dec. 12, 1981. For the past 40 years, McGuire...

Meet Mike Bollinger, a military veteran and long-time security officer at McGuire Nuclear Station. Mike Bollinger, left, started this coat drive in 1988. On an ordinary day at work, Mike is dressed in all black, donning required security...

As we enter outage season, performing maintenance, upgrades and refueling our plants, it’s fitting that also upgrade our emergency preparedness tools and how we share information. We’ve embraced technology in our fleet with tools like the Guardian S...

A hot, steamy, late Sunday, early-June afternoon at a nuclear plant may seem like an odd time and place to go bat hunting, but it was the perfect time and place for Will Ricks, Duke Energy senior environmental scientist; and Amanda Rhyne and Emily Pody,...

It doesn’t have the ring of Ready, Set, Go or Lights, Camera, Action. But... Batteries charged, Motor functions validated, Cameras online, sounds like innovation within the Duke Energy nuclear fleet. After working through those quick steps, L-Mo is...

Earth Day began in 1970 as a “teach-in” to educate communities about the importance of the environment. Like Earth Day, what would become the nuclear fleet for Duke Energy was just emerging. While the connection between Earth Day and Duke Energy’s fleet...

Are you a planner? Do you know a planner? That kid who has their Halloween costume planned a year in advance; a four-year-plan drafted to ensure timely college graduation; don’t even get us started on wedding planning…  What would this world be like...