NEI Honors Innovations That Save Nuclear Facilities Millions

NEI Honors Innovations That Save Nuclear Facilities Millions

The Nuclear Energy Institute on Thursday announced its 2015 best industry practice awards, naming a team of Exelon employees as winners of the B. Ralph Sylvia Best of the Best Award for an innovative management process that digitalizes work packages. “The employees were honored for their Electronic Work Package (eWP), a digital process through which work packages are created, managed, monitored and stored,” the NEI said.

The eWP system replaces paper-based work packages, which improves safety, efficiency and productivity during plant maintenance work.

The NEI also said the system allows for improved communication within a nuclear facility, as workers can take photos and videos of field conditions for documentation. The practice leads to better communication and problem solving, especially welcome, given operations and maintenance expenses constituted 56 percent of a nuclear energy facility’s electricity generation costs in 2013, according to the Electric Utility Cost Group, the NEI said in a statement. Read More
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