Quality Assurance & New Plant Licensing and Construction Moderated by HTS Enterprise at ANS Utility Working Conference 2006
ANS Utility Working Conference 2006, Amelia Island, FL (ContentDesk) August 7, 2006 -- HTS Enterprise CEO, Garry Harris will be a featured speaker at the American Nuclear Society Utility Working Conference 2006 (UWC).
As the moderator and organizer of a five speaker panel entitled Quality Assurance the Key to Standardization in New Plant Licensing and Construction , Mr. Harris will be joined by featured speaker, Tom Mudge, Quality Manager, Washington Group International, Inc., who will present the Challenges and Opportunities for Standardization of the Construction QA Process .
The Utility Working Conference, sponsored by the Operations and Power Division of the American Nuclear Society, is renowned as the leading nuclear utility forum for providing an open exchange of operating experience and insights from diverse industry viewpoints.Session commentary and discussion on the use of quality assurance (QA) strategies will be enhanced by an esteemed panel consisting of Jim Fisicaro, Nuclear General Office General Manager, Duke Energy; Paul Prescott, Senior Operations Engineer, Division of Engineering Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (USNRC); John Adkins, Senior Engineer, Southern Nuclear; and Clint Eldridge Chairman, ANS 32 Standards Committee, Pacific Gas and Electric, Diablo Canyon.
The speaker panel will address challenges to standardization, quality assurance strategies that complement design standardization approaches, as well the need for an industry-wide quality standard for new plant construction.
Complete deployment and integration of quality processes into all phases of new plant licensing and construction activities, such as ESP, COL, Construction, ITTACS, Start-up and Operation, have become critical to ensuring standardization and consistency across all applications.
Additional strategies such as early quality program development and alignment with applicable standards, regulatory guidance and industry committee reports can be integral to achieving standardization for new plants.
Benefits of implementing design-centered standardization through QA strategies, include considerable cost savings, reduced regulatory challenges and enhanced nuclear safety.Mr. Harris, a twenty-five year veteran of the nuclear industry, has consulted to or performed engineering, licensing, quality control and assurance, operations, spent fuel transportation and storage, and plant maintenance activities at nearly 70% of nuclear plant sites in the US. His professional experience spans various positions at Westinghouse Electric, Institute for Nuclear Power Operations and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Recently appointed to two American Nuclear Society (ANS) national committees and Former Chairman of the ANS Section in Atlanta, Mr. Harris also sits on the Division Council for the American Society for Quality Environmental and Energy Divisions. Mr. Harris was Senior Reactor Operator certified by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Westinghouse Electric Corporation. He is Chairperson for the Atlanta section of the AABE BEAM (Black Energy Awareness Month) Committee, which is responsible for increasing the awareness of energy related career and technical opportunities among minority youth.
Mr. Harris holds a BS in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Virginia, a MS in Technology Management and MS in Quality Assurance and is pursuing efforts to obtain a doctorate in Industrial Engineering.HTS Enterprise LLC provides engineering consulting services through four sectors:
Energy, QA and environmental services are delivered through HTS Engineering Services;
materials testing and characterization through HTS Materials Evaluation & Research Center; Nuclear power public education and awareness are provided through the HTS Southeast Energy Education Initiative; and Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy initiatives through the HTS EERE Institute.
Based in Atlanta, GA, HTS Enterprise LLC is a certified minority vendor by the GMSDC, Fulton County, Dekalb County, City of Atlanta, GDOT and MARTA, and is a graduate company of the Greater Atlanta Economic Alliance Academy and Tuck School of Business Minority Business Executive Program at Dartmouth College..
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While on a recent camping trip, I was outside my tent looking up at the brilliant stars in the night sky. The sound of hummingbirds had faded with the last light of the sun and was replaced with crickets cheering wind blown pine needles racing across the dirt to a final resting place. In the past, my evening's entertainment in the wild included a gathering of rabbits, a deer or two, maybe even a coyote howling in the distance, but now I had additional choices of entertainment. I could watch TVs glowing from RV windows. I could listen to a hard rock band blaring from someone's stereo.
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Camping With or Without a Remote Control in the Great Outdoors
Kingman, AZ (ContentDesk) July 20, 2004 --
While on a recent camping trip, I was outside my tent looking up at the brilliant stars in the night sky. The sound of hummingbirds had faded with the last light of the sun and was replaced with crickets cheering wind blown pine needles racing across the dirt to a final resting place. In the past, my evening's entertainment in the wild included a gathering of rabbits, a deer or two, maybe even a coyote howling in the distance, but now I had additional choices of entertainment. I could watch TVs glowing from RV windows. I could listen to a hard rock band blaring from someone's stereo.
Or even try to play name that tune with the rhythm and hum of a generator behind me in spot number seventy-two."Should we be heading towards map icons and directories that separate "developed" properties versus ones that bring you back to nature in a "primitive" way?" asks Jonathan Stocker, of alternative lodging at AllStays.com. "We hear from many...
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KUA Honored with Three Statewide PR Awards
Kissimmee Utility Authority (KUA) on Tuesday evening took home three awards in the Florida Public Relations Association's (FPRA) annual awards for the best public relations programs and tactics in the state.The industry association honored KUA's 2004 calendar of energy conservation with a judges' award and a Golden Image Award, FPRA's highest category recognition. KUA's 2002 annual report received an award of distinction. "As a Golden Image Award winner, KUA has again been recognized by its peers in the public relations industry to have met the highest standards of performance," said Chris Gent, KUA's manager of corporate communications. "We are extremely proud of our ongoing efforts to educate our customers."KUA's calendar is part of an ongoing effort to increase public awareness of energy conservation. The calendar featured the artwork of third, fourth and fifth grade students in Osceola County.
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CompAmerica Claims Title to 'the Most Powerful Laptop on Earth!' -- the ORCA 9098
(ContentDesk) November 11, 2005 -- The world of exotic super laptops is a hotly contested field. Today, CompAmerica added on to the top end of its exotics with a new laptop for the very enthusiastic, and professional laptop user community, one with pizzazz, potency and performance, the ORCA 9098.
CompAmerica announced that its newest high-end ORCA Laptop will support the brand spanking new and...
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