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Business
Creating Customer-Friendly Utility Communications
Make messages to customers simple, direct, and concrete to hit a response sweet spot. -
Commentary
A Call to Elevate Electric Sector Cyber Security Leadership
It’s time for the leaders in the power generation business to step up and provide some leadership on cybersecurity
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Commentary
Lessons in Innovation from Sir Edmund Hillary
The first conquest of Mount Everest was not just a triumph of the human spirit but also a classic example of solid project management and good leadership. Hillary’s example offers sound lessons for today’s business leaders.
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Commentary
Workplace Drama: Leadership Is About Course Correction, Not Perfection
All leaders want to be liked, but letting that desire set your course is a path to frustration and drama. Though it sometimes seems counter-intuitive, the ability to set good boundaries is the mark of a good leader.
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Commentary
The Management Intelligence of the Octopus
Adaptive, creative, and flexible, the humble octopus has much to teach managers in the modern world.
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Supply Chains
Why Swooning SWU Prices Will Continue
Long a tightly controlled near-monopoly, the market for enriched uranium is finally about to see some meaningful foreign competition.
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Nuclear
THE BIG PICTURE: Generation IV designs
A “who’s doing what” addendum to "THE BIG PICTURE: Advanced Fission" in our November 2012 issue.
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Nuclear
THE BIG PICTURE: Small and Medium-Sized Reactors (SMRs)
A “who’s doing what” addendum to "THE BIG PICTURE: Advanced Fission" in our November 2012 issue.
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News
NRC: Nuclear Plants in Sandy’s Path Relatively Unscathed
Several nuclear power plants in the path of Hurricane Sandy, the "superstorm" that devastated parts of the East Coast last week, endured the hurricane-force winds and storm surges without significant impact, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has said.
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News
Dominion Proposes 1.4-MW Natural Gas Plant in Virginia
Dominion Virginia Power on Friday asked the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) to approve construction of a 1,358-MW combined cycle natural gas-fired power plant to replace power from aging coal plants that the company has deemed are not economically or environmentally sound to continue operating.