AmerenUE Callaway Plant Receives National Award For Pipe Replacement Project		June 2, 2009
The Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) presented the AmerenUE Callaway Plant with a Top Industry Practice (TIP) Award for successfully completing a first-of-its-kind pipe replacement project. Callaway was honored with the TIP Materials and Services Process Award for being the first U.S. nuclear plant to use high-density polyethylene piping in a safety-related system. NEI presented the award May 19 at the organization’s annual Nuclear Energy Assembly in Washington, D.C. Callaway shared the award with Duke Energy’s Catawba Station in York County, S.C. The Materials and Services Process Award is one of 15 TIP Awards created to highlight the nuclear energy industry’s most innovative techniques and ideas. The awards promote the sharing of fresh ideas and best practices, improving safety, work processes and the competitive position of the industry as a whole.
Accepting a Nuclear Energy Institute Top Industry Practice Award are, left to right: Adam Heflin, AmerenUE senior vice president and chief nuclear officer; Shannon Abel, assistant manager, major projects; Matt Brandes, consulting engineer; Joe Fortman, supervising engineer; Tom Elwood, licensing supervisor; and Tom Voss, Ameren Corporation president and chief executive officer.