Learn refueling outage best practices from the leading O&M contractor in the U.S. Power Market

Day & Zimmermann (D&Z) is the leading O&M contractor in the U.S. power market. The firm is the incumbent

maintenance contractor at 52 of the nation’s 100 operating nuclear units, and is providing specialty services, including valves, radiological protection, condenser services, project management, and staffing at 77 units. Since 1990, D&Z has safely executed more than 70 million hours of work on 470 refueling outages at 86 units.

Day & Zimmermann (D&Z) has a successful track record of participating in short-duration outages with many of our customers, having performed maintenance and modification services on 130 nuclear outages that were executed in 28 days or less for 19 different utilities. The critical components of this operational success include an early engagement in the customer’s pre-outage preparedness planning efforts, assignment of skilled and trained supervision, and the proactive management of craft productivity.

Download Nuclear Plant Journal’s article, Long-Term Fleet-Wide Alliance,to read more about how Day & Zimmermann employs best practices during a refueling outage, specifically:

• Learning from past experiences
• Maintaining an experienced staff and effective management
• Performance indicators and incentives
• Balancing safety, quality, and time
• Utilizing technology and software
• Empowering the outage team to take ownership of outage outcomes