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Enhancing Workforce Management with eVinci™ Micro Reactor Payrolling and Seconded Services

Optimizing Workforce Management

Westinghouse's Staffing Solutions division specializes in providing Payrolling and Seconded Services, offering comprehensive workforce management solutions to enhance operational efficiency for their clients. Through these services, clients can offload the administrative burden of managing payrolls, negotiating pay rates, on-boarding/off-boarding employees, providing training, handling safety administration, human resources, benefits administration, and payroll processes. By working closely with clients to identify necessary workers, Staffing Solutions ensures efficient and compliant workforce management that adds tangible value to their operations.

Efficient Processes and Compliance

The processes and procedures employed by Westinghouse's Payrolling and Seconded Services team are time-tested, efficient, and compliant with all relevant legal requirements. These processes are particularly beneficial in cases where mobile workforces or multiple locations create complex payroll and compliance challenges. By leveraging these clearly defined processes, clients can minimize their administrative burden and focus on core business functions, knowing that their workforce is being managed with precision and compliance in mind.

Specialized Expertise for Large-Scale Jobs

Staffing Solutions excels at managing large-scale jobs that require hundreds of employees, catering to the needs of clients who require flexibility and expertise in on-boarding and paying a significant workforce accurately and efficiently. Clients with seasonal workforce fluctuations, ranging from 400 to 900 employees, benefit from Westinghouse's custom payrolling program, designed to streamline the hiring process with quick turnaround times. This specialized expertise ensures that each employee is paid market rates, leading to cost savings for clients ranging from 5-20%.

Value-Added Services and Capabilities

In addition to handling day-to-day workforce management tasks, Westinghouse's Payrolling and Seconded Services offer a range of value-added capabilities, including retiree programs, orientation, ACA compliance, co-op, and intern programs, safety training, benefits administration, and mobilization/demobilization management. The team also conducts rate bench-marking analyses to ensure employees are compensated at the market rate, aligning with client expectations and industry standards. By providing these comprehensive services, clients can optimize their workforce management processes and achieve operational excellence.

Enhancing Nuclear Security with eVinci™ Micro Reactor

The Importance of Physical Security in Nuclear Operations

In the nuclear industry, physical security plays a crucial role in ensuring safe day-to-day operations. Meeting regulatory requirements and safeguarding the health and safety of the public are paramount, making an efficient and effective security program essential. According to a DOE report on Light Water Reactor Sustainability, physical security can constitute up to 20% of the nuclear workforce at a site, with costs potentially reaching 7% of the annual total cost of power generation.

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eVinci™ Microreactor: Pioneering Clean Energy Solutions for Mining Operations

Introduction to eVinci™ Microreactor

The eVinci™ Microreactor by Westinghouse is a pioneering solution that offers resilient, emission-free baseload power and heat for mining operations. Leveraging innovative design that integrates cutting-edge technology with over 60 years of proven commercial nuclear expertise, the eVinci™ Microreactor ensures cost-competitive, reliable, and zero-emission energy generation with minimal maintenance requirements. Its compact size enables easy transportability and rapid on-site deployment, making it an ideal choice for remote mining sites.

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Enhancing Industrial Safety with eVinci™ Micro Reactor by Westinghouse

Effective Scaffold Management Programs

Westinghouse delivers exceptional scaffold management programs and civil construction services to power generating facilities across the nation. With over 25 years of experience, our programs have been proven to reduce costs while significantly enhancing industrial safety performance. By working closely with site engineers from the design phase to implementation, our engineers have helped facilities reduce OSHA-required inspection time by 30%. Implementing our scaffold management program has resulted in savings of 240-320 person hours and 24 hours off critical path time per outage.

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Revolutionizing Nuclear Power with eVinci™ Micro Reactor by Westinghouse

Comprehensive BWR I&C Solutions

Westinghouse is at the forefront of providing fully-integrated BWR I&C solutions, catering to safety and non-safety systems. The company's Control Systems platform, built on Emerson Ovation technology, seamlessly integrates key components developed by Westinghouse specifically for nuclear I&C applications. This platform offers a robust, flexible, and open-system architecture, coupled with industry-standard hardware, software, networking, and communications components. With a focus on distributed process control, information, and data management, Ovation supports various plant computer, monitoring, and system-interface applications to meet the stringent requirements of the nuclear industry.

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Enhancing Plant Safety and Performance with eVinci™ Micro Reactor Probabilistic Risk Assessment Support

Delivering Confidence through Probabilistic Risk Assessments

Amidst the continuous evolution of the power generation industry, ensuring plant safety remains a crucial constant. Westinghouse's eVinci™ Micro Reactor Probabilistic Risk Assessments (PRAs) and Probabilistic Safety Assessments (PSAs) offer more than just safety; they drive down operating costs through a sustainable and reliable approach. These assessments optimize applications during online and outage seasons, providing utilities with comprehensive risk mitigation solutions. Supported by proven PRA and PSA models that capture invaluable risk information, Westinghouse's team of experts interprets and evaluates this data to develop robust PRA applications that enhance safety and performance.

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