Press Release-IV-08-003, NRC Names New Resident Inspector at Arkansas Nuclear One

Press Release-IV-08-003: NRC Names New Resident Inspector at Arkansas Nuclear One

ML080090204
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Site:	Arkansas Nuclear
Issue date:	01/09/2008
From:	Office of Public Affairs Region IV
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Press Release-IV-08-003
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NRC NEWS U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Office of Public Affairs Region IV 611 Ryan Plaza Drive - Suite 400 Arlington, Texas 76011-4005 No.08-003 January 9, 2008

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Victor Dricks E-Mail: opa4@nrc.gov Phone: (817) 860-8128 NRC NAMES NEW RESIDENT INSPECTOR AT ARKANSAS NUCLEAR ONE The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has assigned Alfred A.

Sanchez, Jr. as senior resident inspector at the Arkansas Nuclear One Nuclear Power Plant. The plant, near Russellville, Ark., is operated by Entergy Operations, Inc.

Alfred Sanchezs technical and regulatory experience will assist the NRC in carrying out its mission of protecting people and the environment and ensuring the safe operation of nuclear power plants, said NRC Region IV Administrator Elmo E. Collins.

Sanchez has served with the NRC since 2000 and was most recently the resident inspector at the Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant. He has a B.S. degree in nuclear engineering and a M.S. degree in industrial engineering from Texas A&M University.

Each of the country's commercial nuclear plants has resident inspectors who serve as the agency's eyes and ears at the facility, conducting regular inspections, monitoring significant work projects and interacting with plant workers and the public.

The resident inspectors at Arkansas Nuclear One can be reached at: (479) 968-3290.

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