Press Release-II-19-026, NRC Names New Senior Resident Inspector at Robinson Nuclear Power Plant

Press Release-II-19-026: NRC Names New Senior Resident Inspector at Robinson Nuclear Power Plant

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Site:	Robinson
Issue date:	04/29/2019
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No: II-19-026 April 29, 2019

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Roger Hannah, 404-997-4417 Joey Ledford, 404-997-4416 NRC Names New Senior Resident Inspector at Robinson Nuclear Power Plant Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials in Atlanta have named Matt Fannon as the agencys senior resident inspector at Duke Energys Robinson nuclear power plant, located near Hartsville, S.C., approximately 26 miles northwest of Florence.

Fannon joined the NRCs Region I office in King of Prussia, Pa., in June 2013 after graduating from the University of Tennessee with a bachelors degree in nuclear engineering. He was a reactor engineer in the Region I Division of Reactor Projects until he became a resident inspector at the Limerick nuclear plant in Pennsylvania in 2015.

Fannon is a graduate of the NRCs Nuclear Safety Professional Development Program and has completed a rigorous inspector qualification program. He also served in the U.S. Navy nuclear propulsion program for six years.

He joins NRC Resident Inspector Amy Beasten at the Robinson site.

At least two NRC resident inspectors are assigned to each U.S. commercial nuclear plant.

They serve as the agency's eyes and ears at the facility, conducting inspections, monitoring major work projects and interacting with plant workers and the public.