ML22217A057

News Release-I-22-010: New NRC Senior Resident Inspector Assigned to Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant

ML22217A057
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Site:	Calvert Cliffs
Issue date:	08/05/2022
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No: I-22-010 August 5, 2022 CONTACT: Diane Screnci, 610-337-5330 Neil Sheehan, 610-337-5331 New NRC Senior Resident Inspector Assigned to Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, have assigned Gene DiPaolo as the new senior resident inspector at the Calvert Cliffs nuclear power plant in Lusby, Maryland.

He joins NRC Resident Inspector Sarah Obadina at the two-unit site operated by Constellation Nuclear.

DiPaolo began his NRC career in 1997 as a project engineer in the Region II office in Atlanta. He has worked as a resident inspector at the Browns Ferry nuclear power plant in Alabama and at McGuire in North Carolina, and as a senior resident inspector at the Brunswick nuclear power plant in North Carolina, and Limerick in Pennsylvania.

Most recently, he was a senior reactor inspector in the Region I office in King of Prussia, specializing in fire protection and cyber security inspections.

Prior to joining the agency, DiPaolo held a variety of positions at the Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory in upstate New York, including nuclear plant engineer at two different prototypes and a reactor systems engineer for the Navys Los Angeles-class attack submarines. He earned a bachelors degree in marine engineering and marine transportation from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, New York.

Genes 25 years as an independent regulator have equipped him with the extensive knowledge and experience necessary to assure the plant continues to meet the high standards we require at the nations nuclear power plants," said NRC Region I Administrator David C. Lew.

Each U.S. commercial nuclear power plant has at least two NRC resident inspectors. 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. Resident inspectors can serve up to seven years at a reactor site.