Press Release-I-02-048, William Raymond Named NRC Senior Resident Inspector at Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant

Press Release-I-02-048: William Raymond Named NRC Senior Resident Inspector at Pilgrim Nuclear Power Plant

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Site:	Pilgrim
Issue date:	07/18/2002
From:	Diane Screnci, Neil Sheehan Office of Public Affairs Region I
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NRC NEWS U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION OFFICE OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS -- REGION I 475 Allendale Road King of Prussia, PA 19406 No. I-02-048 July 18, 2002 CONTACT: Diane Screnci, (610) 337-5330 E-mail: opa1@nrc.gov Neil A. Sheehan, (610) 337-5331 WILLIAM RAYMOND NAMED NRC SENIOR RESIDENT INSPECTOR AT PILGRIM NUCLEAR POWER PLANT Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials in King of Prussia, Pa., have appointed William J.

Raymond as the new Senior Resident Inspector at the Pilgrim nuclear power plant. He joins Resident Inspector Russell Arrighi at the Plymouth, Mass., plant.

Raymond succeeds Richard Laura, who was selected for a position at NRC headquarters in Rockville, Md.

Raymond began his NRC career as a reactor engineer in the NRCs Region I office in King of Prussia in 1975. He was a member of the NRCs Onsite Support Group following the accident at Three Mile Island in 1979. He has been the Senior Resident Inspector at the Haddam Neck nuclear plant in Haddam, Conn., Millstone Station in Waterford, Conn., Vermont Yankee in Vernon, Vt., Yankee Rowe, in Rowe, Mass., and most recently at Indian Point 2 in Buchanan, N.Y. He also worked in the Regional Office as a Senior Reactor engineer in the Division of Reactor Safety. In 1985 and in 2002, Raymond was awarded the "NRC Meritorious Service Award" for his performance as a resident inspector.

Prior to joining the NRC, Raymond worked for Babcock and Wilcox Company as a lead startup engineer at Three Mile Island Unit 1; and as a startup engineer at Oconee 1and 2 near Seneca, S.C. He also worked as a reactor operator/research associate at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

He earned a bachelor of science degree in physics from Fairfield University (Fairfield, Conn.),

and a masters in nuclear science and engineering from Virginia Tech. He also attended the graduate liberal studies program at Wesleyan College in Conn.

Raymond is married to the former Maureen Gannon of Hartford, Conn. They have three sons.

He volunteers his time with the Boy Scouts of America.

The Pilgrim resident inspectors can be reached at 508/747-0565.