Press Release-I-07-033, - William Raymond Named NRC Senior Resident Inspector at Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant

Press Release-I-07-033 - William Raymond Named NRC Senior Resident Inspector at Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant

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Site:	Seabrook
Issue date:	06/05/2007
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NRC NEWS U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION Office of Public Affairs, Region I 475 Allendale Road, King of Prussia, Pa.

www.nrc.gov No. I-07-033 June 5, 2007

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Diane Screnci, 610/337-5330 Email: opa1@nrc.gov Neil Sheehan, 610/337-5331 WILLIAM RAYMOND NAMED NRC SENIOR RESIDENT INSPECTOR AT SEABROOK 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 Seabrook nuclear power plant. He joins Resident Inspector Steve Shaffer at the Seabrook, N.H., plant.

Raymond succeeds Glenn Dentel, who was promoted to a branch chief in the Region I office.

Bill Raymond has extensive technical and regulatory experience, and has demonstrated the dedication to safety to carry out NRCs commitment to protect people and the environment," said NRC Region I Administrator Samuel J. Collins. He is our eyes and ears on site, monitoring daily operations. Two NRC resident inspectors are assigned to Seabrook.

Raymond began his NRC career in 1975 as a reactor engineer in the NRCs Region I office in King of Prussia. 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., Indian Point 2 in Buchanan, N.Y., and most recently at Pilgrim in Plymouth, Mass. 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 1 and 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.

The Seabrook Resident Inspectors can be reached at 603/474-3589.

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