Press Release-I-07-059, NRC Assigns Resident Inspectors to Nine Mile Point

Press Release-I-07-059: NRC Assigns Resident Inspectors to Nine Mile Point

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Site:	Nine Mile Point
Issue date:	11/23/2007
From:	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 E-mail: opa1@nrc.gov Site: http://www.nrc.gov No. I-07-059 November 23, 2007

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Diane Screnci 610/337-5330 Neil Sheehan 610/337-5331 NRC ASSIGNS RESIDENT INSPECTORS TO NINE MILE POINT Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials in King of Prussia, Pa., have promoted Edward C. Knutson to Senior Resident Inspector at the Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station in Scriba, NY. NRC officials have also assigned Douglas Dempsey as the Resident Inspector at the two-unit Nine Mile Point site.

Knutson joined the NRC in 1991 as a reactor engineer in the Region I office in King of Prussia. He has worked as a Resident Inspector at the Robert E. Ginna plant in Ontario, N.Y., at Vermont Yankee in Vernon, Vt., and at Nine Mile Point. Prior to joining the agency, Knutson served in the United States Navy for 14 years. He earned bachelors degrees in biology and chemistry at Western Washington University in Bellingham, Wash.

Dempsey has been with the NRC since 1988 when he joined the Region I staff as a reactor engineer. He has been a resident inspector at Millstone Station in Waterford, Conn., and, most recently, at FitzPatrick in Scriba, N.Y. Prior to his federal service, Dempsey was a shift test engineer at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., in Virginia. Dempsey also served in the United States Navys nuclear program, where he was a reactor operator. He graduated Phi Beta Kappa with a bachelors degree in government from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va., and also attended Marshall Wythe School of Law at William and Mary.

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 regular inspections, monitoring significant work projects and interfacing with plant workers and the public.

The Nine Mile Point resident inspectors can be reached at 315/342-4041.