Press Release-I-19-007, New NRC Senior Resident Inspector Assigned to Hope Creek Nuclear Plant

Press Release-I-19-007: New NRC Senior Resident Inspector Assigned to Hope Creek Nuclear Plant

ML19100A089
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Site:	Hope Creek
Issue date:	04/09/2019
From:	Office of Public Affairs Region I
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No: I-19-007 April 9, 2019

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Diane Screnci, 610-337-5330 Neil Sheehan, 610-337-5331 New NRC Senior Resident Inspector Assigned to Hope Creek Nuclear Plant Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials in King of Prussia, Pa., have selected Adam Ziedonis as the new senior resident inspector at the Hope Creek Generating Station in Hancocks Bridge, N.J. He joins NRC Resident Inspector Sherlyn Haney at the site operated by PSEG Nuclear.

Most recently, Ziedonis was the resident inspector at the Salem nuclear power plant, which is adjacent to Hope Creek. He has also served as a resident inspector at the Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station in Delta, Pa., and as a region-based reactor inspector.

Ziedonis joined the agencys Region I office in 2004 after earning his bachelors and masters degree in mechanical engineering from Drexel University in Philadelphia. He is a graduate of the NRCs Nuclear Safety Professional Development Program.

Each U.S. commercial nuclear power plant has at least two NRC resident inspectors who 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 are assigned to a site for up to seven years.