Press Release-I-19-026, New NRC Senior Resident Inspector Assigned to R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant

Press Release-I-19-026: New NRC Senior Resident Inspector Assigned to R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant

ML19329A061
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Site:	Ginna
Issue date:	10/21/2019
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No: I-19-026 October 21, 2019

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Diane Screnci, 610-337-5330 Neil Sheehan, 610-337-5331 New NRC Senior Resident Inspector Assigned to R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials in King of Prussia, Pa., have selected Jason Schussler as the new senior resident inspector at the R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant. The Ontario, N.Y., facility is operated by Exelon Nuclear.

Schussler joined the NRCs Region I office as a project engineer in 2015. Most recently, he was the Ginna resident inspector. Prior to joining the agency, he worked as a mechanical engineering supervisor at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard. He holds a bachelors degree in mechanical engineering from Clarkson University in Potsdam, N.Y.

Each U.S. commercial nuclear power plant has at least two NRC resident inspectors. They serve as the agencys eyes and ears at the facility, conducting inspections, monitoring major work projects and interacting with plant workers and the public. Resident inspectors can be assigned to any one site for up to seven years.