Press Release-I-20-019, NRC Names New Senior Resident Inspector at Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant

Press Release-I-20-019: NRC Names New Senior Resident Inspector at Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant

ML20351A211
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Site:	Susquehanna
Issue date:	09/28/2020
From:	Office of Public Affairs Region I
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Press Release-I-20-019
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No: I-20-019 September 28, 2020 CONTACT: Diane Screnci, 610-337-5330 Neil Sheehan, 610-337-5331 NRC Names New Senior Resident Inspector at Susquehanna Nuclear Power Plant The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has selected Christopher Highley as the new senior resident inspector at the Susquehanna nuclear power plant in Salem Township (Luzerne County), Pa.

Highley joined the NRC in late 2014 as a reactor engineer in the Division of Reactor Projects in the agencys Region I Office in King of Prussia, Pa. Since November 2015, he has served as the resident inspector at the Millstone nuclear power plant in Connecticut.

Prior to joining the agency, Highley served for more than 25 years in the U.S. Navy, including 11 years as an enlisted nuclear operator. His assignments included serving onboard the USS Abraham Lincoln, at the Charleston Nuclear Power Training Unit and as a combat systems officer and joint planning officer with the U.S. Armys III Corps and U.S. Forces Iraq.

Highley holds a bachelors degree in chemistry, with a minor in math and physics, from the University of Arizona.

Each U.S. commercial nuclear power plant has at least two NRC resident inspectors.

Highley joins resident inspector Matt Rossi, serving as the agencys eyes and ears at the facility, conducting inspections, monitoring significant work projects and interacting with plant workers and the public.