Press Release-III-02-041, NRC Names New Resident Inspector at Point Beach

Press Release-III-02-041: NRC Names New Resident Inspector at Point Beach

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Site:	Point Beach
Issue date:	07/09/2002
From:	Viktoria Mitlyng, Strasma J Office of Public Affairs Region II
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Press Release-III-02-041
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NRC NEWS U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION 801 Warrenville Road Lisle IL 60532 Web Site: http://www.nrc.gov No. III-02-041 July 9, 2002 CONTACT: Jan Strasma (630)829-9663 E-mail: opa3@nrc.gov Viktoria Mitlyng (630)829-9662 NRC NAMES NEW RESIDENT INSPECTOR AT POINT BEACH Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials in Lisle, Illinois, have assigned R. Michael Morris as a resident inspector at the Point Beach Nuclear Power Station located in Two Rivers, Wisconsin.

Morris, who began his duties at Point Beach in May, replaces Raymond Powell who has been appointed senior resident inspector at the Perry Nuclear Power Station in Perry, Ohio.

Prior to his most recent assignment, Morris worked in the Operator Licensing Branch of the agencys Region III office. Before joining the NRC on June 19, 2000, he worked at the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant in San Luis Obispo, California, in emergency planning, engineering and operations training. He received his senior reactor operator certification at Diablo Canyon. Morris has worked as an engineering and operations trainer at Babcock & Wilcox and an auxiliary operator at the Summer Nuclear Power Plant in South Carolina.

Morris served as a nuclear machinist on a nuclear submarine U.S.S. Parche SSN-683 for six years. He earned a bachelors degree in math and physics from the University of South Carolina.

Morris, his wife and four sons live near Denmark, Wisconsin.

Morris joins NRC Senior Resident Inspector Paul Krohn at the Point Beach plant. They can be reached at 920/755-2309.