Press Release-III-19-002, NRC Names New Senior Resident Inspector at Byron Nuclear Power Plant

Press Release-III-19-002: NRC Names New Senior Resident Inspector at Byron Nuclear Power Plant

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Site:	Byron
Issue date:	02/07/2019
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No: III-19-002 February 7, 2019

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Viktoria Mitlyng, 630-829-9662 Prema Chandrathil, 630-829-9663 NRC Names New Senior Resident Inspector at Byron Nuclear Power Plant The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has selected Diana Betancourt-Roldán as the new senior resident inspector at the Byron nuclear power plant. The two-unit plant is located in Byron, Ill., 17 miles southwest of Rockford.

Betancourt-Roldán joined the NRC as a reactor engineer in Region III in 2006. She has served as a resident inspector at the Braidwood nuclear power plant and as an acting senior resident inspector at the Point Beach nuclear power plant.

She earned a bachelors of chemical engineering degree from the University of Puerto Rico and also holds a masters of mechanical engineering degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Each commercial nuclear power plant site in the United States has at least two resident inspectors who monitor day-to-day operations. Betancourt-Roldán joins NRC resident inspector Christopher Hunt at the Byron facility. They will serve as the agencys eyes and ears at the facility, conducting inspections and monitoring significant work projects.

The NRC resident inspectors can be reached at (630) 829-9507.