Press Release-III-20-004, NRC Names New Resident Inspector at Palisades Nuclear Power Plant

Press Release-III-20-004: NRC Names New Resident Inspector at Palisades Nuclear Power Plant

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Site:	Palisades
Issue date:	05/29/2020
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No: III-20-004 May 29, 2020

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Viktoria Mitlyng, 630-829-9662 Prema Chandrathil, 630-829-9663 NRC Names New Resident Inspector at Palisades Nuclear Power Plant The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has selected Courtney St.

Peters as the new resident inspector at the Palisades nuclear power plant in Covert, Mich. The plant is operated by Entergy Nuclear Operations Inc.

St. Peters started with the NRC in 2010 as part of the Co-Operative Education Program for students. Upon graduation, she joined the Nuclear Safety Professional Development Program, which is now the Nuclear Regulator Apprenticeship Network. She worked as a project manager in the Division of Advanced Reactors and Rulemaking and later as a reliability and risk analyst with the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. In 2018, she transferred to Region III as a reactor engineer.

St. Peters earned a bachelors degree in nuclear engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology.

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

St. Peters joins NRC Senior Resident Inspector Paul LaFlamme at the Palisades facility. The Palisades resident inspectors can be reached at (630) 829-9990.