Press Release-III-21-001, NRC Names New Senior Resident Inspector at Quad Cities Nuclear Power Plant

Press Release-III-21-001: NRC Names New Senior Resident Inspector at Quad Cities Nuclear Power Plant

ML21005A199
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Site:	Quad Cities
Issue date:	01/05/2021
From:	Prema Chandrathil, Viktoria Mitlyng Office of Public Affairs Region II
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No: III-21-001 January 5, 2021

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Viktoria Mitlyng, 630-829-9662 Prema Chandrathil, 630-829-9663 NRC Names New Senior Resident Inspector at Quad Cities Nuclear Power Plant The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has selected Christopher Hunt as the new senior resident inspector at the Quad Cities nuclear power plant. The plant is operated by Exelon Generation Co., LLC., located in Cordova, Ill., 20 miles northeast of Moline.

Hunt joined the agency in 2010 as a reactor technical reviewer in the NRCs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. He came to the Region III office as a reactor engineer in 2014. Most recently, he was the resident inspector at the Byron nuclear power station in Byron, Ill. Prior to joining the agency, Hunt served six years as an officer in the U.S. Navys nuclear submarine force.

Hunt holds a bachelors degree in chemistry from the University of Michigan and a masters degree in engineering management from the Catholic University of America.

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.

Hunt can be reached at (630) 829-9994.