View source for Press Release-II-19-010, NRC Names Senior Resident Inspector at BWXT Nuclear Fuel Facility in Lynchburg

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{{#Wiki_filter:No: II-19-010                                                                            April 2, 2019

==Contact:==
Roger Hannah, 404-997-4417 Joey Ledford, 404-997-4416 NRC Names Senior Resident Inspector at BWXT Nuclear Fuel Facility in Lynchburg Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials in the NRCs Region II office in Atlanta have selected Alejandro Alen as the new senior resident inspector at the BWX Technologies nuclear fuel facility in Lynchburg, Va.
Alen joined the NRC in 2008. After completing the agencys Nuclear Safety Professional Development Program, he was qualified as a reactor inspector in 2010 and worked in the Region II Division of Reactor Safety, conducting engineering team inspections at operating nuclear power plants.
He also served as the acting resident inspector at the Turkey Point nuclear power plant in Florida in 2011, and later became a project engineer in the Region II Division of Reactor Projects. Alen was the resident inspector for the two operating units at the Vogtle nuclear power plant in Georgia from 2014 until his selection as the senior resident inspector at BWXT.
Alen earned a bachelors degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Puerto Rico.
The NRC has resident inspectors at two fuel facilities (BWXT and Nuclear Fuel Services in Erwin, Tenn.) and at all commercial nuclear power plants. They conduct inspections, monitor major work projects and interact with plant workers and the public.}}