Press Release-I-20-001, NRC Names New Resident Inspector at R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant

Press Release-I-20-001: NRC Names New Resident Inspector at R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant

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Issue date:	01/09/2020
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No: I-20-001 January 9, 2020

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Diane Screnci, 610-337-5330 Neil Sheehan, 610-337-5331 NRC Names New Resident Inspector at R.E. Ginna Nuclear Power Plant Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials in King of Prussia, Pa., have selected Stephen Monarque as the NRC resident inspector at the R.E. Ginna nuclear power plant in Ontario, N.Y. The plant is operated by the Exelon Corporation.

Monarque joined the NRC in February 2000 as a project manager in the Office of Nuclear Reactors Regulation, Division of Operating Reactor Licensing, at the NRCs headquarters in Rockville, Md. He worked as a project manager in the Japan Lessons Learned Division and the Office of New Reactors. Monarque transferred to the agencys Region II Office in 2017 to join the Resident Inspector Development Program, where he completed the inspector qualification program.

He also has served as a project engineer.

Before joining the agency, Monarque worked at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, providing engineering support for overhauling and deactivating nuclear submarines. He earned a bachelors degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Southern California and a bachelors degree in mathematics from San Jose State University.

Each U.S. commercial nuclear power plant site has at least two NRC resident inspectors.

They serve as the agencys eyes and ears at the facility, conducting inspections, monitoring major work projects and interacting with plant workers and the public. Monarque joins Senior Resident Inspector Jason Schussler at the single-unit plant.