New resident inspector appointed for Indian Point

BUCHANNAN – Nuclear Energy Commission officials have appointed a new resident inspector at the Indian Point nuclear power plant.
Sarah Rich joins NRC Senior Resident Inspector Scott Stewart and Resident Inspector Garrett Newman at the two-unit site operated by Entergy Nuclear.
Rich joined the NRC in August 2008 and most recently was the resident inspector at the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant.
Rich holds a bachelor’s degree in nuclear science and engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a master’s degree in radiological sciences and protection from the University of Massachusetts Lowell. She also graduated from the agency’s Nuclear Safety Professional Development Program and completed the NRC’s inspector qualification program.
Each US commercial nuclear plant has at least two NRC resident inspectors who serve as the agency’s eyes and ears at the facility, conducting inspections, monitoring major work projects and interacting with plant works and the public.