First Energy Nuclear Operating Company Names Kendall Byrd Director of Engineering at Davis-Besse ... (Reply #36)

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36. First Energy Nuclear Operating Company Names Kendall Byrd Director of Engineering at Davis-Besse ...

Thu Dec 15, 2011, 02:11 PM

Dec 2011

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First Energy Nuclear Operating Company Names Kendall Byrd Director of Engineering at Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station

AKRON, Ohio, Dec. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire

FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC), a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE), has named Kendall (Ken) W. Byrd director of engineering at the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station in Oak Harbor, Ohio. In this position, he is responsible for providing direction and oversight of the engineering activities and projects performed at Davis-Besse that support safe and reliable operations.

A 23-year employee of FirstEnergy, Byrd was most recently the director of performance improvement at Davis-Besse. He has also served as design engineering manager, superintendent of electrical maintenance and supervisor of engineering analysis at Davis-Besse.

"Ken's solid engineering background and leadership skills will support the sound work performed by Davis-Besse's engineering organization and ensure the continued safe, reliable operation of the facility," said FENOC senior vice president of Fleet Engineering Dan Pace.

Byrd holds a bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from Purdue University and a master's degree in nuclear engineering form the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He also served in the nuclear navy and earned a senior reactor operator license at Davis-Besse.

FirstEnergy is a diversified energy company headquartered in Akron, Ohio. Its FENOC subsidiary operates the Beaver Valley Power Station in Shippingport, Pa., the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station and the Perry Nuclear Power Plant in Perry, Ohio. More information about FENOC is available at www.fenoc.com. Follow the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station on Twitter: @DavisBesse.

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When posted over and over and over? Sure. FBaggins Dec 2011 #5

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wt where did you go madokie Dec 2011 #14

Please chime in, madokie wtmusic Dec 2011 #16

Only someone who is in denial about the dangers their pet project will ask that question madokie Dec 2011 #25

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#1 Scientific method requires a claimant to back up their own claims wtmusic Dec 2011 #15

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This is exactly the kind of disruption an effective host could end. kristopher Dec 2011 #30

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I disagree with all three statements. kristopher Dec 2011 #33

Fine, your disagreements are based on personal prejudice and not on fact. wtmusic Dec 2011 #34

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And when you refer to a hairline crack in millions of pounds of concrete... FBaggins Jan 2012 #43

The weight of the concrete has nothing to do with the fact that the concrete is in two pieces madokie Jan 2012 #44

It also shows a lack of engineering knowledge... PamW Jan 2012 #47

I understand that you support nuclear, but it is sad that your only response is a deflection` Kolesar Dec 2011 #37

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As you've told me.. PamW Jan 2012 #46

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Before giving Davis-Besse another 20-year operating license,crack the case of the cracks:PDeditorial Kolesar Jan 2012 #50

See post #42 FBaggins Jan 2012 #51

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