FirstEnergy 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.
SOURCE FirstEnergy Corp.
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