The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has chosen a new resident inspector for Wolf Creek Nuclear Power Plant near Burlington.
John Vera joined the federal agency in 2008 as a structural engineer at the NRC’s headquarters in Rockville, Maryland, serving as a structural engineer in the Office of Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards. Last year, Vera transferred to the Region IV office in Arlington, Texas. He has also served as acting resident inspector at power plants in Louisiana and Washington state.
Vera also has bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees in civil engineering from the University of Puerto Rico.
Vera joins acting senior resident inspector Mike Stafford at Wolf Creek. The NRC puts at least two inspectors at every commercial nuclear power plant to conduct inspections, interact with staffers and the public and monitor significant work projects — like Wolf Creek’s 23rd refueling outage that began Sept. 21.
