FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company Names Rick Fili Director of Site Engineering at Perry Nuclear Power Plant

AKRON, Ohio, Aug. 5, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- FirstEnergy Nuclear Operating Company (FENOC), a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE – FE), has named Rick Fili director of Site Engineering at the Perry Nuclear Power Plant in Perry, Ohio. In this position, he is responsible for providing direction and oversight of the engineering activities and projects performed at the Perry Plant that support safe and reliable operations.

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With more than 25 years' experience in the nuclear industry, Fili most recently served as Technical Services engineering manager at the Perry Plant. He joined the company in 2007 from the Cooper Nuclear Station in Nebraska, where he served as manager of Systems Engineering. In addition, Fili's previous experience includes several management positions within Engineering and Quality Assurance at Waterford Steam Electric Station in Louisiana as well as Engineering supervisory positions at the Grand Gulf Nuclear Generating Station in Mississippi and the River Bend Nuclear Generating Station in Louisiana.

"Rick's background and leadership skills will help ensure that the sound work being done by Perry's engineering organization continues," said FENOC senior vice president of Fleet Engineering Dan Pace.  

Fili holds a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Christian Brothers University in Memphis, Tenn. He also earned a Senior Reactor Operator certification at Grand Gulf.

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 in Oak Harbor, Ohio, and the Perry Nuclear Power Plant in Perry, Ohio.

SOURCE FirstEnergy Corp.