Silas Kennedy, division chief of reactor projects for the NRC’s Region 1 which includes Shippingport said both reactors at, Units 1 and 2 are operating safely, he revealed the information at an informal gathering last night, according to Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano.  Kennedy said inspectors are on site daily , which is part of the oversight process.  He is on site quarterly  for inspections and is based in King of Prussia,PA. He is a graduate of the University of South Carolina with a degree in electrical engineering He retired from the Navy as a Lt. Cmdr where he was a submarine officer  with weapons experience with torpedoes, tomahawk missiles, and sonar. He was hired in 2001 by NRC after 911 he said. He said inspectors are on site daily , which is part of the oversight process. He said there are team inspections, specialized inspections in fire protection, engineering, emergency preparedness health and radiation inspections.  He said after the disaster at Fukishima  in March 2011 issues are identified at the state’s 3 nuclear power stations. Issues are identified and categorized the indicators are : green is low significance,white is low to moderate, yellow, moderate, and red is high significance. For Beaver Valley  all findings in the 2016 report last week were green.  Chief Kennedy said in  September  Unit 1  had an unplanned power reduction because there was a problem with a pump.Unit 2, the same month had an unplanned  power reduction.  He said the 2 issues identified were performance indicators.  He said all findings were low significance (green).  Kenneedy said no questions or concerns came from the public. Senior resident inspector  at the site is Jim Krafty, a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy.