Invensys Appoints Jeffrey Larson Nuclear Quality Director.FOXBORO, Mass. -- Jeffrey A. Larson has been named Director, Nuclear Quality Assurance for Invensys Process Systems. Larson will assume the leadership role for nuclear quality assurance processes involving groups that serve the nuclear industry. Within Invensys Process Systems, these include Triconex safety instrumented systems, Foxboro process automation, Foxboro Measurements and Instruments, project operations, customer satisfaction, and Invensys Process Systems China. Larson will report to David Golden, Global Director of Quality for Invensys Process Systems. Larson, based in Irvine, California Irvine is an incorporated city in Orange County, California, United States. It is a planned city, mainly developed by the Irvine Company since the 1960s. Formally incorporated on December 28 1971, the 69.7 square mile (180.5 km²) city has a population of 202,079 (as of 2007). , brings more than 25 years of nuclear power industry experience to his new position. He joins Invensys from the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station The San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) is a nuclear power plant located on the Pacific coast of California. The 84 acre (340,000 m²) site is in the northwestern corner of San Diego County, south of San Clemente, and surrounded by the San Onofre State Park. in California, where he held management positions in Procurement Quality within the Nuclear Oversight and Assessment Division. His previous experience includes positions at the Rancho Seco Nuclear Plant near Sacramento, California, Nine Mile Point in Oswego, New York Oswego is a city in Oswego County, New York, United States. The population was 18,096 at the 2000 census. The 2005 population estimate for the city of Oswego is 17,705. Oswego is located on Lake Ontario in north-central New York and promotes itself as "The Port City of Central New and the Connecticut Yankee Plant at Haddam Neck, Connecticut. A graduate of the United States Navy United States Navy Major branch of the U.S. military forces, charged with defending the nation at sea and maintaining security on the seas wherever U.S. interests extend. The Continental Navy was established by the Continental Congress in 1775. Nuclear Power Program, Larson is an industry Certified Lead Auditor under ANSI (American National Standards Institute, New York, www.ansi.org) A membership organization founded in 1918 that coordinates the development of U.S. voluntary national standards in both the private and public sectors. It is the U.S. member body to ISO and IEC. N45.2.23. Larson also serves the nuclear industry through various working groups. He recently served as the vice chairman of the Nuclear Utility Procurement Issues Committee (NUPIC NUPIC Nuclear Procurement Issues Committee ), and chairman of the NUPIC Nuclear Fuel Committee. He also served as chairman of the Westinghouse Nuclear Fuel Affinity Group, and has developed nuclear industry procurement guidelines for the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI EPRI Electric Power Research Institute EPRI European Parliaments Research Initiatives ). An expert in nuclear procurement and acceptance processes, Larson has delivered seminars and workshops nationwide and worked with nuclear industry suppliers and quality assurance programs both in the United States and internationally. Invensys in the nuclear power industry Invensys (www.invensysnuclear.com) combines systems, engineering, and support capabilities to provide a cost-effective, full-scope solution for plant life extensions. With nearly five decades of nuclear industry experience worldwide, an advanced process control system from Foxboro, 1E certified safety systems from Triconex, and sophisticated simulation tools from SimSci-Esscor, Invensys brings together the expertise and resources to provide the industry's only fully integrated instrumentation and digital control upgrade solution. The Invensys Group (www.invensys.com) is headquartered in London and is listed on the London Stock Exchange London Stock Exchange London marketplace for securities. It was formed in 1773 by a group of stockbrokers who had been doing business informally in local coffeehouses. , with approximately 30,000 employees working in 60 countries. |
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