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Updated: 3/15 6:19 pm

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The top executive overseeing the troubled San Onofre nuclear power plant in Southern California received compensation valued at nearly $2 million last year.

The seaside reactors haven't produced electricity since January 2012, when a tiny radiation leak led officials to discover damage to hundreds of tubes that carry radioactive water.

An Associated Press review of a company filing with financial regulators Friday shows the base salary for Southern California Edison's chief nuclear officer, Peter Dietrich, climbed 6 percent to $461,000 last year.

His stock benefits also jumped.

However, Dietrich's total compensation dipped slightly in 2012.

In 2011, he was paid an additional award of $350,000 as part of an employment package.

The AP's calculation counts salary, bonuses, perks, stock and options awarded during the year.

 

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marasmom - 3/16/2013 10:06 AM
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Dietrich is a "fixer": He was "site vice president" of the James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant in Lycoming, New York before being hired by SoCal Edison in late 2010. http://www.electricenergyonline.com/?page=show_news&id=143602 Dietrich took over the FitzPatrick Plant in May 2006. http://oswegocountybusiness.com/index.php?a=1631 In Sept. 2011, the Syracuse Post-Standard reported: "A series of investigations at the James A. FitzPatrick Nuclear Power Plant in Scriba has resulted in four workers being fired and 34 being disciplined, a spokeswoman for the plant owner said Thursday. Meanwhile, federal prosecutors announced that one of the fired workers has pleaded guilty to falsifying tests of safety equipment at the plant." http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2011/09/4_fired_34_disciplined_at_jame.html The records falsification happened on Dietrich's watch: "Assistant U.S. Attorney Craig Benedict said that on 32 documented occasions between 2006 and 2009, McCarrick falsely claimed he had completed such tests. Benedict said the incidents were investigated by special agents from the NRC." http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2011/09/4_fired_34_disciplined_at_jame.html Per the above news story from the Oswego County Business Magazine (http://oswegocountybusiness.com/index.php?a=1631), before Dietrich's tenure at the Fitzpatrick Plant, he was General Manager, Plant Operations at Pilgrim Nuclear Station, another troubled Entergy plant located in Massachusetts. He joined Entergy in 1991 at Arkansas Nuclear One in Russellville, AR, where he held positions in operations and as maintenance manager. In 2000, Dietrich became director of strategic planning for deregulation and merger activities at Entergy Corporation?s headquarters in New Orleans. Dietrich is a US Naval Academy graduate (Naval Architecture) and served 5 years in the Navy Surface Nuclear Power Program (NOT subs); has an MBA from Tulane (no doubt earned while at Entergy HQs).
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