George T. Jones, vice president of Special Projects for PPL’s Susquehanna nuclear power plant, will retire June 1, completing a 32-year career in the nuclear power industry.

“George has managed some of the largest projects we have ever done at the Susquehanna plant,” said Britt T. McKinney, senior vice president and chief nuclear officer for PPL Susquehanna. “His many contributions to the plant’s success will be felt for years to come, and we wish him the best as he enters retirement.”

As vice president of Special Projects since 2001, Jones managed the turbine replacement for both Susquehanna generating units, PPL’s request to increase the amount of electricity the plant can safety generate, and the application for renewal of the plant’s operating licenses.

PPL filed a request with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in October 2006 to increase the Susquehanna plant’s generating capacity. The total expected increase is 205 megawatts, of which PPL would own 90 percent. The rest would belong to the plant’s co-owner, Allegheny Electric Cooperative. NRC review of that application is expected to take a minimum of 12 months.

Also in October 2006, PPL applied to the NRC for a 20-year renewal of the operating licenses for each Susquehanna unit. The application contained more than 2,000 pages documenting how PPL will operate the plant safely and address aging plant components. NRC review of the request is expected to take two to three years.

Management responsibility for the power increase and license renewal projects will be assumed by Richard D. Pagodin, general manager of Nuclear Engineering.

Jones came to PPL in 1991 as manager of Nuclear Engineering. Before that, he held engineering management positions at Entergy’s Arkansas nuclear power plant and the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Browns Ferry nuclear power plant in Alabama.

Earlier in his career he managed power plant projects for Fluor Corp. and Combustion Engineering.

The Susquehanna plant, located in Luzerne County, Pa., is owned jointly by PPL Susquehanna LLC and Allegheny Electric Cooperative Inc. and is operated by PPL Susquehanna.

PPL Susquehanna is one of PPL Corporation’s generating facilities. Headquartered in Allentown, Pa., PPL Corporation (NYSE: PPL) controls more than 11,000 megawatts of generating capacity in the United States, sells energy in key U.S. markets and delivers electricity to more than 5 million customers in Pennsylvania, the United Kingdom and Latin America.