WISCASSET – Directors of Maine Yankee have elected Wayne Norton as company president, a post that includes overall responsibility for managing the decommissioning of the closed nuclear power plant.

Norton has worked at Maine Yankee since 1991 and was named nearly a year ago as vice president for decommissioning.

“Wayne Norton has exceptional project management, construction expertise and leadership skills which will be especially critical as we move into the dismantlement and restoration aspects of decommissioning,” said Gerald Poulin, board chairman.

The decommissioning at Maine Yankee began in 1997 and is now about 40 percent complete.