Jeff Avery, the No. 2 officer at the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management, is moving over to the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), and a corporate official who worked at DOE during the first Donald Trump administration is being detailed to the nuclear cleanup branch in a senior adviser role, according to a memo distributed Monday.
That is according to an “EM Colleagues” memo Monday from Environmental Management office senior adviser Candice Robertson. Robertson also announced Roger Jarrell is returning to the nuclear cleanup office as a senior adviser. Jarrell is currently listed as general counsel for the United Cleanup Oak Ridge, according to his LinkedIn profile. Jarrell served for a time as a DOE senior adviser during the first Trump administration.
Avery, who has been Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary at Environmental Management for two years after moving from the Office of Naval Reactors, “has been selected to lead critical functions in NNSA,” Robertson said in the memo. Robertson is continuing to run DOE nuclear cleanup activities.
The memo did not say when the changes were effective. As of Tuesday afternoon, Avery’s LinkedIn profile listed him as the acting administrator for management and budget at NNSA.
