A longtime manager at the Department of Energy has been selected to lead fuel cycle and supply chain activities at the Office of Nuclear Energy.
“I am pleased to announce that I have selected Andrew Griffith to be the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fuel Cycle and Supply Chain, NE-4. This reassignment is effective immediately,” according to an internal email sent Friday on behalf of Assistant DOE Secretary for Nuclear Energy Rita Baranwal.
Griffith was most recently DOE’s associate deputy assistant secretary for nuclear energy infrastructure programs, a position he had held from July 2017, according to his LinkedIn profile. Prior to that, he served 10 months as deputy assistant secretary for spent fuel and waste storage.
Since joining the Energy Department in April 2007, Griffith has held a number of positions, including director for recycled fuel development, deputy director for laboratory facilities management, and associate deputy assistant secretary for fuel cycle technology.
He served 30 years on active and reserve duty in the U.S. Navy, retiring as a captain in 2009.
Sal Golub had for several months managed the work of the deputy assistant secretary for fuel cycle and supply chain, according to the email. Golub is currently associate deputy assistant secretary for nuclear reactor technologies, his LinkedIn profile says.
As of Monday morning, the leadership web page for the Office of Nuclear Energy listed John Herczeg as deputy assistant secretary for nuclear fuel cycle and supply chain. Herczeg has retired, an industry source said Monday.
In support of the office’s mission to promote nuclear power technologies, the deputy assistant secretary oversees $350 million in research and development funding and roughly 30 federal personnel.
Baranwal was sworn in as assistant secretary for nuclear energy in August. Shortly afterward, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy Ed McGinnis left the office to take a position at the White House. It was not immediately known if he has been replaced.
