EnergySolutions said Monday it has promoted the head of its nuclear decommissioning business to president and CEO.
Ken Robuck will officially replace David Lockwood on June 30, according to a press release from the Salt Lake City-based nuclear services provider. Lockwood will stay on as executive chairman.
Robuck joined EnergySolutions in August 2013 as senior vice president of business development, according to his Bloomberg biography. He advanced to the position of president of logistics, processing, and disposal later that year and in April 2016 became president of the disposal and nuclear decommissioning business.
Prior to joining EnergySolutions, Robuck held senior executive positions at Williams Industrial Services, Alberici Constructors, and Williams Power Corp.
In the release, Lockwood praised Robuck for securing EnergySolutions’ $1 billion contract with partner AECOM in 2016 for decommissioning of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in San Diego County, Calif. He also has overseen dismantlement of the Zion nuclear power plant in Illinois, which is expected to be completed this year.
“I am confident Ken will take our company forward in the years ahead as we continue to build on our success as the leader in nuclear decommissioning,” Lockwood stated. “I look forward to my role as Executive Chairman in supporting Ken’s leadership of our company.”
Lockwood has been chief executive at EnergySolutions since July 2012, after holding CEO positions at Liberate Technologies, a provider of software and hardware to satellite and cable companies, and digital rights management company Intertrust. He previously worked in the financial services industry at Goldman Sachs and Valueact Capital, his EnergySolutions biography says.
EnergySolutions is currently not discussing the leadership change beyond what is in its press release, spokesman Mark Walker said Monday.
Along with nuclear decommissioning, the company provides radioactive waste transport, processing, and disposal services. It operates two of the four active low-level radioactive waste disposal facilities licensed by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission: at Clive, Utah, and Barnwell, S.C.
