Lyle Cary has been named the new vice president of safeguards, security, and emergency services at the National Nuclear Security Administration’s Pantex Plant in Texas and Y-12 National Security Complex in Tennessee, the sites’ management and operations contractor announced Wednesday.
Ken Freeman, currently serving in that role, is set to retire at the end of this month after 40 years in the security field, Consolidated Nuclear Security said in a press release. Cary, a retired U.S. Air Force colonel, has over 30 years of security, emergency management, and law enforcement leadership experience, CNS said. He oversaw 11 military installations 7,500 security forces personnel, and nuclear and weapon system security as director of security forces for the Air Force’s Major Command. He then led the Los Alamos National Laboratory’s security and emergency operations, CNS said.
“[Freeman] has made lasting improvements to our physical security performance, which has been demonstrated by the exceptional marks received at each site for their most recent Department of Energy security assessments,” CNS CEO Morgan Smith said in a statement. “I am certain Lyle will carry that performance excellence forward.”
Late last year CNS established an integrated management team to help department managers within the safeguards, security, and emergency services organization integrate their Pantex and Y-12 processes. In one example, the sites standardized the annual security refresher briefing process, which had been a requirement for all Y-12 personnel even though DOE only required it for cleared personnel; both CNS sites now abide by the DOE guidance.
