President Barack Obama announced Thursday his intent to appoint L. Wayne Brasure as director for domestic nuclear detection at the Department of Homeland Security.
Brasure has been the deputy director of DHS’ Domestic Nuclear Detection Office since 2014, while also serving as acting director of the office since May 2016, the announcement said. Brasure’s previous positions include director of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, executive director of the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center at Kirtland Air Force Base in New Mexico, stockpile sustainment manager at the National Nuclear Security Administration, and numerous Air Force roles over the past 30 years, the announcement said.
The former DNDO director, Huban Gowadia, became Transporation Security Administration deputy administrator on May 1.
Department of Energy veteran Brian Henry has been appointed portfolio federal project director for cleanup at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tenn., DOE announced Monday in a press release.
In his new role at the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management, Henry will oversee planning for and execution of current and upcoming Y-12 cleanup projects, including preparations for the Mercury Treatment Facility that DOE said will “control and limit potential increases in mercury migration resulting from the future demolition of Y-12’s large, mercury-contaminated buildings.” Mercury cleanup at Y-12 has been estimated to cost in the neighborhood of $3 billion.
Henry will also oversee procurement and management of the Environmental Management Disposal Facility: a six-cell landfill expected to cost about $800 million to build and operate for several decades. That includes roughly $150 million in construction costs.
Henry, an 18-year veteran of the federal service, was previously the interim Y-12 portfolio federal project director. He was also previously Oak Ridge’s senior project manager for the Environmental Management Disposal Facility. He has worked both at DOE and in civilian roles for the Navy and Air Force, according to the press release.
