IN DOE
The current tension between the United States and Russia over Ukraine appears to have scuttled a planned Russian visit later this month to Hanford. A group of technical representatives from Russia’s mining and chemical combine, the Rosatom state nuclear energy corporation and the Russian embassy in the United States were scheduled to visit Hanford April 22-23. A DOE official confirmed, though, that the trip has been canceled. The purpose of the visit had been for a technical exchange on retrieving waste from underground storage tanks.
IN CONGRESS
The House Cleanup Caucus is scheduled to hear about the Department of Energy’s efforts to cleanup the Idaho site on April 30. Those scheduled to present at the briefing include DOE Idaho Cleanup Project Deputy Manager Jim Cooper; CH2M-WG Idaho President and CEO Tom Dieter; and Idaho Treatment Group President and Project Manager Danny Nichols, according to information presented at a meeting of the Idaho Citizens Advisory Board this week. Information on when other site-specific House Cleanup Caucus briefings are set to be held has yet to be released.
IN THE INDUSTRY
Lisa Glatch has been named CH2M Hill’s new Chief Strategic Development Officer. In her new role, she will be “responsible for key strategic sales and client account management for the firm across all markets, geographic regions and services,” as well as “focus on managing corporate affairs and stewarding both CH2M HILL’s technology processes and sustainability efforts,” according to a company release issued late this week. Glatch comes to CH2M Hill from Jacobs Engineering, where she held the position of Senior Vice President of Global Sales, and prior to working for Jacobs she held several positions at Fluor. “Lisa has an excellent track record working across large, global organizations in the energy, government, buildings and facilities markets,” CH2M Hill President and CEO Jacqueline Hinman said in the release. “Her 29 years of experience will help CH2M HILL grow through leadership in business strategy, operations and project delivery for our clients.”
Sellafield Ltd. won nine safety awards this year from the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, according to a release issued this week. “That we can achieve such high safety standards in such challenging circumstances is testament to the hard work and dedication of the workforce, and shows how seriously we take our responsibility to manage the clean-up of the UK’s nuclear legacy at Sellafield safely and securely,” Sellafield Ltd. Chief Officer for Environment, Health, Safety and Quality Steve Long said in a statement. “We have won RoSPA awards before—we’ve won gold awards before—but to win nine in the same year is unprecedented.”
