WC Monitor
1/10/2014
IN THE DNFSB
Kenneth Mossman, the newest member of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, passed away this week. In November, he was confirmed by the Senate to join the Board. Mossman previously served as a professor of health physics at Arizona State University and an Administrative Judge for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Atomic Safety and Licensing Board. From 1997 to 2004, Mossman served as Director of the University Office of Radiation Safety at Arizona State University, and from 1990 to 1992 he served as the University’s Assistant Vice President for Research. He also was a professor at Georgetown University Medical Center from 1973 to 1990. In a written response, DNFSB Chairman Peter Winokur said, “On a personal note, I am deeply saddened by Ken’s passing. He was a wonderful addition to the Board. I admired him on a professional and personal level.”
IN MEMORIAM
Former Department of Energy and National Nuclear Security Administration health and safety official Frank Russo died Jan. 1. He was 65. Russo spent 35 years in the federal government, serving as an adviser to the NNSA administrator and DOE senior leadership on environmental, health, safety and quality assurance issues. He left the NNSA in 2011 and was hired by Dade Moeller and Associates, where he served as the company’s Vice President for NNSA Programs. “Frank was a respected leader and a personable colleague,” Dade Moeller CEO Matt Moeller said in a statement. “He made friends easily and valued his relationships, both personal and professional. As a testament to his likability and reputation, even in the hustle-and-bustle world of government contracting in Washington, D.C., people happily made time for Frank when he called. He will be sorely missed.”
