WC Monitor
5/22/2015
IN DOE
Erik Olds has been named Chief of Staff of the Department of Energy’s Richland Operations Office, effective June 1. He last served as acting Chief of Staff for the DOE Office of Environmental Management, and previously served as Chief of Staff of the DOE Office of River Protection. Candice Trummell has been named acting EM Chief of Staff, beginning next week. Trummell previously served as EM Chief of Staff before being promoted to EM Director of External Affairs in April 2014. Catherine Hampton will serve as acting EM Director of External Affairs, beginning next week.
IN THE DNFSB
The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board is scheduled to hold a public meeting at its Washington headquarters on June 3. Topics to be discussed during the meeting include an overview of planned responses to matters raised in recent Organizational Assessments, existing Board performance metrics, existing Board policies and technical organizational structure. The meeting is set to be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
IN THE INDUSTRY
George Dials has been named President of Pajarito Scientific Corporation. He replaced David Heath, who will continue to serve as CEO. Dials last held the position of senior executive advisor at Los Alamos National Laboratory, and among his previous positions he headed up B&W Conversion Services, responsible for the Department of Energy’s two depleted uranium hexafluoride (DUF6) conversion plants; and served as president and CEO of B&W Y-12. “I am very confident of PSC’s ability to make significant contributions to addressing the issues and problems confronting our industry. … I have been and remain focused on rational and cost-effective problem solving and progress towards closing the nuclear fuel cycle and enabling a more progressive an substantial nuclear future for our country. Ultimately, our energy self-sufficiency and international strength, security and influence depend upon it,” Dials said in a written response to WC Monitor late last week.
Savannah River Remediation, the liquid waste contractor for the Savannah River Site, recently marked two years without an injury resulting in lost work, adding up to 9.5 million consecutive hours, the contractor announced this week. Notably, the contractor’s construction workforce reached 27 million work hours without an injury or illness resulting in a lost day, a streak that spans back to 1998. SRR also recently recertified its status as a Voluntary Protection Program STAR site.
