Nuclear Energy Institute Senior Executive Changes Announced NEI January 6, 2017 WASHINGTON, D.C.—John Kotek,
one of the federal government’s top-ranking nuclear energy experts, will join the Nuclear Energy Institute on Jan. 9 as vice president for policy development and public affairs. At the same time, Beverly Marshall, NEI’s acting vice president for governmental affairs for the past four months, will be promoted to the position on a permanent basis.
NEI announced the
changes to its leadership team as it implements a restructuring begun last August to integrate its government relations, policy and communications disciplines within a new external affairs division.
“I couldn’t be more pleased to announce that John Kotek is joining the Nuclear Energy Institute,” said Maria Korsnick, NEI’s president and chief executive officer. “Beyond
being one of the nation’s experts with regard to nuclear energy technology, John has a unique grasp of the nexus of policy, business and environmental considerations that will serve NEI and the nuclear energy industry extremely well. >>Continue
readingU.S. DEPARTMENT OF
ENERGY: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY: CABINET EXIT MEMO DOE January 5,
2017 Today, Secretary Moniz and the U.S. Department of Energy
released a Cabinet Exit Memo
illustrating the Department's work under the Obama Administration. Follow the link below to learn more about how the President’s commitment to addressing nuclear security, investing in science and innovation, and pursuing an “all of the above” energy strategy has made the United States and the world safer, our energy cleaner, affordable and more secure, and our greenhouse gas emissions decrease as our economy grows and steadily generates private sector
jobs. >>Continue reading DOE Publishes the second installment of The Quadrennial Energy Review DOE January 6,
2017 On January 6, 2017, the Quadrennial Energy Review (QER)
Task Force released the second installment of the Quadrennial Energy Review report titled “Transforming the Nation’s Electricity System.”
The second installment (QER 1.2) finds the electricity system is a critical and essential national asset, and it is a strategic imperative to protect and enhance the value of the electricity system through modernization and transformation. QER 1.2 analyzes trends and issues confronting the Nation’s electricity sector out to 2040, examining the entire electricity system from generation to end use, and within the context of three overarching national goals: (1) enhance economic competitiveness;
(2) promote environmental responsibility; and (3) provide for the Nation’s security. >>Continue reading New Director for the Office of Legacy Management ECA Staff January 4, 2017 On January 4, 2017, ECA Staff received correspondence from DOE Deputy Under
Secretary for Management and Performance, David Klaus, announcing the selection of Carmelo Melendez as the new Director for the Department's Office of Legacy Management. See the full letter below:
Dear
Colleagues,
It is my pleasure to announce that Carmelo Melendez has been selected as the new Director for the Department's Office of Legacy Management.
As Director, Carmelo will provide the leadership to continue to fulfill the Department’s post-closure responsibilities and ensure the future protection of human health and the environment. Legacy Management, established in 2003, is
responsible for activities at sites where DOE’s mission has ended and active environmental cleanup has been completed, including long-term surveillance and maintenance, records management, benefits continuity, property management, land-use planning, and community assistance & engagement. Since inception, LM’s responsibilities have grown steadily from 33 sites to over 90 sites,
today.
Many of you already know Carmelo in his current role as the Director of the Office of Asset Management within the Office of Management and as Senior Real Property Officer for the Department, where he has served since returning to DOE in 2012.
Over the years, Carmelo served in the Office of
Engineering & Construction Management, the Office of Environmental Management, and the Office of Acquisition & Project Management. He was instrumental in carrying out several Laboratory Operations Board’s initiatives, transferring several properties for the economic development of communities, and improving the way we manage real property, personal property, and fleet property to support our Field Mission and National Laboratories. He has been a career member of the Senior Executive
Service, Vice Chairman of the National Academies’ Federal Facilities Council, and member of the Office of Management and Budget’s Real Property Advisory Council.
Carmelo received a BS in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Puerto Rico, an MBA in Financial Management from Southern New Hampshire University, a MEng in Civil & Environmental
Engineering from the University of Florida, and an EngD in Engineering Management from the George Washington University. He has served in the Departments of Defense, Energy, State, and was a Commander in the Navy's Civil Engineer Corps. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Thomas Pauling for his service as Acting Director for LM after the retirement of the prior Director, David Geiser. As Carmelo begins his transition to LM next week, Tom will return to his prior position as Deputy Director and assist Carmelo in leading the Legacy Management
team.
Please join me in congratulating Carmelo in his new position as we look forward to continuing to work with him in his new role.
Sincerely, David M. Klaus AMSE
transfer 'win-win' for DOE, City The Oak Ridger January 3, 2017 OAK RIDGE, Tenn. - "It's
really easy to have something not happen," Ernest Moniz, a not infrequent visitor to The Secret City, stated Friday morning. "But everything was aligned."
The U.S. Secretary of Energy since May 2013 was speaking to a moderately sized group of reporters gathered in the Pollard Technology Conference Center on the next-to-the-last day of the year following a well-attended ceremony that formalized the transfer of
DOE's American Museum of Science and Energy building and its surrounding 17-acre site to the city of Oak Ridge. According to a resolution approved unanimously by City Council on Dec. 13, acceptance of a quit claim deed from the U.S. Department of Energy for the acquisition
of the AMSE land is the first in a series of conditional steps linked to the support and success of a $90 million-plus economic development initiative primarily concentrated on the former Oak Ridge Mall property located in the center of town. >>Continue reading WIPP resumes waste emplacement
Current-Argus January 4,
2017 CARLSBAD — For the first time in nearly three years, workers at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant emplaced drums of transuranic waste 2,000 feet underground.
Rick Fuentes, president of the local chapter of the United Steelworkers Union and waste handler at the site, confirmed that two pallets of low-level radioactive waste were emplaced near Room 5 in Panel 7 at 12:45 p.m. Wednesday.
"It went great," Fuentes, who did not assist in the waste emplacement, said. "We're excited to be back to work."
Fuentes said around 20
to 25 people worked to place the waste in the nation's only underground repository, mined from ancient salt beds about 20 miles southwest of Carlsbad. >>Continue readingDemolition Underway at a Historic, Hazardous Hanford Facility DOE January 4,
2017 RICHLAND, Wash. – Heavy equipment is now conducting demolition on a building nicknamed after the man who received the highest ever recorded dose of radiation at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Hanford Site. Cleanup contractor CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company (CH2M) recently began demolishing the Americium Recovery Facility, also known as the
“McCluskey Room.” The Americium Recovery Facility is the second of four major buildings to undergo demolition that make up the Plutonium Finishing Plant (PFP).
“Demolition is progressing safely, deliberately and well,” said Tom Teynor, project director of the DOE PFP Closure Division. “Starting demolition of the Americium Recovery Facility brings another chapter of Hanford history to an end and represents a significant hazard reduction on the site.”. >>Continue reading |
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| January 2017 | | 11 | Environmental Management Site Specific Advisory Board Meeting, Oak Ridge Reservation
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| January 2017 | | 12 | Environmental
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| January 2017 | | 18 | Environmental
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| January 2017 | | 23-24 | Environmental Management Site Specific Advisory Board Meeting, Savannah River
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| January 2017 | | 25 | Environmental Management Site Specific Advisory Board Meeting, Northern New Mexico Ohkay Owingeh, NM |
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| February 2017 | | 23-24 | ECA Annual Meeting Washington, DC "Meeting the New Administration: Addressing Community Priorities and Securing Progress" |
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| March 2017 | | 5-9 | Waste Management Conference Phoenix, AZ
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| May/June 2017 | | 31-1 | INVITATION ONLY ECA Peer
Exchange Richland, WA "Formalizing Host Communities' Role in the Manhattan Project National Historical Park" |
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