Leadership News

DOE EM Senior Advisor William “Ike” White welcomed the community to the National Atomic Testing Museum in Las Vegas during a ceremony Aug. 2 to celebrate the opening of its newest permanent exhibit.

Advancements in technology research and development (R&D) enable EM to continue making steady progress in cleaning up sites in communities that supported U.S. defense efforts over the decades, EM Senior Advisor William “Ike” White told Congress on July 13

For more than two decades, EM has provided technical leadership to the U.S. government’s interagency working group implementing the Joint Convention, an international treaty on the safety of spent fuel management and radioactive waste management.

Veteran DOE and National Nuclear Security Administration official Cathy Tullis has been named new EM chief of staff, Senior Advisor for Environmental Management William “Ike” White announced.

EM field operations leader Nicole Nelson-Jean promoted potential EM internship and job opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students during a recent visit with student researchers at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.

EM’s onsite engineered disposal facility for low-level radioactive waste generated by environmental cleanup projects in Oak Ridge recently celebrated 20 years of safe and compliant waste disposal operations.

EM is on track for success in meeting most of its priority goals for 2022, including a handful that already have been completed.

Several key personnel changes are taking place in the front office of EM headquarters as Chief of Staff Mike Nartker and Deputy Chief of Staff Allison Finelli leave the cleanup program in coming weeks for new roles.

A longstanding partnership between EM and labor unions is crucial to a shared goal of executing the cleanup mission safely, effectively and efficiently.

EM Senior Advisor William “Ike” White accompanied two U.S. House of Representatives members from Ohio on a visit to the Portsmouth Site on May 20.