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NNSA Administrator and Deputy tour

hen NNSA Administrator Jill Hruby and Principal Deputy
Administrator Frank Rose visited SRS in November, they
W saw a site that lives up to one of the Administrator’s
imperatives: Deliver. “I don’t have to tell you about delivering,” Hruby
told a livestreamed all-hands meeting with SRNS and NNSA employees.
“You understand, and we appreciate all you’ve done.” She made clear
that she – and the nation – are relying on the Site to continue that
tradition, as SRS moves forward with building the new plutonium pit
mission and continues fulfilling its other important NNSA missions.
Wherever in the NNSA complex Administrator Hruby travels, she
carries the message about the three priorities – innovate, collaborate,
and deliver. “If I could have a fourth word, I would choose ‘accelerate,’”
she added. “Not only do we have to deliver, we have to deliver well
and relatively quickly.”
She expressed great pride in the way SRS personnel have
embodied those priorities in carrying out NNSA missions. This
included praise for the Savannah River Tritium Enterprise’s
record-breaking year, the accomplishments in surplus plutonium
disposition, and SRS’ status as the one NNSA site that has
maintained normal operations throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
In particular, she noted collaboration by the team preparing for
the new Savannah River Plutonium Processing Facility (SRPPF),
for working so closely with Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore
national laboratories to reach production as quickly as possible.
“I can’t tell you enough what a flagship program this is, and how
we need to be all in together on this,” she said of SRPPF. “It’s a
big project by any standard. It’s a big deal for our nation and
really important that we deliver. It’s an exciting time to be part of
this program.”
Hruby and Rose spent their day at SRS touring the Tritium facilities
and the future SRPPF, learning first-hand about current activities and
future plans, and engaging in frank discussions about the importance
of SRS’ delivery on its missions. U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson joined her for
the SRPPF tour.
In addition to the all-hands meeting, they had an informal lunch with
early-career personnel from SRNS and the local NNSA offices, during
which they responded to attendees’ questions on a range of topics
from career advice to the challenges facing NNSA.
On Twitter, Hruby shared her pleasure with the time she spent at
SRS. “From having lunch with early-career high performers at SRS to
sharing my vision and new priorities with the SRS workforce during
an all-hands meeting – my day touring this NNSA site just kept getting
better and better,” she said.

Her closing message to the all-hands meeting summed up her view.
“I want to let you know how important you all are to the country,”
she said. “It takes everybody working together and doing their job
with commitment and energy and innovation to make what we do
happen….I want to thank you so much for what you do every day
and for agreeing to be part of this Enterprise in the future with such NNSA Principal Deputy Administrator Frank Rose and DOE Under Secretary for
Nuclear Security & Administrator of NNSA Jill Hruby prepare to tour the Savannah
exciting things happening.” River Plutonium Processing Facility.