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SRNS employees achieve
Highest DOE Honors

Secretary of Energy Achievement Awards, which More than 30 SRNS personnel were part of the National Research
represent some of the highest internal, non-monetary Universal (NRU) and National Research Experimental (NRX) Highly
recognitions that Department of Energy employees Enriched Uranium Removal Team. NNSA’s NRU/NRX highly enriched
uranium campaign represented the largest removal of spent
and contractors can receive, have been bestowed on nuclear fuel from other nations to the U.S. Employees from SRNS
dozens of SRNS employees. These awards recognize Environmental Management Operations and SRNL, alongside DOE
DOE employees and contractors for their service and and NNSA partners, supported the receipt and safe storage of the
contributions to the Department’s mission and the benefit material in the L Area Disassembly Basin at SRS.
of the nation. Thirteen SRNS employees were part of a large multi-site team
Achievement Awards were presented to 24 teams nationally for recognized for the successful emergency response, recovery,
accomplishments during 2019. All nominations for Achievement stabilization and investigation of a breached radioactive source at the
Awards went through a comprehensive evaluation and selection University of Washington’s Research and Training Building. Site Services
process. Nominations were endorsed by Heads of Departmental Containment Fabrication Facility employees performed the fabrication
Elements and were approved by the Secretary of Energy and and shipping of a radiological containment hut used in these efforts.
colleagues in the Secretary and Deputy Secretary offices. Other SRNS employees recognized as part of this effort included
members of the Radiological Assistance Program (RAP) Region 3
Departing Secretary Dan Brouillette announced the awards in a
farewell message, saying “To the award recipients, thank you for your team, along with the RAP Team’s NNSA sponsor, and the late William
vital contributions to the Department’s mission and to our country. I Wilmarth, Ph.D., of SRNL, who served as a technical consultant.
am truly honored to work alongside such brilliant, talented individuals Two SRNS employees were recognized as members of the Nuclear
who show unwavering commitment to public service. Thank you for all Security Enterprise (NSE) Supplier Quality Working Group, a large
you have done and congratulations on this well-deserved recognition.” multi-site team honored for achieving new efficiency and cost
avoidance by developing and implementing the ability to share
A team from the Savannah River Tritium Enterprise (SRTE), the SRS
W87 ALT 360 First Production Unit Team, received one of the supplier assessments across the NSE sites.
Achievement Awards. This 42-member team, made up Two representatives of SRNL were recognized for their
of personnel from SRTE and its SRNL partner, was role in an NNSA project that supports a long-standing
recognized for support of the National Nuclear international collaboration.
Security Administration’s (NNSA’s) mission to An SRNL Associate Lab Director is one of the
maintain and modernize the nuclear stockpile. honorees on The Science and Technology Risk

Other SRNS personnel were recognized for Matrix Team, an effort across the national labs.
their roles in award-winning multi-site teams.

The Nuclear Security Joint Development
Enterprise (NSE) Supplier Environment (JODE) Team
Quality Working Group Randy Coleman

Joseph Fulghum William Miles
Charles F. Mackie

““To the award recipients, thank you for your vital contributions to the Department’s mission and to our country.”
Dan Brouillette