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SRNS honored for NNSA mission support

SRTE Pandemic 2020 SRS Deep
Response Team Dive Team
Team Lead: Team Lead:
Mark Davis Kevin Scaggs
Team Members: Team Members:
Michael Collins James Angelos
Chris Garnett Susan Arnold
Michael Autry Edwin Deshong (NNSA)
Tina Johnson James Epting

Newly-named NNSA Savannah River Field Office Manager (SRFO) Jason Armstrong, left, presented the awards on Sonya Patton Annette Gibson
behalf of NNSA. Deb Solomon Donna Hasty
Brian Lewis Charles Hayes, Jr.
Fifty-four SRNS personnel have been honored for outstanding accomplishments in support
of the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) office responsible for ensuring Don Bickley Richard Izard
Nuclear Security Enterprise facilities are safely operated, effectively managed and sufficiently Kirsten Aylward Emily Kirk
maintained to meet mission needs. Marion Cofer Gerald Levi
Each year, the NNSA Office of Safety, Infrastructure and Operations (NA-50) presents Rich Izard Glenn Morton (NNSA)
Awards of Excellence to a select group of teams and individuals who achieve significant Pat Rapp Allen Neiling
accomplishments involving innovation, effectiveness, teamwork, overcoming adversity Jeffery Westergreen Lana Patterson
and enabling future success. Jim McConnell, NNSA Associate Administrator, Office of Jill O’Donnell Robert Snyder
Infrastructure, Safety, and Operations, honored the SRS awardees, joining the local Sean Lynch Steven Wach
recognition event remotely to share his appreciation for their contributions to NNSA Joseph Huckabee Jeffery Westergreen
and its missions.
Tim Bolen Michael Willis
A recurring theme for the Calendar Year 2020 NA-50 Awards of Excellence was overcoming Marvin “Dex” Ray Joann Wingard
the challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic to continue the vital national security
work carried out on behalf of NNSA. John Gordon
Tim Linder
Honorees included:
Linda Wozniak SRTE - Oxygen
• Savannah River Tritium Enterprise Pandemic Response Team, which rapidly developed and Monitor
expeditiously deployed measures to protect the workforce while simultaneously ensuring
the success of the mission to provide support for the nation’s nuclear deterrent. Completions
Restoration in FY20 Team
• 2020 SRS Deep Dive Team, which – despite the constraints of holding a complex technical of Mass Team Lead:
meeting virtually – effectively communicated key information to enable infrastructure
investment decisions. Spectrometers Timothy Richardson
Following Water Team Members:
• Restoration of Mass Spectrometers Following Water Leak Team, who enabled the Savannah
River Tritium Enterprise to meet its commitments for supporting the nation’s nuclear Leak Team John Quarles
deterrent by restoring sensitive, technically complex instruments to full operation following a Team Lead: Chris Polonski
significant water leak. Bogdan M. Oliy Robby Free
• Savannah River Tritium Enterprise - Oxygen Monitor Completions in the Fiscal Year 2020 Team Members: Cary Milliner
(FY20) Team, which overcame several obstacles, including the COVID-19 pandemic, to replace John A. Mims Mike Munie
monitors necessary for operating the Tritium Facilities in a safe and effective manner. Garrett J. Hall
In addition, two individuals from SRNS were recognized for their participation in complex-wide Larry J. Olive
teams. Dale Sivils of SRNL was honored for his participation in the national Planning and Trenton L. Seigler
Business Continuity in the Face of COVID-19 Team. Richard Sullivan of SRNS was honored for Steven A. Banks
his participation in a national team that analyzed HVAC systems to provide NNSA sites with Keith L. Leopard
strategies to further protect their workforce and help limit on-site transmission of COVID-19.
Joseph V. Cordaro
NNSA activities at SRS primarily serve two NNSA missions: managing the nuclear stockpile – John McIntosh
including preparing the nation’s tritium supply and making preparations for a proposed mission
to produce plutonium pits – and nonproliferation, including the mission to permanently dispose
of weapons-grade plutonium declared excess to national security.