May 29, 2014

B&W’S REICHERT HEADS TO CNS TO LEAD PANTEX OPS

By ExchangeMonitor

Bechtel-led Consolidated Nuclear Security has replaced Dan Glenn as the operations manager of the Pantex Plant with another former Babcock & Wilcox official, revealing yesterday that Michelle Reichert would head up operations at Pantex under the new contract. Reichert most recently served as the deputy general manager for incumbent Pantex Plant contractor B&W Pantex, but also spent time at B&W Conversion Services and at the Y-12 National Security Complex. “As Pantex Operations manager, Michelle provides continuity of operations at Pantex and brings experience from Y-12—both of which will be important for CNS to meet the NNSA’s expectations for mission delivery and efficient operations across the two sites,” CNS spokesman Jason Bohne said, noting that Reichert previously worked with Y-12 operations manager Bill Tindal. He said the pair had “already begun working collaboratively to determine ways to streamline operations and find opportunities at the two sites to ensure safe, secure, high quality mission delivery.”

Glenn, the former Pantex Site Office manager, was bid as the Pantex operations manager after he was lured away from Babcock & Wilcox by CNS partner Lockheed Martin in March of 2012, just as bids were initially due on the Y-12/Pantex contract, but he became embroiled in a lawsuit in which B&W alleged that he stole trade secrets upon his departure from the company. Glenn largely denied the accusations, but later admitted he kept several thumb drives containing B&W information after initially saying he had turned over all B&W information. As a result, a Virginia Circuit Court judge issued an injunction last year preventing Glenn from working for Bechtel, Lockheed Martin or any LLC or joint venture of which they are a part that involves B&W trade secrets.
 
Reichert is believed to have been approached by CNS since transition to the new contract began in late March—after a B&W-led team decided to stop fighting for the contract. It is unclear when it was decided that Glenn would not manage Pantex operations for CNS, but Bohne said Glenn would still have a place at CNS and will serve as the head of the contractor’s Facilities Management organization. “A key component of our contract is determining cost savings that can be reinvested into the facilities and infrastructure at both sites—many of which date to the 1940s and 1950s,” Bohne said. “There are many critical facility and infrastructure needs that must be addressed to ensure sustainable, safe, and secure operations at both sites.”

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