President Joe Biden recently announced his intent to nominate Patricia Lee, who has more than 30 years of experience with radiation protection issues at the Savannah River National Laboratory in South Carolina and elsewhere, to serve on the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board.

Lee now serves as the portfolio manager for the laboratory’s digital enterprise, delivering an integrated computing strategy for the deputy laboratory director for science and technology, the Biden administration said in its announcement.

“The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board [DNFSB] welcomes President Biden’s intent to nominate Dr. Patricia Lee to serve on the Board,” the DNFSB said in a press release last month following the White House release.

“Dr. Lee has an extensive career that spans over three decades working at Savannah River National Laboratory and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,” the board said in the statement.

Lee holds a doctorate in nuclear engineering/health physics and a masters in health physics from the Georgia Institute of Technology as well as a masters in physics from Clark Atlanta University, and a bachelor’s degree in physics from Lincoln University.

There are currently only three individuals serving on the five-member panel created in 1989 to provide independent nuclear safety advice and recommendations to the secretary of energy. A long-serving member, Jessie Hill Roberson, has a term scheduled to expire Oct. 18, 2023.