September 29, 2025

Chung takes industry post

By ExchangeMonitor

Dae Chung, a longtime senior federal manager who retired from the Department of Energy earlier this year, has accepted a post as executive vice president at HukariAscendent.

According to its website, HukariAscendent is a technical consulting and engineering company that works with DOE as well as the nuclear industry and power generation business.

Chung announced his new position in a weekend post on his LinkedIn page. Chung retired from DOE’s Office of Environmental Management earlier this year after serving for a time as acting head of the $8-billion cleanup office.

Chung has over four decades of experience in U.S. government programs and operations and has also worked in private industry.

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