The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board has named Padraic Fox as a new site representative at Hanford, effective in September. Fox will be the Board’s third site rep at Hanford, joining Robert Quirk and David Gutowski. Fox joined the Board’s technical staff in September 2009, and during his tenure he has been responsible for evaluating “safety system designs and startup readiness activities” associated with facility design and construction projects, with a focus on the Hanford Waste Treatment Plant among other projects, according to a release issued yesterday. Prior to joining the DNFSB, Fox worked for 10 years as a consulting engineer and project manager, and he has 23 years of active duty service in the U.S. Navy.