DOE Names Acting Manager for Carlsbad Field Office

Dana Bryson will take over as Acting Manager for the Department of Energy’s Carlsbad Field Office (CBFO), DOE announced yesterday. Bryson will replace Joe Franco, who moved to DOE’s Richland Operations Office earlier this year. Bryson has served as deputy manager at the CBFO since late 2013. “Dana has been an integral part of the EM management team for more than two decades and with the Department for more than 30 years and we are confident he is up to the challenges presented by the WIPP recovery project,” said Mark Whitney, Acting Assistant Secretary for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management.

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