The former CEO of nuclear services company Orano U.S. is joining the environmental services division at competitor Westinghouse Electric, according to a press release from the company this week.
In his new role, Sam Shakir will lead Westinghouse’s “expansion as a leading services and technology provider in the global commercial and government nuclear decommissioning and management services markets,” according to the company’s Wednesday press release.
Shakir served as head of Paris-based Orano’s U.S. segment from 2016 until this week, when the company announced his resignation in a press release Monday. Fuel services president Amir Vexler is taking his place, Orano said.
Orano’s got a foothold in the nuclear waste management business. Interim Storage Partners, the company’s joint venture with Waste Control Specialists (WCS), is one of just two entities seeking federal approval to build a consolidated interim storage facility for the nation’s spent nuclear fuel.
That proposed site, located at WCS’s existing low-level disposal facility in Andrews, Texas, is undergoing a federal environmental impact review slated to wrap up this summer, according to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.