President Barack Obama this week nominated nuclear energy industry veteran Bruce Hamilton to serve a full term on the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board member.
Hamilton joined the board in August 2015, replacing Ken Mossman, who has since died. If approved by the Senate, he would serve a full term of five years.
Hamilton was president of nuclear fuel cycle front-end contract specialist Fuelco LLC from 2009 to 2013, after a stint as engineering director for the Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant in Texas from 2003 to 2008. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1978 to 2002, with duties including supervising nuclear operations in six warships, commanding another vessel, and being a reactor officer for the midlife refueling overhaul of an aircraft carrier.
The five-member Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board oversees an Executive Branch organization of about 115 employees tasked with monitoring safety and potential health threats at Department of Energy defense nuclear facilities around the country.
