Hanford ORP Names New Deputy Manager

The Department of Energy Office of River Protection at the Hanford Site in Washington state has named Ben Harp as deputy manager, after he served in the position on an acting basis for several weeks. He also will serve as chief operating officer for the DOE office charged with management and disposal of 56 million gallons of chemical and radioactive waste at Hanford. He replaces J.D. Dowell, who now is working for Fluor. Harp came to the Department of Energy from the Puget Sound Naval Base in 1991. He most recently was the assistant manager for the site’s tank farm project and has also served as acting assistant manager for engineering and nuclear safety and deputy assistant manager for tank farms. He has been part of the senior executive service at ORP since 2010.