Ken Langdon has been named president and program manager of Hanford Tank Waste Operations & Closure (H2C), where he will lead the company’s work under the Department of Energy’s Hanford Integrated Tank Disposition Contract.
H2C is a BWX Technologies-led joint venture including Amentum and Fluor that serves as DOE’s prime contractor managing radioactive liquid waste cleanup at the Hanford Site in Washington state.
Langdon brings more than 35 years of nuclear industry experience to the role, including work spanning nuclear project design, licensing, construction, commissioning, startup and long-term operations. He will replace “Jeff Stevens, H2C’s Program Integration director, who held the role in an acting basis after Carol Johnson retired in April after a very successful 40-plus-year career in our industry,” a spokesperson told Exchange Monitor.
Most recently, Langdon served as vice president of Nuclear Development at Energy Northwest, where he worked to develop public-private partnerships to advance small modular reactor projects. He began his career in the U.S. Navy’s Nuclear Propulsion Program, serving as a prototype instructor.
At H2C, Langdon will oversee the company’s responsibilities for safely removing, treating and disposing of tank waste at the Hanford Site in Washington state, which DOE describes as the nation’s largest and most complex nuclear waste cleanup.
Langdon holds a bachelor’s degree in workforce education and development from Southern Illinois University and a Senior Reactor Operator certification from LaSalle Station.