Cleanup & Remediation

New Field Operations Chief Joining DOE Cleanup Office

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Jeff Griffin, a longtime manager around the Energy Department complex, is the new head of field operations for the agency’s Office of Environmental Management (EM).
Griffin, previously associate director for environmental management at the Savannah River National…

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