Dennis Wilson has been elected as the new chairman of the Energy Department’s Oak Ridge Site Specific Advisory Board (ORSSAB) in Tennessee for fiscal 2018. The panel of up to 22 members makes recommendations to DOE regarding operations at the Oak Ridge Reservation, home to a large-scale cleanup of former uranium enrichment operations.
ORSSAB held its officer elections on Oct. 11.
Wilson, a retired JohnsonDiversey Products technology manager, was previously vice chairman and has been a member of the federally chartered citizens’ panel since 2015.
Belinda Price, a senior hydrogeologist with Alliant Corp. who joined the board in 2013, was picked as the vice chair. She has previously chaired the panel for two consecutive terms.
Richard Burroughs, a registered professional geologist who has been on the board since 2015, will fill the vacancy at secretary created by the recent retirement from the panel of David Hemelright.
Also last month, the ORSSAB’s Environmental Management/Stewardship Committee selected Fred Swindler as its chair and John Tapp as its vice chair. Swindler, a semi-retired consultant for IsoRay Medical, previously served as vice chair for the committee and has been a member of the advisory board since 2016. Tapp is a retired civil/environmental engineer who joined the advisory board in 2017.
ORSSAB meets the second Wednesday of most months, according to a news release from the board.
