Steven Becker, Allen Croff, Tissa Illangasekare and Kenneth Peddicord left the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board Friday as part of a major membership facelift finalized last week by President Joe Biden.
A board spokesperson confirmed the four people had left in an email sent Tuesday to the Exchange Monitor. The White House on Friday said it was appointing six new members to the board, filling 10 of its 11 seats.
The administration’s announcement did not say who was staying and who was going, but with 11 total seats and three vacancies before Friday’s announcement, the addition of six new members meant something would had to give.
With the latest appointments, all but two board members will, if they choose, serve at least through the first term of the next U.S. President, who voters will choose on Nov. 5.
The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board is a small, independent federal agency that acts as a sort of technical consultant and peer reviewer to Department of Energy nuclear-waste programs. Members are selected from a short list prepared by the National Academy of Sciences, serve part time and have four-year terms.
The board’s roster now includes:
Newly appointed members appointed Friday to four-year terms that will expire in 2028:
- Peter Swift, the new board chair.
- Richelle Allen.
- Lake Barrett.
- Miles Greiner.
- Silvia Jurisson.
- Seth Tuler.
Board members reappointed Friday to four-year terms that will expire in 2028.
- Nathan Siu, the immediate past chair.
- Scott Tyler.
Board members appointed in 2022 and serving four-year terms that will expire in 2026
- Ron Ballinger.
- Brian Woods.
