REGALBUTO ADDED TO RED TEAM EXAMINING UPF ALTERNATIVES

Monica Regalbuto may have a long wait to be confirmed by the Senate as the Department of Energy’s Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management, but she’s filling part of the time on the Red Team examining alternatives to the Uranium Processing Facility planned for the Y-12 National Security Complex. NS&D Monitor has learned that Regalbuto has been added to the Red Team, which is chaired by Oak Ridge National Laboratory Director Thom Mason. The Red Team is expected to complete its work by April 15. Regalbuto was nominated to head up DOE’s cleanup program earlier this month. She currently serves as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fuel Cycle Technologies, and is on assignment at DOE from Argonne National Laboratory, where she is a senior chemical engineer. Regalbuto also was a member of an expert team assembled last year by then-Secretary of Energy Steven Chu to examine technical issues associated with the use of so-called “black cells” at the Hanford Waste Treatment Plant. The NNSA has not publicized the names of the Red Team.