The Washington Department of Ecology Nuclear Waste Program’s promoted Eddie Holbrook to be its new permanent deputy program manager, an agency spokesperson said Wednesday.
Holbrook, acting in the No. 2 nuclear role for the state agency since February, introduced himself to the Hanford Advisory Board during a meeting Wednesday.
“Holbrook has eight years of experience in different positions at the Nuclear Waste Program, including being a part of our compliance team and later as the program’s Waste Management Section manager,” the state spokesperson said via email. Holbrook has 15 years of environmental experience, the spokesperson said.