WIPP FEDERAL RECOVERY TEAM TO BE LED BY SENDERLING, TEYNOR

The Department of Energy yesterday announced that it has formed its Waste Isolation Pilot Plant federal recovery team, naming DOE officials Mark Senderling and Tom Teynor to head the group. The team was formed in response to the incidents occurring at WIPP more than two months ago—the Feb. 5 salt truck fire and the Feb. 14 radiological release. “The Department has finalized its federal recovery team, a pivotal step to help WIPP complete the tasks necessary to restart transuranic waste disposal operations. The team’s mission involves coordinating and guiding the rigorous efforts required to implement changes and resume operations at the site as safely and as soon as possible,” DOE cleanup chief Dave Huizenga said in a message to employees. 

 

Office of Environmental Management veteran Senderling is serving as the Environmental Management headquarters manager for WIPP recovery activities, acting as a liaison with contractor and federal officials at DOE’s Carlsbad Field Office. Teynor, who recently served as a federal project director at the Richland Operations Office, will be the senior federal recovery manager at CBFO, reporting directly to the CBFO manager.