Dae Chung, a longtime senior federal manager who retired from the Department of Energy earlier this year, has accepted a post as executive vice president at HukariAscendent.
According to its website, HukariAscendent is a technical consulting and engineering company that works with DOE as well as the nuclear industry and power generation business.
Chung announced his new position in a weekend post on his LinkedIn page. Chung retired from DOE’s Office of Environmental Management earlier this year after serving for a time as acting head of the $8-billion cleanup office. Chung has over four decades of experience in U.S. government programs and operations and has also worked in private industry.
The Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration ability to reimburse contract workers for commuting expenses could help in recruiting and job retention, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said this week.
NNSA oversees eight government-owned, contractor-operated sites and relies on around 70,000 management and operating (M&O) contractor employees to carry out the agency’s mission, according to GAO’s Tuesday report, Much of the report focuses on Triad National Security’s program at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico.
NNSA sites are undergoing a multi-billion dollar modernization, which intensifies commuting concerns, according to the report.
Perma-Fix has agreed to an expanded labor agreement with Local 598. Building Trades Union that covers the company’s 35-acre treatment facility near the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Richland, Wash., the company’s CEO said Thursday Sept. 25.
Perma-Fix CEO Mark Duff made the announcement at DOE’s annual National Cleanup Workshop in Arlington, Va.
The labor deal goes into effect Oct. 1 and covers 75 workers at the outset but the number will grow over time as the Perma-Fix Northwest facility adds more shifts, Duff said. The company already had a limited labor deal with the union tied to grouting Hanford tank waste, but that process has not started yet. While participating in a panel discussion, Duff said Perma-Fix is also commercializing its technology to destroy per- and polyfluorinated substances (PFAS) or forever chemicals at a facility in Gainesville, Fla.
The Energy Facility Contractors Group (EFCOG) said Friday it has rescheduled the next House Cleanup Caucus gathering until 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday Nov. 4.
The invitation-only event at the Rayburn House Office Building is hosted by EFCOG, the Nuclear Energy Institute and the Energy Technology and Environmental Business Association