NS&D Monitor
7/31/2015
IN THE INDUSTRY
A former commander of Air Force Materiel Command, retired Gen. Janet Wolfenbarger, has been named to AECOM’s Board of Directors effective Aug. 1, according to an AECOM press release. “It is an honor to welcome General Wolfenbarger to our Board of Directors,” said AECOM Chairman and CEO Michael Burke. “Her impressive experience in managing complex military organizations, as well as her diverse expertise in executing support through leading-edge science and technology, will extend the Board’s already broad set of strengths and perspectives and be a substantial benefit as AECOM continues to grow its business.” Wolfenbarger commanded AFMC at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, from 2012 until she retired on July 1. She previously served as vice commander and director of the AFMC Intelligence and Requirements Directorate at Wright-Patterson, and was among the first female cadets accepted by the Air Force Academy.
ON THE INTERNATIONAL FRONT
The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) announced this week it has repatriated “three irradiators containing U.S.-origin radioactive sources from Mexico.” A U.S. Air Force cargo aircraft flew the three irradiators containing the“ high-activity radioisotope” cesium 137 from southern Mexico to the United States, at which time the shipment was “securely transported via truck to a permanent storage facility,” according to the DOE agency. The press release says cesium 137 could be used in radiological dispersal devices, better known as “dirty bombs.”
The initiative was executed with the assistance of the Mexican government, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, the Air Force, and the Department of Agriculture, and was supported by personnel from the Idaho, Los Alamos, and Lawrence Livermore national laboratories, along with the Nevada National Security Site and Savannah River Site, the announcement says.
