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Nuclear Energy Industry Transitions

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards has re-elected Graham Wallis as chairman, William Shack as vice chairman and John Sieber as member-at-large.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has appointed Jeanne Lopatto to the newly created position of special assistant for federal and international programs. Lopatto previously served as director of public affairs for the Department of Energy.

Donald Miller, vice president of Urenco Inc., left the company on Jan. 20. He had been with Urenco since 1985.

Constellation Energy’s subsidiary, Constellation NewEnergy, has named Terry Harvill vice president of regional regulatory and government affairs (Michigan and Ohio). Harvill joins Constellation NewEnergy from DTE Energy Co., where he was director of regulatory policy and operations. Harvill also served as a commissioner of the Illinois Commerce Commission.

Robert Eby will lead USEC Inc.’s American Centrifuge engineering and manufacturing operations in Oak Ridge, Tenn.

Philippe Garderet is the new scientific vice president of AREVA. He will head the ITER project for the company. Alain Bucaille has filled Garderet’s former position as senior vice president, research and innovation.

The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) has announced that Hank Courtright will serve as vice president of the environment and energy analysis sector. He previously served as vice president of the generation sector. Chris Larsen will replace him in that role. Larsen previously was managing director of EPRI International Inc.

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