Clark named director of Nuclear Operations Division at Argonne

ARGONNE, Ill. (Jan. 24, 2007) — Paul Clark has been appointed Director of the Nuclear Operations Division at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory. Clark has been serving as senior advisor to the interim director since March 2006.

As director of Argonne's Nuclear Operations Division, Clark directs the operation of the laboratory's nuclear facilities, the waste management program and the on-site decontamination and decommissioning program. Clark provides technical support for Argonne facilities in the areas of nuclear safety, criticality safety, procedures and training.

“Addressing nuclear safety and operations compliance issues at Argonne has been and will continue to be challenging," Clark said. "The personnel in the Nuclear Operations Division have the drive and attitude for success. However, it is important to understand that this must be a laboratory effort.”

Clark began his career in the Navy Nuclear Power Program, where he served for 20 years until his retirement in 1992. Upon retirement, Clark joined EG&G at the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site as Maintenance Planning Manager, where he was involved in operations, maintenance and special nuclear material (SNM) shipping. Clark then joined Los Alamos Technical Associates, where he served as technical support manager and SNM shipping program manager for the removal of all weapons components from the site in support of site closure.

In 2002, Clark took the position of senior project manager with BWXT, where he provided operations and oversight support at BWXT sites throughout the U.S. Department of Energy. He served as deputy site manager for operations in Miamisburg, Ohio, and then as the project manager for decontamination and Nuclear Regulatory Commission license termination for a BWXT nuclear fuels research facility.

Clark also served as senior advisor to the director of the Non-Reactor Nuclear Facilities Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He was then named general manager of the BWXT Services Oak Ridge Operations Office, where he continued to support BWXT operations and oversight at Los Alamos National Laboratory and the Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Facility in Idaho.

Clark is currently relocating to the Chicago area from Loudon, Tenn., where he also volunteers as a construction supervisor for Habitat for Humanity.

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For more information, please contact Steve McGregor (630/252-5580 or media@anl.gov) at Argonne.