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Carr Is New CEO at Energy Department’s South Carolina Nuclear Weapon Site

Defense Daily Staff

Monday, July 31st, 2023

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Carr Is New CEO at Energy Department’s South Carolina Nuclear Weapon Site

The Fluor [FLR]-led operations contractor at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina promoted Dennis Carr to CEO following Stuart MacVean’s retirement on Thursday, a company spokesperson said via email Friday. Carr becomes president and CEO of Savannah River Nuclear Solutions after serving as an executive vice president and chief operating officer for the contractor’s increasingly important National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) work at the site for the past five years. Carr is a former president of…

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