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Nuclear Modernization

DNFSB Plans Major Reorganization

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, August 17th, 2018

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DNFSB Plans Major Reorganization

Close up illustration of atomic particle for nuclear energy imagery

The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (DNFSB) said last Wednesday it will open two new field offices and cut its Washington workforce by almost half as part of a major reorganization scheduled to start in October. The changes will be effective Oct. 1, according to a press release from the independent federal agency that monitors health and safety issues at current and former Department of Energy (DoE) nuclear-weapon sites. As part of the restructuring, the DNFSB will create a new post of executive…

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