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Nuclear Modernization

Zerkle To Be No. 2 At Livermore

Tuesday, August 23rd, 2022

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Zerkle To Be No. 2 At Livermore

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Longtime Los Alamos National Laboratory manager Carolyn Zerkle will become deputy director of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory effective Sept. 12, the California nuclear-weapon design lab said Monday. Zerkle spent more than 30 years at Los Alamos, most recently as senior director for project execution. In that job, she was responsible for the entire portfolio of pit construction projects at Los Alamos, which in fiscal year 2022 had an estimated budget of more than $1 billion. Zerkle has an undergraduate…

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