NNSA Defense Programs Announces Quarterly Awards

Thursday, Jan 26, 2012

The National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Defense Programs today announced the recipients of the Defense Programs’ Employee of the Quarter Awards.  

“I am once again proud to announce the Defense Programs Employee of the Quarter Awards and praise the hard work being done by the men and women throughout the national security enterprise,” said Don Cook, NNSA’s Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs. “We are fortunate to have dedicated professionals who contribute directly to the many successes that NNSA Defense Programs have achieved this quarter.” 

Recipients of the awards are recognized for going beyond the call of duty in supporting the mission of NNSA’s Defense Programs. The selection of the recipients is determined at each site following its own specific criteria. The recipients are as follows:  

Jerry Wienberg, Kansas City Site Office (KCSO), is recognized for leading the FY 2011 contractor performance evaluation and reporting process and supporting KCSO management in the contractor award fee determination recommendation. 

Herb Mirfasihi, Kansas City Plant, is recognized for teaming with Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Intelligence and Nuclear Security Enterprise (NSE) sites to develop the Technical Assessment Translation Services Program. This program reaches out to native language speakers within the NSE to provide technical translation services supported by a work for others program.   

Kevin Arnold, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, is recognized for coordinating one of the most significant outages in the history of the facility, Project Y567, Purge Stripper/Z-Bed Recovery Piping Upgrades.  

Tim Smith, Savannah River Site Office, is recognized for coordinating and facilitating the NNSA and Environmental Management Savannah River Site response and action plan concerning the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board letter, SRS Meteorological and surface roughness issue and subsequent development of DOE technical policy and guidance.   Jesús T. Romero, Los Alamos Site Office, is recognized for leading the site technical efforts to upgrade the Los Alamos National Laboratory Plutonium Facility (PF-4) safety basis and address the post-seismic fire accident scenario in a technically defensible manner.

Souce: NNSA