Press Release-14-052, NRC Names Daniel H. Dorman as Region I Administrator
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| Issue date: | 08/21/2014 |
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No: 14-052 August 21, 2014 CONTACT: Dave McIntrye, 301-415-8200 NRC Names Daniel H. Dorman as Region I Administrator Daniel H. Dorman, a 23-year veteran of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, has been named the new administrator of the NRCs Region I office in King of Prussia, Pa. He succeeds William M.
Bill Dean, who will begin his new assignment as director of the NRCs Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) in Rockville, Md., in October.
Dorman will assume his new position within the next few months. In the interim, David Lew, who is the deputy regional administrator for Region I, will serve as acting regional administrator.
Dan Dorman is exceptionally well qualified to lead Region I in carrying out our mission to protect people and the environment, said Mark Satorius, the NRCs executive director for operations. He has repeatedly demonstrated a strong safety focus and an exemplary commitment to technical and managerial excellence in a wide variety of leadership assignments throughout the agency. The experience he has gained will serve the agency and the public well.
Dorman joined the NRC in 1991 as a Project Engineer in NRR.
In 2001, he was selected for the Senior Executive Service and has held progressively more responsible leadership positions in engineering research, nuclear security, and fuel cycle safety and safeguards. He has served as deputy office director in both the nuclear materials and nuclear reactor programs. On June 30, 2014, he was appointed to his current position as acting director of NRR.
In 2011, Dorman went to Japan as part of the initial U.S. response to the accident at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant. He subsequently participated in the NRCs senior manager review of the insights from the accident, which has served as the basis of substantial safety improvements being implemented at all U.S. nuclear power plants. He has also represented the United States as an officer of the Convention on Nuclear Safety, promoting the safety lessons of the Fukushima accident worldwide.
Prior to joining the NRC, Mr. Dorman served in the U.S. Navys nuclear power program. He received a bachelors degree in Naval Architecture and Marine Engineering from the Webb Institute of Naval Architecture. He received the NRCs Meritorious Service Award in 1998 and the Presidential Rank Meritorious Executive award in 2008.