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Kris Gaines

Senior Nuclear Nonproliferation Specialist

Kris Gaines is a Senior Nonproliferation Specialist and Project Manager at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in the Nuclear Nonproliferation Division where he has been in this role since 2009. Kris currently serves as a Project Manager for the National Nuclear Security Administration's Office of Nuclear Material Removal. He is responsible for overseeing the removal or security of highly enriched uranium fuel at former Soviet and Chinese-supplied research reactors to reduce the nuclear proliferation threat they pose. Over his career, he has also provided engineering and project management expertise to various nuclear security projects throughout Eastern Europe, Central Asia and West Africa. 

 

2017 Secretary of Energy Achievement Award