Dr. Steven Krahn
Dr. Steven L. Krahn
U.S. Department of Energy
The mission of the Office of Safety and Security Program is to manage Department of Energy (DOE)/Environmental
Management (EM)-wide Integrated Safety Management implementation oversight activities, the Defense Nuclear Facilities
Safety Board (DNFSB) recommendations and issues, standards assurance for major project planning and execution, operational
safety and awareness programs, quality assurance programs. The Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) manages the safeguards and
security and emergency management activities for EM. The mission also includes serving as the senior executive official and
focal point for providing day-to-day safety operational oversight, feedback, interface, and direction to the EM field/operations
offices. The DAS represents EM in frequent interfaces with the DNFSB and its senior staff and the Chief of Nuclear Safety for
the Under Secretary. The DAS oversees startup/restart of nuclear facilities and Operational Readiness Reviews. The DAS oversees
and manages the EM operational safety, health and quality assurance programs, such as Startup/Restart of Nuclear Facilities &
Operational Readiness Reviews; Occurrence Reporting; Operational safety assessments, and ensures the overall implementation of
the EM line safety oversight.
Dr. Krahn has more than 30 years of technical and project management experience in positions of increasing responsibility in
government, private industry and the military. His project management highlights include: management of the $140 million complex
overhaul of a nuclear submarine; management of the $30 million nuclear work package for two submarines; producing the first-ever
strategic plan for a federal agency; technical direction of the R&D program for two major DOE program offices; and the direction
of the design and construction efforts for two major safety upgrades at DOE nuclear facilities.
In technical management, Dr. Krahn’s highlights have included: providing technical direction and leadership for a federal agency
providing safety oversight to the nuclear weapons complex; directing a $25 million division in an engineering services company;
leading the technical review of numerous technical issues at nuclear facilities; and providing senior technical consulting services
to the U. S. nuclear industry.
He has worked in a range of technical disciplines. These have included: materials science and metallurgy; nuclear engineering; planning
and scheduling of major nuclear projects; nuclear and conventional power plant maintenance engineering; nuclear facility design and
construction; and safety analysis.
EDUCATION:
Doctorate, Public Administration, University of Southern California, 2001.
M.S., Materials Science, University of Virginia, 1994.
B.S., Metallurgical Engineering, University of Wisconsin, 1978.
Graduate Certificate, Nuclear Engineering, Bettis Reactor Engineering School, U.S. Department of Energy, 1980.
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