Frank Marcinowski
Frank Marcinowski
U.S. Department of Energy
Frank Marcinowski has more than 20 years experience ensuring the safe use, management
and oversight of radioactive and nuclear materials. He has extensive expertise in
environmental policy development and governmental affairs on a national, regional and
local level. He joined the Department of Energy (DOE) in 2004 and serves as the Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Technical and Regulatory Support for the Department’s Environmental
Management (EM) Program and is also the Acting Chief Business Officer for EM. He
previously served as the Acting Chief Technical Officer for the EM Program from October
2009 to June 2010. He is responsible for leading EM’s efforts on negotiated and stipulated
regulatory compliance agreements and legal responsibilities, and Departmental policies and
orders. Mr. Marcinowski was instrumental in resolving legal disputes as one of the lead
negotiators on regulatory agreements for cleanup of several major DOE sites. He also develops
policy and supports implementation of EM’s waste transportation and disposition activities
in the field, and serves as the primary interface with stakeholder groups both within and
outside the Department. Frank also serves as Vice President of the Joint Convention on the
Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management.
Prior to his current position, Frank was Director of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA) Radiation Protection Division. During his tenure, he successfully certified the nation’s
first deep geologic disposal facility for transuranic waste at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
(WIPP). He was subsequently responsible for regulating WIPP, and developing national health and
environmental regulations and policies for radioactive waste management, site clean-up, emergency
response, and a variety of other radiation issues
Frank has a bachelor’s degree in radiologic technology from Thomas Jefferson University, and a
Master of Science degree in radiological health from the University of Michigan where he was a
DOE Fellow in both health physics and radioactive waste management.
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