Dae Chung
Dae Chung
U.S. Department of Energy
Mr. Dae Chung has over twenty six years of combined experience in the U.S. government and commercial
nuclear industries managing, leading, and performing various nuclear design, engineering, analysis,
and safety policy development and oversight activities for a wide variety of programs, facilities,
and operations, including: Department of Energy (DOE) defense production facilities; research and test
reactors; legacy facilities undergoing environmental cleanup and disposition; and commerical nuclear
power reactors.
Mr. Chung began his professional career as a nuclear engineer with Westinghouse Electric Corporation in
Pittsburgh in the area of reactor physics and core design and became a senior lead engineer responsible
for all aspects of core design, licensing, and start-up and operational support for a number of nuclear
power plants in the U.S. and overseas. Since joining the Department in 1989, he has served in increasingly
responsible technical and management positions in the Office of Environment, Safety and Health, the Office
of Nuclear Energy, the Office of Defense Programs, and the Office of Environmental Management (EM). Mr. Chung
has pioneered development of key DOE nuclear safety related polices and directives, including those associated
with safety analysis, nuclear facility design, nuclear criticality safety, and long-term safe storage of
nuclear materials, which have made significant contribution to assuring safety at many of DOE’s nuclear facilities.
Mr. Chung’s expertise in nuclear safety, nuclear facility design and engineering, and safety authorization
basis has been widely recognized in the DOE complex as well as national and international nuclear communities.
As the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Safety Management and Operations he was responsible for managing an EM
corporate policy and oversight program to ensure appropriate implementation of Department’s nuclear safety,
Integrated Safety Management System, nuclear materials disposition initiatives, and quality assurance requirements
at EM sites and projects. His office was also a focal point for providing day-to-day safety operational oversight,
feedback, interface, and direction to the EM site offices including radioactive materials packaging and
transportation activities. Mr. Chung was also responsible for managing the EM’s nuclear materials strategic
initiatives.
In July 2009 Mr. Chung became the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary responsible for carrying out program
and policy direction for the EM portfolio.
His honors include the Presidential Rank Award and many achievement and special acts awards.
He has a B.S. degree in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Maryland and a M.S. in Mechanical Engineering
from the University of Pittsburgh.
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