Grundy Reporter

Dresden Nuclear Power Station, Unit 2 issued the following announcement on Dec. 28.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission today announced the appointment of Mirela Gavrilas as director, 

Office of Nuclear Security and Incident Response, effective with the retirement of

Brian Holian on Dec. 31, 2020.

Gavrilas, who joined the NRC in 2004 as a reactor systems engineer

in the Office of Nuclear Reactor Research, currently serves as the deputy

office director for Reactor Safety Programs and Mission Support in the

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation. She is recognized for her many

accomplishments, including the review of the construction permit for the

SHINE Medical Technologies facilities, leading the development of the

agency’s accident tolerant fuel plan and modernizing NRR’s workload management processes and metrics.

She has held several senior management positions in NRR, including serving as deputy

director, Division of Policy and Rulemaking; deputy director, Division of Risk Assessment; and

director, Division of Safety Systems. She also has expertise in international risk assessment and safety analysis.

Prior to joining the NRC, she served on the University of Maryland faculty, having led the

first Nuclear Energy Agency/Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development

international standard problem for computation fluid mechanics.

Gavrilas earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Nuclear Engineering from the University of

Maryland and a Ph.D. in Nuclear Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She

is a graduate of NRC’s 2014 Senior Executive Service Candidate Development Program.

Original source can be found here.