New INL director announced

The Idaho National Laboratory will soon have a new director.

Battelle Energy Alliance has named Mark Peters as the new director for the INL effective October 1st.

Peters succeeds John Grossenbacher as INL laboratory director. Grossenbacher announcedin November 2014 that FY2015 would be his last year as INL laboratory director. He led theBEA bid that was awarded the contract to manage and operate INL in February 2005. Underhis leadership, INL transformed into a leading laboratory recognized nationally andinternationally for its research programs and capabilities as well as the value of its appliedresearch and development programs to sponsors across academia and industry.

Peters’ experience is strongly aligned with INL’s programmatic portfolio. Prior to joining INL,Peters served as Argonne National Laboratory’s Associate Laboratory Director for the lab’sEnergy and Global Security directorate, which includes Argonne’s programs in energyresearch and national security. As a recognized expert in nuclear fuel cycle technologies andnuclear waste management, Peters is called upon frequently to provide expert testimony toCongress and to advise in formulation of policies for nuclear fuel cycles, nonproliferation and nuclear waste disposal. He is active in leadership positions with the American NuclearSociety (ANS) and was recently named an ANS Fellow, the highest honor bestowed by theSociety.