Mr. George E. Dials Director joined the CDEX Board in July 2001. In February 2006 BWX Technologies named George Dials president and general manager of the National Nuclear Security Administration�s (NNSA) Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge TN. Mr. Dials has spent nearly 30 years in the energy and nuclear industries most recently serving as president and COO of a private hazardous waste disposal facility. Previously he served as the president and general manager for TRW Environmental Safety Systems management and operations of the Yucca Mountain Project. His career has also included leadership positions with ICF Kaiser International and the Department of Energy�s Carlsbad and Idaho Falls Offices. Mr. Dials entered the nuclear and energy industries after a ten-year career in the U.S. Army where he served as an airborne ranger infantry officer in Germany Vietnam and Korea. Mr. Dials earned a Silver Star and Bronze Star for Valor in combat operations in Vietnam. As an Army nuclear weapons specialist he was assigned to the Los Alamos National Laboratory for research on Army nuclear weapons planning and development. Mr. Dials holds an M.S. in nuclear engineering and an MS in political science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and a B.S. in engineering from the United States Military Academy West Point New York. |