Andrew Orrell

Mr. Orrell is the director of Nuclear Energy Programs for Sandia National Laboratories. He has 20 years of industry experience in nuclear waste management and repository systems. He recently headed Sandia’s Lead Laboratory for Repository Systems program and led Sandia’s completion of the post-closure performance assessment portions of the Yucca Mountain License Application. Prior to working on the Yucca Mountain Program, he was a manager for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) and the National Transuranic Waste Management program.