Ms. Nichole Huntington joined the Defense Nuclear Facility Safety Board as Resident Inspector at the Hanford Site in 2022. Ms. Huntington joined the Board after working at Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) at the Hanford Site since 2017, where she held the roles of Waste Transfer Engineer and Cognizant System Engineer for the Double Shell Tank Waste Transfer System. Her assignment builds on prior federal experience from the Department of Defense (DOD) complex where she served as a Radioactive Waste Engineer for the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. Ms. Huntington further developed her background in nuclear safety serving as a Nuclear Safety Engineer for Bechtel National Inc., at the Waste Treatment Plant at Hanford with a focus on the Low-Activity Waste (LAW) Vitrification facility.
Ms. Huntington holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado.