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Polestar is pleased to announce and welcome Dick Wilde and Eric Salgado to our team. Dick is a senior executive with extensive experience in nuclear weapons testing as well as 30 years of nuclear and hazardous waste site cleanup.  Dick has spent the last 15 years consulting for multiple DOE contractors and at most DOE…

Maisie joined Polestar last summer as a business intern supporting Polestar’s CAFTA projects with export controls and helping to formalize Polestar’s policies and procedures.  She’s now a Project Administrator and works with the CAFTA Sales Team as well as helping with various aspects of business management and development. Hank McCormick has a B.S. in Mechanical…

Thank you to all for being a part of our journey!  

Polestar is pleased to announce and welcome Bob Birney and Jim Jacobsen to our team. Bob is a Project Management Professional with over 30 years of experience in nuclear plant operations, construction, maintenance, root cause analysis, training, procedure writing, and ASME Section III and VIII Certification, in addition to being a DOE certified nuclear reactor…

On July 15 Polestar celebrated the opening of our new office by hosting an all hands / open house for staff and families. It was a fantastic and relaxing evening with so many familiar and new faces – our first-time meeting together in 16 months. Kathy Miller, Chief Executive Officer, welcomed everyone to our new…

Lanette has over 35 years of experience in the government and commercial industries. In her 30 years at the DOE Hanford Site, Lanette managed several operations projects and functional programs. Most recently, she directed Integrated Safety Management System, Voluntary Protection Program, and safety culture activities that aligned with contractual requirements and DOE key performance initiatives.…

Polestar is pleased to announce and welcome Lorna Dittmer and Alex Schwarz to our team. Lorna has a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from South Dakota School of Mines & Technology and brings with her over 30 years of experience in chemistry, environmental compliance, regulatory permitting and reporting, waste site characterization, and remediation. She is…

Polestar Team Member Tom Rodovsky recently presented at the 2021 Waste Management Conference.  His presentation on Challenges in Developing Notice of Construction Applications for the Integrated Disposal Facility (IDF) was in collaboration with CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company.  The IDF is expected to begin accepting waste in 2023, it will accept waste packages from numerous…

Congratulations Polestar ISMS Team for a project completion well done! From 2015 to 2021, Polestar provided personnel to a prime contractor at the Hanford Site for an Integrated Safety Management System Surveillance (ISMS) Team. The team provided the client with an in-depth understanding of their implementation of the Department of Energy’s ISMS requirements. The team,…

Congrats on years of incredible work at Polestar! January Bill Bailey, Bryan Coles and Tom Davies February Dawn Adams, Jo Lynn Draper, Tom Rodovsky and Gabrielle Schuler March Charmaine Busler, Mark Morton Jr, Samee Nihill, Bill Peiffer and Ronny Tronstad