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Fluor Silver Medallion Award

issued to Sue Barnwell

Sue Barnwell, SRNS employee, was recently awarded the Fluor
Silver Medallion Award for her quick action and perseverance in
saving the life of a fellow co-worker.
The Fluor Silver Medallion Award recognizes Fluor and its contractor
employees who have taken life-saving action to prevent an accident or
injury at work or in the community.
In March 2021, Barnwell noticed that a teleworking co-worker was not
on a daily group meeting call. She knew her co-worker wasn’t feeling
well the previous week, so she decided to give them a call and see
how they were doing. After multiple attempts to contact them failed, SRNS employee Sue Barnwell and SRNS Senior Vice President of Environment,
she notified management, who got in touch with the co-worker’s Safety, Health and Quality Rick Sprague
emergency contact. The co-worker was found extremely ill and was
immediately transported to the hospital by ambulance. SRNS Senior Vice President of Environment, Safety, Health and Quality
Rick Sprague, presented the award to Barnwell at the June 2021
President’s Safety Council meeting.
“Whether teleworking at home or present in the office, SRNS
“Whether teleworking at home or present in the employees stay connected and look out for each other’s safety and
office, SRNS employees stay connected and security,” said Sprague. “Sue’s actions are a clear example of going
look out for each other’s safety and security.” the extra mile to ensure a co-worker’s well-being.”
Rick Sprague “During these trying times, it is more important than ever to look
out for each other,” said Barnwell. “I believe that we need to be our
brother’s keeper and recognize when the people around us are having
a problem. This situation could have happened to anyone.”

Matthew Melton recognized for NNSA contributions

Matthew Melton, Manager work, have significantly influenced the way NNSA assesses risk
of SRNS’ National Nuclear and thereby made great strides in advancing U.S. national security
Security Administration objectives. The DBT policy the team developed is designed to
Programs Safeguards represent a set of goals for the planning and implementation of
& Security, has been departmental safeguards and security programs for the next three
recognized as a member of to five years.
the NNSA’s 2020 Security “I commend the team’s work to complete the rigorous analysis
Team of the Year. He, required to facilitate a comprehensive understanding of NNSA’s
along with George Klipa security performance relative to the DBT,” said Jeff Johnson,
of the NNSA Savannah Associate Administrator for the NNSA’s Office of Defense Nuclear
River Field Office, are Security and Chief of Defense Nuclear Security.
among the 23 members
Matthew Melton
of the Design Basis Threat An Army veteran, Melton has worked at SRS for more than 38
(DBT) Implementation team, made up of contractors and federal years, beginning his SRS career with the Site protective force
personnel from every site in the Nuclear Security Enterprise, plus before moving to maintenance management then back to security
the DOE Office of Security Policy. work. Biannually, he works with the U.S. Department of Defense’s
Defense Threat Reduction Agency as the Lead Adversary Controller
The award recognizes the contributions the members of the NNSA on joint service nuclear surety exercises. He has been part of the
DBT Implementation team make each day to the nuclear security NNSA Operations & Programs Security team for 12 years, being
mission. The team protects some of the country’s most vital named to his current position in 2020.
strategic assets and information, and through their award-winning