OAKLAND, Calif., May 31 (UPI) -- Executives from private industry are being named to top posts at the University of California's Lawrence Livermore nuclear weapons lab.
Lab Director George Miller said the lab has hired Bechtel Vice President Steve Liedle as his second in command, the Oakland (Calif.) Tribune said Thursday. Six other executives from Bechtel and other private firms were also named to key positions.
The newspaper said the lab plans to focus more on national security, with a new program called "global security" that includes everything from homeland security to non-proliferation policy and intelligence analysis on foreign weapons of mass destruction.
Miller said more work will be devoted to homeland security, climate science and developing sources of clean energy and water.
