Bio
Nuclear Materials Accountability Engineer Christina Peshoff joined ORNL in 2018 as a radiochemical processing technician.
In her current role, Peshoff supports ORNL's radioisotope production and research portfolio by ensuring materials are accurately characterized and quantified; overseeing inventory changes and material transfers; ensuring physical security and material protection practices are followed. This is the U.S. Department of Energy’s largest radioisotope portfolio, and Peshoff supports DOE's Office of Science, Office of Nuclear Energy and National Nuclear Safety Administration. She also serves as Lab Space Manager for multiple labs and is working on several teams to bring innovative solutions to old processes.
Peshoff previously served as dosimetry reporting and records analyst while completing her Lean Six Sigma Certification and Black Belt Project. Before that, she helped create a new role as the radioisotope manufacturing coordinator for the actinium-225 project and took part in the 2020 submission of a drug master file for ORNL-produced Ac-225 nitrate to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Prior to joining the Lab, she was a traveling radiological source control technician and a surgical technician at Fort Sanders Regional Medical Center in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Peshoff holds a Bachelor of Science degree in interdisciplinary studies from Tennessee Technological University and a Master of Business Administration degree from Carson Newman University. She has completed the Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and is certified in current Good Manufacturing Practices.