Ocrwm Chief Leaves Office, Sees Repository As The Only Option

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Ward Sproat, the former head of the Department of Energy's Yucca Mountain repository project, has his sights set on a different challenge these days: new nuclear build. "I don't know where yet or with whom, but I'm going to be involved with building a new nuclear plant," he said. Sproat was director of the DOE's Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM), which is in charge of the Yucca Mountain Project. As a presidential appointee confirmed by the U.S. Senate, his term as OCRWM head ended when the Bush administration left office.