Dennis Spurgeon: Raising nuclear's influence at the DOE

摘要

Dennis Spurgeon was sworn in on April 3, 2006, as assistant secretary for nuclear energy at the Department of Energy. This marked the return of the civilian nuclear operation to the level of assistant secretary within the DOE, after several years of its being headed by a lower-ranking director. It also marked Spurgeon's return to federal service: He was assistant director for fuel cycle in a DOE predecessor, the U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration.