U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Public Affairs

News Media Contact(s):
Angela Hill, (202) 586-4940		 For Immediate Release
March 5, 2008
 
Senior DOE Official to Highlight Role of Yucca Mountain Project in America’s Energy Future
 
WASHINGTON, DC – On Friday, March 7, 2008, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Director of the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Ward Sproat will deliver keynote remarks and participate in a panel discussion at the Heritage Foundation event “Yucca Mountain and the Nuclear Renaissance: Assessing the Safety and Viability of a Vital National Asset.”  Director Sproat is expected to discuss the role of Yucca Mountain as it relates to the future of nuclear energy and highlight Yucca Mountain Program priorities for 2008.

Yucca Mountain was approved by the Congress and President Bush as the site for the Nation’s first permanent spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive waste geologic repository in 2002.

WHO: Director of DOE’s Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Ward Sproat
Deputy to the Associate Laboratory Director for Energy Sciences and Engineering, DOE’s Argonne National Laboratory Mark Peters, Ph.D.
NEI Senior Director, Used Fuel Management Steven Kraft
Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Annie Caputo 
WHAT: Deliver remarks and participate in a panel discussion on the importance of the Yucca Mountain Project
WHEN: Friday, March 7, 2008
10:30AM EDT
WHERE The Heritage Foundation
Allison Auditorium
214 Massachusetts Ave, NE
Washington, DC

*NOTE: This event will be webcast live by the Heritage Foundation.
 
U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Public Affairs, Washington, D.C.