Senior D.O.E. Official to Highlight Department's Efforts to Safely Manage and Clean Up Nuclear Waste at Sites Across the Nation

WASHINGTON, DC - On Monday, February 25, 2008, D.O.E. (DOE) Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management Jim Rispoli will participate in the plenary panel at the 34th Yearly Waste Management Symposia in Phoenix, Arizona. Assistant Secretary Rispoli is expected to discuss the Department's priorities for safely and responsibly cleaning up the Nation's Cold War era nuclear waste as well as DOE's Fiscal Year 2009 budget request for environmental management.

NOTE: Members of the press must RSVP to Mary Young at [email protected] or (480) 710-7687.

WHO:	D.O.E. Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management Jim Rispoli
WHAT:	Remarks on DOE's Environmental Management Plan
WHEN:	Monday, February 25, 2008 8:00 AM MST
WHERE:	Hyatt Regency Phoenix 122 North 2nd Street Phoenix, Arizona 85004

The Waste Management Symposia provides an Yearly forum for discussing and seeking solutions to the safe management of radioactive waste and radioactive materials and is organized in cooperation with DOE, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the E.P.A., and the International Atomic Energy Agency. Office of Environmental Management has more information on DOE's efforts to reduce risk and cleanup the environmental legacy of the Nation's nuclear weapons program.

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