Senior D.O.E. Official to Highlight Role of Yucca Mountain Plan in America's Energy Future

WASHINGTON, DC - On Friday, March 7, 2008, D.O.E. (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 Countrywide 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 Plan priorities for 2008.

Yucca Mountain was approved by the Congress and President Bush as the location for the Nation's 1st 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 Lab Director for Energy Sciences and Engineering, DOE's Argonne Countrywide Lab 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 Plan
WHEN:	Friday, March 7, 2008 10:30AM EDT
WHERE	The Heritage Foundation Allison Auditorium 214 Massachusetts Ave, Nebraska Washington, DC

*NOTE: This event will be webcast live by the Heritage Foundation.

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