President Nominates Sproat to Head Yucca Mountain Project

From the White House:

The President intends to nominate Edward F. Sproat III, of Pennsylvania, to be Director of the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management at the Department of Energy. Mr. Sproat currently serves as Managing Partner for McNeil, Sproat & Associates LLC. Prior to that, he assumed the position of Chief Operating Officer for Pebble Bed Modular Reactor, Ltd. in the Republic of South Africa. Earlier in his career, Mr. Sproat was Vice President of International Projects for Exelon Generation LLC. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Pennsylvania.

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