{"id":300228,"date":"2010-02-09T22:53:16","date_gmt":"2010-02-10T03:53:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/itecsinsider.com\/?p=13656"},"modified":"2010-02-09T22:53:16","modified_gmt":"2010-02-10T03:53:16","slug":"secretary-chu-announces-blue-ribbon-commission-on-america%e2%80%99s-nuclear-future-the-commission-led-by-lee-hamilton-and-brent-scowcroft-will-provide-recommendations-on-managing-used-fuel-and-nu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/300228","title":{"rendered":"Secretary Chu Announces Blue Ribbon Commission On America\u2019s Nuclear Future:   The Commission, Led By Lee Hamilton And Brent Scowcroft, Will Provide Recommendations On Managing Used Fuel And Nuclear Waste"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 6pt 0in;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Times New Roman&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-9011\" style=\"margin: 0px 10px;\" title=\"nuclear-energy\" src=\"http:\/\/itecsinsider.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/nuclear-energy.jpg\" alt=\"nuclear-energy\" width=\"86\" height=\"86\" \/>(DOE, January 29, 2010) Washington, D.C. \u2013 As part of the Obama Administration\u2019s commitment to restarting America\u2019s nuclear industry, U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu today announced the formation of a Blue Ribbon Commission on America\u2019s Nuclear Future to provide recommendations for developing a safe, long-term solution to managing the Nation\u2019s used nuclear fuel and nuclear waste.\u00a0 The Commission is being co-chaired by former Congressman Lee Hamilton and former National Security Advisor Brent Scowcroft. \u00a0In light of the Administration\u2019s decision not to proceed with the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository, President Obama has directed Secretary Chu to establish the Commission to conduct a comprehensive review of policies for managing the back end of the nuclear fuel cycle.\u00a0 The Commission will provide advice and make recommendations on issues including alternatives for the storage, processing, and disposal of civilian and defense spent nuclear fuel and nuclear waste.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.energy.gov\/news\/8584.htm\" >Click here to read more&#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(DOE, January 29, 2010) Washington, D.C. \u2013 As part of the Obama Administration\u2019s commitment to restarting America\u2019s nuclear industry, U.S. Secretary of Energy Steven Chu today announced the formation of a Blue Ribbon Commission on America\u2019s Nuclear Future to provide recommendations for developing a safe, long-term solution to managing the Nation\u2019s used nuclear fuel and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-300228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=300228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300228\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=300228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}