The White House on Friday announced plans to appoint six members to the Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board.
The panel conducts independent reviews of Department of Energy activities associated with managing and disposing of high-level radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel.
All six appointees have extensive scientific backgrounds, from groundwater contamination to nuclear waste removal.
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They are Peter Swift, Richelle Allen-King, Lake Barrett, Miles Greiner, Silvia Jurisson and Seth Tuler. President Joe Biden named Swift — who formerly worked as a senior scientist at Sandia National Laboratories in New Mexico — as the designated chair.
