Assistant Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Energy

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Assistant Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Energy of Office of Nuclear Energy
Incumbent
Kathryn Huff
(Acting)
since May 10, 2021
United States Department of Energy
AppointerPresident of the United States
FormationApril 3, 2006
First holderDennis Spurgeon

The Assistant Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Energy is the head of the Office of Nuclear Energy within the United States Department of Energy. The assistant secretary is responsible for the department's nuclear technology research and the development and management of the department's nuclear technology infrastructure. The assistant secretary executes a budget totaling $870 million in fiscal year 2011.

The assistant secretary is appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate. The current acting Assistant Secretary is Andrew Griffith, and Kathryn Huff has been nominated to fill the Assistant Secretary position.[1]

List of assistant secretaries[]

Parties

  Democratic   Republican

Status

  Acting Assistant Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Energy

Portrait Name Took office Left office President(s)
George W. Cunningham[2] 1979 1981 Jimmy Carter
Shelby Brewer.jpg Shelby Brewer[3] 1981 1984 Ronald Reagan
A. David Rossin[4] 1986 1987
William H. Young[5] 1989 1993 George H. W. Bush
Dennis R. Spurgeon official photo (cropped).jpg Dennis Spurgeon April 3, 2006 2009 George Bush
Warren F. Miller, Jr. official portrait (cropped).jpg Pete Miller 2009 November 2010[6] Barack Obama
Dr. Peter B. Lyons (cropped).jpg Peter Lyons[7] April 14, 2011 June 30, 2015[8]
John Kotek John Kotek 2015 January 2017[9]
Edward McGinnis Edward McGinnis May 2017 November 2017 Donald Trump
Rita Baranwal official photo (cropped).jpg Rita Baranwal July 11, 2019[10] January 8, 2021[11]
Dennis Michael Miotla Dennis Michael Miotla January 2021[12] May 10, 2021 Joseph Biden
Kathryn Huff Kathryn Huff May 10, 2021[13][14] January 19, 2021 Joseph Biden
Andrew Griffith Andrew Griffith January 19, 2021[15] Incumbent Joseph Biden

References[]

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  3. ^ "Brewer, Shelby T." The Wall Street Transcript. 2015-09-10. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  4. ^ "A. David Rossin -- ANS / About / Presidents". www.ans.org. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  5. ^ "William H. Young - Bio | NAS". www.nas.org. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  6. ^ "Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy: Who is Peter Lyons?". Retrieved August 8, 2019.
  7. ^ "Official Biography". Archived from the original on September 15, 2018. Retrieved August 30, 2011.
  8. ^ "Peter Lyons". Archived from the original on August 7, 2019. Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  9. ^ "InTheNews - Kotek joins NEI as VP for policy development..." nuc1.inl.gov. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  10. ^ "Rita Baranwal Sworn in as U.S. Department of Energy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy". Retrieved August 7, 2019.
  11. ^ "Baranwal departs Office of Nuclear Energy -- ANS / Newswire". www.ans.org. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  12. ^ "Leadership". Energy.gov. Retrieved 2021-01-21.
  13. ^ "Leadership". Energy.gov. Retrieved 2021-05-10.
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  15. ^ "Leadership | Department of Energy". web.archive.org. 2022-01-20. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
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