On Monday the president nominated a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor and former member of the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future to serve as the next secretary of energy. If confirmed by the Senate, Ernest J. Moniz will replace outgoing Energy Secretary Steven Chu. While his background is outside of the nuclear power and waste management sectors that form a large part of DOE's work, Moniz has expressed his support for nuclear energy in the past.
He is a professor of physics and engineering systems at MIT, where he has been a member of the faculty since 1973 and also serves as the director of the university's Energy Initiative and Laboratory for Energy and the Environment. His past government appointments include a position as a DOE undersecretary from 1997 to 2001 and as an associate director for science in the Clinton administration's Office of Science and Technology Policy.
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