Dennis Spurgeon

Dennis Spurgeon was sworn in on April 3, 2006, as the first Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy (NE) at the Department of Energy in more than a decade. In this capacity, Mr. Spurgeon is the senior nuclear technology official in the US Government.

Mr. Spurgeon is responsible for the Department's nuclear energy enterprise, including nuclear technology research and development, management of the Department's nuclear technology infrastructure, and support to nuclear education in the United States. He is responsible for execution of a $536 million annual federal budget (FY 2006).

Mr. Spurgeon leads the recently-announced Global Nuclear Energy Partnership, a comprehensive strategy aimed at accelerating the demonstration of a more proliferation resistant closed fuel cycle and bringing the benefits of nuclear energy to the world in a safer and more secure manner, reducing the possibility that nuclear energy could be used for non-peaceful purposes. GNEP is part of the President's Advanced Energy Initiative.

Most recently, Assistant Secretary Spurgeon served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Office for USEC, Inc. an international supplier of enriched uranium for nuclear plants. Prior to that, he served as Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and principal owner of Swiftships, an international leader in shipbuilding for commercial and military markets. (Continued)