WASHINGTON — Acting Assistant Secretary of Energy for Environmental Management Sue Cange would not comment Wednesday about rumors that she will be replaced as the temporary head of DOE’s Cold War nuclear-cleanup program.
Politico Pro first reported Wednesday that DOE will replace Cange, an agency veteran who used to run the DOE’s Oak Ridge cleanup, as acting head of the roughly $6-billion-a-year Environmental Management office. Cange took over the post from Monica Regalbuto after Donald Trump was sworn in as President Jan. 20.
While the agency has indeed decided to replace Cange as acting head of EM, it has not settled on her replacement, a source with knowledge of conversations within the Energy Department said Wednesday. Likewise, the Trump administration has not nominated a permanent assistant secretary of energy for environmental management; the Senate must confirm the White House’s choice for the post.
Cange declined to comment about the rumors Wednesday evening here after a meeting of the industry-sponsored House Nuclear Cleanup Caucus on Capitol Hill.
