The Department of Energy is getting closer to renaming its nuclear cleanup branch, the head of what is currently the DOE Office of Environmental Management (EM) told a gathering of industry contractors Wednesday in Washington, D.C.
EM is “soon to be the Office of Nuclear Restoration and Revitalization.” DOE’s Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management Tim Walsh, told the annual meeting of the Energy Facility Contractors Group (EFCOG).
“I think the name has been approved internally, but we will be rolling it out next month,” Walsh said.
The head of EM, Walsh, earlier announced the planned name change in March during the Waste Management Symposia in Phoenix. The pending name change has received mixed reviews from some members of Congress.