Kotek Takes Over DOE Nuclear Energy No. 2 Position

John Kotek, as first reported by RW Monitor last week, will officially serve as Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy, according to a internal memo from Assistant Secretary Pete Lyons. Kotek, the former staff director for the Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future, fills the No. 2 position in the Office of Nuclear Energy currently held in an acting capacity by Dennis Michael Miotla, who also serves as NE’s Chief Operating Officer. “I’m pleased to announce that John Kotek will be joining the Office of Nuclear Energy as my Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the coming weeks,” Lyons said. “John has more than 25 years of experience in the nuclear energy field and has a long history of working in the Department on nuclear issues.” Kotek will be responsible for implementing the Department of Energy’s strategy for managing spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive wastes while also overseeing the nation’s nuclear energy research and development programs and infrastructure.