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Dennis R. Spurgeon (born October 23, 1943〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.usec.com/v2001_02/Content/News/NewsTemplate.asp?page=/v2001_02/Content/News/NewsFiles/10-22-03b.htm )〕) is the incumbent Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy within the United States Department of Energy. He was sworn in on April 3, 2006, becoming the most senior nuclear technology official in the American government. In addition, he is the leader of the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership, a strategy aimed at accelerating the demonstration of a more proliferation resistant closed fuel cycle and reducing the possibility that nuclear energy could be used for non-peaceful purposes.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 url=http://www.ne.doe.gov/pdfFiles/spugeonBioDec2006.pdf )〕 In his capacity as Assistant Secretary, he has previously served as Acting Under Secretary of Energy for Energy and Environment. ==Career and education== Prior to becoming Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy, Dennis Spurgeon was Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Office for USEC, Inc., an international supplier of enriched uranium for nuclear plants. Prior to that, he was Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and principal owner of Swiftships, an international company in shipbuilding for commercial and military markets. He had held posts in the Gerald Ford administration, including Assistant Director for Fuel Cycle in the U.S. Energy Research and Development Administration. He was also a member of a White House task force that developed Ford's policy on nuclear energy.〔 Spurgeon served in the United States Navy, achieving the rank of Captain. During his time as a U.S. Naval officer, he served as technical assistant to Commissioner Tommy Thompson and later to Dr. Glenn Seaborg, Chairman of the United States Atomic Energy Commission and the predecessor agency of the department. He also held executive positions at the former United Nuclear Corporation, where, as Chief Operating Officer, he managed the manufacturing of reactor cores for the Navy and operation of the Department's former N-reactor, located at the Hanford Reservation. He previously worked for the General Atomic Company, where he assisted in the development of nuclear reactor plants for electric power generation.〔 Dennis Spurgeon graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy. He holds a Master of Science degree in nuclear engineering and a degree of Nuclear Engineer from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dennis Spurgeon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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