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The Office of Nuclear Energy (NE) is an agency of the United States Department of Energy which promotes nuclear power as a resource capable of meeting the United States' energy, environmental, and national security needs by resolving technical and regulatory barriers through research, development, and demonstration. The Office is led by the Assistant Secretary of Energy for Nuclear Energy, who is appointed by the President of the United States with the advice and consent of the United States Senate. The current Assistant Secretary is Dr. Peter B. Lyons, who appointed on April 14, 2011. Dr. Lyons had previously served as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary in the Office of Nuclear Energy since September 2009.〔Dr. Peter B. Lyons Official DOE Biography, date accessed 30 August 2011, http://energy.gov/contributors/peter-b-lyons〕 ==Overview== The Office of Nuclear Energy is guided by the four research objectives detailed in its (Nuclear Energy Research and Development Roadmap ): * Develop technologies and other solutions that can improve the reliability, sustain the safety and extend the life of current reactors. * Develop improvements in the affordability of new reactors to enable nuclear energy to help meet the Administration’s energy security and climate change goals. * Develop sustainable fuel cycles. * Understand and minimize the risks of nuclear proliferation and terrorism. 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「Office of Nuclear Energy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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