KNOXVILLE, TENN. —The acting boss of the $7.8-billion Department of Energy office in charge of cleaning up Cold War and Manhattan Project nuclear weapon sites will kick off an annual nuclear and environmental business opportunities conference here Wednesday.
William (Ike) White, senior adviser for the DOE Office of Environmental Management, headlines the annual gathering sponsored by the Tennessee-based Energy, Technology and Environmental Business Association (ETEBA).
White is expected to discuss nuclear waste remediation and perhaps touch on the continuing budget resolution that will keep the doors open at DOE based on fiscal 2022 spending levels through Dec. 16.
Another top Environmental Management executive, Candice Robertson, will chair a mid-morning session on cleanup opportunities across the DOE weapons complex.
Other panels during the two-day conference will be devoted to small business opportunities, major infrastructure projects for the National Nuclear Security Administration, DOE procurement and potential small modular and advanced reactor development on federal sites in Tennessee.
