WASHINGTON, DC – On Thursday, September 6, 2007, U.S. Department of Energy Assistant Secretary for Nuclear Energy Dennis R. Spurgeon will deliver remarks at the 32nd Annual World Nuclear Association Symposium in Westminster, London. Assistant Secretary Spurgeon is expected to discuss President Bush’s Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP) and the importance of increasing nuclear power worldwide.

GNEP is a Presidential initiative introduced in 2006, that seeks to provide abundant energy without generating greenhouse gases and recycle used nuclear fuel to minimize waste and reduce proliferation. For more information visit: www.gnep.energy.gov.

*NOTE – Members of the press must contact Jeremy Gordon with the World Nuclear Association in order to gain access into the event. He can be reached at +44 (0)20 7451 1544 or cell number +44 (0)77 4912 0019.