Nomination of Ben C. Rusche To Be a Director at the Department of Energy

The President today announced his intention to nominate Ben C. Rusche to be Director of the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management at the Department of Energy. This is a new position.

Mr. Rusche is presently serving as president of Management and Technical Resources, Inc., and also as a consultant to the Secretary of Energy. Previously, he was vice president of the Management Analysis Co., in 1982-1984; a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Task Group of the President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control in 1982; and Special Assistant for Policy and Programs in the Office of the Secretary of Energy in 1981-1982. In 1977-1978 he was corporate director for health and safety at E.I. DuPont Co. and was Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation at the U.S.. Nuclear Regulatory Commission in 1975-1977.

He also served as executive director of the South Carolina Research Institute and, while on leave of absence, served as director, Waste Management, Three-Mile Island Recovery Operations, General Public Utilities Corp.

Mr. Rusche graduated from Tennessee Polytechnic University (B.S., 1953). He is married, has three children, and resides in Columbia, SC. He was born February 18, 1931, in Yazoo City, MS.