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#NuclearNerd on #NuclearWaste as Dep. Assistant Secretary at DOE (posts are not official statements/policies) and Survivor Ending #ConversionTherapy (they/them)
Jun 29, 2022 9 tweets 2 min read
It’s official. As of June 19th, I now serve my nation as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Spent Fuel and Waste Disposition in the Office of Nuclear Energy in the Department of Energy. Due to the concern of negative and threatening responses like we saw in my previous announcement, including more than a hundred death threats and more vitriol than I could have imagined, I held off announcing my official start until I could be safe and secure in my new role.