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§2721 Executive Management Training in Department of Energy

Title 50 › Chapter 42— ATOMIC ENERGY DEFENSE PROVISIONS › Subchapter VI— PERSONNEL MATTERS › Part B— Education and Training › § 2721

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Energy must create training for DOE managers who run atomic energy defense work. The training must cover six topics: DOE management and operations; evaluating technical performance; federal and State environmental laws and reporting; setting and checking milestones; long‑range technical and budget planning; and using new cleanup technology.

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Title 50, §2721

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(a)The Secretary of Energy shall establish and implement a management training program for personnel of the Department of Energy involved in the management of atomic energy defense activities.
(b)The training program shall at a minimum include instruction in the following areas:
(1)Department of Energy policy and procedures for management and operation of atomic energy defense facilities.
(2)Methods of evaluating technical performance.
(3)Federal and State environmental laws and requirements for compliance with such environmental laws, including timely compliance with reporting requirements in such laws.
(4)The establishment of program milestones and methods to evaluate success in meeting such milestones.
(5)Methods for conducting long-range technical and budget planning.
(6)Procedures for reviewing and applying innovative technology to defense environmental cleanup.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Editorial Notes

Codification Section was formerly classified to section 7236 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, prior to renumbering by Pub. L. 108–136.

Amendments

2013—Subsec. (b)(6). Pub. L. 113–66 substituted “defense environmental cleanup” for “environmental restoration and defense waste management”. 2003—Pub. L. 108–136, § 3141(i)(8)(D), made technical amendment to section catchline.

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Citation

50 U.S.C. § 2721

Title 50War and National Defense

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60