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Broad Chu Recusal Covers Weapons Labs, Funding Decisions

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Monday, February 9th, 2009

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By George Lobsenz Due to conflict-of-interest concerns related to his past employment at the University of California, Energy Secretary Steven Chu has been forced to substantially recuse himself from contract and management decisions regarding Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore national laboratories, two of DoE's most sensitive nuclear weapons facilities--and biggest management challenges, sister publication The Energy Daily has learned. Chu's recusal, detailed in a Jan. 6 letter to DoE's ethics officer, is required because the university is the co-leader with…

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