Erica Bickford

Affiliation

US DOE

Biography

Dr. Erica Bickford is the Director for the Office of Integrated Waste Management within the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy in addition to her role as acting Team Lead for the Office’s Cross-Cutting Initiatives Team. She is responsible for planning, policy, and implementation of Federal consolidated interim storage following a consent-based siting process and associated large-scale transportation of commercial spent nuclear fuel. For seven years she led the program’s work to assess operational considerations for future large-scale spent nuclear fuel transport alongside intergovernmental engagement with Tribal, State, and Federal entities on DOE’s transportation plans.