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Loux resigns as Nevada nuclear projects chief

September 29, 2008 - 9:43 am
 

The Nevada Nuclear Projects Commission today unanimously accepted the resignation of Bob Loux as executive director of the state nuclear projects agency after recent revelations of inappropriate salary increases to himself and his staff.

The commission allowed Loux to stay on until his replacement can be found. The process is expected to take at least six weeks.

Loux apologized for the actions he took in the salary matters. He said he thought it would be best for him to step down so as not to be a distraction in the state's efforts to defeat federal plans to build a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, about 100 miles northwest of Las Vegas.

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