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Nature 440, 725 (6 April 2006) | doi:10.1038/440725a; Published online 5 April 2006

Energy secretary ditches science advisers

Geoff Brumfiel

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Independent panel dismissed after nearly 30 years.

The US Secretary of Energy, Samuel Bodman, has decided to disband the Department of Energy's principal independent advisory board on scientific and technical matters.The Secretary of Energy Advisory Board (SEAB), which has existed in one form or another since 1978, will end after a final meeting this spring.