Eric P. Loewen received his Ph.D. in nuclear engineering in 1999 from the University of Wisconsin. He is the manager of the molten lead cooled reactor project@the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, undertaken in collaboration with the Department of Nuclear Engineering@the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In January he heads for Washington, D.C., to begin a year learning firsthand about the policy process as the American Nuclear Society's 2005 Glenn T. Seaborg Congressional Science and Engineering Fellow. Address: Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, P.O Box 1625, Idaho Falls, ID 83415–3860. Internet: loewep@inel.gov.