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Mark Holt has been a Congressional Research Service policy analyst specializing in nuclear energy since 1988. He was head of the CRS Energy and Minerals Section in the Resources, Science, and Industry Division from 1997 to 2008. His recent CRS reports include Advanced Nuclear Power and Fuel Cycle Technologies: Outlook and Policy Options, Nuclear Energy Policy, Civilian Nuclear Waste Disposal and U.S. and South Korean Cooperation in the World Nuclear Energy Market: Major Policy Considerations. Before joining CRS, he covered energy issues for four and a half years with the Environmental and Energy Study Conference, a bipartisan, bicameral congressional caucus. He was a reporter for Washington-based publications from 1980 to 1983. Holt graduated from the University of Maryland, College Park, in 1980 with a BS in Journalism.