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S4E8 Meet DOE's Top Project Director - 4/22/24 - Jud Lilly, DOE Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office 55:14

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Thousands of workers show up each day to advance the environmental cleanup mission at DOE sites around the country. They are talented and dedicated but for the most part their work goes unheralded without awards or accolades. In this week’s Gone Fission Nuclear Report host Michael Butler talks with a DOE official who has been singled out by the Sec…

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Radioactive Healing With Dr. Paulien Moyaert 34:44

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Ready for a dose of nuclear medicine? By using the power of radioactive molecules, doctors are reshaping the landscape of cancer treatment, offering more effective diagnoses and enhanced quality of life for patients. Paulien Moyaert is a doctor and content creator with more than 160,000 subscribers on YouTube. She joins Jordan and Mary to discuss h…

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Fueling the Digital Revolution With Tom Mapes 42:07

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Cryptocurrencies and AI are becoming a larger part of our everyday lives, but how are we going to power this rapidly growing demand for digital energy? Tom Mapes is the founder of Digital Energy Council, the first member association focused solely on digital energy. He joins Mary and Jordan to explore the intersection of technology, energy and inno…

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S4E7 National Laboratories Speed Hanford Cleanup - 04/08/24 - Connie Herman, SRNL, Delmar Noyes, DOE-Hanford 30:46

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The Department of Energy’s 17 national laboratories conduct research and development on some of the world’s most vexing challenges—from climate change to the origins of the universe. Most recently, six labs have turned their attention to speeding cleanup of underground tank waste at DOE’s Hanford site in Washington State. The labs are using $27 mil…

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It's Not All Doom and Gloom With Doomberg 37:18

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Energy is life, and as demand for it surges, so does the urgency for more investment into reliable clean energy solutions. But what will it take and is the world ready for it? Well-known (and anonymous) Substack economic and energy writer Doomberg is ready to ruffle a few feathers and address this question head on. If you can believe it, they cover…

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S4E6 Cleanup and the Nuclear Renaissance - 03/25/24 - Ashley Saunders, UCOR, Dr. Wes Hines, Head, UT Nuclear Energy Department, Jim Little, Board Member, E-4 Carolinas 1:01:50

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The Department of Energy’s environmental cleanup program is boosting a resurgence in the growth of nuclear energy. Cleaning up formerly contaminated land has created a new home for advanced reactor concepts that have become the centerpiece of the nuclear renaissance. In this week’s episode, the Gone Fission Nuclear Report examines how environmental…

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Season 2: We’re Back! 2:04

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Join Jordan and Mary as they embark on an electrifying new season of Fissionary. From powering space exploration to transforming medicine, nuclear energy continues to push boundaries and stay on the cutting edge. Get ready to take a closer look at some of the ways nuclear technology is changing our world. Music used in this episode was created by B…

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S4E5 Celebrating WIPP's 25th Anniversary - 03/11/24 -- Mark Bollinger, Tammy Hobbes, Brandon Jones 42:39

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This month, the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico celebrates its 25th Anniversary. Located in Southeast New Mexico about 26 miles east of Carlsbad, WIPP was constructed for disposal of defense-generated transuranic--or TRU-- waste. WIPP is the nation’s only repository for the permanent disposal of TRU waste. In this week’s episode, Host Mic…

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S4E4 Black History Month: Scarboro 85 - Desegregating Oak Ridge Schools - 02/26/24 - Ray Smith, Oak Ridge Historian 42:51

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As we near the end of Black History Month, in this week’s podcast host Michael Butler features the story of the Scarboro 85. In August 1955, 85 young African American students entered all-white classrooms in the Oak Ridge High School and the Robertsville Junior High School in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. This desegregation stands as an important milestone…

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S4E3 The Birth of the Nuclear Cleanup Caucus - 02/12/24 - Former Congressmen Doc Hastings (WA) and Zach Wamp (TN) 45:53

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Consistent, reliable Congressional funding is an essential element of success in the Department of Energy’s environmental cleanup program. In this week’s episode of the Gone Fission Nuclear Report podcast, host Michael Butler interviews two former members of Congress who were instrumental in creation of the Nuclear Cleanup Caucus in the mid-1990s. …

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S4E2 DOE Procurement Process -- How EM Contracts Work -- 01/29/24 -- Angela Watmore, DOE Deputy Assistant Secretary, Aaron Deckard, Proocurement Director, EM Consolidated Business Center as I by 51:13

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The Department of Energy’s environmental cleanup program is now focused on 15 remaining sites around the country, down from 107 at the start of the program three decades ago. It is a multi-million dollar, multi-decade effort that depends on qualified contractors to get the job done. DOE is the largest civilian contracting agency in the federal gove…

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S4E1 Remembering Gary Petersen - Hanford "Force of Nature" -- 01/08/24 -- Former Congressman Doc Hastings, Duane Schmoker, David Reeploeg, Seth Kirshenberg, Carl Adrian 44:18

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Every DOE community has local leaders who step up to advocate for funding and new missions and to hold the Department of Energy accountable for its cleanup obligations. These leaders take the time to educate themselves on site issues, get to know DOE leaders and members of Congress, and use their voices and influence to represent their communities.…

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Live From COP28, It’s Fissionary with Jackie Toth! 35:33

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COP is one of the biggest events of the year for tackling climate issues—and some have been referring to COP28 as the “nuclear COP,” with more and more nations looking to next-generation nuclear technology as a solution. Jackie Toth is live from Dubai to discuss everything she’s seen at COP28. She works as the deputy director at Good Energy Collect…

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Bringing Fission to Fashion with Rickey Ruff 38:47

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The fashion industry is responsible for 1.7 billion tons of carbon emissions annually. Rickey Ruff wants to fix that, but it is going to take a lot of work. With his background in the fashion industry, working for Ralph Lauren and Adidas, he started Global Nuclear Concepts (GNC) as a solution to decarbonizing the industry. The goal? To retrofit fac…

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S3E33 Manhattan Project National Park: Three Sites, Many Stories - 11/20/23 - Wendy Behrman, Park Superintendent 39:52

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In 2015, the United States welcomed its 409th National Park. Known as the Manhattan Project National Historic Park, it tells the story of the men and women who developed the atomic bomb that ended World War II. The Park features three key locations across the U.S.—Oak Ridge TN, Los Alamos NM, and Hanford WA. National Park Service Superintendent Wen…

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Nuclear Needs a Rebrand with John Marshall 39:00

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While nuclear energy does a lot of things really well, our guest thinks there is room for improvement in one area in particular: marketing. In fact, John Marshall founded Potential Energy Coalition because climate change has a big marketing problem. His work aims to help rebrand nuclear energy and reshape the way we communicate about the climate cr…

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S3E22 A DOE View: Community Support is Essential - 11/13/23 - Kristen Ellis, Yvette Cantrell, Paradio Maith 28:03

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In our last episode, the Gone Fission Nuclear Report podcast examined the Community Reuse Organization of East Tennessee’s decision to close in two years. This week, Department of Energy officials at Headquarters and two sites discuss the continuing need for CROs and the importance of community support in the success of DOE’s cleanup mission. Hear …

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S3E21 A Community Reuse Organization Closes: CROET Says Mission Accomplished - 11/06/23 - David Bradshaw, CROET, Seth Kirshenberg, ECA 44:19

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The Community Reuse Organization of East Tennessee (CROET) recently announced its plans to close after three decades of successfully representing the Oak Ridge community with the Department of Energy. Why now? And what does this decision mean for the CROs that continue to operate in other DOE communities? Learn the answers in this week’s episode of…

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A Nuclear Alternative for Puerto Rico with Jesus Nunez 29:18

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Jesus Nunez, the CEO of the Nuclear Alternative Project (NAP), wants to bring nuclear energy to Puerto Rico. The island’s electric grid is regularly destabilized by hurricanes, and with climate change, this could get worse. Jesus believes nuclear could play a major role in fixing that. On this episode, he joins Mary and Jordan to talk about how ext…

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How The Simpsons Got Nuclear Wrong with Zion Lights 43:24

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What happens when our favorite characters and shows get nuclear power all wrong? From Jane Fonda to The Simpsons, nuclear is often misrepresented. Without realizing it, The Simpsons, and many other pieces of pop culture, influenced an entire generation to believe in the misconceptions about nuclear energy. Environmental advocate Zion Lights joins F…

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Nuclear Influencing in a Nutshell with Nuclear Hazelnut 27:27

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If you can learn about what hotel to book for your vacation through an influencer, you can learn about the safety and effectiveness of nuclear energy from one. Probabilistic Risk Assessment Engineer and Influencer, Jenifer Avellaneda (aka Nuclear Hazelnut) joins our co-hosts to talk about her role in making nuclear safe and how she disseminates thi…

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S3E20 EM Young Professionals: Building the Workforce - 09/25/2023 - Ike White, EM Senior Advisor, Ken Rueter, UCOR President & CEO 23:36

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If you want job security and the feeling of doing something meaningful, the Department of Energy’s Environmental Management program is the place to be. That was the message of top government and industry leaders—and young professionals themselves—at the 2023 National Cleanup Workshop in Washington, DC. EM Senior Advisor Ike White says about half th…

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Getting Off the Nuclear Fence with Lindsey Walter 32:08

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The climate crisis isn't going away, and energy demands will only grow. This reality is pushing people and countries toward clean, reliable nuclear energy. Director of International Policy for Third Way’s Climate and Energy program Lindsey Walter joins our co-hosts to break down changing perceptions around nuclear energy, the main reasons behind th…

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S3E19 Two Congressmen Talk Cleanup - 09/18/23 - Congressmen Chuck Fleischmann (R-TN) and Dan Newhouse (R-WA), 2023 National Cleanup Workshop 17:18

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Cleanup is essential. Budgets are tight. Partnership is imperative. That was the message delivered by two members of Congress at the National Cleanup Workshop in Washington, DC, last week. Hear Congressmen Chuck Fleischmann (R-TN) and Dan Newhouse (R-WA) assess the current status of the Department of Energy’s environmental cleanup program in this w…

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Episode 17 - Dr. Oscar Archer 1:07:42

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Today's interview is with Oscar Archer. He is an Assistant Production Manager at a malt house in Adelaide, South Australia. Oscar is a passionate advocate for clean reliable energy in Australia and has educated himself (and continues to do so) about Nuclear technology for many years in pursuit of this goal. He holds a Research Doctorate in Organic …

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S3E18 Stuart MacVean - Looking Back over 40 Years - 09/11/23 - Stuart MacVean, Retired President and CEO, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions 35:50

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This week's episode of the Gone Fission Nuclear Report podcast features an in-depth interview with Stuart MacVean, recently retired President and CEO of Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, DOE's lead environmental cleanup contractor at the Savannah River Site. MacVean looks back on his four decades in the nuclear industry and discusses the challenges…

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Nuclear 101 with Miss America 39:52

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Nuclear energy, the largest clean energy generator in the United States, is more than just a power source. Grace Stanke, Miss America 2023 and a nuclear engineer, breaks down some of the ways that nuclear fission contributes to society—she also gives a crash course on how to become a nuclear advocate! Grace Stanke: Instagram | Twitter | Tiktok Visi…

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S3E17 Labor Day 2023: Saluting America's Workers - 09/04/23 - Sean McGarvey, President and CEO, NABTU 49:08

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The Gone Fission Nuclear Report podcast celebrates the American worker on Labor Day 2023. Our skilled crafts work daily in hazardous environments and all kinds of weather to carry out the EM cleanup mission. Sean McGarvey, president and CEO of North America’s Building Trades Unions, joins us on this week’s episode to thank these workers for all the…

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Introducing: Fissionary 2:11

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Have you found yourself searching for answers to some of today’s most pressing questions like how to solve the climate crisis and secure our energy independence? Luckily, we have an answer for you—nuclear energy. But don’t just take it from us. Hear from experts, researchers, and influencers (and even a pageant queen!) from a variety of backgrounds…

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S3E16 Electrifying the EM Vehicle Fleet - 07/31/23 - Rob Seifert, EM HQ, Stuart MacVean, President & CEO, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions 45:10

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The Department of Energy's Environmental Management office spends a lot of time remediating the problems of the past. But that doesn't mean they don't have an eye on the future. Perhaps nowhere is that more evident than in EM's current push to electrify it's gasoline-powered vehicle fleet. In this week’s episode of the Gone Fission Nuclear Report, …

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S3E15 Environmental Cleanup: A Family Affair - 07.24.23 - Meet families who work together at DOE sites 52:35

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Environmental cleanup at Department of Energy sites is a family affair. Each day, mothers and fathers, sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, uncles and nephews show up together to perform the hazardous tasks and myriad support services necessary to carry out one of the world’s largest environmental cleanup missions. In this week’s episode of th…

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S3E14 Oppenheimer: The Movie - 7/17/23 - Dr. Thom Mason, Director, Los Alamos National Laboratory 38:02

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A controversial figure to this day, J. Robert Oppenheimer led the development and construction of the world's first atomic bomb. After World War II, his past communist leanings came to a head when his government security clearance was revoked after several contentious hearings at the height of the "Red Scare". In this week’s episode of the Gone Fis…

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S3E13 - EM Strategic Plan - 7/10/23 - Erik Olds, EM Communications Director, Lee Tucker, EM External Relations 46:08

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The Department of Energy’s environmental cleanup program is complex, expensive and long-term. It requires federal oversight, experienced contractor management, a skilled workforce, continual funding from Congress, negotiations with regulators, buy-in and support from communities and stakeholders, and lots of careful planing. That planning is convey…

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Episode 16 - Part 2 - Mark Richards 54:40

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Mark Richards is the Secretary for the MEU (Mining and Energy Union of Victoria) and is based in the Latrobe Valley. The Latrobe valley is the coal generation core of Victoria. This became a long interview and is split into two parts. Mark's Social Media: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/powergeneration/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/markrichar…

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Episode 16 - Part 1 - Mark Richards 50:59

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Mark Richards is the Secretary for the MEU (Mining and Energy Union of Victoria) and is based in the Latrobe Valley. The Latrobe valley is the coal generation core of Victoria. This became a long interview and is split into two parts. Mark's Social Media: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/powergeneration/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/markrichar…

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S3E12 Preserving K-25 History - 05/22/23 - Jim Dunn, UCOR National Historic Preservation Manager 24:18

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Officials have taken another step forward in preserving the history of the K-25 site in Oak Ridge, breaking ground for a new viewing platform that will provide a bird’s eye view of the former gaseous diffusion plant’s footprint. A nearby K-25 History Center focuses on the men and women who built and operated the Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant du…

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S3E11 Gone Fission Nuclear Report - 05/15/23 - DOE-EM is Hiring - Today and Tomorrow, Dameone Ferguson, DOE-EM HQ 32:37

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Ensuring an adequate workforce for the Department of Energy’s environmental cleanup program is a continuing concern and a high priority. There are decades of cleanup work left to do, and much of the current workforce is approaching retirement age. EM is now engaged in an aggressive program to hire more professionals. In this week's episode, we exam…

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S3E10 Idaho Celebration: EBR-2 Spent Fuel Wet to Dry Transfer - 05/08/23 - Gov. Brad Little, Dr. Kathryn Huff, Ike White 40:37

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This week, the Gone Fission Nuclear Report celebrates with employees of Idaho National Laboratory, INL management, the Department of Energy and state leaders. Crews have completed transfer of Experimental Breeder Reactor-2 spent fuel from wet to the dry storage, meeting a key milestone in a settlement agreement between the Department of Energy and …

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S3E9 SRS Landlord Transition: From EM to NNSA - 05.01.2023 - Frank Rose, NNSA, Ike White, EM 57:27

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Every Department of Energy field site has a landlord—a DOE programmatic office that oversees the real estate, utilities, security and other day-to-day operations. Every now and then a new landlord is installed to reflect the site’s changing missions and programmatic responsibilities. It’s happening now at Savannah River as NNSA prepares to take ove…

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Episode 15 - Ron Camier 48:40

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Ron Camier is a scientist who worked many years in the Herman Research Laboratory during the SEC days of Victoria's electricity sector. HRL Technology website: https://www.hrlt.com.au/contact-us.html Simon Michaux, mentioned in the podcast can be found at: https://www.simonmichaux.com/ and at @SimonMichaux on Twitter. This is a podcast where he spe…

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S3E8 Gone Fission Nuclear Report - 03/27/2023 - SRS Cleanup: Building Saltstone Disposal Units, Charles Comeau, DOE-SRS 30:20

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The Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site is engaged in a comprehensive cleanup program for liquid radioactive waste. 51 underground carbon-steel tanks were built to hold radioactive liquid waste from Cold War-era nuclear weapons production. Eight of the tanks have been emptied and closed. The remaining 43 tanks contain about 34 million gallon…

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S3E7 Gone Fission Nuclear Report - 03/20/2023 - Women in EM History - Dr. Carolyn Huntoon 16:28

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In observance of Women's History Month, the Gone Fission Nuclear Report this week features Carolyn Leach Huntoon, the first woman Assistant Secretary of Environmental Management at the Department of Energy. She was the first of six women to hold this important DOE post. Dr. Huntoon had a distinguished federal career, having also served as the first…

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S3E6 Gone Fission Nuclear Report - 03/13/23 - Oak Ridge Cleanup: The Next Chapter - Ken Rueter, UCOR President and CEO 1:09:10

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In support of its Department of Energy client, United Cleanup Oak Ridge LLC (UCOR) has entered the next chapter of environmental cleanup on the Oak Ridge Reservation in Tennessee. With the historic Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant fully demolished and significant portions of land turned over to the community for economic development, UCOR is now f…

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S3E5 Gone Fission Nuclear Report - 03/06/2023 - One Hanford: A Team Approach to Cleanup, Brian Vance, DOE Manager, Office of River Protection 43:05

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The Department of Energy’s Hanford site in Washington State is engaged in one of the largest and most complex environmental cleanup challenges on the planet. Multiple contractors are performing various parts of a decades-long mission that will ultimately result in 56 million gallons of radioactive waste being converted to a solid glass form for ult…

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S3E4 Gone Fission Nuclear Report - 01/23/23 - Retiring CRO Head Looks Back - Rick McLeod, President & CEO, SRS Community Reuse Organization 33:29

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The longest serving Community Reuse Organization (CRO) leader in the Department of Energy complex has retired. He is Rick McLeod, president and CEO of the Savannah River Site Community Reuse Organization. Rick held the post for 15 years, nearly half of the CRO's existence. Since he took the job in 2008, Rick has worked with DOE and the community in…

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Episode 14 - Ray Burgess 43:49

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Ray Burgess is a born-and-bred Gippslander, former scientist of the SEC (State Electricity Commission) and businessman in the Latrobe Valley, who is very concerned with the welfare of his community and the execution of the 'Just Transition'بقلم Podbean

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S3E3 Gone Fission Nuclear Report - 01/16/23 - Miss America: Nuclear Engineer 37:04

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Grace Stanke, Miss America 2023, is an aspiring nuclear engineer preparing to graduate from the University of Wisconsin. She is a smart, articulate advocate of nuclear energy, who believes this safe and reliable energy source should grow from its current 20 percent of U.S. electrical energy supply to as much as 60 percent. She also wants to use her…

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S3E2 Gone Fission Nuclear Report - 01/09/23 - Oak Ridge Adds On-Site Waste Disposal - Roger Petrie, DOE-OR Regulatory Affairs Specialist 1:03:10

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Department of Energy cleanup sites across the country depend on on-site disposal facilities to handle contaminated waste and debris from demolished buildings and soil remediation. At one site--Oak Ridge, where a massive gaseous diffusion complex was completely demolished for the first time ever--more disposal capacity is needed to finish cleanup wo…

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S3E1 Gone Fission Nuclear Report - 01/03/23 - A Look Back, A Look Ahead - EM2022 Highlights - Fusion Energy Breakthrough 42:41

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The Gone Fission Nuclear Report podcast launches its third season this week with a look back at the major milestones and achievements in the Department of Energy's environmental cleanup program during 2022. From New Mexico to Washington State, Tennessee, South Carolina and beyond, the achievements were many and consequential. Then we look ahead -- …

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S2E35 Gone Fission Nuclear Report - 12/5/22- Hanford Waste: Grouting vs Vitrification, Gary Petersen, Duane Schmoker, Clean Up Hanford Now 44:11

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56 million gallons of liquid radioactive waste are stored in 177 underground tanks at the Department of Energy's Hanford site in Washington state. One of the Department's highest priorities is to treat this waste and convert it into a solid glass form for permanent disposal. But a local citizens group in Richland, WA, says an alternative method--kn…

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