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Gone Fission Nuclear Report

Michael Butler

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Frequency: 1 episode/16d. Total Eps: 91

Are you interested in the latest news about environmental cleanup at the Department of Energy's nuclear facilities? The GONE FISSION Nuclear Report is for you! This podcast covers all the latest developments across the DOE complex. More than just the news, you'll get commentary and insights to help you better understand the impact of developments.

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S5 E3 Nuclear Opportunities Workshop, Knoxville, TN - 07/07/25 - Tracy Boatner, President and CEO, East Tennessee Economic Council

Season 5 · Episode 3

Wednesday, July 9, 2025 • Duration 41:38

In this week’s episode, Host Michael Butler discusses plans to expand the Gone Fission podcast’s coverage to include the emerging nuclear renaissance. The expanded coverage begins later this month at the Nuclear Opportunities Workshop in Knoxville, Tennessee. Sponsored by the East Tennessee Economic Council (ETEC), the Workshop is expected to attract more than 800 attendees representing major companies in the nuclear industry. Topics will include small modular reactors, advanced reactor fuel, uranium enrichment, nuclear plant financing and more. Learn more about this exciting conference in this week’s interview with ETEC President and CEO Tracy Boatner.

Visit the Gone Fission Nuclear Report channel on youtube.com for a videocast of episodes since November 7, 2022.

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S5 E2 Amentum Nuclear Center of Excellence, Oak Ridge, TN - 05/12/25 - Mark Whitney, President, Amentum Energy & Environment Business

Monday, May 12, 2025 • Duration 27:50

One of America’s largest government contractors has announced plans to establish a new Nuclear Center of Excellence in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Amentum said its new Center will serve as a strategic hub for nuclear expertise, engineering and operational excellence. Mark Whitney, President of Amentum’s Energy and Environment Business, talks with host Michael Butler about the new Center and more in this week’s episode of the Gone Fission Nuclear Report podcast.

Visit the Gone Fission Nuclear Report channel on youtube.com for a videocast of episodes since November 7, 2022.

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S5 E1 Centrus: American-Made Uranium Enrichment - 04/21/2025 - Amir Vexler, President and CEO, Centrus Energy Group

Season 5 · Episode 1

Monday, April 21, 2025 • Duration 33:11

The Gone Fission Nuclear Report launches Season 5 with a new episode featuring a discussion with Amir Vexler, President and CEO of Centrus Energy Group. Centrus is playing a vital role in nuclear renaissance with its manufacturing of uranium enrichment centrifuges in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and operation of the American Centrifuge Plant in Piketon, Ohio. The size of the Pentagon, the plant is pioneering the development of High Assay Low Enriched Uranium (HALEU), expected to be a crucial fuel fuel component for both existing reactors and a new generation of advanced reactors.

Visit the Gone Fission Nuclear Report channel on youtube.com for a videocast of episodes since November 7, 2022.

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S4 E20 New Orano Enrichment Plant Boosts Nuclear Growth - 12/09/2024 - Jean-Luc Palayer, President and CEO, Orano USA

Season 4 · Episode 20

Monday, December 9, 2024 • Duration 37:38

It’s being called the largest investment in the history of the State of Tennessee. Orano USA has announced plans to build a new multi-billion dollar, state-of-the-art centrifuge uranium enrichment plant in Oak Ridge. The facility will provide fuel for America’s nuclear power plants and reduce U.S. dependence on foreign sources, including Russia. In this week’s episode of the Gone Fission Nuclear Report, host Michael Butler discusses this exciting project with Orano USA President Jean-Luc Palayer.

Visit the Gone Fission Nuclear Report channel on youtube.com for a videocast of episodes since November 7, 2022.

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S4 E19 SRS Gets a New Landlord: EM to NNSA 11.18.24 Mike Budney, EM SRS Site Manager, Michael Mikolanis, NNSA SRS Field Office Manager

Season 4 · Episode 19

Monday, November 18, 2024 • Duration 47:09

Most of us have probably dealt with landlords at one time or another in our personal or business lives. But did you know that Department of Energy sites around the country also have landlords--DOE offices that are responsible for operation and maintenance of the site as a whole?This week’s episode covers the recent change of DOE landlord at the Savannah River Site (SRS) in South Carolina. After nearly three decades, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) is taking over landlord responsibilities from the Office of Environmental Management (EM). What does this change mean for SRS and its current and future missions? We talk with SRS EM Site Manager Mike Budney and NNSA SRS Field Office Director Michael Mikolanis.

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S4 E18 EM Site Specific Advisory Boards: Valuable Community Input -- 10/28/24 -- Kelly Snyder, DOE EM, Amy Jones, Oak Ridge SSAB Chair, Kris Bartholomew, Vice Chair

Season 4 · Episode 18

Monday, October 28, 2024 • Duration 50:16

Community input is essential to the success of the Department of Energy’s environmental cleanup program. Much of the most essential feedback comes from the Site Specific Advisory Boards (SSAB) composed of local community volunteers. These local members take their own time to become educated about local cleanup issues and make recommendations to DOE about cleanup priorities and approaches. In this week's episode of the Gone Fission Nuclear Report, host Michael Butler talks with Kelly Snyder, EM Designated Federal Officer for the SSAB and officials in charge of the Oak Ridge SSAB--Amy Jones, Chair, and Kris Bartholomew, Vice Chair.

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S4 E17 An ECA Report: Reviewing the EM Program in the New Administration - 10.07.2024 - Seth Kirshenberg, ECA Executive Director

Season 4 · Episode 17

Monday, October 7, 2024 • Duration 22:11

With a new Administration taking office in January, the Energy Communities Alliance has released a detailed report calling for a top-to-bottom review of the Department of Energy’s Environmental Management program. In this week’s episode of the Gone Fission Nuclear Report podcast, ECA Executive Director Seth Kirshenberg shares with Host Michael Butler the eight recommendations his organization believes can help the cleanup program better accomplish its formidable mission.

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S4 E16 A Conversation with Candice Robertson - EM-1 - 09/23/2024

Season 4 · Episode 16

Monday, September 23, 2024 • Duration 17:37

This week, the Gone Fission Nuclear Report features an interview with Candice Robertson, the Department of Energy’s recently appointed Senior Advisor to the Office of Environmental Management (EM-1). Host Michael Butler caught up with her at the 10th Annual National Cleanup Workshop in Washington, D.C. The occasion also marked the 35th anniversary of creation of the Office of Environmental Management. Ms. Robertson gives her assessment of the current state of DOE’s environmental cleanup program and looks to the challenges ahead.

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S4 E15 Vision 2024: Oak Ridge Completes a Cleanup Milestone- 08.26.24 - Joanna Hardin, DOE Federal Portfolio Director, East Tennessee Technology Park

Season 4 · Episode 15

Monday, August 26, 2024 • Duration 24:32

Each year, the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management publishes a list of cleanup priorities for its sites around the country. Progress in the cleanup program is measured by how well these milestones are met.

This week, the Gone Fission Nuclear Report joins in celebrating completion a major cleanup goal on DOE’s Oak Ridge Reservation in Tennessee. It’s a comprehensive soil remediation project that DOE calls “Vision 2024.”

Our guest is Joanna Hardin, DOE Federal Potfolio Director for the East Tennessee Technology Park in Oak Ridge. She talks with host Michael Butler about what it took to remediate more than a half million cubic yards of contaminated soil as the site becomes home to new nuclear-related businesses

Visit the Gone Fission Nuclear Report channel on youtube.com for a videocast of episodes since November 7, 2022.

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S4E14 Consent-Based Siting for Spent Nuclear Fuel: A National Conversation - 07/29/2024 - Energy Communities Alliance, Washington, DC

Season 4 · Episode 14

Monday, July 29, 2024 • Duration 49:04

The Gone Fission Nuclear Report travels to the nation’s capital this week to join a national conversation on next steps for identifying a community to host interim spent fuel storage from America’s nuclear power plants. Our podcast sponsor, the Energy Communities Alliance, convened a meeting of elected officials, community leaders, economic developers and Department of Energy officials to discuss what kind of incentives a community will need--and what kind of economic benefits can accrue--from volunteering to host an interim storage facility. This is an important topic as the U.S. finds itself on the brink of a nuclear renaissance that will increase the role of nuclear energy in meeting our national energy needs. Is your community interested in exploring safe spent fuel storage as an economic driver? Raise your hand!

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