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Are you interested in the latest news about the emerging nuclear renaissance and environmental cleanup at the Department of Energy's nuclear facilities? The GONE FISSION Podcast is for you! This podcast covers all the latest developments across the nuclear industry and 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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S6 E2 Ken Rueter: Oak Ridge Cleanup Leader Retires 03/09/2026
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Mar 09, 2026 |
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S6 E1 V.C.Summer Nuclear Plant: Is Construction Restarting? 02/09/2026
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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S5 E7 Bechtel: Expanding Nuclear Power Globally -- 10.27.2025 -- Ahmet Tokpinar, Principal VP and GM, Nuclear Power Business Line, Bechtel Corp.
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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S5E6 TVA: Building an SMR at Clinch River - 9/22/2025 - Greg Boerschig, TVA Vice President
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Sep 22, 2025 |
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S5E5 Meet the Nuclear Average Joe - with Mike Deane - 09.15.25
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Sep 15, 2025 |
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S5 E4 Charles Oppenheimer - 08/04/25
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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S5 E3 Nuclear Opportunities Workshop, Knoxville, TN - 07/07/25 - Tracy Boatner, President and CEO, East Tennessee Economic Council
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Jul 09, 2025 |
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S5 E2 Amentum Nuclear Center of Excellence, Oak Ridge, TN - 05/12/25 - Mark Whitney, President, Amentum Energy & Environment Business
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May 12, 2025 |
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S5 E1 Centrus: American-Made Uranium Enrichment - 04/21/2025 - Amir Vexler, President and CEO, Centrus Energy Group
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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S4 E20 New Orano Enrichment Plant Boosts Nuclear Growth - 12/09/2024 - Jean-Luc Palayer, President and CEO, Orano USA
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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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
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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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
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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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
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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S4 E16 A Conversation with Candice Robertson - EM-1 - 09/23/2024
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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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
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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S4E14 Consent-Based Siting for Spent Nuclear Fuel: A National Conversation - 07/29/2024 - Energy Communities Alliance, Washington, DC
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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S4E13 Recruiting the Next Generation of Hanford Workers - 07/08/2024 - John Eschenberg, President/CEO, Central Plateau Cleanup Company
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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S4E12 The 2024 DOE Interns Have Arrived! --06/24/2024-- Maurice Thompson, Susan Sparks, Shannon Potter and Samina Mondal
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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S4E11 Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center Celebrates 20 Years - 06/03/2024 - Melody Bell, Deputy Director, Aaron Deckard, Procurement Director
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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S4E10 Depleted UF6: A By-Product for Industry - 05/20/24 - Zak LaFontaine, DOE Program Director, Depleted Uranium Hexafluoride Conversion Program
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May 20, 2024 |
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S4E9 K-25 Reunion: Recalling Nuclear History - 05-06-24 - Dr. Harold Conner Jr. and Pam Toon
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May 06, 2024 |
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S4E8 Meet DOE's Top Project Director - 4/22/24 - Jud Lilly, DOE Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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S4E7 National Laboratories Speed Hanford Cleanup - 04/08/24 - Connie Herman, SRNL, Delmar Noyes, DOE-Hanford
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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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
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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S4E5 Celebrating WIPP's 25th Anniversary - 03/11/24 -- Mark Bollinger, Tammy Hobbes, Brandon Jones
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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S4E4 Black History Month: Scarboro 85 - Desegregating Oak Ridge Schools - 02/26/24 - Ray Smith, Oak Ridge Historian
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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S4E3 The Birth of the Nuclear Cleanup Caucus - 02/12/24 - Former Congressmen Doc Hastings (WA) and Zach Wamp (TN)
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Feb 12, 2024 |
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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
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Jan 29, 2024 |
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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
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Jan 08, 2024 |
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S3E33 Manhattan Project National Park: Three Sites, Many Stories - 11/20/23 - Wendy Behrman, Park Superintendent
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Nov 20, 2023 |
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S3E22 A DOE View: Community Support is Essential - 11/13/23 - Kristen Ellis, Yvette Cantrell, Paradio Maith
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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S3E21 A Community Reuse Organization Closes: CROET Says Mission Accomplished - 11/06/23 - David Bradshaw, CROET, Seth Kirshenberg, ECA
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Nov 06, 2023 |
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S3E20 EM Young Professionals: Building the Workforce - 09/25/2023 - Ike White, EM Senior Advisor, Ken Rueter, UCOR President & CEO
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Sep 25, 2023 |
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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
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Sep 18, 2023 |
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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
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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S3E17 Labor Day 2023: Saluting America's Workers - 09/04/23 - Sean McGarvey, President and CEO, NABTU
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Sep 04, 2023 |
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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
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Jul 31, 2023 |
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S3E15 Environmental Cleanup: A Family Affair - 07.24.23 - Meet families who work together at DOE sites
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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S3E14 Oppenheimer: The Movie - 7/17/23 - Dr. Thom Mason, Director, Los Alamos National Laboratory
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Jul 17, 2023 |
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S3E13 - EM Strategic Plan - 7/10/23 - Erik Olds, EM Communications Director, Lee Tucker, EM External Relations
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Jul 10, 2023 |
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S3E12 Preserving K-25 History - 05/22/23 - Jim Dunn, UCOR National Historic Preservation Manager
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May 22, 2023 |
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S3E11 Gone Fission Nuclear Report - 05/15/23 - DOE-EM is Hiring - Today and Tomorrow, Dameone Ferguson, DOE-EM HQ
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May 15, 2023 |
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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
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May 08, 2023 |
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S3E9 SRS Landlord Transition: From EM to NNSA - 05.01.2023 - Frank Rose, NNSA, Ike White, EM
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May 02, 2023 |
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S3E8 Gone Fission Nuclear Report - 03/27/2023 - SRS Cleanup: Building Saltstone Disposal Units, Charles Comeau, DOE-SRS
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Mar 27, 2023 |
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S3E7 Gone Fission Nuclear Report - 03/20/2023 - Women in EM History - Dr. Carolyn Huntoon
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Mar 20, 2023 |
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S3E6 Gone Fission Nuclear Report - 03/13/23 - Oak Ridge Cleanup: The Next Chapter - Ken Rueter, UCOR President and CEO
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Mar 13, 2023 |
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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
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Mar 06, 2023 |
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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
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Jan 27, 2023 |
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S3E3 Gone Fission Nuclear Report - 01/16/23 - Miss America: Nuclear Engineer
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Jan 16, 2023 |
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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
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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S3E1 Gone Fission Nuclear Report - 01/03/23 - A Look Back, A Look Ahead - EM2022 Highlights - Fusion Energy Breakthrough
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Jan 06, 2023 |
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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
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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S2E34 Gone Fission Nuclear Report - 11/28/22 - Energy Communities Alliance Community Guide to Environmental Cleanup, Seth Kirshenberg, ECA Executive Director
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Nov 29, 2022 |
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S2E33 Gone Fission Nuclear Report - New EM Exhibit at National Atomic Testing Museum - Joe Kent, Director of Curation, Anita Iacaruso, DOE-EM HQ
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Nov 21, 2022 |
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S2E32 Gone Fission Nuclear Report - 11/14/22 - Hanford Leaking Tanks Agreement - Delmar Noyes, Assistant Manager, Tank Farms, DOE-Hanford
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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S2E31 Gone Fission Nuclear Report - 11/7/22 - Veterans Day - Veteran Hiring at EM Headquarters
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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S2E30 Gone Fission Nuclear Report - 10.17.22 - EM News Update Ike White
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Oct 17, 2022 |
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S2E29 Gone Fission Nuclear Report - 09/26/22 - Hanford's Leaking Waste Tanks, David Bowen, WA State Department of Ecology
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Sep 26, 2022 |
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S2E28 Gone Fission Nuclear Report - 09/12/22 - Worker Safety: My Great-Grandfather Invented the Hardhat - Wells Bullard, CEO, The Bullard Co. and Tom Ludwig, Western Zone Manager
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Sep 12, 2022 |
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S2E27 Gone Fission Nuclear Report - 09/05/22 - Labor Day Edition, Sean McGarvey, President, North America's Building Trades Unions
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Sep 01, 2022 |
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S2E26 Gone Fission Nuclear Report - 08/29/22 - Oliver Stone "Nuclear" Documentary - Rae Moss, Communications Director, Idaho National Laboratory
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Aug 29, 2022 |
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S2E25 Gone Fission Nuclear Report - 8/8/22 - EM Senior Advisor Ike White -- R&D in the EM Program -- Testimony before the Energy Subcommittee House Science, Space & Technology Committee
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Aug 08, 2022 |
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S2E24 Gone Fission Nuclear Report 08/01/22, Wildlife on EM Sites-Part 4-Idaho National Laboratory, Sue Vilord
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Aug 01, 2022 |
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S2E23 Gone Fission Nuclear Report - 07/25/22 - Wildlife on EM Sites - Part 3 - Fernald, OH - Angela Marczi
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Jul 25, 2022 |
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S2E22 Gone Fission Nuclear Report - 7/18/22 - Wildlife on EM Sites - Part 2, Hanford, Justin Wilde, HMIS
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Jul 18, 2022 |
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S2E21 Gone Fission Nuclear Report - Wildlife on EM Sites, Part 1 - 7/11/22 - Dr. Gene Rhodes, Savannah River Ecology Laboratory
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Jul 11, 2022 |
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S2E20 Gone Fission Nuclear Report 06/13/22 SRNL Regulatory Center of Excellence Stephanie Jacobs
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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S2E19 Gone Fission Nuclear Report 5/23/22 Grouting vs Vitrification for Tank Waste, Gary Petersen, Duane Schmoker - Clean Up Hanford Now
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May 23, 2022 |
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S2E18 Gone Fission Nuclear Report 05/16/22 GAO Recommends Improvements in EM Management Structure
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May 16, 2022 |
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S2E17 Gone Fission Nuclear Report DOE EM FY23 Budget - Liquid Waste Cleanup
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May 09, 2022 |
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S2E16 Gone Fission Nuclear Report Site-Specific Advisory Boards Provide EM with Vital Public Input -- Kelly Snyder, Shelley Kimel, Dr. Gregg Murray
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Apr 25, 2022 |
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S2E15 Gone Fission Nuclear Report 04/11/22 ETTP Investment Nears $1 Billion
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Apr 11, 2022 |
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S2E14 Gone Fission Nuclear Report 04/04/22 Ike White at WMS22
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Apr 04, 2022 |
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S2E13 Gone Fission Nuclear Report 03/28/22 Deactivation: Cold & Dark -- Mark French, Karen Adams, Dan Macias
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Mar 28, 2022 |
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S2E12 Gone Fission Nuclear Report 3/21/22 Energy Technology Engineering Center
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Mar 21, 2022 |
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S2 Episode 11 Gone Fission Nuclear Report 03/14/22 The Women of EM-1: Carolyn Huntoon
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Mar 14, 2022 |
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S2 Episode 10 Gone Fission Nuclear Report 03/07/22 ETTP Closure Plan Oak Ridge
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Mar 07, 2022 |
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S2 Episode 9 Gone Fission Nuclear Report 2/28/22 HAMMER Paul Vandervert
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Feb 28, 2022 |
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S2 Episode 8 Gone Fission Nuclear Report 2/21/22 Teresa Frady CROET
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Feb 21, 2022 |
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S2 Episode 7 Gone Fission Nuclear Report 02/14/22 Black History Month Dr. Harold Conner
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Feb 14, 2022 |
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S2 Episode 6 Gone Fission Nuclear Report 02/07/22 All-Hanford Report TSCR/TRIDEC David Reeploeg
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Feb 07, 2022 |
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S2 Episode 5 Gone Fission Nuclear Report 1/31/22 Seth Kirshenberg, Energy Communities Alliance
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Jan 31, 2022 |
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S2 Episode 4 Gone Fission Nuclear Report 1/24/22 Rick McLeod, SRSCRO
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Jan 24, 2022 |
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S2 Episode 3 Gone Fission Nuclear Report 01/17/22 Kristen Ellis, DOE-EM
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Jan 17, 2022 |
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S2 Episode 2 Gone Fission Nuclear Report 01/10/22
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Jan 10, 2022 |
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S2 Episode 1 Gone Fission Nuclear Report 01/03/22
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Jan 03, 2022 |
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S1 Episode 6 - Gone Fission Nuclear Report 12/19/21 Dr. Wes Hines, UT Nuclear Engineering Dept.
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Dec 19, 2021 |
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S1 Episode 5 - Gone Fission Nuclear Report 12/13/21 Ray Smith, Oak Ridge Historian
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Dec 12, 2021 |
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S1 Episode 4 - Gone Fission Nuclear Report 12/6/21
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Dec 06, 2021 |
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S1 Episode 3 - Gone Fission Nuclear Report 11/22/21 Dr. Harold Conner, UCOR Sr Advisor & Former K-25 Plant Manager
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Nov 22, 2021 |
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S1 Episode 2 - Gone Fission Nuclear Report 11/15/21 SC State Sen. Brad Hutto
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Nov 14, 2021 |
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S1 Episode 1 - Gone Fission Nuclear Report 11/8/21
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Nov 08, 2021 |