A classic tale of terror from Sir Arthur Conan Doyle concerning something large, ancient, and very nasty lurking in the hills of Derbyshire!

Our guest on this week’s episode is John Eschenberg, President and Chief Executive Officer of Central Plateau Cleanup Company in Hanford Washington. An Amentum-led partnership with Fluor and Atkins, CPCCO is responsible for managing site operations, facility deactivation, decommissioning, decontamination and demolition, waste-site remediation, and …

A vintage science fiction tale from the golden age of pulp magazines, a story which pits dinosaurs against Martian invaders!

This is the time of year when hundreds of interns descend on DOE sites around the country. They are eager and enthusiastic, ready to soak up new information gleaned from being out of the classroom and on the job. They are a critical part of the essential pipeline that will ensure the Department of Energy's Environmental Management program will have…

As another tie-in to the Hypnogoria Roger Corman series, we have a story from Edgar Allan Poe, which was brought to the screen in Corman's Poe anthology Tales of Terror (1962)

DOE’s Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center (EMCBC) is celebrating its 20th anniversary this month. Called the “Swiss army knife of Environmental Management”, the EMCBC is a multi-faceted organization, serving as the centralized hub for procurement, financial management, and technical support for DOE’s environmental management progr…

As a little tie-in to the Hypnogoria Roger Corman series here is a tale of terror from one of his collaborators - Richard Matheson. And this story is in fact the very first that Matheson ever had published...

The Department of Energy’s environmental cleanup program is more than tearing down aging, contaminated buildings. In this week’s episode of the Gone Fission Nuclear Report, we’ll take a look at another dimension of cleanup--the conversion of depleted uranium hexafluoride—or UF6--at Paducah, Kentucky, and Portsmouth, Ohio. A by-product of the conver…

Another early tale of a surviving prehistoric monster but this story about a lake dwelling dinosaur takes a very bizarre turn...

On April 27, 2024, more than 650 former workers at the historic K-25 gaseous diffusion plant in Oak Ridge, TN, came together for their first-ever reunion. As Daniel Dassow wrote in the Knoxville News-Sentinel, it was the first time many had driven their private cars into the complex, the first time they weren’t required to show a badge and perhaps …

As a little crossover with the Kaiju History podcasts on our other show, we have a Victorian tale of a chap who discovers a living fossil. But unfortunately, this surviving saurian is extremely large and very hostile...

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…

Mr Jim reads a massively influential chiller, an otherworldly tale of maritime terror - The Voice in the Night by William Hope Hodgson

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…

With another reading of a favourite old tale of terror, Mr Jim revisits The Waxwork by AM Burrage, a classic chiller many of us discovered in the creepy tales for kids anthology Alfred Hitchcock's Ghostly Gallery!

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…

In this show, Mr Jim Moon reads a favourite tale of terror he found in an old book in childhood, which, funnily enough, is about a man haunted a strange tale in an old book he found in childhood...

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…

A reading of a highly controversial tale - the issue of Weird Tales it appeared in was pulled from the shelves after complaints! And despite being over a hundred year old, it still has the power to shock. You have been warned! Listener discretion is advised!

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…

An early tale of terror from HP Lovecraft, inspired by New England folklore and featuring his famous witch-haunted town Arkham

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. …

In this show, we have a short tale by the great HG Wells, a science fiction mystery story that may, or may not, be a prequel to War of the Worlds!

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…

For our 100th episode, we have a reading of one of the most terrifying tales of ever written - The Red Lodge by HR Wakefield

We begin a new year with a fantastical weird tale from HP Lovecraft, an early story from his Dreamlands cycle.

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.…

Behind Door 25 of the Ghosts of Christmas Advent Calendar - Hauntings over the holidays

Behind Door 24 of the Ghosts of Christmas Advent Calendar - Christmas Eve encounters with a ghostly skeleton knight

Behind Door 23 of the Ghosts of Christmas Advent Calendar - the tale of a highwayman haunting

Behind Door 22 of the Ghosts of Christmas Advent Calendar - discover the sinister spooks of Stocken Farm

A seasonally spooky verse that pays homage to some favourite festive chillers!

Behind Door 21 of the Ghosts of Christmas Advent Calendar - meet the many ghosts of Roos Hall

Behind Door 20 of the Ghosts of Christmas Advent Calendar - the story of the permanent Christmas guest at the Hotel Bethlehem

Behind Door 19 of the Ghosts of Christmas Advent Calendar - Where the ghost of Anne Boleyn walks at Yuletide

Behind Door 18 of the Ghosts of Christmas Advent Calendar - The ominous stories of phantom coaches and horses

For our third ghost story for Christmas, we have a tale from Sir Andrew Caldecott. It's a story that takes place one foggy Christmas Eve that features a memorable visit from a mysterious Father Christmas, and there's a link to M.R. James too!

Behind Door 17 of the Ghosts of Christmas Advent Calendar - A Scottish Yuletide superstition and a sinister spectre

Five and a half years ago I tracked down and read an obscure novelette by long-forgotten British pulp writer James Ronald, which set me on the trail of his far-from-readily-available other works. This week, Moonstone Press published the first two in a series of reprints that will see Ronald’s entire criminous catalogue made available, and series … …

Behind Door 16 of the Ghosts of Christmas Advent Calendar - A Yuletide hunting haunting

Behind Door 15 of the Ghosts of Christmas Advent Calendar - discover where the ghost of Charles Dickens walks at Christmastime

Behind Door 14 of the Ghosts of Christmas Advent Calendar - the tale of Thomas Hardy's Yuletide encounter with a spectre

Behind Door 13 of the Ghosts of Christmas Advent Calendar - festive hauntings at the Crescent Hotel

Behind Door 12 of the Ghosts of Christmas Advent Calendar - the frightening account of the ghost has manifests on Christmas Eve at Sandringham

Behind Door 11 of the Ghosts of Christmas Advent Calendar - a tale of witchcraft and a winter haunting

Behind Door 10 of the Ghosts of Christmas Advent Calendar - stories from what was the most haunted church in England

In our second ghost story for Christmas we have a classic festive chiller from Algernon Blackwood in which a plan to go away skiing from Christmas go badly awry...

Behind Door 09 of the Ghosts of Christmas Advent Calendar - the story of a house with a permanent resident...

Behind Door 08 of the Ghosts of Christmas Advent Calendar - the story of a haunting that was a favourite to recounted at Victorian Christmas gatherings

Behind Door 7 of the Ghosts of Christmas Advent Calendar - tales of spectres in the ancient village of Dunwich