Best K&E productions Podcasts (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 24:32

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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 Reserva…

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S4E14 Consent-Based Siting for Spent Nuclear Fuel: A National Conversation - 07/29/2024 - Energy Communities Alliance, Washington, DC 49:04

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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 develop…

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S4E13 Recruiting the Next Generation of Hanford Workers - 07/08/2024 - John Eschenberg, President/CEO, Central Plateau Cleanup Company 43:41

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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 …

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Get Ready for Something Special: Watching Two Detectives 4:49

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Get Ready for Something Special: Watching Two Detectives Introducing 'Watching Two Detectives': A Gripping New Podcast A new podcast titled 'Watching Two Detectives' is set to launch, hosted by retired New South Wales homicide detectives Scott Rogan and Peter Hogan. Initially conceived to explore old case files each episode, the podcast's direction…

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S4E12 The 2024 DOE Interns Have Arrived! --06/24/2024-- Maurice Thompson, Susan Sparks, Shannon Potter and Samina Mondal 1:05:54

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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…

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S4E11 Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center Celebrates 20 Years - 06/03/2024 - Melody Bell, Deputy Director, Aaron Deckard, Procurement Director 47:46

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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…

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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 26:21

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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…

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S4E9 K-25 Reunion: Recalling Nuclear History - 05-06-24 - Dr. Harold Conner Jr. and Pam Toon 56:43

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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 …

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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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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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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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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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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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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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LIMITED TIME SERIES - THE BRAVERY ACADEMY EP4 45:09

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SUBSCRIBE HERE TO THE BRAVERY ACADEMY Healing Betrayal with Dr. Debi Silber Discover the 5 Stages of Betrayal and Transform Your Life In this episode, host Emma Ferris interviews Dr. Debi Silber, founder of the PBT (Post Betrayal Transformation) Institute, and a holistic psychologist, health, mindset, and personal development expert. They discuss D…

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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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LIMITED TIME SERIES - THE BRAVERY ACADEMY EP3 35:59

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THIS IS A LIMITED TASTER SERIES OF THE BRAVERY ACADEMY SUBSCRIBE HERE TO THE BRAVERY ACADEMY TERRA NEWELL- Inspiring survivors to find their voice Season 1 Episode 3 In this episode, Emma sits down with Terra Newell, perhaps the most well-known survivor in modern true crime. Terra opens up about her recovery from the trauma of fighting off her atta…

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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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LIMITED TIME SERIES - THE BRAVERY ACADEMY EP2 40:06

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If you tuned in last week you will have heard this is a taster series/limited time series sharing the first 4 episodes of The Bravery Academy - remember to hit the subscribe button below! SUBSCRIBE HERE TO THE BRAVERY ACADEMY SUNDAY SCARES Season 1 Episode 2 In this episode of The Bravery Academy, Emma Ferris, and Dr. Victoria Thompson discuss ho…

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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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LIMITED TIME SERIES - THE BRAVERY ACADEMY EP1 23:25

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****LIMITED TIME SERIES - THE BRAVERY ACADEMY **** For the next 4 weeks we will be sharing the first 4 episodes of CONmunity Podcast's latest production THE BRAVERY ACADEMY SUBSCRIBE HERE TO THE BRAVERY ACADEMY Am I Brave Enough? In this inaugural episode of "The Bravery Academy," Emma Ferris, a leading Stress and Resilience coach from New Zealand.…

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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 CONNING THE CON 35:56

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Introducing your next true crime binge - Conning the CON. If you enjoy episode 1 then search CONNING THE CON on all the usual platforms and subscribe and binge the entire season now. This is a CONmunity Podcast Production on the Killer Podcasts Network Check out: CONNING THE CON Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices…

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INTRODUCING THE BRAVERY ACADEMY 12:39

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Welcome to a bonus episode of Klooghless, where we introduce you to all the podcasts produced by CONmunity Podcasts. If you're a true crime fan, you won't want to miss out on CONNING THE CON, where Sarah shares her sister's story of dating a serial conman. With over two million downloads, it's a must-listen. STOP THE KILLING is another true crime p…

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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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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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Episode 5: ‘Health First’ and curriculum reform in China 8:04

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Welcome to Season 2 and my new series. The Twenty 20 Vision Series sees me reading an academic paper and write a blog in no more than 40 minutes. Twenty minutes reading and 20 minutes writing (this twenty 20). Whatever emerges is then be published. The aim is to make paper reading and blog writing manageable whilst maintaining the integrity and use…

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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 4: Continuing professional development for physical education teachers in Europe 7:06

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Welcome to Season 2 and my new series. The Twenty 20 Vision Series sees me reading an academic paper and write a blog in no more than 40 minutes. Twenty minutes reading and 20 minutes writing (this twenty 20). Whatever emerges is then be published. The aim is to make paper reading and blog writing manageable whilst maintaining the integrity and use…

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Episode 3: Physical education and the art of teaching 7:43

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Welcome to Season 2 and my new series. The Twenty 20 Vision Series sees me reading an academic paper and write a blog in no more than 40 minutes. Twenty minutes reading and 20 minutes writing (this twenty 20). Whatever emerges is then be published. The aim is to make paper reading and blog writing manageable whilst maintaining the integrity and use…

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INTRODUCING… WITNESSED: DEVIL IN THE DITCH 9:13

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Just because the police can’t solve a murder doesn’t mean other people won’t find someone to blame. In season 4 of Witnessed: Devil in the Ditch, journalist Larrison Campbell returns to her Mississippi hometown to reexamine one of its most notorious unsolved cold cases – the murder of her grandmother, Presh. What happens when a family and a communi…

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Episode 2: Exploring the changes of physical education in the age of Covid-19 6:02

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Welcome to Season 2 and my new series. The Twenty 20 Vision Series sees me reading an academic paper and write a blog in no more than 40 minutes. Twenty minutes reading and 20 minutes writing (this twenty 20). Whatever emerges is then be published. The aim is to make paper reading and blog writing manageable whilst maintaining the integrity and use…

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Episode 1: Rethinking the classification of games and sports 5:29

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I have begin a new series. The Twenty 20 Vision Series sees me reading an academic paper and write a blog in no more than 40 minutes. Twenty minutes reading and 20 minutes writing (this twenty 20). Whatever emerges is then be published. The aim is to make paper reading and blog writing manageable whilst maintaining the integrity and usefulness of P…

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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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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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