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PIKETON, Ohio – USEC Government Services is pleased to introduce a restructured management organization at Piketon with a new interim general manager and four directors overseeing USEC’s contract work for the U.S. Department of Energy at the Piketon plant. The restructuring is being made to better align the company with future work activities and contracting opportunities at the plant.
Russell B. Starkey Jr., vice president of USEC Inc., has taken the role of interim general manager at Piketon. Starkey previously served as vice president of the American Centrifuge as well as vice president of operations. From 2001-2005, he was the general manager of USEC’s Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Paducah, Kentucky. Prior to joining USEC, Starkey worked over a 20-year period for Carolina Power and Light Company in a variety of line and staff management positions including general manager, Robinson Nuclear Plant, vice president, Brunswick Nuclear Plant and ultimately as vice president, nuclear services. His career began in the U.S. Navy where he attained the rank of Lt. Commander. Mr. Starkey received his Bachelor of Science degree in physics from Miami (Ohio) University, and he performed graduate work in business and economics at the University of New Haven and North Carolina State University.
Jim Anzelmo will remain in his role of director of Technical Services. Prior to his current role which he assumed in 2005, Anzelmo was the manager of the Plant Services Organization. He came to the Piketon plant in 1970 as an engineer in Instrument and Electrical Maintenance. In his 39 years of service he has held numerous management roles in various plant departments. He graduated from Youngstown State University with a dual degree of Bachelor of Science in engineering as well as Bachelor of engineering.
Toni Brooks will transition from director of Infrastructure Services to the director of the newly created facilities and project management organization. Prior to taking the role of director of Infrastructure Services in 2005, Brooks served in a number of management roles in organizations such as nuclear regulatory affairs, engineering projects, waste management, chemical operations, nuclear safety and others. Brooks earned her bachelor’s in chemical engineering from Yale University and her master’s in business administration from Ohio University.
Mark Keef has joined USEC Government Services as the director of business and program Management. His most recent role with USEC was assistant to the vice president for the American Centrifuge Program. Keef joined USEC in 2000 after five years with Carolina Power and Light Company. He was named the plant manager at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant in 2005. Keef retired from the U.S. Navy in 1994 after commanding two nuclear powered submarines and reaching the rank of Captain. His last assignment with the Navy was at the Pentagon where he served as the head of the Nuclear Arms Control Division of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Keef graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy with a Bachelor of Science degree.
Pam Potter was promoted from the position of manager of environmental compliance and waste management to her new role as director of infrastructure and utilities. Potter began working for Goodyear Atomic at Piketon in 1984 in the original GCEP plant. She has held numerous management positions at the plant in chemical, utilities and power; mass spectroscopy; uranium sub-sampling and isotopic standards; and additional roles in waste management, waste policy and environmental sampling and compliance. Most recently she worked on special assignment to assist in the return of facilities to the Department of Energy. Potter graduated with a bachelor of engineering from Youngstown State University.
The United States Enrichment Corporation, a subsidiary of USEC Inc., operates a uranium enrichment plant in Paducah, Kentucky, and does contract work for the U.S. Department of Energy in Piketon. USEC Inc., a global energy company, is a leading supplier of enriched uranium fuel for commercial nuclear power plants. It expects to deploy the next generation uranium enrichment technology in Piketon, Ohio – the American Centrifuge.
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