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EnergySolutions, Inc. Announces Appointment of Independent Directors; Resignation of Lindsay Goldberg Directors

Wed. October 01, 2008; Posted: 07:34 PM
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SALT LAKE CITY, UT, Oct 01, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) -- FC | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating -- EnergySolutions, Inc. (NYSE: ES | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) announced today Robert A. Whitman and J. Barnie Beasley, Jr. have been appointed as independent members of the Board of Directors. EnergySolutions also announced that Alan Goldberg, Robert Lindsay and Robert Roriston, each of whom is a partner of Lindsay Goldberg, the former controlling shareholder of EnergySolutions, have resigned effective October 1, 2008. The foregoing resignations and appointments are steps in the Company's transition to a Board comprised of a majority of independent directors.

Mr. Whitman was appointed as an independent director effective June 30, 2008. Mr. Whitman has been a director of Franklin Covey Co. since May 1997 and has served as Chairman of its Board of Directors since June 1999 and its Chairman and Chief Executive Officer since January 2000. Mr. Whitman served as a director of Covey Leadership Center from 1994 to 1997. Prior to joining the Franklin Covey Co., Mr. Whitman served as President and Co-Chief Executive Officer of The Hampstead Group from 1992 to 2000. Mr. Whitman received his B.A. in Finance from the University of Utah and his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. Mr. Whitman has been appointed to serve on the Audit and Compensation Committees of EnergySolutions' Board.

Mr. Beasley was appointed as an independent director effective October 1, 2008. Mr. Beasley recently retired from his position as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Southern Nuclear Operating Company, having served as President and CEO since September 2004 and Chairman since June 2005. Mr. Beasley graduated from the University of Georgia with a BS degree in Engineering. He has held a Senior Reactor Operator's license from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and he currently holds a Professional Engineering License in the State of Georgia as an Electrical Engineer. He is a member of both the Georgia Society and the National Society of Professional Engineers. Mr. Beasley is also a member of the National Nuclear Accrediting Board which is responsible for accrediting nuclear power plant training programs. He has served on the Board of Directors and several committees for the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI), including the Board of Directors Executive Committee, the Organization and Compensation Committee, and the Workforce and Immigration Executive Task Force. Additionally, he served on the Board of Directors and Audit Committee for the Foundation for Nuclear Studies, a Washington, DC based organization that seeks to promote sound national policy on the use and development of nuclear technologies. Mr. Beasley also served on the Board of Directors for the Southeastern Electric Exchange, on the Board of Directors of Junior Achievement of Greater Birmingham, and on the Advisory Board of INROADS/Birmingham, a program that prepares talented minority youth for corporate and community leadership. Mr. Beasley currently serves as Chairman of the University of Georgia Engineering Advisory Board. Mr. Beasley has been appointed to serve on the Compensation and Corporate Responsibilities Committee of EnergySolutions' Board.

EnergySolutions offers customers a full range of integrated services and solutions, including nuclear operations, characterization, decommissioning, decontamination, site closure, transportation, nuclear materials management, processing, recycling, and disposition of nuclear waste, and research and engineering services across the nuclear fuel cycle.

For more information please contact Mark Walker at 801-649-2194 or mwalker@energysolutions.com.

Mark Walker 801-649-2194 Email Contact

SOURCE: EnergySolutions

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For full details on EnergySolutions Inc. (ES) click here. EnergySolutions Inc. (ES) has Short Term PowerRatings of 4. Details on EnergySolutions Inc. (ES) Short Term PowerRatings is available at This Link.

    


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