# Daniel Poneman

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Two Sides of the Coin: A Conversation with Jay Tilden and Chris Ploch, NENSC’s New Leadership Team

In this episode, NENSC Co-Chair Daniel Poneman sits down with Jay Tilden and Chris Ploch — the Coalition's newly appointed Executive Director and Deputy Director — to explore how DOE's twin missions of national nuclear security and civilian energy must work in concert, why a domestic uranium enrich…

ATOMICALLY SPEAKING | Regulating at Scale & Speed: A Conversation with Ho Nieh, Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission

In this episode, NENSC Co-Chair Daniel Poneman sits down with Ho Nieh — Chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission — at a defining moment for the agency and for American nuclear energy. The conversation explores how the NRC is implementing the ADVANCE Act and EO 14300, what a more risk-info…

ATOMICALLY SPEAKING | From Atoms for Peace to the New Nuclear Era: A Conversation with Susan Eisenhower

In this episode, NENSC Co-Chair Daniel Poneman sits down with Susan Eisenhower — national security strategist, acclaimed author of How Ike Led, and granddaughter of President Dwight D. Eisenhower — for a wide-ranging conversation spanning more than seventy years of nuclear history, from her grandfa…

ATOMICALLY SPEAKING | The Physics of American Nuclear Leadership: A Conversation with Congressman Bill Foster

In this episode, NENSC Co-Chair Daniel Poneman sits down with Congressman Bill Foster — particle physicist, former Fermilab scientist, and the only PhD physicist serving in Congress — for a conversation on what technical rigor brings to the biggest questions in nuclear policy. Co-chair of the bipar…

ATOMICALLY SPEAKING | Reliability Is National Security: A Conversation with Deputy Secretary of Energy James P. Danly

In this episode, NENSC Co-Chair Daniel Poneman sits down with James P. Danly — Deputy Secretary of Energy, former FERC Commissioner, and Army veteran — for a conversation on why a reliable grid is a national security asset and what it will take to rebuild American nuclear capability from the ground…

ATOMICALLY SPEAKING | The Nuclear Congressman: A Conversation with Rep. Chuck Fleischmann

In this episode, NENSC Co-Chair Daniel Poneman sits down with Congressman Chuck Fleischmann — Chairman of the House Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee, one of Capitol Hill's most influential voices on nuclear energy, and, in his spare time, the novelist behind Once Upon an Empire. Repres…

ATOMICALLY SPEAKING | The Lab That Closes the Loop: A Conversation with SRNL Director Johney Green

In this episode, NENSC Co-Chair Daniel Poneman sits down with Johney Green — Director of Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) and President and CEO of Battelle Savannah River Alliance — for a conversation on the part of the nuclear enterprise most people never see: what happens to nuclear mate…

The Beginning of the End in the Middle East?

Chris, Melanie, and Zack debate Michael Fuchs's recent article arguing for a U.S. withdrawal from the Middle East. They also discuss the impact of the Iran War and shifting American attitudes towards Israel as well as the Saudi-U.S. nuclear deal and the Saudi-Turkish-Pakistani collective defense ag…

Does the U.S.-Saudi Civil Nuclear Agreement Serve America's Interests?

The U.S. and Saudi Arabia have signed a civil nuclear cooperation agreement that supporters say could strengthen ties, advance normalization, and give Washington greater influence over the kingdom’s nuclear ambitions. Critics warn that without stronger restrictions on uranium enrichment and inspect…

ATOMICALLY SPEAKING | Doomed to Cooperate: A Conversation with Dr. Siegfried "Sig" Hecker

In this episode, NENSC Co-Chair Daniel Poneman sits down with Dr. Siegfried "Sig" Hecker — the fifth director of Los Alamos National Laboratory and one of the world's foremost authorities on plutonium — for a wide-ranging conversation that spans his arc from a European wartime childhood to the helm…