Russell B Starkey Jr

Russell (Russ) B. Starkey, Jr. is vice president, American Centrifuge. He is responsible for the deployment and commercial operations of USEC’s next-generation uranium enrichment technology, the American Centrifuge, including the manufacturing of centrifuge machines by USEC’s strategic suppliers. Mr. Starkey previously served as vice president, operations, for USEC Inc. He was responsible for USEC’s production operations at the Paducah, Kentucky, gaseous diffusion plant and for the Company’s U.S. Department of Energy contract work at the Paducah and Portsmouth, Ohio, plants. Mr. Starkey served as general manager of the Paducah plant from September 2001 to February 2005. He previously served as the plant’s training manager. Mr. Starkey joined USEC from Advanced Energy Corporation where he held the position of vice president and general technical manager. Previously, he worked for Carolina Power and Light Company (CP&L) over a 20-year period 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. Before joining CP&L, he served in the U.S. Navy, attaining the rank of Lt. Commander. His last assignment was Assistant Director of the Navy’s Submarine School Engineering Division. 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.