EnergySolutions Adds Two New Directors to Board

SALT LAKE CITY, UT--(Marketwire - July 23, 2009) - EnergySolutions, Inc. (NYSE: ES) announced today changes to the EnergySolutions Board of Directors. Lance Hirt who has served as a board member since 2005 is stepping down after serving as Chairman from 2005-07 and currently as a board director.

"I want to personally thank Lance for his valuable contribution to EnergySolutions. His service and leadership provided valuable direction to the company during a time of growth and opportunity," said Steve Creamer, CEO and Chairman of EnergySolutions. "His contribution and friendship will be missed."

New appointments to the Board of Directors are Clare Spottiswoode from the United Kingdom and Dr. Pascal Colombani from France. Clare Spottiswoode has served in several capacities in the United Kingdom including Director General of Ofgas, the regulator of the gas industry. During her career she has also acted as an economist at HM Treasury, lectured at London Business School and set up and managed private business interests. She has also held a number of non-executive directorships including deputy chairman of British Energy.

Dr. Colombani is a member of the French Academy of Technology and has been a senior advisor for high technology and energy at AT Kearney Paris since 2003. Dr. Colombani has held a number of positions in the nuclear energy sector, including Chairman and CEO of the French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA), Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Areva. Dr. Colombani holds a doctorate in science from the University of Paris Sud.

"We are very pleased that Clare Spottiswoode and Dr. Pascal Colombani have accepted to serve on the EnergySolutions Board of Directors," said Steve Creamer. "They both bring unique experience and qualifications to the Board that will provide valuable insight to EnergySolutions."

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.

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