Agenda
Meeting of the High-Level 
Radioactive Waste Committee 
of the 
Western Interstate Energy Board 

Red Lion Hotel

Salt Lake City, Utah

 

Thursday, May 4, 2006

 

Casual Attire (no ties)

 

 

7:30 a.m. Continental breakfast
8:00 a.m. Call to order
     · Introduction & review agenda
8:10 a.m. Reports
     · Report on activities since October
    o Cooperative Agreement status and funding update
    o Cooperative Agreement tasks
    o Sandia Model special project
    o Needs assessment special project
    o Online Resource Book project, Rick Moore (consultant)
    o Report to the Governors on PFS Transportation
    o Letter from the Governors on S.2589
    o Renewal of interim storage Resolution (03-16)
               -WIEB FY06 Cooperative Agreement and Work Plan
               -WIEB FY07 Cooperative Agreement and Work Plan
               -Letter from the Western Governors on S.2589
               -WGA Resolution 03-16
     · TEC Topic Group updates
    o Rail Topic Group
    o Security Topic Group
    o 180(c) Topic Group
    o Manual Review Topic Group
               -DOE Response to 9-05 Protocols Manual Comments
               -9-05 Protocols Manual Comments
     · SRG updates
    o Council of State Governments, Midwest Region
    o Council of State Governments, Eastern Region
    o Southern States Energy Board
    o National Conference of State Legislators
9:30 a.m. Break
9:45 a.m. National Academy of Sciences Study on SNF Transportation
     · Presentation by Dr. Kevin Crowley, NAS
                -presentation on NAS Study
     · Questions from HLW Committee 
     · Response from DOE, NRC, FRA, others
                -Discussion Questions
                -NAS Report Executive Summary
11:00 a.m. OCRWM National Transportation System update and discussion 
        Participants:  Alex Thrower, (DOE); HLW Committee, SRG representatives
     · OCRWM Update presentation
                -Discussion Questions
                -GAO report on Quality Assurance at Yucca Mountain
                -SRG Perspectives on OCRWM's Route Selection Process
                -WGA Resolution 05-15
                -Principles of Agreement Among States
12:00 p.m. Lunch on your own
1:15 p.m. Discussion of DOE’s proposed Yucca Mountain Legislation and the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership
        Participants:  Alex Thrower, ( DOE); HLW Committee, SRG representatives 
     · DOE presentation on GNEP and S2589
     · S.2589, the Nuclear Fuel Management and Disposal Act
     · Global Nuclear Energy Partnership (GNEP)
                 -Discussion Questions
                 -S.2589 text and Sectional analysis
                 -Letter from the Western Governors on S.2589
                 -Advance Notice of Intent on GNEP
                 -Governor Kulongoski (OR) Letter on S.2589
                 -Earl Easton comments on NRC licensing of GNEP facilities
Additional materials
     NRC vote on Package Performance Study update
     NRC vote on Reprocessing facilities
2:00 p.m. PFS Update
        Participants:  John Parkyn (PFS); HLW Committee, SRG representatives
                  -Discussion Questions
                  -07/07/05 Letter to PSF Chairman Parkyn
                  -PFS License from NRC
2:45 p.m. Break
3:00 p.m. Western States roundtable on recent developments
4:00 p.m. Break
4:15 p.m. Committee business meeting
     ·  Discussion of date and location of next meeting
5:00 pm Adjourn