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Agenda |
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Red Lion Hotel |
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Salt Lake City, Utah |
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Thursday, May 4, 2006 |
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Casual Attire (no ties) |
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| 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 |
| 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 |