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

Drury Inn and Suites Riverwalk

San Antonio, Texas

 

Thursday, April 19, 2007

 

 

7:30 a.m. Breakfast (on your own)
8:00 a.m. States-Only Business Meeting
Briefing Materials
     · HLW Committee Members
8:45 a.m. Break
9:00 a.m. Call to Order
     · Introduction and review agenda
9:10 a.m. Chairs' report on activities since October
    o Cooperative Agreement tasks
    o Legislative update
    o TEC Topic Groups status and reports
      (Note:  the Routing TG will report during the afternoon Routing discussion)
    o State Regional Group updates
Briefing Materials
     · FY07 Cooperative Agreement and workplan
     · FY08 Cooperative Agreement and workplan (proposed)
     · Resource Book Status
     · Nuclear Fuel Management and Disposal Act of 2007
     · Federal Accountability for Nuclear Waste Storage Act of 2007
10:10 a.m. Break 
10:20 a.m. Discussion of NRC issues
     · Earl Easton, NRC
    o Cask Vulnerability Information Sharing
    o Diablo Canyon ISFSI study
    o WGA Resolution 04-02
Briefing Materials
     · Speaker Questions
     · Earl Easton (NRC) Presentation on NRC Issues
     · WGA Resolution 04-02
     · SRG Cask Vulnerability Information Sharing Request
     · Status of New Nuclear Power Plant (NEI)
11:20 a.m. OCRWM program update & general discussion
     · Alex Thrower, DOE-RW
Briefing Materials
     · Speaker Questions
     · Alex Thrower (DOE) OCRWM Program Update Presentation
     · WGA Resolution 04-02
     · Nuclear Fuel Management and Disposal Act of 2007
     · 12-12-06 HLW Committee Comments on SEIS Notice of Intent
     · 12-12-06 HLW Committee Comments on Rail EIS Notice of Intent
12:00 p.m. Lunch on your own
1:00 p.m. OCRWM National Transportation Plan development
     · Judith Holm, DOE-RW
Briefing Materials
     · Judith Holm (DOE) Presentation on National Transportation Plan development
     · National Transportation Plan draft outline
     · WIEB comments on NTP outline
     · Transcript of Ward Sproat (DOE) 3-28-07 Testimony to Congress
     · OCRWM Transportation System Concept of Operations (excerpt)
     · OCRWM Transportation System Concept of Operations (complete)
1:30 p.m. NWPA routing panel discussion
     · Routing Topic Group Report
     · Alex Thrower & Judith Holm, DOE-RW
     · Bob Halstead, State of Nevada
Briefing Materials
     · Bob Halstead (State of Nevada) Presentation on Routing Concerns
     · DOE's Proposed Definition of "Suite of Routes"
     · TEC Routing Topic Group work plan
     · April 4, 2007 email from Michelle Enders (SAIC) on status of TEC Routing Topic Group
     · Major Rail Lines to Yucca (via Caliente & Mina)
2:30 p.m. Break
2:40 p.m. GNEP:  Program status and transportation implications
     · John Wheeler, DOE - Office of Fuel Cycle Management
Briefing Materials
     · John Wheeler (DOE) Presentation on GNEP
     · Potential GNEP Sites
     · 01-4-07 GNEP PEIS Notice of Intent
     · GNEP Strategic Plan
3:20 p.m. Western States Round Up of recent developments
4:20 p.m. Break
4:30 p.m. States-Only Business Meeting (Continued)
5:00 pm Adjourn