Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future Open Meeting May 25-26

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Events/Public Meetings
Updated 05/25/2010


Scheduled:

Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future Notice of Open Meeting

Tuesday, May 25, 2010: 8:30 a.m.– 5 p.m. & Wednesday, May 26, 2010: 8:30 a.m.– 12 p.m.

Washington Marriott, 1221 22nd Street, NW., Washington, DC 20037, 202–872–1500.

Meeting Agenda (Draft) - Updated 05/24/2010

Meeting Webcasts:

May 25: http://webcast.streamlogics.com/audience/index.asp?eventid=53490846

May 26: http://webcast.streamlogics.com/audience/index.asp?eventid=37385195

Meeting Presentations/Documents/Remarks

Testimony of Thomas L. Sanders, President, American Nuclear Society

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Main Points of Thomas L. Sanders Testimony

Managing Spent Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste, Summary of presentation to the Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future by Arjun Makhijani, Ph.D.,

Presentation - Managing Spent Fuel and High-Level Waste: Interim and Long-Term Considerations - Arjun Makhijani, Ph.D., President, Institute For Energy and Environmental Research, Washington, D.C.

The Mythology and Messy Reality of Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing, Arjun Makhijani, Ph.D.

Summary of Remarks by Corey Hinderstein, Vice-President, International Programs Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI)* to the Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future

Managing Spent Fuel and Nuclear Waste Successfully – What Needs to Be Done? - Testimony to the Blue-Ribbon Commission on the Nuclear Future by Matthew Bunn

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Key Points of Managing Spent Fuel and Nuclear Waste Successfully = What Needs to Be Done?

Policies for Managing the “Back End” of the Nuclear Energy Fuel Cycle and Local Government Role in Decision-Making - Seth D. Kirshenberg, Executive Director, Energy Communities Alliance

Statement of Thomas B. Cochran, Ph.D. Senior Scientist, Nuclear Program, Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.

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Presentation - Managing the Back End of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle - Thomas B. Cochran, Ph.D., Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
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IPFM Research Report 8 Breeders - Fast Breeder Reactor Programs: History and Status - Thomas B. Cochran, Harold A. Feiveson, Walt Patterson, Gennadi Pshakin, M.V. Ramana, Mycle Schneider, Tatsujiro Suzuki, Frank von Hippel
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Attachment 1 - NRDC Letter – RE: Request for Institutional and Financial Disclosures pursuant to Federal Advisory Committee Act – Christopher E. Paine, Director Nuclear Program, Geoffrey H. Fettus, Senior Project Attorney
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Attachment 2 - BRC Response to NRDC Letter - RE: Request for Institutional and Financial Disclosures pursuant to Federal Advisory Committee Act - Timothy A. Fraizer, Designated Federal Officer, Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future
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Attachment 3 - Principles for Safeguarding Nuclear Waste at Reactors
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Attachment 4 - How Safe is Yucca Mountain? Remarks of Thomas B. Cochran, Ph.D. Senior Scientist Natural Resources Defense Council At the Symposium Uncertainty in Long Term Planning- Nuclear Waste Management, a Case Study

Statement before the Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future Of Honorable Greg R. White, Michigan Public Service Commission On behalf of The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners

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Key Points, Commissioner Greg White, NARUC

Presentation - Overview of National Academy of Sciences Reports on Nuclear Waste Transport, Storage, and Disposal - Kevin D. Crowley, Director, Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board

Additional Information will be posted as it becomes available.

For Further Information Contact:

Timothy A. Frazier, Designated Federal Officer

U.S. Department of Energy

1000 Independence Avenue, SW.

Washington, DC 20585;

Phone: [phone]

Facsimile: (202) 586–0544

E-mail: [e-mail].

Additional information may also be available at http://www.brc.gov

Previously Held:

March 25 and March 26, 2010 -- First Commission Public Meeting, Washington, D.C.

Meeting Transcripts:

March 25, 2010

March 26, 2010

Meeting Minutes:

March 25 and 26, 2010 - Rev 1 with Redline

March 25 and 26, 2010 - Rev 1

Presentations:

Scenarios for Nuclear Energy Growth, Implications for Used Fuel Management
Presented by: Matthew P. Crozat, Office of Nuclear Energy, U. S. Department of Energy

Overview of DOE's Spent Nuclear Fuel & High-Level Waste
Presented by: Frank Marcinowski, Office of Environmental Management, U. S. Department of Energy

Naval Reactors, United States Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program
Presented by: John McKenzie

Nuclear Waste Policy: How We Got Here
Presented by: Mark Holt

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