Tuesday, January 10, 2017

Spent Fuel XXXII Opening
Jeff England, Spent Fuel Seminar Chair, Savannah River National Laboratory

Welcoming Remarks, David Blee, U.S. Nuclear Infrastructure Council
Welcoming Remarks, Larry Satkowiak, President, Institute for Nuclear Materials Management

• U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Bill Boyle, Director of the Office of Spent Fuel and Waste Science Technology, Office of Nuclear Energy 
• Honorable Jeffrey S. Merrifield, Commissioner, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (1998-2007), Partner, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
• Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organization, Lubi Dimitrovski, Nuclear Operations General Manager  

Global Spent Fuel Management Initiatives, Chair, Joanne Lorence, DOE-EM 

• Spent Fuel Storage Overview, Carlyn Greene, UXC
• Management of Nuclear Fuel in the UK: Past, Present and Future, David Hambley, National Nuclear Laboratory
• The Swedish Spent Nuclear Fuel Management Programme, Anders Sjöland, SKB
• South Korean Spent Fuel Management Program, Jooho Whang, President, Korea Nuclear Society

Spent Fuel Security and Aging Management, Chair, Erica Bickford, DOE-NE

• International Maritime Spent Fuel Security, Trevor Dixon, WNTI
• Spent Fuel Transport Security, Gerard Jackson, US NRC
• DOE Spent Fuel Management, Hitesh Nigam, DOE-EM
• Aging Management and Storage Renewals, Meraj Rahimi, US NRC
• Spent Fuel Security, Joseph Rivers, US NRC 

Wednesday, January 11, 2017

Opening Remarks, Jeff England, SRNL

NRC Perspective on Spent Fuel, Mark Lombard, Director of Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation, NRC 

Spent Fuel Political Landscapes, Chair, David Blee, U.S. NIC

• Spent Fuel Political Landscape, Steve Nesbit, Duke Energy
• Eric Knox, AECOM
• The Current Status of Nuclear Waste Issues, Policy, and Legislative Developments, Michael McBride, Van Ness Feldman
• US Nuclear Waste Path Forward, Lake Barrett, Former Deputy Director, U.S. Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management 

Spent Fuel Management Technology and Projects, Chair, Rod McCullum, Nuclear Energy Institute

• Spent Fuel Manufacturing and Technology in Japan, Ryoji Asano, Hitachi Zosen
• Development of Process and Technology for Unrestrained Stackup and Download of Spent Fuel, Ray Termini, Exelon
• Super Box for Post Visual Observations, Sandra Birk, Idaho National Laboratory
• Spent Fuel Management in Japan, Masumi Wataru, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry 

U.S. Department of Energy Used Fuel Campaigns, Chair, Bill Boyle, DOE NE, Used Fuel Disposition

• Spent Fuel Railcar Project, Patrick Schwab, DOE-NE
• Logistical Aspects of a Large-Scale SNF Transportation System, Matt Feldman, ORNL
• ENSA Cask Transportation Vibration Test, David Sassani, SNL
• ENSA/DOE Full-scale Rail Cask Multi-Modal Transportation Test Update, Sylvia Saltzstein, Sandia
• Preparation for Bulk Shipments, NAC, Gary Lanthrum
• High Burn Up Cask Demonstration Data Plan, Keith Waldrop, EPRI 

Thursday, January 12, 2017

Opening Remarks, Jeff England, SRNL

Overview of Spent Fuel Management Programs, Nigel Mote, Executive Director, U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board 

Yucca Project, Repository Options Development, & Interim Storage, Chair, Gary Lanthrum, NAC International

• Legislative Priorities Affecting Yucca Mountain and Spent Fuel, Andy Zach, House Energy and Commerce Committee
• DOE’s Consent Based Siting Process and Interface with Private Initiatives for Centralized Storage, Melissa Bates, DOE/NE
• Waste Control Services Spent Fuel Interim Storage and GTCC Disposal, Jeff Isakson, WCS
• Hi-Store Consolidated Interim Storage in New Mexico, Joy Russell, Holtec International
• DOE’s Deep Borehole Project, David Sassani, SNL 

Spent Fuel and Impacts on Decommissioning, Chair, Rita Bowser, Westinghouse

• San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station (SONGS) Spent Fuel and Impacts on Decommissioning Panel Discussion, Mike Moran, SONG
• Spent Fuel Management at ISFSI Only Sites, Paul Plante, 3 Yankees
• Spent Fuel and Impacts on Decommissioning, Bob Quinn, Westinghouse

Closing Remarks, Jeff England, INMM Packaging, Transportation and Disposition Division Chair, Savannah River National Laboratory