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NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF STATE LEGISLATURES
High-Level Radioactive Waste Interim Storage & Transportation Working Group

Wyndham City Center
November 17-18, 2003
Washington, D.C.

Agenda

Sunday, November 16, 2003

Monday, November 17, 2003

8:30 a.m.	Continental Breakfast Potomac Room
9:00-9:10 a.m.	Welcome Representative John Heaton, New Mexico, Chair Dr. Margaret Chu, Director, DOE-OCRWM Linda Sikkema, Program Director, NCSL
9:10-9:30 a.m.	History of the NCSL High-Level Waste Working Group History of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act and the National Repository Program Linda Sikkema, Program Director, NCSL
9:30-10:00 a.m.	Overview of the Waste Acceptance Queue, Dry Storage Technologies/Vendors and Current Utility Storage Needs Eileen Supko, Energy Resources International
10:00-10:30 a.m.	Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Update Dr. Margaret Chu, Director, DOE-OCRWM
10:30-10:45 a.m.	Break
10:45-11:15 a.m.	Yucca Mountain Update John Arthur, Deputy Director for Repository Development, DOE-OCRWM
11:15-11:45 a.m.	Update on Nuclear Regulatory Commission Activities including the Yucca Mountain Licensing Process Martin Virgilio, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Noon	Lunch Dupont Room
1:15-2:00 p.m.	NRC's Role in Transportation of Spent Nuclear Fuel Earl Easton, Spent Fuel Project Office, NRC
2:00-2:30 p.m.	National Transportation Program Update Ned Larson, Office of National Transportation, DOE-RW
2:30-3:00 p.m.	Overview of NCSL State-Role in Spent Fuel Transportation Publication Jim Reed, NCSL
3:00-3:15 p.m.	Break
3:30-4:00 p.m.	Update on Private Fuel Storage Activities and Utility Perspective Used Nuclear Fuel Management and Transportation John Vincent, Senior Project Manager, Nuclear Energy Institute
4:00-4:30 p.m.	Questions, Comments and Roundtable Discussion
4:30-5:00 p.m.	Review of the NCSL Radioactive Waste Policy
5:00 p.m.	Wrap-Up Representative John Heaton (NM), Chair, NCSL High-Level Waste Committee
6:00 p.m.	Group Dinner

Tuesday, November 18, 2003