The Institute for Nuclear Materials Management presents the

33rdSpent Fuel Management Seminar

In Partnership with the U.S. Nuclear Infrastructure Council

January 23 -25, 2018

Hilton Alexandria Old Town

1767 King Street,Alexandria, VA 22314USA

Agenda as of January 11, 2018

Tuesday, January 23, 2018

0800 - 0930Registration

0930 - 0935Spent Fuel XXXIII Opening

Jeff England,Packaging, Transportation, and Disposition Division Chair,

Institute for Nuclear Materials Management

0935 - 0940Welcoming Remarks, David Blee

U.S. Nuclear Infrastructure Council

0940 - 0945Welcoming Remarks, Corey Hinderstein, President,

Institute for Nuclear Materials Management

0945 - 1030U.S. Nuclear Energy and its Future, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Raymond Furstenau, Associate Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Energy

1030 - 1115Scott Moore, Deputy Director, Office of Nuclear Materials Safety and Safeguards, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), (Invited)

1115-1245Lunch

1245 - 1330Overview of Spent Fuel Management Programs, Nigel Mote, Executive Director, U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board

1330 - 1450Global Spent Fuel Management Initiatives, Chair, Robert Watkins, Savannah River National Laboratory

  • Spent Fuel Storage Overview, Carlyn Greene, UXC
  • The Swedish Spent Nuclear Fuel Management Programme, Anders Sjöland, SKB
  • Spent Fuel Management in China, KP Lau, Fraser Energy Consulting, LLC
  • Spent Fuel Management and Research Activities in Korea, Woo-Seok Choi, Korean Atomic Energy Research Institute

1450 - 1520Break

1520 - 1600Spent Fuel Political Landscape, Chair, David Blee, U.S. NIC

  • Steve Nesbit, Duke Energy
  • Eric Knox, AECOM
  • Katrina McMurrian, Executive Director, Nuclear Waste Strategy Coalition

1600-1745Impact of Spent Fuel Transport from Utility Storage to Interim Storage to Repository, Chair, Joanne Lorence, DOE-EM4.24

  • Stefan Anton, Holtec
  • Jack Boshoven, Transnuclear
  • Darrell Dunn, DSFM/NRC
  • Jeff England, NAC International
  • The Role of the Fuel vs the Role of the Canister, Brett Carlsen, INL

1800-200033rdSpent Fuel Seminar Reception

Wednesday, January 24, 2018

0745 - 0830Registration

0830 - 0835Opening Remarks,Bradley Loftin, Savannah River National Laboratory

0835 - 0905NRC Division of Spent Fuel Management, Tony Hsia

0905 - 0935Utilizing Advanced Nuclear Technology to Close the Fuel Cycle, Edward Pheil, CTO and Co-Founder of Elysium Industries

0935 - 0945Break

0945 – 1130Spent Fuel Transportation and Aging Management, Chair, John Kessler, Kessler Associates

  • Management and Disposal of US DOE Spent Nuclear Fuel, Brett Leslie, NWTRB
  • Monitoring and Aging Management of Spent Fuel, Jeremy Renshaw, EPRI
  • Managing Aging Processes in Storage (MAPS) Report, John Wise, NRC
  • License Renewal Implementation, Curt Lindner, ENERCON, (Invited)
  • Spent Fuel Canister Transportation, Robert Quinn

1130- 1300Lunch

1300 - 1500Spent Fuel Management Technology and Projects,

Chair, Rod McCullum, Nuclear Energy Institute

  • Spent Fuel Manufacturing and Technology in Japan, Ryoji Asano, Hitachi Zosen
  • Spent Fuel Management, Ricardo Torres, NRC
  • Spent Fuel Management at NAC, Juan Subiry, NAC International
  • Spent Fuel Management in Japan, Masumi Wataru, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry
  • Areva Spent Fuel Activities, Catherine Shelton, Areva
  • Spent Fuel Management at Holtec, (Invited)

1500 - 1530Break

1530 - 1650U.S. Department of Energy Used Fuel Campaigns,

Chair, William Boyle, DOE NE, Used Fuel Disposition

  • DOE Owned Spent Fuel, Hitesh Nigam, DOE-EM
  • Spent Fuel Railcar Project, Patrick Schwab, DOE-NE
  • ENSA Cask Transportation Vibration Test,Sylvia Saltzstein, SNL
  • High Burn Up Cask Demonstration, Keith Waldrop, EPRI

Thursday, January25, 2018

0730 - 0815Registration

0815 - 0820Opening Remarks, Jeff England

Packaging, Transportation, and Disposition Division Chair, INMM

0820 - 0900International Spent Fuel Management Activities at WNTI, John Mulkern

0900 - 1000Spent Fuel and Impacts on Decommissioning, Chair, David Blee

  • Frederick Bailey, Vice President, AREVA NM
  • Eric Knox, Vice President, AECOM
  • Adam Levin, Principal, AHL Associates, (Invited)

1000 -1015Break

1015 - 1155Private Sector Initiatives on the Backend of the Fuel Cycle,

Chair, Gary Lanthrum, NAC International

  • WCS, Rod Baltzer, CEO WCS
  • Holtec Activities, Ed Mayer, Program Director of Holtec International’s Krishna P. Singh Technology Campus & HI-STORE
  • Funding CISF Under Existing Law, Michael McBride, Van Ness Feldman LLP
  • Cost Considerations for CISF Funding Under Existing Law, Gary Lanthrum, NAC

1155 - 1200Closing Remarks, Bradley Loftin, INMM Spent Fuel Seminar Chair,

Savannah River National Laboratory

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