Appendix B
Information-Gathering Sessions
DISPOSAL OF SURPLUS PLUTONIUM IN THE WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANT
MEETING #1: NOVEMBER 28-30, 2017
The Keck Center
500 Fifth Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
Tuesday, November 28, 2017
| 1:00 PM | Call to order and welcome, brief introductions by the committee |
| Bob Dynes, Committee Chair | |
| 1:15 PM | National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Overview of the Material Management and Minimization Program and the Committee’s Tasking |
| Peter Hanlon, NNSA, Assistant Deputy Administrator for Material Management and Minimization | |
| 1:40 PM | Plutonium Dilute and Dispose Program Scope and Status |
| Sachiko McAlhany, NNSA, Senior Technical Advisor | |
| 2:40 PM | BREAK |
| 3:00 PM | The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) and Disposal of Surplus Plutonium |
| Betsy Forinash, Director, National Transuranic Waste Program-HQ, DOE-EM | |
| 3:45 PM | Environmental Protection Agency’s Activities Related to the Plutonium Dilute and Dispose Program |
| Thomas Peake, EPA Radiation Protection Division, Director for the Center for Waste Management and Regulations | |
| 4:45 PM | Opportunity for Public Comment |
| 5:00 PM | End Data Gathering Session |
Wednesday, November 29, 2017
| 9:00 AM | Call to order and welcome, open session reminder |
| Bob Dynes, Committee Chair | |
| 9:10 AM | New Mexico Stakeholder Perspectives: Southwest Research and Information Center |
| Don Hancock, director, via Webcast | |
| 9:40 AM | Dilute and Dispose: The Best Available Approach for Excess Plutonium Disposition |
| Ed Lyman, Senior Scientist, Global Security Program, Union of Concerned Scientists | |
| 10:30 AM | BREAK |
| 10:45 AM | Perspectives from the U.S. Government Accountability Office |
| David Trimble, Director, Natural Resources and Environment, U.S. GAO | |
| Eli Lewine, Senior Analyst, Natural Resources and Environment, U.S. GAO | |
| 11:30 AM | Historical Perspectives and Congressional Authorities |
| James Werner, Congressional Research Service | |
| 12:15 PM | BREAK for LUNCH, catered for committee members |
| 1:00 PM | Plutonium Disposal Considerations |
| Matthew Bunn, Professor of Practice, Harvard Kennedy School, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs | |
| 1:40 PM | Opportunity for Public Comment |
| 2:00 PM | End public session |
Thursday, November 30, 2017
| 8:30 AM | Meet at the Forrestal Building for check-in, badging, and security check |
| 9:00 AM | Welcome and Introductions, Review Security Procedures Briefings |
| 12:45 PM | Wrap-up |
| 1:00 PM | ADJOURN |
Note: The data-gathering session of this meeting to be held on November 30, 2017, from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM, EST, will not be open to the public under Subsection 15(b)(3) of the Federal Advisory Committee
Act, 5 U.S.C. App. The Academy has determined that to open this session to the public would disclose information described in 5 U.S.C. § 552(b).
MEETING #3: FEBRUARY 12-13, 2018
Gressette Senate Office Building - Committee Room 105
South Carolina Capitol Complex
1101 Pendleton Street
Columbia, SC 29201
Monday, February 12, 2018
| 5:00 PM | Call to order and welcome |
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| Perspectives, Concerns, and Questions About DOE Plans to Dilute and Dispose of Surplus Plutonium at WIPP | |
| 5:15 PM | Rick Lee, Chair of the Governor’s Nuclear Advisory Council |
| Charles W. Hess, Vice President, High Bridge Associates | |
| 5:45 PM | James Marra, Director, Citizens for Nuclear Technology Awareness |
| 6:15 PM | Gil Allensworth, Chair, SRS Citizens Advisory Board (CAB) |
| 6:45 PM | Christopher Wells, Assistant Director of Nuclear Programs, Southern States Energy Board |
| 7:05 PM | Public Comments |
| The committee will listen to comments from the public. Each comment period will be limited to 3 minutes. Note that the committee accepts written comments at any time during the study. Please send written comments to Plutonium_Disposition@nas.edu. | |
| 7:30 PM | ADJOURN Day One |
Note: The data gathering sessions of this meeting to be held on February 12, from 10:00 AM to 11:00 PM, EST, and February 13, 2018, from 9:00 AM to 1:30 PM, EST, will not be open to the public under Subsection 15(b)(3) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. The Academy has determined that to open these sessions to the public would disclose information described in 5 U.S.C. § 552(b).
MEETING #4: MARCH 12-14, 2018
New Mexico trip:
Los Alamos, Albuquerque, Carlsbad,
and the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP)
Monday, March 12, 2018
The classified subgroup will visit Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in the morning of March 12.
| 8:00 AM | Welcome and the Advanced Recovery and Integrated Extraction System (ARIES) |
| Overview and Related Dilute and Dispose Activities | |
| (To Be Determined LANL Personnel) | |
| 8:30 AM | Tour ARIES |
| 11:00 AM | LUNCH on-site, catered |
| Meeting with dilute and dispose NNSA Staff | |
| 11:30 AM | End Tour |
| 5:00 PM | Call to order and welcome |
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| 5:15 PM | Perspectives, Concerns, and Questions About DOE Plans to Dilute and Dispose of Surplus Plutonium at WIPP |
| George Anastas, retired, Past President of Health Physics Society | |
| 5:45 PM | Disposal of Plutonium at WIPP |
| Don Hancock, Southwest Research and Information Center, Director of Nuclear Waste Programs | |
| 6:15 PM | Perspectives, Concerns, and Questions About DOE Plans to Dilute and Dispose of Surplus Plutonium at WIPP |
| Lokesh Chaturvedi, Ph.D., Independent Consultant | |
| 6:45 PM | The Role of the Governor’s Radioactive Waste Consultation Task Force |
| Ken McQueen, Cabinet Secretary of New Mexico’s Energy, Minerals, and Natural Resources Department |
| 7:00 PM | Public Comments |
| The committee will listen to comments from the public. Each comment period will be limited to 3 minutes. Note that the committee accepts written comments at any time during the study. Please send written comments to Plutonium_Disposition@nas.edu. | |
| 7:30 PM | ADJOURN Day One |
Tuesday, March 13, 2018
| 4:00 PM | Call to order and welcome |
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| 4:15 PM | WIPP Regulatory and Operations Overview |
| Todd Shrader, Manager, Carlsbad Field Office | |
| George Basabilvazo, Chief Scientist, Carlsbad Field Office | |
| Perspectives, Concerns, and Questions About DOE Plans to Dilute and Dispose of Surplus Plutonium at WIPP | |
| 6:00 PM | Russell Hardy, Director, Carlsbad Environmental Monitoring & Research Center |
| 6:20 PM | John Heaton, Chairman of the Mayor’s Nuclear Task Force |
| 6:40 PM | Cathrynn Brown, State Representative and Susan Crockett, Eddy County Commissioner |
| 7:00 PM | Public Comments |
| The committee will listen to comments from the public. Each comment period will be limited to 3 minutes. Note that the committee accepts written comments at any time during the study. Please send written comments to Plutonium_Disposition@nas.edu. | |
| 7:30 PM | ADJOURN Day Two |
Note: The data gathering session of this meeting to be held on March 12, 2018 from 8:00 AM to 11:30 AM, MDT, will not be open to the public under Subsection 15(b)(3) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. The Academy has determined that to open this session to the public would disclose information described in 5 U.S.C. § 552(b).
MEETING #7: MAY 2-3, 2018
The Keck Center
500 Fifth Street NW
Washington, DC 20001
Wednesday, May 2, 2018
| 2:30 PM | New Mexico’s Agreements, Laws, and Regulations: Review of Potential Changes to the Land Withdrawal Act (LWA) and Consultation and Cooperation (C&C) Agreement |
| Lindsay Lovejoy, Attorney | |
| 3:30 PM | Termination of Safeguards for the Surplus Plutonium in the Dilute and Dispose Option |
| Debarah S. Holmer, Office of Environment, Health, Safety and Security (EHSS/AU), Department of Energy (DOE) | |
| 4:00 PM | Outline of the Dilute and Dispose Option Life Cycle Cost Estimate (LCCE) Contents |
| Virginia Kay, Deputy Director, Office of Material Disposition (NA-233), Office of Material Management and Minimization, National Nuclear Security Administration, DOE | |
| 4:30 PM | Public Comments |
| 4:45 PM | ADJOURN |
MEETING #8: JUNE 26, 2018
The Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center
100 Academy Drive
Irvine, CA 92617
Tuesday, June 26, 2018
All times shown below are Pacific Standard Time.
| 12:00 PM | Welcome and Call to Order |
| Robert (Bob) Dynes, Committee Chair | |
| 12:15 PM | Overview of Current Status and Next Steps of the Dilute and Dispose Program |
| Pete Hanlon, Assistant Deputy Administrator, Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) |
| 12:45 PM | Surplus Plutonium Disposition Program |
| Sachiko McAlhany, Senior Technical Advisor, NA-23 | |
| Todd Shrader, Manager, Carlsbad Field Office, DOE-EM | |
| Samuel Callahan, Director, Office of Security, AU-50 | |
| 2:30 PM | BREAK in the Foyer |
| 2:40 PM | Welcome |
| Robert (Bob) Dynes, Committee Chair | |
| 2:45 PM | Planning, Inventory and Capacity at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) |
| Todd Shrader, Manager, Carlsbad Field Office, Department of Energy, Office of Environmental Management (DOE-EM) | |
| 3:45 PM | End Data Gathering Session Open to the Public |
| 3:50 PM | CONT’D (if needed) Surplus Plutonium Disposition Program |
| Sachiko McAlhany, Senior Technical Advisor, NA-23 | |
| Todd Shrader, Manager, Carlsbad Field Office, DOE-EM | |
| Samuel Callahan, Director, Office of Security, AU-50 | |
| 5:00 PM | NNSA’s Quantities and Production Rates |
| Sachiko McAlhany, Senior Technical Advisor, NNSA | |
| 6:00 PM | ADJOURN |
Note: The data-gathering sessions of this meeting to be held on June 26, 2018, from 12:00 noon to 2:30 PM and 3:45 PM to 6:00 PM, PDT, will not be open to the public under Subsection 15(b)(3) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. The Academy has determined that to open these sessions to the public would disclose information described in 5 U.S.C. § 552(b).
CLASSIFIED SUBGROUP ONLY: AUGUST 23, 2018
Video Teleconference (VTC)
DRAFT AGENDA
Thursday, August 23, 2018 (all times shown are Eastern)
| 12:00 PM | Sachiko McAlhany, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) |
| 1:45 PM | Move to Committee-Only session |
| Robert Dynes, Chair, Committee on the Disposal of Surplus Plutonium | |
| 3:30 PM | ADJOURN |
Note: The data gathering session of this meeting to be held on August 23, 2018, from 12:00 noon to 2:30 PM, EDT, will not be open to the public under Subsection 15(b)(3) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. The Academy has determined that to open this session to the public would disclose information described in 5 U.S.C. § 552(b).
