Appendix B
Meetings
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
DATA-GATHERING SESSION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Keck Room 208
| 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—Headquarters, Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management (DOE-EM) |
| 3:45 PM | Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’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
DATA-GATHERING SESSION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Keck Room 208
| 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 (U.S. GAO) 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
DATA-GATHERING SESSION NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Department of Energy, Forrestal Building
| 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 #31: FEBRUARY 12-13, 2018
Gressette Senate Office Building—Committee Room 105
South Carolina Capitol Complex
1101 Pendleton Street, Columbia, SC 29201
DATA-GATHERING SESSION NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Gressette Senate Office Building—Committee Room 105,
South Carolina Capitol Complex, Columbia, SC
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, Savannah River Site (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, 2018, from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM, 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).
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1 Meeting #2 was a closed committee-only session.
MEETING #4: MARCH 12-14, 2018
New Mexico trip:
Los Alamos, Albuquerque, Carlsbad, and the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP)
MONDAY, MARCH 12, 20182
The classified subgroup will visit Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in the morning of March 12.
SITE VISIT
Los Alamos National Laboratory, ARIES Facility
| 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 |
DATA-GATHERING SESSION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Sheraton Albuquerque Airport Hotel, Gran Quivera Room, Albuquerque, NM
| 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, Director of Nuclear Waste Programs, Southwest Research and Information Center |
| 6:15 PM | Perspectives, Concerns, and Questions About DOE Plans to Dilute and Dispose of Surplus Plutonium at WIPP Lokesh Chaturvedi, 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 |
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2 All times shown below are Mountain Time.
| 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
DATA-GATHERING SESSION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Skeen-Whitlock Building, Carlsbad, NM
| 4:00 PM |
Call to Order and Welcome
|
| 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 #73: MAY 2-3, 2018
The Keck Center
500 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001
WEDNESDAY, MAY 2, 2018
DATA-GATHERING SESSION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Keck Room 208
| 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 |
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3 Meetings #5 and #6 were committee-only sessions.
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.
DATA-GATHERING SESSION NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Beckman Center, Board Room
| 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), Department of Energy (DOE) |
| 12:45 PM | Surplus Plutonium Disposition Program Sachiko McAlhany, Senior Technical Advisor, NA-23 Todd Shrader, Manager, Carlsbad Field Office, Office of Environmental Management (DOE-EM) Samuel Callahan, Director, Office of Security, AU-50 |
| 2:30 PM | BREAK in the Foyer |
DATA-GATHERING SESSION NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Beckman Center, Board Room
| 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, DOE-EM |
| 3:45 PM | End Data-Gathering Session Open to the Public |
DATA-GATHERING SESSION NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Beckman Center, Board Room
| 3:50 PM | CONT’D (if needed) Surplus Plutonium Disposition Program |
| Sachiko McAlhany, Senior Technical Advisor, NA-23, NNSA Todd Shrader, Manager, Carlsbad Field Office, DOE-EM Samuel Callahan, Director, Office of Security, AU-50, NNSA |
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| 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 PM 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).
MEETING #9 CLASSIFIED SUBGROUP ONLY: AUGUST 23, 2018
Video Teleconference (VTC)
THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 2018 (all times shown are Eastern)
DATA-GATHERING SESSION NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
VTC: DOE-HQ, LLNL, and ORNL
| 12:00 PM | Sachiko McAlhany, Senior Technical Advisor, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) |
| 1:45 PM | Move to Committee-Only Session Robert Dynes, Committee 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 PM 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).
MEETING #134: APRIL 16-18, 2019
The Keck Center
500 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001
TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 2019
DATA-GATHERING SESSION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Keck Room 201
| 9:00 AM | Welcome and Meeting Overview Robert (Bob) Dynes, Committee Chair |
| 9:15 AM | WIPP Compliance, Capacity, Storage, and Transportation George Basabilvazo, Chief Scientist, Carlsbad Field Office (CBFO), Department of Energy (DOE), and Gregory M. Sahd, Federal Security Officer, CBFO 30 min presentation, 30 min questions from committee |
| 10:15 AM | Program Plan for Disposing of 6 MT of Surplus Plutonium Maxcine Maxted, Savannah River Nuclear Materials Program Manager, Office of the Assistant Manager for Nuclear Materials Stabilization, DOE-Environmental Management (EM) 45 min presentation, 30 min questions from committee |
| 11:30 AM | LUNCH, tickets for cafeteria for committee members |
| 12:30 PM | Overview of Performance Assessments for Disposal of Surplus Plutonium Sean Dunagan, Manager of Special Projects and Remote Site Support, Sandia National Laboratories Questions welcomed from committee throughout presentation |
| BREAK—at the discretion of the chair | |
| 3:45 PM | WIPP Compliance Recertification Process and Planned Change Notice Considerations Tom Peake, Director, Center for Waste Management and Regulations, Environmental Protection Agency 30 min presentation, 30 min questions from committee |
| 4:45 PM | Feasibility and Risks of Human Intrusion in WIPP Cameron Tracy, Stanton Nuclear Security Postdoctoral Fellow, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University 30 min presentation, 30 min questions from committee |
| 5:45 PM | Opportunity for Public Comments Each public comment will be limited to no more than 3 minutes' duration |
| 6:00 PM | End Data-Gathering Session (no later than 6:00 PM, but potentially ending earlier if there are few public comments) |
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4 Meetings #10, #11, #12 were committee-only sessions.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2019
DATA-GATHERING SESSION OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Keck Room 201
| 9:00 AM | Call to Order and Welcome, Brief Introductions by the Committee Bob Dynes, Committee Chair |
| 9:15 AM | NNSA Introduction Bill Kilmartin, Director, Office of Material Disposition, National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) 5 minutes |
| 9:20 AM | Life-Cycle Cost Estimate Planning Documents: Risk and Opportunity Management Plan (ROMP) and the Risk and Opportunity Analysis Report (ROAR) Tom Cantey, Surplus Plutonium Disposition Program Manager, Office of Material Disposition, NNSA and Sterling Robertson, Surplus Plutonium Disposition Program Manager, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions 30 min presentation, 30 min questions from committee |
| 10:20 AM | National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Strategy Paloma Richard, NEPA Document Manager, Office of Material Disposition, NNSA 10 min presentation, 20 min questions from the committee |
| 10:50 AM | BREAK |
| 11:00 AM | Engagement with IAEA for 6 MT Kevin Veal, Director, Office of International Nuclear Safeguards, NNSA 5 min briefing, 20 min questions from committee |
| 11:30 AM | LUNCH |
| 12:30 PM | Overview of Dilute and Dispose Waste Form Criticality Analysis for Disposal at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant John Scaglione, Used Fuel Systems Group Leader, Oak Ridge National Laboratory 45 min presentation, 30 min questions from committee |
| 1:45 PM | DOE (NNSA and EM) Follow-Up to Address Unanswered Questions from Day One |
| 2:15 PM | Opportunity for Public Comments Each public comment will be limited to no more than 3 minutes duration |
| 2:30 PM | End Data-Gathering Session (no later than 2:30 PM, but potentially ending earlier if there are few public comments) |
THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2019
DATA-GATHERING SESSION NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Keck Center
| 9:00 AM | Welcome and Introductions Bob Dynes |
| 9:10 AM | NNSA Roundtable Discussions on Classified Aspects of Dilute and Dispose Plans and Updates to Security Planning Speaker to Be Determined |
| 10:30 AM | Impacts of Dilute and Dispose Plans on Existing WIPP Security Processes Greg Sahd, CBFO |
| 11:30 AM | End Data-Gathering Session |
Note: The data-gathering session of this meeting to be held on April 18, 2019, from 9:00 AM to 11:30 AM, 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).
