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 November9, 2017

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. Department of Energy (DOE)

1030 - 1115U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), Michael Layton, (Invited)

1115-1245Lunch

1245 - 1330Keynote

Recent Activities at Sweden’s Radiation Safety Authority, Lars Hildingsson (Invited)

1330 - 1450Global Spent Fuel Management Initiatives, Chair, TBD

  • Spent Fuel Storage Overview, Carlyn Greene, UXC
  • German Spent Nuclear Fuel Program, Holger Volzke, (Invited)
  • The Swedish Spent Nuclear Fuel Management Programme, Anders Sjöland, SKB
  • Spent Fuel Management in Spain, Alejandro Palacio, ENSA, (Invited)
  • Spent Fuel Licensing Activities in Spain, Dr. Carmen Ruiz Lopez,(Invited)
  • Spent Fuel Management and Research Activities in Korea, Woo-Seok Choi, Korean Atomic Energy Research Institute

1450 - 1520Break

1520 - 1600Spent Fuel Transportation and Aging Management, Chair, John Kessler, Kessler Associates

  • Naval Spent Fuel Transportation, Barry Miles, U.S. Navy, (Invited)
  • 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)

1600-1715A New Movement: Transporting Spent Fuel from 10CFR72 to 10CFR71 and back to 10CFR72, Chair, Joanne Lorence, DOE (Invited)

  • Stefan Anton, Holtec, (Invited)
  • Jack Boshoven, Transnuclear, (Invited)
  • Darrell Dunn, DSFM/NRC, (Invited)
  • Wren Fowler, NRC, (Invited)
  • DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, (Invited)

1800-200033rdSpent Fuel Seminar Reception

Wednesday, January 24, 2018

0745 - 0830Registration

0830 - 0835Opening Remarks,Bradley Loftin, SRNL

0835 - 0905NRC Division of Spent Fuel Management, Michael Layton, Director DSFM (Invited)

0905 - 0935Canada’s Spent Fuel Activities and Spent Fuel Management, J. Barrett, (Invited)

0935 - 0945Break

0945 – 1120Spent Fuel Political Landscapes,Chair,David Blee, U.S. NIC

1120 - 1300Lunch

1300 - 1430Spent 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, Meraj Rahimi, NRC (Invited)
  • Spent Fuel Management at NAC, Juan Subiry, NAC
  • Spent Fuel Management in Japan, Masumi Wataru, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (Invited)
  • Westinghouse Spent Fuel Management, Robert Quinn
  • Areva Spent Fuel Activities, Catherine Shelton, Areva

1430 - 1500Break

1500– 1700U.S. Department of Energy Used Fuel Campaigns,

Chair, Bill Boyle, DOE NE, Used Fuel Disposition

  • DOE Owned Spent Fuel, Hitesh Nigam
  • Spent Fuel Railcar Project, Patrick Schwab, DOE-NE
  • ENSA Cask Transportation Vibration Test, SNL/PNNL, Sylvia Saltzstein
  • High Burn Up Cask Demonstration, Keith Waldrop, EPRI(Invited)
  • Preliminary Evaluation of Removing Used Nuclear Fuel from Shutdown Sites, DOE/PNNL, (Invited)

Thursday, January25, 2018

0730 - 0815Registration

0815 - 0820Opening Remarks, Jeff England, SRNL

0820 - 0900Keynote

International Spent Fuel Management Activities at WNTI, John Mulkern

0900 - 1040Yucca Project, Repository Options Development, Interim Storage, Chair, Gary Lanthrum, NAC International

  • DOE’s Process and Interface with Private Initiatives for Centralized Storage, DOE/NE (Invited)
  • Holtec Activities, Joy Russell, VP Corporate Business Development, Holtec International

1040 - 1055Break

1055 - 1125Overview of Spent Fuel Management Programs, Nigel Mote, Executive Director, U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board (Invited)

1125-1155Spent Fuel and Impacts on Decommissioning, Chair,

1155 - 1200Closing Remarks, Bradley Loftin,

INMM Spent Fuel Seminar Chair,

Savannah River National Laboratory

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