One Step at a Time: The Staged Development of Geologic Repositories for High-Level Radioactive Waste (2003)

Below is a list of presentations the committee received during information-gathering meetings. These were open to the public and included opportunities for public comment.

• Welcome and Presentation of the Study, C.McCombie, committee chair.

• Sponsor’s Hopes and Expectations for This Study, L.Barrett, Department of Energy—Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (DOE-OCRWM).

• Overview of the U.S. Yucca Mountain Project, J.Williams, DOE-OCRWM

• Perspective of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA), F. Marcinowski, USEPA.

• Recent Findings from U.S. Public Opinion Surveys on Nuclear Energy Issues, Mark Richards, Bisconti Research, Inc.

• Views from the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IEER), A. Makhijani, IEER.

• Perspective from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (USNRC), W. Reamer, USNRC.

• Perspectives on Policy Issues and Overview of Step-Wise Approaches in Foreign Countries, C.McCombie, committee chair.

• Perspectives of the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI), S.Kraft, NEI.

• Risk, The Public, And Public Agencies, W.Freudenburg, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

• Institutional Challenges for High-Reliability Systems across Many Operational Generations, T.LaPorte, University of California, Berkeley.

• Opening Remarks from The U.S. Department of Energy, L.Barrett, DOE-OCRWM.

• Staging in Repository Systems: Current Views on Staging from the Nuclear Community. C.Pescatore, Nuclear Energy Agency-Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (NEA-OECD).

• Staging: Institutional and Organizational Aspects, J.Ahearne, Sigma Xi.

• Staging: Public Interaction and Acceptance Aspects, J.Flynn, Decision Research, Inc.

• Staging: Policy, Legal, and Regulatory Aspects, M.Federline, USNRC.

• Staging: Can Science Develop Confidence? N.Oreskes, University of California, San Diego (UCSD).

• Application of Staging in Sweden and Finland, T.Eng, Svensk Karnbranslehantering (SKB), Sweden.

• Application of Staging in Switzerland, P.Zuidema, National Cooperative for the Disposal of Radioactive Waste (NAGRA), Switzerland.

• Application of Staging in France, Y.Le Bars, National Radioactive Waste Management Agency (ANDRA), France.

• Application of Staging in the United States: Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, G.Dials, USEPA.

• Staging in NASA Missions, S.Johnson, University of North Dakota.

• Staging the Introduction of a Genetically Modified Organism, E.Hallerman, Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

• Monitoring of Repositories: Views of the International Waste Management Community, A.Bonne, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

• Environmental Monitoring, L.Everett, The IT Group.

• Critical Question: Does Monitoring Really Increase Safety and Acceptability? T. Weinmann, CTL Group.

• Reversibility and Retrievability: Views of the Waste Management International Community, B.McKirdy, National Inventory of Radioactive Waste (NIREX), United Kingdom.

• Critical Question: Do Economic and Safety Costs of Retrievability Justify Gains? P.Zuidema, NAGRA.

• Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Waste in Repository Staging, W.North, Northworks, Inc.

• Discussion: Lessons Learned from the Workshop and Opportunity for Public Comments. C.McCombie, committee chair.

• Workshop Concluding Remarks, C.McCombie, committee chair.

• Welcome and Presentation of the Committee, C.McCombie, committee chair.

• Performance Confirmation and DOE’s Monitoring Plans, W.Boyle, Department of Energy-Yucca Mountain Project (DOE-YMP).

• Geophysical Monitoring: Models, Uncertainties, Safety Concerns, J.Brune, University of Nevada, Reno.

• Conceptual Models in Hydrogeological Studies, P.Hsieh, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).

• Hydrological Monitoring at Yucca Mountain, L.Lehman, independent consultant.

• Focus on Non-Technical Uncertainties, Allen Benson, DOE-YMP Institutional Affairs; R.Loux, State of Nevada Representative; J.R Taguchi, Chair of the Nye County Board of Commissioners; K.J.Phillips, mayor of Caliente, Nevada.

• Panel Discussion on the Role of the State Educational System in the Yucca Mountain Project, K.Stetzenbach, director of the Harry Reid Center of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas; D.Shafer, Desert Research Institute.

• The View of an Independent Organization, S.Snyder, Shundahai Network.

• DOE’s Safety Case, A.Van Luik, DOE-Yucca Mountain Project.

• US. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (USNRC) Update on 10 CFR 63, T. McCartin, USNRC.

• Long-Term Research and Development Needs and Staging, W.Glassley, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory; J.Price, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology.

• DOE’s Vision of Staging, M.Chu and J.Williams, DOE-OCRWM.

• State of Nevada’s Feedback on Committee’s Progress Report, S.Frishman, State of Nevada.

• Nuclear Energy Institute’s Feedback on Committee’s Progress Report, S.Kraft, NEI.

• USNRC’s Feedback on Committee’s Progress Report, M.Federline, USNRC.

• Status on Repository Design—Geotechnical Considerations, M.Board, Bechtel Science Applications International Corporation (Bechtel-SAIC).

• DOE’s Flexible Repository Design, W.Stroupe, Bechtel-SAIC.

• DOE’s Long-Term Science Plan for Yucca Mountain, S.Brocoum, DOE-Yucca Mountain Project.

• Yucca Mountain Program Overview, M.Chu, DOE-YMP.