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Day 1 – Tuesday, October 31, 2017 |
8:00 AM – 8:45 AM | Conference Check-in |
8:45 AM – 9:00 AM | Welcome and Introduction – Michael Layton, Director, DSFM/NRC Welcome and Introduction slides |
9:00 AM – 9:30 AM | Keynote Speaker – Marc Dapas, Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, NRC Marc Dapas's biography |
9:30 AM – 10:45 AM | Session #1: Licensing & Certification (Session Chair: John McKirgan, DSFM/NRC) |
- Timely Regulatory Decision Making in An Environment of Reducing Resources (John McKirgan, DSFM/NRC)
- The Imperative of Used Fuel Regulatory Efficiency (Pam Cowan, NEI)
- Improving the Efficiency and Openness of NRC's Storage/Transportation Licensing and Certification Activities (Jose Cuadrado, DSFM/NRC)
Session #1 biographies |
10:45 AM – 11:00 AM | Break |
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM | Session #2: Thermal Activities (Session Chair: Yoira Diaz-Sanabria, DSFM/NRC) |
- Thermal Loads for Spent Fuel Dry Casks (John Scaglione, Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
- Summary of a Dry Cask Simulator with Applications to Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Model Validation (Sam Durbin, Sandia National Laboratory)
- Validation of Dry Cask CFD Models Using Recent Dry Cask Simulator Data (Ghani Zigh, RES/NRC)
- Best Practice Guidelines for the Use of CFD in Dry Cask Applications (Jorge Solis, DSFM/NRC)
Session #2 biographies |
12:30 PM – 1:45 PM | Lunch |
1:45 PM – 3:15 PM | Session #3: Storage Renewal Status Update (Session Chair: Kristina Banovac, DSFM/NRC) |
- NUREG-2214, Managing Aging Processes in Storage (MAPS) Report (John Wise, DSFM/NRC)
- Aging Management Temporary Instruction (TI) Implementation (Marlone Davis, DSFM/NRC)
- Calvert Cliffs – ISFSI AMP Update & Lessons Learned (Jack DeSando, Exelon Corporation)
- Dry Cask Storage Inspection and Delivery System Development (Jeremy Renshaw, EPRI)
Session #3 biographies |
3:15 PM – 3:30 PM | Break |
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM | Session #4: Research Activities (Session Chair: Meraj Rahimi, DSFM/NRC) |
- ENSA/ENUN/DOE 32P Multi-Modal Normal Conditions of Transport Tests: Trains, Boats, and Trucks (Sylvia J. Saltzstein, Sandia National Laboratory)
- High Burnup Fuel Test Results and Guidance (Ricardo Torres, DSFM/NRC)
- HBU Sister Rod Preliminary Testing Results and Future Testing Plan (Sylvia J. Saltzstein, Sandia National Laboratory)
- BWR Burnup Credit Update (Drew Barto, DSFM/NRC)
Session #4 biographies |

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Day 2 – Wednesday, November 1, 2017 |
8:00 AM – 8:15 AM | Welcome Remarks – Tony Hsia, Deputy Division Director, DSFM/NRC |
8:15 AM – 9:45 AM | Session #5: Storage/Transportation Interface (Session Chair: Meraj Rahimi, DSFM/NRC) |
- Storage – Transportation Interface Opening Discussion (Meraj Rahimi, DSFM/NRC)
- A CoC Holder's Perspective on Links between Storage, Transport, and Storage at a ISF Again (Jack Boshoven, TN)
- Dual Purpose Canisters and Shipment Preparation (Wren Fowler, NAC)
- Holtec's Perspective on Storage – Transport – Storage Transitions for Spent Fuel Canisters (Stefan Anton, Holtec)
- Guidance Development for a Storage-Transportation-Storage Interface (Darrell Dunn, DSFM/NRC)
Session #5 biographies |
9:45 AM – 10:00 AM | Break |
10:00 AM – 11:45 AM | Session #6: Decommissioning (Session Chair: Bruce Watson, DUWP/NRC) |
- Reactor Decommissioning Issues (Bruce Watson, DUWP/NRC)
- Reactor Decommissioning Inspection Experience during Transition (Rhex Edwards, Region III/NRC)
- Reactor Decommissioning Licensing and Rulemaking Activities (Meena Khanna, NMSS/NRC)
- NRC Financial Qualifications & Decommissioning Funding Assurance (Mike Dusaniwskyj, NRR/NRC)
- Efficient Transition to Reactor Decommissioning (Mark Richter, NEI)
Session #6 biographies |
11:45 AM – 1:00 PM | Lunch |
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM | Session #7: Transportation of Radioactive Material (Session Chair: Patti Silva, DSFM/NRC) |
- Part 37: Operating Experience and Best Practices (Adelaide Giantelli, MSTR/NRC)
- Quality Assurance and Inspection Experience for Radioactive Material Transport (Earl Love, DSFM/NRC)
- Planning for Shipments of Radioactive Material through the Midwestern States (Paul Schmidt, Wisconsin Department of Health Services)
- Naval Spent Fuel Transportation (Barry Miles, U.S. Navy)
Session #7 biographies |
2:30 PM – 2:45 PM | Break |
2:45 PM – 4:15 PM | Session #8: Status Updates of Initiatives (Session Chair: Travis Tate, DSFM/NRC) |
- Boral Performance in Dry Storage and Transportation (Ricardo Torres, DSFM/NRC)
- Improving the Part 72 Regulatory Framework through Risk-Informed Graded Approach (Donald Chung, DSFM/NRC)
- NRC Review of NEI 12-04, "Guidelines for 10 CFR 72.48 Implementation" (Patti Silva, DSFM/NRC)
- Consolidation and Updating Standard Review Plans for Spent Fuel & Radioactive Material Storage and Transportation (Jeremy Smith, DSFM/NRC)
- A Status Update on Fee Initiatives in Spent Fuel Management (John McKirgan, DSFM/NRC)
Session #8 biographies |
4:15 PM | Closing Remarks – Michael Layton, Director, DSFM/NRC |