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Day 1 – Tuesday, December 11, 2018 |
8:00 AM – 8:45 AM | Conference Check-in |
8:45 AM – 9:00 AM | Welcome and Introduction — Yoira Diaz-Sanabria, Acting Deputy Director, DSFM/NRC |
9:00 AM – 9:30 AM | Keynote Speaker — Marc Dapas, Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, NRC |
9:30 AM – 10:45 AM | Session #1: Progress Report on DSFM Initiatives (Session Chair: Travis Tate, DSFM/NRC) |
- High Burnup Fuel NUREGs/ MAPS (Wendy Reed, DSFM/NRC)
- NEI-14-03/Part 71 Rulemaking (Kris Banovac, DSFM/NRC)
- Graded Approach/Consolidation of Storage and Transportation SRPs (Donald Chung, DSFM/NRC)
- Graded Approach from an Industry Perspective (Don Shaw, Orano Group)
- Session #1 Biographies
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10:45 AM – 11:00 AM | Break |
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM | Session #2: Spent Fuel Cladding Integrity (Session Chair: Meraj Rahimi, DSFM/NRC) |
- Regulatory Guidance on Spent Fuel Cladding Integrity (Meraj Rahimi, DSFM/NRC)
- Spent Fuel Cladding Integrity – Past, Present & Future (Keith Waldrop, EPRI)
- Integrated Approach to Closing Cladding Data Gaps, Thermal Analysis, and Hoop Stress (Brady Hanson, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
- Sister Rod Destructive Examination Test Plan: Phase 1 (Mike Billone, Argonne National Laboratory)
- Post-Irradiation Examinations of High-Burnup Pressurized Water Reactor Fuel Rods (Rose Montgomery, Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
- Session #2 Biographies
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12:30 PM – 1:45 PM | Lunch |
1:45 PM – 3:15 PM | Session #3: Spent Fuel Transportation (Session Chair: Chris Bajwa, DSFM/NRC) |
- Expiration Term for CoCs for Transportation Packages (Torre Taylor/Bernie White, DSFM/NRC)
- NRC Process for Route Reviews of Spent Nuclear Fuel Shipments (Gerard Jackson, NSIR/NRC)
- Transportation Data Analysis (Brady Hanson, PNNL)
- Used Fuel Transportation Tabletop Exercise: An Overview (Mark Richter, NEI)
- Naval Spent Fuel Transportation (Roy Pratt, U.S. Navy)
- Session #3 Biographies
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3:15 PM – 3:30 PM | Break |
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM | Session #4: Future Perspectives (Session Chair: Rod McCullum, NEI) |
- Spent Fuel Management – An Orano TN Perspective (Prakash Narayanan, Orano Group)
- Future Licensing and Industry Perspectives (Stefan Anton, Holtec)
- NAC's Focus on the Future (George Carver, NAC)
- Session #4 Biographies
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Day 2 – Wednesday, December 12, 2018 |
8:00 AM – 8:15 AM | Welcome Remarks – Michael Layton, Director, DSFM/NRC |
8:15 AM – 9:45 AM | Session #5: Inspection Oversight (Session Chair: Jeremy Tapp, DSFM/NRC) |
- NRC Inspection Observations (Nicole Fields, Region III/NRC)
- Inspection Oversight and Regulatory Experience Related to the Review of 10 CFR 72.48 Evaluations (Marlone Davis, DSFM/NRC)
- Insights from Aging Management Program Temporary Instruction Inspections (Carla Roque-Cruz, DSFM/NRC)
- Utility Perspective on the ISFSI Aging Management INPO Database (AMID) (Neil Fales, 3 Yankees)
- Session #5 Biographies
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9:45 AM – 10:00 AM | Break |
10:00 AM – 11:45 AM | Session #6: Looking over the Horizon: DPC Perspectives on Spent Nuclear Fuel (SNF) Management (Session Chair: Mike Callahan, DPC) |
- Decommissioning Plant Coalition (Bob Capstick, 3 Yankees)
- NUTUG Pre-Application Inspection of the NAC UMS and MPC Systems at Maine Yankee (Paul Plante, 3 Yankees)
- Stakeholder Engagement Alternatives (Phyllis Dixon, Duke Energy [Crystal River])
- New Business Model – The Promise of Sooner DECON (Jeff Dunlap, Exelon)
- Future Capabilities (Gerry Van Noordennen, EnergySolutions)
- What Needs to Be Done – Summary (All)
- Session #6 Biographies
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11:45 AM – 1:00 PM | Lunch |
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM | Session #7: Public Insights (Session Chair: Dr. David Victor) - Presentation from Dr. Victor
- Biography of Dr. Victor
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2:30 PM – 2:45 PM | Break |
2:45 PM – 4:15 PM | Session #8: Regulatory State of the Art (Session Chair: Bob Quinn, Westinghouse) |
- The Role of NEI 12-04 on Improving the Focus on Safety (Brian Gutherman, Gutherman Technical Services)
- Thermal Modeling: A Benchmark Study (Jeremy Renshaw, EPRI)
- Thermal Analysis of Dry Storage Casks: Verification, Validation and Uncertainty Quantification (Jorge Solis, DSFM/NRC)
- Understanding Dry Storage Safety Margin (Rod McCullum, NEI)
- Session #8 Biographies
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4:15 PM | Closing Remarks — Michael Layton, Director, DSFM/NRC |

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