NRC to Hold Webinar for Public on Nuclear Spent Fuel Storage
Webinar will be held on Jan. 31 at 2 p.m.
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The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is holding a webinar on Jan. 31 for the public on the draft report that will analyze the effects of storing spent fuel from nuclear power plants, including Oyster Creek Generation Station, for as long as 200 years.
“The NRC staff is seeking to engage the public regarding the Agency’s plans to develop a draft environmental impact statement for an update of the NRC’s Waste Confidence decision and rule,” a news release from the NRC said.
The webinar will serve as a walk through and an question and answer session about the draft report “Background and Preliminary Assumptions for an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)—Long-Term Waste Confidence Update."
The EIS will include an analyses of environmental impacts related to long-term handling, storage and transportation of spent fuel. It discusses several storage scenarios including at nuclear power plants, regional storage sites or a combination of storage and reprocessing of spent fuel.
The web-based session, which will run on Jan. 31 from 2 to 3:30 p.m., will be co-hosted by the Council of State Governments’ Midwestern Office and the NRC. Participants will include members of the Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards and other NRC organizations.
The public is invited to participate by providing comments and asking questions throughout the webinar, the release said.
Interested members of the public can participate in the webinar by registering at https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/844201962. The public is encouraged to register by Jan. 25. Once registered, instructions for joining the webinar, including a teleconference number and a pass code, will be provided.
For more information contact Christine Pindeda at 301-492-3154 or Christine.Pineda@nrc.gov.
Earlier this week, the NRC asked the public for comments on the EIS. The public comment period for the report ends Feb. 17.
To comment on the report, e-mail WCOutreach@nrc.gov or send through U.S. mail to Christine Pineda, Project Manager, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, Mailstop EBB-2B2, U.S. Nuclear Regulator Commission, Washington, DC 20555-001.
The report, “Background and Preliminary Assumptions for an Environmental Impact Statement- Long-Term Waste Confidence Update” can be found here. It is also attached to this story as a PDF.
The agenda for the teleconference is as follows:
2 p.m.- Ground Rules (CSG Midwest)
2:05 p.m.- Introduction (NRC)
2:15 p.m.- Overview of the Draft Report (NRC)
2:30 p.m.- Opportunity for Questions and Feedback
3:20 p.m.- Closing Remarks (NRC)
3:30 p.m.- Adjourn
Tim O'Connor
7:07 pm on Friday, January 6, 2012
Good people of Lacey, if you do not have your voices heard on this topic, we will have spent fuel rods sitting on the side of Route 9 here in town for centuries. You can not trust our incompetent Town Council to do there job to protect us. Not to mention it is David Most's employer. Who best interests will he have? You wanted status quo and this is what that means. We get screwed again!
FR Grown
9:02 pm on Friday, January 6, 2012
Since you can't post on the Brower Bus Ride...everyone should know that she is a nasty, self centered person who is in over her head. Her staff can't stand her and she is arogant and incompetent. The BOE really screwed up this appointment.
River City Rover
10:00 pm on Friday, January 6, 2012
The board of ed really blew it with this person. I know people from wall and they said they couldn't wait to get rid of her. He is an administrator in the wall district and he said she is an a cancer....no people skills with a chip on her shoulder. Why does lacey get all the rejects?
Seaside Polecat
9:53 pm on Saturday, January 7, 2012
I agree with you. She is more interested in promoting herself on the blog (and I hear she spent $5000 on fixing up her office) than working to improve the education of the children of lacey. RCR, if you are right, Lacey hired the wrong person. From what I read, its all about her and her ego. Just because you have a PHD, doen't make you a leader. I heard she talks down to everyone in her office.
Tim O'Connor
8:56 am on Sunday, January 8, 2012
What does any of this have to do with the article above. We are faced with the government approving Lacey is stuck with the toxic waste dump for ever and this is your response?
Brian Holt
9:39 am on Sunday, January 8, 2012
It's all Bush's fault.
tr
4:54 pm on Sunday, January 8, 2012
If the current locations of nuclear power plants, in the continental United States of America, is the only place in the entire country where spent fuel rods can be stored, then the federal government should stipuate to the energy industry that these are the only sites in the entire country where a nuclear plant can be operated. Either upgrage to newer and safer plants at current locations or get out of the business. Why let big industry possibly contaminate virgin land with new sites? The industry will fight over current locations where infrastrucure, security, storage, and evauation systems are alrady in place. The majority of the people living around the current sites made the consicious choice to live there. Why expose more citizens to possible danger against their will if unnecesary?
Tim O'Connor
10:36 am on Monday, January 30, 2012
I hope our TC will be attending this webinar! If they truly represent the residents, this will be one of the most important thing on the agenda. Or will Mr. Most just be running interference for his employer?