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National Activist Summit on Nuclear Waste
Columbia, South Carolina
May 30, May 30 & June 1
2008
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Friday May 30 – Public event: |
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Keynote: Dr. Frank von Hippel: the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership
followed by a panel:
Steve Frishman: Status of Yucca Mountain and overall high-level waste program status,
Kevin Kamps: on-site storage and community principles
Diane D’Arrigo: Update on so-called “low-level” radioactive waste.
This event is open to the wider community
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Saturday May 31 – Summit Convenes |
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8am - 9am |
Breakfast |
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9:30am -
11:30am |
Morning “council” – we will divide the time among the participants to do introductions / stories / victories / challenges |
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| 12pm |
simple lunch |
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12:30pm - 2:30pm |
Break-out session 1 – 4 concurrent sessions – see list below |
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3:00pm - 5:00pm |
Break-out session 2 - see list below |
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5:15pm - 6:00pm |
8 Short “poster” reports (1 from each session hitting high points) followed by “pop corn” of (short) insights from participants |
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6:00pm - 7:30pm |
dinner |
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7:45pm - 9:00pm |
facilitated cross-cutting discussion groups -- we will report back Sunday morning |
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9:00pm |
PARTY !!! |
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Sunday June 1 |
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9:00am -
9:45am |
Breakfast |
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10:00am - 11:30am |
Report back of insights / strategies / recommendations from the evening before |
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12:00pm |
Box lunch |
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12:30pm - 2:30pm |
Keynote address (and discussion) – Dr Arjun Makhijani: Carbon Free, Nuclear Free a Roadmap for US Energy Policy |
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Saturday afternoon break-outs (4 concurrent – 2 sessions, so a total of 8 is the plan) – these topics are DRAFT and will be determined by availability of presenters –
Carbon Free, Nuclear Free
Tank Waste, MOX and Plutonium disposition
So-called low-level waste, decommissioning and “clearance” of radioactive waste
Yucca Mountain and WIPP
Dry Cask Storage
The State Role / State Legislation of Waste
Global Nuclear Energy Partnership, Centralized Interim Storage and Transport
New Reactors and Bomplex 2030
Those who register are invited to notify Mary Olson (event coordinator) if there is a workshop you would like to present… it may work out to substitute or add. No promises.
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