Site Visit & Full Commission Open Meeting

Location

The BRC will be headed to New Mexico to tour the DOE’s Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) and to hold a series of public meetings in Carlsbad and Albuquerque.

January 26, 2011 - The BRC will tour the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) on the afternoon of Wednesday the 26th.

January 27, 2011 - A public meeting will be held in Carlsbad, NM at the Pecos River Conference Facility at 711 Muscatel Avenue.

January 28, 2011 - A public meeting will be held Albuquerque, NM at the Hyatt Regency on 330 Tijeras Ave. Northwest

Webcast - January 27, 2011 Carlsbad Meeting - http://webcast.streamlogics.com/audience/index.asp?eventid=40378969

Webcast - January 28, 2011 Albuquerque Meeting - http://webcast.streamlogics.com/audience/index.asp?eventid=95664613

Meeting Agenda: 

January 27, 2011 Carlsbad Meeting Agenda

January 28, 2011 Albuquerque Meeting Agenda

Meeting Transcripts: 

January 27, 2011 Meeting Transcript

January 28, 2011 Meeting Transcript

Presentations: 

The Cost of a Sustainable Energy Future - Jim Conca, Director WSCF Labs

Nuclear Energy And Waste Disposal In The Age Of Fuel Recycling - Jim Conca, Director WSCF Labs

Presentation by Dave Martin, Cabinet Secretary, New Mexico Environment Department

Summary Of Statement of James P. Bearzi, Hazardous Waste Bureau Chief, New Mexico Environment Department

America’s Nuclear Future: Lessons from WIPP - James P. Bearzi, Hazardous Waste Bureau Chief, New Mexico Environment Department

Background Paper - Lessons Learned from WIPP: New Mexico’s Perspective - James P. Bearzi, Hazardous Waste Bureau Chief, New Mexi

Summary - Additional Points On The Continuing WIPP Experience - Don Hancock, Southwest Research and Information Center

Statement - A Perspective on the Continuing WIPP Experience - Don Hancock, Southwest Research and Information Center

Statement - Additional Perspective On The Continuing WIPP Experience - Don Hancock, Southwest Research and Information Center

Presentation - Additional Perspective on the Continuing WIPP Experience - Don Hancock, Southwest Research and Information Center

Presentation by Bob Forrest

Statement of Thomas Jennings

Radiation Hormesis and the radiologic imperative, Editorial opinion by Dr. Gerald L. Looney, MPH

Presentation by George Mulholland, Ph.D. P.E. Interim director CEMRC, Associate Director, IEE-NMSU

Statement of Norbert Rempe, Carlsbad, NM

Testimony of Sheri S. Williams, Ed., Superintendent Carlsbad Municipal Schools

Statement of Senator Jeff Bingaman, U.S. Senator NM

Statement of Senator Tom Udall, U.S. Senator NM

Statement of Congressman Ben Ray Lujan

State, Local and Tribal Perspective - Dave Martin, Cabinet Secretary, New Mexico Environment Department

Rethinking Nuclear Fuel Recycling By Frank N. von Hippel - Presented by Susan Gordon

Cleaning Up the Nuclear Legacy - Susan Gordon, Alliance for Nuclear Accountability

Reprocessing and Plutonium-Not the Basis for Clean Energy - Susan Gordon, Alliance for Nuclear Accountability

Statement of Joni Arends, Executive Director of Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety

Statement of Catherine Montano, Citizens of the American Constitution

Statement of Jeff Radford, Corrales, NM

Comments by C.M. Timm, P.E., PECOS Management Services, INC.