Join the Energy Communities Alliance for a webinar on nuclear waste solutions.

The webinar will include discussions on DOE cleanup priorities; how Congress plans to address nuclear waste; storage options; and what to expect in the incoming Biden administration.

12:00 – 12:30 PM - EM Overview of Defense High-Level Waste Program

• Mark Gilbertson, Associate Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Regulatory and Policy Affairs

12:30 – 1:30 PM - ECA Community Priorities for the New Administration Related to HLW

• Kara Colton, Director of Nuclear Policy, ECA

• Bob Thompson, Councilmember, City of Richland, WA

• Rebecca Casper, Mayor, City of Idaho Falls, ID

• JJ Chavez, Councilmember, City of Carlsbad, NM

• Rick McLeod, President/CEO, Savannah River Site Community Reuse Organization

1:30 – 2:30 PM - Prioritizing Cleanup: Defense Waste vs. Commercial Spent Fuel

• David Klaus, Stanford University Center for International Security and Cooperation

• Dr. Matt Bowen, Research Scholar, Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University/SIPA

2:30 – 3:30 PM - Interim, Permanent, and Alternative Solutions for Waste

• Jim Hamilton, Founder and Executive Director, Nuclear Decommissioning Collaborative

• Mary Louise Wagner, Consultant

• Tim Smith, President, Governmental Strategies, Inc.

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Presentations:

• ECA Past and Upcoming Meetings

• Mark Gilbertson, EM Overview of Defense High-Level Waste Program

• Kara Colton, Defense High-Level Waste: Engaging Local Governments and Building Support

• Dr. Matt Bowen, Forging a Path Forward on U.S. Nuclear Waste Management

  • Full report - Forging a Path Forward on US Nuclear Waste Management: Options for Policy Makers, Center on Global Energy Policy SIPA

• Jim Hamilton, The Repository Ecosystem

Please contact ECA Program Director Dylan Kama at dylank@energyca.org with any questions.