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New speakers confirmed for the ECA Forum: Hosting New Nuclear Development, August 3-5 at the Salt Lake City Marriott University Park
- James Schaefer, Senior Managing Director, Guggenheim Securities;
- Richard Arnold, Spokesperson, Consolidated Group of Tribes and Organizations;
- Sharon Fain, Vice President, Rocky Mountain Power Wyoming;
- Rita Meyer, Executive Outreach, TerraPower;
- Rick McCleod, President/CEO, Savannah River Site Community Reuse Organization;
- Dave McCormack, Executive Director, Clean Energy Supplier Alliance;
- Karl Dye, President/CEO, Tri-City Development Council;
- Jackie Toth, Deputy Director, Good Energy Collective; and
- Philo Shelton, Utilities Manager, Department of Public Utilities, Los Alamos County, NM...
...in addition to representatives from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Nuclear Energy and Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations, national laboratories, University of Michigan’s Fastest Path to Zero, the Nuclear Energy Institute, the Gateway for Accelerated Innovation in Nuclear, the National Reactor Innovation Center, and more!
To better understand how to match potential host community strengths and needs with those of advanced nuclear project developers, ECA’s Energy Communities Forum on Hosting New Nuclear Development will:
- Provide a venue for nuclear technology and project developers to meet and interact with interested potential host communities, with exhibition booth spaces and separate, small meeting room availability.
- Share lessons learned from communities and developers hosting nuclear power facilities or federal nuclear missions and outline what local government needs to understand and should consider as potential hosts for nuclear projects.
- Facilitate discussions to better understand the outlook for new nuclear development and provide realistic timelines for local governments and economic development entities looking at siting, regulation, public-private partnerships and how to build support from the ground-up.
The agenda features five case studies on new nuclear development in Idaho Falls, Idaho; Richland, Washington; Kemmerer, Wyoming; Oak Ridge, Tennessee; and Portsmouth, Ohio with presentations by the teams – from the developer, utility, local government, and local economic development entities – on progress being made and the challenges that remain.
For questions - including discounts for ECA members and local governments - please contact Sarah Templeton, ECA Program Manager, at [email protected].
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September 21-23, 2022
NEW VENUE: CRYSTAL GATEWAY MARRIOTT IN ARLINGTON, VA!
We are pleased to host the 2022 National Cleanup Workshop at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, VA. Join us to discuss a new era of cleanup success. Hear from senior DOE officials, local government officials, and industry leaders about DOE's cleanup priorities, the future of the workforce, and more.
Additional information on registration and hotel room blocks is available here. We look forward to seeing you in September!
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August 3-5, 2022
Salt Lake City Marriott University Park
Recognizing the opportunity to address goals shared broadly among U.S. Department of Energy program offices and in frontline communities across the federal nuclear complex, the Energy Communities Alliance will host the ECA Forum: Hosting New Nuclear Development on August 3-5,
2022 at the Salt Lake City Marriott University Park.
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New cocoon for US legacy reactor
World Nuclear News | 6/24/2022
Work has begun on a protective enclosure for a former reactor on the US Department of Energy's Hanford site in Washington State. The K East Reactor is the seventh at the site to be placed in interim safe storage.
The K East Reactor was built to produce plutonium for US defence purposes and operated from the mid-1950s until 1971. The steel cocoon is designed to protect the reactor building while the radioactivity in the deactivated reactor core decays over the next several decades, making it safer and easier to complete disposition of the reactor in the future.
Construction of the structure's steel frame, which is one of the DOE Office of Environmental Management's key construction priorities for 2022, could begin after workers finished backfilling and compacting the area around the former reactor before pouring a 6-foot
(1.8-metre)-thick concrete foundation to support construction of the cocoon. The first steel columns for the enclosure were placed in mid-May.
The structural steel skeleton, with metal siding on the walls and roof to fully enclose the building, is expected to be finished by the autumn. The completed structure will be more than 150 feet wide and 120 feet tall, and has been designed to allow for routine inspections of the reactor, which will take place every five years.
According to the DOE Office of Environmental Management, about 80% of the buildings and auxiliary structures needed to support reactor operations are demolished and removed before cocooning takes place.
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Read about DOE's High Level Waste Interpretation
Have questions about DOE’s recent high-level waste (HLW) interpretation? Download ECA’s Key Points and FAQs on the issue to better understand what ECA believes are the potential benefits of implementation.
Interested in learning more? Read the ECA report “Making Informed Decisions on DOE's Proposed High Level Waste Definition” at www.energyca.org/publications
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Stay Current on Activities in the DOE World
Read the latest edition of the ECA Bulletin, a regular newsletter providing a detailed brief of ECA activities, legislative news, and major events from across the DOE complex. Have suggestions for future editions? Email [email protected].
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Learn More about Cleanup Sites with ECA's DOE Site Profiles
ECA's new site profiles detail DOE's 13 active Environmental Management cleanup sites and national laboratories, highlighting their history, missions, and priorities. The profiles are a key source for media, stakeholders, and the public to learn more about DOE site activities, contractors, advisory boards, and their surrounding local governments.
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