UNITED STATES TRANSPORT COUNCIL
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PRESENTATIONS
PRESENTATIONS
TUESDAY, MAY 20
10:00 -12:00 noon REGISTRATION
12:00 -5:00 p.m. THE LANDSCAPE
KEYNOTE: PERSPECTIVE ON THE
“NUCLEAR RENAISSANCE”
THE HONORABLE J. BENNETT JOHNSTON
Former Chairman, Senate Committee on
Energy & Natural Resources
THE VIEW FROM CAPITOL HILL
SHAWN P. BURNS
Congressional Fellow
Senate Committee on Energy & Natural Resources
THOUGHTS ON “THE RENAISSANCE”:
JACK SPENCER
Research Fellow in Nuclear Energy
Heritage Foundation
YUCCA MOUNTAIN:
MICHAEL RICHARD
Deputy Assistant Secretary
U.S. Department of Energy
GLOBAL NUCLEAR ENERGY PARTNERSHIP:
DANIEL P. STOUT
Director, Light Water Reactor Spent Fuel Separations
Global Nuclear Energy Partnership
VIEW FROM THE STATES:
THE HONORABLE CHARLES PRAY
Nuclear Safety Advisor
State of Maine
6:00 p.m. WELCOME RECEPTION
WEDNESDAY, MAY 21
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. EXECUTIVE BRANCH ROUNDTABALE
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
RICK BOYLE
U.S. Competent Authority
Office of Hazardous Materials Technology
U.S. Department of Transportation
U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION
ED HACKETT
Deputy Director
Division of Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
FEDERAL RAILROAD ADMINISTRATION
KEVIN R. BLACKWELL
Hazardous Materials/Radioactive Materials
Program Specialist
Federal Railroad Administration
10:30 am – 12:15 p.m. EMERGING ISSUES
DELAY & DENIAL:
JACK EDLOW
President
Edlow International
BEYOND RISK-BASED COMMUNICATIONS:
CHARLES PENNINGTON
Vice President
NAC International
RISK-BASED TRANSPORTATION MANAGEMENT:
CATHERINE ANNE
MICHAEL VALENZANO
AREVA NC – Transnuclear, Inc
12:30 – 2:00 pm LUNCHEON KEYNOTE & PRESENTATION
USTC SPECIAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT ROUND-UP
JIM OWENDOFF
Chief Operations Officer
Office of Environmental Management
U.S. Department of Energy
2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. PERSPECTIVES ON EMERGING FUEL CYCLE CAMPAIGNS
GLOBAL NON-PROLIFERATION INITIATIVES
SARAH DICKERSON
Program Manager
Emerging Threats Program
Office of Global Threat Reduction
National Nuclear Security Administration
DECOMMISSIONED PLANTS
BRIAN RUDE
Director, External Relations
Dairyland Power Corporation
YUCCA MOUNTAIN TRANSPORT-READINESS
ALEXANDER THROWER
Senior Policy and Technical Advisor
Office of Logistics
Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management
FUEL CYCLE MANAGEMENT RECIPES
BRIAN O’CONNELL
Director
Nuclear Waste Program Office
National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners
6:30 p.m. USTC DISTINGUISHED LEADERSHIP AWARD
RECEPTION AND DINNER
IN HONOR OF
SENATOR GEORGE VOINOVICH
(By Invitation: Please contact Elizabeth DeMoss, USTC Administrator)