“The Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Nuclear Future, in association with state regional groups that work on high-level radioactive waste policy, will be hosting public meetings to solicit feedback on the draft commission report (pdf alert:   http://www.brc.gov/sites/defau… ).  The participant host groups include; the Western Governors’ Association/Western Interstate Energy Board, the Southern States Energy Board, the Council of State Governments-Midwestern Office, and the Council of State Governments- Eastern Regional Conference.

“The meeting[s] will be held to present the draft Commission report (issued on July 29, 2011) and hear feedback from state, local and tribal perspectives – as well as from interested members of the public.  The meeting will begin with a briefing from Commission staff on the draft report, followed by comments from elected and appointed state and regional representatives.  The latter portion of the meeting will be devoted to facilitated and interactive breakout sessions open to all who attend and will conclude with a public comment period.

“All public are welcome to attend.  Pre-registration is strongly encouraged but not required.  Information about registration will be available in the near future.  The meetings will not be video webcast.  Transcripts of the meetings will be available on the website, along with all written comments anyone chooses to offer. Comments can either be made directly to the website at http://www.brc.gov or by email to: CommissionDFO@nuclear.energy.gov.   Comment deadline is October 31, 2011.”

September 13, 2011

Embassy Suites

1420 Stout Street

Denver, CO

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October 12, 2011

Harvard Medical School Conference Center

77 Louis Pasteur, Longwood

Boston, MA

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October 18, 2011

Marriot Marquis

265 Peachtree Center Avenue

Atlanta, GA

Pre-registration:  http://brc-ga.eventbrite.com

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October 20, 2011

Hilton Garden Inn, 815 14th Street N.W

Washington, DC

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October 28, 2011

Radisson Plaza Hotel, 35 South Seventh Street

Minneapolis, MN

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My policy is zero emissions, 100% recycling for all wastes, including low level and high level radioactive waste, and my immediate concerns for “America’s Nuclear future” are 1) how quickly we can move commercial spent fuel from wet storage, which requires a constant supply and circulation of cooling water, to dry cask storage which does not;  and 2) how many of the 35 US boiling water reactors like Fukushima have spent fuel pools above buildings outside the radiation containment structures and how soon can that be remedied?  Neither of these issues are top priorities in the present Blue Ribbon Commission report as they are looking at a different scale and timeframe.