ECA Peer Exchange on Nuclear Challenges and Opportunities
June 9-10, 2011
Carlsbad, NM
Meeting Presentations:
The Carlsbad/WIPP History of
Transuranic Disposal in Salt
John Heaton, New Mexico State Representative
presentation.
EDDY COUNTY OFFICE OF EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT
Joel Arnwine, MPA, MEP, Eddy County Emergency Manager
presentation.
More Efficient and Productive Ways to
Use Nuclear Energy
John F. Gross, Director of Policy, Integration and Communication,
DOE-NE
presentation.
Looking Ahead: EM and NE Issues Peer Exchange
April 6-7, 2011
Denver, Colorado
Meeting Presentations:
Asset Revitalization Initiative Task
Force Update, David Geiser, Director Office of Legacy Management
presentation.
Reindustrialization on the Oak Ridge
Reservation: An Asset Revitalization Initiative, Susan Cange,
DOE-Oak Ridge
presentation.
Small Modular Reactors: New Nuclear
Opportunities, Paula Flowers, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
presentation.
AREVA Clean Energy Parks: Clean Energy
and Economic Growth, Bob Edmonds, AREVA
presentation.
Defining Energy Park Asset
Revitalization, Tim Ford, LRG Inc.
presentation.
Asset Revitalization and Energy Parks:
A view from the local communities, Seth Kirshenberg, ECA
presentation.
Los Alamos Green Grid Presentation,
John Arrowsmith, Director of Utilities Department, Los Alamos, NM
presentation.
Americans’ Evolving Views on Nuclear
Energy, Professor Hank C. Jenkins-Smith, The Center for Risk and
Crisis Management,
University of Oklahoma
presentation.
Recycling of Used Nuclear Fuel, Bob
Edmonds, AREVA
presentation.
ECA 2011 Annual Conference
February 17-18, 2011
L'Enfant Plaza Hotel
Washington, DC
Meeting Agenda
Meeting Presentations:
Martin Schneider, Weapons Complex
Monitor
presentation.
GAO's Perspective on National Nuclear
Security Administration and DOE Office of Environmental Management
Programs, Ryan Coles, Assistant Director, U.S. and and International
Nuclear Security & Cleanup U.S. Government Accountability Office
presentation.
Mound Energy Efforts, Mike
Grauwelman, Mound Development Corporation
presentation.
Roundtable Discussion: The
Future of High-Level Waste Disposal, Eric Knox, URS
presentation.
Recycling of Used Nuclear Fuel, Paul
Murray, AREVA
presentation.
Intergovernmental Meeting on
November 8-10
For more information please
contact:
Allison Doman at 202-828-2423 or Sharon Worley at 202-828-2413
ECA Peer Exchange: Northern New
Mexico Coalition of Local Governments, Los Alamos, NM, November 6,
2009
On November 6, 2009 ECA hosted
a Peer Exchange for the Local Governments in Northern New Mexico.
ECA members from Hanford, Idaho, Kirkland and Rocky Flats attended
the meeting to discuss the formation of local government coalitions.
The meeting documents, including the meeting agenda, can be found
below.
Meeting Summary and
Documents
Intergovernmental Meeting with
Department of Energy,
October 21-23
Intergovernmental
Priorities, Seth Kirshenberg, ECA Executive Director
ECA's Session on Energy Parks at WC
Monitor Decisionmakers' Forum, October 13-16, 2009, Amelia Island
Plantation
Savannah River Site
Energy Parks Presentation, Rick McLeod, SRSCRO
Smart Energy: A
Regional Initiative of Tri-Cities, Washington, Gary Peterson, VP
TRIDEC
Energy Parks
Initiative, Mark Gilbertson, DOE-EM
Technology Transfer Peer Exchange:
Communities, Laboratories and DOE working together to achieve Tech
Transfer success
On August 20 and 21, 2009 ECA
Hosted its Technology Transfer Peer Exchange. More than 45
local government officials, lab representatives and DOE officials
attended the meeting held in Richland, Washington. Copies of
the presentations given at the meeting can be found below.
Innovation Ecosystem
Around the Savannah River Site, Steve Wach, Technology Transfer
Manager, Savannah River National Laboratory
Industrial and Economic
Development Partnerships at ORNL, Tom Rogers, Director, Industrial &
Economic Development Partnerships, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Pacific Northwest
National Laboratory and its Partnerships in the Community, Manager,
Economic Development, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
The Nevada Test Site
and Nye County (a perspective from their university partner),
Anthony Hechanova, Ph.D., Associate Executive Director, Sustainable
and Clean Energy Programs, Harry Reid Center for Environmental
Studies, UNLV
The Role of National
Laboratories and Industrial Partnerships, a Commercialization
Perspective, Cheryl Cejka, Director or Technology Commercialization,
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
The Role of National
Laboratories and Industrial Partnerships, Letter from James Batdorf,
Director of Engineering and Technology Development, InEnTec LLC,
Richland, WA
Balancing Government
and Community Agendas: How do the Labs and Communities Balance
the Needs of the Communities and Promote Success? Mark
Gilbertson, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Engineering & Technology
Facilitating
Technology Transfer and Innovation within DOE's Vision, Mark
Gilbertson, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Engineering and
Technology
Energy Parks Peer Exchange:
The DOE Environmental Management Footprint Reduction Plan and Energy
Parks Initiative
April 23-24, 2009
Las Vegas, NV
On April 23 and 24, 2009 ECA
hosted its Energy Parks Peer Exchange. More than 55 local
government officials, industry representatives, DOE leadership and
others participated in the meeting, which was held in Las Vegas.
A summary of the Peer Exchange and copies of the presentations given
can be found below.
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DOE Environmental Management Presentation on Energy Parks
-
DOE EERE Presentation on ARRA Funds for Energy Parks
-
Meeting Summary
- Tennessee
Valley Energy Enterprise: a Sustainable Energy Park Concept,
Susan Cange, Reindustrialization Team Leader, DOE-ORO
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The University Role in Energy Parks, Anthony Hechanova, Ph.D.
Associate Executive Director, Sustainable and Clean Energy
Programs, Harry Reid Center for Environmental Studies,
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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The Role of National Laboratories and Industry Partnerships,
Garry Spanner, Economic Development Office, Pacific Northwest
National Laboratory
- DOE
Property Laws and Regulations (April 2009)
Intergovernmental Meeting with DOE
November 12-14, 2008
Snowbird Conference Center
Snowbird, UT
2008 ECA 16th Annual Conference
February 21-22, 2008
Phoenix Park Hotel
Washington, DC
Environmental Cleanup - 2008 and Beyond
James Rispoli,
Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management, U.S. Department of
Energy
DOE Budget Update and Discussion
Mark Frei, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Program Planning & Budget, Office of
Environmental Management, U.S. Depatment of Energy
Martin
Schneider, Editor-in-Chief, Exchange Monitor Publications,
Washington, DC
Washington Insiders _ A Look at the Year Ahead
Jeffrey Crater,
Manager, Government Programs, The Babcock & Wilcox Company
John Carter, Vice
President, Government Affairs, CH2MHill
Sean Todd, President
& CEO, Fox Potomac Resources, LLC
GNEP, Interim Storage and Long-term Storage --- Tying It All
Together
Paul Lisowski,
Deputy Direector for Advanced Nuclear Energy Systems, Office of
Nuclear Energy, U.S. Department of Energy
Marshall Cohen,
Senior Director, Nuclear Energy Institute, Washington, DC
