Logistics: The meeting will be held at the office of the Western Interstate Energy Board, 1600 Broadway in downtown Denver, CO on August 14 and 15. A block of rooms at the per diem rate of $156/night + tax has been secured at the Curtis Hotel in downtown Denver. Call 1-303-571-0300 for reservations and mention the “High Level Waste Core Group Meeting/WIEB.”

2014 American Nuclear Society Annual Meeting

World Institute of Nuclear Safety meeting on “Best Practices for Security of Dry-Cask Used Fuel Storage Facilities”, Vilnius, Lithuania (UFD R&D representation courtesy of MPACT campaign)

U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board (NWTRB) Fall Board Meeting

NFST Strategic Crosscuts workshop - The objectives are to discuss the major activities being conducted in the Strategic Crosscuts area, foster integration across the various activities, and begin thinking about Fiscal Year 2015 planning.

Nuclear plant fuel managers; dry fuel storage project managers; used fuel cask designers; utility licensing and compliance personnel; used fuel storage, transportation, and disposal consultants; architect engineers; pool-to-pad services companies; hardware suppliers; government agency managers, technical experts, contractors, stakeholders and international experts responsible for used nuclear fuel management issues.

The EPRI Extended Storage Collaboration Program (ESCP) meeting is scheduled for May 5, 2014 in conjunction with the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI) Used Fuel Management Conference, scheduled for May 6-8, 2014, in St. Petersburg, Florida.