NDCAP

The attached table provides US Department of Energy’s response to a public question asked during the September 25, 2023 meeting of the Vermont Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel’s Federal Nuclear Waste Policy Committee. The table summarizes the design type and quantity of the "storage only" spent nuclear fuel cannisters and cask currently in use throughout the contiguous United States. This data was compiled from a Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Report identified in the table.

Minutes for the May 8, 2023 VT-NDCAP Full Panel meeting were revised and approved at the September 18, 2023 Full Panel meeting.

Minutes for the September 18, 2023 VT-NDCAP Full Panel meeting will be reviewed and approved at the next Full Panel meeting.

Dr. Sara Hogan of the US Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy provided the following presentation to the Vermont Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel (VT-NDCAP) Federal Nuclear Waste Policy Committee at the Committee's September 25, 2023 Meeting. This presentation outlined DOE's planning for removing spent nuclear fuel from former US nuclear power plant sites.

Note that this planning consists of recommended options for spent nuclear fuel transportation, but does not reflect current US DOE policy.

This file contains proposed VT NDCAP budget allocations for FY2024 for discussion at the Panel's September 18, 2023 meeting. Budget allocations for FY2022 are included for comparison purposes (no similar numbers available for FY2023).

This file contains the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources / Department of Environmental Conservation's presentation for the September 18, 2023 VT NDCAP meeting.

The attached file contains several comments that Paul Blanch, an independent nuclear energy consultant, asked to make during the September 2023 VT-NDCAP meeting. These comments were posted at the request of VT-NDCAP Vice-Chair Lissa Weinmann.

This file contains the Vermont Public Service Department's presentation for the September 18, 2023 VT NDCAP meeting.

This file contains NorthStar's presentation for the VT NDCAP meeting of September 18, 2023.