The California Energy Commission's (Energy Commission) 2007 Integrated Energy Policy Report (IEPR) Committee (Committee) will conduct a two-day workshop to review the status of federal programs to manage and permanently dispose of or reprocess spent nuclear fuel; issues related to California’s operating nuclear power plants; and the environmental, safety, and economic implications of a continued or increased role of nuclear power in California's energy future. Information discussed at the workshop will be considered in the development of the 2007 IEPR. Chairman Jackalyne Pfannenstiel is the Presiding Member and Commissioner John L. Geesman is the Associate Member of the Committee. Other Commissioners may attend and participate in this workshop.

Audio from this hearing will be broadcast over the Internet. For details, please go to: www.energy.ca.gov/webcast/

To arrange for a call in and participate in the meeting, please call 800-857-6618 by 9:00 a.m.
Passcode: IEPR
Call Leader: Lorraine White

Monday, June 25 Agenda

9:00 - 9:30 a.m. Welcome and Introductions
Commissioners
Lorraine White, IEPR Project Manager
Barbara Byron, Energy Commission staff

9:30 - 10:00 a.m. MRW presentation Nuclear Power in California: Status Report 2007

10:00 - 12:30 p.m. Panel 1 Discussion: “Current Status of Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage and Disposal Programs and Implications for California”
Moderator: Robert B. Weisenmiller (MRW)
Invited Speakers: Ward Sproat (U.S. Department of Energy), Allison Macfarlane (George Mason University and MIT), Bob Loux (State of Nevada), Alan Hanson (AREVA), and Bob Halstead (State of Nevada)

12:30 - 1:30 p.m. Lunch Break

1:30 – 3:30 p.m. Panel 2 Discussion: “Current Status of Federal Reprocessing Program and Implications for California”
Moderator: Steve McClary (MRW)
Invited Speakers: Tim Frazier (U.S. Department of Energy), Richard Garwin (IBM Fellow Emeritus), Per Peterson (University of California), Frank von Hippel (Princeton University), and Charles Ferguson (Council on Foreign Relations)

3:30 - 4:45 p.m. Public Comments

4:45 – 5:00 p.m. First Day Concluding Remarks Commissioners