FUEL CYCLE 

INFORMATION 

EXCHANGE

Hosted by:

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 

Office of Nuclear Material 

 Safety and Safeguards

June 17—18, 2008

The Two White Flint North Auditorium, 

NRC Headquarters, Two White Flint North

11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD

June 19, 2008

Commission Hearing Room

NRC Headquarters, One White Flint North

11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD
NRC’s FUEL CYCLE INFORMATION 

EXCHANGE (FCIX)

Welcome!

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is hosting the third annual 

Fuel Cycle Information Exchange (FCIX) from June 17 to June 19, 2008. The 

exchange is open to the public. FCIX will take place in the Two White Flint 

North Auditorium from June 17 to June 18, 2008, and in the Commission 

Hearing Room on June 19, 2008. Both are located at NRC Headquarters, 

11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD.

The FCIX allows an opportunity for NRC staff, licensees, and other stakeholders 

to discuss the regulation of civilian nuclear fuel cycle facilities. 

Speakers from the NRC, the Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI), and the International 

Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), as well as fuel cycle licensees and stakeholders, 

will present. There will be an opportunity for discussion on each subject.

Copies of the presentations and a summary of the meeting will be posted at the 

NRC Web site under Conferences and Symposia at:

http://www.nrc.gov/public-involve/conferences.html

Robert C. Pierson

Director

Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards

Office of Nuclear Material Safety and 

Safeguards

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
9:00-9:45am Welcome and Introductions 

Robert C. Pierson, Director, Division of Fuel Cycle 

Safety and Safeguards, Office of Nuclear Material 

Safety and Safeguards, NRC

Michael F. Weber, Director, Office of Nuclear 

Material Safety and Safeguards, NRC

9:45-10:30am Keynote Address: 

Dale E. Klein, Chairman, NRC

10:30-11:00am Expansion of Nuclear Power in the U.S. 

Marvin Fertel, Executive Vice President and Chief 

Nuclear Officer, Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI)

11:00-11:30am Expansion of World Fuel Cycle Facilities

Steve Kidd, Head, Strategy & Research, World 

Nuclear Association

11:30-12:00pm Fuel Cycle Regulatory Program - Meeting 

the Challenges, Charting the Path Forward 

Michael Weber, Director, Office of Nuclear Material 

Safety and Safeguards, NRC

12:00-1:00pm Lunch (on your own)

1:00-1:30pm Domestic Reprocessing under Global 

Nuclear Energy Partnerships (GNEP)

Frank von Hippel, Co-Chair, International Panel on 

Fissile Materials

June 17, 2008 Two White Flint North Auditorium

2008 SCHEDULE

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1:30-2:00pm Enhancing Safety Culture Through Lessons 

Learned, Panel

Tim Lindstrom, Executive Vice President and General 

Manager, Nuclear Fuel Services (NFS)

TBD, Westinghouse Electric Co. LLC

2:00-3:00pm Issues Related to Licensing of New 

Enrichment Facilities, Panel

Brian Smith, Chief, Enrichment and Conversion 

Branch, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and 

Safeguards, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and 

Safeguards, NRC

Pete Miner, Director, Regulatory and Quality, United 

States Enrichment Corporation (USEC)

3:00-3:30pm Evolution of the Current Part 70 Regulation

Joseph G. Giitter, Deputy Director, Special Projects 

and Technical Support Directorate, Division of Fuel 

Cycle Safety and Safeguards, Office of Nuclear 

Material Safety and Safeguards, NRC

3:30-3:45pm Break

3:45-4:30pm Human Resources Issues

Staffing Challenges, Joe Giitter, Deputy Director, 

Special Projects and Technical Support Directorate, 

Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, Office 

of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, NRC

NRC’s Education Grants Program, John Gutteridge, 

Manager, Nuclear Education Program, Office of 

Human Resources, NRC

4:30-4:35pm First Day Summary and Adjournment

Robert Pierson, Director, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety 

and Safeguards, Office of Nuclear Material Safety 

and Safeguards, NRC

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9:00-9:30am Regulatory/Jurisdictional Challenges Facing 

the NRC

Tyson Smith, Attorney, Winston & Strawn, LLP

9:30-10:30am Integrated Safety Analysis (ISA) 

Lessons Learned, Panel

Peter Habighorst, Chief, Fuel Manufacturing Branch, 

Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, Office 

of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, NRC

Michael Greeno, Regulatory Affairs Manager, 

Honeywell International, Inc.

Nancy B. Parr, Manager, Environmental Health 

& Safety Special Projects, Licensing and Quality, 

Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC

10:30-10:45am Break

10:45-11:30am Status of Uranium Recovery Regulation, 

Panel

Bill Von Till, Branch Chief, Uranium Recovery 

Licensing Branch, Office of Federal and State 

Materials and Environmental Management Programs, 

NRC

Katie Sweeney, Deputy General Counsel, 

National Mining Association (NMA) 

11:30-12:00pm DOE-NRC Cooperation Regarding 

Licensing New Enrichment Facilities

William N. Szymanski, Senior Program Manager, 

Corporate and Global Partnership Development, 

Office of Nuclear Energy, Department of Energy (DOE)

12:00-1:30pm Lunch (Sponsored by NEI)

Annie Caputo, Professional Staff Member, Committee 

on Environment and Public Works, U.S. Senate

June 18, 2008 Two White Flint North Auditorium

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1:30-2:40pm Nuclear Fuel Recycling: 

Licensing Discussion, Panel

Robert C. Pierson, Director, Division of Fuel Cycle 

Safety and Safeguards, Office of Nuclear Material 

Safety and Safeguards, NRC

Dan Stout, Director, Light Water Reactor Spent Fuel 

Separations, Office of Nuclear Energy, DOE

Earl Saito, Ph.D., Development Manager, Advanced 

Recycling Center, General Electric Hitachi Nuclear 

Energy Americas (GEHNEA)

Dorothy Davidson, Ph.D. Vice President, Nuclear 

Energy Science Programs, AREVA Fuel Services (AFS) 

Other Industry GNEP companies invited

2:40-3:00pm Hanford Project Status

Patricia Silva, Acting Chief, Hanford Project Branch, 

Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, Office 

of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, NRC

3:00-3:15pm Break

3:15-3:30pm Department of Homeland Security (DHS) 

Chemical Security

Michael Tschiltz, Deputy Director, Fuel Facility and 

Licensing Directorate, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety 

and Safeguards, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and 

Safeguards, NRC

3:30-4:00pm Implementation of Additional Protocol

Jane Marshall, Chief, Material Control and 

Accounting Branch, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety 

and Safeguards, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and 

Safeguards, NRC

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4:05-4:30pm Safety and Security of Fuel Cycle Facilities

Pierre Nocture, IAEA Fuel Cycle Safety Specialist, 

Division of Nuclear Installation Safety, Department 

of Nuclear Safety and Security, International Atomic 

Energy Agency (IAEA)

4:30-4:35pm Closing Remarks and Adjournment

Robert Pierson, Director, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety 

and Safeguards, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and 

Safeguards, NRC

June19,2008 Commission Hearing Room

9:00-11:30am Status of 10 CFR Part 70 Working Groups, 

Panel

Facility Change Process

Margie Kotzalas, Chief, MOX Branch, Division 

of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, Office of 

Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, NRC

Steve Cowne, Director, Quality and Regulatory 

Affairs, Louisiana Enrichment Services (LES) 

Soluble Uranium Intake, 

Peter Habighorst, Chief, Fuel Manufacturing 

Branch, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and 

Safeguards, Office of Nuclear Material Safety 

and Safeguards, NRC

John Nagy, Vice President and Chief Nuclear 

Safety Officer, Nuclear Fuel Services

Digital Instrumentaion and Control (I&C) 

Task Working Group (TWG) #7

David Rahn, Senior Electronics Instrumentation 

and Control Engineer, Technical Support Branch, 

Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, 

Office of Nuclear Material Safety and 

Safeguards, NRC

Felix Killar, Senior Director, NEI

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Status of 10 CFR Part 70 Working Groups, 

(cont’d)

Reporting Criteria

Tamara Powell, Nuclear Process Engineer, 

Technical Support Branch, Division of Fuel Cycle 

Safety and Safeguards, Office of Nuclear 

Material Safety and Safeguards, NRC

Robert Link, Manager of Environment, Health, 

Safety, and Licensing, AREVA Enrichment Services

Enforcement Policy

Dennis Morey, Senior Nuclear Process Engineer, 

Technical Support Branch, Division of Fuel Cycle 

Safety and Safeguards, Office of Nuclear 

Material Safety and Safeguards, NRC

Steve Schilthelm, Licensing Advisor, 

Babcock and Wilcox Technical Services Group

11:30-1:00 Lunch (on your own)

1:00-1:45pm Emerging Regulations and Significant Guidance 

Documents, Panel

NRC and Industry Representatives

Decommissioning Rule and Groundwater Monitoring

George Oliver, Senior Project Manager, NEI

James Shepherd, Project Engineer, Decommissioning and 

Uranium Recovery Licensing Directorate, Division of Waste 

Management and Environmental Protection, Office of 

Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management 

Programs, NRC

1:45-2:00pm Break

2:00-4:30pm Discussing NMSS-FCSS Safety Culture Pilot 

Initiative—Phase 1

Amy Snyder, Senior Project Manager, Fuel 

Manufacturing Branch, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety 

and Safeguards, Office of Nuclear Material Safety 

and Safeguards, NRC

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Guest Speakers

1. Amy Snyder, Senior Project Manager, Fuel Manufacturing Branch, Division 

of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, Office of Nuclear Material Safety 

and Safeguards, NRC

2. Annie Caputo, Professional Staff Member, Committee on Environment and 

Public Works, U.S. Senate

3. Bill Von Till, Branch Chief, Uranium Recovery Licensing Branch, Office of 

Federal and State Materials and Environmental Management Programs, 

NRC 

4. Brian Smith, Chief, Enrichment and Conversion Branch, Division of 

Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and 

Safeguards, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, NRC

5. Dale E. Klein, Chairman, NRC

6. Dan Stout, Director, Light Water Reactor Spent Fuel Separations, Office of 

Nuclear Energy, DOE

7. David Rahn, Senior Electronics Instrumentation and Control Engineer, 

Technical Support Branch, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, 

Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, NRC

8. Dennis Morey, Senior Nuclear Process Engineer, Technical Support Branch, 

Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, Office of Nuclear Material 

Safety and Safeguards, NRC

9. Dorothy Davidson, Ph.D., Vice President Nuclear Energy & Science 

Programs, AFS

10. Earl Saito, Ph.D., Advanced Recycling Center, Development Manager, 

GEHNEA

11. Felix Killar, Senior Director, NEI

12. Frank von Hippel, Co-Chair, International Panel on Fissile Materials

13. George Oliver, Senior Project Manager, NEI

14. James Shepherd, Project Engineer, Decommissioning and Uranium Recovery 

Licensing Directorate, Division of Waste Management and Environmental 

Protection, Office of Federal and State Materials and Environmental 

Management Programs, NRC

15. Jane Marshall, Chief, Material Control and Accounting Branch, Division of 

Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and 

Safeguards, NRC

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Guest Speakers, cont’d.

16. John Gutteridge, Manager, Nuclear Education Program, Office of Human 

Resources, NRC

17. John W. Nagy, Vice President and Chief Nuclear Safety Officer, NFS

18. Joseph G. Giitter, Deputy Director, Special Projects and Technical Support 

Directorate, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, Office of 

Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, NRC

19. Katie Sweeney, Deputy General Counsel, NMA

20. Margie Kotzalas, Chief, MOX Branch, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and 

Safeguards, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, NRC

21. Marvin Fertel, Executive Vice President and Chief Nuclear Officer, NEI

22. Michael F. Weber, Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and 

Safeguards, NRC

23. Michael Greeno, Regulatory Affairs Manager, Honeywell International, Inc.

24. Michael Tschiltz, Deputy Director, Fuel Facility and Licensing Directorate, 

Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, Office of Nuclear Material 

Safety and Safeguards, NRC

25. Nancy B. Parr, Manager, Environmental Health & Safety Special Projects, 

Licensing and Quality, Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC

26. Patricia Silva, Acting Chief, Hanford Project Group, Division of Fuel Cycle 

Safety and Safeguards, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, 

NRC

27. Pete Miner, Director, Regulatory and Quality Assurance, USEC

28. Peter Habighorst, Chief, Fuel Manufacturing Branch, Division of Fuel Cycle 

Safety and Safeguards, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, 

NRC

29. Pierre Nocture, Fuel Cycle Safety Specialist, Division of Nuclear Installation 

Safety, Department of Nuclear Safety and Security, IAEA 

30. Robert C. Pierson, Director, Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, 

Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, NRC 

31. Robert Link, Manager of Environment, Health, Safety, and Licensing, AREVA 

Richland Washington

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32. Steve Cowne, Director, Quality and Regulatory Affairs, LES 

33. Steve Kidd, Head, Strategy & Research, World Nuclear Association 

34. Steve Schilthelm, Licensing Advisor, Babcock and Wilcox Technical Services 

Group

35. Tamara Powell, Nuclear Process Engineer, Technical Support Branch, 

Division of Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards, Office of Nuclear Material 

Safety and Safeguards, NRC

36. Tim Lindstrom, Executive Vice President and General Manager, NFS

37. Tyson Smith, Attorney, Winston & Strawn, LLP

38. William Szymanski, Senior Program Manager, Corporate and Global 

Partnership Development, Office of Nuclear Energy, DOE

Guest Speakers, cont’d.

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NUREG/BR-0352

June 2008