NATIONAL MINING ASSOCIATION URANIUM RECOVERY WORKSHOP and NRC MEETINGS - 2009

National Mining Association Workshop

Wednesday, July 1 - Thursday, July 2

Grand Hyatt
1750 Welton Street
Denver, Colorado

• Workshop Schedule

Workshop Power Point Presentations

July 1, 2009

NRC Overview - George Pangburn, Deputy Director, FSME, NRC

Update of Uranium Recovery Activities - Bill von Till, Branch Chief, NRC

NRC Inspection Program - Linda Gersey, Health Physicist, Region IV, NRC

Licensing of New ISR Facilities (Panel) - Representatives from NRC, BLM, State Agencies and Industries

NRC Coordination with Federal Agencies on Uranium Recovery Applications - Andrea Kock, Branch Chief, Environmental Review Branch, NRC

Optimization of ISR injection and Extraction Systems - Shawn Leppert, President, Leppert Associates

DOE Update - Rich Bush, Site Manager, DOE and Steve Schiesswohl, Property Reuse Team Leader, DOE

Hydrology Issues at ISR Facilities - Elise Striz, Hydrologist, NRC

July 2, 2009

Radon Emissions from Tailing Ponds - Doug Chambers, Director of Risk and Radioactivity Studies, SENES Consultants, LTD

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Update: Subpart W Activities, Planned Review of EPA UMTRCA-based, Regulations - Reid Rosnick, Environmental Scientist, EPA, and Loren Setlow, Geologist, Office of Radiation and Indoor Air, EPA

Industry Views on Subpart W - Anthony Thompson, Partner, Thompson & Simmons PLLC

NRC’s Generic Environmental Impact Statement (Panel):
The Final GEIS - Jim Park, Project Manager, NRC
NRC's GEIS and its Impact on ISL Facility Licensing - Christopher Pugsley, Partner, Thompson & Simmons PLLC

IFSOUP Update - Michelle Rehmann, Principal, HER Creative Solutions

An Attempt at Making the Science Understandable: A Citizens Guide to Uranium - Steven H. Brown, Senior Health Physics Advisor SENES Consultants, Ltd.

Uranium Rulemaking in Colorado/House Bill 1161 - Dianna Orf, Orf & Orf, P.C., and John Fognani, Fognani & Faught, PLLC
• House Bill 1161 and The Act (paper) - John Fognani


Class I Injection Well Update
Ken Cooper, Engineering Manager, Petrotek Engineering Corporation

ISR Rulemaking and License vs. Amendment Update - Stephen Cohen, Team Leader, NRC

Implementation of the US-IAEA Additional Protocol Treaty - Tom Grice, Team Leader, NRC, and Jill Shepherd, DOC

Nuclear Regulatory Commission Meetings - June 30

Meeting summaries and presentations will be posted as they become available.

11 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Water Remediation Technology
Licensing Activities
Notice/Agenda

1 p.m. - 2 p.m.

Powder River Basin Resource Council and Uranium Watch
Uranium Recovery Issues
Notice/Agenda

3 p.m. - 4 p.m.

Power Resources, Inc. - Docket No. 40-8964
Glenrock, Wyoming
Smith Ranch-Highland
Notice/Agenda

4 p.m. - 5 p.m.

Cameco Crow Butte Resources, Inc. - Docket No. 40-8943
Crawford, Nebraska
License Renewal and North Trend Expansion Permit
Notice/Agenda

Updated July 4, 2009

ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION

EPA Review and Revision of Uranium Recovery
Standards:
EPA TENORM Website