The Federal Nuclear Waste Policy Committee of the Vermont Nuclear Decommissioning Citizens Advisory Panel (VT NDCAP) will hold its first meeting of 2022 on Monday, January 31, from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM. This meeting will be conducted primarily as a webcast and teleconference. However, in accordance with Vermont Open Meeting Law, the following physical location will be available for those wishing to attend this meeting in-person:
First Floor
118 Elliot Street
Brattleboro, VT 05301
Limited parking is available behind the building. Additional parking is available at the Brattleboro Transportation Center Parking Garage located one block east of the meeting site. In compliance with the Town of Brattleboro Selectboard’s November 23 Resolution, facemasks are required for all meeting attendees. Social distancing will be enforced.
Webcast access for this meeting will be available via a Microsoft Teams link and teleconference. Members of the public may join the webcast via the following link:
Join VT-NDCAP Federal Nuclear Waste Policy Committee Meeting
While this weblink will broadcast both the video and audio portions of the webcast, the meeting audio will also be available from the following phone connections:
(802) 552-8456 - OR - (802) 828-7228
Conference ID: 557 345 274#
Additional instructions for joining a VT NDCAP Microsoft Teams meeting are available from the following links:
https://publicservice.vermont.gov/sites/dps/files/documents/Logging_into_MS_Teams.pdf
https://publicservice.vermont.gov/content/teams-meeting-toolbar-guide
At this meeting, Committee members will consider responses to the US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) recently published Request for Information (RFI) on using a Consent-Based Siting Process to identify Federal Interim Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Facilities and whether the Committee shall propose a statement to be voted upon and submitted from the entire VT NDCAP. Public comments on this subject are desired and must be submitted to DOE by March 4, 2022. Further information and DOE’s RFI itself are available at:
https://www.energy.gov/ne/consent-based-siting
The Committee meeting will run approximately one hour. Opportunities for members of the public to speak during this meeting will be limited due to this time constraint. Members of the public are encouraged to provide written questions and comments to the Committee via VT NDCAP’s email address at [email protected]. All emails sent to the Committee become public record and may be published on the VT NDCAP website (https://publicservice.vermont.gov/electric/ndcap) or the Committee’s webpage.
Further information regarding the Committee’s activities to date is available online at the Committee’s webpage:
https://publicservice.vermont.gov/content/vt-ndcap-federal-nuclear-waste-policy
Questions regarding the Committee’s January 31 meeting or any other VT NDCAP meeting may be directed to State Nuclear Engineer Tony Leshinskie via the contact information noted above.
Montpelier, VT – Vermont Department of Public Service
United States