NMA Uranium Recovery Workshop 2024
Agenda
Materials from the National Mining Association’s Uranium Recovery Workshop held on June 10-11 2024 are available below:
Final Attendees List
Presentations
June 10
9:15 a.m. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Update
Jane Marshall, Director, Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery, and Waste Programs and Bill Von Till, Branch Chief, Uranium Recovery and Materials Decommissioning Branch, NRC
10:15 a.m. Can Government Policy Changes Lead to a Revived Domestic Uranium Industry?
Peter Luthiger, COO, enCore Energy Corp.
11:00 a.m. Updates from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) Uranium Program
Ashley Forbes, Deputy Director, Radioactive Materials Division, TCEQ
11:30 a.m. Class I Underground Injection Control Permitting and Implications for Class III ISR Operations
Aaron Payne, Petrotek Corp.
1:45 p.m. Starting or Restarting ISR Operations
Ben Schiffer, WWC Engineering
2:15 p.m. Environmental Protection Agency’s Integrated Risk Information System Uranium Protocol
Oscar Paulson, UR-Energy
2:45 p.m. Tools for Distinguishing Natural and Anthropogenic Sources of Contaminants
Bryn Kimball, INTERA Inc.
3:45 p.m. Regulation of Radioactive Materials in the United States
Stephen Brown, SHB, Inc.
4:15 p.m. Database Application for Tracking Radiological Exposures and Computing Doses at Uranium Recovery Facilities
Randy Whicker, Environmental Restoration Group
June 11
9:00 a.m. Update on the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality’s (DEQ) Uranium Recovery Program
Dr. AbduNaser Shhub, Senior Health Physicist, DEQ
9:30 a.m. Communication with the Public: The Health Physics Society’s Ask the Experts Service
Craig Little, Technical Editor, Health Physics Society
10:00 a.m. Using Sulfur and Oxygen Isotopes to Evaluate Natural and Anthropogenic Sources
Jesse McGunnigle, INTERA, Inc.
10:45 a.m. Uranium Market Update – Urgent Need for Increased U.S. Production
Scott Melbye, Executive Vice President, Uranium Energy Corp.
11:15 a.m. Preliminary Assessment of Long-Term Performance of Uranium Mill Tailings Disposal Cells
Mark Kautsky, Office of Legacy Management, Department of Energy
11:45 a.m. Best Practices in Management of Hazardous and Radioactive Waste
Kurt Rhea, Chief Executive Officer, RAD PROS
Contact Us
If you have any questions about the 2024 Uranium Recovery Workshop, please contact the following individual:
Davis Gee
Regulatory Affairs Specialist, Legal and Regulatory Department
National Mining Association
(202) 463-2608
dgee@nma.org