Decommissioning Nuclear Power Plants: What Congress, Federal Agencies and Communities Need to Know (Congressional Briefing and Lobby Day)

Watch the video recording of the standing room only congressional briefing held in the U.S. Capitol, including Beyond Nuclear's radioactive waste specialist Kevin Kamps, presenting from the 18 minute mark to the 33 minute 30 second mark of the recording.

Kevin's power point presentation, with more detailed follow-on note slides, can be viewed here.

Kevin also speaks a number of times during the question and answer period, which begins at the one hour three minute mark in the video recording. The Q & A period lasts for 30 minutes, till the end of the recording.

Beyond Nuclear board member Bob Musil, executive diretor of the Rachel Carson Council, moderated the panel, and Beyond Nuclear's reactor oversight project director Paul Gunter served on the event planning committee.

The other speakers at the congressional briefing included:

Robert Alvarez, Senior Scholar, Institute for Policy Studies; former Department of Energy Senior Policy        Advisor to the Secretary and Deputy Assistant Secretary for National Security and the Environment

Mayor Al Hill, of Zion, Illinois, home of the decommissioned Zion Nuclear Power Station

Ian Zabarte, Secretary, Native Community Action Council

Jackson Hinkle, Youth Activist, San Clemente High School

Geoffrey H. Fettus, Senior Attorney for Energy & Transportation, Natural Resources Defense Council

The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) has posted a summary of the event at its website, as well as associated materials -- including Beyond Nuclear's "Decommissioning nuclear power stations need an 'autopsy' to verify and validate safety margins projected for operating reactor license extensions," prepared by Paul Gunter.

This briefing was made possible by generous support from the Jack & Belle Alpern Fund, Beyond Nuclear, Ecological Options Network, Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Pat Marida, Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), Nuclear Energy Information Service (NEIS), Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS), Riverkeeper, Safe Energy Rights Group, San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace, and other supporters. Many public interest groups and concerned citizens contributed time and expertise to help organize it.

See the EESI briefing notice for additional information.