BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Midwestern Governors Association - ECPv6.15.14//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Midwestern Governors Association X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://midwesterngovernors.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Midwestern Governors Association REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260127T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260127T121500 DTSTAMP:20260119T061601 CREATED:20260112T180250Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260117T000701Z UID:10271-1769511600-1769516100@midwesterngovernors.org SUMMARY:America's Smartland Series: What About the Waste? DESCRIPTION:This webinar will address lingering questions about commercial nuclear waste\, including: \n\nthe basics about how it is produced and stored—and in some cases\, stranded—at nuclear power plants across the Midwest;\nthe policy and legal history concerning its removal\, transportation\, consolidated storage\, recycling\, and permanent disposal;\nthe increasing impacts of federal government inaction on host communities\, utilities\, electric customers\, and all US taxpayers;\nthe potential opportunities and impacts of new nuclear reactors and SMRs and facts about recycling technologies; and\nhow states can engage to support a successful national integrated nuclear waste management program that both addresses longstanding concerns and broadens opportunities for the nuclear sector and future host communities.\n\nCo-Moderators: \n\nCommissioner Katherine Peretick\, Michigan Public Service Commission & Chair\, Nuclear Waste Strategy Coalition (NWSC)\nCommissioner Stacey Paradis\, Illinois Commerce Commission and Vice Chair\, NWSC\n\nPanelists: \n\nDr. Sven Bader\, Technical Executive\, EPRI\nDr. Erica Bickford\, Director\, Office of Storage & Transportation\, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) (Invited)\nAdam Levin\, Consultant\, AHL Consulting\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRegister Now URL:https://midwesterngovernors.org/event/webinar-5-what-about-the-waste/ LOCATION:District of Columbia CATEGORIES:America's Smartland,Nuclear,Webinar END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR