Saturday, December 11, 2010

NAS: Meeting 3: Uranium Mining in Virginia



NAS:  Meeting 3: Uranium Mining in Virginia

Meeting Information
Project Title: Uranium Mining in Virginia
PIN: DELS-BESR-09-06
Major Unit: Division on Earth and Life Studies
Sub Unit: Board on Earth Sciences & Resources Water Science and Technology Board

RSO: Feary, David
Subject/Focus Area: Earth Sciences

Meeting 3: Uranium Mining in Virginia
December 13, 2010 - December 15, 2010
Institute Conference Center
150 Slayton Avenue
Danville, VA 24540

If you would like to attend the sessions of this meeting that are open to the public or need more information please contact:
Contact Name: Courtney Gibbs
Phone: 202-334-2744
Fax: 202-334-1377

Agenda: Tentative Agenda

Meeting of the COMMITTEE ON URANIUM MINING IN VIRGINIA
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources Division on Earth and Life Studies National Research Council of the National Academies

December 13-15, 2010
Institute Conference Center
150 Slayton Avenue
Danville, VA 24540
(434)766-6777

Day 1: Monday December 13, 2010
CLOSED SESSION – 7:45 - 8:30 AM

8:30 AM - 12:00 PM OPEN SESSION [Please Register in advance]
8:30 AM Welcome and Introductions Paul Locke and David Feary
8.45 AM Southern Environmental Law Center Cale Jaffe and Robert G. Burnley
9:15 AM Piedmont Environmental Council Todd Benson
9:45 AM Dan River Basin Association Katherine Mull
10:15-10:30 AM BREAK
10:30 AM Roanoke River Basin Association Andrew Lester
11:00 AM Virginia Energy Independence Alliance Ray Ganthner
11:30 AM Virginia Uranium Inc. Patrick Wales

CLOSED SESSION FOR LUNCH 12:00 PM-1:00 PM
OPEN SESSION 1:00 PM-3:00 PM

1:00 PM Virginia Energy Resources Norm Reynolds
1:30 PM Virginia Museum of Natural History James S. Beard
2:00 PM Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy
William Lassetter

2:30-3:00 PM BREAK
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM CLOSED SESSION (Committee and Staff Only)

5:00 Doors Open and Sign-up Begins

6:00 - 9:00 PM OPEN SESSION – TOWN HALL MEETING
Light Refreshments Served
6:00 PM Introduction and Welcome Paul Locke and David Feary
6:15 PM The National Research Council – An Introduction David Feary
6:20 PM Open Comment Period – Sign-up Required
Signup is required and comment time is limited to 3 minutes
9:00 PM Adjourn

Meeting of the COMMITTEE ON URANIUM MINING IN VIRGINIA
Board on Earth Sciences and Resources Division on Earth and Life Studies National Research Council of the National Academies

December 13-15, 2010

Institute Conference Center Institute for Advanced Learning  and Research
150 Slayton Avenue
Danville, VA 24540
(434)766-6777

Day 2: Tuesday December 14, 2010

CLOSED SESSION – 7:45 – 10:00 am – COMMITTEE AND STAFF ONLY
7:45-8:30 am BREAKFAST in meeting room
8:30 am Debrief of Open Sessions
OPEN SESSION – 10:00 am - 10:45 am
10:00 am Welcome and Introductions
10:15 am Recent geoscience research at Virginia Tech related to the Coles Hill uranium deposit and uranium resources in Virginia Robert Bodnar, Virginia Tech
CLOSED SESSION – 10:45 am - 5:30 pm – COMMITTEE AND STAFF ONLY

Day 3: Wednesday December 15, 2010

CLOSED SESSION – 7:45 AM-1:00 PM – COMMITTEE AND STAFF ONLY
This meeting is being held to gather information to help the committee conduct its study. This committee will examine the information and material obtained during this, and other public meetings, in an effort to inform its work. Although opinions may be stated and lively discussion may ensue, no conclusions are being drawn at this time; no recommendations will be made. In fact, the committee will deliberate thoroughly before writing its draft report. Moreover, once the draft report is written, it must go through a rigorous review by experts who are anonymous to the committee, and the committee then must respond to this review with appropriate revisions that adequately satisfy the Academy's Report Review committee and the chair of the NRC before it is considered an NRC report. Therefore, observers who draw conclusions about the committee's work based on today's discussions will be doing so prematurely. Furthermore, individual committee members often engage in discussion and questioning for the specific purpose of probing an issue and sharpening an argument. The comments of any given committee member may not necessarily reflect the position he or she may actually hold on the subject under discussion, to say nothing of that person's future position as it may evolve in the course of the project. Any inference about an individual's position regarding findings or recommendations in the final report is therefore also premature.

Closed Session Summary Posted After the Meeting
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