2023 St. Louis, MO

The National Transportation Stakeholders Forum held its 2023 Annual Meeting on May 22 - 25 at the Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch in St. Louis, Missouri. The U.S. Department of Energy hosted the meeting in partnership with the CSG Midwest's Midwestern Radioactive Materials Transportation Committee (MRMTC). The presentations from this meeting will be posted soon.

Speaker Presentations

Tuesday, May 23

Opening Plenary - Transparency, Openness, and Accountability
- Mark Bollinger (DOE Carlsbad Field Office (CBFO))
ARG-US Live Truck Tracking Demonstration and Presentation
- Dr. Yung Liu (Argonne National Lab (ANL))

Afternoon Breakout Sessions:

2021 North Carolina Uranium Hexafluoride Transportation Accident and Response
- Travis Cartoski (North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)) (Virtual) and Cole Owen (North Carolina Emergency Management (NCEM))
Incident Response and Virtual Reality Training
- Mark Breitinger (ANL) and Christopher Boswell (Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT))
Radiological Operations Support Specialist (ROSS)
- Matt McKinley (Kentucky Department for Public Health)
University of Missouri Research Reactor (MURR) Shipments
- Caleb Braun, Das Kutikkad, and Maria Pinilla (MURR)

Wednesday, May 24

Breakfast Topic:

Microreactor Transportation Emergency Planning Challenges
- Shane Foss and Steve Maheras (PNNL)

Plenary Session:

Consent-Based Siting and Community Engagement Funding Opportunity
- Dr. Kim Petry (DOE-NE)

Closing Session:

Final Remarks and Updates
- Mark Bollinger (CBFO), Ellen Edge (DOE-OPT), Sara Hogan (DOE-NE), and Jake Zimmerman (U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC))