Northeast High-Level Radioactive Waste Transportation
The Northeast High-Level Radioactive Waste Transportation Project works with state officials from CSG East’s member states to facilitate communication with the federal government about planning national nuclear waste shipment campaigns that operate within the region.
The project, funded through cooperative agreement grants from the U.S. Department of Energy, staffs the Northeast High-Level Radioactive Waste Transportation Task Force, which is composed of representatives from various levels of state government. The task force identifies and analyzes regional concerns about the transportation of high-level radioactive wastes and works with federal agencies to co-sponsor public forums, develop educational materials, and coordinate training for state officials and local emergency responders. The task force meets twice a year with federal officials to help develop federal transportation policies and programs to meet the needs of the region.
| STATE | PRIMARY | ALTERNATE | STATE PARTICIPANT |
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| CONNECTICUT | Jeffrey Semancik Director Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Management Bureau of Air Management Division of Radiation 79 Elm Street Hartford, CT 06106-5127 Office: 860-424-4190 Cell: 860-597-3628 Jeffrey.semancik@ct.gov | Michael Firsick Michael.firsick@ct.gov Office: 860-424-3517 Cell: 860-916-1638 Pager: 860-939-4123 | |
| DELAWARE | Robert Brinsfield Acting Administrator Office of Radiation Control 417 Federal Street Dover, DE 19901 Office: 302-744-4729 Robert.Brinsfield@Delaware.gov | Vacant | |
| MAINE | Jay Hyland Manager Division of Environmental Health Radiation Control Program 286 Water St. Augusta, ME 04333 Office: 207-287-5677 jay.hyland@maine.gov | Tom Hillman Division of Environmental Health Radiation Control Program 286 Water St. Augusta, ME 04333 Office: 207-287-8401 tom.hillman@maine.gov | |
| MASSACHUSETTS | David M Bryant Assistant Director for Planning & Preparedness MA Emergency Management Agency 400 Worcester Road Framingham, MA 01702-5399 Office: 508-820-2040 David.Bryant@mass.gov | KImberly Castle Technological Hazards Unit Supervisor MA Emergency Management Agency 365 East Street Tewksbury, MA 01876 Office: 857-278-4497 Kimberly.Castle@mass.gov | |
| NEW HAMPSHIRE | David E Vaillancourt Section Chief, Field Services (REP) New Hampshire Homeland Security and Emergency Management Mail: 33 Hazen Dr. Concord, NH 03305 Office: 603-223-3630 david.e.vaillancourt@dos.nh.gov | ||
| NEW JERSEY | Jerry Humphreys Bureau of Nuclear Engineering New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection 33 Arctic Parkway, Mail Code 33-01 Trenton, NJ 08625-0420 Office: 609-984-7469 Cell: 609-372-5304 jerry.humphreys@dep.nj.gov | Ms. Veena Gubbi Bureau of Nuclear Engineering New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection 33 Arctic Parkway, Mail Code 33-01 Trenton, NJ 08625-0420 Veena.Gubbi@dep.nj.gov | |
| NEW YORK | Cynthia A. Costello, MS, MPH, CHP Chief, Radiological Emergency Response Section Chief, Environmental Radiation/Radon Section NYS Department of Health Bureau of Environmental Radiation Protection Corning Tower - Room 1218 Empire State Plaza Albany, NY 12237 Office: 518-402-7556 Fax: 518-402-7554 Cynthia.Costello@health.NY.gov | Paul Bembia Program Director West Valley Site Management Program NYSERDA 9030-B Route 219 West Valley, NY 14171 Office: 716-942-9960 Paul.Bembia@nyserda.ny.gov | Robert Kidder Robert.Kidder@Troopers.ny.gov Larry King T/Sergeant New York State Police, Division-Traffic Services 1220 Washington Avenue, BLDG 22 Albany, NY 12226 Office: 518-457-3258 Larry.King@troopers.ny.gov Alyse Peterson Alyse.Peterson@nyserta.ny.gov Bridget.Frymire Bridget.Frymire@dps.ny.gov |
| PENNSYLVANIA | Rich Janati Bureau of Radiation Protection Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection P.O. Box 8469 Harrisburg, PA 17105-8469 Office: 717-787-2163 rjanati@state.pa.us | Wade DeHaas Bureau of Radiation Protection Pennsylvania Department Environmental Protection P.O. Box 8469 Harrisburg, PA 17105-8469 Office: 717-787-2699 WDeHaas@pa.gov | Robert Meinert 2601 Interstate Dr. Harrisburg, PA 17110 Office: 717-651-7071 rmeinert@pa.gov Lt. Kerby Young Pennsylvania State Police Ops Commander for Domestic Security 1800 Elmerton Avenue Harrisburg, PA 17110 Office: 717-346-2695 KerYoung@pa.gov Sandra B. Silva Emergency Management Specialist Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency 1310 Elmerton Ave. Harrisburg, PA 17110 Office: 717-651-2235 Fax: 717-346-3105 www.PEMA.pa.gov Laurin Fleming laufleming@pa.gov RAILROAD OFFICIALS Lugene Bastian lugene@pa.gov Rodney Bender Rodbender@pa.gov Richard Rupp ricrupp@pa.gov |
| RHODE ISLAND | James Ball Emergency Response Administrator Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management Office: 401-222-1360 x7129 Cell: 401-255-2904 James.ball@dem.ri.gov | ||
| VERMONT | Anthony R. Leshinskie State Nuclear Engineer and Decommissioning Coordinator Vermont Public Service Department 112 State St. Montpelier, VT 05620-2601 Office/Cell: 802-272-1714 Vermont Yankee Site Office: 802-258-5449 Anthony.Leshinskie@Vermont.gov | Dr. William Irwin Chief Radiological and Toxicological Science Program Vermont Department of Health 108 Cherry St. Burlington, VT 05402 Office: 802-863-7238 Bill.Irwin@Vermont.gov | |
| SENECA NATION of INDIANS | Anthony (Tony) Memmo Project Manager, Seneca Energy Seneca Nation of Indians 12837 Route 438 Irving, NY 14081 Office: 716-532-4900 x5022 a.memmo@sni.org (Non-voting member) | ||
| MASHPEE WAMPANOAG TRIBE | Nelson Andrews Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe Liaison Office: 508-477-5800 Cell: 774-327-8367 Nelson.Andrews@mwtribe-nsn.gov (Non-voting member) |
The 2024 Fall meeting of the Northeast High-Level Transportation Task Force was held on October 23-24, 2024 at the Hotel Providence in Providence, Rhode Island. A summary of the meeting and presentations are listed below.
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- Northeast Task Force 2024 Fall Meeting Summary
- Update on the 3Yankee’s – Kathleen Capstick, Director Public & Government Affairs, Maine Yankee
- TEPP Update – Mark Linsley, CHP, TRG, Contractor to the U.S. DOE
- Update U.S. DOE Environmental Management – Ellen Edge, Office of Packaging and Transportation, DOE
- Haddam Neck Cask Aging Management Inspection – Mike Firsick, CTDEP
- Package Performance Demonstration Update – Miriam Juckett, Pacific Northwest Laboratory
- Update on U.S. DOE Nuclear Energy Interim Storage Siting Consensus Process – Jay Thomas, DOE NE-82, Office of Storage and Transportation
- Connecticut Spent Fuel Update – Mike Firsick CTDEP
The 2024 Spring meeting of the Northeast High-Level Transportation Task Force was held on June 6, 2024 at the Hyatt Regency Denver Tech Center in Denver, Colorado. A summary of the meeting and presentations are listed below.
- Northeast Task Force 2024 Spring Meeting Summary
- Quehanna Site Cleanup and Waste Transport Challenges – David Allard, Retired PA DEP, Director of the Bureau of Radiation Protection. MS, CHP, FHPS
- TEPP Update – Mark Linsley, CHP, TRG, Contractor to the U.S. DOE
- Holtec Cask Violations at Oyster Creek – Veena Gubbi, Bureau of Nuclear Engineering, NJ Dept. of Environmental Protection
- History of Spent Nuclear Fuel Shipments – Kevin Connolly, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Sara Hogan, PhD, DOE-NE
- Update from Connecticut – Mike Firsick, Connecticut Dept. of Energy and Environmental Management, Bureau of Air Management, Division of Radiation
- Massachusetts update on Pilgrim – David Bryant, Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency
The Fall meeting of the Northeast High-Level Transportation Task Force was held October 25-26, 2023 at the Portland Regency Hotel at Portland, Maine. A summary of the meeting and presentations are listed below.
- Northeast Task Force 2023 Fall Meeting Summary
- Update on the 3Yankee’s – Eric Howes, Director Public & Government Affairs, Maine Yankee
- Three Mile Island SNF Transportation Issues – David Allard, Retired PA DEP, Director of the Bureau of Radiation Protection. MS, CHP, FHPS
- TEPP Update – Mark Linsley, CHP, TRG, Contractor to the U.S. DOE
- Update DOE Environmental Management – Ellen Edge, Office of Packaging and Transportation, DOE
- Preliminary Results of Three Mile Island SNF Removal Assessment – Mariam Juckett, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- Update on Transport Security Unified Stakeholders Group (TSUSG) – Mark Yeager, Government and NGO Liaison, Contractor, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Update on NTSF Ad Hoc Working Groups – Sara Hogan, PhD, DOE Nuclear Energy
- Massachusetts update on Pilgrim – David Bryant, Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency
- Update on DOE Nuclear Energy Interim Storage Siting Consensus Process – Sara Hogan, PhD, DOE Nuclear Energy
The Spring meeting of the Northeast High-Level Transportation Task Force was held May 25, 2023 at the Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch in conjunction with the 2023 NTSF Annual Meeting. A summary of the meeting and presentations are listed below.
- Northeast Task Force 2023 Spring Meeting Summary
- Update on the 3Yankee’s – Eric Howes, Director Public & Government Affairs, Maine Yankee
- The Need to Update Radiation Regulations in the USA – David Allard, Retired PA DEP, Director of the Bureau of Radiation Protection. MS, CHP, FHPS
- TEPP Update – Mark Linsley, CHP, TRG, Contractor to the U.S. DOE (no presentation)
The Fall meeting of the Northeast High-Level Transportation Task Force was held October 26-27, 2022 at the Hyatt Regency in New Brunswick, New Jersey. A Summary of the meeting and presentations provided are listed below.
- Northeast Task Force 2022 Fall Meeting Summary
- Update on the 3Yankee’s
- A Community Preparedness and Planning Pilot Framework Tool for Spent Nuclear Fuel Transportation
- Update from DOE Environmental Management
- DOE-NE Program Update and Interim Storage Activities
- Loading of Indian Point LLRW onto Rail in Newton, Connecticut
- PA Radiation Monitoring Tech Guide Document
The spring meeting of the Northeast High-Level Radioactive Waste Transportation Task Force was held June 7, 2022 at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown Hotel in Pennsylvania. This meeting was held in conjunction with the 2022 NTSF Annual Meeting held at this same location. The meeting was presided by Co-chairs Jerry Humphreys (NJ) and Wade DeHaas (PA).
Download meeting materials by clicking the links below:
Here you may find the 2021 Fall Task Force Meeting materials:
- Draft Agenda
- 3 Yankees Update
- Completion of DOE Single Car Testing for the 12 -axle Atlas Railcar and Next Steps
- DOE-NE Program Update and Interim Storage Activities
- Background and Overview of DOE’s Draft Railcar Safety Inspection
Protocol - FRA Response To RAM Fire in Chicago-2021
- JIT Seattle Cesium Event Lessons Learned
- Northeast Task Force Meeting Summary, Fall 2021
Here you may find the 2020 Fall Task Force Meeting materials:
Here you may find the 2020 Spring Task Force Meeting materials:
For more information on the Northeast High-Level Radioactive Waste Transportation Project, please contact the project’s director:
Uldis Vanags
Email: uvanags@csg.org
telephone: 207-404-0520