MEETING MINUTES

Dry Cask Storage and Transport Sub-Committee
March 11, 1999

The second meeting of the Dry Cask Storage and Transportation Sub- Committee of the Yankee Rowe Citizens Advisory Board (CAB) was held on March 11, 1999 at the Rowe Town Hall in Rowe, Massachusetts. Chairman Chuck Bellows called the meeting to order at 7:05 PM with eight members present.

DRY CASK STORAGE AND TRANSPORT SUB-COMMITTEE ATTENDEES:
Chuck Bellows
Allan Twitchell
Lenny Laffond
Rick Williams
Bruce Lessels
Bob Gallagar
Bill LeQuier
Deborah Katzn

Rick Williams accepted the meeting minutes after a correction.

Len Tremblay, P.E. - Yankee ISFSI Project Manager, gave an update on the licensing and design of Yankee's proposed dry cask storage site. The attached handout outlines his detailed presentation. The videotape of the meeting is also available for viewing.

Chuck Bellows asked the committee to decide which dry cask storage site they would like to visit. The motion was made and voted on to visit the site at Consumers Energy Palisades's nuclear plant in Convert, Michigan. The dates and details are yet to be decided. The casks at Palisades are vertical, concrete storage casks and would provide the best visual parallel to the site contemplated at Yankee Rowe.

Stan Gawle, Yankee Rowe Community Relations, gave a report on the status of the federal nuclear waste legislation and the status of the spent fuel litigation. The attached handout outlines his presentation and the video of the meeting will provide more information for anyone interested.

Lenny Laffond made a motion that the CAB invites Bill Richardson, U.S. Secretary of Energy, to come and speak at a CAB meeting on Doe's timetable on the removal of spent fuel. The motion was seconded and approved.

Mr. Laffond then moved to invite Senators Kennedy and Kerry and Congressman John Olver to come, during the summer recess, to a CAB meeting at the Rowe site to discuss the need for an interim storage site for high level waste so that Rowe doesn't become a long term storage site. This motion was also seconded and approved.

The entire CAB will meet in Rowe on April 22nd at the Town Hall at7:00 PM. The sub-committee will decide then when to meet again.

The Meeting was adjourned at 8:15 PM

.Chuck Bellows