Good Afternoon,
On Thursday, September 15th, 2016, the Department of Energy (DOE) will host a public meeting in Washington, DC to summarize feedback received as part of the December 23, 2015 Invitation for Public Comment and subsequent public meetings on consent-based
siting. The meeting will also provide an opportunity to discuss next steps in consent-based siting with participants.
DATE AND TIME: The meeting will take place on Thursday September 15, 2016 from 2:00 - 4:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. Department officials will be available to discuss consent-based siting during an informal open house 30 minutes before and after the
formal meeting.
LOCATION: The meeting will be held at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Washington D.C. Convention Center at 900 10th St NW, Washington, DC 20001. The entire meeting will be available live via Live Webstream Link
REGISTRATION: Registration is encouraged to assist with planning efforts. Registration Link
BACKGROUND AND AGENDA: DOE is designing a consent-based siting process to establish an integrated waste management system to transport, store, and dispose of spent nuclear fuel and high level radioactive waste. In a consent-based siting approach, DOE will work with communities, tribal governments and states across the country that express interest in hosting any of the facilities
identified as part of an integrated waste management system. As part of this process, the Department issued an Invitation for Public Comment in the Federal Register on December 23, 2015 and hosted eight public meetings across the United States in 2016 to seek input on the elements that should be considered in the development of a consent-based siting process. This September 15, 2016 meeting will summarize feedback received and provide an opportunity to discuss next steps in
consent-based siting. For more information, and to view the agenda, please visit our website at energy.gov/consentbasedsiting.
We look forward to your participation and hope to see you in online or in Washington!
John Kotek
Acting Assistant
Secretary for Nuclear Energy
U.S. Department of Energy
Kris Kirby Named Superintendent of the Manhattan Project National Historic Park
NPS Intermountain Region
September 1, 2016
DENVER – Kris Kirby, a 20-year career employee of the National Park Service (NPS), has been selected as the new Superintendent of Manhattan Project National Historical Park according to Intermountain Regional Director Sue Masica. Kris will assume her new duties October 16, 2016.
Kirby currently serves as the Chief of Business & Revenue
Management at Yosemite National Park in California. Prior to her assignment there, she served as Chief of Commercial Services at Lake Mead NRA and previously worked in concessions management at Glacier NP.
"Kris has spent her career fostering relationships inside and outside the Service. Those skills are an excellent match for this park and its many partners," said Masica.
Since October
2012 Kirby has administered and managed the $25 million recreation fee program and the $150 million concession program at Yosemite National Park. The park’s primary concession contract provides a wide range of vistor services, both seasonal and year-round, in one of the nation’s most iconic national parks. "I look forward to the opportunity to partner with the Department of Energy and work with the local communities of Hanford, Los Alamos, and Oak Ridge, to share the complex story of the
Manhattan Project and its significant impact on history,” said Kirby.
Kirby obtained a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Metropolitan State University of Denver and a Masters in Public Administration from the University of Nevada Las Vegas. She started her career with the National Park Service in 1996 as a Concessions Management Assistant.
The Manhattan Project National Historical Park was established in November 2015 to
preserve portions of three World War II sites where the United States developed the first atomic weapons. Managed in partnership with the Department of Energy, the three sites that make up the park are located in Oak Ridge, TN, Los Alamos, NM, and Hanford, WA.
