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March 8 – 12, 2020
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Track 1 - Crosscutting Policies and Programs

001: Panel: Waste Management Symposium 2020 Plenary Session (R1.01)

3 Articles
1/2 Panel Session
The plenary panel focused on government and industry world leaders speaking on the pressing issues facing radioactive waste management in 2020 and beyond. Panelists included an OECD/ NEA representative for the international community, a Huntington Ingalls Industries representative for the commercial sector, and the US DOE Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary of Science representing DOE Environmental Management.
Track 1 - Crosscutting Policies and Programs

002: Panel: Hot Topics in US DOE Environmental Management (R1.02)

4 Articles
1/2 Panel Session
This panel focused on Senior US DOE Managers from Washington, D.C. and the Manager of Savannah River Site (SRS), our featured DOE Site. Speakers discussed the pressing issues facing US DOE EM sites.
Track 2 - High-Level Radioactive Wastes, Spent Nuclear Fuel/Used Nuclear Fuel

003: Panel: Prospects for Shared Solutions for Solving the WM Challenge for Small & Emerging Nuclear Countries (R2.7)

4 Articles
1/2 Panel Session
This panel focused on sharing WM solutions for small and emerging nuclear countries. As countries with substantial inventories of spent nuclear fuel pursue their national repository programs with varying degrees of progress, countries with only a few reactors and those at the beginning stages of their nuclear programs face a far different and substantial challenge toward developing a national solution. This session brought together a panel of experts from government and industry to explore shared solutions and next steps building off the recent progress made by international organizations and the recent efforts and lessons learned.
Track 6 - Decontamination & Decommissioning

004: Panel: Japan Fukushima Daiichi D&D Update (1/2)(R6.2)

8 Articles
1/2 Panel Session
This panel focused on updating the activities at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear stations in Japan. Panelists included Japanese representatives and invited US and non-US companies and government representatives.
Track 1 - Crosscutting Policies and Programs

006: Worldwide Regulatory and Oversight for Waste Management – Challenges and Solutions (1.3)

2 Articles
1/2 Oral Session
Track 2 - High-Level Radioactive Wastes, Spent Nuclear Fuel/Used Nuclear Fuel

007: HLW, SNF/UNF and Long-Lived Alpha/TRU Programs and Policies (2.2)

3 Articles
1/2 Oral Session
Track 3 - Low-Level, Intermediate Level, Mixed Waste, NORM, & TENORM

008: Operating Experience in LLW and ILW Disposal Systems, Facilities and Sites - a Global Perspective (3.13)

3 Articles
1/2 Oral Session
Track 3 - Low-Level, Intermediate Level, Mixed Waste, NORM, & TENORM

009: Regulatory and Programmatic Issues and Solutions for LLW/ILW Worldwide (3.3)

3 Articles
1/2 Oral Session
Track 7 - Environmental Remediation

010: Technical Innovations in Environmental Remediation and Site Closure (7.3b)

4 Articles
1/2 Oral Session
Track 7 - Environmental Remediation

011: Characterization and ER Technologies for Complex and Comingled Contaminants (7.8)

4 Articles
1/2 Oral Session
Track 1 - Crosscutting Policies and Programs

012: Panel: Effective Aspects of the 2016 Consent Order Between DOE EM-LA Field Office and NM Environment Department and Identifying Comparable Approaches (R1.24)

4 Articles
1/2 Panel Session
This panel focused on the extremely effective 2016 Compliance Order on Consent executed between the US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management - Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) and the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) and highlights practices and concepts toward developing an environmental compliance agreement that is mutually productive to both the NMED and the DOE. To further demonstrate successful practices, the panel also highlighted another very effective compliance agreement with comparable approaches - the 1993 Savannah River Site (SRS) Federal Facility Agreement (FFA) executed between DOE, the South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control (SCDHEC), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). EM-LA, NMED, SRS, and SCDHEC representatives provided attendees an opportunity to understand and compare extremely effective approaches to regulatory compliance across the complex.
Track 6 - Decontamination & Decommissioning

013: Panel: D&D Collaboration Between US DOE EM and NNSA (R6.3)

4 Articles
1/2 Panel Session
This panel focused on the interaction and collaboration between US Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management (DOE EM) and National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) offices and sites.
Track 3 - Low-Level, Intermediate Level, Mixed Waste, NORM, & TENORM

014: Panel: US NRC - Current and Emerging US NRC Regulatory Topics (R3.3)

6 Articles
1/2 Panel Session
This panel focused on several current and emerging US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) regulatory issues impacting the commercial radioactive waste arena in the US. The panelists provided different perspectives on key issues such as the revision of 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 61 “Licensing Requirements For Land Disposal Of Radioactive Waste”, the scoping study on very low-level waste, the consolidated interim storage of spent nuclear fuel and other timely regulatory topics.
Track 2 - High-Level Radioactive Wastes, Spent Nuclear Fuel/Used Nuclear Fuel

016: Advances in HLW Tank Retrieval Technologies (2.4b)

3 Articles
1/2 Oral Session
Track 2 - High-Level Radioactive Wastes, Spent Nuclear Fuel/Used Nuclear Fuel

017: Advances in HLW Tank Chemistry Understanding (2.4d)

3 Articles
1/2 Oral Session
Track 9 - Special Topics Including Safety, Security, & Safeguards

018: Radiological Dispersion Devices and Weapons of Mass Destruction: Detection, Response, and Recovery (9.7)

3 Articles
1/2 Oral Session
Track 3 - Low-Level, Intermediate Level, Mixed Waste, NORM, & TENORM

019: Emerging Treatment, and Storage Technologies for LLW/ILW Worldwide (3.7a)

6 Articles
Full Oral Session
Track 6 - Decontamination & Decommissioning

020: D&D of Nuclear Power Plants (6.3)

6 Articles
Full Oral Session
Track 7 - Environmental Remediation

021: Innovative Field Monitoring for Environmental Remediation (7.4)

6 Articles
Full Oral Session
Track 1 - Crosscutting Policies and Programs

022: Panel: Doing Business with the US Department of Energy (R1.8)

2 Articles
1/2 Panel Session
This panel session provided a fast-paced, high-energy and thought-provoking session on how to do business with the US DOE. Representatives from the Office of EM and the NNSA gave attendees insight on how to market and seek opportunities within their program offices, sites and laboratories, along with suggestions from a successful small business in the DOE market.
Track 1 - Crosscutting Policies and Programs

023: Panel: Start-Up of Three Major DOE Treatment Facilities -SWPF, IWTU and DFLAW (1/2) (R1.25)

4 Articles
1/2 Panel Session
This panel focused on the DOE-EM planning to complete construction and start up three major treatment facilities in the next 18 months. This included the Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF) at Savannah River, the Integrated Waste treatment Unit (IWTU) at Idaho and the Direct Feed Low-Activity Waste (DFLAW) at Hanford. DOE Site Managers from SC, ID and WA introduced each facility then the DOE Contractor provided the details on their biggest challenges in regulatory issues, construction, start-up and operations of each facility.
Track 8 - Communications, Education and Training

024B: Panel: Discussion on Records, Knowledge and Memory for Radioactive Waste Repositories: Generational Equity Focus (R8.6)

4 Articles
1/2 Panel Session
This panel focused on the latest thoughts, ideas, and methodologies being explored throughout the world on how to communicate with future generations regarding nuclear waste disposal. Scientists determined many years ago that geological disposal in a repository was the preferred solution for nuclear waste disposal given the longevity concerns of the waste(s). Future generations must be informed through records, memory keeping and permanent markers to ensure they are aware of, and knowledgeable of, the dangers associated with nuclear waste isolated from the biosphere.
Track 2 - High-Level Radioactive Wastes, Spent Nuclear Fuel/Used Nuclear Fuel

025: Panel: DOE Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) Update 2020 (R2.5)

3 Articles
1/2 Panel Session
This panel focused on the WIPP operational efficiencies and capital improvement progress in the year 2020. Because WIPP is a key component of the US DOE EM cleanup strategy, the progress on returning WIPP to full design capacity and throughput by 2021 is of importance.
Track 7 - Environmental Remediation

026: Panel: Risk-Based Approaches to Environmental Remediation and Adaptive Site Management (R7.4)

6 Articles
1/2 Panel Session
This panel discussed the needs and importance of developing risk-based approaches to environmental remediation that will enable complex sites to be adaptively managed by applying cost-effective remedies that are protective of human health and the environment. The discussion emphasized risk-based approaches within decision processes and subsequent incorporation into regulatory decision documents. Remedy approaches, remediation exit strategies, and long-term monitoring plans that support risk-based end-states for difficult-to-remediate sites were discussed
Track 2 - High-Level Radioactive Wastes, Spent Nuclear Fuel/Used Nuclear Fuel

027: Modular High-Level Waste Tank Salt Processing (2.15a)

4 Articles
1/2 Oral Session
001: Panel: Waste Management Symposium 2020 Plenary Session (R1.01) 3 Articles
1/2 Panel Session
The plenary panel focused on government and industry world leaders speaking on the pressing issues facing radioactive waste management in 2020 and beyond. Panelists included an OECD/ NEA representative for the international community, a Huntington Ingalls Industries representative for the commercial sector, and the US DOE Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary of Science representing DOE Environmental Management.
002: Panel: Hot Topics in US DOE Environmental Management (R1.02) 4 Articles
1/2 Panel Session
This panel focused on Senior US DOE Managers from Washington, D.C. and the Manager of Savannah River Site (SRS), our featured DOE Site. Speakers discussed the pressing issues facing US DOE EM sites.
003: Panel: Prospects for Shared Solutions for Solving the WM Challenge for Small & Emerging Nuclear Countries (R2.7) 4 Articles
1/2 Panel Session
This panel focused on sharing WM solutions for small and emerging nuclear countries. As countries with substantial inventories of spent nuclear fuel pursue their national repository programs with varying degrees of progress, countries with only a few reactors and those at the beginning stages of their nuclear programs face a far different and substantial challenge toward developing a national solution. This session brought together a panel of experts from government and industry to explore shared solutions and next steps building off the recent progress made by international organizations and the recent efforts and lessons learned.
004: Panel: Japan Fukushima Daiichi D&D Update (1/2)(R6.2) 8 Articles
1/2 Panel Session
This panel focused on updating the activities at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear stations in Japan. Panelists included Japanese representatives and invited US and non-US companies and government representatives.
006: Worldwide Regulatory and Oversight for Waste Management – Challenges and Solutions (1.3) 2 Articles
1/2 Oral Session
007: HLW, SNF/UNF and Long-Lived Alpha/TRU Programs and Policies (2.2) 3 Articles
1/2 Oral Session
008: Operating Experience in LLW and ILW Disposal Systems, Facilities and Sites - a Global Perspective (3.13) 3 Articles
1/2 Oral Session
009: Regulatory and Programmatic Issues and Solutions for LLW/ILW Worldwide (3.3) 3 Articles
1/2 Oral Session
010: Technical Innovations in Environmental Remediation and Site Closure (7.3b) 4 Articles
1/2 Oral Session
011: Characterization and ER Technologies for Complex and Comingled Contaminants (7.8) 4 Articles
1/2 Oral Session
012: Panel: Effective Aspects of the 2016 Consent Order Between DOE EM-LA Field Office and NM Environment Department and Identifying Comparable Approaches (R1.24) 4 Articles
1/2 Panel Session
This panel focused on the extremely effective 2016 Compliance Order on Consent executed between the US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management - Los Alamos Field Office (EM-LA) and the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) and highlights practices and concepts toward developing an environmental compliance agreement that is mutually productive to both the NMED and the DOE. To further demonstrate successful practices, the panel also highlighted another very effective compliance agreement with comparable approaches - the 1993 Savannah River Site (SRS) Federal Facility Agreement (FFA) executed between DOE, the South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control (SCDHEC), and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). EM-LA, NMED, SRS, and SCDHEC representatives provided attendees an opportunity to understand and compare extremely effective approaches to regulatory compliance across the complex.
013: Panel: D&D Collaboration Between US DOE EM and NNSA (R6.3) 4 Articles
1/2 Panel Session
This panel focused on the interaction and collaboration between US Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management (DOE EM) and National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) offices and sites.
014: Panel: US NRC - Current and Emerging US NRC Regulatory Topics (R3.3) 6 Articles
1/2 Panel Session
This panel focused on several current and emerging US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) regulatory issues impacting the commercial radioactive waste arena in the US. The panelists provided different perspectives on key issues such as the revision of 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 61 “Licensing Requirements For Land Disposal Of Radioactive Waste”, the scoping study on very low-level waste, the consolidated interim storage of spent nuclear fuel and other timely regulatory topics.
016: Advances in HLW Tank Retrieval Technologies (2.4b) 3 Articles
1/2 Oral Session
017: Advances in HLW Tank Chemistry Understanding (2.4d) 3 Articles
1/2 Oral Session
018: Radiological Dispersion Devices and Weapons of Mass Destruction: Detection, Response, and Recovery (9.7) 3 Articles
1/2 Oral Session
019: Emerging Treatment, and Storage Technologies for LLW/ILW Worldwide (3.7a) 6 Articles
Full Oral Session
020: D&D of Nuclear Power Plants (6.3) 6 Articles
Full Oral Session
021: Innovative Field Monitoring for Environmental Remediation (7.4) 6 Articles
Full Oral Session
022: Panel: Doing Business with the US Department of Energy (R1.8) 2 Articles
1/2 Panel Session
This panel session provided a fast-paced, high-energy and thought-provoking session on how to do business with the US DOE. Representatives from the Office of EM and the NNSA gave attendees insight on how to market and seek opportunities within their program offices, sites and laboratories, along with suggestions from a successful small business in the DOE market.
023: Panel: Start-Up of Three Major DOE Treatment Facilities -SWPF, IWTU and DFLAW (1/2) (R1.25) 4 Articles
1/2 Panel Session
This panel focused on the DOE-EM planning to complete construction and start up three major treatment facilities in the next 18 months. This included the Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF) at Savannah River, the Integrated Waste treatment Unit (IWTU) at Idaho and the Direct Feed Low-Activity Waste (DFLAW) at Hanford. DOE Site Managers from SC, ID and WA introduced each facility then the DOE Contractor provided the details on their biggest challenges in regulatory issues, construction, start-up and operations of each facility.
024B: Panel: Discussion on Records, Knowledge and Memory for Radioactive Waste Repositories: Generational Equity Focus (R8.6) 4 Articles
1/2 Panel Session
This panel focused on the latest thoughts, ideas, and methodologies being explored throughout the world on how to communicate with future generations regarding nuclear waste disposal. Scientists determined many years ago that geological disposal in a repository was the preferred solution for nuclear waste disposal given the longevity concerns of the waste(s). Future generations must be informed through records, memory keeping and permanent markers to ensure they are aware of, and knowledgeable of, the dangers associated with nuclear waste isolated from the biosphere.
025: Panel: DOE Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) Update 2020 (R2.5) 3 Articles
1/2 Panel Session
This panel focused on the WIPP operational efficiencies and capital improvement progress in the year 2020. Because WIPP is a key component of the US DOE EM cleanup strategy, the progress on returning WIPP to full design capacity and throughput by 2021 is of importance.
026: Panel: Risk-Based Approaches to Environmental Remediation and Adaptive Site Management (R7.4) 6 Articles
1/2 Panel Session
This panel discussed the needs and importance of developing risk-based approaches to environmental remediation that will enable complex sites to be adaptively managed by applying cost-effective remedies that are protective of human health and the environment. The discussion emphasized risk-based approaches within decision processes and subsequent incorporation into regulatory decision documents. Remedy approaches, remediation exit strategies, and long-term monitoring plans that support risk-based end-states for difficult-to-remediate sites were discussed
027: Modular High-Level Waste Tank Salt Processing (2.15a) 4 Articles
1/2 Oral Session