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001 - Panel: WM Symposia 2014 Plenary Session

3 Articles
Panel
The plenary panel will focus on government and industry world leaders speaking on the pressing issues facing radioactive waste management in 2014 and beyond. Two papers are also prepared for this panel. Panelists include: Christopher Eckerberg, President, SKB (Sweden); Tiina Jalonen, Director, Posiva Oy (Finland); John Lehew, Senior Vice President, CH2M HILL Nuclear Business Group; and David Huizenga, Senior Advisor for Environmental Management, US DOE.

002 - Panel: Hot Topics in US DOE Environmental Management (EM)

12 Articles
Panel
This panel will focus on Senior US DOE Managers from Washington D.C. speaking on the pressing issues facing US DOE EM sites. Panelists include: Melody Bell, Assistant Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for Human Capital and Corporate Services; Jack Craig, Acting Associate Principal DAS; Dennis Deziel, Assistant DAS for Program Planning and Budget; Mark Gilbertson, DAS for Site Restoration; Frank Marcinowski, DAS for Waste Management; Matthew Moury, DAS for Safety, Security and Quality Programs; Jack Surash, DAS for Acquisition and Project Management; and Kenneth Picha, DAS for Tank Waste and Nuclear Material, US DOE.

003 - Papers/Panel: Monday - Finland/Sweden Featured Nations: National Program and Local Views

4 Articles
Panel w/Papers
This panel will discuss the WM activities in two countries, Finland and Sweden, our 2014 featured nations. After presentations, the panel will interact and discuss with the WM attendees the status of the country's WM programs and policies. Panelists include: Herrko Plit, Deputy Director General, Ministry of Employment and the Economy, Energy Department, Nuclear Energy and Fossil Fuels (Finland); Vesa Jalonen, Chairman of the Municipal Council, Eurajoki Municipality (Finland); Ingvar Persson, Swedish National Council for Nuclear Waste (Sweden); and Jacob Spangenberg, Mayor, Municipality of Osthammar (Sweden).

005 - Recent Developments with High Level Radioactive Waste Glass

4 Articles
Oral

006 - Panel: Establishing a Robust Safety Culture through Human Performance Improvement

5 Articles
Panel
This panel focuses on the critical role that Human Performance Improvement (HPI) initiatives can play in establishing and sustaining a robust culture of operational excellence. HPI initiatives comprise a variety of elements, such as strong sponsorship, sound training courses, and management commitment. However, the single and most important factor is integrating HPI with other quality, reliability, safety initiatives and programs that align with the organization's mission and vision. Building a strong safety culture is like a marathon, not a sprint: it demands leadership, tenacity and trust. HPI is becoming an increasingly important tool to improving quality and safety performance, operational effectiveness, and the "bottom line." Come share a spirited discussion with our expert panelists on the importance of HPI and organizational culture in achieving operational excellence. Panelists include: Anthony Umek, Vice President, Fluor Government Group; Mike Williams, COO/Chief Fossil Officer, Luminant Power; Grover Hettel, Vice President, Operations, Energy-Northwest, John McDonald, Sr. Manager, ESH&Q, Washington River Protection Solutions; and another representative from Institute for Nuclear Power Operation (INPO) or the commercial nuclear power industry.

007 - Waste Certification, Acceptance and Disposal for LLW, ILW, MW, NORM and TENORM

3 Articles
Oral

008 - D&D of Nuclear Facilities (Non-Power Generating Facilities) - Part 1 of 2

3 Articles
Oral

009 - Environmental Remediation Progress Toward Closure of Contaminated Sites

3 Articles
Oral

010 - Communicating with Regulators on Radioactive Waste Issues

3 Articles
Oral

011 - From Community Closure Perspectives to Web-Based Tools for ER Cleanup Programs

3 Articles
Oral

012 - Accomplishments and Challenges at the DOE Hanford Site

1 Article
Oral

013 - Papers/Panel: Finland/Sweden Featured Nations: Siting Status and Issues

3 Articles
Panel w/Papers
This session will discuss the siting status and issues on our Featured Nations for WM2014, Finland and Sweden. After the three presentations, the panel will discuss with the audience related issues on their waste management siting programs. Panelists include: Tiina Jalonen, Posiva, (Finland); Vesa Jalonen, Muncipality of Eurajoki; Olle Olsson, Vice President Strategy and Programmes, Svensk Kärnbränslehantering AB (SKB) (Sweden); Erik Setzman, Head of Unit for Quality & Environment, SKB (Sweden);

014 - Papers/Panel: Finland/Sweden Featured Nations: A Licensing Update

4 Articles
Panel w/Papers
This session will provide a licensing update on our Featured Nations for WM2014, Finland and Sweden. After the four presentations, the panel will discuss with the audience related issues on their licensing programs. Panelists include: Johan Anderberg, Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (Sweden); Carl-Reinhold Bråkenhielm, Swedish National Council for Nuclear Waste (Sweden); Kai Hämäläinen, STUK Radiation and Safety Authority (Finland); and Kari Rasilainen, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland (Finland).

015 - Panel: Worldwide Regulatory Challenges of Radioactive Legacy Sites - IAEA Working Forum - Part 1 of 2

4 Articles
Panel
This session is divided into two parts: Part 1, this session, provides an opportunity to share information about activities within the IAEA's International Working Forum on Regulatory Supervision of Legacy Sites (RSLS) programs on regulatory development specific to legacy situations, assessment of compliance, and training requirements and provisions. Feedback from the discussion will be provided to IAEA, to support the continuing development of international guidance on legacy issues. Panelists include: Russel Edge, Division of Radiation, Transport and Waste Safety, Department of Safety and Security, IAEA (Austria); Andrew Persinko - Director, Decommissioning and Uranium Recovery Licensing, Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection, US NRC; Ilkhom Mirsaidov, Director, Nuclear and Radiation Safety Agency (Republic of Tajikistan); and David Shafer, Asset Management Team Leader, Office of Legacy Management, US DOE.

016 - Panel: Worldwide Regulatory Challenges of Radioactive Legacy Sites - Progress in Bi-Lateral Cooperation - Part 2 of 2

3 Articles
Panel
This panel, Part 2, will focus on abnormal situations at legacy sites remaining from military and civilian nuclear technology developments in the 20th century, which raise many questions about safety and security, as well as environmental and human health protection. These complex legacy situations present significant challenges to comprehensive, balanced, effective and efficient regulatory supervision and therefore have become the subject of major bi-lateral agreements between respective national regulatory authorities. The panel members will present and discuss important developments at particular sites and illustrate the mutual support obtained through regulatory cooperation. Panelists include: Per Strand, Deputy Director General, Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority (Norway). Nataliya K. Shandala, Deputy Director General, Federal Medical Biological Center (Russia); Sergey Romanov, Director, Southern Ural Biophysics Institute of the Federal Medical-Biological Agency (Russia); Alexander Akleyev, Director General, Urals Research Center for Radiation Medicine (Russia); and Stuart Walker, Superfund Remediation Program Radiation Lead, US EPA.

017 - Panel: Hot Topics in US Commercial LLW Management

5 Articles
Panel
This panel will focus on emerging issues in commercial LLW management in the US from the perspective of five active members of the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Forum, Inc. State, compact, federal and industry officials will share their views on a variety of timely and significant topics related to LLW management and disposal. These topics include: 1) Renee Echols discussing current issues, technologies and matters of significance for brokers and processors of low-level radioactive waste including nuclear clean-up during challenging economic times; 2) Larry Camper discussing the Part 61 Site-Specific Performance Assessment Rulemaking, the Branch Technical Position on Concentration Averaging and Encapsulation, Updating of the LLW Strategic Assessment, Proposed Revisions to NUREG/BR-0204 re LLW Manifesting, and Future Commission Direction for the LLW Program; 3) Billy Cox providing industry perspectives on proposed revisions to NUREG BR-0204 re LLW Manifesting Guidance, including what is not optimal about current practice and ways to improve, with particular focus on the phantom 4; 4) Rusty Lundberg providing an update on issues, findings and recommendations from the LLW Forum’s Disused Sources Working Group to the National Nuclear Security Administration/Global Threat Reduction Initiative on the management and disposition of disused sources that pose a threat to national security; and 5) Leigh Ing providing an overview regarding proposed changes to the import/export rules and the White Paper on establishing the generator of low-level radioactive waste, as well as requirements and restrictions regarding waste type, origin, and volume. Panelists include: Renee Echols, Senior Vice-President of Sales and Marketing, Perma-Fix Environmental Services; Larry Camper, Director of the Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection in the Office of Federal & State Materials & Environmental Management Programs, US NRC; Billy Cox; Senior Project Manager in Nuclear Chemistry, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI); Rusty Lundberg, Director of the Division of Radiation Control at the Utah Department of Environmental Quality; and Leigh Ing, Consulting Supervisory Director at the Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission (TLLRWDCC).

018 - Selected Key Topics in US Commercial LLW Management

4 Articles
Oral
The Richard S. Hodes M.D Honor Award will be presented during this session to the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI).  The awards ceremony is followed by the WM2014 Richard S. Hodes Honor Lecture presented by EPRI. After the Hodes Award and the presentation by Lisa Edwards, EPRI, two additional key selected papers will follow on US LLW management.

019 - D&D of Nuclear Facilities (Non-Power Generating Facilities) - Part 2 of 2

3 Articles
Oral

020 - D&D of Nuclear Power Plants - Global Emerging Issues and Strategies

5 Articles
Panel
This panel will focus on the worldwide D&D issues at Nuclear Power Plants. With the recent drop in gas prices in the US and reaction to the events of Fukushima the nuclear renaissance in Europe and North America has slowed or been reversed and a number of plants are being shut down earlier than initially planned. This panel will discuss national and international emergent issues and their impact on decommissioning strategies, planning and implementation. Panelists include: Loren Sharp, Director/Nuclear Plant Manager, Pacific Gas and Electric Company; John Christian, Zion Solutions; Jerry Keto, Director, Nuclear Decommissioning and Waste Repositories, Ontario Power Generation (Canada); Bruno Thomauske, University of Aachen (Germany); and Claudio Pescatore, Principal Administrator, Radioactive Waste Management and Decommissioning, OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), (France).

021 - Emerging Treatment Technologies for LLW, ILW, and Mixed Waste

5 Articles
Oral

022 - Worldwide Perspectives of Radioactive Waste Management - Challenges and Solutions

6 Articles
Oral

023 - Perspectives on US Repository Programs - After the US Blue Ribbon Commission

3 Articles
Oral
At the end of this paper session, an audience discussion will commence on Spent (and Used) Nuclear Fuel (SNF/UNF) disposal. The discussion will include the technical, institutional, as well as broader political issues associated with expansion of nuclear power by solving the SNF/UNF waste disposal issue. This is the merging of Session 101 panel with this session.  Moderating the session with the audience will be Robert Edmonds, AREVA.

024 - Panel: Risk Regulations for Radioactive Waste Management

5 Articles
Panel
This panel will discuss the risk-informed provisions for waste management of US DOE and UK radioactive wastes. The US DOE proposed regulation (DOE Order 435.1A) will be released soon for public comment and panelists will discuss the provisions of this Order that have been revised in the proposal to improve risk informed nature of the requirements. There will be representation from the three major waste types used in classifying US DOE waste (LLW, TRU and HLW) and the General Requirements Sections. The UK representative will discuss implementation of the Low-Level Waste Disposal Requirements issued by the Office of Nuclear Regulation. Panelists include: Linda Suttora, Senior Technical Staff, Office of Environmental Compliance Management, US DOE EM; Joel Case, Federal Project Director, Sodium Bearing Waste Treatment Project, Idaho Cleanup Project, US DOE-ID; Tom Morgan, US DOE; Frank DiSanza, Navarro Research & Engineering, Inc. and former Federal Project Director, Waste Management at Nevada National Security Site; and Chris Fisher, Principal Inspector of Nuclear Safety, Office for Nuclear Regulation

025 - Panel: US DOE Office of Legacy Management – A Vision

7 Articles
Panel
This panel focuses on the US DOE Office of Legacy Management (LM) program and its current efforts to manage 91 sites, nuclear weapons complex retirees' medical benefits and pensions, and worker and site records. December 2013 marked the 10 year anniversary of the establishment of the Office of Legacy Management. Discussions will include LM's future mission challenges and opportunities, including: increasing scope in a time of budget uncertainties, working with ongoing mission sites, and records management for sites such as Yucca Mountain. The panel will also include a discussion of emerging issues, such as: the Abandoned Uranium Mines Report to Congress, controlling costs as remedy infrastructure ages, and expanded international cooperation. An oral paper session including more details on programmatic LM efforts will be in Session 42. WM attendees interested in the history and future of post remediation, legacy management should plan to attend. Panelists include: Dave Geiser, Director, Office of Legacy Management; Thomas Pauling, Office Director, Site Operations; Barbara McNeal Lloyd, Office Director, Business Operations; April Gil, Team Lead, Environment Team 1; David Shafer, Team Lead, Asset Management Team; Ray Plieness, Senior Advisor, Site Operations; and John Montgomery, Team Lead Archives & Information Management Team (US DOE LM).

026 - Engaging Citizens - Lessons Learned From Around the World

8 Articles
Oral
001 - Panel: WM Symposia 2014 Plenary Session 3 Articles
Panel
The plenary panel will focus on government and industry world leaders speaking on the pressing issues facing radioactive waste management in 2014 and beyond. Two papers are also prepared for this panel. Panelists include: Christopher Eckerberg, President, SKB (Sweden); Tiina Jalonen, Director, Posiva Oy (Finland); John Lehew, Senior Vice President, CH2M HILL Nuclear Business Group; and David Huizenga, Senior Advisor for Environmental Management, US DOE.
002 - Panel: Hot Topics in US DOE Environmental Management (EM) 12 Articles
Panel
This panel will focus on Senior US DOE Managers from Washington D.C. speaking on the pressing issues facing US DOE EM sites. Panelists include: Melody Bell, Assistant Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) for Human Capital and Corporate Services; Jack Craig, Acting Associate Principal DAS; Dennis Deziel, Assistant DAS for Program Planning and Budget; Mark Gilbertson, DAS for Site Restoration; Frank Marcinowski, DAS for Waste Management; Matthew Moury, DAS for Safety, Security and Quality Programs; Jack Surash, DAS for Acquisition and Project Management; and Kenneth Picha, DAS for Tank Waste and Nuclear Material, US DOE.
003 - Papers/Panel: Monday - Finland/Sweden Featured Nations: National Program and Local Views 4 Articles
Panel w/Papers
This panel will discuss the WM activities in two countries, Finland and Sweden, our 2014 featured nations. After presentations, the panel will interact and discuss with the WM attendees the status of the country's WM programs and policies. Panelists include: Herrko Plit, Deputy Director General, Ministry of Employment and the Economy, Energy Department, Nuclear Energy and Fossil Fuels (Finland); Vesa Jalonen, Chairman of the Municipal Council, Eurajoki Municipality (Finland); Ingvar Persson, Swedish National Council for Nuclear Waste (Sweden); and Jacob Spangenberg, Mayor, Municipality of Osthammar (Sweden).
005 - Recent Developments with High Level Radioactive Waste Glass 4 Articles
Oral
006 - Panel: Establishing a Robust Safety Culture through Human Performance Improvement 5 Articles
Panel
This panel focuses on the critical role that Human Performance Improvement (HPI) initiatives can play in establishing and sustaining a robust culture of operational excellence. HPI initiatives comprise a variety of elements, such as strong sponsorship, sound training courses, and management commitment. However, the single and most important factor is integrating HPI with other quality, reliability, safety initiatives and programs that align with the organization's mission and vision. Building a strong safety culture is like a marathon, not a sprint: it demands leadership, tenacity and trust. HPI is becoming an increasingly important tool to improving quality and safety performance, operational effectiveness, and the "bottom line." Come share a spirited discussion with our expert panelists on the importance of HPI and organizational culture in achieving operational excellence. Panelists include: Anthony Umek, Vice President, Fluor Government Group; Mike Williams, COO/Chief Fossil Officer, Luminant Power; Grover Hettel, Vice President, Operations, Energy-Northwest, John McDonald, Sr. Manager, ESH&Q, Washington River Protection Solutions; and another representative from Institute for Nuclear Power Operation (INPO) or the commercial nuclear power industry.
007 - Waste Certification, Acceptance and Disposal for LLW, ILW, MW, NORM and TENORM 3 Articles
Oral
008 - D&D of Nuclear Facilities (Non-Power Generating Facilities) - Part 1 of 2 3 Articles
Oral
009 - Environmental Remediation Progress Toward Closure of Contaminated Sites 3 Articles
Oral
010 - Communicating with Regulators on Radioactive Waste Issues 3 Articles
Oral
011 - From Community Closure Perspectives to Web-Based Tools for ER Cleanup Programs 3 Articles
Oral
012 - Accomplishments and Challenges at the DOE Hanford Site 1 Article
Oral
013 - Papers/Panel: Finland/Sweden Featured Nations: Siting Status and Issues 3 Articles
Panel w/Papers
This session will discuss the siting status and issues on our Featured Nations for WM2014, Finland and Sweden. After the three presentations, the panel will discuss with the audience related issues on their waste management siting programs. Panelists include: Tiina Jalonen, Posiva, (Finland); Vesa Jalonen, Muncipality of Eurajoki; Olle Olsson, Vice President Strategy and Programmes, Svensk Kärnbränslehantering AB (SKB) (Sweden); Erik Setzman, Head of Unit for Quality & Environment, SKB (Sweden);
014 - Papers/Panel: Finland/Sweden Featured Nations: A Licensing Update 4 Articles
Panel w/Papers
This session will provide a licensing update on our Featured Nations for WM2014, Finland and Sweden. After the four presentations, the panel will discuss with the audience related issues on their licensing programs. Panelists include: Johan Anderberg, Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (Sweden); Carl-Reinhold Bråkenhielm, Swedish National Council for Nuclear Waste (Sweden); Kai Hämäläinen, STUK Radiation and Safety Authority (Finland); and Kari Rasilainen, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland (Finland).
015 - Panel: Worldwide Regulatory Challenges of Radioactive Legacy Sites - IAEA Working Forum - Part 1 of 2 4 Articles
Panel
This session is divided into two parts: Part 1, this session, provides an opportunity to share information about activities within the IAEA's International Working Forum on Regulatory Supervision of Legacy Sites (RSLS) programs on regulatory development specific to legacy situations, assessment of compliance, and training requirements and provisions. Feedback from the discussion will be provided to IAEA, to support the continuing development of international guidance on legacy issues. Panelists include: Russel Edge, Division of Radiation, Transport and Waste Safety, Department of Safety and Security, IAEA (Austria); Andrew Persinko - Director, Decommissioning and Uranium Recovery Licensing, Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection, US NRC; Ilkhom Mirsaidov, Director, Nuclear and Radiation Safety Agency (Republic of Tajikistan); and David Shafer, Asset Management Team Leader, Office of Legacy Management, US DOE.
016 - Panel: Worldwide Regulatory Challenges of Radioactive Legacy Sites - Progress in Bi-Lateral Cooperation - Part 2 of 2 3 Articles
Panel
This panel, Part 2, will focus on abnormal situations at legacy sites remaining from military and civilian nuclear technology developments in the 20th century, which raise many questions about safety and security, as well as environmental and human health protection. These complex legacy situations present significant challenges to comprehensive, balanced, effective and efficient regulatory supervision and therefore have become the subject of major bi-lateral agreements between respective national regulatory authorities. The panel members will present and discuss important developments at particular sites and illustrate the mutual support obtained through regulatory cooperation. Panelists include: Per Strand, Deputy Director General, Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority (Norway). Nataliya K. Shandala, Deputy Director General, Federal Medical Biological Center (Russia); Sergey Romanov, Director, Southern Ural Biophysics Institute of the Federal Medical-Biological Agency (Russia); Alexander Akleyev, Director General, Urals Research Center for Radiation Medicine (Russia); and Stuart Walker, Superfund Remediation Program Radiation Lead, US EPA.
017 - Panel: Hot Topics in US Commercial LLW Management 5 Articles
Panel
This panel will focus on emerging issues in commercial LLW management in the US from the perspective of five active members of the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Forum, Inc. State, compact, federal and industry officials will share their views on a variety of timely and significant topics related to LLW management and disposal. These topics include: 1) Renee Echols discussing current issues, technologies and matters of significance for brokers and processors of low-level radioactive waste including nuclear clean-up during challenging economic times; 2) Larry Camper discussing the Part 61 Site-Specific Performance Assessment Rulemaking, the Branch Technical Position on Concentration Averaging and Encapsulation, Updating of the LLW Strategic Assessment, Proposed Revisions to NUREG/BR-0204 re LLW Manifesting, and Future Commission Direction for the LLW Program; 3) Billy Cox providing industry perspectives on proposed revisions to NUREG BR-0204 re LLW Manifesting Guidance, including what is not optimal about current practice and ways to improve, with particular focus on the phantom 4; 4) Rusty Lundberg providing an update on issues, findings and recommendations from the LLW Forum’s Disused Sources Working Group to the National Nuclear Security Administration/Global Threat Reduction Initiative on the management and disposition of disused sources that pose a threat to national security; and 5) Leigh Ing providing an overview regarding proposed changes to the import/export rules and the White Paper on establishing the generator of low-level radioactive waste, as well as requirements and restrictions regarding waste type, origin, and volume. Panelists include: Renee Echols, Senior Vice-President of Sales and Marketing, Perma-Fix Environmental Services; Larry Camper, Director of the Division of Waste Management and Environmental Protection in the Office of Federal & State Materials & Environmental Management Programs, US NRC; Billy Cox; Senior Project Manager in Nuclear Chemistry, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI); Rusty Lundberg, Director of the Division of Radiation Control at the Utah Department of Environmental Quality; and Leigh Ing, Consulting Supervisory Director at the Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Commission (TLLRWDCC).
018 - Selected Key Topics in US Commercial LLW Management 4 Articles
Oral
The Richard S. Hodes M.D Honor Award will be presented during this session to the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI).  The awards ceremony is followed by the WM2014 Richard S. Hodes Honor Lecture presented by EPRI. After the Hodes Award and the presentation by Lisa Edwards, EPRI, two additional key selected papers will follow on US LLW management.
019 - D&D of Nuclear Facilities (Non-Power Generating Facilities) - Part 2 of 2 3 Articles
Oral
020 - D&D of Nuclear Power Plants - Global Emerging Issues and Strategies 5 Articles
Panel
This panel will focus on the worldwide D&D issues at Nuclear Power Plants. With the recent drop in gas prices in the US and reaction to the events of Fukushima the nuclear renaissance in Europe and North America has slowed or been reversed and a number of plants are being shut down earlier than initially planned. This panel will discuss national and international emergent issues and their impact on decommissioning strategies, planning and implementation. Panelists include: Loren Sharp, Director/Nuclear Plant Manager, Pacific Gas and Electric Company; John Christian, Zion Solutions; Jerry Keto, Director, Nuclear Decommissioning and Waste Repositories, Ontario Power Generation (Canada); Bruno Thomauske, University of Aachen (Germany); and Claudio Pescatore, Principal Administrator, Radioactive Waste Management and Decommissioning, OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), (France).
021 - Emerging Treatment Technologies for LLW, ILW, and Mixed Waste 5 Articles
Oral
022 - Worldwide Perspectives of Radioactive Waste Management - Challenges and Solutions 6 Articles
Oral
023 - Perspectives on US Repository Programs - After the US Blue Ribbon Commission 3 Articles
Oral
At the end of this paper session, an audience discussion will commence on Spent (and Used) Nuclear Fuel (SNF/UNF) disposal. The discussion will include the technical, institutional, as well as broader political issues associated with expansion of nuclear power by solving the SNF/UNF waste disposal issue. This is the merging of Session 101 panel with this session.  Moderating the session with the audience will be Robert Edmonds, AREVA.
024 - Panel: Risk Regulations for Radioactive Waste Management 5 Articles
Panel
This panel will discuss the risk-informed provisions for waste management of US DOE and UK radioactive wastes. The US DOE proposed regulation (DOE Order 435.1A) will be released soon for public comment and panelists will discuss the provisions of this Order that have been revised in the proposal to improve risk informed nature of the requirements. There will be representation from the three major waste types used in classifying US DOE waste (LLW, TRU and HLW) and the General Requirements Sections. The UK representative will discuss implementation of the Low-Level Waste Disposal Requirements issued by the Office of Nuclear Regulation. Panelists include: Linda Suttora, Senior Technical Staff, Office of Environmental Compliance Management, US DOE EM; Joel Case, Federal Project Director, Sodium Bearing Waste Treatment Project, Idaho Cleanup Project, US DOE-ID; Tom Morgan, US DOE; Frank DiSanza, Navarro Research & Engineering, Inc. and former Federal Project Director, Waste Management at Nevada National Security Site; and Chris Fisher, Principal Inspector of Nuclear Safety, Office for Nuclear Regulation
025 - Panel: US DOE Office of Legacy Management – A Vision 7 Articles
Panel
This panel focuses on the US DOE Office of Legacy Management (LM) program and its current efforts to manage 91 sites, nuclear weapons complex retirees' medical benefits and pensions, and worker and site records. December 2013 marked the 10 year anniversary of the establishment of the Office of Legacy Management. Discussions will include LM's future mission challenges and opportunities, including: increasing scope in a time of budget uncertainties, working with ongoing mission sites, and records management for sites such as Yucca Mountain. The panel will also include a discussion of emerging issues, such as: the Abandoned Uranium Mines Report to Congress, controlling costs as remedy infrastructure ages, and expanded international cooperation. An oral paper session including more details on programmatic LM efforts will be in Session 42. WM attendees interested in the history and future of post remediation, legacy management should plan to attend. Panelists include: Dave Geiser, Director, Office of Legacy Management; Thomas Pauling, Office Director, Site Operations; Barbara McNeal Lloyd, Office Director, Business Operations; April Gil, Team Lead, Environment Team 1; David Shafer, Team Lead, Asset Management Team; Ray Plieness, Senior Advisor, Site Operations; and John Montgomery, Team Lead Archives & Information Management Team (US DOE LM).
026 - Engaging Citizens - Lessons Learned From Around the World 8 Articles
Oral