Annual Waste Management Symposium
(WM2014)
Phoenix, Arizona, USA
2-6 March 2014
Volume 1 of 7
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VOLUME 1
SESSION 001 – PANEL: WM SYMPOSIA 2014 PLENARY SESSION
Achievements and Current Challenges for the Swedish Waste Management Program ...... 1 Christopher Eckerberg
More Than Two Decades of Partnering for Improvement in Decommissioning, Environmental Remediation and Safety...... 7 John Lehew
SESSION 002 – PANEL: HOT TOPICS IN US DOE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (EM)
Management and Leadership Excellence...... 17 Melody Bell
Budget Update ...... 23 Mark Gilbertson
Performance Agreement Goal...... 28 Jack Surash
2014 Annual Performance Agreement...... 32 Matthew Moury
Hot Topics in Waste Management...... 36 Frank Marcinowski
FY 2013 Tank Waste Accomplishments ...... 40 Kenneth Picha
Office of Site Restoration...... 45 Mark Gilbertson
SESSION 003 – PAPERS/PANEL: MONDAY – FINLAND / SWEDEN FEATURED NATIONS: NATIONAL PROGRAM AND LOCAL VIEWS
The Division of Responsibilities between the State and Power Companies in the Management of Spent Fuel and Nuclear Waste in Sweden - 14593...... 55 Ingvar Persson
Local Community Involvement - The Swedish Example - 14639...... 65 Jacob Spangenberg
SESSION 005 – RECENT DEVELOPMENTS WITH HIGH LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE GLASS
The Effect of Foaming and Silica Dissolution on Melter Feed Rheology during Conversion to Glass - 14473 ...... 69 Jose Marcial, Pavel Hrma, Jaehun Chun, Michael Schweiger
Incorporation of Noble Metals in High Level Waste Borosilicate Glass: Focus on Vitrification Process Developments - 14067...... 82 Virginie Labe, Jean Francois Hollebecque, Philippe Gruber, Stéphane Lemonnier, Helene Nonnet, Eric Chauvin, Eric Boudot, Jean Puig
Kinetics of Cold-Cap Reactions for Vitrification of Nuclear Waste Glass Based on Simultaneous Differential Scanning Calorimetry–Thermogravimetry (DSC-TGA) and Evolved Gas Analysis (EGA) - 14517 ...... 94 Carmen Rodriguez, Jaehun Chun, David Pierce, Michael Schweiger, Pavel Hrma
Characterizing a High-Level Waste Cold Cap via Elemental and Structural Configuration - 14185...... 106 Derek Dixon, Pavel Hrma, Michael Schweiger
SESSION 006 – PANEL: ESTABLISHING A ROBUST SAFETY CULTURE THROUGH HUMAN PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT
Establishing A Safety Culture Through Human Performance Improvement...... 119 Jim Schildknecht, Grover Hettel, John McDonald, Tony Umek, Mike Williams
Establishing a Safety Culture Through Human Performance Improvement ...... 121 Tony Umek
Columbia: Changing Performance...... 127 Grover Hettel
Establishing a Safety Culture through Human Performance Improvement...... 135 John McDonald
SESSION 007 – WASTE CERTIFICATION, ACCEPTANCE AND DISPOSAL FOR LLW, ILW, MW, NORM AND TENORM
Development and Qualification of Steel Waste Container for ILW to be Disposed in Geological Repository - 14274 ...... 143 Arne Larsson, Tommy Hansson, Liselotte Ekström
TENORM Waste Processing and Disposal of Filter Cake - 14371 ...... 151 Heath Downey, Alejandro Lopez
Dose Rate Profile Surrounding a Waste Repository - 14281...... 157 Jenelle Parson, Alexander Brandl, Roman Koppitsch, Norbert Zoeger
SESSION 008 – D&D OF NUCLEAR FACILITIES (NON-POWER GENERATING FACILITIES) – PART 1 OF 2
The D&D Program of GB1 Gaseous Diffusion Plant - 14452...... 167 Frederic Chambon, Jacques Bonnetaud, Philippe Seurat, Richard Vinoche, Serge Dumond
Nuclear Aircraft Carrier Inactivation: Approach for Waste Management and Exposure Reduction - 14201 ...... 179 Irin Hall, Ashley Williams, Kimberly Grubb
Actual Results of D&D in Uranium Refining and Conversion Plant - 14076...... 190 Noritake Sugitsue, Nobuo Takahashi, Yasuyuki Morimoto, Yoshio Tanaka
Status and Future Plan of Decommissioning of the Plutonium Fuel Fabrication Facility - 14089 ...... 198 Meiji Kuba, Masatoshi Watahiki, Hiroshi Hirano, Shinnichiro Ishikawa, Hisato Sato
SESSION 009 – ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION PROGRESS TOWARD CLOSURE OF CONTAMINATED SITES
Success with Soil Vapor Extraction, 200-PW-1 Operable Unit, Hanford Site, Richland, WA - 14017 ...... 213 Mark Byrnes, Virginia Rohay, Sally Simmons, John Morse, Gregory Sinton, Emerald Laija
Improving Five-Year Reviews at Federal Facility Superfund Sites - 14288...... 219 Tish O'Conor, Jerry Dicerbo, Monica McEaddy
Environmental Cleanup of the East Tennessee Technology Park - Year Two - A Status Report - 14060 ...... 230 Allen Schubert
Russian Experience in Regulatory Supervision of the Uranium Mine and Milling Legacy Sites - 14242...... 239 Evgeny Metlyaev, Nataliya Shandala, Nadezhda Potsyapun
SESSION 010 – COMMUNICATING WITH REGULATORS ON RADIOACTIVE WASTE ISSUES
Path Forward to Support TSDF System Modifications and Remedial Activities When the Facility Permit is Being Drafted - 14642 ...... 245 Andrea Hopkins, Ellen Mattlin, Felix Miera, Eric Van Mason, Kelly Elsethagen
Development and Implementation of Regulator Approved Sampling and Analysis and Quality Assurance Program Plans for Underground Radioactive Waste Tank Residuals Characterization at the Savannah River Site - 14412 ...... 252 Joseph Pavletich, Mark Mahoney
Risk Evaluations Differ Depending upon Agency Performing Them: Implications for DOE - 14139 ...... 261 Joanna Burger, Michael Gochfeld, Charles Powers, David Kosson
SESSION 011 – FROM COMMUNITY CLOSURE PERSPECTIVES TO WEB-BASED TOOLS FOR ER CLEANUP PROGRAMS
Stigma, Fear and Forgiveness: Perspectives on Environmental Legacy and Community Closure Following Remediation Projects - 14487...... 283 Robert Zelmer, Liliana Benitez, Brian Geddes, Heather Kleb, Ammar Talic
SESSION 012 – ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CHALLENGES AT THE DOE HANFORD SITE
DOE Dashboards Eliminate Redundancy, Improve Accuracy, and Speed Decision-Making - 14363 ...... 303 Jon Peschong, Marisa Renevitz, Brett Simpson
Implementation of an Integrated Information Management System for the US DOE Hanford Tank Farms Project - 14224...... 307 Scott Joyner, Mark Knight, Richard Garrett
D&D Knowledge Management Information Tool - 2014 - 14190 ...... 314 Himanshu Upadhyay, Leonel Lagos, Walter Quintero, Peggy Shoffner, John De Gregory
DOE Hanford Network Upgrades and Disaster Recovery Exercise Support the Cleanup Mission Now and Into the Future - 14303...... 323 Todd Eckman, Ali Hertzel, J. J. Lane
SESSION 013 – PAPERS/PANEL: FINLAND / SWEDEN FEATURED NATIONS: SITING STATUS AND ISSUES
How to Cope with Nuclear Power Plants and Final Disposal?...... 340b Vesa Jalonen
ONKALO - From Concept to Reality - 14494...... 341 Reijo Sundell, Posiva Oy, Timo Äikäs
Site Selection and Licensing - Challenges in Building and Maintaining Trust over Many Years - 14482...... 350 Olle Olsson
Preparing for Implementation, Construction and Public Support - the Added Value Programme - 14508 ...... 357 Erik Setzman
SESSION 014 – PAPERS/PANEL: FINLAND / SWEDEN FEATURED NATIONS: A LICENSING UPDATE
Regulatory Challenges in the Licensing of a Spent Nuclear Fuel Repository in Sweden - 14483 ...... 367 Johan Anderberg
Transparency, Consent, and Democracy - 14640 ...... 373 Carl Brakenhielm
Regulatory Review and Assessment of the 2012 Construction License Application for an SNF Disposal Facility at Olkiluoto, Finland - 14243 ...... 385 Jussi Heinonen, Risto Paltemaa, Kai Hämäläinen
KYT2014 – Research Programme to Support Finnish Nuclear Waste Authorities - 14245...... 393 Kari Rasilainen, Kaisa-Leena Hutri, Jaana Avolahti
SESSION 015 – PANEL: WORLDWIDE REGULATORY CHALLENGES OF RADIOACTIVE LEGACY SITES – IAEA WORKING FORUM – PART 1 OF 2
Select IAEA Activities for Uranium Production Legacy Sites ...... 405 Russel Edge
International Working Forum for the Regulatory Supervision of Legacy Sites...... 417 Andrew Persinko
International Support to Regulatory Challenges Related to Legacy Sites in Tajikistan...... 424 Ilkhom Mirsaidov
DOE Office of Legacy Management: Contributions to and Benefits from its International Collaborations ...... 448 David Shafer
SESSION 016 – PANEL: WORLDWIDE REGULATORY CHALLENGES OF RADIOACTIVE LEGACY SITE – PROGRESS IN BI-LATERAL COOPERATION – PART 2 OF 2
Radiation Protection Regulation of the Nuclear Legacy: Progress in Bi-Lateral Cooperation between Federal Medical Biological Agency and Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority ...... 455 Evgeny Metlyaev, Nataliya Shandala, Malgorzata K. Sneve
US EPA Superfund Remedial Program Collaboration with International Community on Radiation Sites Issues...... 464 Stuart Walker
SESSION 017 – PANEL: HOT TOPICS IN US COMMERCIAL LLW MANAGEMENT
Hot Topics in Commercial LLW Management...... 475 Renee Echols
Hot Topics in US Commercial LLW Management ...... 484 Larry Camper
Quantifying the Phantom Four - Improving Accuracy in Reporting 3H, 14C, 99Tc & 129I ...... 498 Billy Cox
Low-Level Radioactive Waste Forum...... 506 Rusty Lundberg
Hot Topics and Emerging Issues for the Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact Comission...... 515 Leigh Ing
SESSION 018 – SELECTED KEY TOPICS IN US COMMERCIAL LLW MANAGEMENT
How Low Can You Go? - 14669...... 529 Lisa Edwards
How Long is Too Long? - 14644 ...... 538 David Esh, Christepher McKenney, Christopher Grossman
Los Alamos National Laboratory’s 3,706 TRU Waste Campaign - TRU Reclassified Material Disposition Program and Disposal Options at WCS Resulting in Significant Cost and Schedule Savings - 14650...... 551 Kelly Hunter, Matthew Labarge, Trent Riggs, Lee Bishop, Michael J. Romero, Carolyn Bateman
SESSION 019 – D&D OF NUCLEAR FACILITIES (NON-POWER GENERATING FACILITIES) – PART 2 OF 2
Operational Experience and Challenges Associated with Bulk Waste Retrievals from a Legacy Decommissioning Site - 14095 ...... 559 Graham Buck
Removal of Radioactive Waste Tank and Drain Lines from the Whiteshell Laboratories Research and Development Laboratory Complex - 14341...... 569 Kevin Larsen, Len Rasmussen, Bill Cunliffe
The Decommissioning and Abandonment from Regulatory Oversight of Dalhousie University’s SLOWPOKE-2 Nuclear Research Reactor - 14170...... 581 Robert Barker
The Design and Construction of a Modular, Transportable, Liquid Effluent Treatment Plant for Use in a NPP Undergoing Decommissioning - 14562 ...... 598 Ian Crabbe, Robert Keep
SESSION 020 – D&D OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS – GLOBAL EMERGING ISSUES AND STRATEGIES
HBPP Decommissioning ...... 611 Loren Sharp
Global Emerging Issues and Strategies in D&D ...... 619 Jerry Keto
D&D Upcoming Issues - Global Emerging Issues and Strategies ...... 622 Bruno Thomauske
Decommissioning Worldwide and NEA Activities...... 635 Claudio Pescatore, Ivo Tripputi
SESSION 021 – EMERGING TREATMENT TECHNOLOGIES FOR LLW, ILW, AND MIXED WASTE
Effect of Sulfate on Rhenium Partitioning during Melting of Low-Activity Waste Glass Feeds - 14116...... 655 Tongan Jin, Dong-Sang Kim, Michael Schweiger
From Non-Disposable to Disposable, Treatment of Pyrophoric or Gas Forming Waste Forms for Disposal - 14155 ...... 669 Carl Österberg, Maria Lindberg
The Innovative Plasma Tilting Furnace for Industrial Treatment of Radioactive Waste - 14420...... 678 Jan Deckers
Contained Waste Processing System for UK Nuclear Facility - 14025 ...... 687 Adam Harper
Innovative Treatment of Problematic (Orphan) and Other Organic Wastes: An Excellent Example of International Technology Transfer between the US and the UK - 14119 ...... 697 Michael Conti-Ramsden, Mike Lodge, Nigel Brown, Laurie Judd, John Ritter, Christine Gelles, Douglas Tonkay, Ana Han, Rosa Elmetti, Richard Grondin, Tom Yarbrough
Evaluation of the Immobilization of Technetium by Incorporation into an Electroless Plated Ternary Alloy - 14179...... 714 Kevin Hagerty, Eric Tchemitcheff
Assessment of the Cast Stone Low-Temperature Waste Form Technology Coupled with Technetium Removal - 14379 ...... 722 Christopher Brown, Brian Rapko, Jeffrey Serne, Joseph Westsik, Alex Cozzi, Kevin Fox, Daniel McCabe, Charles Nash, William Wilmarth
SESSION 022 – WORLDWIDE PERSPECTIVES OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT – CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS
The US DOE Office of Environmental Management International Program - 14606 ...... 734 Rosa Elmetti, Ana Han, Jack Craig, Jay Roach
The Regulatory Framework for a United Arab Emirates Spent Fuel and Radioactive Waste Management Strategy - 14090...... 749 Sana Bilal
Selecting Nuclear-Powered Submarines in Australia: Nuclear Waste Considerations - 14436 ...... 755 James Voss, Stefaan Simons, James Brown, Anthony Owen, Timothy Stone, Helen Cook, Roland Backhaus, Anthony Irwin
Economic Issues of Radwaste Management Law Implementation in Russian Federation - 14020 ...... 761 Denis Fedorov, Dmitry Adamovich
How Does The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Benefit From International Cooperation? - 14088 ...... 768 Abraham Van Luik, Roger Nelson, Tom Klein, Russell Patterson, Philip Theisen
French Radioactive Waste Management: a Sustainable Approach - 14507...... 776 Henri Zaccai, Jean-Michel Grygiel, Jean-Michel Romary, Gérald Ouzounian, Géraldine Benoit
Pathway to Arizona's Nuclear Future - 14235 ...... 789 John Van De Beuken, Al Melvin
SESSION 023 – PERSPECTIVES ON US REPOSITORY PROGRAMS – AFTER THE US BLUE RIBBON COMMISSION
Introspective Examination of the Issues Associated with the Nuclear Waste Disposal Confidence Situation - 14462 ...... 797 Donald Vieth, Michael Voegele
Restart of the Yucca Mountain License Application Review Directed by the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia - 14645...... 813 Michael Voegele, Darrell Lacy, Joseph Ziegler
Resuming Yucca Mountain Licensing in a Post-Blue Ribbon Commission World - 14560...... 829 Rod McCullum, Paul Seidler
Nevada and New Mexico: Two Particularly Promising States for HLW Repositories - 14043...... 842 Leif Eriksson, George Dials
SESSION 024 – PANEL: RISK REGULATIONS FOR RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
Risk Informed Regulations for USDOE Radioactive Waste Management...... 857 Linda Suttora, Frank Di Sanza, J. R. Stroble
SESSION 025 – PANEL: US DOE OFFICE OF LEGACY MANAGEMENT – A VISION
DOE Office of Legacy Management - A Brief History of Time ...... 867 David Geiser
DOE Office of Legacy Management - Current Mission Goal 1 ...... 874 Thomas Pauling
DOE Office of Legacy Management - Current Mission Goals 1-5 ...... 877 Barbara McNeal-Lloyd, Thomas C. Pauling
Our Future Mission: What Will the Program Look Like in Ten Years? ...... 891 April Gil
Emerging Programmatic and Technical Issues and Opportunities...... 902 David Shafer
SESSION 026 – ENGAGING CITIZENS – LESSONS LEARNED FROM AROUND THE WORLD
Public Involvement and Participation in Site Selection for Spent Nuclear Waste in Sweden - 14460...... 913 Marie Berggren, Rolf Persson
VOLUME 2
Improving Credibility and Competence in Geological Disposal through International Co-Operation and Initiatives - 14499...... 920 Ann McCall, Magnus Holmqvist, Bruce McKirdy, Glenda Crockett
Ethical Principles for the Management of High-Level Spent Nuclear Fuel (SNF) - 14152...... 928 Carl Brakenhielm
A New Mindset in Terms of How the Nuclear Industry Engages the General Public - 14357 ...... 942 Laurel Boucher
"CIGEO" Geological Disposal for HLW and ILW: A Technical Dialogue Between the Public Expert and Civil Society - 14106...... 950 Ludivine Gilli, François Marsal
Site Selection for Canada’s National Repository for Used Nuclear Fuel - 14602...... 957 Jo-Ann Facella
Update on the Radioactive Waste Position in the UK - 14105...... 966 John Dalton
Mini Encyclopedia of Nuclear Energy – an Important Tool for Public Information - 14124 ...... 978 Igor Jencic, Radko Istenic
SESSION 027 – WORLDWIDE MANAGEMENT OF SPENT AND DISUSED RADIOACTIVE SEALED SOURCES, HEU, AND ORPHAN RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS AND CONTROL
Looking Toward Sustainable Long-term Management of Disused Sealed Radioactive Sources - 14280...... 986 Julia Whitworth, Juan Carlos Benitez-Navarro, Vilmos Friedrich, Kate Roughan
Experiences in the Field of Radioactive Materials Seizures in the Czech Republic - 14147...... 997 Karel Svoboda, David Šír, Josef Mudra, Josef Podlaha
Commercial Sealed Source Disposal in the U.S.: Progress, Challenges, and Areas for Further Assessment - 14302 ...... 1005 David Martin, Abigail Cuthbertson, Temeka Taplin
Challenges in Disposal of Off-Site Source Recovery Project Sources at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant - 14530 ...... 1018 Ioana Witkowski, Justin M. Griffin, Cristy Abeyta, John Zarling
Belgian Global Approach on the Radiological Surveillance of Radioactive Orphan Sources and Radioactive Substances in Metal Scrap and Non-Radioactive Waste - 14126 ...... 1029 Daan Van Der Meersch, Katleen De Wilde, Wouter Schroeders
Size Matters, Management of Radioactive Waste in the Netherlands - 14586 ...... 1043 Ewoud Verhoef, Hans Codee
Evolution of an Orphaned Source Management Strategy - Canadian Experience - 14666...... 1052 Henry Rabski, Jennifer Pyne
The UK's Plutonium Stockpile - Early Regulatory Assessment of Credible Options - 14240...... 1060 Ryan Maitland, Kulvinder McDonald
SESSION 028 – PERSPECTIVES ON THE DOE HANFORD HLW LEAKING TANK – AY-102
Discovery of the First Leaking Double-Shell Tank – Hanford Tank 241-AY-102 - 14222 ...... 1068 Stephanie Harrington, Terry Sams
Double-Shell Tank Visual Inspection Changes Resulting from the Tank 241-AY-102 Primary Tank Leak - 14193...... 1078 Crystal Girardot, Jason Engeman, Dennis Washenfelder, Jeremy Johnson
Tank 241-AY-102 Liner Corrosion Evaluation - 14191...... 1091 Kayle Boomer, Dennis Washenfelder, Jeremy Johnson
Washington State Department of Ecology’s Evaluations of the 241-AY-102 Hanford’s First Leaking Double Shell Tank - 14342...... 1115 Michelle Hendrickson
SESSION 029A – TRU HOT CELL OPERATIONS AND LESSONS LEARNED
Overcoming Challenges to Dispose of a Shielded Container at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant - 14348 ...... 1131 Steve Kouba, Russell Patterson, James Rhoades, Cynthia Rock, Daniel Pancake, Ed Gulbransen
Novel Design Models of Container Configurations to Increase Efficiency of Disposal of Remote-Handled Transuranic Waste at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant - 14426...... 1143 Bridget Ams, Roger Nelson, Kerry Watson
Sodium Separation from Remote-Handled Transuranic Waste via Distillation - 14479 ...... 1150 David Morgan, Chad W. Ross, Rodney Campbell
SESSION 029B – PANEL: DOE ACQUISITION & PROJECT MANAGEMENT – CONTRACTOR VS. FEDERAL BASELINE / BUILD WHAT WAS SOLD
Implementation of Contract/Project Alignment "Two Sides of the Coin" Success...... 1164 Kenneth Rueter
Procurement Management Peer Review Demonstrates Investment Worthiness...... 1167 Sandra Fairchild
US DOE Acquisition & Project Management - Contractor Vs. Federal Baseline/Build What Was Sold Contract Alignment at ETTP ...... 1170 Matthew Marston
Two Sides of the Same Coin ...... 1173 Jack Surash
Build/Sold – Expectation Requires Successful Project Delivery ...... 1180 Kenneth Rueter
Keeping Projects and Contracts Aligned...... 1184 Christopher Honkomp
SESSION 030A – HLW POSTERS: PROCESSING, REGULATORY, AND SAFETY ASPECTS OF HLW STREAMS
Removal of Salt-Soluble Fission Products from the Metal Product of the Electrolytic Reduction Process - 14063 ...... 1192 Iksoo Kim, Seung-Kook Park, Yun Dong Choi, Wn Hyoung Cho, Jei-Kwon Moon
Estimating Residual Solids Volumes in Underground Storage Tanks - 14198...... 1196 Jason Clark, S. Jason Worthy, Bruce Martin, John Tihey
Experimental Testing of Innovative High-Level-Waste Pipeline Unplugging Technologies - 14601...... 1206 Dwayne McDaniel, Amer Awwad, Tomas Pribanic, Jairo Crespo, Seckin Gokaltun
Computational Fluid Dynamics Modeling of High Level Waste Plug Formation - 14359...... 1221 Dwayne McDaniel, Romani Patel, Georgio Tachiev, Deanna Moya
Risk and Performance Analyses Supporting Closure of Waste Management Area C at the Hanford Site in Southeast Washington - 14226 ...... 1230 Marcel Bergeron, Susan Eberlein, Chris Kemp, R. Douglas Hildebrand, Matthew Kozak, Sunil Mehta, Michael Connelly, Alaa Aly
Release Behavior of Radioactive Materials at a Boiling Accident of High Active Liquid Waste in Reprocessing Plants - 14079 ...... 1244 Gunzo Uchiyama, Shinsuke Tashiro, Yuuki Amano, Hitoshi Abe, Yuichi Yamane, Kazuo Yoshida, Jun Ishikawa
Black Cell Operations - UK National Nuclear Laboratory Experience - 14049...... 1253 Steven Thomson
Using a Full Scale Support Rig to Enhance the Performance of the Waste Vitrification Plant at Sellafield - 14590 ...... 1259 Julian Roe
SESSION 030B – HLW POSTERS: CHARACTERIZATION AND MODELING OF HLW
Experimental Comparison between High Purity Germanium and Scintillator Detectors for Determining Burnup, Cooling Time and Decay Heat of Used Nuclear Fuel - 14488...... 1268 Peter Jansson, Sophie Grape, Henrik Liljenfeldt, Stephen J. Tobin
Solubility Validation from Boildown Data for Hanford Tank Liquids - 14445 ...... 1277 Stephen Agnew, Robert Wilson, Gene Ramsey
Binary Pitzer Model Parameters for Predicting the Solubility of Key Electrolytes in Hanford Waste - 14215...... 1290 Jacob Reynolds, Robert Carter, Kayla Pierson
Characterization of Uranium Residue from Solid Mo-99 Manufacturing Waste and Development of a Recovery Process using Carbonate Solution - 14399...... 1303 Lize Stassen, Janine Suthiram, James Topkin
Transition of Oil and Gas Dynamic Simulation to Nuclear Applications Delivers Big Rewards - 14466 ...... 1321 David Cuming
SESSION 030C – HLW POSTERS: REPOSITORY AND STORAGE ASPECTS OF HLW
High-level Waste Storage Project Utilizes Modified SNF Dry Storage Design - 14521...... 1328 Cynthia Dayton, Heatherly Dukes, Mark Bellis, Lettie Chilson, Daniel Meess, Joseph Ebert, David Kurasch
Stability of Silica Colloids Released from Injection Grout Silica Sol - 14130...... 1340 Pirkko Hölttä, Jukka Lehto, Risto Harjula
Interaction of Radionuclides and Colloids Released from Materials Related to the Disposal of SNF - 14273...... 1349 Pirkko Hölttä, Suvi Niemiaho, Outi Elo, Risto Harjula, Jukka Lehto
Integrity Study of Spent PWR Fuel Under the Dry Storage Condition - 14236...... 1357 Jong Won Choi, Young-Chul Choi, Dong-Hak Kook
SESSION 032 – PANEL: US DOE FEATURED SITE: HANFORD – ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CHALLENGES OF WM, D&D AND ER – PART 1 OF 2
CH2M HILL Plateau Remediation Company...... 1366 John Fulton
SESSION 034 – PANEL: EMERGING ISSUES THAT CHALLENGE TRADITIONAL CONTRACTOR ROLES - WORLDWIDE
Emerging Issues That Challenge Traditional Contractor Roles at Federal Sites ...... 1372 Dennis Carr
Intro - Emerging Issues that Challenge Traditional Contractor Roles...... 1377 Kenneth Rueter
SESSION 035 – PANEL: INTERNATIONAL PANEL ON SAFETY CULTURE IN WASTE MANAGEMENT AND D&D
Safety Culture for “New” Nuclear Construction...... 1386 Melinda D'Ouville
Safety Culture in the Context of Decommissioning - a Perspective from the Swedish Regulator...... 1392 Simon Carroll
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s Oversight of Safety Culture...... 1400 Diane Sieracki
Dounreay’s Perspective on Safety Culture during Site Decommissioning...... 1405 Mark Rouse
International Panel on Safety Culture in Waste Management and D&D...... 1411 Julie Goeckner
SESSION 036 – FINLAND / SWEDEN FEATURED NATIONS – KBS-3 DISPOSAL METHOD TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT
Repository Layout, Adaptation to the Site Characteristics and Input to the Safety Case - the Finnish Example - 14545 ...... 1418 Heini Laine, Nuria Marcos, Timo Saanio, Pirjo Hellä, Annika Hagros, Ismo Aaltonen
Going Underground for Testing and Demonstration: Challenge of Implementation of a Disposal System - 14546 ...... 1428 Tiina Jalonen, Ismo Aaltonen, Timo Äikäs
Nordic Full-Scale Demonstrations of Tunnel Plugging Technologies for Repository Conditions - 14282 ...... 1440 Erika Holt, Johanna Hansen, Petri Koho, Marjatta Palmu, Pär Grahm
Next Target Operating License: Challenges in Building Facilities for Spent Fuel Disposal - 14544 ...... 1453 Erkki Palonen, Timo Äikäs
Resolved and Remaining Issues for KBS-3 – SKB’s Research, Development and Demonstration Programme 2013 - 14481 ...... 1463 Olle Olsson, Karin Pers
Challenges in Developing the Basic Design of the KBS-3 System into a Qualified and Industrially Viable Operation - 14465...... 1475 Johan Andersson, Tiina Jalonen
The International Peer Review under Aegis of the OECD/NEA, of SKB’s Post-closure Safety Case for a Spent Fuel Repository in Sweden - 14641 ...... 1481 Claudio Pescatore
Äspö International - Role of the Äspö HRL as an International URL - 14501 ...... 1487 Ann McCall, Torsten Eng
SESSION 037 – PROCESSING OF COMPLEX RADIOACTIVE HIGH LEVEL SALT WASTE
A Methodology for Monitoring Concentrations of Complex Waste Solutions - 14182 ...... 1496 Daniel Griffin, Ronald W. Rousseau, Martha A. Grover, Yoshiaki Kawajiri
Single Stage Contactor Testing of the Next Generation Solvent Blend - 14287 ...... 1507 David Herman, Thomas P Peters, Mark Duignan, Michael Williams, Earl Brass, Annah Garrison, Edward Ketusky, Michael Poirier
Implementation of NGS in the MCU Process for Increased Removal of Cesium at SRS - 14266...... 1522 Earl Brass, Celia Aponte, Edward Ketusky, Annah Garrison
SESSION 038 – SEPARATIONS FOR RECYCLE OF USED NUCLEAR FUEL
Tritium Behavior in Zircaloy Cladding from Used Light Water Reactor Fuel Rods - 14087...... 1540 Sharon Robinson, Robert Jubin, Joseph Giaquinto
UNEX-T Solvent for Cs, Sr and Actinides Separation from PUREX Raffinate - 14154...... 1551 Igor Smirnov
Design and Performance of a Sensitive Multi-Mode Calorimeter for Single Cell Isothermal or Single and Twin Cell Heat-Flow Measurements of Plutonium or Tritium - 14003 ...... 1563 John Mason, Kevin Burke, Tom Jennings, Curtis Keener, Katherine Mejias, Barry Scott, Antony Towner, Graeme Wood
SESSION 039 – TANK WASTE STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL OF HLW
Evaluation of Hanford Single-Shell Waste Tanks Suspected of Water Intrusion - 14196...... 1574 Amie Feero, Dennis Washenfelder, Jeremy Johnson, John Schofield
Deep Sludge Gas Release Event Analytical Evaluation - 14225...... 1588 Terry Sams
Overview of Hanford Single-Shell Tank (SST) Structural Integrity - 14203 ...... 1598 Rick Rast, Dennis Washenfelder, Jeremy Johnson
Evaluating Feed Delivery Performance in Scaled Double Shell Tanks - 14070 ...... 1622 Kearn Lee, Mike Thien
Evaluation of Sludge Heel Dissolution Efficiency with Oxalic Acid Cleaning at Savannah River Site - 14205 ...... 1639 Christie Sudduth, Jason Vitali, Mark Keefer
Demonstrating Reliable High Level Waste Slurry Sampling Techniques to Support Hanford Waste Processing - 14194 ...... 1654 Steven Kelly
Development and Deployment of the Extended Reach Sluicing System (ERSS) for Retrieval of Hanford Single Shell Tank Waste - 14206 ...... 1669 Roger Bauer, Reed Figley, Alex Innes
SESSION 040 – PERFORMANCE OF DISPOSAL SYSTEMS, FACILITIES AND SITES FOR LLW, ILW, MW, NORM AND TENORM
US DOE-EM On-Site Disposal Cell Working Group - Fostering Communication on Performance Assessment Challenges - 14104 ...... 1688 Linda Suttora, Roger Seitz, Mark Phifer
Role and Significance of Scenarios in Safety Case for LLW Disposal at Dessel, Belgium - 14092 ...... 1696 Elise Vermarien, Wim Cool, Roger Wilmot
Considerations Related to Human Intrusion in the Context of Disposal of Radioactive Waste - The IAEA HIDRA Project - 14101 ...... 1710 Roger Seitz, Yumiko Kumano, Lucy Bailey, Chris Markley, Eva Andersson, Thomas Beuth
Post Closure Safety Assessment of the Proposed Low and Intermediate Level Waste Repository in Slovenia - 14444...... 1721 Matthew Kozak, Rodolfo Avila, Sandi Viršek
Probabilistic Design of Landfill Final Cover System - 14311 ...... 1732 Kevin Foye, Mohammad Kabalan, Ramya Rajan, Te-Yang Soong, Morgan Subbarayan
Application of the New US EPA Leaching Environmental Assessment Framework (LEAF) to DOE Environmental Management Challenges - 14383 ...... 1749 Kevin Brown, David Kosson, Andrew Garrabrants, Hans Van Der Sloot
SESSION 041 – D&D OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
Feedback from José Cabrera Plant Decommissioning Project - 14272...... 1764 Per Segerud, Joseph Boucau
Dismantling of the Obrigheim NPP Reactor and Waste Management – 14500 - 14500...... 1773 Ralf Borchardt, Angelika Langowski, Burkhard Hartmann
The Use of Divers for the Internal Underwater Segmentation of Steam Generators to Support Decommissioning - 14033 ...... 1787 Charlie Vallance
Changing Economics and Impact of Recent Developments on Nuclear Power and Reactor Decommissioning in the United States - 14423...... 1797 Jas Devgun
Reactor D&D: AREVA French and German Latest Experiences - 14458 ...... 1813 Frederic Chambon, Xavier De Brimont, Stephan Krueger, Jean-Luc Fournie
A Swedish Regulatory Perspective on Decommissioning Cost Estimation - 14451...... 1822 Simon Carroll, Annika Åström
SESSION 042 – ER POST CLOSURE CHALLENGES AND LONG TERM STEWARDSHIP / LEGACY MANAGEMENT
Site Transitions Moving From Cleanup to Long-Term Stewardship - 14276 ...... 1830 Melissa Lutz, Jane Powell
VOLUME 3
FUSRAP Strategy: A Plan for the Next 10 Years - 14145 ...... 1842 Karen Reed, Christopher Clayton, Cliff Carpenter, Ken Starr, Gwen Hooten
Managing Public Concerns about Risk in the Context of Historical Health Impacts - 14614...... 1857 April Gil, Cliff Carpenter, Clay Carpenter, Laura Cummins
Abandoned Uranium Mines Report to Congress - 14132 ...... 1870 John Elmer, Michael Butherus, Ray Plieness
The Evolution of LTS at Hanford - 14189 ...... 1883 Rick Moren, Keith Grindstaff
Geographic Information System Tools For Management Of US DOE Sites - 14125 ...... 1896 Leonard Turton, John Montgomery, Cliff Carpenter, Stephen Pawel
Remote Environmental Monitoring: Applying Automated Sampling to Produce Real-Time Data for Long-Term Monitoring Cost Savings and Compliance Assurance - 14200...... 1909 Jeff Myers, Dean Hoffman, Michael Boerste
The Future is Now: Experience with Remediating and Managing Groundwater Contamination at Uranium Mill Tailing Sites - 14587...... 1918 David Shafer, Richard Bush, William Dam, Thomas Pauling
SESSION 043 – CROSSCUTTING SUBSURFACE MASS TRANSPORT AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT OF GEOLOGICAL DISPOSAL SYSTEMS
Raman Spectra of Calcium Silicate Hydrates Sorbing Iodine Ions in Saline Groundwater - 14077...... 1932 Jun Furuya, Taiji Chida, Yuichi Niibori, Hitoshi Mimura
The Influence of Calcium Ions on Migration of Colloidal Silicic Acid in the Presence of Solid Phase - 14123 ...... 1944 Taiji Chida, Yuichi Niibori, Hitoshi Mimura
Hydrogeologic Simulations of a Deep Seated Groundwater System: Bruce Nuclear Site - 14484...... 1954 Eric Sykes, Jon Sykes, Stefano Normani, Yong Yin
In-situ Experiments for Investigating the Retention Properties of Rock Matrix in ONKALO, Olkiluoto, Finland - 14258 ...... 1969 Mikko Voutilainen, Kerttuli Helariutta, Marja Siitari-Kauppi, Antti Poteri, Kersti Nilsson, Peter Andersson, Johan Byegård, Mats Skålberg, Pekka Kekäläinen, Jussi Timonen, Antero Lindberg, Petteri Pitkänen, Kimmo Kemppainen, Jyrki Liimatainen, Aimo Hautojärvi, Lasse Koskinen
Permeability and Dispersion Coefficients in Rocks with Fracture Network - 14156 ...... 1982 Cheo Kyung Lee, Sung Paal Yim, Myo Zaw Htway
Analysis of Pore Structure Effects on Diffusive Reactive Transport in Bentonite via Pore Network Models - 14068 ...... 1992 Qingrong Xiong, Simon Kwong, Andrey Jivkov
Web-Based Geographic Information System Tool for Accessing Hanford Site Environmental Data - 14447...... 2005 Mark Triplett, Timothy E. Seiple, David J. Watson, Briant Charboneau, John Morse
Building the Community of Practice for Performance and Risk Assessment in Support of Risk-Informed Environmental Management Decisions - 14575 ...... 2015 Ming Zhu, Linda Suttora, William Levitan, Mark Gilbertson
SESSION 044 – PANEL: GRADUATING STUDENTS AND NEW ENGINEERS – WANTS AND NEEDS – ARE COMPANIES EVEN LISTENING?
Graduating Students and New Engineers Wants and Needs...... 2026 Melody C. Bell
Attracting and Engaging Young Nuclear Professionals...... 2035 Susan Salter
Regional Center for Nuclear Education & Training ...... 2045 Kevin Cooper
Graduating Students and New Engineers Wants and Needs...... 2057 Gabriela Vazquez
SESSION 045 – PANEL: YOUNG PROFESSIONALS IN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
North American Young Generation in Nuclear...... 2074 Christine Csizmadia
Young Professionals in Nuclear Science & Engineering...... 2080 Duriem Calderin
SESSION 046A – LLW POSTERS: SAMPLING AND TREATMENT OF LLW, ILW, AND MIXED WASTE
Novel Inorganic Complexes for Tc Management in the Tank Waste - 14345 ...... 2086 Tatiana Levitskaia, Syandev Chatterjee, James Peterson, Emily Campbell
Prospects on Immobilization of Liquid Organic Radwaste with the Use of High Technology Polymers - 14065 ...... 2097 Yury Pokhitonov, Valery Romanovsky, Dennis Kelley
Waste Processing Using WCATS with Its Underlying Task-Based Architecture - 14662 ...... 2105 Justin Tozer, Keith Russell, J. Christopher Echohawk
SESSION 046B – LLW POSTERS: MANAGEMENT OF LLW, ILW, MW, NORM AND TENORM
The Expanded Capabilities of the Cementitious Barriers Partnership Software Toolbox Version 2.0 - 14331...... 2114 Heather Burns, Greg Flach, Frank Smith, Christine Langton, Kevin Brown, David Kosson, Eric Samson, Pramod Mallick
Waste Information Management System with 2013-14 Waste Streams - 14192...... 2124 Himanshu Upadhyay, Leonel Lagos, Walter Quintero, Peggy Shoffner, David Roelant
Installation and Performance Test of a LL/ILW Drum Assay System at KAERI - 14387 ...... 2134 Won-Hyuk Jang, Kyung-Kil Kwak, Dae-Seok Hong, Tae-Kook Kim, Shi-Up Jang
Development of Re-Packaged Drum Radioactivity Estimation Method - 14158 ...... 2142 Seong Gyu Shin, Joo Hyun Moon
Hydraulic Conductivity of Geosynthetic Clay Liners Exposed to Low-Level Radioactive Waste Leachate - 14082 ...... 2149 Craig H. Benson, Kuo Tian
Computation of the Residual Radionuclide Activity within Three Natural Waterways at the Savannah River Site - 14136 ...... 2164 Bob Hiergesell, Mark Phifer
SESSION 047 – NPP POSTERS: MANAGEMENT OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANT (NPP) WASTE
A New Adsorbent for Simultaneous Removal of Cesium and Strontium - 14110...... 2180 Yuko Kani, Takashi Asano, Shin Tamata
Separation of Radiocobalt and Radionickel from NPP Evaporation Concentrates - 14395...... 2186 Risto Koivula, Risto Harjula, Maria Kaipiainen
Test Works of Treatment of Problematic Evaporator Concentrate from Kola NPP - 14081...... 2192 Alexander Savkin
SESSION 048 – P&T POSTERS: EMERGING PACKAGING AND TRANSPORTATION ISSUES
Experimental Investigation of RAM Packages Impact Limiters - 14256...... 2202 Andre Musolff, Thomas Quercetti, Bernhard Droste, Karsten Müller, Klaus-Peter Gruender
Methodology and Experiences of Experimental Drop and Fire Testing of Radioactive Waste Containers for Final Disposal - 14478 ...... 2212 Thomas Quercetti, Karsten Müller, Bernhard Droste, Holger Völzke, Uwe Zencker, Guenter Wieser, Tino Neumeyer
Development of a Wood Material Model for Impact Limiters of Transport Packages - 14111 ...... 2226 Germar Eisenacher, Frank Wille, Bernhard Droste, Martin Neumann
Potential Impact of Interfacial Bonding Efficiency on Used Nuclear Fuel Vibration Integrity during Normal Transportation - 14502 ...... 2236 Jy-An Wang, Hao Jiang, Hong Wang
SESSION 049 – TUESDAY US DOE FEATURED SITE: HANFORD – OFFICE OF RIVER PROTECTION – PART 2 OF 2
Protecting the Columbia River: The Office of River Protection Mission ...... 2254 Kevin Smith
Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant Project ...... 2287 William Hamel
Tank Farms Project ...... 2294 Thomas Fletcher
Hanford Tank Operations Contract...... 2300 Dave Olson
SESSION 050 – FINLAND / SWEDEN FEATURED NATIONS: NPP D&D AND WASTE DISPOSITION
Decommissioning and Disposal of the Decommissioning Waste at the Site of the Loviisa Nuclear Power Plant - 14254 ...... 2308 Matti Kaisanlahti
On-Site Disposal of Radioactive Waste as a Part of Finnish Radioactive Waste Management System - 14547...... 2320 Jari Tuunanen, Pekka Viitanen
Assessment of Radioactivity Inventory in Swedish LWRs at time of Decommissioning - 14279 ...... 2327 Arne Larsson, Klas Lundgren
Detailed Decommissioning Plans for the Oskarshamn and Forsmark Nuclear Power Plants in Sweden - 14008 ...... 2334 Niklas Bergh, Gunnar Hedin, Fredrik De La Gardie
Reactor Internals Segmentation Experience in the Nordic Region - 14267...... 2344 Per Segerud, Stefan Fallstrom, Lennart Nilsson
RPV In-Situ Segmentation Combined with Off-Site Treatment for Volume Reduction and Recycling - 14286 ...... 2355 Per Lidar, Arne Larsson, Per Segerud, Gunnar Hedin
Planning for the Dismantling of the Barsebäck NPP - 14558...... 2363 Håkan Lorentz
Disposal of LLW/ILW: The Extension of the SFR-Repository for Handling and Disposal of Decommissioning Waste - 14489 ...... 2371 Börje Torstenfelt, Peter Larsson, Fredrik Vahlund
SESSION 051 – PANEL: US DOE – ENERGY FACILITY CONTRACTORS GROUP’S KNOWLEDGE PORTAL (EFCOG) REVIEW
Working Together: More Than 20 Years of Sharing Best-in-DOE Solutions and Lessons Learned to Meet Mission Needs Across the Complex...... 2388 Susan Stiger
ISMS Safety Culture Improvement Initiative ...... 2395 John McDonald
Work Planning and Control Initiative ...... 2398 Donna Governor
New Radiological Waste Requirements and Transportation Release Issues Initiative ...... 2402 Sonny Goldston
Acquisition/Contracting/Training Initiatives...... 2406 Joseph Yanek
Key Issues/Actions in Implementing DOE 413.3B...... 2411 Paul Henry
SESSION 052A – PANEL: ADDRESSING THE SMALL BUSINESS BARRIERS IN CONTRACTING WITH THE US DOE
Environmental Management Small Business Program...... 2418 Jack Surash
Department of Energy's Small Business Program - Overview...... 2423 John Hale
SESSION 053 – PANEL: US NUCLEAR POWER PLANT WASTE MANAGEMENT – LLW DISPOSAL ISSUES
WCS WM2014 Update...... 2430 Dan Burns
LLRW Clive Disposal Update...... 2440 James Miller
SESSION 054 – PANEL: US NUCLEAR POWER PLANT WASTE MANAGEMENT – LLW PROCESSOR ISSUES
Solutions for the Nuclear Industry ...... 2452 Scott Eckler
Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc. (Perma-Fix) ...... 2467 John Hagan
SESSION 055 – EFFICIENCIES AND LESSONS LEARNED IN TRANSPORTATION
Optimizing a National Transportation Program for Efficiency and Effectiveness - 14187 ...... 2486 Stephen O'Connor, Ella McNeil
Operating Experience and Lessons Learned in the Use of Soft-Sided Packaging for Transportation and Disposal of Low Activity Radioactive Waste - 14112 ...... 2495 Ashok Kapoor, Sydney Gordon, Sonny Goldston
SESSION 056 – PANEL: CHALLENGES IN MANUFACTURING OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL PACKAGES AND CONTAINERS
Challenges in Manufacturing of Radioactive Materials Packages and Containers...... 2514 Mike Lewis
Skolnik Industries WMS Presentation 2014...... 2520 Howard Skolnik, W. Dean Ricker
SESSION 057 – PANEL: PROGRESS IN DEALING WITH THE WORLD’S STOCKPILE OF USED NUCLEAR FUEL – HOW CAN CONSOLIDATED INTERIM STORAGE AND REPROCESSING HELP?
Progress in Dealing with the World's Stockpile of Used Nuclear Fuel - How Can Consolidated Interim Storage and Reprocessing Help? ...... 2528 Frederic Bailly
The Case for Interim Storage Remains Valid Today ...... 2537 Jeff Williams
Waste Confidence - Status Update ...... 2541 Keith McConnell
How Government Policy on Spent Fuel Management is Being Implemented in the UK ...... 2545 Graham Jonsson
Progress in Dealing with the World’s Stockpile of Used Nuclear Fuel - How Can Consolidated Interim Storage and Reprocessing Help? - The German Case -...... 2552 Horst Geckeis
Progress in Dealing with World's Stockpile of UNF...... 2557 Chris Phillips
SESSION 058 – GEOLOGIC DISPOSAL METHODOLOGIES AND MODELING
A Decision Methodology for Prioritizing R&D Supporting Geologic Disposal of SNF/HLW in Salt - 14030...... 2564 S. David Sevougian, Robert Mackinnon
Virtual Underground Laboratory for Rock Salt – VIRTUS - 14247...... 2581 Klaus Wieczorek, Steffen Masik, Joachim Behlau, Christian Mueller
Performance Assessment Modeling of a Generic UNF/HLW Repository in Salt - 14313...... 2591 Geoff Freeze, W. Payton Gardner, Palmer Vaughn, S. David Sevougian, Paul Mariner, Vince Mousseau, Glenn Hammond
Simulations in Support of the Salt Defense Disposal Initiative (SDDI): Water and Salt Transport Driven by Heat Generating Nuclear Waste in Bedded Salt - 14512...... 2605 Philip Stauffer, Bruce Robinson, Dylan Harp, Amy Jordan, Hakim Boukhalfa, Yassin Laybed, James Ten Cate, Roger Nelson
WIPP Compliance Recertification Application 2019 (CRA-2019) - Big Changes Coming - 14148 ...... 2620 Russell Patterson, Michael Gross
Changes, Approach, and Results for the 2014 WIPP Compliance Recertification Application Performance Assessment - 14047 ...... 2625 Chris Camphouse, Sungtae Kim, Thomas Kirchner, Bwalya Malama, Todd Zeitler, Dwayne Kicker
Canada’s Deep Geological Repository for Used Nuclear Fuel - An Update on the Status of the Geoscientific Site Evaluation Process - 14643 ...... 2640 Mahrez Ben Belfadhel, Alec Blyth, Sarah Hirschorn, Jennifer McKelvie, Aaron Desroches, Maria Sanchez-Rico Castejon, Andy Parmenter, Andres Urrutia-Bustos, Andre Vorauer
SESSION 059 – STABILIZATION / IMMOBILIZATION OF HLW, SNF/UNF AND LONG-LIVED ALPHA / TRU
High-Temperature Pressing of Silver-Exchanged Mordenite into a Potential Iodine Waste Form - 14096...... 2652 Robert Jubin, Stephanie Bruffey
Organic Waste Treatment by Incineration and Coupled Incineration/Vitrification Process - 14059 ...... 2666 Patrice Charvin, Florent Lemont, Sébastien Francois
Laboratory Capabilities for Qualification of Hanford Tank Waste Feed for Treatment and Vitrification - 14377...... 2673 Aruna Arakali, Peter Benson, Jeffrey Markillie, Ross Hamlett, Stuart Arm, Scott Saunders
Development and Initial Testing of Off-Gas Recycle Liquid from the WTP Low Activity Waste Vitrification Process - 14333...... 2689 Daniel McCabe, William Wilmarth, Charles Nash, Megan Morse, Kathryn Taylor-Pashow, Duane Adamson, Charles Crawford
Consensus Standardization of Slurry Simulant Development Process to Reduce Design Risk within the DOE Complex - 14635 ...... 2704 Gary L. Smith, Carl Enderlin, Beric Wells, Dean E. Kurath, Kayte Denslow
Summary of Cold Crucible Vitrification Tests Results with Savannah River Site High Level Waste Surrogates - 14464 ...... 2720 Sergey Stefanovsky, James Marra, Vladimir Lebedev
SESSION 060 – RADIOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION METHODS AND DATA ANALYSIS – PART 1 OF 2
Nuclide Distribution in the Metal Recycling Process - 14290...... 2730 Per Lidar, Maria Lindberg, Arne Larsson, Patrik Konneus
Performance Assessment of a Correction Matrix Effect Method Based on a H-3 Drum Monitor on a DDT Measurement Station for the Assay of Fissile Mass in Large-Size Drums - 14026...... 2739 Rodolphe Antoni, Christian Passard, Bertrand P Perot, Marc Batifol, François Guillaumin, Gabriele Grassi, Pierre Strock
Methods for Reduction of the Minimal Detectable Activity in Neutron Assay of High Mass/High Z Objects - 14504 ...... 2749 Alan Simpson, Martin Clapham
VOLUME 4
Implementation of a Surface Contaminated Object Characterization Program at LANL - 14346...... 2764 Randy Lucero, Kathleen Gruetzmacher, Roland Bustos, Lucas Gallegos, Scott Ferran, John Veilleux, Felicia Archuleta , Adam Gallegos, Ryan Hammon
SESSION 061 – RADIOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION METHODS AND DATA ANALYSIS – PART 2 OF 2
Radioactive Waste Characterization Strategies; Statistical Comparison Dose to Curie and Gamma Spectroscopy Analysis Methods - 14229 ...... 2776 Steven Singledecker, Kathleen Gruetzmacher, Richard Staroski, Roland Bustos, Lucas Gallegos
Non-Destructive Assay Applications Using Temperature-Stabilized Large Volume CeBr Detectors - 14277 ...... 2784 Dante Nakazawa, Frazier Bronson
Radiation Dose Rates and Exposure Associated to Technologically Enhanced Naturally Occurring Radioactive Materials (TENORM) at Locations of a Portuguese Coal-Fired Power Plant - 14431 ...... 2794 Maria De Lurdes Dinis, Antonio Fiuza, Joaquim Góis, Ana Cristina Meira Castro, José Soeiro Carvalho
NucLab Marcoule: A Laboratory Facility Dedicated to Support Dismantling Operations - 14212...... 2812 Olivier Dugne, Lionel Bec-Espitalier, Jeremy Rozen
SESSION 062 – WASTE OPTIMIZATION / MINIMIZATION AND HARMONIZATION D&D
Turning the Surface Contamination Object (SCO) Process into a Production Operation for the Remediation of the TRU Waste as Part of the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) 3,706 m3 Campaign - 14115...... 2824 Deborah Williams, Miles Smith, Leah Lavallee, Eilidh Wilson, Michael J. Romero, David Nickless, Lee Bishop
Waste Offsetting: The Commodification of Low-Level Radioactive Waste (LLW) - 14220...... 2839 Andrew Stewart
Operation of a Waste Management Area during Decommissioning - 14327...... 2849 Jason Martino, Dwayne Onagi
Development of Decommissioning Strategy for Humboldt Bay Power Plant - 14527 ...... 2862 John Kristofzski, Robert Cronin, Kerry Rod, Steven Shelanskey
Cesium And Strontium Removal With Highly Selective Ion Exchange Media In Fukushima And Cesium Removal With Less Selective Media - 14018...... 2880 Esko Tusa
Characterization and Thermal Treatment of Carbon-14 on Irradiated Graphite Surfaces III - 14204 ...... 2890 Mary Lou Dunzik-Gougar, James Cleaver, Daniel Labrier, Tara Smith, Kathy Nelson, Shilo McCrory
Enhanced Recovery Of Radionuclides From Irradiated Graphite by Sulfuric Acid-Graphite Intercalation and Leaching - 14551...... 2908 Jacques Botsoa, Gabriel Rodriguez Chiti, Abdesselam Abdelouas, Emmanuel Costa
SESSION 063 – INNOVATIVE FIELD MONITORING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION
Innovative Field Monitoring: Legacy Successes and the Future of Long-term Monitoring - 14571 ...... 2918 Jeff Myers, Dean Hoffman, Michael Boerste
US EPA Superfund Counts Per Minute (CPM) Electronic Calculator - 14336 ...... 2928 Stuart Walker
Radiological Assessment for the Removal of Legacy BPA Power Lines/ Components that Cross the Hanford Site - 14039 ...... 2940 William Millsap, Daniel J Brush
Data Integration with Geospatial Visualization Tools at the Hanford Site - 14369...... 2955 Jon Peschong, Marisa Renevitz, Brett Simpson
High Performance 3D Geophysical Imaging and 4D Time-Lapse Monitoring of Subsurface Contamination and Associated Processes at the Hanford Site - 14362...... 2962 Tim Johnson, Dawn Wellman, John Zachara, Michael Truex, Chris Strickland, Jon Thomle, R. Douglas Hildebrand, Dale Rucker, Roelof Versteeg
A Technology for Real-Time Monitoring of VOCs Emanating from the Hanford Tank Farms - 14360...... 2973 James Conca, Joe Sears, Larry Lockrem
Improved Three-Dimensional Resistivity Data Acquisition Capabilities at the Hanford Site - 14146...... 2985 Danney Glaser, Susan Eberlein, Marc Levitt, Nigel Crook, Michael McNeill, R. Douglas Hildebrand
MARSAME Applications at Humboldt Bay Power Plant - 14529...... 2992 John Albers, Marty Erickson, William Barley
SESSION 064 – DEEP VADOSE ZONE CHARACTERIZATION AND REMEDIATION TECHNOLOGIES
Radionuclide Containment Properties of Fractured and Faulted Volcanic Tuff Units at the T-Tunnel Complex, Rainier Mesa, Nevada National Security Site - 14013...... 2998 Donald Reeves, Rishi Parashar, Karl Pohlmann, Yong Zhang, Chuck Russell, Jenny Chapman, Eric Labolle
Flux-Based Evaluation of Perched-Water in the Deep Vadose Zone at the Hanford Site - 14051...... 3013 Michael Truex, Mart Oostrom
The Effect of Ca Ions on the Removal of U(VI) via In-Situ Ammonia Gas Injection at the Hanford Site 200 Area - 14434 ...... 3021 Yelena Katsenovich, Claudia Cardona, Leonel Lagos
Modeling of Electrical Resistivity Data in the Presence of Electrically Conductive Well Casings and Waste Storage Tanks - 14609 ...... 3029 Tim Johnson, Mark Triplett, Dawn Wellman
SESSION 065A – ER POSTERS: ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION AT THE US DOE HANFORD SITE
Technical Basis for Contaminated Pore-Water Extraction from the Vadose Zone - 14052 ...... 3038 Michael Truex, Mart Oostrom
A Comparison of Toxicology Studies of Vulnerability of Early Life Stages of Salmon to Hexavalent Chromium at Hanford - 14140 ...... 3053 Joanna Burger, Michael Gochfeld
High-Resolution Spectral Gamma Logging for Characterization of Radiological Contaminant Plumes in the Deep Vadose Zone - 14538...... 3067 Rick McCain, Paul Henwood, Arron Pope
SESSION 065B – ER POSTERS: STRATEGIES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION
Plateau Remediation Company – Going Green with an Automated Procedure System - 14611 ...... 3078 Sara Austin, Ron Nelson, Kathy Hibbs, Adria Johnson
Four Pillars of Successful Cross-Agency Partnering for Environmental Remediation - 14349...... 3084 Laurel Boucher
SESSION 065C – ER POSTERS: RADIOLOGICAL AND ANALYTICAL EMERGING ISSUES
Change of Radiocesium Concentration in Trees Leaves: Two Years’ Observation Following the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident - 14150 ...... 3096 Shigeo Uchida, Keiko Tagami
The Auxiliary Radiation Detector System for Monitoring Radiation Level of the Spent Fuel Pool - 14157 ...... 3102 Chan Hee Park, Joo Hyun Moon, Rinah Kim, Arim Lee
Fast Analysis of Chlorinated Phenoxy Herbicides in Environmental Samples by Negative ESI LC-MS/MS - 14337 ...... 3110 Wenjun Han, Benjamin Hicks, Elaine Wild
Inorganic Sorbents for Iodine Removal from Subsurface Plumes - 14347...... 3119 Tatiana Levitskaia, Syandev Chatterjee, James Peterson, Emily Campbell
Concentration Ratios of Radiocesium from Soil to Wild Boar Observed in Fukushima Prefecture - 14151 ...... 3129 Keiko Tagami, Shigeo Uchida
SESSION 066 – CE&T POSTERS: COMMUNICATIONS, EDUCATION AND TRAINING ISSUES
Accessing, Integrating and Using Existing Data to Make Critical Nuclear and Hazardous Waste Management Cleanup Decisions - 14319 ...... 3136 Jon Peschong, Brett Simpson
US EPA Superfund Radiation Risk Assessment: A Community Toolkit - 14338 ...... 3142 Stuart Walker, Dain Thorpe, Melissa Greer Dreyfus
SESSION 067 – ST POSTERS: SPECIAL TOPICS (ST) AND WM TRACK CROSS CUTTING TECHNOLOGY TOPICS
Weld Repair of a Stamped Pressure Vessel in a Radiologically Controlled Zone - 14006...... 3150 Gary Cannell, Jeff Huth, Randy Hallum
The Effective Elastic Coefficients of Porous Media with Simple Pore Geometries - 14239...... 3158 Cheo Kyung Lee
Estimation of Permeability Changes Due to Contact with Highly Alkaline Ca-Rich Solution by Micro Flow-Cell of Granite Chip - 14094...... 3171 Daiki Kurata, Taiji Chida, Yuichi Niibori, Hitoshi Mimura
Critical Dose of Internal Organs Internal Exposure - 14332...... 3180 Gagik Grigoryan, Narek Grigoryan, Armen Amirjanyan
Air Sample Conditioner Helps the Waste Treatment Plant Meet Emissions Standards - 14646...... 3192 John Glissmeyer, Julia Flaherty, Mikhail Pekour
SESSION 068 – PANEL: US DOE PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTING OPPORTUNITIES
Environmental Management Procurement Update ...... 3206 Jack Surash
US DOE Procurement and Contracting Opportunities ...... 3208 Dave Hess
Upcoming Contract Opportunities...... 3215 Christopher Honkomp
SESSION 069 – PANEL: SMALL BUSINESS PROCUREMENT AND CONTRACTING OPPORTUNITIES WITH DOE AND DOE PRIME CONTRACTORS
Small Business Procurement and Contracting Opportunities with DOE and DOE Prime Contractors ...... 3226 Dave Hess
URS - Small Business and Supplier Diversity Program...... 3240 Sam Artis
Small Business Procurement and Contracting Opportunities with US DOE Prime Contractors ...... 3256 William Badger
Small Business Contracting Opportunities...... 3265 Joseph Yanek
Partnering with Small Business WM 14 Symposia...... 3275 Chuck Bernhard
The Nation's Uranium Processing Facility ...... 3280 Richard Brown
SESSION 070A – INTERNATIONAL DEEP REPOSITORY PROGRESS – PART 1 OF 3
A Big Progress at High Level Radioactive Wastes Disposal in China: From Follow Suit to Science Driven - 14064...... 3292 Chunli Liu
R&D on the Feasibility of Operating a Geological Disposal Facility for High-Level and Long-Lived Radioactive Waste in Belgium- Further Development of Operational Concept - 14386...... 3298 Bernt Haverkamp, Wolfgang Filbert, Philipp Herold, Gerald Nieder-Westermann, Philippe Van Marcke
The Implementing Geological Disposal of Radioactive Waste Technology Platform (IGD-TP) - Main Achievements to Date and Way Forward - 14078...... 3313 Jacques Delay, Philippe Lalieux, Raymond Kowe
SESSION 070B – PANEL: INTERNATIONAL DEEP REPOSITORY PROGRESS – PART 2 OF 3
WIPP Status and Plans – 2014...... 3324 Roger Nelson, Jose Franco
International Deep Repository Progress - The German Case ...... 3335 Horst Geckeis
SESSION 071 – PAPERS/PANEL: IAEA INTERNATIONAL DECOMMISSIONING NETWORK: MAXIMIZING THE BENEFITS OF COLLABORATION AND SHARING OF EXPERIENCE
Risk Management on Strategic and Operational Level during Decommissioning – First Outcomes of the DRiMa Project at IAEA - 14467...... 3344 Patrick O'Sullivan, Vladan Ljubenov, Joerg Kaulard, Patrice Francois, Mark Pennington, Kristan Schruder, Sasa Medakovic
Risk Management in the Execution of Decommissioning Programs: A Comparison Of International Approaches - 14535 ...... 3358 Kristan Schruder, Mark Pennington
Identifying and Managing Risks during Decommissioning of Jose Cabrera NPP - 14649 ...... 3367 Manuel Rodriguez Silva
In Situ Decommissioning Project Risk Management - 14596...... 3376 Maria Elena Crespo, Charles Negin
SESSION 072 – PANEL: 10 CFR PART 61.55 WASTE CLASSIFICATION SCHEME: IS IT STATE OF THE ART OR ARE ANY CHANGES WARRENTED?
10 CFR Part 61.55 Waste Classification ...... 3390 Christepher McKenney
USDOE Regulatory Approach - Low Level Waste Classification ...... 3396 Mark Gilbertson
NRC Waste Classification Table Analysis Impact of ICRP 60/72 Dose Conversion Factors...... 3407 Lisa Edwards
Major Issues with Updating Waste Classification Framework...... 3420 William Dornsife
Waste Classification - Utah Perspective...... 3423 Rusty Lundberg
10 CFR Part 61.55 Waste Classification Scheme...... 3428 Thomas Magette
SESSION 073 – PANEL: US DOE MIXED WASTE: ADDRESSING PROPOSALS FOR DEALING WITH PROBLEMATIC WASTE STREAMS AND POLICY CHANGES AFFECTING WASTE DISPOSITION
Prioritizing And Waste Management At - Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project...... 3436 Michael Auble
Problematic Mixed Waste from SRS Legacy TRU Program ...... 3441 John Gilmour
Getting More Done With Less...... 3445 Kenneth Grumski
Mixed Low-Level Radioactive Waste (MLLW) Disposal at the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS)...... 3455 Scott Wade
Transition in LANL Mixed Waste Management Process ...... 3460 Steven Singledecker
The Disposition of Former "No Path to Disposal" Wastes...... 3471 Scott Anderson
SESSION 074 – REGULATORY AND PROGRAMMATIC ISSUES AND SOLUTION FOR LLW, ILW, MW, NORM, TENORM & DEPLETED URANIUM
An Evaluation of the 2007 Strategic Assessment of the US NRC's Low-Level Waste Regulatory Program - 14433 ...... 3480 Janelle Jessie, Melanie Wong, James Kennedy
Adaptive Management Facilitates Remedial Decision-Making in the Face of Uncertainty - 14171 ...... 3487 Sidney Garland, Lynn Sims, Mark Peterson
Understanding and Managing the Radiological Issues Associated with the Hydraulic Fracturing for Oil and Gas - 14600 ...... 3500 Alejandro Lopez
Technical Design of the National Disposal Facility at Radiana in Bulgaria - 14291...... 3509 Thilo Von Berlepsch, Enrique Biurrun, Emiliano Gonzalez Herranz
Recovery and Recycling of Aluminum, Copper, and Precious Metals from Dismantled Weapon Components - 14176 ...... 3518 Dwight Stockham, Leroy Duran
Estimation of the Probability of Human Disturbance Using GIS - 14446 ...... 3526 Allen Gross, David Esh
SESSION 075 – GEOLOGIC DISPOSAL PHENOMENOLOGY AND R&D
Long-Term Behaviour of Salt Concrete - a Material for Engineered Barriers in Final Repositories in Salt Formations - Development of Reactive Transport Models for Matrix Corrosion and Corrosion on Cracks - 14177...... 3536 Horst-Jürgen Herbert
The Salt Defense Disposal Investigations (SDDI): Current Status and Future Plans - 14486...... 3551 Bruce Robinson, Douglas Weaver, Philip Stauffer, Nancy Buschman, Roger Nelson
Flume Testing of Surrogate Waste Materials Leading to a Recommendation for the Lower Limit for TAUFAIL - 14172 ...... 3569 Courtney Herrick, Michael Schuhen
Assessment of Bentonite Characteristics in KBS3 Method - 14344...... 3584 Markus Olin, Kari Rasilainen, Leena Korkiala-Tanttu, Mia Tiljander, Pirkko Hölttä, Ritva Serimaa, Markku Kataja, Mika Laitinen
The Feasibility of Using the KBS-3 Technology for Disposal of US Department of Energy's Used Nuclear Fuel - 14438 ...... 3595 Claes Lindberg, Hans Forsström, Peter Wikberg, Hitesh Nigam
Preliminary Design Concepts for a Deep Borehole Disposal Re-Packaging Facility - 14563 ...... 3604 William Nutt, Travis Mui
EPA’s Confirmatory PA Analysis of DOE’s Proposed Run-Of-Mine Salt Panel Closure System for the WIPP - 14058 ...... 3613 Kathleen Economy
SESSION 076 – TRU WASTE OPTIMIZATION AND PROGRESS
The National Transuranic (TRU) Program - 14069 ...... 3634 J. R. Stroble
Minimization of Risk and Cost Associated with Transuranic Mixed-Waste Characterization - 14143...... 3640 Karen Day, Eric D'Amico, Robert Kehrman, Rick Chavez, George Basabilvazo
Characterization and Certification of Plutonium Isentropic Compression Experiment (Pu-ICE) Containment Vessels for Shipment and Emplacement at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP). LA-UR-13-26085, SAND 2013- 9625C - 14046...... 3654 Beverly Crawford, Kapil Goyal, Betty Humphrey, Thomas Krause, Jeff Gluth, Tom Morgan
Key Factors in Successful Execution of the LANL 3,706 m3 TRU Waste Campaign - 14086...... 3665 Kathryn Johns-Hughes, James Steve Clemmons, Daniel Cox, Kenneth Hargis, David Nickless
Newly-Generated, Remote-Handled TRU Characterization and Certification at Sandia National Laboratories/New Mexico (SAND # 2013-6707C) - 14199 ...... 3675 Betty Humphrey, Michael Spoerner, Warren Strong, Randell Salyer, Richard Aguilar, Todd Erenstein
ISOCS Waste Measurement Applications at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory - 14138 ...... 3684 Joseph Wachter, Kevin Meyer, Sean Stanfield, Robert Ceo
VOLUME 5
Nuclear Footprint Reduction at Argonne National Laboratory - Out with the Old (Material), In with the New (Mission) - 14665...... 3691 Daniel Pancake, Cynthia Rock, Dale Dietzel, Andrew Gabel
SESSION 077 – AN UPDATE ON THE FUKUSHIMA RECOVERY PROJECT & ITS GLOBAL IMPACT
Effects of Fukushima on Global Nuclear Development - 14621...... 3699 Charles McCombie
Impermeable Graphite Matrix IGM for the Conditioning of Spent Absorbers at Fukushima - 14186...... 3708 Georg Bräehler, Karl-Heinz Grosse, Walter Mueller, Eric Marsat, Johannes Fachinger
Development of a Reactive Transport Model for the Optimization of Ion Specific Media Used at the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant - 14579 ...... 3717 Joshua Mertz, Mark Denton, Brian Powell, Lawrence Murdoch
Frozen Soil Barrier Technology – Facts, The Oak Ridge National Laboratory Barrier - 14554...... 3727 Elizabeth Phillips, Edward Yarmak
Severe Accident Management Hierarchy and Resilience Architecture Post Fukushima - 14510...... 3739 Anne Woolley
Fukushima Water Treatment Update - 14257 ...... 3745 James Braun
Absorbers for Removal of Sr-90 from Sea Water at Fukushima Site - 14184...... 3753 Georg Bräehler, Alexander Zulauf, Valentin Avramenko, Tatyana Sokolnitskaya
Lessons Learned from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident – A Discussion from a Neutral Point of View - 14384 ...... 3761 Ming Zhang
SESSION 078 – NUCLEAR POWER PLANT ONSITE SNF/UNF STORAGE
Regulation of Waste Streams from Small Modular Reactors and Advanced Reactors - 14061...... 3773 Anna Bradford
Lessons Learned after 20 Years of Experience with the 10 CFR 72 General License Process - 14019 ...... 3779 Brian Gutherman
Containers for Storage and Transport of Spent Fuel and Waste from the Operations, Decommissioning and Dismantling of Nuclear Power Stations - 14163...... 3789 Allen Jack, Juergen Skrzyppek, Joerg Viermann, Wolfgang Steinwarz
Technical Feasibility of Storing 1 Month Old SNF in an Onsite Irradiation Facility - 14233...... 3794 Russell Goff
Situation of Interim Storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel (SNF) and Highly Active Waste (HAW) in Germany - 14249...... 3810 Christoph Gastl
Integrated Data and Analysis System for Commercial Used Nuclear Fuel Safety Assessments - 14657...... 3815 John Scaglione, Joshua Peterson, Kaushik Banerjee, Kevin Robb, Robert Lefebvre
SESSION 079 – ER CHALLENGES – ALTERNATIVE APPROACHES TO ACHIEVING END STATE
An Integrated Endpoint Approach for Complex Sites - 14599 ...... 3829 Michael Truex
Innovative Strategy for Long Term Monitoring of Metal and Radionuclide Plumes - 14380...... 3841 Carol Eddy-Dilek, Margaret Millings, Brian Looney, Miles Denham
Hanford Site River Corridor Cleanup – Effectiveness of Interim Actions and Transition to Final Actions - 14468 ...... 3853 Jeff Lerch, Laura Cusack, James Hansen
Remediation of Contaminated Groundwater at Complex Sites: Overview of Alternative Endpoints and Approaches - 14400 ...... 3865 Rula Deeb, Elisabeth Hawley
Systems-Based Framework for Remediation Endpoints - 14355 ...... 3879 Michelle Lee, Michael Truex, Dawn Wellman, Amoret Bunn, Mark Freshley, Danny Katzman, Velimir Vesselinov, Miles Denham, Carol Eddy-Dilek, John Morse, Michael Thompson, Kurt Gerdes, Skip Chamberlain, Eric Pierce
Engineered Media for Removal of Fission Products from Aqueous Streams - 14580...... 3887 Abigail Holmquist
Results of Laboratory Microbial Testing for Enhancing Bioremediation of Petroleum-Contaminated Soils at the Hanford Site’s 100-N Area - 14592...... 3898 Wendy Thompson
Evapotranspiration and Geochemical Controls on Groundwater Plumes at Arid Sites: Toward Innovative Alternate End-States for Uranium Processing and Tailings Facilities - 14631 ...... 3910 Brian Looney, Miles Denham, Carol Eddy-Dilek, Margaret Millings, Mark Kautsky
SESSION 080 – GROUNDWATER REMEDIATION PROJECTS
Geophysical Logging to Assess Annular Seals in Groundwater Monitoring Wells at the Hanford Site - 14536 ...... 3925 Rick McCain, Paul Henwood, Arron Pope
In Situ Precipitation of Radionuclides in Groundwater at US DOE Savannah River Site - 14559 ...... 3933 Chris Lutes, Angela Frizzell, Jeff Gillow, Jeff Beckner
Genome-Enabled Systems Approach to Predict Immobilization of Technetium in the Subsurface - 14351 ...... 3947 Hope Lee, Danielle Saunders, Brady Lee
Evaluating the Potential for Microbial Iodine Immobilization: Humic Acid Bioremediation - 14354...... 3955 Brady Lee, Hope Lee, Danielle Saunders, Kent Parker
The Importance of Micronutrients to Biological Treatment, 200 West Pump and Treat, Hanford Site, Richland, WA - 14021...... 3964 Mark Carlson, Adrienne Menniti, Ken Martins, Hope Lee, Josh Boltz, Sally Simmons, John Morse, Mark Byrnes
Identification of Major Risk Drivers and Contaminants of Potential Concern for a Complex Groundwater Aquifer - 14350...... 3979 Alaa Aly, Donna Morgans
Efficiencies and Optimization of Weak Based Anion IX Resin for Groundwater Hexavalent Chromium Removal at Hanford - 14202 ...... 3993 Dean Neshem, Charles Miller, James Hanson, Kris Ivarson, Naomi Jaschke, Peter Meyers
Project Status of the Port Hope Area Initiative: Application of the Adaptive Management Concept as Theory Becomes Reality - 14340...... 4006 G. Glenn Case, Walter Van Veen, David W. Smith, Dave Lawrence
SESSION 081A – D&D POSTERS: INTERNATIONAL DECOMMISSIONING EXPERIENCE
Decommissioning of Underground Storage Tanks of Liquid Radioactive Waste at the A1 NPP in Slovakia - 14252...... 4021 Kamil Kravarik, Zuzana Holicka, Michal Pisca, Martin Listjak, Miroslav Baca, Anton Pekar, Marian Stubna
Licensing Process for Decommissioning Low Flux Reactor Petten - 14490...... 4032 Renate De Vos, Karlijn Van Der Wagt-De Groot, Michel Kok
Benefits of a Dedicated Decommissioning Team for the B300 Project at Whiteshell Laboratories - 14368...... 4038 Brian Wilcox, Craig Michaluk
Campoverde Decommissioning of Former Controlsonic Deposit - 14036...... 4049 Giovanni Zorzoli
New Method for the Decontamination of Labyrinth-Seals of Control Rod Drives (CRD) - 14167...... 4056 Pál Baradlai, András Kurucz, Ottó Oldal, Norbert Kósa, Gábor Patek, György Pátzay, Zoltán László, Károly Nyitrai, Sándor Szabó, Márk Petrik, János Schunk
Experience from Fukushima 1F-3 Spent Fuel Removal System Project - 14573...... 4065 John Hubball
SESSION 081B – D&D POSTERS: NUCLEAR POWER PLANT DECOMMISSIONING
Sorption (Kd) Measurements in Support of Dose Assessments for Zion Nuclear Station Decommissioning - 14228 ...... 4075 Sung Paal Yim, Terry Sullivan, Laurence Milian, Robert Decker, Bruce Mann
Dismantling and Release of Large Metallic Components at the GNS Premises in Duisburg on the Example of a CASTOR® S1 Container - 14165 ...... 4089 Hans-Jürgen Blenski, Steffen Oehmigen, Christian Gutland, Frank Ambos
Kazakhstan: Treatment and Safe Disposal of Liquid Radioactive Waste from the BN-350 Reactor Unit at the LRW Processing Facility - 14016...... 4094 Dennis Kelley, Igor Yakovlev, Anatoliy Galkin, Alexander Klepikov, Anatoliy Ivanov, Artem Gelis
Cutting Performance of Remote Fiber Laser Cutting System for Dismantling HLW Glass Melter - 14093 ...... 4107 Takashi Mitsui, Noriaki Miura, Hiroshi Kinugawa, Katsura Oowaki, Isao Kawaguchi, Yasuhiko Miura, Tooru Ino
Operational Experience with a Robotic Arm for Wet Waste Retrieval at Trawsfynydd Nuclear Power Plant - 14173 ...... 4116 Alan Smith
SESSION 081C – D&D POSTERS: D&D TECHNOLOGIES
The Preparation for the Clearance System and Its Operational Issues in FUGEN - 14055 ...... 4125 Hideki Kutsuna, Masanori Izumi
Removing of Equipment of Loop Facilities and Preparation for Dismantling of Core of MR Reactor - 14083 ...... 4133 Alexander Chesnokov, Oleg Ivanov, Vyacheslav Kolyadin, Alexey Lemus, Vitaly Pavlenko, Sergey Semenov, Sergey Fadin, Anatoly Shisha
Ultra-Light Gamma-Camera for Security and Emergency Situation - 14066 ...... 4143 Oleg Ivanov, Ilya Semin, Victor Potapov, Vyacheslav Stepanov, Alexey Stepanov
Development of 3D Visualization Technology for Medium-and Large-sized Radioactive Metal Wastes from Decommissioning Nuclear Facilities - 14159 ...... 4152 Arim Lee, Joo Hyun Moon, Chan Hee Park, Rinah Kim, Jung Min Lee
Determination of Components of a Fuel Matrix in Water and in Bottom Slimes in the MR Reactor Ponds in NRC “Kurchatov Institute” - 14038...... 4159 Alexey Stepanov, Ilya Semin, Anatoly Volkovich, Iurii Simirskii
SESSION 082 – PANEL: WEDNESDAY US DOE FEATURED SITE: LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY
Path to Success...... 4171 Kathryn Johns-Hughes, Steve Clemmons
Planning for Success: Future Cleanup Work at Los Alamos National Laboratory ...... 4179 Daniel Cox
SESSION 083 – PANEL: RISK & DOSE ANALYSIS FOR DECOMMISSION OF NPPS AND COMPLEX MATERIAL FACILITIES
Determining Remediation Goals for Nuclear Power Plants ...... 4191 Christepher McKenney
Evaluation of Dose and Risk in the Site Release Process for Commercial Power Reactors ...... 4195 Richard Reid
Dose/Risk Analyses to Support Facility Closure...... 4211 Roger Seitz
SESSION 084 – PANEL: INNOVATIONS TO NUCLEAR D&D: PROGRESS IN FUKUSHIMA
Innovations in Nuclear Decontamination and Decommissioning: Global Support to Fukushima Challenges ...... 4221 Jeff Griffin, Wayne Johnson
Progress of Offsite Decontamination in Fukushima...... 4224 Sang Don Lee
Remediation and Waste Management Challenges for Fukushima Offsite Recovery Efforts...... 4231 Mark Triplett
Importance of Innovation for D&D at Fukushima Daiichi NPS...... 4238 Kazuhiro Suzuki
SESSION 085 – PANEL: INFORMED PERFORMANCE BASED DECISION MAKING
Risk-Informed Decision Making at Department of Energy Sites ...... 4249 William Levitan
SESSION 086 – PANEL: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS AND TRENDS IN INTEGRATED RISK ASSESSMENT METHODS, TOOLS, AND DECISION ANALYSIS SUPPORT
Decision Analysis Sketch for Performance Assessment ...... 4255 Paul Black, Tom Stockton, John Tauxe, Kate Catlett
Best Practices for Risk-Informed Decision Making for DOE Legacy Sites: A National Academies Workshop Series...... 4262 Jennifer Heimberg
A Few Perspectives on Risk...... 4265 David Kosson, Charles C. Powers
SESSION 087 – TECHNICAL INNOVATIONS IN ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION AND SITE CLOSURE
The Art & Power of Visual Data Imaging - 14622...... 4275 Jeffrey Lively
Pore Water Extraction Test Near 241-SX Tank Farm at the Hanford Site, Washington, USA - 14168...... 4288 Danny Parker, Melissa Holm, Susan Eberlein, Harold Sydnor, Cynthia Tabor, R. Douglas Hildebrand, Michelle Hendrickson, Maria Skorska, Colin Henderson
Strategy for Demonstration of Attainment of Groundwater Cleanup Levels - 14618...... 4297 Alaa Aly, Trevor Budge
Rate of Uranium Release from Calcium Meta-Autunite: Effect of Bicarbonate Solutions on the Dissolution - 14218...... 4310 Ravi Krishna Prasanth Gudavalli, Yelena Katsenovich, Leonel Lagos, Dawn Wellman
Web-Based Tool Identifies and Quantifies Potential Cost Savings Measures at the Hanford Site - 14366 ...... 4323 Jon Peschong, Briant Charboneau, Marisa Renevitz, Brett Simpson
SESSION 088 – THE AGING US DOE INFRASTRUCTURE – CRITICAL INVESTMENTS / ALTERNATIVES TO GET TO THE FINISH LINE
Finishing an Era: Accelerated Decontamination and Decommissioning at the K-25 Building, East Tennessee Technology Park, Oak Ridge, Tenn. - 14141...... 4331 Steven Dahlgren
Supporting the Largest D&D Project with Innovative Waste Management Approaches Oak Ridge, Tennessee - 14628 ...... 4344 John Wrapp, Scott Anderson, Mike Ferrari, Roland Weiskettel
Administrative and Engineering Controls for the Operation of Ventilation Systems for Underground Radioactive Waste Storage Tanks - 14197 ...... 4349 Bruce Wiersma, Adam Hansen
Translating the Facilities Information Management System (FIMS) Data into Risk Management Criteria and into a Risk Ranking Process for Disposition Projects - 14135...... 4364 Richard Nevarez
NNSA’s Risk-Based Nuclear Security Enterprise-wide Facility Disposition Program - 14108...... 4374 Deborah Couchman-Griswold, Jefferson Underwood
Structured Planning and Preparation Leads to Safe Open-Air Demolition of Contaminated Facility - 14520 ...... 4380 Cynthia Dayton, Thomas Dogal, Kirk Winterholler, Catherine Bohan
Understanding Mechanisms of Radiological Contamination - 14054...... 4389 Rick Demmer, John Drake, Ryan James
Value Engineering Study Yields Immediate Results for Hanford Plutonium Finishing Plant - 14429 ...... 4400 Mike Swartz
SESSION 089 – MANAGEMENT OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANT DRY WASTE
Building Context for Radioactive Waste Characterization - 14040...... 4409 Thomas Kalinowski, David James
Retrieval and Conditioning of Powdery Waste: Investigations Carried Out in a Storage Pit to Consolidate Input Data Prior to Conditioning - 14207 ...... 4426 Valérie Thiebaut, Anne Courtadon, Olivier Dugne, Jean Michel Fulconis, Fréderic Rascalou
Comparative Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of Protective Garments: Reusable vs. Disposable in Radioactive Material Applications - 14634 ...... 4437 John Jewell, Margaret Wildernauer
SESSION 090 – MANAGEMENT OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANT LIQUID AND WET WASTE
150 GPM Solids Removal System - EnergySolutions SRS-150 XUFTM Grand Gulf Operating Experience Update - 14454 ...... 4447 Greg Broda, Kenneth Johnson
New Facilities to Reduce Releases from Swedish BWRs - 14009 ...... 4452 Niklas Bergh, Gunnar Hedin, Jörgen Eriksson, Ulf Borgvald
Selective Separation of Radionuclides from NPP Evaporator Bottom Residue - 14091 ...... 4458 György Pátzay, Emil Csonka, Csilla Tonkó, János Otterbein, Ferenc Feil, Gábor Patek
Testing of New Antimony Selective Media SbTreat at Loviisa NPP, FINLAND - 14241 ...... 4466 Risto Harjula, Risto Koivula, Esko Tusa, Pasi Kelokaski, Roger Kvarnström, Ilkka Ropponen, Laura Togneri
SESSION 091 – OPERATING EXPERIENCE IN THE TREATMENT AND STORAGE OF LLW, ILW, MW, NORM & TENORM
Embedding a Strategy - Changing a Culture - 14542...... 4473 Becky Ruddy, Dennis Thompson, Cath Giel
Implementation and Performance Testing of a Sensitive Bulk Laundry Monitor for Use in Nuclear Power Stations - 14004...... 4486 Erik Lindberg, Richard Delpizzo, Tom Donohoue, Ryan Lee, Marc Looman, Ray Martin, John Mason
AREVA Experiences in Cementation Technologies to Immobilize Radioactive Waste - 14457 ...... 4499 Michael Blase, Nathalie Segond, Damien Avril
Immobilization of Liquid Organic and Aqueous Radioactive Waste Decommissioning in Porous Cement Matrix - 14405 ...... 4505 Andrey Varlakov, Leonid Sukhanov, Aleksandr Germanov
Comparison of Depth Discrete Oxidation Front Results and Reduction Capacity Measurements for Cementitious Waste Forms - 14330...... 4511 Christine Langton, David Stefanko, Donald Miller, Rick Minichan, Philip Almond, David Healy
European, Transboundary Projects for Transport, Treatment and Recycling of Large Retired NPP Components in Studsvik - 14365...... 4529 Arne Larsson, Gregor Krause
Microbially Induced Corrosion of Carbon Steel and Stainless Steel in Alkaline Ground Water - Composition and Metabolic Functionality of Biofilm - 14391 ...... 4534 Pauliina Rajala, Leena Carpén, Malin Bomberg, Mari Raulio, Mikko Vepsäläinen
SESSION 092 – PANEL: UK/USA PARTNERING ACROSS THE POND – ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND LESSONS LEARNED
Update on US DOE / UK NDA Bilateral Activities ...... 4551 Laurie Judd
UK/USA Partnering Across the Pond (Sellafield & Savannah River) ...... 4559 Graham Jonsson
UK/USA Partnering Across the Pond ...... 4564 Dave Moody
SESSION 093 – STORAGE OF SPENT / USED NUCLEAR FUEL AND SOLID HLW
Perspectives on Interim Storage Solutions of Used Nuclear Fuel in the Long Term - 14041 ...... 4573 Catherine Shelton, William Bracey
Single Storage Canister to MACSTOR - 14578 ...... 4582 Miroljub Petrovic, J. Hashmi
Nuclear Industry Study on the Feasibility of Standardized Transportation, Aging and Disposal Canisters for Used Nuclear Fuel - 14011...... 4598 Chris Phillips, Ivan Thomas, Steven McNiven
Test Results and Analyses in Terms of Aging Mechanisms of Metal Seals in Casks for Dry Storage of SNF - 14255 ...... 4613 Sven Nagelschmidt, Ulrich Probst, Uwe Herbrich, Dietmar Wolff, Holger Völzke
VOLUME 6
Closed Fuel Can Venting and Hydride Passivation - 14305 ...... 4622 Jonathan Fitzpatrick, Gerard Peplinskie, Cody Ziebarth
Applicability of Commercial Nuclear Power Used Fuel Handling and Dry Storage Solutions to DOE Non-Fuel Waste Forms - 14461...... 4638 David Bland, Jennifer Gamble
SESSION 094 – GEOLOGIC DISPOSAL DESIGN & ENGINEERING
Inflow Handling during the Emplacement of the Backfill in the KBS-3 Concept - 14238...... 4650 Ville Koskinen, Torbjörn Sandén
Designing, Commissioning And Monitoring Of 40% Scale Bentonite Buffer Test - 14260 ...... 4663 Harri Kivikoski, Pasi Rantamäki, Pieti Marjavaara
Instrumentation and Monitoring of Tunnel Plug in ONKALO - 14261 ...... 4673 Ilkka Hakola, Erika Holt, Matti Halonen, Edgar Bohner, Kimmo Kemppainen, Petri Koho, Antti-Jussi Kylliäinen
Customized Bentonite Pellets - Extrusion Manufacturing and Gap Filling & Thermal Performance Properties - 14262 ...... 4687 Pieti Marjavaara, Erika Holt, Pasi Rantamäki
Designed Buffer Components for Finnish KSB-3V Concept - 14285 ...... 4697 Erika Holt, Markkku Juvankoski, Pasi Rantamäki
Preliminary Evaluation of Dual-Purpose Canister Disposal Alternatives - 14506...... 4715 Ernest Hardin, Robert Howard, John Scaglione, Harris Greenberg, Joe Carter, William Nutt, Robert Clark
SSM’s Evaluation of the Long-Term Safety of the Proposed Repository for Spent Nuclear Fuel at the Forsmark Site in Sweden: Early Experiences from the Main Review Phase - 14555 ...... 4731 Bo Strömberg, Björn Dverstorp
SESSION 095 – PANEL: CHALLENGES IN US DOE HLW TANK MANAGEMENT
Challenges in US DOE HLW Tank Management Idaho Perspective...... 4748 Ken Whitham
Hanford Tank Farm Challenges...... 4752 Dave Olson
Challenges in DOE HLW Tank Management...... 4761 Kenneth Rueter
Tank Waste Risk Reduction at SRS ...... 4767 Jean Ridley
SESSION 096A – INTERNATIONAL DEEP REPOSITORY PROGRESS – PART 3 OF 3
WIPP Status and Plans – 2014 - 14442...... 4776 Roger Nelson, Joe Franco
Cigeo, the Project for Geological Disposal Project of Radioactive Waste in France - 14014 ...... 4788 Gérald Ouzounian, Alain Harman, Thibaud Labalette, Marie-Claude Dupuis
Final Disposal and Retrievability in the German Repository Concept - 14100...... 4795 Frank Charlier, Bruno Thomauske
SESSION 096B – PERFORMANCE OF DISPOSAL SYSTEMS, FACILITIES AND SITES FOR LLW – PART 2 OF 2
Performance Assessment for the Environmental Restoration Disposal Facility, Hanford Site, Washington - 14216 ...... 4806 Sunil Mehta, Raziuddin Khaleel, Steve Baker, Nazmul Hasan, William McMahon, William Borlaug, Michael Casbon, R. Douglas Hildebrand, Owen Robertson
Waste Acceptance and Disposal at the Nevada National Security Site - 14448...... 4819 Vefa Yucel, Greg Shott, Pat Arnold, Jhon Carilli
Integration between Performance Assessments Does Not Equal Duplication - 14577 ...... 4828 Kent Rosenberger
Liquid Waste Operations Initiatives in Performance Assessment Evolution - 14469 ...... 4833 Mark Layton
SESSION 097 – PROJECT MANAGEMENT IMPROVEMENTS – PLANNING THROUGH COMPLETION- SCOPE, COST, & SCHEDULE CONTROL
Project Assessment: An Essential Element of Project Management During Project Execution - 14505 ...... 4842 James Burritt
Expediting Closeout of a Major US DOE Contract: The Washington Closure Hanford / US DOE-RL Closeout Office Avoidance Plan - 14181 ...... 4857 Dan Plung, Douglas Aoyama
Waste Management System Architecture Evaluations - 14564...... 4864 William Nutt, Edgar Morris, Francesc Puig, Robert Howard, Joshua Jarrell, Robert Joseph III, Thomas Cotton
Costing and Financing of the Swedish Waste Management System - 14540 ...... 4875 Per-Arne Holmberg, Lars Ageskog, Maria Wikström
SESSION 099 – PANEL: TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT AND IMPLEMENTATION FOR CLEAN UP OF FUKUSHIMA DAIICHI NPP
Technical Cooperation for Improving Cradle-to-Grave Control of Sealed Radioactive Sources in the Mediterranean Region - 14655...... 4885 Juan Carlos Benitez-Navarro, Vilmos Friedrich, Monika Kinker, Eric Reber, Manuel Recio, Jose Miguel Roncero Martin
The IAEA Activities in the End-of-Life Management of Disused Sealed Radioactive Sources - 14648 ...... 4895 Gerard Bruno, Paul Degnan, Monika Kinker, Kai Moeller
Nuclear Supply Chain: Perspective of a Component and Sub-system Fabricator - 14474...... 4904 James Stouch
Technical Support and Implementation for Cleanup of Fukushima Daiichi – Groundwater Challenges...... 4914 Wayne Johnson, Jeff Griffin
System Perspective in Environment Remediation of Lands Contaminated from the Fukushina Accident...... 4920 Robert Sindelar
IAEA Activities in Support to Decommissioning and Remediation Activities in Fukushima ...... 4927 Irena Mele
Delivering Timely Solutions under Emergency Conditions...... 4940 John Raymont
SESSION 100 – PANEL: OAK RIDGE RESERVATION INNOVATIVE CLEANUP APPROACHES
Recent Accomplishments and Looking Forward...... 4952 Mark Whitney
Developing a Comprehensive Groundwater Strategy for the Oak Ridge Reservation ...... 4957 William McMillan
Innovation. Partnering. Progress. D&D at the East Tennessee Technology Park...... 4963 Steven Dahlgren
The Future of the K-25 Site through Historic Preservation and Reindustrialization ...... 4967 Susan Cange
Cleanup Collaboration...... 4972 Franklin Hill
Partnership with the Community: Moving Oak Ridge Forward...... 4976 Jenny Freeman
SESSION 102 – RECORDS, KNOWLEDGE AND MEMORY (RK&M) FOR GEOLOGIC REPOSITORIES OF NUCLEAR WASTE – PART 1 OF 2
Preservation of Records, Knowledge and Memory (RK&M) across Generations. An Overview of the Eponymous OECD/NEA Project. - 14425 ...... 4986 Claudio Pescatore
When Dealing with the Long-Term, Care as to How Terms are Used: Reflections from the OECD/NEA RK&M Project Glossary - 14437 ...... 4993 Claudio Pescatore, Philippe Raimbault, Anne Claudel, Stephan Hotzel
Nuclear Waste as Cultural Heritage of the Future - 14361 ...... 5006 Cornelius Holtorf, Anders Högberg
The First International Decennial Appraisal of the Detailed Memory of the Manche Disposal Facility - 14470...... 5014 Jean-Noël Dumont, Guillaume Martin
How to Increase Knowledge of the Existence of a Nuclear Disposal Facility to Future Generations: Knowledge Footprint - A Perspective From an Operational Facility – 14221 - 14221 ...... 5022 Steve Wagner
Reasons for Post-closure Monitoring of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Repository . - 14531...... 5026 Punam Thakur, Abraham Van Luik
Contribution of Metrology to a Qualified Disposal Monitoring System Stable over Centennial Timescales - 14031...... 5034 Johan Bertrand, Patrick Sollet, Stéphane Plumeri, Stephane Buschaert, Olivier Beaumont
Application of Knowledge Management in the UK's Radioactive Waste Management Programme - 14651 ...... 5045 Simon Wisbey, Alastair Clark
SESSION 103 – WORLDWIDE WASTE MANAGEMENT REGULATORY AND OVERSIGHT CROSSCUTTING PROGRAMS
Regulatory Oversight of Disposal Facility Construction and Component Fabrication - 14244...... 5056 Jussi Heinonen, Risto Paltemaa, Kai Hämäläinen
Disposal of U-233 as Low Level Waste at the Nevada Nuclear Security Site - 14175...... 5065 Michael Voegele, Joseph Ziegler, Darrell Lacy
Nuclear Fuel Site Decommissioning and License Termination - 14378 ...... 5079 Heath Downey, Nelson Walter
Site Selection in Germany - A Restart - 14103...... 5089 Bruno Thomauske, Frank Charlier
User Interface Features of Information-Analytical System for Radiation Safety of Personnel on the Example of Northwest Center for Radioactive Waste Management "SevRAO" - 14625...... 5100 Konstantin Chizhov, Mazur Ivan, Viktor Kryuchkov, Ilya Kudrin, Malgorzata Sneve
SESSION 104 – ROUNDTABLE: WASTE MANAGEMENT ENERGY FACILITIES CONTRACTOR OPERATING GROUP (EFCOG)
Y-12 Waste Management FY2014 & FY2015 Update...... 5110 Scott Loveless
EFCOG WMWG - Mark Duff...... 5116 Mark Duff
West Valley Demonstration Project Waste Management Update ...... 5120 Craig Rieman
EFCOG Update For CHPRC/Hanford Plateau Contract ...... 5126 Ty Blackford
Hanford Office of River Protection EFCOG WMWG Update ...... 5129 Scott Saunders
Current and Future Plans at the East Tennessee Technology Park...... 5136 Scott Anderson
3706 TRU Waste Campaign Completion and Follow-On Framework Campaigns...... 5140 Kathryn Johns-Hughes
LANL Enduring Waste Management Program Updates, Goals, and Challenges ...... 5144 Steven Singledecker
SRS Waste Program Update EFCOG WM Working Group...... 5154 John Gilmour
EFCOG WMWG Round Robbin ...... 5157 Bob Petras
Status of Activities at SRNL to Waste Management Energy Facilities Contractor Operating Group...... 5160 Jeannette Hyatt
Update for the Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project ...... 5165 Danny Nichols
Disposal Status at the Nevada National Security Site...... 5170 Sydney Gordon
SESSION 105 – NON-US NUCLEAR POWER PLANT WASTE TREATMENT AND ALTERNATIVES
Handling and Treatment of Low Level Waste in a Sorting, Drying and Compaction Facility in Changjiang, NPP Unit 1/2 - 14309 ...... 5182 Stefan Klute, Tristan Helwig, Peter Reinsdorff
An Innovative Method to Detect Leaks in a Pipe-in-Pipe Active Liquid Drain System - 14005 ...... 5189 Malcolm Clough
NPP Containment Vent Protection. Why There Is No One-size-fits-all Solution - 14424...... 5204 Chris Chadwick, Adam Swain
SESSION 106 – CROSSCUTTING PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS RISK MANAGEMENT AND MODELING
Modeling in Support of SSM’s Licensing Review of a Geological Repository for Spent Nuclear Fuel - 14164 ...... 5224 Shulan Xu, Björn Dverstorp, Maria Norden
New Methodology for Realistic Integration of Sorption Processes Safety Assessments - 14153 ...... 5237 Jörg Mönig, Ulrich Noseck, Susan Britz, Judith Flügge, Vinzenz Brendler, Madlen Stockmann
Present Status of the Closure Plan for Radioactive Waste National Repository from Baita, Bihor, Romania - 14023...... 5253 Gheorghe Barariu, Raluca Madalina Fako, Florin Sociu, Felicia Nicoleta Dragolici, Elena Neacsu
SESSION 107 – ADVANCES IN NUCLEAR SAFETY MANAGEMENT
Safety Culture Lessons Learned from the U.S. Chemical Safety Board Incident Investigations - 14556 ...... 5268 Lyndsey Fyffe, Steven Krahn, James Hutton, Julie Goeckner
Evaluation of Potential Cross-Cutting Trends Associated with Incidents at Washington Closure Hanford - 14495...... 5276 Megan Proctor
Improving Safety and Emergency Preparedness for Storage of Cs/Sr Capsules from Lessons Learned From Fukushima Events - 14022...... 5283 Connie Simiele, Ty Blackford, David Levinskas, Jay Lavender, Sheila Godfrey, Janice Pennock, Lori West
A New Approach for Feature, Event, and Process (FEP) Analysis of UNF/HLW Disposal - 14314...... 5293 Geoff Freeze, Christi Leigh, S. David Sevougian, Michael Gross, Jens Wolf, Jörg Mönig, Dieter Buhmann
SESSION 108 – D&D OF US DOE FACILITIES
Managing Changed Conditions/Activities—D&D of the Paducah US DOE C-340 Metals Reduction Complex - 14304 ...... 5308 Craig Jones, Brad Montgomery, Rob Seifert
Removal of the 340 Vault from the Hanford 300 Area using Disodium Phosphate - 14343...... 5320 Brad Herzog, Rudolph Guercia, Chris Strand, Eric Ison
Project Planning Integration and Controls Organization Approach Success at East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP) Contract, Oak Ridge, TN - 14370 ...... 5327 Patrick Timbes, Ray Haynes
618-10 Burial Ground: Vertical Pipe Units Remediation - 14532...... 5334 Scott Myers
K-27 Program & Project Implementation (Separating Operations Activities from Capital Asset Project) - 14098 ...... 5340 Daniel Macias
In Situ Decommissioning Lessons Learned - 14042...... 5344 Charles Negin, Andrew Szilagyi, Charles Urland
Contaminated Waste Minimisation Using Chemical Extraction Technology - 14316...... 5358 Mark Musgrave, Scott Fay
Scintillating Phosphor Spray for Remote Detection of Tc-99 - 14183 ...... 5372 David Glasgow, Linda Lewis, Brenda Smith, Rick Moyers, Fred Montgomery, Cyril Thompson, Andrew Szilagyi
SESSION 109 – APPLICATION OF INNOVATIVE D&D TECHNOLOGIES
New Developments in Laser Cutting for Nuclear Decommissioning - 14045 ...... 5384 Paul Hilton, Ali Khan
A Trial of 4D Cross-Borehole Electrical Resistivity Tomography (ERT) for Detecting and Monitoring Subsurface Leakage and Contaminant Transport, Supporting the Decommissioning of Legacy Silos at the Sellafield Site, UK - 14161 ...... 5399 Oliver Kuras, Paul Wilkinson, Phil Meldrum, Lucy Oxby, Sebastian Uhlemann, Jonathan Chambers, Andrew Binley, James Graham, Gareth Dewey, Nick Atherton
An Evaluation of Electrokinetic Transport of Radioactive Species through Concrete for Application as a Non- Destructive In Situ Remediation Technique - 14102 - 14102...... 5412 Andrew Parker, Malcolm Joyce, Colin Boxall
Remote Characterisation Technology for Decomissioning - 14131 ...... 5425 Simon Watson, Barry Lennox, Alexandru Stancu, Peter Green, Mark Dowson
A New Modular Hydraulic Power Manipulator for Remote Handling Operations in High Radiation Environments - 14169...... 5433 Geoff Ashworth, Carwyn Jones
The Ground Environment Management Scheme (GEMS): Technologies for Detecting and Monitoring Subsurface Leakage and Contaminant Transport, Supporting the Decommissioning of Legacy Silos at the Sellafield Site, UK - 14162 ...... 5441 Gareth Dewey, Nick Atherton, Oliver Kuras, Paul Wilkinson, Phil Meldrum, Tony Ball
Freeze Technology Applications for the Nuclear Industry, Applicable to VLLW, LLW, ILW as well as in ER and the NORM Industry - 14594...... 5456 Maria Lindberg, Luke O'Brien, Stephen Baker, Robin Orr, Pramod Mallick, Gary Smith, William King, Laurie Judd
CNC Milling as a Decontamination Method for Magnox Pond Skips - 14322 ...... 5469 Herbert Cruickshank, Ian Pullin, Phil Kightley
SESSION 110 – US – FORMERLY UTILIZED SITES REMEDIAL ACTION PROGRAM (FUSRAP) AND OTHER US ARMY CORP OF ENGINEERS PROJECTS
Hydrogeologic Conditions at the Niagara Falls Storage Site, New York - 14142...... 5484 William Frederick, John Busse
Colonie FUSRAP Site Two Year Monitored Natural Attenuation Study of Groundwater - 14441 ...... 5500 James Moore, Phyllis Della Camera, Mark Hardner, Tom Mathison
Sources of Bias in Environmental Sample Radioisotope Activity Measurements at USACE FUSRAP Maywood Laboratory - 14353...... 5511 Brian Tucker, Jough Donakowski, David Hays
Vicinity Property Assessments at Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program Project Sites in the New York District - 14188...... 5520 Ann Ewy, David Hays
Application of Soil Sorting for Depleted Uranium Fragments - 14373 ...... 5529 Heath Downey, Jeffrey Lively
VOLUME 7
A Case-Study: Implementation of Independent Final Status Survey in Support of Remediation at a FUSRAP Site - 14318 ...... 5547 Nick Berliner, Mike Winters, Scott Hay, Eric Barbour, Brian Hearty
Addressing Beryllium Health and Safety at the Luckey FUSRAP Site - 14647 ...... 5559 Stephen Buechi, Stephen Bousquet, John Busse, Karen Keil
Importance of On-Site Meteorological Data for Remedial Action Projects: NFSS Example - 14680 ...... 5569 John Busse, Karen Keil, Jane Staten, Neil Miller, Michelle Barker, Young-Soo Chang, Margaret Macdonell, Lisa Durham
SESSION 111 – PACKAGE DESIGN
Numerical Analysis of Cask Accident Scenarios in Storage Facilities - 14541 ...... 5579 Mike Weber, Uwe Zencker, Dietmar Wolff, Holger Völzke, Uwe Herbrich, Sven Nagelschmidt
After the A2: Experiences with a Multi-Energy Approach for Type B Package Shielding - 14325 ...... 5591 Robert Quinn, James Hopf, Brandon Thomas
Development, Analyses and Validation of Finite Element Model of FSC 2005 - 14591 ...... 5597 Chi-Fung Tso, Amar Mistry, Olaf Oldiges, Joerg Melzer, Gerald Tschan
Detection and Monitoring of Cracks in a Concrete Buffer from DIC and AE Measurements - 14439...... 5612 Lou Areias, Lincy Pyl, Sokratis Iliopoulos, Jun Gu, Dimitrios Aggelis, Bart Craeye, Geert De Schutter, Robert Gens, Philippe Van Marcke, Erik Coppens, Alain Van Cotthem
Dynamic Penetration Tests on Shock Absorbing Damping Concrete - 14166...... 5623 Robert Scheidemann, Eva Kasparek, Karsten Müller, Bernhard Droste, Holger Völzke, Linan Qiao
Assessment Strategy of Numerical Analyses of RAM Package Components - 14619...... 5632 Lars Mueller, Viktor Ballheimer, Frank Wille, Steffen Komann, Olaf Schilling
Analytical Model Methodology Development and Demonstration of Approach on Used Fuel Performance Characterization for Condition of Normal Transportation - 14568...... 5646 Kenneth Geelhood, Harold E. Adkins Jr, Scott Sanborn, Brian Koeppel, Nicholas Klymyshyn
SESSION 112 – PANEL: MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE FOLLOWING A NUCLEAR ACCIDENT OR EXTREME CONTAMINATION SCENARIO
The Windscale Pile 1 Accident in 57, Subsequent Clean-Up & Decommissioning ...... 5669 Martin Cross
Post-Accident Remediation - Critical Lessons ...... 5684 Jack Devine
Risk/Waste Management at Chernobyl ...... 5692 James McIlvaine
Management of Radioactive Waste Following a Nuclear Accident or Extreme Contamination Scenario ...... 5699 Robert Kury
Radioactive Waste at Fukushima Daiichi NPS ...... 5705 Kazuhiro Suzuki
Communicating With the Public During a Nuclear Crisis ...... 5713 Francis Cameron
SESSION 113 – PAPERS/PANEL: PROSPECTS FOR AN INTERNATIONAL (MULTI-COUNTRY) REPOSITORY
International Framework for Nuclear Energy Cooperation - Prospects for an International (Multi-Country) Repository...... 5735 John Mathieson
Multinational Repositories ...... 5742 Graham Fairhall
The IAEA’s Role in the Development of Multilateral/Regional Cooperation Opportunities for Radioactive Waste Repositories ...... 5747 Paul Degnan
Multinational European Nuclear Waste Disposal, Looking Off-Shore - 14099 ...... 5757 Hans Codee, Ewoud Verhoef
Towards a European Regional Geological Repository - 14620 ...... 5767 Charles McCombie, Neil Chapman, Ewoud Verhoef
Macroeconomic Impacts of an International Repository - 14048...... 5774 James Voss, Ralph Stoll, Michael Simpson
SESSION 114 – PAPERS/PANEL: RECORDS, KNOWLEDGE AND MEMORY (RK&M) FOR GEOLOGIC REPOSITORIES OF NUCLEAR WASTE – PART 2 OF 2
Records, Knowledge and Memory for Near-Surface Disposal...... 5783 Roger Seitz
Records, Knowledge and Memory (RK&M) for Geologic Repositories of Nuclear Waste ...... 5788 Peter C. Van Wyck
Markers and Deep Geological Repositories – Learning within the OECD/NEA Project on the Preservation of Records, Knowledge and Memory (RK&M) across Generations - 14589 ...... 5793 Claudio Pescatore, Jantine Schröder
Preservation of Information and Communication With Future Generations - 14509 ...... 5798 Erik Setzman
SESSION 115 – US DOE TANK WASTE PROGRAM INTEGRATION
Waste Treatment Planning for Challenging Hanford Tank Waste - 14114 ...... 5811 Paul Certa, Tom Crawford, Jeremy Belsher, Laura Cree, Taran Dhaliwal, Eric Slaathaug
One System Integrated Project Team Progress in Coordinating Hanford Tank Farms and the Waste Treatment Plant - 14214...... 5833 Garth Duncan, Raymond Skwarek, Chris Harrington
Implementation of Recommendations from the One System Comparative Evaluation of the Hanford Tank Farms and Waste Treatment Plant Safety Bases - 14137...... 5839 Richard Garrett, Ingle Paik, Fred Beranek, Jeffrey Buzek, Mukesh Gupta, Jeffrey Lietzow, Frank McCoy, Belinda Niemi
SESSION 116 – STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL OF HLW
Remediation of the Active Liquid Waste Tanks at Chalk River Laboratories, AECL - 14339...... 5857 Mark Polley, Meggan Vickerd, Gerard Peplinskie
Forensic Investigation of Hanford Double-Shell Tank AY-102 Radioactive Waste Leak - 14178...... 5870 Dennis Washenfelder
Hanford Double-Shell Tank Extent-of-Condition Construction Review - 14174...... 5884 Theodore Venetz, Jason Gunter, Kayle Boomer, Dennis Washenfelder, Travis Barnes, Jeremy Johnson
SESSION 117 – HLW RETRIEVAL, CLOSURE AND PROCESSING OPERATIONAL EXPERIENCE
World Premiere Industrial Vitrification of High Level Liquid Waste Produced by Uranium/Molybdenum Fuel Reprocessing in La Hague's Cold Crucible Melter - 14035...... 5901 Régis Didierlaurent, Eric Chauvin, Jean Francois Hollebecque, Jacques Lacombe, Christian Mesnil, Catherine Veyer, Olivier Pinet
Retrieval and Conditioning of Legacy Radioactive Sludge from the Effluent Treatment Facility at La Hague Plant - 14456...... 5916 Gregoire Lemiere, Tahn Zanife, Pascal Giavarini, Nathalie Segond, Christophe Bordeaux, Frederic Chambon, Eric Tchemitcheff
SESSION 118 – WASTE FORM DEVELOPMENT, DEMONSTRATION, AND CHARACTERIZATION
Design Principles for Optimizing Nuclear Waste Glass Formulation for Industrial Implementation - 14107 ...... 5927 Eric Chauvin, Anthony Prod'Homme, Catherine Veyer, Eric Boudot, Badia Amekraz, Olivier Pinet, Jean-Luc Dussossoy, Christian Ladirat, Nolwenn Chouard, Frederic Bailly
Radioactive Demonstration of Mineralized Waste Forms Made from Hanford Low Activity Waste (Tank SX-105 and AN-103) by Fluidized Bed Steam Reformation (FBSR) - 14317...... 5939 Carol Jantzen, Charles Crawford, Christopher Bannochie, Paul Burket, Alex Cozzi, Gene Daniel, Connie Herman, Charles Nash, Donald Miller, David Missimer
Low Temperature Waste Form for Supplemental Immobilization of Hanford Low Activity Waste - 14232 ...... 5957 David Swanberg, Alex Cozzi, Joseph Westsik
SESSION 119 – TRANSPORT SUBSEQUENT TO STORAGE
Cask Assembly Level Modeling to Determine Used Nuclear Fuel Assembly Loading Environments Resulting From Normal Conditions of Rail Transport - 14511...... 5979 John Bignell, Gregg Flores, Douglas Ammerman
Assembly Level Modeling and Transportation Damage Prediction of Used Nuclear Fuel (UNF) Cladding - 14569 ...... 5994 Scott Sanborn, Brian Koeppel, Nicholas Klymyshyn, Harold E. Adkins Jr, Kenneth Geelhood
Damaged Irradiated Nuclear Fuel; Development of Transport and Intermediate Storage Solutions - 14613...... 6009 Anna Wikmark
Reversal Bending Fatigue Testing on Zry-4 Surrogate Rods - 14503 ...... 6017 Jy-An Wang, Hong Wang, Bruce Bevard, Robert Howard
Detailed PWR Fuel Rod and Grid Finite Element Analysis to Provide Equivalent Rod Stiffness and Damping and Equivalent Grid Shell Thickness to PWR Used Nuclear Fuel (UNF) Assembly - 14525...... 6030 Justin Coleman, Robert Spears
Toil and Trouble: Recommendations for the Preparation of the DOE National Transportation Plan - 14450 ...... 6042 Fred Dilger, Bob J. Halstead, James Ballard
An Integrated Approach to the Technical Development and Procurement of the UK’s Intermediate Level Waste Containers - 14195...... 6061 Jason Dean, John-Patrick Richardson, John Collins
Russian Research Reactor Spent Nuclear Fuel Repatriation from the Reactor Country to the Russian Federation for Reprocessing - 14149...... 6073 Karel Svoboda, František Sviták, Josef Podlaha
SESSION 120 – EXPERIENCES IN ER OF RADIOACTIVELY AND CHEMICALLY CONTAMINATED SITES IN URBAN AND SUBURBAN AREAS
Emergency Response Planning for Urban Remediation Project - 14392...... 6091 Paul Jung, Rebecca Scarborough, Kevin Andrews, Lawrence Colburn, Adam Hibbard
From Nuclear/Fossil Fuel Research Facility to Redevelopment - 14498...... 6097 Eugene Shephard, Heath Downey, Nelson Walter, Keith Knauerhase
Challenges and Successes during Implementation of Residential Soil Remediation Program - 14567 ...... 6105 Libby Bowen
Radionuclide Contamination from the 1940s in a New York City Park - 14518 ...... 6120 Carl Young
SESSION 121 – SUSTAINABLE GREEN REMEDIATION PROCESSES
Policy Perspective: Meeting the Challenge of Sustainability - 14603 ...... 6127 Jennifer C. Macdonald
Increasing Energy Efficiency Through Innovative Delivery Methods - 14144...... 6137 Darcy Immerman, Anthony Roner
Zero Waste and Maximum Fun: How 2,800 People Used Sustainable Practices and Made CHPRC History - 14209 ...... 6143 Sara Austin
SESSION 122 – COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND CAPACITY BUILDING APPROACHES FOR AGENCIES, PRACTITIONERS & THE PUBLIC
Centralized Used Fuel Resource for Information Exchange (CURIE) - 14656...... 6155 Joshua Jarrell, Devin White
National Analytical Management Program (NAMP) Education and Training in Radiochemistry via Public Webinars - 14027 ...... 6162 Patricia Paviet, Mansour Akbarzadeh, John Griggs, Berta Oates
International Training to Support the Environmental Remediation of Sites Contaminated with Radioactive Materials - 14604 ...... 6170 Robert Johnson, Lawrence Boing, Charley Yu, Pamela Richmond, Lisa Durham, Karen Smith, Horst Monken Fernandes, Patrick O'Sullivan, Peter Booth, Eugene Jablonowski, Brian Cooper, John Canar, Steve Meiners
The DOE-FIU Cooperative Agreement – Addressing DOE-EM’s Technical Challenges - 14607 ...... 6176 Leonel Lagos, Peggy Shoffner
SESSION 123 – WORKPLACE MANAGEMENT AND PERFORMANCE SOLUTIONS
The Management School of Hard Knocks – The Deepest Learning - 14122 ...... 6191 Christi Leigh
Workplace Management: Performance is a Deliverable - 14231...... 6196 Laurie Ford
Lifecycle Management for Environmental Remediation Projects - 14084 ...... 6212 Peter Booth
Advancing Cultural Change through Communications - 14428...... 6220 Sonya Johnson
SESSION 124 – RADIOLOGICAL DISPERSION DEVICES AND OTHER NUCLEAR WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION: DETECTION, RESPONSE, DECONTAMINATION AND RECOVER
Irreversible Wash Aid Additive for Mitigation of Urban, Radioactive Contaminations - 14328 ...... 6227 Michael Kaminski, Carol Mertz, Nadia Kivenas
Integrating Decontamination Strategies into a Waste Estimation Support Tool for Radiological Incidents - 14324...... 6241 Paul Lemieux, Daniel Schultheisz, Thomas Peake, Timothy Boe, Colin Hayes
SESSION 125 – NON RADIOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION FOR LLW, ILW, MW, NORM AND TENORM
Waste Management Lessons Learned from the Paducah C-340 Metals Reduction Complex D&D - 14300...... 6257 Myrna Redfield, Brad Montgomery, Rob Seifert
Properties of Tc(I) Tricarbonyl Derivatives Relevant to Hanford Tank Waste Supernatants - 14352...... 6264 Tatiana Levitskaia, Brian Rapko, Syandev Chatterjee, Mathew Edwards, Sergei Sinkov, Reid Peterson
Measurement and Modelling of Legacy Sludge Separation and Transport Processes - 14250 ...... 6275 Timothy Hunter, Michael Fairweather, Steven Freear, Jeff Peakall, Simon Biggs, Hugh Rice, David Cowell, Geoff Randall, David Burt
In Situ Characterization of Mobilization, Dispersion and Re-Settling in Impinging Jet Ballast Tanks with an Acoustic Backscatter System - 14097 ...... 6286 Jaiyana Bux, Timothy Hunter, Neepa Paul, Jeff Peakall, Simon Biggs, Jonathan Dodds, Dominic Rhodes
SESSION 126 – CROSSCUTTING PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENTS, RISK MANAGEMENT AND MODELING
Development of a Dimensionless Number to Assess Risk for LLW Disposal Facilities - 14585 ...... 6303 Joseph Rustick, David Kosson, Steven Krahn, Michael T. Ryan, James Clarke
Advanced Simulation Capability For Environmental Management Initial User Release - 14134...... 6307 Mark Freshley, Tim Scheibe, David Moulton, Susan Hubbard, Haruko Wainwright, Stefan Finsterle, Carl Steefel, Vicky Freedman, Greg Flach, Roger Seitz, Paul Dixon, Justin Marble
Understanding the Impact of Model Assumptions on Estimating Constituent Leaching during Disposal of Cementitious Waste Forms - 14382...... 6320 Kevin Brown, David Kosson, Joshua Arnold, Hans Van Der Sloot, Johannes Meeussen
Probabilistic Risk Assessment for the Design and Operation of a Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility - 14617...... 6333 Thilo Von Berlepsch, Ramon Gasull Anguera, Enrique Biurrun
Coupled Vadose Zone/Saturated Zone Models for Nearfield Analyses - 14289...... 6340 Charles Hostetler, Margaret Preston, Shea Nelson, Mary Burandt
The Effects of Site Complexity on Model Performance – Long-term Groundwater Performance Assessment - 14292 ...... 6348 Charles Hostetler, Margaret Preston, Shea Nelson, Mary Burandt
SESSION 127 – PANEL: THURSDAY US DOE FEATURED SITE: LEXINGTON, KY OFFICE (PORTSMOUTH & PADUCAH SITES)
Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office: Navigating Through Changing Conditions...... 6367 William Murphie, Vince Adams, Mark Duff, Dennis Carr, Kent Fortenberry
Portsmouth Site ...... 6418 Vincent Adams
Portsmouth D&D Progress & Lessons Learned ...... 6425 Dennis Carr
LATA KY Remediation Project...... 6447 Mark Duff
DUF6 Conversion ...... 6457 Kent Fortenberry
Author Index