36th Annual Radioactive Waste Management Symposium 2010
(WM 2010)
Phoenix, Arizona, USA 7-11 March 2010
Volume 1 of 6
ISBN: 978-1-61738-797-5 TABLE OF CONTENTS
VOLUME 1
SESSION 01 - WM2010 SYMPOSIUM PLENARY SESSION
2010 Waste Management Symposia - Environmental Management 1 Ines Triay The Current Geological Disposal in China 36 WongJu
Waste Management Conference 2010 - Improving the Future by Dealing with the Past 95 Bruce A. Stanski
SESSION 02 - HOT TOPICS IN US DOE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
Hot Topics in US DOE Environmental Management 109 James Gallagher, Edward Helminski, Leslie Jardine
SESSION 03 -WORLDWIDE PERSPECTIVES ON WASTE MANAGEMENT ISSUES
Worldwide Perspectives on Waste Management Issues 112 John Mathieson, Mark Matthews The Current Geological Disposal in China 115 Wang Jit Sellaficld Ltd's Experience with International Waste Management 172 Mike Johnson RW Management in Ukraine: Current State and Perspectives 183 V, V. Tokarevsky
Transparency Programme of the Swedish National Council for Nuclear Waste - Risk Communication & Management 205 Carl Reinhold Brakenhielm U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board's Post-Yucca Mountain Role 213 Daniel Metlay
SESSION 04 - HOW CAN NETWORKS IMPROVE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ER PROJECTS?
The EURSSEM Initiative/Network (Environmental Radiation Survey and Site Execution Manual) 220 L P. M. Van Valzen. R. Schtiltz How Can Networks Improve the Implementation of Environmental Remediation Projects 236 Peter M. Booth
SESSION 05 - WORLDWIDE TOPICS IN PACKAGING DESIGN AND TESTING
Scale Testing of Battelle Energy Alliance (BEA) Research Reactor Cask (BRRC) In Support of Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Licensing -10459 264 Charles Tennis Recent Experiences in Mechanical Design Assessment of Spent Fuel and HLW Casks by Competent Authority in Germany-10093 274 Frank Wills, Bcrnhard Drosle, Karslen Milller, Uwe Zencker
Drop and Fire Testing of Spent Fuel and HLW Transport Casks at "BAM Test Site Technical Safety" - 10079 284 BernhardDroste, Karslen Miillcr, Thomas Qnereetti, Andre Mttsolff Static and Dynamic Calculation Approaches for Mechanical Design Assessment of Type B Packages for Radioactive Material Transport -10193 295 Steffen Komann, Martin Neumann, Viktor Ballheimer, Frank Wille, Mike Weber, Linan Qiao, BernhardDroste
SESSION 06 - HLW AND SNF - PROCESSES. TECHNOLOGIES AND OPERATIONS
Updating the Regulatory Framework for Spent Nuclear Fuel Reprocessing - 10127 304 Thomas Hillz, Allen Croff, Raymond Wymer Signature Research on Spent Fuel and Nuclear Materials at the National Nuclear Laboratory, United Kingdom - 10361 318 Zara Banfleld, Chris Rhodes, MattChugh Completing the Resolution of Technical Issues Identified by Two Major Reviews of the Waste Treatment Plant - 10474 328 Garth Duncan, Richard Edwards, Walter Tamasaitis Optimization of Spent Fuel Direct Disposal Technology for a Geological Repository in Rock Salt in Germany - 10S04 336 Bernt Haverkamp, Enrique Biurrun, Wilhelm Bollingerfehr, Wolfgang Filbert. Reinhold Graf
SESSION 07 - WASTE CERTIFICATION. ACCEPTANCE AND DISPOSAL FOR LLW, ILW, AND MW
Measurements Taken in Support of Qualification of Processing Savannah River Site Low-Level Liquid Waste into
Saltstone - 10160 348 Marissa Reigel, NedBibler, Alex Cozzi, Cecilia Diprele, Jeffrey Ray, Aaron Slaub Overview of Nevada Test Site Radioactive and Mixed Waste Disposal Operations - 10280 358 J. T. Carilli, Susan Krenzien, Patrick Arnold, Sydney Gordon, John Wrapp Nevada Test Site (NTS) Radioactive Waste Acceptance Program (RWAP) and the Disposal of Unique Waste Streams-10332 370 Gregg Geisinger, Sydney Gordon, Katie Tanaka Topical Aspects of Waste Container Approval for the Upcoming KONRAD Repository - 10012 381 Holger Va'lzke, Volker Noack, Manel Ellauz
SESSION 08 - ACCELERATED DEACTIVATION AND DECOMMISSIONING OF FACILITIES
Accelerating Decommissioning at Scllaficld: A New Management Approach - 10052 393 Russell Mel/or Challenges to Planning for and Executing Successful Waste Management in a Complex Decommissioning
Environment - A Sellafield Perspective -10503 403 Helen Cassidy Expedited Release Process for the Decommissioning of Sites with Low Residual Levels - 10152 414 Kenneth Duvall, Carol Berger, Alan Duff, Eric Barbour, Bill Thomas Savannah River Site R-Reactor Disassembly Basin In-Situ Decommissioning - 10499 426 Christine Langton, Mike Serralo, John Blankenship, William Griffin - SESSION 09 - US DOE SITE SPECIFIC AND CITIZEN ADVISORY BOARDS (CABS) PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT MAKES A DIFFERENCE
Working Logic: Waste Project Management for the 21st Century - 10495 437 Peter Basion, J. D. Campbell, Ralph Phelps Educating Volunteers, Stakeholders, and Workers by the Use of Input/Output Analysis Graphics at Savannah River Site (SRS) -10331 452 Manuel Betlencourt
Effective Citizen Advocacy of Beneficial Nuclear Technologies: Being the Nuclear Voice - 10108 463 Susan Wood, Clinton Wolfe
Engaging Citizens - Dialogue with the Stakeholders is at the Core of AREVA's Strategy -10389 474 Laurence Pernot, Remi Bera
- SESSION 10 - SAFEGUARDS AND CONSEQUENCE MANAGEMENT NEXT GENERATION REACTORS TO RDD
International Development of Safeguards by Design of Nuclear Facilities and Processes - 10030 478 David Hebditch, Michelle Wise, Jon Martin, Sinclair J. Third
Performance Evaluation of Decontamination Technologies for Dirty Bomb Cleanup - 10036 493 John Drake, Rick Demmer, Ryan James A First-Order Estimate of Debris and Waste Resulting from a Hypothetical Radiological Dispersal Device Incident -10232 499 Paul Lemieux, Joe Wood, Daniel Schultheisz, Thomas Peake, Mario lerardi, Colin Hayes, Molly Rodgers
- SESSION 11 - US DOE FEATURED SITE: HANFORD ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND CHALLENGES
US DOE Featured Site: Hanford - Accomplishments and Challenges 513 Dave Brockinan, Stacy Charboneau, Todd Nelson Hanford Site Overview 517 DavidBrockman Hanford Site Office of River Protection 529 Stacy Charboneau Mission Support Alliance 543 Frank Figueroa Cleaning Up the Columbia River Corridor 553 Ryan Dodd
PNNL Impact on Hanford Cleanup: S&T Innovations Transforming Subsurface Remediation 565 Wyane Johnson 573 Mobile Arm Retrieval System , ...... , ...... Scott Saunders
PNNL Impact on Hanford Cleanup: S&T Underpinning of Hanford Tank Waste Treatment 584 Tom Broims
SESSION 12 -HOT TOPICS AND EMERGING ISSUES IN US COMMERCIAL LOW LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
12 Hot Topics and Emerging Issues in US Commercial Low Level Radioactive Waste Management 590 Marcia Man, Kathryn Haynes] Linda Beach WCS' Hot Topic Items 594 RodBaltzer U.S. Army Joint Munitions Command: Low-Level Radioactive Waste Status Update 601 Kelly Crooks
SESSION 13 - SELECTED KEY TOPICS IN US COMMERCIAL LLW MANAGEMENT
- Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management in the United States - Where Have We Been: Where Are We Going 10417 613 Lany Camper
The Continuing Expansion of Waste Control Specialists LLC Licenses & Capabilities - 10514 635 Michael Lauer
Importing and Exporting Radioactive Materials and Waste for Treatment, Processing and Recycling - 10S7S 639 John Greeves, Jim Lieberman
SESSION 14 - YUCCA MOUNTAIN. WHAT'S NEXT? PLUS AN INTERNATIONAL UPDATE ON NATIONAL STRATEGIES FOR SNF MANAGEMENT AND DISPOSAL
Yucca Mountain Project, What's Next? Plus and International Update on National Strategies for SNF Management and Disposal 651 Robert Edmonds Status of Final Repository Development in the Federal Republic of Germany 654 Enrique Bhimm Swedish Program for Final Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel & Nuclear Waste 670 Carl ReinholdBrakenhielm, Lena Andersson-Skog, Yvonne Brandberg, Willis Foisting, Tuija ffilding-Rydevik, Gerl Kmttsson, Inga-Britt Lindblad, Clas-Ollo Wene
NYE County NWRPO: If Not YM - What Else: How We Got Here, What Did We Dod Wrong, Where Will We Go 704 Darrell Lacy
History - Why Arc We At This Stage? 720 Frank L. Parker
SESSION 15 - OPERATING EXPERIENCE AND PROGRESS IN THE CONDITIONING, STORAGE OR DISPOSAL OF HLW AND SNF
The Design and Manufacture of Equipment for the Automated Sampling of Process Streams for the Hanford Waste Treatment Project -10267 727 Nicholas Doyle La Hague Continuous Improvement Program to go Beyond the Current High Level of Equipment Availability of the Vitrification Facility: Operation Support with Specific Numerical Tools -10128 740 Julien Lauzel, Eric Chauvin, Eric Tranche, Nicolas Hvon, Fabrice Pereira Mendes, Philippe Malmt, Philippe Gntber Functional Design and Operational Requirements for a Storage Facility for High-Levcl Waste Canisters, New York, USA- 10309 750 Letlie Chilson, K. K, Gupta, Cynthia Dayton, MarkBellis
Caustic Side Solvent Extraction at the Savannah River Site: Operating Experience and Lessons Learned - 1O10S 762 Steven Brown Sludge Mass Reduction by Aluminum Dissolution at the Savannah River Site -10428 773 Hasmukh Shah, MarkKeefer, JeffGillam Idaho Closure Project Integrated Waste Treatment Project Construction and Startup Status and Lessons Learned -10433 784 Ray Geimer
SESSION 16 -APPLICATION OF INNOVATIVE D&D TECHNOLOGIES
Innovative Manned and Robotic Techniques that Reduce Dose and Increase Decontamination and Decommissioning Efficiency and Safety - 10132 794 Charles Vallance, John Bramble), Rex Wamshet; Robert Walcheski - 806 In-Situ Measurement of Low Enrichment Uranium Holdup in Process Gas Piping at K-25 10244 Brandon Rasmussen, Martin Clapham, Steve Smith
- 821 Evaluation of Trcnchless Technologies for Installation of Pipelines in Radioactive Environments 10249 Sharon Robinson, Nick Sullivan, Bradley Patlon, Robert Juhin, Kathy Bugbee at Savannah River Control Testing of the United Kingdom's National Nuclear Laboratory's RadBall Technology 834 National Laboratory - 10080 Paid Donald G. T. Jannik, Mark Steven Stanley, Eduardo Farfan, Trevor Foley, Chris Holmes, Robert Mills, Knight, Mackenzie, Oldham, Corey Clift, Andy Thomas, John Adamovics, John Gladden Tool in the Utilizing Laser and Gamma Scanning Modeling Technology as a Characterization Decommissioning 845 First Primary Separation Plant at Sellafield - 10081 John Macgregor, Paul Mort, Sieve Slater
- 859 The Potential of High Power Lasers in Nuclear Decommissioning 10092 Paul Hilton, Colin Walters Pu - Nuclear Process Based on Dense C02: to Decontamination and Recovery Study of an Innovative Application 873 10394 Ruiz Bruno Fournel, Patrick Lacroix Desmazes, Ivan Sloychev, Tiphaine Ribaut, Siephane Sarrade, Jean-Chrislophe
STEWARDSHIP/LEGACY SESSION 17 - ER POST CLOSURE CHALLENGES AND LONG TERM MANAGEMENT
- Office of Legacy Management: First Five Years of Managing the Department of Energy's Legacy Responsibilities 886 10381 Tony Carter, Judith Miller