Annual Waste Management Symposium (WM2014) Phoenix, Arizona, USA 2-6 March 2014 Volume 1 of 7 ISBN: 978-1-63266-693-2 Printed from e-media with permission by: Curran Associates, Inc. 57 Morehouse Lane Red Hook, NY 12571 Some format issues inherent in the e-media version may also appear in this print version. Copyright© (2014) by Waste Management Symposia, Inc. All rights reserved. Printed by Curran Associates, Inc. (2014) For permission requests, please contact Waste Management Symposia, Inc. at the address below. Waste Management Symposia, Inc. P.O. Box 13023 Tucson, Arizona 85732-3023 Phone: (520) 696-0399 Fax: (520) 615-8997 www.wmsym.org Additional copies of this publication are available from: Curran Associates, Inc. 57 Morehouse Lane Red Hook, NY 12571 USA Phone: 845-758-0400 Fax: 845-758-2634 Email: [email protected] Web: www.proceedings.com TABLE OF CONTENTS 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