| 8:00:00 AM SESSION 1 Music Hall, TCC |
| Plenary Session - Progress and Issues in Waste Management and Disposal |
- Cochairs:
- William T. Gregory III, Vinculum (USA)
James A. Lake, INEEL/President ANS
(USA)
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| 10:30:00 AM SESSION 2 Graham Rm. |
| Low-Level Radiation Health Effects: Data that Question the "Linear Hypothesis" |
- Cochairs:
- Theodore Rockwell, Radiation, Science & Health, Inc. (USA)
Lawrence Harmon, MACTEC, Inc. (USA)
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| The last decade has seen increased interest in the effects of low-level radiation, evidenced by world-wide publication of significant data. This increasing body of data shows a threshhold for harmful effects, and also demonstrates health and medical benefits, contradicting the LNT (linear, no threshold) hypothesis, which currently provides the foundation for the regulation of radiation exposure. The "good science" sessions of WM'98, WM'99, WM'00 presented some of that data, and highlighted the beneficial effects of low-level radiation on certain health conditions. This session continues that discussion. Panel members include: M. Pollycove, USNRC & Prof Emeritus UCSF; C. Sondhaus, University of Arizona; P. DuPort, International Center for Low-Dose Radiation Research, U. Ottawa; R. Mitchel - AECL /Health Canada Radiobiology Laboratory. |
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| 10:30:00 AM SESSION 3 Maricopa Rm. |
| The Hanford Office of River Protection--The Path Forward |
- Cochairs:
- Harry L. Boston, USDOE (USA)
Suzanne L. Dahl, Washington State Department of Ecology (USA)
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The Office of River Protection--Past, Present, and Future
H. L. Boston, D. D. Wodrich, USDOE (USA) |
| 2 |
The Evolution of Privatization at Hanford’s Tank Waste Treatment Complex
W. J. Taylor, N. R. Brown, USDOE; J. Holbrook, PNNL (USA) |
| 3 |
Hanford’s Waste Treatment Complex -- Foundation for Success
H. L. Boston, USDOE; M.P. Delozier, CH2M HILL Hanford Group, Inc.; R. Naventi, Bechtel National Inc. (USA) |
| 4 |
Protecting Northwest Stakeholders from Hanford's Tank Waste
S. Dahl, Washington State Department of Ecology (USA) |
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| 10:30:00 AM SESSION 4 Mohave Rm. |
| Development, Demonstration and Application of New and Innovative D&D Technologies |
- Cochairs:
- Andrew Szilagyi, USDOE (USA)
Detlef Schmidt, NUKEM Nuklear GmbH (GERMANY)
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The Use of EKORTM to Stabilize Fuel-Containing Material at Chernobyl
P. Childress, Eurotech, Ltd. (USA) |
| 2 |
Assay of Uranium Contaminated Waste in Intermodal Containers by Passive Neutron Measurement at the Oak Ridge 3 Building D&D Project
C. H. Orr, K. A. Hughes, F. W. Gardner, J. Miller, J. Cox, K. Lash, D. F. Parvin, BNFL Instruments; D. Nichols, BNFL Inc. ETTP (UNITED KINGDOM/USA) |
| 3 |
Real Time Fiber Optic Tritium Monitoring In Fluids
D. R, Krause, J. F. Van
Patten, BWXT Services, Inc.; C. F. Draut, Chamberlain Group, Ltd.
(USA) |
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Smart 3-D
Characterization of Subsurface Contamination Around the Below Grade
Ducts at the Brookhaven Graphite Research Reactor
T. Sullivan, J. Heiser,
P. Kalb, C. Newson, M. Lilimpakis, BNL (USA) |
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Low
Energy Gamma Spectrometer NaI (TI) (FIDLER) Measurement and
Verification of Uranium Building Surface Final Survey for Free
Release for Unrestricted Use Data
K. C. Conway, BWXT
Services, Inc. (USA) |
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| 10:30:00 AM
SESSION 5 Crystal Rm.
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| The DOE Deputy
Assistant Secretaries' Panel |
- Cochairs:
- Edward Helminski, Exchange Monitor Publications,
Inc. (USA)
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| Senior managers from the Department of
Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Environmental Management (EM) will participate
in a special panel addressing issues of interest to all personnel working
with, or interested in, the DOE’s waste and materials management and
environmental cleanup program. The panel session will begin with brief
remarks from each Deputy Assistant Secretary (DAS) describing their
specific responsibilities within EM and their programmatic vision, and
then open to questions from session attendees. Participants will include:
Dave Huizenga, DAS for Integration and Disposition; Jim Fiore, DAS for
Site Closure; Mark Frei, DAS for Project Completion; Gerald Boyd, DAS for
Science and Technology; Randy Scott, Director for Safety, Health, and
Security |
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| 10:30:00 AM
SESSION 6 Copper Rm.
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| International
Initiatives |
- Cochairs:
- Anita A. Sorlie, Norwegian Radiation Protection
Authority (NORWAY)
John Mathieson, UK Nirex Ltd.
(UNITED KINGDOM)
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The
United States Department of Energy Nuclear Materials Stewardship
Initiative
P. Niedzielski-Eichner, D. Huizenga, K. Chacey,
J. W. Newton, USDOE (USA) |
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Military
Environmental Cooperation on Radioactive and Non Radioactive Waste
in Russia's Northwest and Far East
D. Rudolph, U.S.
Department of Defense; V. Sheremeteev, Russian Federation Ministry
of Defence; I. Kroken, Norwegian Ministry of Defence
(USA/RUSSIA/NORWAY) |
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Preparing
for Membership of the European Union: Progress in Radioactive Waste
Management Strategies in Central and Eastern Europe
H. Codée, A. Beceiro,
J. Mathieson, CASSIOPEE (EUROPEAN UNION) |
| 4
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International Cooperation and Partnerships at
the U.S. DOE Carlsbad Field Office
M. Matthews, USDOE
(USA) |
| 5
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Japanese
HLW Disposal Program - Where We Stand
K. Kitayama, H. Umeki,
S. Masuda, Nuclear Waste Management Organization of Japan (NUMO)
(JAPAN) | |
| 10:30:00 AM
SESSION 7 Turquoise Rm.
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| Yucca Mountain
Project: Science and Engineering Status |
- Cochairs:
- Stephan Brocoum, USDOE (USA)
Tim Sullivan, USDOE (USA)
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| The Nuclear Waste Policy Act (NWPA)
requires the Department of Energy to determine the suitability of Yucca
Mountain, Nevada, for development as a high-level radioactive waste
repository. Critical to this determination are the Site Recommendation
Consideration hearings required by the NWPA. To facilitate public comment,
DOE has developed the Site Recommendation/Consideration Report (SR/CR),
which references over ten years of site characterization, design and
performance assessment. DOE will seek public comments on the SR/CR, which,
with the Final Environmental Impact Statement, will be used to prepare the
Site Recommendation for the President, if the site is found suitable for
development as a repository. The NWPA also requires comments from the U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission to accompany the Site Recommendation; these
preliminary comments are on the sufficiency of information for inclusion
in a License Application, should one be developed for Yucca Mountain. The
Site Recommendation is scheduled for completion in July, 2001. This
session will provide a comprehensive view of DOE's SR/CR, including the
process, content, issues, and status of this report. The panel will
include an overview of the regulatory requirements for the Site
Recommendation, the content of the SR/CR, the public comment process, the
status of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement, and a lively
discussion of the issues involved. |
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| 10:30:00 AM
SESSION 8 Greenlee Rm.
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| Regulatory
Perspectives of TENORM |
- Cochairs:
- Michael H. Mobley, Mobley Radiation Consulting
(USA)
Shankar Menon, Menon Consulting AB
(SWEDEN)
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| 10:30:00 AM
SESSION 9 Coconino Rm.
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| U.S. Department of
Energy Legacy Waste Challenges & Approaches to Managing Them
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- Cochairs:
- Ken Guay, Bechtel Jacobs Company LLC (USA)
Angie K. Brill, Safety & Ecology Corporation
(SEC) (USA)
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D&D
Waste Projections: Experience from the Rocky Flats
Site
P. C. Sanford, J. H. Templeton, SAIC; K. Dorr,
Kaiser-Hill LLC (USA) |
| 2
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Waste
Management An Integrated Customer Service Approach
A. Church, Kaiser-Hill,
L.L.C; M. Anderson,D. L. Gorman, Summit Technical Resources, Inc.
(USA) |
| 3
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Development of an Inventory Reduction Plan for
the Oak Ridge Reservation Low Level Waste
Inventories
K. Guay, D. Thomas, A. Rivera, Bechtel Jacobs
Company, LLC; W. McMillan, USDOE (USA) |
| 4
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Treatment
of Mixed Low-Level Wastes Across the DOE Complex Utilizing the Oak
Ridge Broad Spectrum Contracts
C. H. Estes, Bechtel
Jacobs Company; B. Westich, USDOE (USA) |
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Low-Level
Radiaoctive Waste Management at the Nevada Test Site - Year 2001
Current Status (DOE/NV-635)
B. D. Becker, Bechtel
Nevada; W. A. Clayton, C. P. Gertz, USDOE; B. M. Crowe, LANL (USA)
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| 1:30:00 PM
SESSION 10 Exhibit Hall A, B
& C |
| Poster - D&D/TRU
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- Cochairs:
- Steve Maloney, BNL (USA)
Steve R. Raupp, Sargent & Lundy LLC (USA)
Thomas L. Nauman, Stone & Webster (USA)
Stan Kosiewicz, LANL (USA)
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| 1:30:00 PM
SESSION 10A Exhibit Hall A, B
& C |
| Poster - D&D
General - Planning and D&D Waste |
| 1
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DOE/Utility D&D Consortium
S. Bossart, USDOE; Jack
Ricardo, RIO Technical Services (USA) |
| 2
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Construction of Containers for Transportation
of Solid Radioactive Wastes
V. G. Petrushenko, E.
P. Baal, D. Y. Tzvetkov, V. R. Korb, FSUE "Zvyozdochka"; V. S.
Nikitin, A. A. Mikheev, RSI "Onega"; A. Griffith, USDOE; P. Schwab,
A. Nazarian, Science Applications International Corporation
(RUSSIA/USA) |
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Fractionalization of Graphitic Reactor
Components
P. Wilk, Fr.- W. Bach, University of Dortmund;
C. Bach, ISOT; M. Linde, Applied New Technologies; U. Fricke, RWTUV;
A. Mende, VKTA Rossendorf; U. Quade, Siempelkamp (GERMANY)
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Closure of the R Reactor Disassembly Basin at
the SRS
W. E. Austin, J. B. Pickett, WSRC (USA)
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*Waste Management in the BNFP
Decommissioning
J.
McNeil, Life Cycle Engineering; S. Jones, S.W. Jones, Inc.; G. Siry,
WSRC (USA) |
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Retrieval of Intermediate Level Waste at
Trawsfynydd Nuclear Power Station
I. Shaw, AEA Technology
(UNITED KINGDOM) |
| 7
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Design, Development and Deployment of a
Transportable Oversize Waste Reduction System (TOWRS) for Nuclear
D&D
R. Muenchausen, J. A. Sanchez, E. Stallings,
LANL; T. Lucke, M. Gibson, R. W. Bailey, Fluor-Hanford; E. Hohman,
Bechtel Nevada; R. Ackerman, GSI-Lumonics (USA) |
| 8
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Decontamination and Decomissioning (D&D): A
Problem of Large (but definable) Dimensions
R. Lawson, Blue Ridge
Metrology, Inc.; G. Benda, U.S. Energy Corp. (USA) |
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Worker Protection and Transportation/Packaging
Issues in Remediation of an Abandoned Source Manufacturing
Facility
D. E. Hoffman, Pangea, Inc. (USA)
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| 10
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Decommissioning is Inevitable: Planning Sooner
Rather than Later Can Have Big Payoffs for Nuclear Power Plants and
Utilities
M. C. Kirkland, S. Weisband, Vector Resources,
Inc. (USA) |
| 11
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Divestment (Worker Transition) in the Civil UK
Nuclear Industry
S. J. Parkinson, K. F. Collett, NUKEM Nuclear;
A. T. Staples, UKAEA (UNITED KINGDOM) |
| 12
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Decommissioning of the Georgia Tech Research
Reactor
R. Eby, S. Marske, L. Lundberg, CH2M Hill; N.
Hertel, R. Ice, Georgia Institute of Technology (USA)
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Training and Research Reactor D&D at Iowa
State University
M. Granus, F. Gardner, Duke Engineering and
Services; D. Bullen, S. Wendt, Iowa State University (USA)
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| 14
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Large Component Decontamination, Processing for
Recycle and Beneficial Reuse
D. Jamieson, Duratek
Corporation (USA) |
| 15
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Hypercompaction Produces Major Cost and Safety
Benefits in Processing Metallic LLW
G.H.C. Begg,
Consultants (UK) |
| 16
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One-Piece Reactor Removal and
Disposal
N. H. Lacy, Z. Studnicka, Burns and Roe
Enterprises, Inc. (USA) |
| 17
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Using Gaseous Perfluorocarbon Tracers to
Characterize Leak Pathways in the Below Grade Ducts of the
Brookhaven Graphite Research Reactor
J. Heiser, T. Sullivan,
L. Milian, R. Wilke, C. Newson, M. Lilimpakis, BNL (USA)
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Demonstration of Integrated Decontamination and
Characterization Technologies at Rancho Seco and Big Rock Point
Commercial Nuclear Facilities
L. Lagos, J. Varona, S.
Vallidum, R. Silva, R. Ade, Hemispheric Center for Environmental
Technology (USA) | |
| 1:30:00 PM
SESSION 10B Exhibit Hall A,B
& C |
| Poster - D&D
Technology |
| 19
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*Large Scale Technology Demonstration
Projects for Deactivation and Decommissioning of Nuclear
Contaminated Facilities
J. M. Hyde, USDOE (USA) |
| 20
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Segmentation of Heterogeneous
Objects
S. Bossart, USDOE/NETL; S. Rosenberger, NUKEM
Nuclear Technologies; H. Arnold, NUKEM Nuklear GmbH (USA/GERMANY)
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| 21
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A Mobile Radiological Protection
System
J. Sims, J.W. Voss, Terra Verde Services Ltd.;
M. I. Thomson, NSG Environmental, Ltd. (UNITED KINGDOM/USA)
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| 22
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*Fogging Technology for Encapsulating and
Controlling Very High Removable Contamination and Airborne
Radioactivity
J. P.
Albers, Encapsulation Technologies, LLC (USA) |
| 23
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Remote-Handled Disposal of the Intermediate
Storage Site for Solid, Radioactive Wastes of VKTA (Dresden Germany)
with Electrical Master-Slave Manipulators
U. Helwig, VKTA; A.
Kiolbassa, ANSA (GERMANY) |
| 24
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Surveying Excess DOE Facilities for Transfer to
Deactivation and Decommissioning
C. A. Negin, Project
Enhancement Corporation; J. P. Hayfield, Jr., Polestar Applied
Technology, Inc.; A. P. Szilagyi, USDOE (USA) |
| 25
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National Facility Decommissioning Initiative
(NFDI) Toolbox: Software Designed for Deactivation and
Decommissioning Projects
A. Szilagyi, USDOE; J.
P. Hayfield, W. R. Sugnet, Polestar Applied Technology, Inc.; J.
Traverso, Project Enhancement Corporation (USA) |
| 26
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Conditioning of Waste from the Dismantling of
Reactor Pressure Vessel Components and of Core
Components
H. -J. Blenski, O. Oldiges, GNS; U. Spittler,
DSD; V. Meyer, A. Ehlert, KWW (GERMANY) |
| 27
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Performance of a Polymer Sealant Coating in an
Arctic Marine Environment
P. Moskowitz, M.
Cowgill, BNL; A. Griffith, USDOE; L. Chernaenko, Interbranch
Coordination Scientific-Technical Center of Nuclide Production; A.
Diashev, Russian Navy; A. Nazarian, SAIC (USA/RUSSIA)
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The Assessment of Spent Liquid Metal
Target
S.V. Ignatiev, D.V. Pankratov, E. I.Yefimov, V.
I. Levanov, Institute of Physics and Power Engineering (RUSSIA)
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| 29
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The Mound Plant Tritium D&D Large Scale
Demonstration and Deployment Project Demonstrating and Deploying
Technologies to Enhance the Exit Program
D. Blauvelt, WPI; H.
Shoemaker, J. Johnson, USDOE; D. Krause, BWXT Services (USA)
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| 30
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Development and Deployment of a Reciprocating
Machine Tool for Large-mass Activated Metal
Segmentation
R. Trimble, MOTA Corporation (USA)
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| 31
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COGEMA Experience on Decontamination and
Underwater Automatically Remote Cutting Using Ultra High Pressure
Water During Nuclear Decommissioning Operations. The Aquarad
Robot
F. Bodin, Ph. Fournier, COGEMA; L. Martin,
SALVAREM (FRANCE) |
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Innovative Approach to Low-level Radioactive
Waste Management of Large Components from Nuclear D&D
Projects
E. J. Gleason, B. C. Rogers, Envirocare of
Utah, Inc. (USA) |
| 33
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FY00 Results for the Los Alamos Large Scale
Demonstration and Deployment Project (LANL Release No: LA-UR/LA-CP
00-5558)
J. McFee, S. Brown, IT Corporation; E.
Stallings, B. Erdal, LANL (USA)
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| 1:30:00 PM
SESSION 10C Exhibit Hall A, B
& C |
| Poster - TRU
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| 34
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Production and Regeneration of Silver(2) Used
for Decontamination of Facilities Contaminated by PUO2 and
Decomposition of Radiological Organic Waste
Y. Zhang, China
Institute for Radiation Protection (CHINA) |
| 35
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The Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project
Flowsheet
R. G. G Holmes, R. A. Robbins, BNFL Inc. (USA)
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| 36
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The Determination of the Rate of Hydrogen
Generation from Transuranic 003 Type Organic Sludge
D. B. Barber, K. P.
Carney, P. R. Hart, D. G. Cummings, M. T. Sayer, D. L. Hendrix, K.
T. Shirley, ANL-West; J. C. Demirgian, ANL (USA) |
| 37
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TRU Waste Management-Past, Present, and Future
at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
K. P. Guay, Bechtel
Jacobs Company LLC.; J.R. Trabalka, U.T. Battelle, LLC; G.L. Riner,
USDOE; K. M. Billingsley, Advanced Integrated Management Services,
Inc. (USA) |
| 38
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Remote Handled Transuranic (RH-TRU) Sludge
Consolidation Activities at the Oak Ridge National
Laboratory
K.P. Guay, Bechtel Jacobs Company, LLC; B.D.
Oakley, Duratek Federal Services; G.L. Riner, USDOE; K. M.
Billingsley, Advanced Integrated Management Services, Inc. (USA)
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Immobilization of Uranium and Plutonium into
Borobasalt, Pyroxen and Andradite Mineral-like
Compositions
Y. I. Matyunin, SSC RF VNIINM; S. V. Yudintsev,
IGEM RAS; L. J. Jardine, LLNL (RUSSIA/USA) |
| 40
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Technology and Equipment Based on Induction
Melters with "Cold" Crucible for Reprocessing Active Metal
Waste
V. G. Pastushkov, A. V. Molchanov, V. P.
Serebryakov, T. V. Smelova, I. N. Shestoperov; SSC RF VNIINM
(RUSSIA) | |
| 2:00:00 PM
SESSION 11 Graham Rm.
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| Low-Level Radiation
Health Effects: Changing Radiation Protection Criteria |
- Cochairs:
- James B. Muckerheide, Center for Nuclear Tech &
Society/Worcester Polytechnic Inst (USA)
John A.
Mayer, Jr., WPI (USA)
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| The last decade has seen the worldwide
publication of significant data on the lack of adverse effects, and the
beneficial effects, of low-dose radiation. That data contradicts the
"linear hypothesis" which provides the underlying foundation for the
current regulation of radiation environments. The science sessions of
WM'98, WM'99 and WM'00 addressed the large body of data now available
worldwide, including an overview of the health conditions that have been
treated and improved by low-dose radiation. This session examines the
implications of applying these data to revise radiation protection
regulations, thereby increasing the benefits of nuclear technology for
humanity. Panel members will include: Stan Logan, Logan Associates; Al
Tschaeche, GE/LMIT-retired & Nuclear Standards Unlimited; Jerry
Cuttler, AECL-retired; Sadao Hattori, CRIEPI; Klaus Becker, German
National Standards Institute-retired, VP RSH |
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| 2:00:00 PM
SESSION 12 Crystal Rm.
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| Reindustrialization of
the Russian Nuclear Weapons Complex--The Successes of the Nuclear City
Initiative |
- Cochairs:
- William Desmond, USDOE (USA)
David Zigelman, WSRC (USA)
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**Conversion Development in the Russian
Federal Nuclear Center, Sarov
V. Zhigalov, RFNC-VNIIEF (RUSSIA)
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| 2
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**Nuclear City Initiative's International
Development Centers
G. Pomeroy, USDOE (USA) |
| 3
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**The Sarov Open Computing Center
A. Golubev, B. Voronin,
VNIIEF (RUSSIA) |
| 4
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**Introducing a Pilot Telemedicine and a
Laparoscopy Capability into Sarov, Russia
M. E. Stachura, T. R. Gadacz, Medical College
of Georgia; A. Bordashov, G. V. Ivanov, Sarov Medical Center; J.
Peifer, Georgia Institute of Technology (USA/RUSSIA)
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| 5
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**Status of NCI Activities in Snezhinsk
P. Herman, LLNL (USA)
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| 6
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**Enterprise for the Transport of Spent
Nuclear Fuel
P.D.
Moskowitz, BNL; J. Braun, ANL; A. Ivanov, SPEKTR Conversia
(USA/RUSSIA) | |
| 2:00:00 PM
SESSION 13 Turquoise Rm.
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| INEEL Environmental
Management Program Status and Accomplishments |
- Cochairs:
- John I. Sackett, Argonne National Laboratory
(USA)
Bill D. Shipp, INEEL (USA)
Jerry Lyle, USDOE (USA)
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| 1
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The EM Lead Laboratory: Providing the Resources
and Framework for Complexwide Environmental Cleanup-Stewardship
Activities
G. B. Frandsen, P. K. Kearns, R. L. McKenzie,
INEEL (USA) |
| 2
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Update of the INEEL High Level Waste
Program
J. H. Valentine, Bechtel BWXT Idaho, LLC; J. T.
Case, USDOE (USA) |
| 3
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Waste Managment Activities and Challenges at
the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental
Laboratory
L. Sygitowicz, Bechtel BWXT Idaho LLC; L.
Fritz, USDOE (USA) |
| 4
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Managing the Legacy: The INEEL SNF
Program
D. L. Fillmore, INEEL; R. G. Pahl, ANL-W (USA)
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| 5
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Challenges for Remediating Waste Buried at the
Idaho National Engineering and Environmental
Laboratory
F. L. Smith, INEEL; K. Hain, USDOE (USA)
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| 6
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Environmental-Nuclear Technology Activities at
Argonne National Laboratory-West
R. W. Benedict, S. E.
Aumeier, S. P. Henslee, D. B. Barber, S. D. Lee, ANL-W (USA)
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| 7
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The Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project:
Moving Forward
F. P. Hughes, C. B. Ozaki, A. M. Riedesel, BNFL
Inc. (USA) |
| 8
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Lessons Learned While Attempting to
Simultaneously Maximize the Effectiveness and the Autonomy of the
Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory Citizens
Advisory Board
W. G. Lowe, Jason Associates; R. W. Russell,
USDOE; S. Hobson, INEEL Advisory Board (USA)
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| 2:00:00 PM
SESSION 14 Mohave Rm.
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| Advances in Depleted
Uranium Technology |
- Cochairs:
- Steve H. Brown, IT Corporation (USA)
William J. Quapp, Integrated Environmental
Technologies (USA)
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| 1
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Depleted-Uranium Uses, R&D
Program
R. R. Price, USDOE; M. J. Haire, A. G. Croff,
ORNL (USA) |
| 2
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Production of High-Value Fluoride Gas from
Uranium Tetrafluoride Using a Rotary Calciner
D. S. Schlier, B. M.
Smyser, Starmet Corporation (USA) |
| 3
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Semiconductive Properties of Uranium
Oxides
T. Meek, University of Tennessee; M. Hu, M. J.
Haire, ORNL (USA) |
| 4
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Putting Depleted Uranium to Use: A New Class of
Uranium-Based Catalysts
S. Dai, S. H. Overbury,
M. J. Haire, M. C. Burleigh, E. Myers, Z. Zhang, M. V. Konduru, ORNL
(USA) |
| 5
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Depleted Uranium Dioxide as a
Spent-Nuclear-Fuel Waste-Package Particulate Fill: Fill
Behavior
C. W. Forsberg, ORNL (USA) |
| 6
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*Conversion of Depleted Uranium
Enrichment Tails for Maximum Safety and Full Flourine Recovery
D. R. Taylor,
Honeywell; L. G. Davis, General Atomics; G. Motl, SAIC (USA)
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| 7
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The French Approach for Management of Depleted
Uranium-A Constantly Improved Technology
B. Le Motais, B.
Duperret, D. Hartmann, COGEMA, Inc. (FRANCE)
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| 2:00:00 PM
SESSION 15 Coconino Rm.
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| National Perspectives
|
- Cochairs:
- John Mathieson, UK Nirex Ltd. (UNITED KINGDOM)
Mark Matthews, USDOE (USA)
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| 1
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Development of a Backfill Material within the
Belgian Concept for Geological Disposal of High-level Radioactive
Waste: An Exaple of Successful International
Co-operation
J. Verstricht, M. Demarche, EIG EURIDICE; C.
Gatabin, CEA/SESD (BELGIUM/FRANCE) |
| 2
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Recent Waste Disposal Related Developments in
Germany
I. A. Beckmerhagen, P. Brennecke, Federal
Office of Radiation Protection (GERMANY) |
| 3
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US Department of Energy, Office of
Environmental Management International Programs
E. O'Malley, USDOE; R.
Longsworth, SAIC (USA) |
| 4
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New Radioactive Waste Management Facility in
Romania
V. Andrei, F. Glodeanu, I. Rotaru,
Nuclearelectrica National Company (ROMANIA) |
| 5
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The Belgian Research, Development and
Demonstration Program on the Geological Disposal of Long-lived and
High-level Radioactive Waste and Spent Fuel in a Clay Formation:
Status and Trends
A. Sneyers, G. Volckaert, B. Neerdael, Belgian
Nuclear Research Centre SCK-CEN (BELGIUM) |
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*Status of the U.S. National Report
Required by the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel
Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management
D. Tonkay, USDOE (USA)
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Evaluation of the Radioactive Pollution of the
Territories Around Krasnoyarsk-26
J. L. Smith-Briggs, D.
R. Craig, J. D. Watterson, AEA Technology; Y. Kuznetsov, Y.
Panteleev, V. Legin, VG Khlopin Radium Institute; A. Schischlov,
Mining and Chemical Combine (UNITED KINGDOM/RUSSIA)
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Nuclear Renaissance? Think Globally, Act
Locally
M.J. Lawrence, Pacific Northwest National
Laboratory (USA) | |
| 2:00:00 PM
SESSION 16 Gila Rm.
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| Challenges in HLW /
TRU Waste Management |
- Cochairs:
- Lynne K. Wade, USDOE - EM (USA)
Chuan F. Wu, USDOE (USA)
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Challenges in RH-TRU Waste Management:
Integration of Regulatory and Safety Requirements
C. Gist, C.-F. Wu, DOE
Carlsbad Field Office; M. Whatley, S. Scott, Westinghouse Waste
Isolation Division; L. R. Spangler, R. F. Weston |
| 2
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Ongoing Achievements in ORP Authorization Basis
Conservatism Reduction
H. Babad, Consultant;
D. H. Irby, Y. G. Noorani, J. D. Voice, S. A. Wiegman, Office of
River Protection, USDOE (USA) |
| 3
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Case Study: RH-TRU Waste Transportation from
Battelle Columbus Laboratories
J. H. Eide, Battelle
Columbus Laboratories; M. Devarakonda, J. Griffin, IT Corporation;
M. Whittaker, GTS, Duratek T. Burrington, R. Britain, Westinghouse
Waste Isolation Division (USA) |
| 4
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The Interim Spent Fuel Storage at PAKS
NPP
G. Volent, Paks Nuclear Power Plant; S. Pellet,
A. Temesi, National Research Institute of Radiobiology and
Radiohygiene (HUNGARY) |
| 5
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Lacking Spent Nuclear Fuel Critical
Benchmarks?- Got Reactor Criticals?
W. J. Anderson,
Framatome ANP, Inc. (USA) |
| 6
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Conditioning of Dispersed Radioactive Waste
with Powder Metal Fuel
O. K. Karlina, G. A.
Varlackova, M. I. Ojovan, V. L. Klimov, G. Yu. Pavlova, I. A.
Sobolev, SIA "Radon" (RUSSIA) |
| 7
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Effects of Burnable Absorbers on PWR Spent
Nuclear Fuel
P. M. O'Leary, M. L. Pitts, Framatome ANP (USA)
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| 2:00:00 PM
SESSION 17 Greenlee Rm.
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| Remediation Successes:
Solving the Hard Problems |
- Cochairs:
- Jeffrey Walker, USDOE (USA)
J. Erich Evered, Jacobs Engineering Group (USA)
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| 1
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Ten Years of Technology Development for
Environmental Remediation
J. Lehr, J. Walker,
USDOE; E. Wight, WPI (USA) |
| 2
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Colloidal Silica Barrier Deployment at
Brookhaven National Laboratory
M. North-Abbott, K. R.
Manchester, J. Trudnowski, M. Moe, J. Bickford, M. Zaluski, MSE
Technology Applications, Inc.; J. H. Heiser, BNL (USA)
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| 3
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Application of the Lasagna™ Soil Remediation
Technology at the U.S. DOE Paducah Gaseous Diffusion
Plant
J. J. Tarantino, J. R. LaForest, D. M. Ladd,
CDM Federal Programs Corporation (USA) |
| 4
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Dynamic Underground Stripping and Hydrous
Pyrolysis/Oxidation of PCE and TCE at Savannah River
Site
N. Brown, D. Parkinson, Integrated Water
Resources, Inc.; J. Dablow, IT Corporation (USA) |
| 5
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Results From the Non-Traditional (Sub-Surface)
In Situ Vitrification Demonstration for Mixed Waste Applications at
the Los Alamos National Laboratory
B. Campbell, Integrated
Environmental Technologies, LLC; G. Huddleston, D. Reichhardt,
MSE-Technology Applications, Inc.; J. Jones, M. Springer, LANL; L.
Thompson, AMEC Earth and Environmental, Inc. (USA) |
| 6
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Reducing Regulatory Barriers to Technology
Deployment
R. Tomlinson, ITRC/ECOS; M. Yelken, Western
Governors Association, R. Black, WPI (USA) |
| 7
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Environmental Restoration at Savannah River
Site- A Communications Program at Work
L. B. Davis, W. D.
Hoffman, WSRC (USA) | |
| 2:00:00 PM
SESSION 18 Copper Rm.
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| Regulatory Aspects and
Dispositioning of D&D Waste |
- Cochairs:
- Dennis Demoss, Sargent & Lundy LLC (USA)
William Manion, WJM Consulting Services (USA)
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| 1
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Status of NRC Efforts on Regulatory Approaches
for Control of Solid Materials
A. M. Huffert, USNRC
(USA) |
| 2
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Revised Requirements for Recycling Metal at
USDOE
A. Wallo, H. Peterson, E. Regnier, USDOE (USA)
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| 3
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The Management Routes for Contaminated Metals
from Dismantling of Nuclear Reactors
O. Emond, M. Klein, Y.
Demeulemeester, I. Majkowski, M. Ponnet, V. Massaut, J. Dadoumont,
SCK-CEN (BELGIUM) |
| 4
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Disposition of Bulk Materials from
Decommissioning
J. S. Devgun, Sargent & Lundy LLC; R. P.
Wills, L. E. Brown, Consumers Energy (USA) |
| 5
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**Economics of Scrap Metal Recycling
versus Direct Disposal
C. Reno, GTS Duratek (USA) |
| 6
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The Beneficial Reuse of [Suspect] Contaminated
Lead Stockpiles in the US Nuclear Complexes
R. Ward, Bull Run Metal
Fabricators and Engineers (USA)
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| 2:00:00 PM
SESSION 19 Maricopa Rm.
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| Innovative Treatment
Technologies for Organic Mixed Wastes |
- Cochairs:
- Sue J. Mitchell, Jacobs Engineering (USA)
Paul Kalb, Brookhaven National Laboratory (USA)
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| 1
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Recommendations to the Department of Energy
from the Panel on Emerging Technological Alternatives to
Incineration
C. Cooley, B. Owca, USDOE (USA)
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| 2
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Intermediate Level Burnable Waste Vitrification
in a Refractory Free Furnace Using Oxygen Plasma
C. Girold, A. Jouan, B.
Barthelmy, CEA; J. M. Baronnet, Limoges University (FRANCE)
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| 3
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Results of Testing to Demonstrate the
Equivalency of Full-Scale Plasma System to Incineration for the
Destruction of Hazardous Wastes
W. Smith, F.
Feizollahi, ATG Inc.; J. Surma, D. Lamar, IET; T. Eicher, W. Lin,
Focus Environmental (USA) |
| 4
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Continuous Emission Monitors in the DOE
Complex
S. Priebe, INEEL (USA) |
| 5
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Experience of Biodegradation for the Disposal
of Waste Machine Tool Cutting Fluid
G. T. Taylor, V. C. M.
Freestone, AWE (UNITED KINGDOM) |
| 6
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Commercialization of Commodore's Solvated
Electron Technology
G. Getman, Commodore Advanced Sciences, Inc.
(USA) |
| 7
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Petro Bond® Oil Solidification Polymer: Helping
To Solve Oil Waste Problems In the DOE Complex
W. G. Brunkow, The
Chamberlain Group, Ltd.; D. R. Krause, BWXT Services, Inc.; D. R.
Cambell, Nochar, Inc. (USA)
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| 5:30:00 PM
SESSION 20 Crystal Rm.
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| Promoting
Cost--Effective and Safe Equipment and Metal Reuse Across USDOE: A Proven
Methodology |
- Cochairs:
- Richard Meehan, USDOE Office of Asset Utilization
(USA)
Michael J. Gresalfi, Oak Ridge National
Laboratory (USA)
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| On July 13, 2000, Secretary of Energy
Richardson issued a memorandum establishing a suspension on releasing the
Department's scrap metals from radiological areas into a "free release"
open commerce path. This suspension, and the previous January 2000
Secretarial moratorium on volume contaminated metal releases, has
stimulated DOE to develop new internal beneficial reuse and recycling
(BR2) strategies, as an alternative path to clean and free release
practices. This workshop will present a number of innovative restricted
(internal reuse-controlled) recycle and reuse strategies that have been
proposed and implemented for both DOE scrap metals and excess equipments.
The DOE National Center of Excellence for Metals Recycle, along with the
Office of Environmental Management, are presently fostering the
institutionalization of these restricted reuse alternatives to free
release practices across the complex. This workshop will share lessons
learned, and proven methods for applying BR2 equipment and materials
life-extension applications that have proven to be both safe and
cost-effective alternatives to the traditional disposal path for excess
scrap metal, concrete, soil, and equipment. These innovative BR2
strategies fully conform to the Secretarial initiatives, and are being
conducted by some DOE sites with the direct support of DOE legal,
security, property management, and project management policies and
procedures. In addition, this workshop will explore the reasons for the
moratorium and suspension, how they have impacted DOE cleanup activities,
and how those activities have been restructured to proceed without
recycling radioactively contaminated metals into open commerce. For more
information, please contact Michael J. Gresalfi, ORNL, V: (301)916-0509,
E-mail: gresalfimj@ornl.gov. |
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