This panel focused on the challenges and successes in decommissioning the West Valley site as well as the management of LLW, waste incidental to reprocessing and management of HLW. The discussion included consideration of Phase I and Phase II decommissioning at the site and the related segmented environmental impact statement along with stakeholder perspectives in addressing this very complex site being decommissioned under the West Valley Demonstration Project Act of 1981.
Panelists included: Chad Glenn, West Valley Senior Project Manager, US NRC; Craig Rieman, Deputy Director, US DOE, West Valley Demonstration Project; Paul Giardina, Chief, Radiation and Indoor Air Branch, US EPA - Region 2; and Paul Bembia, Program Director, West Valley Site Management, NYSERDA.