This panel will focus on challenges faced by manufacturers in providing high quality radioactive material packaging consistently in a tentative budget environment.  Specifically, the panel discussion will focus on manufacturing challenges of commonly used packaging used for LLW and radioactive material (such as: IP-1, IP-2 and IP-3, and Type A).  The panelists from the container industry will discuss issues they face in several key areas including: 1) maintaining production capability and developing necessary infrastructure in a constantly changing federal budget environment, 2) meeting customer specific requirements beyond the regulatory requirements, and 3) maintaining rigorous quality assurance and quality control capabilities for small production lots.

Panelists include: Mike Lewis, QA Manager, Container Products Corporation; Bill Smart, Nuclear Sales Director, PacTec; Steve Fielden, President, Container Technologies Industries, Inc.; Rob Despain, V.P. Business Development, Petersen, Inc.; and Howard Skolnik, President, Skolnik Industries, Inc.