This panel discussed the WIPP equipment fire and airborne radiation release incidents in February 2014, lessons learned, ongoing recovery activities, and impacts on affected DOE TRU waste complex sites. WIPP recovery officials from the field and headquarters discussed the recovery plans, status and plans for resumption of TRU waste operations across the DOE complex.

Panelists include: Sean Dunagan, Recovery Manager, Carlsbad Field Office, US DOE; Mark Senderling, Headquarters Recovery Manager, US DOE - EM; Jim Blankenhorn, Recovery Manager, Nuclear Waste Partnership; J.R. Stroble, TRU Sites and Transportation Division Director, Carlsbad Field Office, US DOE; Jim Malmo, TRU Operations Manager, Idaho Operations Office, US DOE; Ben Roberts, US DOE; Dave Nickless, TRU Programs Manager, Los Alamos Field Office, NNSA; Terrel Spears, TRU Operations Manager, Savannah River Site Office, US DOE; and Laura Wilkerson, TRU Operations Manager, Oak Ridge Site Office, US DOE.