This panel discussed the disposition of the more problematic US DOE and commercial/non-US DOE governmental waste streams. The impact of the shutdown of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) on low level mixed waste disposition activities was also addressed. In addition, the panel examined potential changes in mixed hazardous/radioactive waste requirements based upon revisions to US DOE Order 435.1, changes in the US Title 10 Code of Federal Regulations Part 61 (10CFR61) along with any new requirements associated with the site wide disposal contract. Accordingly, the panel addressed selected institutional/regulatory topics including but not limited to: removal of US EPA conservatively assigned Hazardous Waste Numbers (HWNs) and allowances for blending/consolidating wastes. 

Panelists include: Michelle Coriz, LANL; Bruno Zovi, LLW/MLLW Project Manager, Idaho Treatment Group, Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project; John Gilmour, Director, Solid Waste and F Area Operations, SRS; Scott Anderson, Waste Disposal Manager, URS CH2M, Oak Ridge (UCOR); Ken Grumski, Vice President Federal Services, Waste Control Specialists LLC; and Renee Echols, Senior Vice President Sales and Marketing, Perma-Fix Environmental Services, Inc.