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WM2015 Papers of Note WM Symposia instituted a new award during WM2015 Papers of Note. This award is based solely on the paper submitted not its poster or oral presentation. The Paper Reviewers first determine eligibility and then the relevant Track Co-Chairs and subject matter experts select their Tracks Paper of Note. Twenty-one papers were selected representing the top 5 of the papers received. The Papers of Note for WM2015 are 1. 15111 - Measurement of the Plutonium Hold-Up in Glove Box before Dismantling - Jean Chevillon Raphal Oddou Maxime Vincent Hubert Schoech CEA 2. 15116 - Load Planning in the Dark RH-TRU Waste Container Load Planning at Sandia National LaboratoriesNew Mexico -Jesse Bland Betty Humphrey Weston Solutions Inc Michael Spoerner Randell Salyer Warren Strong Sandia National Laboratories 3. 15145 - Postclosure Assessment Modelling of a Deep Geologic Repository for Low and Intermediate Level Radioactive Waste in Ontario Canada - Russell Walke Richard Little Quintessa Ltd Helen Leung Nuclear Waste Management Organization 4. 15236 - A Paradigm Shift The Key to Optimal Defensible Transparent Waste Management Disposal Remediation Decisions - Paul Black Kelly Black Tom Stockton Neptune Company Inc Paul Dixon Los Alamos National Laboratory Laurel Boucher The Laurel Co. 5. 15294 - Vadose Zone Monitoring at the Radioactive Waste Management Sites at the Nevada National Security Site David Hudson David Black Vefa Yucel Greg Shott Pat Arnold National Security Technologies LLC 6. 15298 - Disposition of Hanford Tank Waste Sludge from Tank 241-AY-102 and the 241-A241-AX Farm Tanks Paul Certa Linda Eslin Riley Yarbrough Washington River Protection Solutions LLC Mark Gerboth Albin Pajunen Steve Schaus AEM Consulting LLC 7. 15359 - Development of Understanding of Disposability of High-Heat-Generating Wastes in the UK - Michelle Dickinson David Holton Amec Foster Wheeler Martin Cairns Radioactive Waste Management Dr. Phillip Bamforth 8. 15386 - Incorporating Climate and Regional Setting into Realistic-Efficacious End States for Contaminated Sites - Mark Kautsky Bill Dam US DOE Carol Eddy-Dilek Miles Denham Brian Looney Savannah River National Laboratory 9. 15409 - Validation Testing of Canberra-Obayashi TruckScan Calculation Method - Frazier Bronson Canberra Industries Inc. Atsuo Suzuki Canberra Japan KK Masaru Noda Naoya Takada Keizo Yamasaki Obayashi Corporation 10. 15423 - Performance Assessment Modeling of a Generic SNFHLW Repository in Salt with Coupled Thermal-Hydrologic Effects S. David Sevougian Geoff A. Freeze W. Payton Gardner Glenn E. Hammond Paul E. Mariner Robert J. MacKinnon Advanced Nuclear Energy Programs Group Sandia National Laboratories 11. 15458 - Siting Considerations for Consolidated Storage of Used Fuel in the United States Assessing the Impact of Key Developments since Release of the Blue Ribbon Commission Report in 2012 Chuck Bernhard Bernhard Consulting LLC 12. 15461 - Characterization of Unsaturated Hydraulic Conductivity in Fractured Media Using the Multistep Outflow Method Greg Flach Kenneth Dixon Ralph Nichols Savannah River National Laboratory 13. 15514 - Technetium Oxidation in Slag-Based Sodium Salt Waste Forms Exposed to Water and Moist Hanford Soil - C. A. Langton Savannah River National Laboratory Savannah River Nuclear Solutions 14. 15526 - A Summary of the Hanford Single-Shell Tank Structural Analysis of Record - F. George Abatt Ken L. Stoops Larry J. Julyk Brian M. Larsen Becht Engineering Co. Inc 30