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Stroble, Director, National TRU Program Compliance Division, US DOE Katie Roberts, Public Outreach Liaison, Longenecker & Associates Session 18 15:15 - 17:00 Room 105AB Panel: US DOE WIPP: Lessons Learned and Return to Operations Following 2014 Operational Incidents Session Co-Chairs: Philip Breidenbach, Nuclear Waste Partnership LLC; Todd Shrader, US DOE Lead Organizer & Panel Reporter: Robert Jubin, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Additional Organizer(s): J.R. Stroble, US DOE The panel will describe the major changes that have been made in DOE and the WIPP M&O Contractor, NWP in response to the 2014 Accident Investigation Board Reports. Changes described include the new DOE Carlsbad Field Office organization, the National TRU Program, WIPP Waste Acceptance Criteria, WIPP Documented Safety Analysis, the uniqueness of WIPP as both a DOE nuclear facility and a salt mine, WIPP Operation Readiness Reviews and the future of WIPP and the National TRU Program. Included in discussions will be near-term projections of shipments of TRU waste to WIPP. Panelists: J.R. Stroble, Director, National TRU Program Compliance Division, US DOE Jeffrey Carswell, Nuclear Safety Senior Technical Advisor, US DOE Jim Blankenhorn, Deputy General Manager, Nuclear Waste Partnership - AECOM Philip Breidenbach, President & Project Manager, Nuclear Waste Partnership LLC Todd Shrader, Manager, Carlsbad Field Office, US DOE Session 19 13:25 - 15:05 Room 104AB Panel: Low Level Waste Forum, Inc - Hot Topics in US Commercial LLW Management Session Co-Chairs: Todd Lovinger, LLW Forum Inc; Leonard Slosky, Rocky Mountain Low Level Radioactive Waste Board Lead Organizer & Panel Reporter: Todd Lovinger, LLW Forum Inc Additional Organizer(s): Leonard Slosky, Rocky Mountain Low Level Radioactive Waste Board This panel focuses on emerging issues in commercial LLW management in the US from the perspective of representatives of the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Forum. State, federal and industry officials will share their views on a variety of timely and significant topics including a discussion of issues regarding alternative disposal pathways for very low activity waste; operator perspectives from the Waste Control Specialists (WCS) facility in Texas including a proposal to license a disposal cell for GTCC, GTCC-like and Transuranic waste and application to construct and operate a facility to store spent nuclear fuel; GAO report examining enhanced controls and continuing vulnerabilities of dangerous radioactive materials; NRC initiatives including the proposed final rule to amend 10 CFR Part 61, Licensing Requirements for Land Disposal of Radioactive Waste; and, EPA activities including updates to the 1992 Manual of Protective Action Guides and Protective Actions for Nuclear Incidents (PAG Manual) and revisions to the National Emission Standards for Radon Emissions from Operating Mill Tailings (Subpart W of 40 CFR Part 61). Panelists: Lisa Edwards, LLW & Radiation Management Sr. Program Manager, EPRI Betsy Madru, VP Government Affairs, WCS Ned Woodward, Assistant Director, GAO John Tappert, Director, Division of Decommissioning, Uranium Recovery and Waste, US Nuclear Regulatory Commission Ray Clark, Health Physicist, US EPA Session 20 15:15 - 17:00 Room 105C Selected Key Topics in US Commercial LLW Management Session Co-Chairs: Colleen Owens, Consultant; Ted Buckner, Southeast Compact Commission Lead Organizer & Paper Reviewer: Colleen Owens, Consultant The Richard S. Hodes M.D. Honor Award will be presented to J. Scott Kirk, BWXT during this session by LLW Forum, Inc. The awards ceremony is followed by the WM2017 Honors Award Lecture. After the awards ceremony and lecture, two additional selected key presentations will follow on LLW management. 15:20 Innovative Solutions to Solve Complex Radioactive Waste Management Problems in the US - 17609 J. Scott Kirk, BWXT TSG 16:10 Characterization and D&D of PET Cyclotron and Radioisotope Production Facility - 17536 Paul Jones, Christopher Brandjes, Ameriphysics; Jeff Slawson, University at Buffalo 16:35 Analysis of Cs-137 and Co-60 for a high Dose Rate Chemical Cleaning Tank - 17653 Sean Stanfield, Mirion Technologies (Canberra); Marcel Villani, Canberra Industries Inc - AREVA Group Session 21 13:25 - 15:05 Room 103AB Panel: Implementing Technically-Based Cleanup in the US DOE – WITHDRAWN 46