THE USA WORKING TOWARDS A CLEANER ENVIRONMENT
Chair(s): W. Loewenstein: ANS; J. D'Ambrosia: NJG -Co-chairs

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Paper Title & Author

3

Department of Energy Initiatives to Meet the Waste Management Challenges of the 1990's
  L. P. Duffy

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9

The National Academy of Science's Impact on U.S. DOE's Radioactive Waste Management Program
  F. L. Parker

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21

Overview of the Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Program
  F. Peters

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POSTER-LLW-I WASTE FORM TRANSPORTATION CONTAINERS AND SITES
Chair(s): J. G. McCray, U of AZ -Co-Chair

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Paper Title & Author

3

Mobile Concrete Solidification Systems for Power Reactor Waste
  E. Tchemitcheff

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11

Shielded Railway Transporter System Equipment Design and Operational Features
  R. P. Britts

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19

Developing an ANSI Standard for Semitrailers Used to Transport Radioactive Materials
  P. Gregory

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23

Low- Level Radioactive Waste Involved in Transportation Events
  C. E. Cashwell

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29

Transcom's Next Move: Improvements to DOE's Transportation Satellite Tracking System
  L. H. Harmon

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35

An Overview of the ORNL Waste Handling & Packaging Plant
  D. W. Turner

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43

Automation Through the PIP Concurrence System Improves Information Sharing Among DOE Managers
  R. M. Imholz

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49

Leach Studies of Chelating Agents and Influence on Radionuclide Leaching from Simulated LLW/ILW Cement Waste Forms
  P. Vejmelka

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57

Leaching Ratio from Pellet Package
  K. Yui

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63

Effects of Varying Recharge on Radionuclide Flux Rates to the Water Table at a Low-Level Solid Waste Burial Site
  R. Khaleel

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69

Heat Removal Options and Temperature Predictions for a Vault of Grouted Waste
  B.A. Crea

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75

Groundwater Monitoring at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
  R. Kehrman

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85

Readiness Review for Site Characterization: A Systems Approach
  P. L. Bisese

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91

Facilities for Processing, Packaging and Storage of Intermediate Level Radioactive Waste at the Winfrith Technology Center
  A. I. Lloyd

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99

Results of Field ~esting of Waste Forms Using Lysimeters
  J. W. McConnell

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111

BLT: A Sour<;e Term Computer Code for Low-Level Waste Shallow Lalld Burial
  C. I. Suen

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125

The Migratioll of Cesium-137 Through Cement Formulatiolls Applicable to Radioactive Waste Management
  M. I. Rudin

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131

Low-Level Waste Shallow Lalld Burial Source Term Container Breach and Waste Form Leaching Model Development
  T. M. Sullivan

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139

Retrieval of Nuclear Waste From a Land Based Deep Repository
  M. G. Myall

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153

Demonstration of Chemical Treatment Process Development Desigtled to Generate a Below Regulatory COncern (BRC) Waste From Radiological aIld Mixed Wastes
  D. H. Brady

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159

Development of all Illtegrated Assay Facility
  T. V. Molesworth

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PLENARY PART II THE CANADIAN FRG AND USSR WASTE MANAGEMENT OVERVIEW FRG AND USSR WASTE MANAGEMENT OVERVIEW
Chair(s): S. Krause, KfK; E. McDaniel, ORNL -Co-chairs

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Paper Title & Author

27

The Canadian Waste Management Research Program
  D. F. Torgerson

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33

Management of Radioactive Waste in the Federal Republic of Germany-Aspects of Future Strategy 33
  M. H. Bloser

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39

Testing of Some Refractory and Electrode Materials for Liquid Active Waste Vitrification Furnaces
  G.B. Borisov

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43

Radioactive Waste Management in the USSR Experience and Perspective
  B. V. Nikipelov

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LUNHEON SPEAKER
Chair(s):

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Paper Title & Author

51

Nuclear Power in the New Europe
  B. de Galassus

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STATUS & DIRECTION OF THE USDOE CIVILIAN RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
Chair(s): A. S. Dam, Weston; L. Ramspott, LLNL -Co-chairs

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Paper Title & Author

55

Monitored Retrievable Storage: U.S. Strategy for the 1990's
  T. H. Isaacs

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59

Update on the Yucca Mountain Project Site Characterization Program
  C. P. Geltz

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63

The OCRWM Transportation Program
  R. Stein

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PLANS AND ACTIONS FOR THE USDOE ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION & WASTE MANAGEMENT FIVE YEAR PLAN
Chair(s): H.A. Kurstedt, MSL-VA Tech; P. Whitfield, USDOE

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Paper Title & Author

69

Programmatic Issues Affecting the Implementation of the DOE Five-Year Plan
  H. A. Kurstedt Jr.

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77

The Department of Energy Environmental Restoration Program: Meeting the Challenges
  P. Whitfield

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83

A Planning Process for an Improved Environment at the Savannah River Site (U)
  J. Hutchison

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91

Alternatives for Decommissioning the Surplus Production Reactors at Hanford
  E. B. Moore

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95

Research and Development in Support of the Five- Year Plan
  C. W. Frank

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101

Evaluation of Technologies for Remediation of Disposed Radioactive and Hazardous Wastes in a Facility at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory
  H. W. Reno

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109

Research in Ground Penetrating Radar Imaging for the Site Investigation Robot
  D. A. Christian

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KEY ISSUES IN DOE'S WASTE MANAGEMENT OPERATIONS
Chair(s): S. P. Cowan, USDOE; N. Miller, OMB, Co-Chairs

Page No.

Paper Title & Author

119

Operational Requirements of the Environmental Restoration and Waste Management Five- Year Plan at Department of Energy Sites
  E.A. Jordan

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125

DOE LOR Strategies for RMW
  L. W. Smith

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129

Best Available Technology (Economically Achievable) Guidance Document for the Hanford Site
  E. J. Millikin

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137

No-Migration Variance Petition for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
  M. Duff

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143

Managing Previously Disposed Waste to Today's Standards the Idaho Buried Waste Program
  S. A. Morreale

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151

Department of Energy Environment Safety & Health Assessment Program-"Tiger Teams"
  L. A. Weiner

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ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND WASTE MANAGEMENT AT THE HANFORD SITER.
Chair(s): D. Izatt, USDOE-RL; H. E. McGuire, WHC -Co-chairs

Page No.

Paper Title & Author

159

The Hanford Site: Then Now and Tomorrow
  R. D. Izatt

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165

Implementation of the Hanford Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order
  R. D. Izatt

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171

Defense Waste Treatment and Disposal Activities at the Hanford Site
  D. E. McKenney

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183

Inactive Waste Sites at Hanford: The Technical and Management Challenge
  R. E. Gephart

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195

Decommissioning of Surplus Facilities at the Hanford Site
  M. C. Hughes

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COMPACT DECISIONS, LICENSING AND REGULATION OF NEW RADIOACTIVE AND MIXED WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES
Chair(s): Ed. Helminski, RE; E. Jennrich, R&A -Co-Chairs

Page No.

Paper Title & Author

167

Below Regulatory COllcern Stalldards: The Limits of State and LoCal Authority
  D. I. Silvennan

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173

Radioactive Waste for New Disposal Facilities
  R. D. Baird

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179

Advanced Disposal Technologies for New Low-Level Waste Disposal Compact Sites
  R. T. Anderson

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187

License Application Approach for the California LLRW Disposal Facility
  R. K Gaynor

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193

California's Review of US Ecology's Low-Level Radioactive Waste License Application
  D. I. Womeldorf

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197

LLR W Disposal: Economies of Scale and Half-Life Segregation
  c. W. Bullard

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203

Low- Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Licensing and Regulations in Pennsylvania
  W. P. Dornsife

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209

Performance Assessment of the Potential Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Site in Texas
  R. I. Charbeneau

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TRANSPORTATION OF NUCLEAR WASTE-CONCEPTS
Chair(s): L. Hannon, USDOE; R. Yoshimura, SNL-Co-chairs

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Paper Title & Author

205

Public Information and Communications for Radioactive Materials Transportation
  I. Michel

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211

Radioactive and Hazardous Materials Transportation: What Local Officials are Telling Us
  J.A. Walker

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215

A Practical Approach to Communicating Transportation Risk
  C. A. Peabody

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221

Risks in Transporting Radioactive Materials: Comparison of Data with NUREG-0170 Projections
  R. F. Weiner

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227

Routing Guidelines for Rail Transport of Radioactive Materials-Is Consensus Possible?
  L. S. Goodman

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231

Tabletop Exercises: Cooperative Training for Transportation Incidents
  J.A. Walker

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235

The WIPP Transportation System: Dedicated to Safety
  T. Ward

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LLW CHARACIERIZATION AND CLASSIFICATION
Chair(s): E. C. Tamuzzer; Yankee Atomic; L. Loucks; Duke Power -Co-Chairs

Page No.

Paper Title & Author

221

Advanced LLW Classification System
  T. Yagi

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229

Classification of Contaminated and Neutron-Activated Concretes from Nuclear Facilities Prior to Their Decontamination or Decommissioning
  M.I.Angus

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235

Nuclear Waste Drum Assayer
  R. L. Brodzinski

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239

Development of Non-Destructive Actinide Assay Methods for Radioactive Waste
  B. H. Annitage

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247

Low- Level Radioactive Waste Research Program Plan
  I. Lambert

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255

TMI - 2 Waste Management Experience
  C. P. Deltete

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261

Identification and Characterization of Department of Energy Special-Case Radioactive Waste
  R. E. Williams

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267

The Effect of Count Time on Reliably Detectable Activity (RDA) When Assessing Contamination Monitor Performance
  N. L. Hassig

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STATUS OF INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR WASTE MANAGEMENT
Chair(s): R. Theenhaus, KF A; C. Chan, IAEA -Co-chairs

Page No.

Paper Title & Author

241

Developing a Technical Basis for the Cross-Media Risk Assessment of LLW Disposal
  C. E. Foutes

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249

Direct Disposal of Spent LWR-Fuel: State of Development in the FR Germany
  K D. Closs

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257

UK Nirex Commences Deep Site Investigations
  M. E. Ginnif

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265

The Selection and Assessment of Potentially Suitable Sites for Deep Repository Development
  H. Beale

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273

Nuclear Waste Management of Olkiluoto Power Plant
  V. Ryhanen

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279

Ringhals Nuclear Power Plant-Reactor Waste Management 50 Reactor Years of Operating Experience and Future Program
  T. Hanson

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287

The Yugoslav Approach to the Problem of Radioactive Waste
  D. Subasic

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291

Status of Waste Management Technology in PNC Japan
  M. Yamamoto

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POSTER-LLW-II WASTE ANALYSIS PROCESSING AND CHARACTERIZATIONR.
Chair(s): D. Wojtasek; WHC;. J. S. Devgun; ANL -Co-Chairs

Page No.

Paper Title & Author

277

Spent Resin Sample Device-The "Rain Gauge"
  S. B. Presgrove

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283

Degradation of Resins in Epicor- II Prefl1ters from Three Mile Island
  J. W. McConnell

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295

Full-Scale Performance of New Organic Resin Ratios and Inorganic Materials for Processing Low Level Liquids at Diablo Canyon Power Plant
  K. L. James

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299

Advanced Cement-Solidification Process for Spent Ion-Exchange Resins
  K. Sauda

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305

Liquid Radwaste Process Optimization at Catawba Nuclear Station
  B. E. Cauthen

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313

Dewatering of Sludge by Enhanced Electro-Osmosis
  Y. Shoji

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317

Radioactive Liquid Waste Volume Reduction System
  R. Williams

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323

Waste Dewatering Process Improvements at Brunswick Steam Electric Plant
  L. Sellers

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327

Rapid Analysis of Non-Gamme Radionuclides Using the "Anabet" System
  D. Bradbury

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331

Observed TRU Data From Nuclear Utility Waste Streams
  R. A. Wessman

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339

Global Positioning Site Environment Evaluator
  S. Leffler

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347

Transport Systems for Conditioned Radioactive Waste in Belgium
  L. Baekeland!

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353

The Influence of Waste Treatment, Conditioning and Packaging on Design for Disposal
  E. P. S. Tufton

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359

Processing of LL W Arising from Dismantling Activities in a Reprocessing Facility
  L. G. Geens

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363

Formation of Hydrogen and Radioactive Gases in Waste Packages with Cemented Intermediate Level Waste
  K. Kroth

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369

On Site Storage of Low uvel Radioactive Waste at Vermont Yankee
  M. R. Fuller

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377

Processing of Sump Sludges at the Commonwealth Edison Byron Nuclear Generating Station
  D.Hemnann

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385

Volume Reduction of Filter Media at Susquehanna Steam and Electric Station
  G. F. Boris

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389

Low- uvel Liquid Waste Decontamination by Ion Exchange
  D. O. Campbell

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399

Phase Characterization of Cementitious Components of a Waste Repository and the Potentia of Individual Phases for Sorption of Radioisotopes
  S.AggarWal

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407

Q2-A Very Low uvel Quantitative and Qualitative Waste Assay and Release Certification System
  F. L. Bronson

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413

Solid Low uvel Radioactive Waste Management Within British Nuclear Fuels plc
  L. F. Johnson

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419

Short-Term and Long-Term Strategies for NPP Krsko Radwaste Management
  K. Fink

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423

Valuation of Cloths for Decontamination by Wiping
  W. N. Rankin

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COMMUNICATION & PARTICIPATION: MOVING TOWARD ACCEPTABLE SITING DECISIONS
Chair(s): L. Ulland Bechtel; T. Cotton J.K Assoc. - Co-Chairs

Page No.

Paper Title & Author

299

Jargon of the Nuclear Industry: A Fomenter of Negative Public Perception
  H W.Reno

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303

The Ethics of Consolidation or "Why Should I Take Your Waste?"
  M. R. English

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307

Opting for Cooperation A Voluntary Approach to Siting a Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Facility
  P. H. Rennick

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315

An Alternative to Geologic Disposal of Commercial Spent Fuel Assemblies
  S. L. Lawson

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321

Quality Assurance Geotechnical Practice and Public Management: The DOE Yucca Mountain Project QA Program
  M. R. Fitzgerald

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329

Public Involvement in the Yucca Mountain Project
  B. E. Reilly

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333

Attaining Public Confidence: Moving Toward the Opening of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
  B. S. Kuntz

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RCRNCERCLA-SARA ISSUES AND PERMITTING
Chair(s): H. Babad, WHC; G. Marshall, USDOE-CH -Co-chairs

Page No.

Paper Title & Author

339

Institutional Factors Affecting DOE Waste Management and Environmental Restoration Planning
  J.A. Walker

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343

Issues in Radioactive Mixed Waste Compliance with RCRA: Some Examples from Ongoing Operations at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory
  D. L. Eaton

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349

Development of a Treatability Variance Guidance Document for U.S. DOE Mixed-Waste Streams
  N. Scheuer

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353

The Hanford Site: Integration of RCRA and CERCLA Through a Tri-Party Agreement
  P. T. Day

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359

Proposed Success Demonstration Criteria for the Department of Energy's Waste Reduction Efforts
  J. Samuel Suffern

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POSTER-ENVIRONMENTAL MIXED WASTE AND REMEDIAL ACTION
Chair(s): I. Keller, PNL; w. Frankhauser, BDM -Co-Chairs

Page No.

Paper Title & Author

367

Real- Time Environmental Surveys for Site Investigations and Characterizations with USRADS
  C. R. Flynn

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373

Measurement of Alpha Emitting Nuclides in Organic Liquid Waste
  A. van Dalen

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375

Pyrolysis of Radioactive and Hazardous Waste-Experience with a Safe Technique
  G. Kemmler

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377

Decontamination and Decommissioning of a Plutonium Fabrication Facility
  R.A. Hunt

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385

Department of Energy Waste Information Network: Hazardous and Mixed Waste Data Management
  C. S. Fore

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391

The Cost of Remedial Actions (CORA) Model--Application to the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Environmental Restoration Program
  S. I. Gianti

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397

Methodology for Qualification of Radiological and Hazardous Waste Data
  L. D. Goodrich

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401

Cobalt -60 Binding and Decontamination Behavior in Turbine Lubricating Oil
  K M. Brewer

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407

Status of Microwave Process Development for RH-TRU Wastes at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  T. L. White

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413

Engineering Development of Processing Methods for Remotely Handled Transuranic Sludge at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
  J. B. Berry

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421

Vegetative Covers for UMTRA Project Disposal Cells
  C. C. Reith

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427

Phosphate/Sulfate Waste Grout Campaign Report
  M. W. Cline

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433

Establishment of Value Engineering in the Department of Energy's Formerly Utilized Remedial Action Program
  R. R. Land

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441

Decommissioning of the Princeton-Penn Accelerator
  T. J. Grant

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447

Information Management Systems for Integrating the Technical Data and Regulatory Requirements of Environmental Restoration Activities
  C. A. Geffen

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453

Cleanout and Decontamination of Radiochemical Hot Cells
  J. E. Sunna

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463

In Situ Vitrification of Soils Containing Various Metals
  J. L. Buelt

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471

RCRA Closure Experience With Radioactive Mixed Waste 183-H Solar Evaporation Basins at the Hanford Site
  E. W. Powers

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481

Special Engineering Features of a Drummed TRU Waste Processing and Packaging Plant
  R. J. Critchley

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487

Low Temperature Thermal Separation of Hazardous Components from Y -12 Plant Mixed Waste Soils
  B. M. Eisenhower

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493

Adjustable Center of Gravity Lift Fixture System Design and Operational Features
  R. P. Britts

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499

FUSRAP-A Program of Progress
  R. R. Harbert

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505

Personal Computer Software Tools for Effective Data Management of Environmental Safety and Health Compliance at a Remedial Action Project
  R.A. Nelson

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LLW PROCESSING, PACKAGING AND MEETING CERTIFICATION ST ANDARDSR.
Chair(s): Doyle; A TI; M Van Dale; Yankee Atomic Co-Chairs

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Paper Title & Author

429

Treatment of Low-Activity-Level Process Wastewaters by Contin~ous Countercurrent Ion Exchange
  R. Hall

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437

Treatment and Disposal of Steam Generator and Heat Exchanger Chemical Cleaning Wastes
  D. W. Evans

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447

The Application of Polyelectrolytes to Improve Liquid Radwaste Treatment System Radionuclide Removctl Efficiency
  W.A.Homyk

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457

Waste Management Evctluation for PWR Full System Decontamination
  A. Valvasori

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463

Pilot - Plant Evaluation of the Mobile Wet Oxidation Process
  S. M. Finger

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469

Uncemented Super compacted Ash-The Preferential Final Waste Form for Low Level Radioactive Waste
  S. Halaswvich

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473

Qualifying Concrete for a Low-Level Waste Repository
  K E. Philipose

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EXPERIENCE IN REMEDIAL ACTON TECHNIQUES AT CONTAMINATED SITES
Chair(s): J. S. Devgun; ANL; 1 W. Wagoner II; USDOE -Co-Chairs

Page No.

Paper Title & Author

483

Performance of a Radioactive Waste Internment Site
  D. E. Bernhardt

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489

Demonstration Experience with an Abrasive Blasting Technique for Decontaminating Concrete Pads
  J. S. Devgun

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497

Environmental Protection Considerations During Decommissioning
  A. E. Sheil

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503

UMTRA GJVP Commingled Waste Project Investigation: A Case History
  R. D. Sanders

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509

Characterization and Remediation of Past-Practice Waste Units at the Hanford Site an Engineering Perspective
  R. A. Carlson

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RISK REDUCTION ASSESSMENT & CLEANUP STANDARDS
Chair(s): D. Wood, WHC; J. S. Devgun, ANL -Co-Chairs

Page No.

Paper Title & Author

513

Radiological Risk Assessment of a Radioactively Contaminated Site
  J. S. Devgun

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519

Performance Assessment of Double-Shell Tank Waste at Hanford
  G. W. McNair

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525

Systems Performance Assessment Plan for the Management of US Department of Energy Savannah River Site Low Level Radioactive Wastes
  A. C. Rutz

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531

Development of Cleanup Standards for Groundwater at the Tooele Army Depot, Utah
  S. B. Johnson

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539

Retardation of Uranium and Associated Elements by Chemical Reduction and Precipitation
  D. J. Carpenter

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547

Cooperative LLNL/HAZWRAP Project to Demonstrate Determination of Field-Based Retardation Factors: Determination of Sorption Constants
  D. J. Bishop

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551

Cooperative LLNL/HAZWRAP Project to Demonstrate Determination of Field-Based Retardation Factors: Algorithum to Determine a Field-Based Retardation Factor
  L. L. Rogers

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POSTER-HLW TECHNOLOGY
Chair(s): C. DeFigh-Price; WHC; T. Woods; WHC -Co-Chairs

Page No.

Paper Title & Author

517

Design of Fixed-Bed Ion Exchange Columns for Wastewater Treatment
  S. M. Robinson

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527

Cementation-A Solution for Final Disposal?
  B. L. Ganser

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535

Conceptual Designs for the Conditioning and Packaging of Exchangeable Non-Fuel Core Components for Final Disposal in Switzerland
  M. N. Ioli

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541

Management of Fuel Waste from Fuel Testing Programs and Postirradiation Examination in Sweden
  A. Holmer

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549

Methodology for the Cost Evaluation of Radioactive Waste Management Routes
  S.Kowa

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557

Cosine Components in Water Levels at Yucca Mountain
  J. Rice

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565

Organic Colloid Transport of Radionuclides at Gorleben, West Germany
  J. P. L. Dearlove

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571

A Review of Some Geocolloid Transport Studies in the Farfield Relevant to Radioactive Waste Disposal
  G.Longworth

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577

Control of Water Infiltration into Near Surface LLW Disposal Units-Progress Report on Field Experiments at a Humid Region Site: Beltsville Maryland
  E. O'Donnell

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587

Cooperative LLNL/HAZWRAP Project to Demonstrate Field-Based Measurement of Retardation Factors: Part 1. Distribution of Perchloroethylene Around and Within Permeable Zones in Saturated Alluvial Deposits
  D. W. Rice Jr.

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597

Erosion Corrosion of Tanks During Solid Waste Retrieval
  M. R. Elmore

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605

Performance of Bentonite/Crushed Tuff Seals for Nuclear Waste Repositories
  S.Ouyang

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613

Environmental Monitoring of Actinide Concentration in Water
  R. Gold

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621

Intermediate Results from the Laboratory Scale Modeling of the Finnish Reactor Waste Disposal Systems
  M. Olin

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629

Cost Estimation of the Decommissioning of Nuclear Fuel Cycle Plants: Application to Reprocessing Plants
  A.Barbe

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635

High-Impact Concrete for Fill in U.S. Department of Transportation Type Shipping Containers
  W. O. Greenhalgh

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643

Initial Results of Tuff Borehole Sealing Experiments
  J. Phillip

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651

Analyses of High Level Radioactive Glasses and Sludges at the Savannah River Site
  C. J. Coleman

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659

BNFL Wet Spent Fuel Handling Experience
  D. R. Coulthart

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INTERNATIONAL VARIANCES IN NUCLEAR WASTE MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS AND ST ANDARDS
Chair(s): P. Saxman, USDOE-AL; E. McDaniel, ORNL -Co-Chairs

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Paper Title & Author

563

The USEPA's Repromulgation of Environmental Standards for the Management and Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level and Transuranic Radioactive Wastes (40 CPR Part 191) Update 1990
  R. L. Clark

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569

UK Regulations and the Safety Assessment of Radioactive Waste Repositories
  D. E. Billington

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577

A Design Approach to Low Level Liquid Waste Treatment at Sellafield
  T. M. Conboy

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585

Developments in the Regulatory Process for the Safety Assessment of a Spent Fuel Repository in Sweden
  S. Norrby

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589

International Perspectives on Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal
  H. Y. Tammenlagi

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INTERNATIONAL POLICY RESPONSES TO PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF RISK
Chair(s): M. Ginniff, UK Nirex; J. Gervers, LEC -Co-Chair

Page No.

Paper Title & Author

597

An International Perspective on Risk and Perception
  R. E. Kasperson

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605

Coming to Terms with Nuclear Imagery
  M. E. Ginniff

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613

Promotion of Acceptance of Nuclear Waste Disposal as an Objective of Nagra's Public Relations Program
  E. Kowalski

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617

Finnish Nuclear Waste Program-Information Activities and Public Acceptance
  V. Ryhanen

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621

Technical Excellence or Political Acceptability: The Waste Disposal Dilemma
  P. I. Curd

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629

Sociological Research for the Canadian Nuclear Fuel Waste Management Program
  M.A. Greber

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635

Ethical Aspects on Nuclear Waste
  L. Persson

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INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVES AND OPPORTUNITIES IN WASTE MANAGEMENT
Chair(s): S. Little, Fluor Daniel; T. Wade, G. W. Univ. -Co-Chairs

Page No.

Paper Title & Author

641

Small Business Perspectives on the Nuclear Waste Repository Market or Living at the Jaws of the Giant
  H. T. Webster

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645

Positioning a Mid-Sized Hazardous Waste Management Firm (Sales $30-50 Million) for the Nuclear Waste Market
  J. W. Peel III

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657

Regulatory and Civil Liability Attendant to Off-Site Waste Disposal
  R. R. Edmister

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665

Industry Perspectives and Opportunities in Nuclear Waste Management: Where will the People Come From?
  R.A. Nathan

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SPENT FUEL SYSTEM MANAGEMENT INCLUDING DISPOSAL
Chair(s): B. R. Nair; WEC -Co-Chair

Page No.

Paper Title & Author

665

Integrated Spent Fuel Storage and Transportation System Using Nuhoms ’
  R. Lehnert

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675

A Cold Demonstration of Fuel Consolidation Part II-The Integrated Test
  I. E. Matheson

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681

The AVR High-Temperature Reactor-Operating Experience, Storage and Final Disposal of Spent Fuel Elements
  R. Theenhaus

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685

Results of the System Analysis Dual-Purpose Repository
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693

Transportation and Storage Optimization of Spent Nuclear Fuel in the United States
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QUALITY ASSURANCE AND QUALITY CONTROL IN RADIOACfIVE AND MIXED WASTE MANAGEMENT
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673

UK Department of Environment Quality Checking Facility
  T. H. Green

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681

Quality Assurance of Radioactive Waste Disposal at the Winfrith Technology Center
  M. S. Barents

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Quality Assurance in Waste Treatment
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Specifications and Quality Related Aspects in Radioactive Waste Conditioning in Belgium
  R. Verbeke

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703

The Starting Up of a Pilot Plant for Radioactive Incinerator Ash Conditioning-Results of Two Embedding
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Los Alamos National Laboratory Quality Assurance Program for the Yucca Mountain Project
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Overview of NRC's Guidance on Quality Assurance for a Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility
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725

Quality Assurance Elements of Standard Operating Procedures for Environmental Measurements of Radioactivity
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701

Performance-Assessment Support for the Design of the Yucca Mountain Exploratory-Shaft Facility
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Seismotechtonic Investigations for Yucca Mountain High-Level Waste Repository: Rationale for Defining Scope
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711

Approach to DeveloJ>ing a Ground-Motion Design Basis for a Facilities Important to Safety at Yucca Mountain
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Yucca Mountain Project Prototype Testing
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725

Selection of Geohydrologic Boundaries for Groundwater Flow Models: Yucca Mountain Nevada
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731

Understanding the Problems Associated with Managing Commercial Mixed Low-Level Radioactive Waste
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Chemical Risks from Nuclear Waste Repositories
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Mixed Waste Characterization and Processing
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Chemical Laboratory Hazardous Waste Management at a DOE Multiprogram National Laboratory
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753

Mixed Waste Processing--A Critical Assessment of Available Technologies
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737

Technical and Project Highlights of the Defense Waste Processing Facility
  E. C. Dillman

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Testing a New Cesium-Specific Ion Exchange Resin for Decontamination of Alkaline High-Activity Waste (U)
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753

Double-Shell Tank Waste Pretreatment
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759

Hanford Waste Vitrification Plant Process Description, Process Advancements and Hanford Site Interfaces
  K. R. Shah

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765

Monitored Retrievable Storage at Sellafield
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771

Advanced Joule-Heated Nuclear Waste Glass Melters
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MIXED WASTE TREATMENT
Chair(s): M. Kaczmarsky, WasteChem; L. Borduin, LANL -Co-Chairs

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763

Developments in Solar Photocatalysis for Destruction of Organics in Water
  J. E. Pacheco

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771

Mechanical Design and Fabrication of a Prototype Facility for Processing NaK Using a Chlorine Reaction Method
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777

Treatment of Radioactive Laboratory Waste for Mercury Removal (U)
  A. B. Osteen

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783

Hexone Remediation Demonstration
  W. F. Heine

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789

Developments in Transuranic Element Polishing from Radioactive Wastewaters Using Ferrate (FE04-2) Chemical Technology
  J. P. Deininger

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797

Grout Disposal System for Hanford Site Mixed Waste 797
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803

Solidification by Cementation of Liquid Radioactive Primary Waste Mixes
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TRU PROCESSING, DISPOSAL AND REGULATORY ISSUES
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781

TRU Waste Certification and Trupact - II Payload Verification
  E.K. Hunter

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787

Aspiration Requirements for the Transportation of Retrievably Stored Waste in the Trupact-II Package
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791

A System to Control Contamination During Retrieval of Buried TRU Waste
  G. G. Loomis

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797

Plutonium Inventory Measurements During Decommissioning Operations
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807

Active Neutron Interrogation Devices for Gamma Irradiating Solid Alpha Wastes
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Treatment of Solid Waste Highly Contaminated by Alpha Emitters: Recent Developments of Leaching Process with Continuous Electrolyte Regeneration
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829

A Proposed ASTM Standard Practice for the Prediction of Long- Term Behavior of Waste Package Materials in a Geologic Repository
  I. L. Pegg

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The Structural Integrity of High Level Waste Containers for Deep Disposal
  T. J. Keer

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847

Performance of Borosilicate Glass, Synroc and Spent Fuel as Nuclear Waste Forms
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853

Design & Construction Innovations of the Defense Waste Processing Facility
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861

Release of Powdered Material from Waste Packages
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869

Construction of a Cylindrical Brine Test Room Using a Tunnel Boring Machine
  V. F. Likar

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Coupled Fluid-Flow Modeling of Brines Flowing Through Deforming Salt Around the Excavations for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in the Permian Salado Formation
  M. Wallace

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881

Geochemistry of Salado Formation Brines Recovered from the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) Repository
  R. Abitz

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893

Studies of Radionuclide Sorption by Clays in the Culebra Dolomite at the WIPP Site, Southeastern New Mexico
  M. D. Siegel

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HYDROGEOWGIC CONSIDERATIONS OF RADIOACTIVE DISPOSAL
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903

Blending, Mining and Nuclear Industries at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
  J. R. Walls

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Disposal of Radioactive Waste into Clay Layers the Most Natural Option
  L. H. Baetsle

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915

Simulation of Gas Flow Beneath Yucca Mountain, Nevada, with a Model Based on the Freshwater Head
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Fractured Apache Leap Tuff: Interstitial, Hydraulic, Pneumatic and Thermal Properties
  T. C. Rasmussen

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Long-Term Climatic Stability and the Integrity of a South African Nuclear Waste Site
  S. I. Posnik

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949

Evaporites and Waste Disposal-Criteria for Long-Term Safety
  B. Knipping

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