WMS Papers - 1991

 

 

PLENARY - WORKING TOWARD A CLEANER ENVIRONMENT
Chair(s): Jack Ohanian: ANS; Erich R. Merz: KFA -Co-Chairs

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3

The USDOE Environmental Restoration and Waste Management
  Leo P. Duffy

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7

The U.S. Radi~active Waste Management Program: Working Toward a Cleaner Environment
  John W. Bartlett

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11

Mission and Concept of the Nuclear Waste Negotiator
  David H. Leroy

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15

Radioactive Waste Conditioning and Disposal in the United Kingdom
  W. Heafield

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21

Present Status of Reprocessing Waste Conditioning in France
  Maurice Delange

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27

Radioactive Waste Management in Japan
  Atsuyuki Suzuki

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TRANSPORTATION OF NUCLEAR WASTES (TECHNICAL AND NON-TECHNICAL)
Chair(s): Roy Garrison: USDOE -Co-Chair; Richard Yoshimura: SNL -Co-Chair

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3

Developing a Brittle Fracture Acceptance Criterion for Transport Casks for Adoption by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
  Ken B. Sorenson

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7

Parameters Influencing RAM Transport Package Seal Behavior
  Marcella M. Madsen

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13

u.S. Department of Energy's Automated Transportation Management System
  Roy F. Garrison

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21

TRANSNET--A Means of Accessing Hazardous Materials Transportation Models and Databases
  I. W. Cashwell

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27

TRANSAX '90: An Integrated Transportation Emergency Response Exercise Program Involving Transuranic Waste Shipments
  S. Kouba

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31

Cooperative Agreements-The New Age
  M. H. McFadden

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35

Shipping Encapsulated Cs-137 Sources as Special and Normal Form
  E. D. Robbins

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OCRWM PROGRAM OVERVIEW
Chair(s): Larry Ramspott: LLNL; Scott Dam: Weston -Co-Chairs

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33

Applications of Systems Engineering in the Development of the Federal Waste Management System
  H.Jackson Hale

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41

Department of Energy Plans for Developing a Monitored Retrievable Storage Facility
  Ronald A. Milner

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47

External Participation in the U.S. Civilian Radioactive Waste Management Program
  Robert Terrell

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51

Overview of DOE/OCRWM Cooperative Programs with Other Countries
  William Danker

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57

OCR WM Cask System Development Program
  Christopher Kouts

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REGULATORY ASPECTS OF NEW REMEDIATION TECHNOLOGIES
Chair(s): Harry Babad: WHC -Co-Chair; Susan Bilhorn: USNRC -Co-Chair

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43

Introducing New Technologies into Today's Cleanup Arena
  Roy E. Gephart

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51

Incorporating Regulatory Considerations into Waste Treatment Technology Development
  M. R. Siegel

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57

Regulatory Barriers to Hazardous Waste Technology Innovation
  T. L. Kuusinen

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61

Establishing Site-Specific Performance Standards: The Key to Matching Innovative Technologies to Superfund Sites
  John J. Barich III

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ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE RDDT&E PROGRAM
Chair(s): L. H. Harmon: USDOE; L. Dean Eyman: Waste Policy Institute -Co-Chairs

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65

Program Overview of the Office of Technology Development
  C. W. Frank

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69

Technology Development to Clean Up Contaminated Soil and Groundwater
  T.Anderson

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73

Technology Development for Waste Retrieval and Waste Processing Through Integrated Demonstrations
  J. M. Lankford

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77

Restoring the Environment and Managing Waste Through Minimization and Avoidance
  F. E. Kosinski

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83

Achieving Faster, Better, Cheaper Compliance Through Integrated Demonstrations and Integrated Programs
  C. Cooley

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89

Cross-Cutting Technology Support Through a Focused Program of Applied R&D for Robotics
  A. C. Heywood

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93

Opportunities to Work with DOE's New Technology Integration Program in Environmental Management
  Claire H. Sink

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REGULATORY EXPERIENCE WITH THE HIGH LEVEL WASTE PROGRAM
Chair(s): Susan Bilhorn: USNRC -Co-Chair; Harry Babad: WHC -Co-Chair

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Paper Title & Author

67

Status and Outlook for the USEP A'S Environmental Standards for Management and Disposal of Environmental Standards for the Management and Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fue~ High-Level and Transuranic Radioactive Wastes (40 CPR Part 191)
  Raymond L. Clark

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73

Economic Aspects of EPA's HL W Draft Proposed Regulation
  C. Elliot Foutes

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83

The NRC Regulatory and Safety Philosophy as Applied to a High-Level Waste Repository
  Joseph J. Holonich

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CHANGING THE USDOE CULTURE
Chair(s): Margery Olson: SAIC -Co-Chair; Tom Smith: EG&G-ID -Co-Chair

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Paper Title & Author

91

A Social Psychological Analysis of the Practice of Science. The Problem of Military Nuclear Waste Management
  W. F. Lawless

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97

Communications Training: A Key to Public Acceptance of Remedial Action Projects
  Charles Hundertmark

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103

Lessons Learned from DOE Site Culture Change Activities: Implications for Waste Management Organizations
  Harold A. Kurstedt Jr.

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SETTIING PRIORITES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION
Chair(s): Tom Cotton: JK Research Associates Inc.; B. Vriguex: SGN -Co-Chairs

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101

A Federal Budgetary View of Prioritizing Federal Cleanup Efforts
  Neile L. Miller

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105

A Priority System for DOE Environmental Restoration
  T. P. Longo

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111

The OTA View of Priority-Setting
  Emilia L. Govan

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115

Prioritizing DOD Hazardous Waste Sites for Cleanup
  Marcia W. Read

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120

Building Better Cost and Schedule Estimates for ER Projects: A Review of USDOE's HAZRISKÆ Study
  Brett R. Schroeder

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RISK ASSESSMENTS FOR DISPOSAL AND CLEANUP
Chair(s): W. Eder: TUV -Co-Chair; R. E. Lerch: WHC -Co-Chair

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115

Technical Basis for Establishing Residual Radioactive Concentrations
  W. E. Kennedy Jr.

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121

Radiological Surveys: Methods, Criteria and Their Implementation
  G. Subbaraman

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129

Performance Assessment for Disposal of Radioactive Waste at Clive Utah
  R. Baird

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137

Chemical and Radiological Risk Assessment Techniques
  L.M. Sims

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143

Qualitative Post-Closure Assessment of Shallow Disposal Facilities
  P. Kane

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149

Ecological Risk Assessment for the DOE Fernald Facility
  C. S. Duke

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DECOMMISSIONING IMPACTS ON WASTE MANAGEMENT
Chair(s): Cedric Mogg: UK Nirex Ltd.; Sue Mitchell: PNL -Co-Chairs

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Paper Title & Author

123

Decontamination and Decommissioning Methods and Management of the Resultant Waste Products
  William W. Scott

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131

New Emphasis of IAEA's Program on Decommissioning
  Pabitra L. De

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137

In-Situ Decommissioning-You Can Take It or Leave It
  F. H. Passant

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143

Outline of Chinese uclear Reactors Decommissioning
  Dong Yin

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149

The Experimental Boiling Water Reactor (EBWR) Decontamination and Decommissioning (D&D) Project
  Lawrence E. Boing

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155

Decontamination and Decommissioning of a Plant for the Uranium Recovery from Wet-Process Phosphoric Acid
  Da-Ping Wang

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163

Decommissioning Impacts on Waste Management
  S. Buck

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171

Decontamination and Melting Test for Metal Wastes in JPDR Decommissioning Project-Toward Recycling of LLW
  K. Fujiki

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QUALITY ASSURANCE AND QUALITY CONTROL IN NUCLEAR WASTE MANAGEMENT
Chair(s): W. Metz: ANL -Co-Chair; Ed Johnson: ERJ & Assoc. -Co-Chair

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Paper Title & Author

159

Total Data Quality-The Trend of the '90's
  Kenneth A. Meyer

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165

Free Releasing Scrap From 22 Fuel Flask Transport Wagons to the Scrap Metal Market Quality Assurance Aspects
  S. P. Burke

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169

Application of Mtiltivariate Statistical Process Control (MSPC) to the West Valley Slurry-Fed Ceramic Melter Process
  B. M. Wise

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177

Leadership Through Quality--Total Quality Management Initiative at the United States Department of Energy's Albuquerque Operations Office
  Dennis L. Krenz

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181

Quality Control Aspects in the Treatment, Storage and Disposal of Low Level Wastes in Germany
  Eder W. Waldburg

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185

Waste Management R&D Quality Assurance: An Alternative Approach
  D. A. Brosseau

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TRU WASTE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
Chair(s): Mark Frei: USDOE; Jack B. Tillman: Stoller -Co-Chairs

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Paper Title & Author

181

Managing Transuranic Waste at the DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex
  Robert P. Morgan

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187

The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant 1990-1991: Prerequisites to Initiation of Transuranic (TRU) Waste Experiments
  Arlen E. Hunt

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191

Status of the WIPP Project
  Robert H. Neill

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199

Waste Characterization Requirements for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Program
  M.Duff

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205

Summary and Status of TR U Waste Characterization
  P. E. Drez

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211

The Conditions of the No-Migration Determination for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
  R. Kehnnan

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CHARACTERIZATION OF YUCCA MOUNTAIN AS A HLW DISPOSAL SITE
Chair(s): Russ McFarland: NWTRB -Co-Chair; Scott Dam: Weston -Co-Chair

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Paper Title & Author

195

The Last Twelve Months at Yucca Mountain: A Year of Preparation, Waiting and Progress
  Carl P. Gertz

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201

Overview of the Geology and Hydrology of the Yucca Mountain Area and a Summary of the u.S. Geological Survey on-Going Studies for the Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project
  A. Buono

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215

Dry DrilJing and Coring Development for Unsaturated Zone Studies
  Roy C. Long

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221

Using a Systems Engineering Process to Develop Engineered Barrier System Design Concepts
  L. J. Jardine

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TRU TREATMENT FACILITIES
Chair(s): Earl w. McDaniel: ORNL; Gary Dukelow: WHC -Co-Chairs

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Paper Title & Author

219

An Overview of the ORNL Waste Handling & Packaging Plant
  R. C. Mason

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221

Waste Handling and Packaging Plant Development Support
  J. B. Berry

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229

Waste Handling & Packaging Plant Project Description
  D. W. Turner

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233

Hydrogen Explosion Testing with a Simulated Transuranic Drum (U)
  Keith L. Dykes

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239

Development of Bagless Transfer System for Standard Waste Boxes
  S. Brock Presgrove

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245

Overview of the Waste Receiving and Processing (WRAP) Facility Project
  R. I. Roberts

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249

Waste Receiving and Processing (WRAP) Facility Project Status
  J. A. Swenson

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251

Waste Receiving and Processing (WRAP) Facility Technology
  J. L. Scott

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259

Plasma Processing of Compacted Drums of Simulated Radioactive Waste
  Ray Geimer

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LLW MANAGEMENT: COMPACT STATUS LICENSE APPLICATION LITIGATION
Chair(s): A. Jennrich: RAE -Co-Chair; Steven C. Vorndran: Weston -Co-Chair

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Paper Title & Author

229

Conformity of Guidance on Low-Level Waste Disposal Facilities with the Requirements of 10 CFR Part 61
  John T. Greeves

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233

A Revised Approach to LLW Facility Development
  John D. Randall

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237

Low- Level Waste Litigation: Current Status and Future Developments
  Donald J. Silverman

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243

Anticipated Problems with Interim Storage of Low-Level Radioactive Waste Generated by Biomedical Research Programs
  George R. Holeman

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247

Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility Design Using Modular Concrete Canisters for All Waste
  R. Baird

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253

Lessons Learned During Review of the First Above Grade Concrete Facility for LLRW Disposal
  Jay D. Ringenberg

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259

Licensing the California Low-Level Waste Disposal Facility--Charting a New Course
  R. Junkert

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RISK COMMUNICATION-THE KEY TO PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE
Chair(s): D. E. Wood: WHC; M. E. Ginniff: UK Nirex -Co-Chairs

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Paper Title & Author

267

Risk Communication
  John F. Aheame

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273

Risk Communication: If It Goes Two Ways How Will We Ever Meet?
  Susan Wiltshire

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277

NRC's Below Regulatory Concern Policy: A Challenge in Risk Communication
  Carol A. Peabody

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283

Creating Consensus on Radiation and Radioactive Waste Issues
  John William McKlveen

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289

Negotiating Risks--Public Attitudes Toward Risk-Based Decision Making
  Patricia J. Serie

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295

Risk Communication: A Social Requisite Approach
  George Cvetkovich

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POSTER-LLW PROCESSING
Chair(s): R. W. Miller: EG&G -Co-Chair; Bill Hewitt: Chern-Nuclear -Co-Chair

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Paper Title & Author

267

Solid Radioactive Waste Processing System for Light Water Cooled Reactor Plants An Update on ANS-55.1
  Wesley J. Price

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271

Waste Processing of Chemical Cleaning Solutions
  G.A. Peters

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281

Chemical Removal of Organic Phase Cobalt-60 From Turbine Lubricating Oil
  Robert A. Fjeld

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287

Concentration and Behavior of 129I, 99Tc, and 14C in Low-Level Radioactive Wastes from Commercial Nuclear Power Stations
  D. E. Robertson

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295

The Effect of Quick Freeze Pretreatment on Grinding of Spent Organic lon-Exchange Resins
  Sung Paal Yim

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299

Modification to Convert the Byron Nuclear Power Station High-Pressure Holdup Gaseous Radwaste System to a Low-Pressure Ambient Temperature Charcoal Delay System
  H. S. Elguindy

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307

Development of Hydrophilic Hollow Fiber Filter and Its Application to Nuclear Power Plants
  S. Seki

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311

Modernization of the ARAK Radioactive Waste Treatment Plant
  E. Friesen

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315

Design, Assembly and Calibration of a Radwaste Barrel Scanning System
  Alan D. Miller

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317

Advanced Waste Handling Technology Developed for COGEMA's Spent Fuel Reprocessing Plant at La Hague
  Bernard Singer

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321

Surry Power Station Radwaste Facility: A Planned Approach to Liquid and Solid Radwaste Processing
  Ronald K. Bayer

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329

The Statistical Analysis for the Characteristics of Low-Level Wastes Generated From PWR
  Young Min Kim

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337

The Reduction of Man Access Into Nuclear Plants by Effective Design and the Application of Fault Tree Analysis
  K Branton

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343

Calcite Solid Solution Formation and Carbonation Effects on the Radionuclide Release From Concrete Waste Forms
  John C. Walton

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351

Reduced Particulate and Colloidal Cobalt Activity in Liquid Radwaste
  K. L. James

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359

Cement as a Stabilization Media
  J. Jeffrey

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365

Development of an In-Line Grout Meter for Mix-Ratio Verification
  G. D. Del Cul

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371

Development of Fibre Reinforced Concrete Overpacks in France
  Richard Pech

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375

State-of-the-Art Nuclear Laundry Waste Water Treatment System
  D. Hayashi

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381

Conditioning of Spent Ion Exchange Resins by Embedding in Compound Matrices
  C. J. Kertesz

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387

The Storage of Miscellaneous Beta Gamma Waste at Sellafleld
  Hywel G. Lewis

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391

Formula Determination for the Solidification of Spent Resin it
  S. J. Shiao

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397

Incineration of Ion Exchange Resins from Nuclear Power Plants
  St. Halaszovich

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OVERSIGHT PANELS IN THE NUCLEAR WASTE MANAGEMENT DECISION MAKING PROCESS
Chair(s): Jack Parry: NWrRB; R. L. Greyell: FEARO -Co-Chairs

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Paper Title & Author

301

Rethinking High-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal: How Do We Get There From Here?
  Peter B. Myers

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307

Nuclear Fuel Waste Disposal: Canada's Environmental Review Begins
  Robert L. Greyell

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311

Assess and Advise: A Decade of Evaluation of the Canadian Nuclear Fuel Waste Management Program
  L. W. Shemilt

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321

The General Accounting Office and the Nuclear Waste Issue
  Dwayne E. Weigel

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325

An Overview of OTA's Work on Evaluating the Weapons Complex Cleanup Program
  Peter A. Johnson

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327

The Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board: lts Origin, Organization, and Activities
  Don U. Deere

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331

DOE Advisory Committee for Nuclear Facility Safety (ACNFS)
  John F. Aheame

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339

The Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
  Dade W. Moeller

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345

Purpose, Scope, and Actions of Oversight Panels and Their Role in the Decision-Making Process: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Science Advisory Board
  Kathleen Conway

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SOCIAL FACTORS AND COMMUNICATION OF NUCLEAR WASTE MANAGEMENT ISSUES
Chair(s): Linda Ulland: Bechtel; T. B. Veneziano: WHC -Co-Chairs

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Paper Title & Author

353

How Does One Communicate "Isolation of Wastes from People and Environments?"
  Harley Reno

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359

Public Concerns About Radioactive Waste Transport Through Oregon
  Mary Lou Blazek

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365

Effective Community Relations: A Key to Successful Environmental Restoration
  Karen S. Scotti

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373

Low-Level Radioactive Waste is a Technical Issue
  Janis D. Stelluto

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377

The Socioeconomic Impacts of Chem-Nuclear's Low-Level Waste Disposal Facility on Barnwell County
  Mary R. English

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383

Radioactive Waste Shipments and Tribal Concerns
  Edward Liebow

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EDUCATION NEEDS (K THROUGH PH.D.) AND INITIATIVES FOR CAREERS IN WASTE MANAGEMENT
Chair(s): Susan Prestwich, USDOE; Ed Albenesius, SRL

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Paper Title & Author

393

Environmental Restoration and Waste Management Educational Activities Status
  Clyde W. Frank

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397

A University Internship Program in Radioactive Waste Management
  Frank L. Parker

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411

Meeting OCRWM's Multiple Missions Through Initiatives to Increase Scientific Literacy
  Ginger P. King

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413

The Achievements of a U niversity- National Laboratory Waste-Management Education & Research Consortium
  Darrell Bandy

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419

Education Initiatives and Cooperative Environmental Management Research of the Pilot DOE/University Partnership in South Carolina
  M. E. Meadows

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425

Development of Educational Programs for Environmental RestorationlWaste Management at Two Department of Energy Sites
  Robert J. Harrison

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431

Developing a Graduate Program in Nuclear Waste Management/Facility Restoration
  Robert E. Berlin

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437

Experience in Presenting Short Courses in Waste Management Technologies for Secondary Science and Mathematics Teachers
  W. J. Toth

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POSTER-LLW DISPOSAL AND HYDROGEOLOGIC PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT
Chair(s): Kay Whitfield: USDOE -Co-Chair; M. Salah Abdelhamid: Weston -Co-Chair

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Paper Title & Author

403

Low-Level Waste Shallow Land Burial Source Term Waste Form Leaching Model Development for the BLT Computer Code
  T. M. Sullivan

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411

Below Regulatory Concern Analysis for Liquid and Soft Waste
  R. Baird

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419

Performance Assessment of a Mixed Waste DÉ?sposal Facility Located in a Humid Environmen
  R. Baird

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427

Implementation of a Mixed Waste Disposal Facility
  Colleen B. Owens

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435

Radiological Characterization of Skyshine from a Retired Low-Level Radioactive Liquid Effluent Disposal Facility at Hanford
  R. C. Brown

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441

Environmental Site Characterization for the Central Interstate Compact Low Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility
  Kathleen S. Pool

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447

Effect of Leachant Chemical Composition and Ph on Lechability of Cement -Solidified Decontamination Ion- Exchange Resin Waste
  Charles V. McIsaac

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457

The Effect of Autogenous Healing on the Penetration of Cesium-137 Through Cracks in Cementitious Barrier Materials
  Robert R. Landolt

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461

Concrete Longevity Overview
  Wallace Chang

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467

Economic Analysis of LLR W Disposal Compact Progress
  Thomas P. Hanrahan

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475

Financial Risk Management Issues for Low Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facilities
  Donald B. Kamer

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481

An Integrated Hydrologic and Geologic Study to Support Monitoring Compliance and Environmental Restoration Activities on the U.S. Department of Energy Oak Ridge Reservation
  C. Stephen Haase

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487

Three-Dimensional Simulation of Ground Water Flow and Contaminant Transport at the Reactor Areas of the Savannah River Site
  Mark D. Taylor

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497

Two-Phase Flow in Partially Saturated Tuff
  K Thomas Feldman Jr.

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503

Two-Phase Nonisothermal Hydrologic Transport Studies at the Apache Leap Tuff Field Site
  T. C. Rasmussen

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507

Evolution of Hydrologic Systems and Brine Geochemistry in a Deforming Salt Medium: Data from WIPP Brine Seeps
  D.E.Deal

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517

Ground Water Analysis of the Proposed Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Site in Martinsville Illinois
  Kevin I. Kuelske

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525

A First Approximation for Modeling the Liquid Diffusion Pathway at the Greater Confmement Disposal Facilities
  N. E. Olague

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533

A Comparison Between Simple and Detailed Methods for Analyzing Releases of Radionuclides to Ground Water from Low-Level Waste Facilities
  Matthew W. Kozak

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539

Control of Water Inftltration into Near Surface LLW Disposal Units-Progress Report on Field Experiments at a Humid Region Site, Beltsville Maryland
  Edward O'Donnell

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555

Geochronologic Study of Clay Minerals from WIPP: Implications for Site Stability
  D. G. Brookins

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563

Pretest Characterization of WIPP Experimental Waste
  J. Johnson

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571

Scaffold Management-A New Era
  D. Presley

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575

Removal of Underground Piping Decommissioning of Buried Radiation-Contaminated Pipes- Procedure Used at the La Hague Spent Fuel Reprocessing Plant (France)
  M. F. Bodin

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581

Waste Management Aspects of the Spent Fuel Pool Rerack at Indian Point Unit #2
  M. l. Spall

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REGULATORY IMPACTS ON MIXED WASTES
Chair(s): Steve Cowan: USDOE-HQ; Nancy Rothermich: HAZWRAD -Co-Chairs

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Paper Title & Author

445

An Update of NRC Mixed Waste Activities
  Dominick A. Orlando

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451

Identifying and Resolving Inconsistencies Between Atomic Energy Act and RCRA Requirements
  Rodney F. Lorang

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459

Permitting of the Hanford Waste Vitrification Plant
  J. H. LaRue

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465

The Herfa-Neurode Hazardous Waste Repository in Bedded Salt as an Operating Model for Safe Mixed Waste Disposal
  N. T. Rempe

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469

Mischaracterizing P - and U - Listed Used Items as Hazardous Waste (E.g. Beryllium)
  Leanne W. Smith

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473

Radioactive Medical Waste: Two Regulations One Waste No Outlet?
  Amy Wilkerson

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SAVANNAH RIVER SITE-ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION AND WASTE MANAGEMENT FOR THE NEW DECADE
Chair(s): D. L. McIntosh: WSRC; L. C. Sjostrom: USDOE -Co-Chairs

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Paper Title & Author

481

The Savannah River Site (SRS) Integrated Approach to Environmental Restoration and Waste Management
  C. R. Shennan

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489

Integration of Statutory Provisions of NEPA RCRA and CERCLA at the Savannah River Site
  D. E. Gordon

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495

Waste Reduction at the Savannah River Site (U)
  W. E. Stevens

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505

Concepts for Detritiation of Waste Liquids
  Charles M. King

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517

Closure of a Mixed Waste Landfill-Lessons Learned
  M.A. Phifer

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527

Field Demonstration of In-Situ Air Stripping Using Horizontal Wells
  B. B. Looney

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537

Application of High Level Waste-Glass Technology to the Volume Reduction and Immobilization of TRU Low Level and Mixed Wastes (U)
  D. F. Bickford

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THE USDOE 5-YEAR PLAN: A STUDY IN COMPROMISE
Chair(s): Clyde Frank: USDOE; Tom Hindman: VPI-MSL -Co-Chairs

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Paper Title & Author

549

A Tribal Perspective on the U.S. Department of Energy Five-Year Plan for Environmental Restoration and Waste Management
  Delano Saluskin

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553

A Regulator's Perspective on the Five-Year Plan Process or "Can You Really Turn a Battleship on a Dime?"
  Maury Walsh

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557

Culture Change at the Operational Level: Some Observations About Oak Ridge
  Ben Smith

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561

Selected Issues on Recent U.S. DOE Environmental Activities
  Michael I. Burkhart

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565

Assessing the Impact of the STGWG on DOE's Five-Year Plan: Observations and Recommendations
  Daniel S. Miller

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ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION TECHNOWGIES-CONCEPTS AND DEMONSTRATIONS
Chair(s): Pat Whitfield, USDOE; David Waits, Ebasco - Co-Chairs

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Paper Title & Author

569

Innovative Technologies and Unit Operations Available for Potential in Situ and Ex Situ Treatment of Waste and Residuals for Hanford Single-Shell Tanks
  T. I. McLaughlin

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579

Environmental Restoration Program Interim Action Case Studies
  Berg KeShlan Jr.

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587

Technical and Managerial Approaches to Groundwater Restoration at UMTRA Project Sites
  William A. Glover

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593

Comprehensive Strategy for Corrective Actions at the Savannah River Site General Separations Area
  Martha A. Ebra

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599

In-Situ Bioremediation Technological Innovation Core Recovery System and Bench Scale Study Testing at the Sandia National Laboratory: Livermore California
  James L. Craig

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603

Vitrified Underground Barriers
  John S. Tlrier

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613

In Situ Vitrification-Application to Buried Waste
  R. A. Callow

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POSTER-LOW LEVEL WASTE, ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION & TRANSPORTATION
Chair(s): R. D. Izatt: USDOE-RL -Co-Chair; H. E. McGuire: WHC -Co-Chair

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Paper Title & Author

591

Waste Management of Contaminated Crops After a LWR Accident
  A. Jouve

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597

Use of Geoprocessing Techniques in Quantifying Radiological Exposure Assessments
  R. Keith Owenby

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603

Low-Level Liquid Waste Disposal at the Savannah River Site: A Large Scale Demonstration of Saltstone
  Sue B. Clark

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611

Radon Suppression in Storage Silos at the United States Department of Energy Feed Material Production Center: Fernald Ohio
  Roger R. Land

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619

Sampling of Detention Ponds in Support of the Environmental Restoration Program at Rocky Flats
  Michelle Rehmann

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627

Underground Storage Tank Remediation by Use of In Situ Vitrification
  Leo Thompson

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635

Decommissioning and Disposal of 22 Fuel Flask Transport Wagons
  S. P. Burke

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639

Waste Management and Environmental Compliance Aspects of a Major Remedial Action Program
  Jas S. Devgun

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645

Dismantling and Closure Plan of an Inactive Uranium Mill Facility in Spain
  M. C. Ruiz Lopez

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651

Remedial Action Contractor Responsiveness: Dewatering and the IPS During Construction at the Durango Disposal Cell
  Marjorie L. Wesley

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657

Borated Stainless Steels (ASTM A887-88) A Comparison of Grade A-Neutrosorb Plus and Grade B-Neutrosorb
  Robert S. Brown

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665

Low- Level Radioactive Waste Transport 18 Years Experience
  T. Duberville

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671

Containers for the Transportation of Radioactive Liquid Wastes
  Jean-Michael Troude

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679

An Analysis of Parameters Affecting Slapdown of Transportation Packages
  V. L. Bergmann

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685

Vent Hood Concept for Safety Unloading Trupact-IIs
  C. R. Kelley

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689

Hanford Site Transuranic Waste Container Integrity
  D. R. Duncan

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695

Sensitivities of Alpha Continuous Air Monitors for Detection of Airborne 239pu
  C. V. McIsaac

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707

Results of the First Thirty Foot Drop Test of the Mosaik KFK Cask
  K. Bo Sorenson

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715

The Michigan Site Selection Process for a Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility
  Beth A. Rogers

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RADIOACTIVE WASTE MINIMIZATION TREATMENT AND PROCESSING
Chair(s): Mark T. Vandale: Yankee Atomic; Larry P. Leach: EG&G -Co-Chairs

Page No.

Paper Title & Author

625

Waste Minimization at the Department of Energy's Hanford Site
  D. W. Lindsey

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631

Waste Minimization Activities in the Nuclear Weapons Complex
  John A. Marchetti

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639

Compaction of Ion Exchange Resins to Reduce Volume
  K W.Rose

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643

Chlorinated Solvent Substitution Program at the Oak Ridge Y -12 Plant
  Lisa M. Thompson .

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649

Comparison of Liquid Waste Processing and Waste Solidification Techniques Used at Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station
  T. P. Hillmer

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655

Demonstration of the Viability to Sort, Incinerate and Ash Treat Y -12 Combustible Solid Low Level Waste
  M. L Morris

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659

Hydrogen Peroxide as a Liquid Radwaste Pretreatment on the Duke Power System
  Brian Cauthen

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665

Solidification of Ion Exchange Resin Using Fiber Reinforced Cement
  Masami Matsuda

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671

Spent Fuel Management in the USSR and New Ways to Solve the Problem of Long-Lived Technogeneous Radionuclides
  N. N. Egorov

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POSTER-HLW AND TRU WASTE MANAGEMENT
Chair(s): John Deichman: WHC; Walt Frankhauser: BDM -Co-Chairs

Page No.

Paper Title & Author

677

Copper and Copper Alloys as Containers for Radioactive Waste Disposal: A Critical Review of the Pub1i1ihed Data
  Konrad Kundig

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695

Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Air Monitoring Program Design for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
  M. Crawley

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705

Radon Monitoring at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
  L. S. Pendlebury

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711

Utilization of Agitated Thin-Film Evaporators for Concentration of Transuranic Sodium Nitrate-Based Sludges
  I. F. Walker

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717

Electrostatic Curtain Experiments
  L. C.Meyer

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723

Rapid Monitoring for Transuranic Contamination During Buried Waste Retrieval
  G. G. Loomis

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729

Special Features of Nuclear Waste Repository Ventilation System Vis-A-Vis Experiences at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
  S. C. Sethi

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735

Design and Construction Issues Associated with Sealing of a Repository in Salt
  R. Cook

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743

The Underground Retrievable Storage (URS) High-Level Waste Management Concept
  Lawrence D. Ramspott

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749

Activity Removal From Liquid Streams by Seeded Ultraflltration
  E. W.Hooper

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755

Engineering and Design Aspects of a High Level Radioactive Waste Evaporato
  J.A. Wilusz

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759

Decomposition of Tetraphenylborate
  M.J.Bames

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763

Decontamination of a Benzene Waste Stream Containing Cs-137 and Diphenylmercury
  Jane P. Bibler

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767

Determination of Noble Metals in Savannah River Site High-Level Radioactive Sludge
  C. J. Coleman

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773

Retrievable Interim Solidification of High Level Liquid Waste
  Yasuo Hirose

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781

Processing Nuclear Waste for Isotope Production
  F. H. Chang

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789

Need for an Advanced HLL W Fixation Matrix
  E. R. Men

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795

Exclusion of Foreign Materials from DWPF Canistered Waste Forms. Compliance Activities for the WAPS
  John R. Harbour

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799

Calciner Pilot Plant Waste Minimization Practices at the ICPP
  C. J. Herzog

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803

Pyroprocessing as a Waste Management Strategy
  W. H. Hannum

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807

Corrosion Protection for the In-Tank Processing of High-Level Nuclear Waste At the Savannah River Site (U)
  David T. Hobbs

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815

Waste Management in IFR Fuel Cycle
  T. R. Johnson

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821

Design & Operational Experience of the NUHOMS_Åá -24P Spent Fuel Storage Syst
  W. J. McConaghy

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829

BWR Fuel Consolidation
  Ivan F. Stuart

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835

Decision Analysis Used in the Preliminary Selection of an Independent Spent Fuel Storage Installation for the Taiwan Power Company
  Ge-ping Yu

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LLW CHARACTERIZATION AND CLASSIFICATION
Chair(s): Tom Hanrahan: USE -Co-Chair; Dick Bruce: DT -Co-Chair

Page No.

Paper Title & Author

723

Determining the "R" in ALARA: A Parametric Study to Establish Cleanup Criteria
  R. Bonilla

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729

Waste Characterization and Control Arrangements Associated with Solid Low-Level Waste Consignments to the UK Drigg Disposal Site
  P. D. Grimwood

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735

Acceptance Criteria and Their Evaluation Techniques for Solidified Waste Forms
  In-Suk Suh

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741

Studies of the Influence of Complexing Agents on Cobalt and Uranium Leaching From Simulated Low and Intermediate-Level Cemented Waste Forms
  Peter Vejmelka

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747

Results of Field Testing of Waste Forms Using Lysimeters
  John W. McConnell

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SYSTEMS ANALYSIS FOR NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL AND WASTE PROCESSING
Chair(s): Jas Devgun: ANL -Co-Chair; Tom Woods: WHC -Co-Chair

Page No.

Paper Title & Author

757

Improved Modeling of Engineered Barriers for Low-Level Waste Disposal
  Rob Shuman

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763

Design Analysis of Engineered Alternatives for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
  J. Myers

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773

Overview of a Performance Assessment ~Iethodology for Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facilities
  Matthew W. Kozak

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779

Expert System Applications to Radwaste Processing Facilities
  K. Tanaka

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BUSINESS ISSUES IN WASTE MANAGEMENT
Chair(s): Sheila Little: Fluor Daniel -Co-Chair; Troy Wade: AWC-Lockheed -Co-Chair

Page No.

Paper Title & Author

787

An Operational Framework for Education and Training in the Waste Management Industry and Workforce 2000
  Cheryl J. Dobbins

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795

Integrated Evaluation of LL W Disposal Facility Financial Assurance Needs
  R. Baird

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803

The Role of Small Business in DOE's Environmental Restoration Programs: A Look at Buyer and Seller Perspectives
  M. H. Raudenbush

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805

Business Decisions for Foreign Companies
  R. A. Langley

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HIGH-LEVEL WASTES PROCESSING AND PACKAGING (INCLUDING GTCC WASTES)
Chair(s): Bala Nair: WEC; J. Ed Day: JGC -Co-Chairs

Page No.

Paper Title & Author

843

Managing High-Level Waste at the DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex
  Robert P. Morgan

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847

Hanford High-Activity Waste Tank Safety Issues
  Harry Babad

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855

Evaluation of Remote Smearing of DWPF Canistered Waste Forms (U)
  Charles H. Payne

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861

The Disposal of Orphan Wastes Using the Greater ~onfinement Disposal Concept
  E.J. Bonano

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869

NRC GTCC Waste Activities
  Steven L. Baggett

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875

Alternatives for Treatment, Storage and Disposal of Greater- Than-Class ~ Low- Level Waste at West Valley NY
  Wayne A. Ross

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MIXED WASTE CHARACTERIZATION TREATMENT AND MANAGEMENT
Chair(s): Leo Borduin: LANL; R. D. Wojtasek -Co-Chairs

Page No.

Paper Title & Author

885

Thermal Treatment Technology Study and Data 1ESase for Department of Energy Mixed Waste
  Robert L. Gillins

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891

Off-Site Treatment of Hazardous and Mixed Wastes for the Department of Energy Facilities
  Sidney P. du Mont III

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897

Remedial Action Assessment System-A ~omputer-1ESased Methodology for Conducting Feasibility Studies
  Michael K. White

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903

Outline of the J G~ On-Site Stabilization Process
  S. Goetsch

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909

Design Considerations for a Ten Million Dollar Mixed Waste Treatability Laboratory
  W. E. Wannemacher

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913

Proposal for Management of 1ESiomeclicaI Mixed Wastes
  Ilona Linins

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MIXED WASTE CHARACTERIZATION TREATMENT AND MANAGEMENT II
Chair(s): John Lehr: USDOE; Gary Benda: Chern-Nuclear -Co-Chairs

Page No.

Paper Title & Author

919

The Ergonomics of Chemical Control at the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station
  Kent Anderson

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927

Incineration of Very Low Radioactivity OiVSolvent Mixtures at an Off-Site Fossil Station
  Chang Fu Lan

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931

Supercritical Water Oxidation for Treatment of Mixed Wastes
  Cheryl K Roler

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935

Management of Mixed Waste Gas Cylinders at Los Alamos National Laboratory
  Stanley M. Hodges Jr.

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941

Application of Sphagnum Peat, Calcium Carbonate and Hydrated Lime for Immobilizing Radioactive and Hazardous Contaminants in the Subsurface
  P. A. Longmire

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949

Radiation and Chemical Degradation of Halogenated Organic Components Possibly Present in Mixed Waste
  N. Wilkins

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959

Determination of Toxic Organic Substances in Cement-Fixed Mixed Waste
  J. Fachinger

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965

Extraction of TPE and RE From Nitric Acid Solutions by Mixtures of Chlorated Cobalt Dicarbollide with Polyoxocompounds
  E. G. Kudryavtsev

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