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Appendix C

Workshop Agenda

Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management and Disposition: A Workshop

October 24–25, 2016
Keck Center
500 5th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001

Monday, October 24

9:00 am	Welcome John Applegate, organizing committee chair Executive Vice President for University Academic Affairs, Indiana University

	Jenny Heimberg, study director Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board, The National Academies

	Opening Remarks Douglas Tonkay Director, Office of Waste Disposal, Office of Environmental Management, Department of Energy (DOE)

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9:15 am	Workshop Background and Objective John Applegate, organizing committee chair

Session 1: The Scope of the LLW Challenge

9:45 am	Categories and Characteristics of Low-Level Waste (LLW) Moderator: Nina Rosenberg, organizing committee member Program Director, Nuclear Nonproliferation and Security, Los Alamos National Laboratory

	Each of three panelists will outline the variety of LLW streams, followed by a moderated, full-panelist discussion.

	Questions for panelists: What are the greatest challenges that you have observed in the management of LLW? What key technical criteria and/or waste characteristics are most important to consider?

	Miklos (Mike) Garamszeghy Design Authority and Manager, Technology Assessment & Planning Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO), Canada

	Lisa Edwards Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)

	Daniel B. Shrum Senior Vice President Regulatory Affairs, EnergySolutions

11:00 am	BREAK

11:15 am	Regulations, Standards, Orders, and Guidance Criteria Moderator: Larry Camper, organizing committee member Nuclear Safety Consultant, Advoco Professional Services, LLC; U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (USNRC), retired

	Each of three panelists will answer a set of questions, followed by a moderated discussion.

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	Questions for the panelists: What are the health, environmental safety, and security bases that led to the generally applicable standards and regulations in your line of work? What are the strengths and weaknesses of the respective approaches?

	Andrew Orrell Section Head for Waste and Environmental Safety, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)

	Thomas Magette Managing Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory Services, LLC

	Mark A. Yeager Environmental Health Manager, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control

12:30 pm	LUNCH

Session 2: Lessons Learned in Establishing LLW Disposition Pathways

1:30 pm	Case Studies of Successful LLW Disposal Solutions Moderator: Rebecca Robbins, organizing committee member Predisposal Unit Head, IAEA

	United States case studies

	Case Study 1: Separations Process Research Unit (SPRU) Tank Waste Sludge Case Study Melanie Pearson Hurley, DOE-EM Headquarters Site Liaison for the SPRU project

	Case Study 2: Low-Level Radioactive Waste Streams Reviewed for Disposal at Nevada National Security Site—Key Criteria, Variation, and Management Greg Lovato Deputy Administrator, Nevada Division of Environmental Protection

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	Questions for the panelists: What were the key characteristics of the waste stream that affected management decisions for waste processing, transportation, storage, and disposal? Why did it work? Lessons learned for management from each example. — waste characteristics (technical) — management practices (process) — regulatory structure (manageable, predictable, consistent) Were there instances in which it almost did not work? What were the obstacles to successful waste management and disposal? — waste characteristics — management practices — regulatory structure

2:30 pm	BREAK

2:45 pm	Case Studies of Successful LLW Disposal Solutions (continued) Moderator: Rebecca Robbins, organizing committee member

	International case studies

	Case Study 3: Canada, Licensing a Low-Level Waste Facility Case Study 4: Deep Geologic Repository for Low- and Intermediate-Level Waste Repository Mike Garamszeghy, NWMO

	Case Study 5: France, Very-Low-Level and Intermediate-Low-Level Waste facilities Gérald Ouzounian, Director, International Division, ANDRA-Agence nationale pour la gestion des déchets radioactifs

	Questions for the panelists: (see questions for U.S. case studies

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Full Workshop Discussion

3:45 pm	Key Characteristics of LLW and Challenging LLW Streams: Initial Discussions John Applegate, organizing committee chair

4:45 pm	Wrap-up John Applegate, organizing committee chair

5:00 pm	ADJOURN

Tuesday, October 25

9:00 am	Welcome John Applegate, organizing committee chair, and Jenny Heimberg, study director

9:10 am	Common Themes from Yesterday’s Discussions (Characteristics and Methodologies) Moderator: John Applegate, organizing committee chair

10:10 am	BREAK

Session 3: Applying Common Themes to Problem Cases

10:25 am	Moderator: John Applegate, organizing committee chair

	Description of the problem case studies by experts:

	Greater than Class C (GTCC) and Commercial Transuranic (TRU) Waste > 100 nCi/g Lawrence R. Jacobi, Jr., Jacobi Consulting Sealed Sources Temeka Taplin, NNSA Clearance or Exempt Waste and Low-Activity Waste (e.g., lowest 10% Class A Waste) Lisa Edwards, Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Incident Waste Will Nichols, INTERA Depleted Uranium (DU) Scott Kirk, BWXT

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10:50 am	BREAK-OUT Session

	Evaluating the Usefulness of Common Themes Applied to Problem Cases

	Organizing committee members and study director to each lead a breakout group.

	Each group will be encouraged to think about the challenges of one particular waste stream in light of previous remarks. What are the characteristics of the wastes? What are the challenges to disposal? How might the proposed methodology or approaches be applied to this WWP category?

12:00 pm	LUNCH

1:00 pm	Summary of Morning Session by Each Group Lead

2:15 pm	BREAK

Session 4: Concluding Discussion

2:30 pm	Full Workshop Discussion Moderator: John Applegate, organizing committee chair

	What have we learned? Do we have the pieces here for an integrated solution/system for LLW without a disposition pathway? Is there information missing that keeps us from developing an integrated solution?

4:00 pm	Concluding Remarks/Reactions from Agencies Douglas Tonkay, DOE-EM

4:15 pm	Wrap-up John Applegate, organizing committee chair

4:30 pm	ADJOURN

Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management and Disposition: Proceedings of a Workshop (2017)

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Appendix C

Workshop Agenda

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