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WM2021 THEME
REDUCING RISK
THROUGH SOUND
TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS
7-11
PARTICIPATE AS A
PRESENTER, EXHIBITOR, SPONSOR & ATTENDEE!
JOIN US AT WM2021, THE PREMIERE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
FOR MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL AND RELATED TOPICS. MARCH
Connect with over 900 different organizations and over 2,000 radwaste
management professionals from more than 35 countries. Be a part of the
2021
hundreds of technical presentations, the comprehensive exhibits, and the
opportunities to meet with a wide spectrum of industry leaders all in one
place.
The annual WM Conference is presented by WM Symposia (WMS), a non-
profit organization dedicated to education and opportunity in radwaste
management. WMS provides a preeminent technical forum for discussions
on safe, environmentally responsible, technically-sound and cost-effective
solutions to the management and disposition of radioactive waste. The
WMS platform is dedicated to enhancing the transparency and credibility #WM2021
of the global radioactive waste industry.WM SYMPOSIA 2021 • PHOENIX CONVENTION CENTER • MARCH 7-11, 2021 • WMSYM.ORG • +1 4 80 -557- 026 3
WM2021 IMPORTANT DATES
July 24, 2020 Deadline for Returning Exhibitors to Secure the Discounted Booth Rate
August 28, 2020 Abstract Submission Deadline
Opening of Exhibit Booth and Attendee Registration
September 20 - 22, 2020 Program Development Meeting (PDM) held in Phoenix by the PAC Volunteers
October 9, 2020 Authors Notified of Acceptance
November 13, 2020 Deadline for Full-length Draft Papers and Student Poster Abstracts
January 8, 2021 Early Bird Registration Deadline
Exhibit & Sponsor Final Payments Deadline
Final Papers, Copyrights, and Posters Deadline
Abstract Deadline On Emerging Topics for the Wednesday Non-Paper Poster Session
February 12, 2021 PowerPoint Presentations Due for All Presenters
March 7 – 11, 2021 WM2021 Conference at The Phoenix Convention Center
Registration for WM2021 will open with the lowest rate available on August 28, 2020, so do not wait to register. Hotel rooms will be
available at the WMS discounted rate once registration opens. Please visit the our website and book your hotel room early.
WM2021 WILL CONTINUE THE GROWTH AND FOCUS OF YOUNG PROFESSIONALS
SUPPORTING THE FUTURE OF THE RADWASTE MANAGEMENT INDUSTRY
The Roy G. Post Foundation will continue to award scholarships to help students achieve their academic goals and provide financial
support for students to attend the conference. WMS and the Roy G. Post Foundation have given over $4 Million in scholarships and
student support.
The Student Poster Competition is open to full-time students under the age of 36 by (March 11, 2021) and enrolled in secondary
educational programs in technical or policy fields with the objective of contributing to the safe management of nuclear materials.
This Poster session will be judged on Monday, March 8, 2021; posters will remain on display through Tuesday evening. Winners will
be announced and presented with $500 cash at the Tuesday Honors & Awards Luncheon on March 9, 2021. As there will be a limited
number of posters accepted into the competition, we recommend submitting your abstract early.
Student poster abstracts consist of a 50-word summary of their work. Abstracts may be submitted online at www.wmsym.org by
November 13, 2020. Students participating in the Student Poster Competition may be eligible for complimentary conference housing
for up to five nights. Room requests made after January 8, 2021 cannot be guaranteed. After this date, room availability cannot be
guaranteed.
Plan to get involved and attend the STEM Summit to be held during WM2021 with individual STEM activities, discussions, and panels.
Scholarship questions? Contact: Selly Soetarso, Registration Manager & Roy Post Foundation Administrator, selly@wmarizona.org
Student Poster Competition questions? Contact: Lisa Parenti, Technical Program Administrator, lisa@wmarizona.org
STEM Summit questions? Contact: Susan Walter, Deputy PAC Chair, swalter@wmarizona.org
EXPERIENCE THE LARGEST ANNUAL EXHIBITION, SHOWCASING ALL ASPECTS OF PRODUCTS
AND SERVICES RELATED TO THE NUCLEAR RADWASTE INDUSTRY
Areas of interest include decommission, decontamination, diagnostic instrumentation, emerging technologies, engineering design
and construction, environmental laboratories, environmental remediation, hazardous waste storage, protective clothing, remote
systems, robotic handling, and transportation. Registration will begin on August 28th and we hope you will join us!
10’ x 10’ $5,000 Two Exhibit Hall Registrations
10’ x 20’ $8,750 Three Exhibit Hall Registrations
10’ x 30’ $12,730 Four Exhibit Hall Registrations
20’ x 20’ $14,400 Five Exhibit Hall Registrations
20’ x 40’ $18,200 Five Exhibit Hall Registrations
30’ x 30’ $20,475 Six Exhibit Hall Registrations
30’ x 40’ $22,500 Seven Exhibit Hall Registrations
Trailer / Large Equipment $8,415 Three Exhibit Hall Registrations
ACHIEVE INCREASED VISIBILITY WITH THE WMS SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM
WMS offers five different sponsorship levels each with many opportunities to choose from allowing you to showcase your company
before thousands of radwaste professionals.
For Sponsorship or Exhibits information contact: Jaclyn Russell, Exhibits, Sponsorship & Advertising Manager, Jaclyn@wmarizona.org.
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FOUR DAY TECHNICAL PROGRAM INCLUDES 140+ SESSIONS AND 500+ PRESENTATIONS
Topics of interest include research, development and operational experience over the spectrum of nuclear waste activities, which are
categorized by 10 tracks. There will be featured panels and paper sessions focusing on special topics such as:
• WM2021 Theme: Reducing Risk Through Sound Technical Solutions
• WM2021 Featured Country: United Kingdom
• WM2021 Tuesday Featured US DOE Site: Hanford, Washington
• WM2021 Tuesday Featured Commemoration: 10 Years after Fukushima
• WM2021 Wednesday Featured US DOE Site: Los Alamos, New Mexico
• WM2021 Wednesday Featured Agency: IAEA Special Panels
WM2021 THURSDAY AFTERNOON FEATURED PANEL SESSION
A special Thursday afternoon WMS Board of Directors organized panel on “Efficient and Effective Waste Management During the
D&D of Nuclear Power Plants: Global Experience and Perspectives” will be held on March 11, 2021. The session which will discuss the
management of radioactive Low-Level Waste (LLW) during the decommissioning of nuclear power plants poses challenges in source
term reduction, characterization, re-purposing, recycling, packaging, transportation and disposing of large quantities of waste.
Disposal logistics, storage and disposal facilities capacity varies around the globe. Management of the spectrum of non-radioactive,
Very LLW, LLW, Mixed, Intermediate Level Waste and NRC Greater than Class C waste can also be challenging.
Global experts from the IAEA, UK, Canada, US DOE, US Utilities, Regulators (including the US NRC), private companies and
Stakeholders engaged in decommissioning will provide a lively discussion with the audience with the Shared Stewardship or Asset
Acquisition business models and the safe management of these wastes. This featured WMS panel along the other concurrent
sessions end with a grand finale Thursday reception. A networking event that you do not want to miss!
HOW TO SUBMIT AN ABSTRACT FOR CONSIDERATION
Abstracts should be between 400 - 800 words and can be submitted online at www.wmsym.org by Friday, August 28, 2020. When
submitting an abstract, you must select the topic from the list of Tracks and Topic Numbers that best correspond to your abstract.
Authors unsure of the best topic number can assign their abstract to Track 10.0, where it will be reviewed and reassigned. Please note
that WMS and the Program Advisory Committee (PAC) have the authority to reassign an abstract if an appropriate topic number is
not selected. Any submission received after August 28, 2020 will be subject to a second review prior to acceptance.
The abstract is required to have the following content:
1. A descriptive title (100 characters or less) that reflects the paper and presentation content.
2. A summary of the study that includes the background of the problem, the methods used in the study, the results of the study and
the conclusions.
3. A brief description this study’s application/benefit to others should be addressed within the summary.
4. Contact information for all authors must include organization, mailing addresses, email addresses and phone numbers.
5. A condensed summary (50 -100 words) that will be added to the WMS online program after the abstract is accepted.
Presenters are limited to two (2) abstract submission for oral presentations. There is no limit on the number of abstracts one person
can co-author. Registrants/presenters will be restricted to two (2) oral presentations at the conference.
Abstracts are reviewed and ranked by PAC volunteers and approved abstracts are selected for an oral or poster session. The criteria
for determining conference placement is designed to ensure each abstract is ranked and assigned to the most appropriate Track/
Session based on content, format, and anticipated audience interaction. Final determinations will be made by the volunteers at
the September Program Development Meeting (PDM). Abstract rating criteria is posted on the WMS website under the Technical
Program – Resources & Forms page and are a helpful guide in abstract preparation.
Authors must complete and submit a draft paper for review by November 13, 2020. If requested, papers must be revised according
to paper reviewer’s instructions and submitted with all signed copyright forms by January 8, 2021. Papers that are not revised as
required, missing copyright forms from any author, or not presented at WM2021 will not be published in the final proceedings.
Abstracts that miss the deadline of August 28, 2020 or are a new emerging topic may be considered for participation in a non-paper
Poster session. Abstracts for these sessions may be accepted until January 8, 2021. Presenter registration required by
January 8, 2021.
REQUESTS FOR FINANCIAL AID OR LETTER OF INVITATION / VISA REQUESTS
All conference participants are required to register and complete payment prior to attending the conference. To request financial aid
or a Letter of Invitation to apply for a travel visa, please complete and return the form located under the Register - Rates & Information
menu option on our website. Forms must be completed by November 1, 2020. All deadlines for authors must be met to be eligible.
Note that WMS does not offer financial aid for travel costs.
For Technical Program questions, contact:
Gary Benda, PAC Chair, gbenda@wmarizona.org, V: +1 803-345-2170
Susan Walter, Deputy PAC Chair, swalter@wmarizona.org, V: +1 865-208-9714
Lisa Parenti, Technical Program Administrator, lisa@wmarizona.org
Or the relevant Track Co-Chair listed with the track information.
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LISTING OF THE 10 TRACKS AND THEIR ASSOCIATED TOPICS
1 - CROSSCUTTING POLICIES AND PROGRAMS
Ray Clark, US EPA (Lead Co-Chair), V: +1 202-343-9198, E: clark.ray@epa.gov
John Mathieson, NDA (Co-Chair), V: +44-7557394896, E: jmathieson@wmarizona.org
Eric Knox, Amentum (Co-Chair), V: +1 571-232-2897, E: eric.knox@amentum.com
This track includes overall crosscutting policies and major programs. Similar topics that are not Track crosscutting and thus specific
to a single waste type (e.g. HLW, SNF, LLW, etc.) or program (e.g. ER, D&D, etc.) should be submitted to the specific Track for that
waste type or program. Presentations of waste management programs and policies at the national, multi-national and international
level are particularly encouraged. Other potential crosscutting or general topics include crosscutting regulatory issues, contracting,
legal aspects, permitting (licensing) and compliance activities, criteria and standards development, privatization issues, legislation,
enforcement agency and state issues (including multiparty agreements), interface, and other high-level crosscutting issues that
involve multiple waste types/programs or Tracks.
1.0 Crosscutting Policies and Programs - Non-specified Abstracts
1.1 Crosscutting Policies and Programs - Posters
1.2 Student Posters: The Next Generation - Industry Leaders of Tomorrow
1.3 Worldwide Regulatory and Oversight Programs for Waste Management - Challenges and Solutions
1.4 Featured Country for 2021: United Kingdom
1.5 Tuesday Featured US DOE Site for WM2021: Hanford Site
1.6 Wednesday Featured US DOE Site for WM2021: Los Alamos, New Mexico
1.7 Thursday Featured US DOE Site for WM2021: TBD
1.8 Worldwide Perspectives of Radioactive Waste Management - Challenges and Solutions
2 - HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES (HLW), SPENT/USED NUCLEAR FUEL (SNF/UNF) AND LONG-LIVED ALPHA/TRANSURANIC
RADIOACTIVE WASTE (TRU)
J.R. Stroble, US DOE (Lead Co-Chair), V: +1 575-234-7313, E: j.r.stroble@cbfo.doe.gov
Tom Brouns, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (Co-Chair), V: +1 509-372-6265, E: tom.brouns@pnnl.gov
Steven Thomson, National Nuclear Laboratory (Co-Chair), V: +44-1946779333, E: steven.thomson@uknnl.com
Robert Jubin, Consultant, V: +1 865-924-1568, E: RTJubin1@comcast.net
Thilo von Berlepsch, BGE Technology GmbH (Co-Chair), V: +49-5171431517, E: thilo.berlepsch@bge.de
This track covers all long-lived alpha/TRU waste, SNF/UNF and HLW operations from generation and storage through
characterization, treatment and disposal. It also covers associated technology development and deployment; recycling/reprocessing
strategies and technologies, periodic progress updates oriented to specific achievements in waste removal and disposal activities,
overlapping issues including: interim and final disposition strategies for SNF/UNF and HLW, associated environmental permitting and
monitoring of stored waste, waste processing alternatives, waste form, deep geologic disposal and operating facility performance
and risk assessment, and the impacts of directly associated regulations and standards.
2.0 HLW, SNF/UNF and Long-lived Alpha/TRU Waste - Non-Specified Abstracts
2.1 HLW, SNF/UNF and Long-lived Alpha/TRU Waste - Posters
2.2 HLW, SNF/UNF and Long-Lived Alpha/TRU Programs and Policies
2.3 Storage and Retrieval of Spent/Used Nuclear Fuel
2.4 Storage and Retrieval of HLW
2.5 Update on Salt and Supernate Tank Waste Processing
2.6 Storage and Retrieval of TRU Waste and Long-Lived Alpha Waste
2.7 Current and Future Reprocessing/Recycling and Separation of HLW, SNF/UNF and Long-lived Alpha/TRU
2.8 Advanced Fuel Cycle Program Update
2.9 Stabilization/Immobilization of HLW, SNF/UNF and Long-lived Alpha/TRU
2.10 Geological Disposal of HLW, SNF/UNF and Long-lived Alpha/TRU
2.11 Containment Materials for HLW/SNF/TRU Long-Term Geologic Isolation
2.12 Closure and Monitoring of HLW, SNF/UNF and Long-lived Alpha/TRU Facilities
2.13 Global Insights into HLW/SNF/TRU Disposal Site Selection
2.14 Operational Safety Issues in the Implementation of Deep Geological Repositories (DGR)
2.15 Recent Developments in Underground Research Laboratory (URL) Activities
2.16 Infrastructure Improvements in HLW, SNF/UNF and Long-Lived Alpha/TRU Aging Facilities
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3 - LOW-LEVEL WASTE (LLW), INTERMEDIATE LEVEL WASTE (ILW), VERY LOW-LEVEL WASTE (VLLW), MIXED WASTE (MW), BY
PRODUCT MATERIAL, TENORM, NORM RESIDUES, ENRICHED AND DEPLETED URANIUM (DU)
Linda Suttora, Consultant (Lead Co-Chair), V: +1 240-460-9360. E: LCSuttora@gmail.com
Gabriele Bandt, Vattenfall Europe Nuclear Energy GmbH (Co-Chair), V: +49-40 2718 7067, E: gabriele.bandt@vattenfall.de
Kapila Fernando, ANSTO (Co-Chair), V: +61-297179488, E: kfernando@wmarizona.org
This track consists of many waste categories including LLW, ILW, VLLW, MW (radioactive & hazardous), Naturally Occurring Radioactive
Material (NORM), Enriched and Depleted Uranium (DU) and Technologically Enhanced NORM (TENORM). The track encompasses:
Operations from generation through treatment and disposal; Technology development, demonstration, and deployment; Overlapping
issues including waste minimization, waste characterization and analysis, effluent monitoring, waste form and facility performance
assessment, regulations and standards; and for all types of facilities from hospitals, accelerators, research reactors, government
facilities, disposal sites, etc. This Track covers waste management of uranium or thorium ores as well as US NRC defined “Greater
than Class C - LLW”, byproducts or tailings, NORM residues and waste, and NRC defined TENORM. This track also includes radioactive
materials, articles and consumer products. (NPP operational waste is covered in Track 4. TRU and similar long- lived alpha waste is
covered in Track 2.)
3.0 LLW, ILW, MW, NORM, TENORM and Depleted Uranium - Non-specified Abstracts
3.1 LLW, ILW, MW, NORM, TENORM and Depleted Uranium - Posters
3.2 Selected Key Topics in US Commercial LLW Management
3.3 Regulatory Issues and Solutions for LLW/ILW Worldwide
3.4 Waste Generation Issues and Solutions for LLW/ILW Worldwide
3.5 Waste Characterization Methods and Data Analysis for LLW/ILW Worldwide
3.6 Treatment and Processing Experience of LLW/ILW Worldwide
3.7 Storage and Disposal Experiences for LLW/ILW Worldwide
4 - NUCLEAR POWER PLANT (NPP) WASTE MANAGEMENT AND ON-SITE SNF/UNF STORAGE
Myron Kaczmarsky, Holtec Government Services (Lead Co-Chair), V: +1 856-797-0900 x3657 , E: m.kaczmarsky@holtec.com
Mark Lewis, EnergySolutions (Co-Chair), V: +1 803-960-3619, E: mslewis@energysolutions.com
Andreas Roth, SNC Lavalin/Atkins (Co-Chair), V: +49-40303339606, E: Andreas.Roth@atkinsglobal.com
The Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) Waste Management track encompasses waste characterization and minimization, treatment,
packaging and management of NPP operational wastes and NPP SNF/UNF storage and management.
4.0 Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) Waste Management and On-Site SNF/USF Storage- Non-specified Abstracts
4.1 Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) Waste Management and On-Site SNF/USF Storage - Posters
4.2 Advances in the Management of Nuclear Power Plant Dry Waste from Around the World
4.3 Perspectives on Management of Nuclear Power Plant Liquid and Wet Waste
4.4 Nuclear Power Plant Onsite SNF/UNF Storage ISFSIs and Failed Fuel Handling at NPPs
5 - PACKAGING AND TRANSPORTATION (P&T)
Anna Wikmark, Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Co. (Lead Co-Chair), V: +46-704597608, E: anna.wikmark@skb.se
Kent McDonald, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (Co-Chair), V: +1 509-572-4341, E: kent.mcdonald@pnnl.gov
Paul Jones, Ameriphysics, LLC (Co-Chair), V: +1 865-591-8632, E: pjones@ameriphysics.com
The Packaging and Transportation Track includes all activities and issues related to the safe, secure, and economical packaging and
transportation of radioactive materials. This includes HLW, TRU, LLW, ILW and MW; fresh and irradiated nuclear fuel; contaminated
media and debris; isotopes and radioactive sources; uranium hexafluoride, etc. Topic areas include: International regulatory activities,
issues, and initiatives; packaging development and related issues; logistics and transportation operations, including large items from
decommissioning; integrated planning and scheduling; status and issues for large shipping campaigns; and stakeholder and public
interactions and issues.
5.0 Packaging and Transportation - Non-Specified Abstracts
5.1 Packaging and Transportation - Posters
5.2 Worldwide Experience in Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive and Other Hazardous Materials
5.3 Radioactive Material Packaging and Transportation Regulatory Issues Worldwide
5.4 Global Advances in Packaging for Interim Storage, Transport and Disposal
5.5 State, Tribal and Regional Groups Perspectives in Resolving Radiological Transportation Issues
5.6 Success Stories and Lessons Learned in Transportation Worldwide
5.7 Transportation Security Advances and Challenges
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6 - DECONTAMINATION AND DECOMMISSIONING (D&D)
Al Freitag, Consultant (Lead Co-Chair), V: +1 914-475-1170, E: aafreita@aol.com
Rick Demmer, Idaho National Laboratory (Co-Chair), V: +1 208-589-4858, E: rick.demmer@inl.gov
Fred Sheil, Sheil Consulting Ltd (Co-Chair), V: +44-1900821061, E: fred@sheil.myzen.co.uk
This track includes all aspects of D&D from shutdown and planning to license termination and/or Greenfield, including
characterization, decontamination, storage/SAFESTOR, dismantling, demolition, waste handling, final survey and associated new
technology development for both government and commercial nuclear power and non-power facilities. It also includes D&D
technologies and program strategies worldwide, as well as the regulatory aspects.
6.0 D&D - Non-specified Abstracts
6.1 D&D - Posters
6.2 D&D of Nuclear and Non-Power Generating Facilities Both Large and Small
6.3 D&D of Nuclear Power Plants
6.4 D&D of US DOE Facilities
6.5 Plans for and Experience in Transitioning from Operations to Decommissioning
6.6 International Experience in Waste Optimization/Minimization, Recycling and Clearance from D&D
6.7 Application of Innovative D&D Technologies Including Application of Virtual Reality
6.8 Fast Track D&D Technology Development and Demonstration
7 - ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION (ER)
Kurt Gerdes, US DOE (Lead Co-Chair), V: +1 301-903-7289, E: kurt.gerdes@em.doe.gov
Tjalle Vandergraaf, ttv consulting services (Co-Chair), V: 2047538402, E: ttveiv@mts.net
Margaret MacDonell, Argonne National Laboratory (Co-Chair), V: +1 630-252-3243, E: macdonell@anl.gov
This track includes all activities associated with the assessment, cleanup, and closure of contaminated sites. The topics will
explore how to restore and protect human health and the environment through investigation, cleanup, closure, and long-term
site management. The focus is on above and below ground remedial actions and cleanup activities including site inspection,
characterization and evaluation, sampling and analysis, compliance monitoring, resolving regulatory issues that impact cleanup,
aquifer and soil remediation, managing waste resulting from cleanup activities, remedial design and implementation, accelerating
cleanup through technological or process improvements, closure, sustainable green remediation processes and legacy
management / long-term stewardship.
7.0 Environmental Remediation - Non-specified Abstracts
7.1 Environmental Remediation - Posters
7.2 Environmental Remediation Progress Toward Closure of Contaminated Sites Around the World
7.3 Technical Innovations in Environmental Remediation and Site Closure
7.4 Innovative Field Monitoring for Environmental Remediation
7.5 ER Post Closure Challenges and Long-Term Stewardship/Legacy Management
7.6 Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP) and US Army Corps of Engineers Projects
7.7 Groundwater Remediation Projects - Worldwide Experiences
7.8 Characterization and ER Technologies for Complex and Comingled Contaminants
7.9 Environmental Remediation in Urban and Suburban Environments - Examples from Around the World
7.10 Environmental Remediation of Abandoned Uranium Mines and Mills
7.11 Modeling Applications and Risk/Dose Analysis in Environmental Remediation
7.12 Emerging Contaminant Issues
8 - COMMUNICATION, EDUCATION, AND TRAINING OF TECHNICAL AND MANAGEMENT ISSUES AND IMPACTS (CE&T)
Robert Berry, Foxfire Scientific Inc (Lead Co-Chair), V: +44-1612927990, E: berry@foxfirescientific.com
Sonny Goldston, Jacobs/CHPRC (Co-Chair), V: +1 803-292-1079, E: Sonny.Goldston@jacobs.com
Judith Connell, Fluor (Co-Chair), V: +1 509-531-4484, E: Judith.Connell@fluor.com
This track covers communication, public involvement, and education and training for technical and management issues in the
nuclear waste-management industry, such as used nuclear fuel; and high-level, low-level and TRU waste management. There are
five objectives: capture various perspectives for effective communication among waste-management practitioners, policy makers,
regulators, and implementers, including advisory boards and technical experts; enhance public involvement to ensure decisions
reflect stakeholder and community perspectives; advance ideas for knowledge sharing among nations; highlight innovative
approaches for information communication and knowledge management approaches that develop the next generation of nuclear
leadership; and improve effective workplace management, coordination and performance.
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8.0 Communications, Involvement, Education and Training - Non-Specified Abstracts
8.1 Communications, Involvement, Education and Training - Posters
8.2 Communication of Technical Issues: Worldwide Experiences
8.3 Advancements in Technical Education and Training to Improve and Sustain Institutional Knowledge
8.4 The Stakeholder’s Voice – Stakeholder and Tribal Perspective Related to Environmental Cleanup
8.5 Decision-making Tools and Frameworks that Enhance Communication for ER Cleanup Programs
8.6 Role of Advisory Boards in Environmental Cleanup
8.7 Innovations and Performance Solutions to Workplace Management
8.8 Social Sciences as a Resource for Improving Public Involvement in HLW Issues
8.9 US DOE Office of Legacy Management Interpretive Centers and Other Centers Worldwide
8.10 Implementation Lessons Learned and Novel Approaches for Risk-Informing WM Regulations
8.11 Global Experience of Records, Knowledge and Memory (RK&M): Global Marker Systems
9 - SPECIAL TOPICS AND MULTI-TRACK CROSS CUTTING TECHNOLOGY TOPICS (ST)
Ming Zhu, US DOE (Lead Co-Chair), V: +1 301-903-9240, E: Ming.Zhu@em.doe.gov
Kim Auclair, KD Auclair & Associates LLC (Co-Chair), V: +1 360-609-0627, E: kdauclair@gmail.com
Alan Paulley, Quintessa Ltd (Co-Chair), V: +44 (0)1925 885952, E: alanpaulley@quintessa.org
This track includes all Special Topics including the aspects of US and non-US International Safety, Security, and Safeguards and US
Homeland security issues. It also includes technical track crosscutting topics or special WM topics on programs associated with
orphan and sealed sources, Integrated Risk Management and decision support analysis in support of Program Management and
Project Management inclusive of but not limited to modeling, compliance activities, criteria and standards development, Natural
Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA); Technology Deployment and Technical Risk Management; instruments, filtration, advanced
technologies, extreme environment operations enabling technologies, technology driven program implications and drivers, and/or
other technical crosscutting issues that involve multiple waste forms or radioactive materials and/or risk management.
9.0 Special Topics and Track Cross Cutting Technology Topics - Non-specified Abstracts
9.1 Special Topics and Track Cross Cutting Technology Topics - Posters
9.2 Nuclear and Industrial Robotics, Remote Systems and Emerging Technology
9.3 Crosscutting Subsurface Mass Transport and Environmental Assessment of Geological Disposal Systems
9.4 Risk-Informed Performance Based Decision Making for Site Closure
9.5 Integrated Performance and Risk Assessments, Decision Analyses, and Risk Management
9.6 Radiological Dispersion Devices and Weapons of Mass Destruction: Detection, Response, and Recovery
9.7 Global Perspectives on Advances in Nuclear Safety Management
9.8 Radioactive Containment Ventilation
9.9 Project Management Improvements-Planning through Completion-Scope, Cost, & Schedule Control
9.10 Developments in Deep Borehole Disposal Around the World
9.11 Issues & Recent Developments in Security of Nuclear Sector
9.12 UAV Emerging Technology for Safety/Security Inspection Monitoring and Disposal of Nuclear Material
9.13 AI and ML Applications in Radioactive Waste Decommissioning, Remediation and Disposal
9.14 IAEA MODARIA II Report on Risk Informed, Stakeholder-Engaged Decision Analysis through Case Studies of Legacy & NORM
Sites
10 - MISCELLANEOUS AND NON-SPECIFIED ABSTRACTS PENDING TOPIC OR TRACK ASSIGNMENT
Gary Benda, WM Symposia, Inc. (Lead Co-Chair), V: +1 803-345-2170, E: gbenda@wmarizona.org
Susan A. Walter, WM Symposia, Inc. (Co-Chair) V: +1 865-208-9714, E: swalter@wmarizona.org
This track serves two independent miscellaneous functions (MISC). First, authors unsure of the best topic number can assign their
abstract to Track 10 where it will be reviewed and reassigned by the WM PAC Chair to the appropriate topic. The second function is
to assimilate late abstracts until January 8, 2021 for the only WM poster topic (10.1) that does not require a full paper, besides the
Student Poster topic (1.1). It will also accept abstracts where the authors do not want to prepare a paper or are delinquent in meeting
the deadlines. All other poster and oral topics will require an accompanying paper.
10.0 Miscellaneous and Non-specified Abstracts Pending Topic or Track Assignment
10.1 Non-Paper Poster Topic for Emerging Issues and Late Abstracts
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THANK YOU TO THE WMS PROGRAM ADVISORY COMMITTEE (PAC) AND OUR VOLUNTEER BOARD OF DIRECTORS
PAC CHAIR/DEPUTY MANAGING DIRECTOR George Dials, Dials & Associates LLC Mike Serrato, SRNL
Gary Benda, AVANTech, Inc. Paul Dickman, Argonne National Laboratory Joy Shoemake, Mission Support Alliance
Joe Dixon, NuVision Engineering James Shuler, US DOE - EM
DEPUTY PAC CHAIR Paul Dixon, LANL Malgorzata K. Sneve*, NRPA
Susan Walter, Abel Key Solutions, Inc. Helen Edge, USACE Mike Snyder, ENERCON Services
Mike Eisenhower, Perma-Fix -EWOC Sergey Stefanovsky*, Frumkin IPCE
PAC CHAIR AIDE Kristen Ellis, US DOE Susan Stiger, Bechtel NS&E
W.T. (Sonny) Goldston, Jacobs/CHPRC Jeff England, NAC International J.R. Stroble, US DOE
Erich Evered, N3B Los Alamos Kazuhiro Suzuki*, TG Consulting, Inc.
PAC REPRESENTATIVE Christine Fahey, Christine Fahey Management Erich Tiepel, WME Technologies, LLC
Judith Connell, Fluor Consulting Holger Tietze-Jaensch*, European Spallation Source
Ella Feist, Jacobs ERIC
TRACK CO-CHAIRS & - TRACK NUMBER Andrew Fellinger, SRNL Christopher Timm, PECOS Mgmt Svcs
Kim Auclair, KD Auclair & Associates - 9 Jim Fiore, Fiore Consulting Ronald Unz, Mississippi State University
Gabriele Bandt*, Vattenfall Europe Stephanie Fountain, Geosyntec Consultants Serge Vanderperre, Tractebel
Robert Berry*, Foxfire Scientific, Inc. - 8 Vicky Freedman, PNNL Leo van Velzen*, EURSSEM & Environmental
Tom Brouns, PNNL - 2 Jenny Freeman, Strata-G Charles Waggoner, Mississippi State University
Ray Clark, US EPA - 1 Mark Frei, Bechtel National, Inc. Stuart Walker, US EPA
Judith Connell, Fluor - 8 Barbara Freund*, BMUB David Wallace, Sovereign-Thyssen
Rick Demmer, INL - 6 James Gallagher, Gallagher Consulting Nelson Walter, Wood
Kapila Fernando*, ANSTO - 3 Alexandra Gilliand, US DOE Aaron Washington, SRNL
Al Freitag, Consultant - 6 Sal Golub, US DOE Craig West, US DOE
Kurt Gerdes, US DOE - 7 Ian Gordon*, IAEA Rachel West, ORNL
Sonny Goldston, Jacobs/CHPRC - 8 John Gregory, Orano Federal Services Julia Whitworth, LANL
Paul Jones, Permafix - 5 Stephen Halliwell, VJ Technologies Chuan-Fu Wu*, ES&H Solutions
Robert Jubin, Consultant - 2 Chris Harrington, VNS Federal Services Loong Yong, Spectra Tech, Inc.
Myron Kaczmarsky, Holtec International - 4 Vanessa Hatfield, Waséyabek Federal Services, LLC. Ming Zhang*, Geological Survey of Japan, AIST
Eric Knox, Amentum- 1 Cathy Hickey, Navarro Research and Engineering, Inc.
Mark Lewis, EnergySolutions - 4 Bob Hiergesell, WRPS * = International PAC Members
John Mathieson*, NDA - 1 Felix Himmerkus*, Kerntechnische Entsorgung
Margaret MacDonell, ANL - 7 Karlsruhe GmbH INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Kent McDonald, PNNL - 5 Betty Humphrey, Weston Solutions Inc. (IPAC) LEADERS
Alan Paulley, Quintessa Ltd – 9 Jeannette Hyatt, Tetra Tech Canada Tjalle Vandergraaf
Andreas Roth*, SNC Lavin/Atkins - 4 James Hylko, Consultant China Chuan-Fu Wu
Fred Sheil*, Sheil Consulting, Ltd. - 6 Vijay Jain, SRR Germany Andreas Roth
J.R Stroble, US DOE – 2 Moses Jaraysi, CH2M PRC Japan Kazuhiro Suzuki
Linda Suttora, Consultant - 3 Leslie Jardine*, L.J. Jardine Services Korea Kun Jai Lee
Steve Thomson*, NNL - 2 Terry Jennings, Neptune and Company Russia Leslie Jardine
Tjalle “Chuck” Vandergraaf*, TTV Consulting Services- 7 Angie Jones*, Wood Sweden Maria Lindberg
Anna Wikmark*, Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Graham Jonsson*, Sellafield Ltd United Kingdom Anthony Banford
Management Co - 5 Edward Ketusky, SRNL
WMS CORPORATE OFFICERS/ EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE/
Thilio Von Berlepsch*, TBE Technology GmbH - 2 Scott Kirk, SRR
BOARD OF DIRECTORS (BOD)
Ming Zhu, US DOE - 9 Mark Kirshe, ReNuke Services, Inc.
James Gallagher, Gallagher Consulting - Chairman of
Thomas Klein, NMSU-CEMRC
the Board
ADDITIONAL PAC MEMBERS Simon Kwong*, NNL
James Fiore, Fiore Consulting - President
Rateb Abu Eid, US NRC Christian Ladirat*, CEA
Loong Yong, Spectra Tech, Inc. - Treasurer
Sue Aggarwal, NMNRI Leonel Lagos, FIU
John Mathieson*, NDA - Secretary
Mark Arenaz, US DOE Christine Langton, SRNL
Larry Camper, Advoco Professional Svcs, LLC - Member
William Badger, Amentum Kun Jai Lee*, KAIST
At-Large
Del Baird, Pro2Serve Linda Lehman, Jacobs/CH2M PRC
George Dials, Pajarito Scientific Corporation.- Member
Anthony Banford*, NNL Maria Lindberg*, Cyclife Sweden AB
At-Large
Latrincy Bates, US DOE Larry Ling, SRR
John Longenecker, Longenecker & Associates - Member
Marcel Bergeron, WRPS John Longenecker, Longenecker & Associates
At-Large
Roman Beyerknecht*, Nuclear Engineering Seibersdorf Con Lyras*, ANSTO
Fred Sheil*, Sheil Consulting, Ltd. - Member At-Large
Dale Bignell, Sundance Consulting, LLC Justin Marble, US DOE
Paul Black, Neptune and Company, Inc. Sharon Marra, SRNL
Robert Weiler, Backward Spyglass LLC - Managing
Dick Blauvelt, Northwind-Portage Roger Merrick, CDM Smith
Director (Acting)
Peter Booth*, Hylton Environmental Craig Michaluk, AECL
Gary Benda, AVANTech, Inc. – Deputy Managing
Joseph Boucau*, Westinghouse Tom Michener, PNNL
Director/ PAC Chairman
Christopher Brandjes, Perma-Fix Environmental Clint Miller, PG&E
Susan Walter, Abel Key Solutions, Inc.
Services Sue Mitchell, Mitchell Consulting
Sheila Harvey, Pillsbury Winthrop, Shaw Pittman, LLP –
Alexander Brandl, Colorado State University Jeff Murl, US DOE - LM
General Counsel
Paul Bredt, PNNL Richard Murphy, ARCADIS US, Inc.
Jonathan Bricker, SRR Mike Nolan, Energy Northwest Columbia
ADDITIONAL WMS BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Frazier Bronson, Mirion Technologies - Canberra Michael Nosbisch, Project Time & Cost
Bob Cochran, CTG, LLC
Kevin Brown, Vanderbilt University - CRESP Mamoru Numata*, Kurion Japan K.K.
Heatherly Dukes, BWX Technologies, Inc.
Steven Brown, SHB, Inc. Akira Ohno*, IHI Corporation
Sandra Fairchild, Savannah River Remediation LLC
Lisa Burns, Consultant Olaf Oldiges, DAHER Nuclear Technologies GmbH
Angie Jones*, Wood
Larry Camper, Advoco Professional Svcs, LLC Andrew Orrell, IAEA
Linda Kobel, Los Alamos Technical Associates
Grant Charters, New Millennium Nuclear Technologies Colleen Owens, Consultant
Greg Meyer, Fluor Government Group
Michelle Claggett, Project Enhancement Corporation Russell Patterson, US DOE
Billy Morrison, VNS Federal Services
John Coffman, Spectra Tech, Inc. Bernard Poncet*, EDF
Olaf Oldiges*, Daher Nuclear Technologies
Michael Connolly, INL Ann Riedesel, Fluor Idaho, LLC
Susan Stiger, Bechtel NS&E
Mark Costella, LLNL Rodrigo Rimando, US DOE
Kazuhiro Suzuki*, TG Consulting, Inc.
Scott Dam, TechSource, Inc. Sharon Robinson, ORNL
Evelyn Dawson, Gilbane Kent Rosenberger, SRR
Kurt Gerdes, US DOE Liaison
Rick Dearholt, American DND, Inc. Terry Sams, Orano Federal Services
Daniel Delort, Andra Natalia Saraeva, ANL
Rob Seifert, US DOE
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