The 12th International Conference on Environmental ... - Events

Wednesday AM Technical Sessions
SESSION 39
Wednesday 08:30 Room: 13
L/ILW WASTE HANDLING, TECHNOLOGIES, AND DATA
ANALYSIS (1 OF 3)
Co-Chairs: Ronald Keyser, ORTEC – AMETEK (USA)
Karan North, Magnox South Ltd (UK)
Organizer: Ronald Keyser
1. Improved Practices for Packaging Transuranic Waste at Los
Alamos National Laboratory (LA-UR 09-00333) – 16280
Kapil Goyal, Peter Carson, Los Alamos National Laboratory
(USA)
2. Radiological Assessment of Petroleum Pipe Scale Waste
Streams from Dry-Rattling Operations – 16323
Ian Hamilton, Foxfire Scientific, Inc. (USA); Robert Berry,
Matthew Arno, Erich Fruchtnicht, Foxfire Scientific (UK)
3. <strong>The</strong> DIAMOND University Research Consortium: Nuclear
Waste Characterisation, Immobilisation And Storage – 16374
Simon Biggs, Michael Fairweather, James Young, University of
Leeds (UK); Neil Hyatt, University of Sheffield (UK); Francis
Livens, <strong>The</strong> University of Machester (UK)
4. <strong>The</strong> Next EDF Tracking System – 16292
Emmanuelle Julli, Bertrand Lantes, EDF (France)
SESSION 40
Wednesday 10:45 Room: 13
L/ILW WASTE HANDLING, TECHNOLOGIES, AND DATA
ANALYSIS (2 OF 3)
Co-Chairs: Ronald Keyser, ORTEC – AMETEK (USA)
Karan North, Magnox South Ltd (UK)
Organizer: Ronald Keyser
1. Characterization of the Radiochemical Activity in Candu Steam
Generators – 16204
Aamir Husain, Yury Verzilov, Sriram Suryanarayan, Kinectrics,
Inc. (Canada)
2. Improved Algorithm for Close Geometry Characterization of
Waste Using Gamma-Ray Spectroscopy – 16320*
John Guo, Richard Hagenauer, ORTEC-AMETEK (USA);
Ronald Keyser, ORTEC – AMETEK (USA)
3. Field Examples of Waste Assay Solutions for Curium-
Contaminated Wastes – 16259
Patrick Chard, Canberra UK Ltd. (UK); Barrie Greenhalgh,
Sellafield Ltd. (UK); Ann Ross, Dounreay Site Restoration
Limited (DSRL) (UK); Tom Turner, UKAEA (UK); Ian
Hutchinson, Canberra UK Ltd (UK); Stephen Croft, Canberra
Industries Inc. (USA)
4. <strong>The</strong>oretical Modelling of Nuclear Waste Flows – 16377
J.F. Adams, S.R. Biggs, M. Fairweather, D. Njobuenwu and J.
Yao,University of Leeds (UK)
SESSION 41
Wednesday 08:30 Room: 4B
TRANSPORTATION AND STORAGE OF HLW, FISSILE, TRU,
AND SNF
Co-Chairs: Ed Bentz, E.J. Bentz & Associates (USA)
Phillip Gregory, Washington TRU Solutions (USA)
Organizer: Ed Bentz
1. Experience with Dry Cask Storage Technology in Germany –
16416
Heinz Geiser, Jens Schroeder, Dietrich Hoffmann, GNS mbH
(Germany)
2. Contingency Options for the Dry Storage of Magnox Spent Fuel
in the UK – 16330
Jenny E. Morris, Galson Sciences Limited (UK); Stephen
Wickham, Phil Richardson, Galson Sciences Ltd. (UK); Colin
Rhodes, NDA (UK); Mike Newland, UKAEA (UK)
3. WIPP: A Perspective From Ten Years of Operating Success –
16189
Phillip C. Gregory, Washington TRU Solutions (USA)
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4. Research Reactor Spent Nuclear Fuel Shipment from the Czech
Republic to the Russian Federation – 16195
Frantisek Svitak, Karel Svoboda, Josef Podlaha, Nuclear
Research Institute Rez plc. (Czech Republic)
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5. <strong>The</strong>rmal Safety Analysis of a Dry Storage Cask for the Korean
Standard Spent Fuel – 16159
Jeong-Hun Cha, B. S. Youn, S. N. Kim, Kyunghee University
(Korea); K. W. Choi, Korea Institute of Nuclear Safety (Korea)
6. Contingency Options for the Drying, Conditioning and
Packaging of Magnox Spent Fuel in the UK – 16331
Jenny E. Morris, Phil Richardson, Stephen Wickham, Galson
Sciences Ltd. (UK); Colin Rhodes, NDA (UK); Mike Newland,
UKAEA (UK)
7. Nuclear Safety at the Heart of the Design of the New Sellafield
Product and Residue Store – 16077*
Alec Glover, Sellafield Limited (UK)
8. Engineering Challenges in the Mechanical Design of a New
Shielded Shipping Cask for Vitrified Waste Products – 16256
R.K. Gupta, S.P. Patil, D.S Sandhanshive, A.K. Singh, K.M.
Singh, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (India)
SESSION 42
Wednesday 08:30 Room:12
ER SITE CHARACTERIZATION AND MONITORING - PART
2 OF 2
Co-Chairs: Virgene Mulligan, ARS <strong>International</strong> (USA)
Steven Brown, SENES (USA)
Organizer: Virgene Mulligan, ARS <strong>International</strong> (USA)
1. Radiological Characterization of a Copper/Cobalt Mining &
Milling Site – 16322
Matthew Arno, Janine Arno, Foxfire Scientific (USA); Donald
Halter, Foxfire Scientific, Inc. (USA); Robert Berry, Foxfire
Scientific, Inc.(UK); Stephen Gilliland, Noel Hamilton, Foxfire
Scientific (USA); Ian Hamilton, Foxfire Scientific, Inc. (USA)
2. Radioactivity in Surface and Groundwater Near Old Radium and
Uranium Mines in Portugal – 16258
Fernando P. Carvalho, Instituto Tecnológico e Nuclear
(Portugal); João M. Oliveira, Magarida Malta, Nuclear and
Technological Institute (Portugal)
SESSION 43
Wedneday: Directly After Session 42 Room: 12
URANIUM MINING AND MILLING SITES ER
Co-Chairs: Steven Brown, SENES (USA)
Peter Waggitt, IAEA (AUSTRIA)
Organizer: Steve Brown, SENES Consultants Ltd. (USA)
1. Design Improvements and ALARA at U.S. Uranium In Situ
Recovery Facilities – 16415
Steven Brown, SENES, Englewood (USA)
2. Radionuclide Transfer from Uranium Mine Water Treatment
Ponds to Vegetation – 16260
Fernando P. Carvalho, Instituto Tecnológico e Nuclear
(Portugal); João M. Oliveira, Magarida Malta, Nuclear and
Technological Institute (Portugal)
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3. Completion of the South Alligator Valley Remediation, Northern
Territory, Australia – 16198
Peter Waggitt, IAEA (Austria); Mike Fawcett, Fawcett Minesite
Rehabilitation Services (Australia)
4. Gunnar Uranium Mine Environmental Remediation - Northern
Saskatchewan – 16102
Joseph Muldoon, Laurier Schramm, Saskatchewan Research
Council (Canada)
5. Sustainable Covers for Uranium Mill Tailings, USA: Alternative
Design, Performance, and Renovation – 16369
William J. Waugh, S.M. Stoller Corporation (USA); Craig H.
Benson, University of Wisconsin-Madison (USA); William H.
Albright, Desert Research Institute (USA)