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Session 014 - Hot Topics and Emerging Issues in US Commercial Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management - Part 1 of 2

This panel focused on emerging issues in commercial LLW management in the US from the perspective of five active members of the Low-Level Radioactive Waste Forum, Inc.  State, compact, federal and industry officials shared their views on a variety of timely and significant topics related to low-level radioactive waste management, disposal and related issues.  Topics discussed included: 

-Recent activities of the Texas Compact Commission regarding import and export issues; completion of facility construction and beginning of operation at Waste Control Specialists facility in Andrews County; and interim and final rate setting actions.

-DOE responsibilities and projects including draft GTCC EIS and stakeholder feedback thereon; plans for the Federal Waste Facility at WCS site; future plans for the WIPP facility; and other department initiatives and activities. 

-NRC activities and initiatives including the draft Branch Technical Position on Concentration Averaging and Encapsulation; site specific performance assessment; consideration of comprehensive revisions to 10 CFR Part 61; risk informing the waste classification scheme; and volume reduction policy statement. 

-EnergySolutions' variance request for sealed source disposal at the Clive facility; performance assessment for the proposed disposal of depleted uranium; proposal for the disposal of waste produced by Studsvik’s facility in Tennessee using the SempraSafe process; and Class A West license amendment.

-Industry perspectives on current events and regulatory initiatives including potential impacts of the Fukushima incident to the nuclear industry and various ongoing federal regulatory initiatives. 

Panelists included: Bob Wilson, Texas LLRW Disposal Compact Commission; Christine Gelles, US DOE Office of Disposal Operations; Larry Camper, US NRC FSMEMP/DWMEP; Tom Magette, EnergySolutions; and Janet Schlueter, Nuclear Energy Institute (USA).

 

 

Chair(s):

Leonard Slosky, Rocky Mountain LLW Board
Todd Lovinger, LLW Forum, Inc.

Primary Organizer:

Todd Lovinger, LLW Forum, Inc.

Additional Org(s):

Linda Beach, Waste Control Specialists LLC

 

Panel Report

 

Panelists:

Hot Topics in the U.S. Commercial LLW Management
Larry Camper, US NRC (USA)

Emerging Industry Issues in Low Level Radioactive Waste Management
Janet Schlueter, Nuclear Energy Institute (USA)

 
 
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