Technical Program & Resources

28-AugustAbstract Submissions Due – you will be notified of initial acceptance late in September
1-NovemberStudent Poster Competition Abstracts Due (10.04)
30-NovemberRequired Draft Papers, using the WM template to be uploaded to your initial submission for WM Volunteer review (please plan accordingly as extensions may not be granted)
All authors listed on Draft Paper must be listed on your abstract submission by this date and copyrights completed.
31-DecemberPaper Reviews due back from WM Volunteers-you will have 2-weeks to address any mandatory revisions.
Deadline for Early Bird Registration and Cancellation Refunds. Presenters should be registered by this date.
22-JanuaryFinal Paper Deadline – Any papers marked as “revisions required” must be reviewed again before it can be considered final.
26-FebruaryPowerPoint and Poster uploads due from all Presenters

WM2027 Theme: Efficient and Innovative Nuclear Materials and Technology Solutions
Abstracts for consideration in an Oral or Poster Session should be Submitted by 28 August!

Why Present?

The Waste Management Symposium produces the largest conference in the world focusing on nuclear waste management policies and practices.

  • Once your presentation is accepted, your work will be listed in our on-line program, our final printed program, our proceedings and archived with our other conference material
  • Tell your story to a targeted attendance of key industry leaders, your peers, as well as corporate managers and technical staffs involved in the nuclear field.
  • After being presented at the conference, your paper will be available in our on-line proceedings and accessible to those interested in your subject.
  • In addition to visibility amongst your peers, the conference offers many networking opportunities where you can discuss your ideas personally with the industry /government leaders and/or with the many diverse contractors who are in attendance. 
  • A condensed summary that will be added to the WM online program after the abstract is accepted.

Presentation Tracks
Track 1 Crosscutting Policies and Programs (CPP)
Track 2 High-Level Radioactive Wastes (HLW), Spent Nuclear Fuel/Used Nuclear Fuel
(SNF/UNF) and Long-Lived Alpha/Transuranic Radioactive Waste (TRU) (HLW)
Track 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) (LLW)
Track 4 Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) Waste Management and On-Site SNF/USF Storage (NPP)
Track 5 Packaging and Transportation (PAT)
Track 6 Decontamination & Decommissioning (D&D)
Track 7 Environmental Remediation (ER)
Track 8 Communications & Workforce Management (CWM)
Track 9 Special Topics and Multi-Track Cross Cutting Technology (ST)
Track 10 Leveraging Education Programs for the Future (STEM)
Track 11 Advanced Nuclear Reactors and Fusion for Electrical Power and Other Application (ANR)
Track 12 Miscellaneous: Unassigned & Late Abstracts, & Non-Paper Posters (MISC)

WM Symposia 2019