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gram to provide guidance on selection and program of
waste management strategies, to provide information
and guidance on best practices and technologies for
waste minimization, pre-treatment, treatment, conditioning,
packaging, transportation and storage, to support
research and development on new pre-disposal
technologies, etc. This panel will provide a forum for
the exchange of scientific and technical information
and guidance on pre-disposal radioactive waste management
with focus on current activities. <strong>The</strong> following
topics will be discussed by our panel with an opportunity
for interaction with the audience.
Panelists and Topics include: Dr. Antonio Morales
Leon - Approach to Development of Waste Acceptance
Criteria for all Individual Waste Management Steps:
Pre-treatment to Disposal; Zoran Drace - Economics
of Radioactive Waste Management - Cost Calculations
and Approach to Costing of Future Obligations (Liability
Assessment); Dr. Antonio Morales Leon - Standardized
Methodology for Waste Management Assessments
- An Optimized Approach to Establish Current
and Future needs and to Select Adequate Technical
Options; Dr. Sustanta Kumar - Modular and Mobile
Waste Processing Facilities; Zoran Drace - Long-term
Storage for L&IL and HL Waste - Technical Considerations;
Zoran Drace/Dr. Antonio Morales Leon -
Mixed Waste Processing/Storage and Disposal; and Dr.
Antonio Morales Leon - IAEA Network for Radioactive
Waste Characterization - Processing/Storage/Disposal.
PANEL: Young Generation Network (YGN) –
Session 44
Wednesday: 10:45 Room: 11B
This panel will focus on Young Generation Network
and Professional Development. <strong>The</strong> panelists and topics
will include Carl Dawson (NDA Graduate Program
Manager) and Craig Morrow (NDA Graduate) on the
creation and experiences of the Nuclear Decommissioning
Authority Graduate Scheme; Corhyn Parr
(UK YGN Vice Chair) presenting the results of a survey
of UK YGN members on attitudes and opinions of
the UK Nuclear Industry and Miguel Millan (Spanish
YGN) on the Development of the Spanish YGN.
PANEL: UK NDA and Tier 1 Funding, Contracting,
Subcontracting Selection and Arrangements –
Session 46
Wednesday 13:45 Room: 3A
This workshop will summarize and provide a status
report on funding, contracting and the competition program
for the NDA sites. <strong>The</strong> focus will be to discuss
openly with the audience’s experience, ideas and new
lessons that are applicable to the UK.
Panelists include: Mike Hawe, Commercial Director,
Magnox North; Keith Case, Commercial Director, Sellafield;
David Savage, Program Manager, Shared Services
Alliance; Ron Gorham, Head of Supply Chain
Development, NDA; and Keith Gibson, Low Level
Waste Repository.
PANEL: UMREG Panel/Roundtable – Session 47
Wednesday 13:45 Room: 3B
This panel with meeting roundtable will focus on uranium
mine and mill remediation issues as contemplated
by the international IAEA, Uranium Mining Remediation
Exchange Group (UMREG). UMREG constituted
itself during the ICEM’95 Berlin Meeting as an informal
network group for multilateral exchange on issues
related to uranium mine and mill remediation. <strong>The</strong>
USDOE UMTRA-Group and the German BMWi-WIS-
MUT Group started the exchange in 1993 on specific
topics related to major projects UMTRA Title I and
WISMUT. Since then, several meetings were held in
conjunction with international conferences focusing on
environmental remediation. Also, the Group has grown
into an international network including representatives
of regulating, permitting and supervising institutions,
operating and consulting companies, and research
organizations.
Panelists include: Alex Jakubick, UMREG (AUSR-
TIA); Jody Waugh, S. M. Stoller Corp., US DOE Contractor
(USA); Michael Paul, Wismut (GERMANY);
Marat Kaftaranov, Uranlikvidrudnik (KAZA-
KHSTAN); Peter Stegnar, NATO Central Asian Program
(SLOVENIA); Steve Brown, SENES Consultants
Ltd. (USA); Földig Gabor, MECSEK-ÖKO
(HUNGARY); Peter Waggitt, IAEA (AUSTRALIA)
and Esther Harlander, EBRD (UK)
PANEL: Future Direction in Knowledge
Management – Session 53
Wednesday 10:45 Room: 12
This panel will consider the initiative instigated by
JAEA in the context of the common requirement to
efficiently and rigorously manage increasing large and
complex fluxes of information produced in all
geological disposal programs. Emphasis will be on
distinguishing between program-specific constraints
and more generic areas, which could be a focus for
future collaborative projects.
Panelists include: P. Marjatta Palmu, Posiva Oy,
(FINDLAND); Richard Shaw, British Geological Survey
(BGS), (UK); Stuart Hunt, Nuclear Decommissioning
Authority, (UK); and Hiroyuki Umeki, Japan
Atomic Energy Agency, (JAPAN).
<strong>Conference</strong> Proceedings on CD-ROM
Each conference registrant will receive the conference
proceedings on a CD-ROM mailed approximately three
months after the conference. Additional proceedings
may be ordered at an additional charge, by contacting:
ASME Order Department, 22 Law Drive, P.O. Box
2300, Fairfield, NJ 07007-2300, U.S.A., Telephone
1-800-THE-ASME.
Daily Speaker/Session Co-Chair Briefing
A morning briefing will be provided to all Speakers,
Panelists, and Session Co-Chairs on the day of their
session. <strong>The</strong> briefing will include coffee, tea, and
biscuits and will be served at the conference center.
Most hotels have breakfast included in the cost of the
room. <strong>The</strong> speaker’s briefing will give you the time for
final arrangements before your session. <strong>The</strong> attendance
at the briefing will provide an opportunity for the
Session Co-Chairs to meet with the speakers, and for all
to discuss the topics they will be addressing. It is
essential that all Panel and Oral Speakers/Co-Chairs
attend the briefing.
Monday, October 12, 2009 08:00 to 08:30
Room/Location: 11B
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 07:30 to 08:00
Room/Location: 11B
Wednesday, October 14, 2009 07:30 to 08:00
Room/Location: 11B
Thursday, October 15, 2009 07:30 to 08:00
Room/Location: 11B
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