WM2023: Presenting on Aging Infrastructure Management
It was an early start today as all presenters have to attend a breakfast briefing at 7:00 AM. It was good to meet the other presenters and to catch up with Eric and Craig again.
Morning Sessions
The first session I attended was the panel on the featured theme: Liquid Tank Waste Treatment – Path to EM Mission Completion. It discussed the critical role tank waste treatment serves in overall EM mission completion for three of the largest and most complex clean up sites (Savannah River, Hanford and Idaho).? Tank waste disposition represents the largest EM liability and senior managers from DOE-EM described the role and importance of tank waste treatment in the overall site closure programs. Mike Budney (Savannah River), Brian Vance (Hanford) and Connie Flohr (Idaho) all provided an update on treatment operations and startup, and discuss major challenges and programmatic lessons learned.
Then it was my turn in the session "Worldwide Perspectives of Radioactive Waste Management - Challenges and Solutions". Eric Knox (Amentum) and Craig Michaluk (Atomic Energy of Canada Limited) did a great job keeping us to time and facilitating the Q&A's.
This mornings technology & innovation demonstrations were by Advetage Solutions (see their entries in the Idea Catalog here) and DataTrails (see their entries in the Idea Catalog here)
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Afternoon Sessions
The first session after lunch was on Cybersecurity which is one of the working groups from our workshop.
Jeanne Beard (US DOE) chaired the session on "Improving US Cybersecurity - Implementation of OMB Executive Order 14028"
There were presentations by Robert Ganaway (US DOE EM), Christian Stauffer (US DOE EM), Lewann Belton (DOE - Savannah River), Bridgitte Mase (Boston Government Services), Todd Eckman (Hanford Mission Integration Solutions) and Joseph Bonner (North Wind Group).
This afternoon's technology & innovation demonstrations – sponsored by Cavendish Nuclear were by Gamma Reality, Inc. (see their entries in the Idea Catalog here) and IAEA.?
The last session of the afternoon was another where we have been involved; in this case using the Idea Catalog to identify potential solutions (worldwide nuclear + non-nuclear options) for tank waste remediation options.
The panel was "US DOE NNLEMS R&D Roadmap for Accelerating Hanford Tank Waste Mission" chaired by Ming Zhu (US DOE) and Connie Herman (Savannah River National Laboratory).
There were presentations by Connie, Delmar Noyes (Tank Farms, US DOE), Steve Trischman, Director Budget and Planning, US DOE EM and Robert Ledoux, Program Director, US DOE, ARPA-E.
There were plenty of technical posters in the exhibition hall; most were very technical!
There was a "Women of Waste Management (WoWM) Panel & Networking Reception" - Sponsored by 福陆 .
The Evening Reception was sponsored by BWXT and both Pentek Inc and Mirion Technologies (Canberra) KK had evening events with free food and drink.
Senior Staff / Facility Decommissioning SME and D&D Experiences KM / Training Director
1 年Love your daily WMxx posts Ian. I also enjoy the annual Pentek celebration !!!! Great networking and technical exchanges here in Phoenix at WMxx.
Bravo, Ian! ??
Delighted to see Naomi on the same platform as you Ian, great session.
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