b'WM SYMPOSIA 2026PHOENIX CONVENTION CENTERMAR 8-12, 2026WMSYM.ORG+1 480-557-0263LISTING OF THE 12 TRACKS AND THE ASSOCIATED TOPICS 1 - CROSSCUTTING POLICIES AND PROGRAMS Eric Knox, Amentum (Lead Co-Chair), V: +1 571-232-2897, E: eric.knox@amentum.comRay Clark, Retired EPA (Co-Chair), V: +1 202-329-5683, 197., E: clark@gmail.comCraig Michaluk, Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (Co-Chair), V: +1 204-470-1665, E: cmichaluk@aecl.caThis Track includes overall crosscutting policies and major programs. Similar topics that are not Track crosscutting and thus specific to a single waste type (e.g., HLW, SNF, LLW, etc.) or program (e.g. ER, D&D, etc.) should be submitted to the specific Track for that waste type or program. Presentations of waste management programs and policies at the national, multi-national and international level are particularly encouraged. Other potential crosscutting or general topics include crosscutting regulatory issues, contracting, legal aspects, permitting (licensing) and compliance activities, criteria and standards development, privatization issues, legislation, enforcement agency and state issues (including multiparty agreements), interface, and other high-level crosscutting issues that involve multiple waste types/programs or Tracks.)1.00 Crosscutting Policies and Programs - Non-specified Abstracts1.01Crosscutting Policies and Programs - Posters1.02WM2026 Efficient and Innovative Nuclear Materials and Technology Solutions1.03WM2026 Featured Country - Finland1.04WM2026 Featured US DOE Site - Hanford1.05 Worldwide Regulatory and Oversight Programs for Waste Management - Challenges and Solutions2 - HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES (HLW), SPENT/USED NUCLEAR FUEL (SNF/UNF) AND LONG-LIVED ALPHA/TRANSURANIC RADIOACTIVE WASTE (TRU)Robert Jubin, Consultant (Lead Co-Chair), V: +1 865-924-1568, E: rtjubin1@comcast.netThilo von Berlepsch, BGE TECHNOLOGY GmbH (Co-Chair), V: +49 5171 431517, E: thilo.berlepsch@bge.deDavid Peeler, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (Co-Chair), V: +1 509-372-6225, E: david.peeler@pnnl.govElizabeth (Betsy) Forinash, (Co-Chair), V: +1 571-480-2084, E: bforinash@gmail.comSteven Thomson, UKNNL (Co-Chair), V: +44 1946 556622, E: steven.thomson@uknnl.comThis Track covers all long-lived alpha/TRU waste, SNF/UNF and HLW operations from generation and storage through characterization, treatment, and disposal. It also covers associated technology development and deployment; recycling/reprocessing strategies and technologies; periodic progress updates oriented to specific achievements in waste removal and disposal activities, and overlapping issues including: interim and final disposition strategies for SNF/UNF and HLW, associated environmental permitting and monitoring of stored waste, waste processing alternatives, waste form, deep geologic disposal and operating facility performance and risk assessment, and the impacts of directly associated regulations and standards.2.00HLW, SNF/UNF and Long-lived Alpha/TRU Waste - Non-Specified Abstracts2.01HLW, SNF/UNF and Long-lived Alpha/TRU Waste - Posters2.02HLW, SNF/UNF and Long-Lived Alpha/TRU Programs and Policies2.03Storage and Retrieval of Spent/Used Nuclear Fuel2.04Storage and Retrieval of HLW2.05TRU Waste Disposition2.06Update on US DOE Salt and Supernate Tank Waste Processing2.07Current and Future Reprocessing/Recycling and Separation of HLW, SNF/UNF and Long-lived Alpha/TRU2.08Advanced Fuel Cycle and High-Performance HLWForms2.09Stabilization/Immobilization of HLW, SNF/UNF and Long-lived Alpha/TRU2.10 Geological Disposal of HLW, SNF/UNF and Long-lived Alpha/TRU2.11Containment Materials for HLW/SNF/TRU Long-Term Geologic Isolation2.12 Global Insights into HLW/SNF/TRU Disposal Site Selection2.13Operational Safety Issues in the Implementation of Deep Geological Repositories (DGR)2.14Recent Developments in Underground Research Laboratory (URL) Activities2.15Closure and Monitoring of HLW, SNF/UNF and Long-lived Alpha/TRU Facilities2.16Infrastructure Improvements in HLW, SNF/UNF and Long-Lived Alpha/TRU Aging Facilities2.17 R&D to Accelerate High Level Tank Waste Clean-Up2.18 Developments in Deep Borehole Disposal Around the World3 - LOW-LEVEL WASTE (LLW), INTERMEDIATE LEVEL WASTE (ILW), VERY LOW-LEVEL WASTE (VLLW), MIXED WASTE (MW), BY PRODUCT MATERIAL, TENORM, NORMRESIDUES, ENRICHED AND DEPLETED URANIUM (DU)Kapila Fernando, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (Lead Co-Chair), V: +1 431-347-0158, E: kfernando@wmsym.orgKent Rosenberger, Savannah River Mission Completion (Co-Chair), V: +1 803-645-2835, E: kent.rosenberger@srs.govAaron White, US DOE EM (Co-Chair), V: +1 240-306-7467, E: aaron.white@em.doe.gov This track consists of many waste categories including LLW, ILW, VLLW, MW (radioactive & hazardous), Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (NORM), Enriched and Depleted Uranium (DU) and Technologically Enhanced NORM (TENORM). The track encompasses: Operations from generation through treatment and disposal; Technology development, demonstration, and deployment; Overlapping issues including waste minimization, waste characterization and analysis, effluent monitoring, waste form and facility performance assessment, regulations, and standards; and for all types of facilities from hospitals, accelerators, research reactors, government facilities, disposal sites, etc. This Track covers waste management of uranium or thorium ores as well as US NRC defined Greater than Class C - LLW, byproducts or tailings, NORM residues and waste, and NRC defined TENORM. This track also includes radioactive materials, articles and consumer products. (NPP operational waste is covered in Track 4. TRU and similar long- lived alpha waste is covered in Track 2.)4'