W M S Y M P O S I A 2 0 2 7 • P H O E N I X C O N V E N T I O N C E N T E R • 7 - 1 1 M A R 2 0 2 7 • W M S Y M . O R G • + 1 4 8 0 - 5 5 7 - 0 2 6 3 4 LISTING OF THE 12 TRACKS AND THE ASSOCIATED TOPICS 1 - CROSSCUTTING POLICIES AND PROGRAMS Ray Clark, Retired EPA (Lead Co-Chair), 197clark@gmail.com Paivi Nettamo, CDM Smith (Lead Co-Chair), nettamopm@cdmsmith.com Craig Michaluk, Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (Co-Chair), cmichaluk@aecl.ca Brittany Floyd, Waséyabek Federal Group (Co-Chair), bfloyd@waseyabek.com This 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 Abstracts 1.02 WM2027 - Strengthening Our Nuclear Future | Solving Challenges | Creating Opportunities 1.03 WM2027 Featured Country - UK 1.04 WM2027 Featured US DOE Site – Savannah River Site 1.05 Worldwide Regulatory and Oversight Programs for Waste Management - Challenges and Solutions 1.06 Worldwide Perspectives of Radioactive Waste Management - Challenges and Solutions 2 - HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES (HLW), SPENT/USED NUCLEAR FUEL (SNF/UNF) AND LONG-LIVED ALPHA/TRANSURANIC RADIOACTIVE WASTE (TRU) David Peeler, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (Lead Co-Chair), david.peeler@pnnl.gov Steven Thomson, UKNNL (Co-Chair), steven.thomson@uknnl.com Elizabeth (Betsy) Forinash, Navarro (Co-Chair), bforinash@gmail.com Thilo von Berlepsch, BGE TECHNOLOGY GmbH (Co-Chair), thilo.von.berlepsch@bge-technology.de This 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. 2.00 HLW, SNF/UNF and Long-lived Alpha/TRU Waste - Non-Specified Abstracts 2.01 HLW, SNF/UNF and Long-lived Alpha/TRU Waste - Posters 2.02 HLW, SNF/UNF and Long-Lived Alpha/TRU Programs and Policies 2.03 Storage and Retrieval of Spent/Used Nuclear Fuel 2.04 Storage and Retrieval of HLW 2.05 TRU Waste Disposition 2.06 Update on US DOE Salt and Supernate Tank Waste Processing 2.07 Current and Future Reprocessing/Recycling and Separation of HLW, SNF/UNF and Long-lived Alpha/TRU 2.08 Advanced Fuel Cycle and High-Performance HLW Forms 2.09 Stabilization/Immobilization of HLW, SNF/UNF and Long-lived Alpha/TRU 2.10 Geological Disposal of HLW, SNF/UNF and Long-lived Alpha/TRU 2.11 Containment Materials for HLW/SNF/TRU Long-Term Geologic Isolation 2.12 Global Insights into HLW/SNF/TRU Disposal Site Selection 2.13 Operational Safety Issues in the Implementation of Deep Geological Repositories (DGR) 2.14 Recent Developments in Underground Research Laboratory (URL) Activities 2.15 Closure and Monitoring of HLW, SNF/UNF and Long-lived Alpha/TRU Facilities 2.16 Infrastructure Improvements in HLW, SNF/UNF and Long-Lived Alpha/TRU Aging Facilities 2.17 R&D to Accelerate High Level Tank Waste Clean-Up 2.18 Developments in Deep Borehole Disposal Around the World 2.19 From Data to Decisions: AI Enabled Insights for HLW/SNF/UNF and TRU Programs 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) Kent Rosenberger, Savannah River Mission Completion (Lead Co-Chair), kent.rosenberger@srs.gov Aaron White, US DOE EM (Co-Chair), aaron.white@em.doe.gov Gabriele Bandt, Vattenfall Europe Nuclear Energy GmbH (Co-Chair), gbandt@hotmail.de 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.)
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