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 6 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION (ER) Kurt Gerdes, WM Symposia, Inc. (Lead Co-Chair), kgerdes@wmsym.org Vicky Freedman, Sealaska (Co-Chair), vicky.freedman@sealaska.com Stephanie Fountain, Geosyntec Consultants, Inc. (Co-Chair), sfountain@geosyntec.com This track includes all activities associated with the assessment, cleanup, and closure of contaminated sites. The topics will explore how to restore and protect human health and the environment through investigation, cleanup, closure, and long-term site management. The focus is on above and below ground remedial actions and cleanup activities including site inspection, characterization and evaluation, sampling and analysis, compliance monitoring, resolving regulatory issues that impact cleanup, aquifer and soil remediation, managing waste resulting from cleanup activities, remedial design and implementation, accelerating cleanup through technological or process improvements, closure, sustainable green remediation processes and legacy management/long-term stewardship. 7.00 Environmental Remediation - Non-specified Abstracts 7.01 Environmental Remediation - Posters 7.02 Alternative Strategies to Achieve Environmental Remediation Progress 7.03 Innovative Field Monitoring for Environmental Remediation 7.04 ER Post Closure Challenges and Long-Term Stewardship/Legacy Management 7.05 Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP) and US Army Corps of Engineers Projects 7.06 Conceptual Site Models: Improvements in Development and Application 7.07 Environmental Assessments in Urban and Suburban Environments 7.08 Environmental Remediation of Abandoned Uranium Mines and Mills 7.09 Modeling Applications and Flow/Transport Analysis in Environmental Remediation* 7.10 Risk in Environmental Assessments 7.11 Approaches to Overcome Challenges in Environmental Data Management, Access, and Analysis 7.12 Challenges in Meeting Regulatory Requirements Associated with Changes in Environmental Cleanup Decisions and Site Management 8 - COMMUNICATIONS AND WORKFORCE MODERNIZATION (CWM) Amy Boyette, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (Lead Co-Chair) amy.boyette@cnl.ca Jeannette Hyatt, Triad National Security, LLC (Co-Chair), Jhyatt@lanl.gov Zabrina Smith, Hanford Tank Waste Operations & Closure (H2C) (Co-Chair), zabrina_b_smith@rl.gov This track covers communications and workforce management issues and programs in the nuclear industry. The nuclear industry’s success depends on more than technology—it depends on how organizations communicate complex information, build trust with the communities they serve, and develop the people who do the work. Track 8 is where many of those conversations happen. This track brings together communications professionals, workforce leaders, Human Resources (HR) practitioners, community liaisons, indigenous engagement specialists, and organizational development experts from across the nuclear enterprise—government agencies, national laboratories, contractors, utilities, regulators, and international organizations. Whether you are managing stakeholder relations for a cleanup site, designing a workforce strategy for a new nuclear mission, or trying to attract the next generation of talent to your organization, Track 8 offers sessions that connect your challenges to practical solutions and peer experience. 8.00 Communications and Workforce Modernization - Non-Specified Abstracts 8.01 Communications and Workforce Modernization - Posters 8.02 Leveraging AI and Data Visualization for Effective Decision-Making and Communication Support in Radioactive Waste Management: Worldwide Experiences 8.03 Community and Inter-Governmental Perspectives on Nuclear Waste Cleanup 8.04 Decision-Making Tools and Frameworks that Enhance Communication for Cleanup Programs 8.05 Innovations and Solutions to Workforce Modernization 8.06 Revolutionizing Workforce Development in the Nuclear Industry 8.07 Strategies for Capturing Institutional Knowledge and Succession Planning 8.08 Public Engagement Through Social Sciences, Technology, and Communications 9 - SPECIAL TOPICS AND MULTI-TRACK CROSS CUTTING TECHNOLOGY TOPICS (ST) Paul Dixon, Los Alamos National Laboratory (Lead Co-Chair), noxid1960@gmail.com Alan Paulley, Quintessa Ltd. (Co-Chair), alanpaulley@quintessa.org Rodrigo Rimando, US DOE EM (Co-Chair), rodrigo.rimando@em.doe.gov This track includes all Special Topics including the aspects of US and non-US International Safety, Security, and Safeguards and US Homeland security issues. It also includes technical track crosscutting topics or special WM topics on programs associated with orphan and sealed sources, Integrated Risk Management and decision support analysis in support of Program Management and Project Management inclusive of but not limited to modeling, compliance activities, criteria and standards development, Natural Resource Damage Assessment (NRDA); Technology Deployment and Technical Risk Management; instruments, filtration, advanced technologies, extreme environment operations enabling technologies, technology driven program implications and drivers, and/or other technical crosscutting issues that involve multiple waste forms or radioactive materials and/or risk management. 9.00 Special Topics and Track Cross Cutting Technology Topics - Non-specified Abstracts 9.01 Special Topics and Track Cross Cutting Technology Topics - Posters 9.02 Crosscutting Subsurface Mass Transport and Environmental Assessment In Support of Decision Analyses of Geological Disposal Systems 9.03 Risk-Informed Performance Based Decision Analysis for Site Closure 9.04 Integrated Performance and Risk Assessments, Decision Analyses, and Risk Management
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