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PROPOSED PANELS 
Listed below are the proposed Panel Topics for WM2027. If you are interested in possibly participating on one of these panels, please 
contact the relevant Track Chair or Organizer shown in Topic Listing. We are evaluating the possibility of expanding the IACET 
offerings to include Panels for CEU credits.  (Please note, abstract submission for panels is not needed.)
TRACK 1 - CROSSCUTTING PANELS (CPP)
US DOE PANELS
R1.04
Hot Topics in US DOE Environmental Management
R1.05
Priorities of the US DOE Energy Facility Contractors Group (EFCOG)
R1.06
Roundtable: Waste Management - US DOE Energy Facilities Contractor Operating Group (EFCOG WM)
R1.16
The State of EPA Involvement on the DOE NPL Sites
R1.17
DOE Featured Site- Savannah River Site (3 Panels on Tuesday)
R1.18
Savannah River National Laboratory Regulatory Center of Excellence (RCE)
R1.19
Update on the DOE Portsmouth, OH and Paducah, KY Sites
R1.20
Update of the DOE EMCBC Sites
R1.22
Reusing US DOE Sites to Support Mission and Economic Opportunities
R1.23
US Politics of Cleanup - Cleaning Up DOE Sites Through Appropriations, Authorization and Policy Decisions
WORLD ISSUES AND EVENT PANELS
R1.07
The IAEA Special ER/D&D Session for WM2027 - To Be Determined
R1.10
Strategies to Increase Efficiency, Reduce Cost, Accelerate Work, and Maintain Operational Excellence (2 Panels)
R1.11
Collaboration Across Borders to Deliver Cleanup and Decommissioning Challenges
R1.12
Integrating Economic Redevelopment and Workforce Transition into Site Closure Planning
R1.13
European Waste Management Collaboration
R1.14
Progress at the UK Sellafield Site
R1.15
Discussion of Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Program
R1.21
Cleanup Projects that Got It Right: Non-Technical Lessons
R1.25
WM2027 Featured Country – UK (3 Panels on Monday)
R1.27
Ukraine - An Introduction to the Strategic and Institutional Arrangements to Address the Effects of the War (2 Panels)
R1.29
Isotope Production from Nuclear Waste: Transforming Liabilities into Strategic Assets (4 Panels on Wednesday)
CONTRACTING OPPORTUNITY PANELS
R1.50
US DOE OSBP Program Updates and Contracting Opportunities
R1.51
US DOE EM Annual Business Opportunity Forum
R1.52
US DOE Tier 1 End State Contracting and Task Order Implementation Status
R1.53
DOE EM Western Site-Specific Procurement and Contracting Opportunities
R1.54
DOE EM Eastern Site-Specific Procurement and Contracting Opportunities
R1.55
US DOE NE/Office of Science - Contracting Opportunities
R1.56
US DOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Procurement Activities
R1.59
Non-US Procurement Opportunities
R1.60
Technology Transfer & Commercialization: Innovative Solutions for Domestic and International Opportunities
R1.61
Buyer/Supplier Business Matchmaking
TRACK 2 - HLW/SNF/UNF/TRU (HLW)
R2.01
Advanced Reactor Waste Stream Integrated Management and Disposition
R2.02
High-Level Waste Disposal in the USA: What's Next? Challenges and Opportunities
R2.03
Progress on Deep Repository Programs Around the World
R2.04
Challenges in the US DOE HLW Tank Management Program
R2.05
Update on the US Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) (2 Panels)
R2.06
Alternative DOE TRU Waste Management Solutions for Problematic Waste and Small Generators
R2.07
Progress in Closing Future Fuels in the Nuclear Fuel Cycle
R2.08
Focusing on US Legacy HLW and SNF - Moving the Process Forward
R2.09
US DOE Transuranic Waste Task Force and Associated Technical Advisory Board
R2.10
US DOE Partnerships on Nuclear Fuel Recycling
TRACK 3 - LOW/INTERMEDIATE LEVEL WASTE (LLW)
R3.01
Hot Topics in US Commercial LLW Management
R3.02
US DOE LLW Streams and Policies
R3.03
US NRC - Current and Emerging US NRC Regulatory Topics
R3.04
US DOE LLW On-Site Disposal: LLW Disposal Facility Federal Review Group
R3.06
Commercial LLW Management: Global Perspective
R3.07
Innovations in Alternative Final Radioactive LLW Forms
R3.08
Advancements and Perspectives in Isotopes - What's Up?
R3.09
Alternate Disposal Pathways for Radioactive, Hazardous and Mixed Waste
TRACK 4 - NUCLEAR POWER PLANT PANELS (NPP)
R4.01
US Nuclear Power Plant Waste Management - US LLW Disposal Issues
R4.02
Radwaste Shipping Challenges at Operating Nuclear Power Plants
R4.03
Advanced Reactor Radioactive Waste Processes
R4.04
Treatment Technologies for I/LLW and Mixed LLW Spent Ion Exchange Resins
R4.05
LLW NPP - 2 Workshops (Restricted for Utilities Only)
R4.07
Taiwan NPP Update on On-Site SNF Storage

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