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Environmental Characterization and Management of High Level Radioactive Waste
Monday, March 3, 2008
1:30 p.m., Room 245 

Organizer:

Amy Ekechukwu, Savannah River National Laboratory

Speakers:

1:30      Immobilization of High Level Defense Waste at the Savannah River Site  CHARLES COLEMAN, Savannah River National Laboratory

1:50      Corrosion Control Strategies for High Level Nuclear Waste Tanks  ROBERT J RAY, Savannah River National Laboratories, Amy A Ekechukwu, John E Young

2:10      Separation and Purification and Beta Liquid Scintillation Analysis of Sm-151 on Savannah River Site and Hanford Site DOE High Level Waste  RAYMOND ALLEN DEWBERRY, Savannah River National Laboratory, William T Boyce, Ned E Bibler, Amy A Ekechukwu

2:30      Rapid Methods for Environmental Radiochemistry  LAWRENCE JASSIN, Eichrom Technologies LLC

2:50      Recess

3:05      In situ pH Adjustment to Minimize Migration of Metals and Radionuclides in Groundwater  MILES DENHAM, Savannah River National Laboratory

3:25      Hanford Tank Waste Sludge Characterization:  Navigating the Analytical Maelstrom  MATTHEW KEITH EDWARDS, Battelle, Sandy Fiskum, Reid Peterson

3:45      Hanford Tank Waste Sludge Characterization:  Bridging the Gap between Analytical Results and Composition  SANDRA K FISKUM, Battelle, Matthew Edwards, Reid Peterson, Evan Jenson, Edgar Buck, Richard Daniel, Lanee Snow

4:05      Rapid Radionuclide Remediation   EDEL MINOGUE, Los Alamos National Laboratory

Overview:

Currently there are millions gallons of radioactive waste contained in storage tanks at various locations across the United States.  The majority of this material is located at Department of Energy sites and was generated during the production of nuclear material during the cold war.  The focus of these sites has shifted over the last decade from nuclear production to stabilization and clean-up of the waste which was generated over the previous 50 years.  This symposium focuses on analytical technologies used to characterize and maintain this waste in a safe and stable form and the characterization of the waste forms for subsequent treatment.  The opening speaker is Dr. Charles Coleman who has been at the forefront in developing analytical methods to characterize high level radioactive waste over the past 25 years.