Interagency Steering Committee on Performance and Risk Assessment Community of Practice Annual Technical Exchange Meeting 2015
December 15 and 16, 2015 Washington State Department of Ecology
Theme: Interpretation of Performance and Risk Assessment Results
DECEMBER 15, 2015 (TUESDAY)
8:00 – 8:05 am Welcome Remarks, Ms. Jane Hedges (WA Ecology) (Video)
8:05 – 8:15 am DOE Management Remarks, Mr. Robert Seifert (DOE EM) (Video)
8:15 – 8:30 am Status Updates on the Performance and Risk Assessment Community of Practice (P&RA CoP), Dr. Ming Zhu (DOE EM) (Video)
Keynote Presentations:
8:30 – 9:15 am Risk Informing Environmental Cleanup Priorities, Mr. Mark Gilbertson (DOE EM) (Video)
9:15 – 10:15 am A Regulator’s Perspective on Interpretation of Performance and Risk Assessment Results, Dr. David Esh (NRC) (Video)
10:15 – 10:30 am Break Session 1: Uncertainty Quantification and Sensitivity Analyses for Model Confidence Building (Video)
10:30 am – 11:15 am Approaches for Uncertainty Quantification and Sensitivity Analysis, Dr. Matt Kozak (INTERA) (Video)
11:15 am – 12:00 pm Using Performance Assessments to Focus R&D Activities, Mr. Kent Rosenberger (SRR) (Video)
12:00 pm – 12:30 pm Discussion, Dr. Matt Kozak (INTERA) & Mr. Kent Rosenberger (SRR) Lead (Video)
12:30 – 1:30 pm Lunch
Session 2: Data Analyses and Quality Assurance
1:30 – 2:15 pm Scaling of Saltstone Disposal Facility Testing, Mr. Kent Rosenberger (SRR) (Video)
2:15 – 3:00 pm Quality Assurance for Performance Assessment Modeling, Dr. Paul Black and Dr. John Tauxe (Neptune) (Video)
3:00 – 3:30 pm Discussion, Mr. Kent Rosenberger (SRR), Dr. David Esh (NRC), and Dr. Paul Black (Neptune) Lead (Video)
3:30 – 3:45 pm Break
Session 3: Interpretation of Results
3:45 – 4:30 pm Managing Uncertainty and Demonstrating Compliance, Mr. Roger Seitz (SRNL) (Video)
4:30 – 5:15 pm Addressing Temporal Uncertainty Associated with Long Timeframes, Mr. Chris McKenney (NRC) (Video)
5:15 – 5:45 pm Discussion, Mr. Roger Seitz and Mr. Chris McKenney (NRC) Lead (Video)
DECEMBER 16, 2015 (WEDNESDAY)
Session 4: Cementitious Barrier Partnership and Deep Borehole Disposal Programs
8:00 – 8:45 am Cementitious Barrier Partnership Program Update, Dr. Kevin Brown (Vanderbilt) (Video)
8:45 – 9:15 am Summary of NWTRB Deep Borehole Disposal Workshop, Dr. Bret Leslie NWTRB (Video)
9:15 – 9:45 am Deep Borehole Disposal (DBD) Performance Assessment, Dr. Geoff Freeze (SNL) (Video)
9:45 – 10:15 am Discussion, Dr. Geoff Freeze (SNL)/Dr. Bret Leslie (NWTRB), Dr. Kevin Brown (Vanderbilt) Lead (Video)
10:15 -10:30 am Break
Session 5: Performance and Risk Assessment Case Studies
10:30 am – 11:30 pm WIPP Performance Assessment: Current Status and the Road Ahead, Dr. Todd Zeitler (SNL) (Video)
11:30 am – 12:15 pm Performance Assessment of the Portsmouth On-Site Waste Disposal Facility, Dr. Richard Abitz (FBP) (Video)
12:15 – 1:15 pm Lunch
Session 6: International Program Updates
1:15 – 2:15 pm MODARIA: Modelling and Data for Radiological Impact Assessment Context and Overview, Dr. Gerhard Proehl (IAEA) (Video)
2:15 – 3:00 pm Hanford Site Waste Management Area C Performance Assessment, Mr. Chris Kemp (DOE ORP) (Video)
3:00 – 3:15 pm Break
3:15 – 4:00 pm Baseline Risk Assessment for 200-BP-5 Groundwater Operable Unit, Ms. Donna Morgans (INTERA) (Video)
4:00 – 4:45 pm Status of SRS Liquid Waste Performance Assessment Program, Mr. Kent Rosenberger (SRR); and E-Area Performance Assessment, Mr. Roger Seitz (SRNL) (Video)
4:45 – 5:30 pm
Discussions, All Participants
DECEMBER 17, 2015 (THURSDAY)
Tour of the Hanford Site (Optional) 8:15 am – 3:30 pm Registered participants only. Pick up and drop off at the lobby of the Federal Building at 825 Jadwin Avenue, Richland, WA 99352. Tour organizers: Mr. Doug Hildebrand and Mr. Richard Buel (DOE RL)
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