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Interagency Steering Committee on Performance and Risk Assessment Community of Practice (P&RA CoP)<\/strong>
\nAnnual Technical Exchange Meeting 2016<\/strong>
\nOctober 19 and 20, 2016
\nGermantown, Maryland<\/strong><\/p>\n

Theme: Risk-Informed Decisions Using Probabilistic Risk Assessments with an<\/strong>
\nUnderstanding of the Behavior of Certain Key Risk-Driving Radionuclides<\/strong><\/p>\n

Agenda<\/a>
\nMeeting Attendees<\/a>
\nBiosketches of Speakers<\/a><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

OCTOBER 19, 2016 (WEDNESDAY) <\/strong>
\n7:30 \u2013 8:00 am Registration
\n8:00 \u2013 8:30 am DOE Management Remarks, Mr. Robert Seifert (DOE EM) (Video<\/a>)
\n8:30 \u2013 8:45 am P&RA CoP Status Updates<\/a>, Dr. Ming Zhu (DOE EM) (Video<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Keynote Presentation: <\/strong>
\n8:45 – 9:45 am Risk Informing Regulations in an Uncertain World<\/a>, Mr. Timothy McCartin (NRC) (Video<\/a>)
\n9:45 \u2013 10:00 am Break<\/p>\n

Session 1: EPA and NRC Definitions, Policies, and Approaches for PRAs<\/strong>
\n10:00 am \u2013 10:45 am The Use of Probabilistic Risk Assessment in Superfund<\/a>, Dr. Alicia Frame (EPA) (Video<\/a>)
\n10:45 am \u2013 11:30 pm From Policy to Performance: NRC Risk Policy for Waste Management<\/a>, Mr. Chris McKenney (NRC) (Video<\/a>)
\n11:30 pm \u2013 12:00 pm Panel Discussion, Mr. Timothy McCartin (NRC), Dr. Alicia Frame (EPA), and Mr. Chris McKenney (NRC) (Video<\/a>)
\n12:00 \u2013 1:00 pm Lunch<\/p>\n

Session 2: International Experience, DOE EM Projects, and Regulators\u2019 Perspectives <\/strong>
\n1:00 \u2013 1:45 pm Recent Experience from the Review of a License Application for Construction of a Repository for Spent Nuclear Fuel at the Forsmark Site in Sweden<\/a>, Dr. Bo Str\u00f6mberg (SSM) (Video<\/a>)
\n1:45 \u2013 2:30 pm Hanford Site Waste Management Area C Performance Assessment<\/a>, Mr. Marcel Bergeron (WRPS) and Drs. Matthew Kozak & Alaa Aly (INTERA) (Video<\/a>)
\n2:30 \u2013 2:45 pm LFRG Review of Waste Management Area C Performance Assessment<\/a>, Ms. Sherri Ross (DOE SRS) (Video<\/a>)
\n2:45 \u2013 3:00 pm Break
\n3:00 \u2013 3:45 pm PRA in Support of Options Analysis for Long-term Waste Dispositio<\/a>n, Dr. Paul Black (Neptune) (Video<\/a>)
\n3:45 \u2013 4:30 pm Modernization of WIPP PA<\/a>, Mr. Heeho Park (SNL) (Video<\/a>)
\n4:30 \u2013 5:15 pm Panel Discussion: Regulators\u2019 Perspectives on the Use of PRA, Dr. Bo Str\u00f6mberg (SSM), Ms. Cheryl Whalen & Dr. Dib Goswami (Washington Ecology), Dr. Edward Winner (Kentucky DEP), Mr. Jon Richards (EPA Region IV), and Ms. Kathy Economy (EPA) (Video<\/a>)<\/p>\n

OCTOBER 20, 2016 (THURSDAY)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Session 3: Releases and Transport of Certain Risk-Driving Radionuclides<\/strong>
\n8:00 – 8:45 am Evaluation and Interpretation of Properties for Emplaced Saltstone<\/a>, Dr. Steven Simner (SRR) (Video<\/a>)
\n8:45 \u2013 9:30 am Evaluating 99Tc Release from Intact Saltstone Monoliths<\/a>, Dr. John Seaman (Savannah River Ecology Laboratory \u2013 Univ. of Georgia) (Video<\/a>)
\n9:30 – 9:45 am Break
\n9:45 \u2013 10:30 am Radon Flux through Weathered Covers<\/a>, Dr. Craig Benson (Univ. of Virginia\/CRESP) (Video<\/a>)
\n10:30 am \u2013 11 am Panel Discussion, Dr. Steven Simner (SRR), Dr. John Seaman (Univ. of Georgia), and Dr. Craig Benson (Univ. of Virginia) (Video<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Session 4: Software Qualification Requirements <\/strong>
\n11:00 \u2013 11:45 am Best Practices\/Lessons Learned from Software Qualification and Model Verification<\/a>, Dr. Greg Flach (SRNL) (Video<\/a>)
\n11:45 \u2013 1:00 pm Lunch<\/p>\n

Session 4: Software Qualification Requirements (ctd) <\/strong>
\n1:00 \u2013 1:45 pm NRC Technical Review of the QA Documentation for the CBP Toolbox<\/a>, Dr. George Alexander (NRC) (Video<\/a>)
\n1:45 \u2013 2:30 pm Panel Discussion, Dr. Greg Flach (SRNL), Dr. George Alexander (NRC), and Dr. Kevin Brown (Vanderbilt Univ.\/CRESP) (Video<\/a>)
\n2:30 \u2013 2:45 pm Break<\/p>\n

Session 5: Other Program Updates and Open Discussion<\/strong>
\n2:45 \u2013 3:30 pm Application of ASCEM to SRS F Area Seepage Study<\/a>, Ms. Carol Eddy-Dilek (SRNL) & Dr. Haruko Wainwright (LBNL, Invited) (Video<\/a>)
\n3:30 \u2013 4:15 pm Evaluating Wasteform Leaching and Performance<\/a>, Dr. Kevin Brown (Vanderbilt Univ.\/CRESP) (Video<\/a>)
\n4:15 \u2013 5:00 pm Discussions, All Participants (Video<\/a>)
\n5:00 \u2013 5:15 pm Acknowledgements and Closing Remarks, Mr. Robert Seifert & Dr. Ming Zhu (DOE EM) (Video<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Technical Exchange Meeting 2016 \u2013 Risk-Informed Approach for Defining End State for Closure of Remediated Sites (Video Playlist<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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