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2003 Agenda
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Week 1: August 11-15 |
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Day 1 - Monday, August 11 |
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8:00 – 8:30 am |
Introduction to the Training Session (Bo Bodvarsson, LBNL and Malcolm Gray, IAEA) |
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8:30 – 9:30 am |
Session 1: Nuclear Waste Disposal Concepts (Chris Whipple, Environ International) |
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9:30 – 10:30 am |
Session 2: Nuclear Fuel Cycle (Per Peterson, UC Berkeley) |
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10:30 – 10:45 am |
Break |
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10:45 – 11:45 am |
Session 3: Regulator's Perspective on Judging the Safety of a Proposed Repository Overviews (Bill Reamer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission) |
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11:45 – 1:15 pm |
Lunch |
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1:15 – 2:15 pm |
Session 4: The Role of the U.S Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board (Richard Parizek, Dan Metlay, NWTRB) |
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2:15 – 3:15 pm |
Session 5: Project Management in a Regulatory Environment (Claudia Newbury, DOE) |
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3:15 –3:30 pm |
Break |
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3:30 – 4:30 pm |
Session 6: Organizational, Institutional and Social Considerations (Dan Metlay, NWTRB) |
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4:30 - 5:00 pm |
Open discussion of Day 1 Topics and general context. (Discussion leader: Dennis Williams) |
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5:00 pm |
Adjourn for Day 1 |
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Day 2 – Tuesday, August 12 |
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8:00 – 9:45 am |
Session 7: Site Screening and Selection (Steve Brocoum, DOE and Malcolm Gray, IAEA) |
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9:45 – 10:00 am |
Break |
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10:00 – 11:30 am |
Session 8: Preliminary Site Characterization (Claudia Newbury, DOE and David Dixon, Paul Thompson, AECL) |
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11:30 – 1:00 pm |
Lunch |
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1:00 – 4:30 pm |
Session 9: Geoscience Knowledge Integration (GKI) (Frank D’Agnese, DOE/USGS) Includes a 15-minute break at a convenient mid-point |
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4:30 - 5:00 pm |
Open discussion of Day 2 Topics and general context. (Discussion leader: Dennis Williams) |
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5:00 pm |
Adjourn for Day 2 |
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6:00 pm |
Working Dinner – Guest Speaker: Dr. Charles Fairhurst |
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Day 3 – Wednesday, August 13 |
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8:00 – 9:45 am |
Session 10: Natural Barriers in the Canadian Disposal Concept (Bo Bodvarsson, DOE/LBNL and David Dixon, Paul Thompson, AECL) |
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9:45 – 10:15 am |
Break |
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10:15 – 11:45 am |
Session 11: Engineered Barriers (David Dixon, AECL, and Alf Wikjord, AECL). This will be primarily an AECL presentation since the AECL concept it more applicable to most International waste programs. A short 10-15 minute commentary on the U.S. program with regard to the regulatory aspects of Engineered Barriers may be presented (Steve Brocoum, DOE) |
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11:45 – 1:15 pm |
Lunch |
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1:15 – 3:15 pm |
Session 12: Underground Exploratory Studies (Mark Peters, DOE/LANL and Paul Thompson, AECL) Includes a 15-minute break at a convenient mid-point |
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3:15 - 5:00 pm |
Tour of LBNL (Bo Bodvarsson, LBNL, Tour Leader) |
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5:00 pm |
Adjourn for Day 3 |
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Day 4 – Thursday, August 14 |
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8:00 – 11:30 am |
Session 13: Numerical Modeling: Numerical Modeling and Repository Design (Bo Bodvarsson, DOE/LBNL and David Dixon, Alf Wikjord, AECL) Includes a 30-minute break at a convenient mid-point |
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11:30 – 1:00pm |
Lunch |
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1:00 – 3:15 pm |
Session 14: Yucca Mountain Project Total System Performance Assessment Approach (Alf Wikjord, AECL, Abe VanLuik, DOE; and John Kessler, EPRI; Joon Hong Ahn, UC Berkeley; and Alf Wikjord, AECL,). The Japanese program TSPA, H-12 report will be discussed as part of the session byThe U.S., Canadian, and Japanese approaches to TSPA will be discussed. Joon Hong Ahn, UC Berkeley. Includes a 15-minute break at a convenient mid-point |
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3:15 - 3:30 pm |
Open discussion of Day 4 Topics and general context. (Discussion leader: Dennis Williams) |
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3:30 - 5:00 pm |
Tour of Earth Sciences Laboratory (Bo Bodvarsson, LBNL, Tour Leader) |
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5:00 pm |
Adjourn for Day 4 |
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Day 5 – Friday, August 15 |
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8:00 – 11:00 am |
Session 15: Repository Design and Performance Confirmation (David Dixon, AECL and Paul Thompson, AECL). This session will be primarily an AECL presentation since the AECL concept it more applicable to most International waste programs. A short 20-30 minute commentary on the U.S. program with regard to the regulatory aspects of the performance confirmation program will be presented near the end of the session (Claudia Newbury, DOE). The session will include a 30-minute break at a convenient mid-point |
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11:00 – 1:00 pm |
Lunch |
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1:00 – 2:30 pm |
Session 16: Worldwide Review of URLs and Nuclear Waste Disposal Development (Paul Witherspoon, DOE/LBNL) |
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2:30 - 3:00 pm |
Open discussion of Day 5 Topics and general context. (Discussion leader: Dennis Williams) |
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3:00 – 3:15 pm |
Break |
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3:15 – 3:30 pm |
Brief Comments on the YM ESF (Mark Peters, DOE/LANL) |
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3:30 – 3:45 pm |
Brief Comments on the AECL URL (David Dixon, AECL) or WIPP as the contingency location, presenter TBD |
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3:45 – 4:15 pm |
Closing Remarks and Practical Considerations for Week 2, the Underground (Malcolm Gray, IAEA, ; David Dixon, AECL; and Bo Bodvarsson, DOE/LBNLAECL facilitator and DOE facilitator, names TBD) |
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4:15 pm |
Adjourn for Day 5 and Week 1 |
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Week 2: August 18-22, 2003 |
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Day 1 - Monday, August 18 |
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Yucca Mountain Exploratory Studies Facility |
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Day 2 - Tuesday, August 19 |
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Yucca Mountain Exploratory STudies Facility |
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Day 3 - Wednesday, August 20 |
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Travel Day |
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Day 4 - Thursday, August 21 |
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AECL Underground Research Laboratory |
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Day 5 - Friday, August 22 |
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AECL Underground Research Laboratory |
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