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Hickey, Cathy

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Panel Session 94: US DOE Procurement Opportunities and End-State Contracting Model Status

This panel focused on DoE's procurement implementation strategy and planned activities for its first-tier contractors (Tier 1 procurements). This panel also focused on the implementation status of DoE's End State Contracting Model, which uses a single-award ID/IQ approach to give DOE flexibility to better define discrete scopes of work for site closure or end states. The panelists provided their prospective on progress toward the implementation of this new approach, lessons learned and the path forward for upcoming opportunities utilizing this contracting model. Panelists with presentations: EFCOG (Billy Morrison); DOE Procurement Opportunities - 4 Ways for Small Business Participation (Anne Marie Bird); US DOE Procurement and Contracting Opportunities (Aaron Deckard)

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Panel Session 88: US DOE EM Tier 1 Procurement Activities and Strategy Update

This Panel was open to all WM participants, including exhibitors and was held in the Panel Zone of the Exhibit Hall attended by over 70 participants. The panel was complimentary to Session 73 - DOE EM End State Contracting. This panel placed focus on DOE EM and NNSA procurement activities including procurement strategies and planned activities for Tier 1 contracts. DOE federal and procurement officials provided the participants with DOE rationale and insights for recent and upcoming procurement strategy changes. Representatives for the Energy Community Alliance and the Energy, Technology and Environmental Business Association provided perspective on the DoE's procurement process improvements. Presentations proposed include: 1 - DOE-EM Tier 1 Procurement Activities and Strategy Update (Tamara Miles, US DOE (USA)); 2 - ECA - SRSCRO Perspective on US DOE Tier 1 Procurement Activities and Strategy Update (Rick McLeod, Savannah River Site Community Reuse Organization - SRSCRO (USA)); 3 - Tier 1 Procurement Activities (Greg Gonzales, US DOE NNSA (USA))

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Panel Session 91: Benefits of Commercial Tools and Practices to DOE Cleanup Nuclear Sites

This panel focused on the benefits of applying commercial tools and best practices to DOE cleanup sites. The panelist presented tools and applications that have been demonstrated on commercial and other government sites that are readily available to address similar challenges found on many DOE cleanup sites. Attendees gained an understanding of a few of the commercial applications that have resulted in innovation and cost savings. Presentations proposed include: 1 - Internet of Things and Humans - IoTH (Javid Kelley, Perma-Fix Environmental Services (USA)); 2 - Commercial Tools and Practices to Cleanup DOE Nuclear Sites (Mark Lesinski, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (Canada)); 3 - Stakeholder-Engaged Structured Decision Making and GISDT - Guided Interactive Statistical Decision Tools (Paul Black, Neptune and Company, Inc. (USA)); 4 - Benefits of Commercial Tools and Practices to DOE Cleanup of Nuclear Sites - Panel 091 (Kevin Smith, PAE (USA)); 5 - MAECTITE Treatment Process Overview (Daniel Caputo, Sevenson Environmental Services, Inc. (USA))

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Panel Session 92: Reducing Risk to Enable Endstates

This panel focuses on creative and first-of-a-kind initiatives and approaches to improve DoE's options for achieving success in managing its most difficult wastes. Looking across the Complex, panelists will provide updates to some of the solutions being applied to DoE's challenging waste streams on sites including Hanford, Idaho, Savannah River, and other sites. Presentations proposed include: 1 - Tank Closure Cesium Removal (Mark Keefer, Savannah River Remediation (USA)); 2 - Evolution of Saltstone Disposal Units (Kent Rosenberger, Savannah River Remediation (USA)); 3 - CRESP's Landfill Partnership: Applied Research to Solve Challenging Problems for On-Site Disposal Facilities (Craig Benson, University of Virginia - CRESP (USA)); 4 - Reducing Risk to Enable Endstates (Frederick Hughes, Fluor Idaho, LLC (USA))

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Panel reports session

This section brings together the reports of the 31 panel sessions listed below: - Avoiding the Human Capital Cliff in the DOE (PS22); - Implementing Technically-Based Cleanup; US DOE Balancing Regulatory and Fiscal Complexity (PS24); - United Kingdom - Remediation of Sellafield Legacy Ponds and Silos (PS25); - Aligning Decision-Making to Deliver Timely Results in Large Clean-up Programs (PS38); - Transition to Government Owned-Contractor Operated Site at Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (PS39); - Emerging Middle East Nuclear States' Status and Plans (PS40); - NPP Panel on Waste Management (PS41); - Robotics - International Innovations in Robotic Decommissioning Technology (PS43); - Fukushima Panel (1/2): Japan Fukushima Daiichi Decommissioning Update (PS54); - Fukushima Panel (2/2): Update on the Revitalization of Fukushima and the Surrounding Area (PS55); - US DOE LLW On-Site Disposal: LLW Disposal Facility Federal Review Group Review Process (PS56); - Challenges in DOE HLW Tank Management: Facility Start-up and Waste Disposition (PS57); - Waste Management Planning for Utility Small Modular Reactors (PS58); - US Nuclear Power Plant Waste Management - LLW Disposal Issues (PS59); - DOE-EM Robotics and Emerging Technologies Road-map (4/8) (PS60); - Graduating Students and New Scientists and Engineers - Wants and Needs - Are Companies Even Listening? (PS63); - U.S. Nuclear Robotics: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow (5/8) (PS74); - US DOE Mixed Waste: Proposals for Dealing with Problematic Waste Streams and Policy Changes (PS76); - Current and Emerging US NRC LLW Regulatory Topics (PS77); - Agency Perspectives (US and International) on the Use of Risk and Dose Assessment Tools (PS80); - Progress on Deep Repository Programs Around the World (PS81); - US DOE Procurement and Contracting Opportunities (PS82); - Collaboration across Borders to Deliver Cleanup and Decommissioning Challenges (PS93a); - DOE Mission Success through Application of Practices and Solutions (PS94); - Challenges in Cask Certification - International Perspectives (PS96); - Robotics: Leveraging Innovations in Science and Technology to Benefit Safety Performance (PS98); - DOE Panel: DOE EM Featured Office - Portsmouth/Paducah Project Office (PS109); - Robotics: Lessons Learned from Industrial Robotics Deployment that can be Applied to the Nuclear Field (PS110a); - Roundtable: DOE Radioactive Management - Energy Facility Contractors Group - Waste Management Working Group (EFCOG WMWG) (PS118); - Thursday Topical Session 'Management of Used Nuclear Fuel: Will the United States Reengage and Align with International Efforts' (PS124); - Remotely Operated Vehicles for Emergency, Disaster, and Operational Upset Response (PS125)

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