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The Pahrump Valley Museum Yucca Mountain History Exhibit - 12389
As part of its management of the Yucca Mountain project, the Department of Energy maintained several information centers to provide public access to information about the status of the Yucca Mountain project. Those information centers contained numerous displays, historical information, and served as the location for the Department's outreach activities. As the Department of Energy dealt with reduced budgets in 2009 following the Obama Administration's intent to terminate the program, it shut down its information centers. Nye County considered it important to maintain a public information center where people would be able to find information about what was happening with the Yucca Mountain project. Initially the Nye County assumed responsibility for the information center in Pahrump; eventually the County made a decision to move that information center into an expansion of the existing Pahrump Valley Museum. Nye County undertook an effort to update the information about the Yucca Mountain project and modernize the displays. A parallel effort to create a source of historical information where people could find out about the Yucca Mountain project was undertaken. To accompany the Yucca Mountain exhibits in the Pahrump Valley Museum, Nye County also sponsored a series of interviews to document, through oral histories, as much information about the Yucca Mountain project as could be found in these interviews. The paper presents an overview of the Yucca Mountain exhibits in the Pahrump Valley Museum, and the accompanying oral histories. An important conclusion that can be drawn from the interviews is that construction of a repository in Nevada should have been conceptualized as but the first step in transforming the economy of central Nevada by turning part of the Nevada National Security Site and adjoining area into a world-class energy production and energy research center. (authors)
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Creating a Dynamic Advisory Board Public at the Savannah River Site Citizen Advisory Board Meetings - 17054
Ascertaining the desired skills and abilities needed for a successful board member appointed to the Savannah River Site Citizens Advisory Board from current members is this paper's objective. By learning the skills that current members feel are valuable for a healthy and dynamic board, future selection criteria may be adapted from their views. Research for this report includes a literature review of board creation, along with analysis of surveys conducted with board members in November 2016. (authors)
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ENRESA's Spent Nuclear Fuel and Special Waste Database - 18115
Empresa Nacional de Residuos Radiactivos S.A. (ENRESA, by its initials in Spanish) Spent Nuclear Fuel (SNF) and Special Waste (SW) database development was initiated in a common effort between ENRESA and UNESA (the Spanish Association of the Electricity Industry) as a consequence of new regulatory requirements in the frame of radioactive waste management plans. Although these requirements were only mandatory for operators of nuclear power plants, ENRESA deemed necessary to have a centralized database which collected the data from the plant operators. The most relevant features of this database are: - The information collected covers not only the general characteristics of the SNF and SW but also the operation details needed for their characterization. - An application, named Gestion de Elementos Combustibles y Residuos Especiales (GECYRE, by its initials in Spanish) has been implemented for easing the queries and the generation of predefined reports. - An agile data transfer scheme, based on XML files, is used for an effective communication between ENRESA and the operators. The database is currently in production phase since 2014. During this phase it has demonstrated its effectiveness as an information repository to address the SNF and SW interim storage projects in Spain foreseen in the near future. (authors)
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US EPA Superfund Radiation Risk Assessment Update: Superfund Update: Revisions to Risk and Dose Assessment Tools - 18232
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Superfund remedial program is finishing up a significant number of revisions to its guidance for the risk assessment process at radioactively contaminated Superfund sites. The six Preliminary Remediation Goal (PRG) and Dose Compliance Concentration (DCC) internet based calculators for risk and dose assessment at Superfund sites are being revised to reflect better science, revisions to existing exposure scenarios and new scenarios, and changes to match up more closely with the EPA chemical regional screening level calculator. A comprehensive set of revisions to the PRG calculator was finished in November 2014. Additional revisions to the other 5 calculators were made in 2015. A set of further revisions are expected to be finalized prior to December 2016 and will be discussed in this abstract. There are several additional revisions that may be finished prior to WM 2017 and will be presented if finished or discussed in more general terms if still underway. (authors)
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Minimizing Error Potential Using Computer Applications - 18498
Many Savannah River Site (SRS) liquid waste facility operations depend upon repetitive engineering calculations and operator actions. Although these calculations and actions are formalized in technical reports and paper procedures, they can still be vulnerable to data entry errors, calculation errors, equipment alignment errors, and occasional changes caused by different people performing these activities. Savannah River Remediation (SRR) is using computer automation to reduce these error precursors by standardizing repetitive calculations and by performing plant alignment checks for repetitive operation processes. Data entry can be automated, calculation methodologies can be standardized, and computers can check to see that predefined plant conditions exist before equipment operation. In addition to improving quality, the time required for these activities to generate technical reports, to perform independent reviews, and to perform equipment alignment checks can be significantly reduced. In the case of operator-performed calculations, error precursors involve distractions that can occur over a multi-page paper procedure, confusing displays and controls from equipment, mathematical errors, complacency, and unfamiliarity with the procedure among many others. Repetitive engineering calculations suffer from similar error precursors and are often compounded by high workloads, lack of proficiency, lack of standard methodology, mental shortcuts, and biases. Web-based computer applications can eliminate many of these precursors through standardization. Calculation methods are fixed, inputs are fixed, and computer checks can highlight potentially wrong inputs and outputs. Automated calculations are performed almost instantaneously once input is provided. Operators and engineers can spend more time focusing on the results than on the process to achieve the results. Similarly, when operators use repetitive procedures involving equipment manipulation, the same error precursors apply. Automated operation sequences and equipment checks can be programmed into the distributed control system to provide standard operating processes that reduce and eliminate error precursors. This paper describes how SRR incorporates Human Performance Improvement (HPI) principles when automating calculations and operation processes. Computer applications will be reviewed in detail, highlighting the software development life-cycle that includes requirements gathering, prototyping, design, development, testing, and implementation. (authors)
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Transition From Operation to Decommissioning with a Sudden Decision to Permanent Shutdown and with Parallel Operation On-site - 18559
In a short time the Swedish nuclear operator OKG have to shift from a operator of three nuclear power plants at one site to a company where both decommissioning and operation will take place in parallel for numerous of years as a result of a decision to permanently shut down two of the three reactors. The paper will be focusing on the challenges to change organization and mind-set from operations to decommissioning within parts of a company while still maintaining and developing the highest standard for the plant still in operation, and this in the combination with a decision of permanent shutdown earlier than expected. The paper will also address how OKG managed to create and maintain momentum in essential processes like permits, defueling and project planning before, during and short after the organization was changed and some of the employees had to leave the company. (authors)
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IAEA Initiatives that Integrate Stakeholders, Models and Decision Making - 18646
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has initiated an effort to provide stakeholder support services as part of Phase II of the Constraints to Implementing Decommissioning and Environmental Remediation (CIDER II) programs. The intent of this sub-group of CIDER II is to provide members states support in areas of stakeholder communication, engagement and participation, with the goal of building trust in decommissioning and environmental remediation (D and ER) decisions for radioactive contamination and facilities. IAEA has also initiated a follow-on effort to address Modeling and Data for Radiological Impact Assessments (MODARIA II), which is aimed at enhancing the capabilities of Member States to simulate radionuclide transfer in the environment, and to ensure appropriate levels of protection from ionizing radiation. Working Group 1 of MODARIA II is focused on the integration of modeling and decision analysis. These two groups have complementary and supporting objectives, which provides an opportunity for collaboration and mutual benefit. The technical integrator is the approach of structured decision making, which follows a five-step process that combines stakeholder values with models through a technically defensible decision analysis. Briefly, the steps are: 1. Provide the context and decision context for the problem; 2. Obtain costs, values and concerns from stakeholders, to develop objectives that need to be achieved (e.g., improve human health, minimize costs, increase jobs); 3. Identify options that might achieve the objectives (e.g., cleanup, institutional controls, education); 4. Develop probabilistic models that connect options to objectives so that the objectives can be evaluated collectively (e.g., a fate and transport and risk model to address the objective of reducing human health risk, a cost model to address costs of taking action); and, 5. Model evaluation, including sensitivity analysis, to determine if an action can be taken with sufficient certainty, or if collection of more data is needed to decrease uncertainty before a decision is made. This approach also supports adaptive management as new data are collected. This approach clarifies the roles of stakeholders and subject matter experts in the decision-making process, where stakeholders specify values, and subject matter experts focus on the models that are needed to evaluate the options. It also provides a technically defensible, reproducible, transparent and traceable approach to all of the components necessary to properly solve the types of complex decision problems that plague radioactive waste management, decommissioning and environmental remediation. This paper introduces the major challenges to implementing such a broad scale of decision analysis, and approaches to overcoming those challenges, which include not only the technical challenges, but also the need to develop capacity in a range of skills not usually accommodated in environmental modeling and includes the need for the IAEA to address decision making in different countries, and with different cultures, religions, political affiliations, and languages. This paper explores the potential for IAEA to benefit from both the CIDER II and MODARIA II programs, and hence to develop a fully integrated approach to effective decision making for radioactive waste management and environmental remediation. Note that there are many people involved in these efforts at the IAEA, and credit belongs to those people for the progress that has been made to date. Our intent here is simply to introduce these IAEA programs at the WM2018 Symposium to provide our perspective and some awareness of some of the directions in which IAEA appears to be headed regarding stakeholder engagement, environmental and risk modeling, data science, and decision analysis. (authors)
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An Information Template for Evaluating the Relative Priority of Remediation Projects that Pose a Risk to Receptors - 18674
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has one of the largest remediation tasks in the world, in terms of the number of sites, the complexity of individual sites, the number of remediation projects at individual sites, and the full range of stakeholders involved. The question of how to decide what projects to initiate, at any point of time and how to prioritize the deployment of resources for these tasks, occurs both within and among sites. The Consortium for Risk Evaluation developed a Risk-informed Prioritization Framework for Oak Ridge Reservation. Our goal was to develop a risk-informed methodology for prioritizing remediation projects for the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge Reservation that can be adapted to other remediation projects elsewhere. The heart of the framework is a template that includes information about each site necessary to make prioritization decisions. The information in the template describes the environment (hazard, pathway, consequences), the receptors (workers, public, ecological) and the risk management considerations (cost, risk reduction effectiveness, capacity, efficiency and sequencing). The questions in the template provide a wide range of information that managers and regulators need to make decisions, and that Tribes and the public need to evaluate the efficacy of remediation decisions. Completing the template will also help identify data gaps, model parameters needed, and the agencies or individuals responsible for obtaining the information. The information presented in the Template will be useful for regulators (DOE, Environmental Protection Agency, states, Tribes), managers and workers at the sites, trustees of natural resources, site neighbors, and the general public, but more importantly, provides an example of information needed to rate the priority of remediation projects. DOE, other federal and state trustees, and regulators were included in all phases of the development, including the scope, overseeing its development, and evaluation of projects. (authors)
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Oblivion Landscapes - 19008
This paper and presentation reflect on proposals that may offer ways to integrate hidden landscapes - such as the ones that house nuclear waste or other toxic/hazardous conditions - into concepts of collective memory, and mental/perceptive maps of populations - with the larger goal of creating new levels of awareness, intelligence and operability regarding their existence and potential future role in civilization. The proposals belong to a series of Architecture Design Studios called and dedicated to the theme of 'Planetology', within which is inserted the theme of Massive Oblivion Landscapes. In the context of this Symposium, these reflections may help rethink how to design modes of communication that lay out concepts of danger, waste and cultural memory. And, in this way, reclaim for these infrastructural landscapes, the role of information rich and culturally relevant typologies. (authors)
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Developing Tomorrows Nuclear Professionals - Apprentice and Graduate Development at PFCS, Sellafield - 19013
The Pile Fuel Cladding Silo (PFCS) at Sellafield, originally built in 1949/50 to receive and store fuel cladding from reprocessing Windscale Pile fuel, has been used to store this material and other waste from the UK nuclear programme ever since. However, the Silo is unsuitable for indefinite storage of the waste; its age, condition and inventory, combined with significant uncertainty in all these factors, rank the facility among the most hazardous in Western Europe. In 2012, Sellafield Ltd began a highly collaborative relationship with its supply chain partners Bechtel Cavendish Nuclear Solutions (BCNS), to undertake a suite of projects to create a capability for retrieving waste. In doing so, the team has discovered a shared passion for graduate student and apprenticed trades development, which has led to the team goal of becoming the number one destination for training secondments within the associated businesses. This paper describes how the team has leveraged the unique challenge of the project, the extensive experience of the delivery team, and the capabilities of the contributing organisations to create a structure secondment experience aimed at maximizing learning and generating enthusiasm for nuclear clean-up. The scheme was developed and implemented, based on some very simple but consistent feedback from the trainee community on what differentiates a good and bad secondment. The paper includes three case studies from individuals who have participated in the programme and the analysis of overall feedback from all programme trainees. Universally, the scheme has been well received with a significant number of trainees coming back to the project to begin their professional careers. The simple differentiators between a good and bad secondment provide a good basis for those wishing to develop similar schemes. (authors)
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Virtual and Augmented Realities to Support Development, Training, Deployment, and Operations of Remote Systems - 20516
Throughout the U.S. Department of Energy complex, there is a need to deploy new, unique equipment and systems for cleanup activities, waste processing, infrastructure repair, and decommissioning and demolition in radioactive and hazardous environments. The new equipment often consists of custom systems created by integrating and modifying commercial technologies. In addition, the systems are deployed in unique environments due to limited access, waste properties, and the presence of previously installed equipment or infrastructure that has been left in place. The deployment of custom systems that are 'turnkey' ready for first-time installation and application has its risks. Use of test platforms and mockups for cold (i.e., non-radioactive) testing is one method to mitigate that risk: however, full-scale test mockups for operations such as waste retrieval and tank inspection can be expensive and must be modified to incorporate the uniqueness of each application. An alternative to full-scale mockups is to use three-dimensional (3D) virtual environments and virtual reality (VR) technology to develop interactive virtual test beds. These can be used throughout the down-selection, development, system integration, operational planning, operator training, and mission execution phases of a task. Virtual test beds are readily reconfigured, can be used for multiple tasks, support multiple users in parallel, and can accommodate enhancements and changes not originally planned or conceived in the initial design. Virtual test beds also provide a platform for developing and testing augmented reality (AR) tools for improving operator efficiency. A VR experience has been generated for waste retrieval from a Hanford waste tank to present the potential applications of a virtual test bed. Features of the VR experience are presented, potential applications of VR and AR for remote applications are discussed, and development areas for improving future application are considered. (authors)
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Study Results on Knowledge Requirements for Entry-Level Airport Operations and Management Personnel
This paper identifies important topical knowledge areas required of individuals employed in airport operations and management positions. A total of 116 airport managers and airfield operations personnel responded to a survey that sought to identify the importance of various subject matter for entry level airport operations personnel. The results from this study add to the body of research on aviation management curriculum development and can be used to better develop university curriculum and supplemental training focused on airport management and operations. Recommendations are made for specialized airport courses within aviation management programs. Further, this study identifies for job seekers or individuals employed in entry level positions those knowledge requirements deemed important by airport managers and operations personnel at different sized airports.
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Science-Driven Data Management for Multi-Tiered Storage (Final Report)
Scientific discovery at the exascale will not be possible without significant new research in the management, storage and retrieval over the long lifespan of the extreme amounts of data that will be produced. Our thesis is that adding application level knowledge about data to guide the actions of the storage system provides substantial benefits to the organization, storage, and access to extreme scale data, resulting in improved productivity for computational science. In this project we will demonstrate novel techniques to facilitate efficient mapping of data objects, even partitioning individual variables, from the user space onto multiple storage tiers, and enable application-guided data reductions and transformations to address capacity and bandwidth bottlenecks. Our goal is to address the associated Input/ Output (I/O) and storage challenges in the context of current and emerging storage landscapes, and expedite insights into mission critical scientific processes.
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Managed Category for Construction (MCC) On-Boarding: Part 1 [Slides]
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PACT Data Management Plan (V.1.0)
The Perovskite PV Accelerator for Commercial Technology (PACT) is an independent validation center for the evaluation of perovskite PV technologies and their bankability. The center is led by Sandia National Laboratories and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and includes as part of its team Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), CFV Labs, Black and Veatch (B&V), and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI). The goals of the center are to: Develop and improve indoor and outdoor performance characterization methods, Develop and validate accelerated qualification testing for early failures (5-10 years), Research degradation and failure modes, Validate outdoor performance, and Provide bankability services to US perovskite PV (PSC) industry. The importance of data and data management to the success and outcomes of the PACT center is paramount. This report describes how data will be managed and protected by PACT and identifies important data management principles that will guide our approach.
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NSRC New Hire Orientation: Resources and What to Expect
Hello, New Hire! Right now, you are likely very excited to begin your position at the Laboratory. We are happy you are here! This document will walk you through different facets of your pre-security clearance interval at the Lab. This is a general guide not firm documentation. Its contents were compiled by National Security Research Center (NSRC) team members to make your transition easier. To begin, you will need a security clearance to do your job. A security clearance is essentially an extremely detailed background check. After you complete and turn in your security paperwork, the clearance process can take as little as three months or as long as one year. You may wonder, “If I can’t do my job until after I receive a clearance, what will I be doing?” There is plenty of unclassified work and professional development to be done. Waiting for a clearance can be trying, but we are here to help. This guide details what to expect during pre-clearance, resources to stay industrious, entry points to Lab networking and culture, and tips for success. Patience, flexibility, and productivity are key. Your workday responsibilities and priorities will vary depending on the self-study, assigned duties, and client-driven projects designated by your manager. This guide is here to help, and so are your NSRC colleagues.
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NIMBLE. A data management and visualization framework for large scale engineering and science VVUQ applications
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