LLW Forum Meeting Presentations

for past presentations, please see the archive (for members only)

LLW Forum Fall 2024 Hybrid Meeting
October 9-10, 2024
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DAY ONE: October 9

Welcome and Introductory Remarks
Doug Hansen, LLW Forum Chair  

Welcome to Nevada
Tim Robb
NWIC Board Member
Director of Strategic Initiatives, Officer of Governor Joe Lombardo

Rocky Mountain Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact: History and Updates
Leonard C. Slosky
Executive Director, Rocky Mountain Compact

NRC Update                                                         
Duane White, NRC

DOE Waste Management Update                       
Amie Robinson, DOE

DOE Environmental Management Activities
Nevada National Security Site
Robert Boehlecke, DOE NNSS

Updates from United States Commercial Disposal Facilities
Vern Rogers, EnergySolutions
David Carlson, Waste Control Specialists

Updates from United States Commercial Disposal Facilities (cont.)
Doug Frenette, Republic Services
Andy Veronee, Barnwell

DOE Update on Disused Sources
Sam Meyer, DOE NNSA

GAO Update
Ned Woodward, GAO

DAY TWO: October 10

Overview of the LLW Forum’s Disused Sources Working Group
Michael Klebe, DSWG

Update of the Southeast Compact’s Source Disposal Funding 
Tom Hansen, SE Compact

US EPA Program Updates   
Dan Schultheisz, EPA

NEI Update
Bruce Montgomery, NEI

EPRI Update 
Darcy Campbell, EPRI

History of the Compact System And Discussion
Dan Shrum, LLW Forum


LLW Forum Spring 2024 Hybrid Meeting 
April 3-4, 2924
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DAY ONE: April 3, 2024

Keynote Speaker: Clark Eldredge
Welcome to Florida and Status of Programs in Florida

Chief of Radiation Control, State of Florida

NRC Update
Jane Marshall, NRC

DOE Waste Management Update
Christopher Kemp, DOE

NEI Update on New Reactors Tech   
Katie Austgen, NEI

Updates from United States Commercial Disposal Facilities
David Carlson, Waste Control Specialists
Hans Honerlah, Republic Services

ARDT Update
Brian Christian, ARDT

Petersen Inc.
Nick Despain, Petersen Inc.

Updates from United States Commercial Disposal Facilities
Vern Rogers and Jason Jones, EnergySolutions


DAY TWO: April 4, 2024

US EPA
Joe Rustick, EPA

DoD – LLRW Program
Michael Kurth, Rock Island Arsenal

GTCC Activities
David Carlson, Waste Control Specialists

Perma-Fix Florida
Randy Self, Perma-Fix Florida      

Sealed Source Activities
Ned Woodward, GAO

Overview of the LLW Forum’s Disused Sources Working Group     
Michael Klebe, DSWG



LLW Forum Fall 2023 Hybrid Meeting 
October 3-4, 2023
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DAY ONE: October 3, 2023

Keynote Speaker: Peter Bradford
Former NRC Commissioner and Professor, author of “Fragile Structures: A Story of Oil Refineries, National Security and the Coast of Maine

NRC Update
Stephen Koenick, NRC

DOE Waste Management Update
Douglas Tonkay, DOE

Production of Radioactive Isotopes for Medical Treatment
Scott Larrivee, Nusano

Emerging Technologies
Benjamin Byboth, Commonwealth Fusion Systems

Clive Update: Operator
Vern Rogers, EnergySolutions

Clive Update: Regulator
Otis Willoughby, Division of Waste Management and Radiation Control, State of Utah

DoD – LLRW Program
Cyrus Turner, DoD

Sealed Source Activities
Ned Woodward, GAO

Overview of the LLW Forum’s Disused Sources Working Group
Michael Klebe, DSWG


DAY TWO: October 4, 2023

US EPA Program Updates
Jonathan Major, EPA

Engaging Local Governments on Nuclear Development and Waste Management
Kara Colton, Energy Communities Alliance

Updates from United States Commercial Disposal Facilities
David Carlson, Waste Control Specialists and
Douglas Frenette, Republic Services

Panel Discussion on Detection Limits and Waste Attribution

Dan Shrum, Moderator
Stephen Koenick, U.S. NRC
Doug Tonkay, DOE
Clint Miller,
PG&E, Diablo Canyon
Darcy Campbell, EPRI


For past presentations, please see the archive (for members only)