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| Recent/Upcoming Events | Workshops | Technology Readiness Assessments |
| External Technical Reviews | Technology Demonstration & Development |
| Tank Waste Corporate Board Charter Information |

Recent and Upcoming Activities

	07/08 - Report to Congress on Technology Development & Deployment Activities
	05/08 - Waste Processing Multi-Year Program Plan 2008-2012

Workshops

	09/08 - Summary Report Of 2007 Waste Processing Technical Exchanges And Workshops
	05/08 - High-Level Waste Tank Integrity Workshop
	01/08 - Slurry Retrieval, Pipeline Transport & Plugging and Mixing Workshop Day 1 Slurry Retrieval, Pipeline Transport & Plugging and Mixing Workshop - Meeting Program Slurry Mixing, Rheology, and Handling Short Course Mixing, Rheology and Slurry Handling Course M4 Mixing Concepts - Turbulence M6 Liquid Blending Yield Stress Materials M7 Solids Liquid Mixing - Off Bottom and Distribution and Attrition M8 Some Comments on Scaling CFD for Solving Mixing Problems Nomenclature Slurry Mixing, Rheology, and Handling Short Course Day 2 Reducing Technical Risks & Uncertainties in EM Projects: The Tank Waste & Waste Processing Perspective Hanford Sludge Characterization S-102 Event on July 27, 2007 and Lessons to be Learned Relating to Sludge/Slurry Processing Sludge Waste Removal and Tank Closure SRNL Work to Support the Removal of Slurries from Waste Tanks, the Transport of Slurries in Pipelines, and the Separation of Solids from Liquids at SRS Overview of the Design Basis, Operating Experience, and the Application of Laboratory Data to Support the Transport and Mixing of Sludge Slurries in the Defence Waste Processing Facility Slurry Transfer at the Idaho National Laboratory Tank Waste Retrieval Operations at Oak Ridge National Laboratory ORNL MVST Sludge (SL) Solidification Feasibility Study Overview Improving Technical Success in Projects at DuPont Day 3 New Technology and Solids: A Difficult Combination Gravity Flow Systems Critical Velocity w/Viscosity Adjustment Mixing Sludges & Slurries with Pulsed Juets: Some Mixing Theory & Test Results The Rheology and Surface Chemistry of Slurries Day 4 Slurry Transportation - An Overview Predicting Slurry Pump Performance in Nuclear Waste Storage Tanks Impeller Diameter Reduction of a Radioactive Sludge Transfer Pump Examples of slurry Retrieval, Pipeline Transport & Plugging and Mixing issues at Sellafield in the UK K-Basin Sludge Transfer Hose-in-Hose On the Formation and Treatment of Trisodium Phosphate Plugs Imaging and Tomography at Sellafield in the UK Mixing Within the Salt Waste Processing Facility [SWPF] – Air Pulse Agitators (APA’s) Slurry Suspension
	01/08 Test Platform/Test Facility Technical Session 03/08/08 - Lessons Learned from the Test Facility Technical Exchange Day 1 Meeting Agenda Meeting Objective Examples of Beneficial Discussion Office of River Protection Waste Treatment Plant Reducing Technical Risks and Uncertainties in EM Projects Waste Treatment Plant Pretreatment Engineering Platform Testing Overview THOR Steam Reforming Pilot Plant Demonstration Program Experience Tank Farm Closure Lessons Learned Lunch Guide Pilot Plant Lessons Learned Technical Exchange Simulants to Support RPP-WTP and SRS SNL WTP Pilot Testing Lessons Learned from SRS Salt Processing Scale-Up: Filtration and Solvent Extraction Pilot Plant Testing - Summary Remarks Pilot Scale Testing of the Small Tank Tetraphenylborate Process Pilot Scale Testing in Support of K-65 Waste Retrieval and Treatment at the Fernald Site Cold Testing Support for Fuel Cycle Facilities at ORNL Cold Test Support for the Gunite Tanks Remediation Project at Oak Ridge National Laboratory Test Facility Lessons Learned Technical Exchange Meeting Summary Day 2 LAW Pilot Melter Facility Lessons Learned LAW Pilot Melter Facility Lessons Learned HLW Pilot Melter Facility (DM1200) Lessons Learned Tank Waste and Melter Feed Simulants Fractional Crystallization Pilot Plant Test Program Objectives Pulse Jet Mixer Program Large-Scale Testing for Effects of AFA on Gas Retention/Release (Project #53030) Large-Scale Testing for Effects of AFA on Gas Retention/Release (Project #53030) Technical Information Sharing Test Platform/Test Facility Lessons Learned Waste Treatment Plant Pretreatment Engineering Platform WTP Test Platform/Test Facility Technical Session Test Platform Test Facility Techncial Session Waste Treatment Plant Pretreatment Engineering Platform (WTP PEP) Suggested Format for your Simulant Presentation - Press Format Suggested Format for your Simulant Presentation Suggested Format for your Test Platform-Test Facility Presentation Technical Information Sharing Presenters
	10/07 - Savannah River/Hanford/Idaho Technical Exchange
	01/23/07 Aluminum and chromium Leaching Workshop
	04/25/07 - Aluminum and Chromium Leaching Workshop Whitepaper Technology Readiness Assessment for the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant

Technology Readiness Assessments

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09/11 - Compilation of TRA Summaries  11/11 - Small Column Ion Exchange at Savannah River Site Technology Readiness Assessment Report  02/11 - Preliminary Technology Readiness Assessment (TRA) for the Calcine Disposition Project Volume 1 (CDP)  02/11 - Preliminary Technology Readiness Assessment (TRA) for the Calcine Disposition Project Volume 2 (CDP)  11/09 - K Basins Sludge Treatment Project Phase 1  07/09 - Savannah River Site Salt Waste Processing Facility Technology Readiness Assessment Report  09/08 - Uranium Downblending and Disposition Project Technology Readiness Assessment  08/07 - K Basins Sludge Treatment Process  08/07 - Waste Treatment and Immobilation Plant HLW Waste Vitrification Facility  08/07 - Waste Treatment and Immobilation Plant Pretreatment Facility  07/07 - SRS Tank 48H Waste Treatment Project Technology Readiness Assessment  03/07 - Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) Analytical Laboratory (LAB), Balance of Facilities (BOF) and Low-Activity Waste Vitrification Facilities (LAW)  03/08 - Technology Readiness Assessment (TRA)/Technology Maturation Plan (TMP) Process Guide  Maturation Plans 11/07 - Technology Maturation Plan (TMP) Wet Air Oxidation (WAO) Technology for Tank 48H Treatment Project (TTP)  11/07 - Technology Maturation Plan (TMP) Fluidized Bed Steam Reforming (FBSR) Technology for Tank 48H Treatment Project (TTP)

External Technical Reviews

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	09/11 - Compilation of ETR Summaries
	09/11 - Peer Review of the ASCEM Program 2010
	02/11 - External Technical Review Report for Small Column Ion Exchange Technology at Savannah River Site
	09/09 - External Technical Review for Evaluation of System Level Modeling and Simulation Tools in Support of Hanford Site Liquid Waste Process
	06/09 - Evaluation of System Level Modeling and Simulation Tools in Support of Savannah River Site Liquid Waste Process
	12/08 - Disposal Practices at the Savannah River Site
	12/08 - X-701B Groundwater Remedy Portsmouth Ohio
	11/08 - System Planning for Low-Activity Waste at Hanford
	10/08 - Savannah River Site: Plutonium Preparation Project (PuPP) at Savannah River Site
	08/08 - Proposed On-Site Disposal Facility (OSDF) at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant
	08/08 - Major Risk Factors Integrated Facility Disposition Project - Oak Ridge
	07/08 - Disposal Practices at the Nevada Test Site 2008
	04/08 - Mitigation and Remediation of Mercury Contamination at the Y-12 Plant Oak Ridge
	04/08 - Proposed On-Site Disposal Facility (OSDF) at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant
	02/08 - Environmental Management Waste Management Facility (EMWMF) at Oak Ridge
	12/07 - Idaho CERCLA Disposal Facility at Idaho National Laboratory
	08/07 - ARROW-PAK
	08/07 - Building C-400 Thermal Treatment 90% Remedial Design Report and Site Investigation
	07/07 - Caustic Recovery Technology
	06/07 - Operational Issues at the Environmental Restoration Disposal Facility at Hanford
	02/07 - Remedial System Performance Improvement for the 200-ZP-1_PW-1 Operable Units at Hanford
	11/22/06 - Savannah River Site - Salt Waste Processing Facility Independent Technical Review
	09/28/06 - Hanford ETR Bulk Vitrification System - Demonstration Bulk Vitrification System (DBVS) Review Report
	08/10/06 - Savannah River Site - Tank 48 SRS Review Report
	03/17/06 - Hanford ETR Tank Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant - Hanford Tank Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant Technical Review - External Flowsheet Review Team (Technical) Report
	03/31/06 - Hanford ETR - Tank Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant - Hanford Tank Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant Technical Review - Estimate at Completion (Cost) Report
	Miscellaneous supporting information 01/09/07 -Savannah River Site - Salt Waste Processing Facility: Briefing on the Salt Waste Processing Facility Independent Technical Review 08/10/06 - Savannah River Site - Tank 48 Transmittal Letter of SRS Tank 48 Review 08/10/06 - Savannah River Site - Tank 48 Briefing on SRS Tank 48 Independent Technical Review

Technology Demonstration & Development

	10/07/08 - A Ceramic membrane to Recycle Caustic
	08/13/08 - Waste Processing Annual Technology Development Report 2007

Tank Waste Corporate Board Charter/ Newsletter/ Meetings/ Presentations

	Meeting 11/18/10 High-Level Waste Corporate Board Meeting Agenda  Journey to Excellence Goal 2 and Enhanced Tank Waste Strategy  Introduction to Tc/I in Hanford Flowsheet  Fate of Tc99 at WTP and Current Work on Capture  Technetium Retention During LAW Vitrification  Impacts of Feed Composition and Recycle on Hanford Low-Activity Waste Glass Mass  Secondary Waste Forms and Technetium Management  Hanford Low Activity Waste (LAW) Fluidized Bed Steam Reformer (FBSR) Na-Al-Si (NAS) Waste Form Qualification  Salt Waste Processing Initiatives  Recap and Conclusions to Tc/I in Hanford Flowsheet Presentations  Tank Closure
	Meeting 07/29/09 Fuel Cycle Research and Development Program  Retrieval and Repackaging of RH-TRU Waste - General Presentation Modular Hot Cell Technology  Tank Waste System Integrated Project Team  Gunite Tanks Waste Retrieval and Closure Operations at Oak Ridge Nattional Laboratory  Integrated Facilities Disposition Program  Oak Ridge National Laboratory TRU Waste Processing Center Tank Waste Processing Supernate Processing System  Chemical Cleaning Program Review  Enhanced Chemical Cleaning  Hanford Single-Shell Tank Integrity Program  Modeling the Performance of Engineered Systems for Closure and Near-Surface Disposal  Nuclear Safety R&D in the Waste Processing Technology Development & Deployment Program  Action Items
	07/24/08 - High Level Waste Corporate Board Charter
	Newsletters 06/03/09 - High Level Waste Corporate Board Newsletter  09/11/08 - High Level Waste Corporate Board Newsletter  06/03/08 - High Level Waste Corporate Board Newsletter
	Meeting 03/05/09 Overview of Integrated Waste Treatment Unit Desired PU Loading During Vitrification  HLW System Integrated Project Team  Waste Determination and Section 3116 of the 2005 National Defense Authorization Act - Site Perspective     Will be posted at a later date Waste Determination and Section 3116 of the 2005 National Defense Authorization Act - HQ Perspective  Status of Art & Practice of Performance Assessment within the DOE Complex  Experience from the Short Course on Introduction to Nuclear Chemistry and Fuel Cycle Separations and Future Educational Opportunities  Role of Liquid Waste Pretreatment Technologies in Solving the DOE Clean-up Mission  Performance Assessment Community of Practice   Action Item Review and Status
	Meeting 11/06/08 Slurry Retrieval, Pipeline Transport & Plugging and Mixing Workshop  The Way Ahead - West Valley Demonstration Project  High-Level Liquid Waste Tank Integrity Workshop - 2008 Savannah River Tank Waste Residuals  Hanford Tank Waste Residuals  HLW Glass Waste Loadings   (Please contact Steven Ross at steven.ross@em.doe.gov for a version with animations on slide 6). High-Level Waste Corporate Board Performance Assessment Subcommittee
	Meeting 07/24/08 Grouting at the Idaho National Laboratory Tank Farm Facility, R. Mark Shaw  The National Repository at Yucca Mountain, Russ Dyer   EM-21 Multi-Year Program Plan Prioritization Process EM Waste Acceptance Product Specification (WAPS) for Vitrified High-Level Waste Forms
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