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Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Open Session Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Characterization, Modeling, Monitoring, and Remediation of Fractured Rock. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21742.

Appendix B

Open Session Agendas

MEETING 1—January 7, 2013

9:00 a.m.Welcome and introductions
David Daniel (NAE), Ph.D., Chair, Committee on Characterization, Modeling, Monitoring, and Remediation of Fractured Rocks
9:05Sponsor expectations
Thomas Nicholson, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Division of Risk Analysis, Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research
Mark Schoppet, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Environmental Management Division
10:50Break
11:00Perspectives on fractured bedrock across disciplines and scales
Matthew Becker, Ph.D., California State University, Long Beach
12:00 p.m.Working lunch in meeting room; continued discussions
12:30A recent study of fault zone hydrology
Kenzi Karasaki, Ph.D., Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
1:30Sponsor expectations (cont.)
TBD, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear Fuel Disposition
2:00Open session adjourns

WORKSHOP—May 29–31, 2013

DAY ONE: Wednesday, May 29, 2013

CHARACTERIZING PHYSICAL AND BIOGEOCHEMICAL PROCESSES IN FRACTURED ROCK

8:00 a.m.Continental breakfast
8:30Welcome and introductory remarks
David Daniel (NAE), Ph.D., Committee Chair
Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Open Session Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Characterization, Modeling, Monitoring, and Remediation of Fractured Rock. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21742.

SESSION 1: RECENT ADVANCES IN UNDERSTANDING GEOLOGIC AND CHEMICAL PROCESSES

Session Moderator: Allen Shapiro, Ph.D., committee member

8:50Fractured rock: How did it get that way?
Terry Engelder, Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University
9:20Hydromechanical coupling
Mark Zoback (NAE), Ph.D., Stanford University
9:50Contaminant geochemical behavior in fractured rocks: Lessons from porous media
Richelle Allen-King, Ph.D., University at Buffalo
10:20Break
10:40Panel discussion
11:40Lunch

SESSION 2: ENHANCED CHARACTERIZATION

Session Moderator: Kamini Singha, Ph.D., committee member

1:00 p.m.Fracture architecture and mechanical stratigraphy in sedimentary rocks
Michael Gross, Ph.D., Shell Oil
1:30Advances in the characterization of fractured rock systems beyond the borehole wall using geophysical imaging
Lee Slater, Ph.D., Rutgers University
2:00Panel discussion
3:00Break

SESSION 3: SYNTHESIZING CHARACTERIZATION INFORMATION INTO CONCEPTUAL MODELS OF GROUNDWATER FLOW AND BIOGEOCHEMICAL TRANSPORT

Session Moderator: Bill Dershowitz, Ph.D., committee member

3:20Experiences from site-descriptive and safety assessment modeling, and input from ongoing research and development plans
Jan-Olof Selroos, Ph.D., Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company (SKB)
3:50Data model synthesis for flow and transport in fractured rocks
Paul Hsieh, Ph.D., U.S. Geological Survey
Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Open Session Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Characterization, Modeling, Monitoring, and Remediation of Fractured Rock. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21742.
4:20Panel discussion
Jan-Olof Selroos, Ph.D., SKB
Paul Hsieh, Ph.D., U.S. Geological Survey
Kent Novakowski, Ph.D., Queens University
Scott Painter, Ph.D.
5:20Adjourn for the day

DAY TWO: Thursday, May 30, 2013

REMEDIATION AND MONITORING IN FRACTURED ROCK

8:00 a.m.Continental breakfast
8:30Welcome and introductory remarks
David Daniel (NAE), Ph.D., Committee Chair

SESSION 4: REMEDIATION IN FRACTURED ROCK

Session Moderator: David Reynolds, Ph.D., committee member

8:45What is the future of remediation science and technology and how do we prepare?
Jeffrey Marqusee, Ph.D., Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program and Environmental Security Technology Certification Program
9:15Use of thermal conductive heating to remove chlorinated solvents from fractured bedrock
Bernie Kueper, Ph.D., Queens University
9:45Biotic/abiotic degradation
Leo Lehmicke, Ph.D., CO2 and Water, Inc.
10:15Break
10:30In situ bioremediation of uranium
Steve Yabusaki, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
11:00Panel discussion
12:00 p.m.Lunch

SESSION 5: MONITORING FOR EARLY INDICATORS OF ENGINEERING PERFORMANCE AND REMEDIATION PROGRESS

Session Moderator: Lynn Orr, Jr., Ph.D., committee member

1:00Session introduction
1:15Working group discussions
Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Open Session Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Characterization, Modeling, Monitoring, and Remediation of Fractured Rock. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21742.
Questions for working groups:
  1. What processes could be monitored as early indicators of good or bad performance of engineered systems?
  2. Given monitoring data collection technologies, what strategies can be applied to get more out of collected data?
  3. What new approaches to monitoring could be applied, given current technologies, that might reduce performance uncertainties in monitoring for radionuclides, organics, and metals?
  4. What new and emerging technologies employing new strategic approaches could be applied to monitor system performance and reduce uncertainties in monitoring for radionuclides, organics, and metals? What do we do to get there?
2:30Working group summaries provided in plenary session
3:00Large group discussion

CONCLUDING REMARKS

4:00Closing remarks
David Daniel (NAE), Ph.D., Committee Chair
4:30Workshop adjourns
Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Open Session Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Characterization, Modeling, Monitoring, and Remediation of Fractured Rock. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21742.
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Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Open Session Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Characterization, Modeling, Monitoring, and Remediation of Fractured Rock. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21742.
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Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Open Session Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Characterization, Modeling, Monitoring, and Remediation of Fractured Rock. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21742.
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Suggested Citation: "Appendix B: Open Session Agendas." National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. 2020. Characterization, Modeling, Monitoring, and Remediation of Fractured Rock. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/21742.
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