Appendix C

Presentations at the Committee’s Information-Gathering Meetings

PUBLIC MEETING #1: WASHINGTON, DC, DECEMBER 12-13, 2017

Invited Presentations

• Congressional Perspectives on the Tasking, Jonathan Epstein, professional staff member, Senate Armed Services Committee
• Overview of the Department of Energy-Environmental Management (DOE-EM)’s Program and Perspective on the Committee’s Tasking, Betsy Connell, Director, EM Regulatory, Intergovernmental, and Stakeholder Affairs
• DOE’s Office of River Protection (DOE-ORP): Program Scope and Status, Delmar Noyes, Assistant Manager WTP Start-Up, Commissioning, and Integration, DOE-ORP
• Presentations by members of the Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) Team, led by Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL), Bill Bates, project leader, SRNL, with Michael Stone, SRNL, and Thomas Brouns, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• Perspective Regarding Congressional Interests about Cleanup at the Hanford Site, David Bearden, Congressional Research Service
• Perspective from Government Accountability Office’s Reports on Treatment Options for Low-Activity Waste at the Hanford Site, David Trimble and Nathan Anderson, U.S. Government Accountability Office
• Independent Assessment of Challenges Concerning Cleanup at the Hanford Site, Robert Alvarez, Senior Scholar, Institute for Policy Studies

Public Comments

• John Greeves, independent consultant
• Suzanne Dahl, Washington State Department of Ecology
• Geoff Fettus, Natural Resources Defense Council
• Ian Pegg, Vitreous State Laboratory, The Catholic University of America

PUBLIC MEETING #2: RICHLAND, WASHINGTON, FEBRUARY 28-MARCH 1, 2018

Invited Presentation

• Introductory Remarks on DOE-ORP, Jon Peschong, DOE-ORP

Presentations by Washington River Protection System’s Contractors

• Introduction, Jason Vitali
• Hanford Low-Activity Waste Historical Overview, Dave Swanberg
• System Plan 8 Baseline Case SLAW Sizing, Jeremy Belsher
• History of Supplemental LAW Treatment Reviews, Dave Swanberg

• History of Supplemental LAW Cost Comparison, Dave Swanberg
• Advanced Glass Program, John Vienna
• ILAW Glass Testing Program Status, Elvie Brown
• Overview of the 2017 IDF Performance Assessment for LAW, Pat Lee
• Radioactive Waste Test Bed Initiative, Stephanie Doll
• Cementitious Waste Form Formulation and Testing Status, Dave Swanberg

FFRDC Team’s Presentations

• Introduction to Study and Lines of Inquiry Table and Schedule Overview, Bill Bates (SRNL)
• Process Flowsheet Overview and Feed Vector Overview, Michael Stone (SRNL)
• Baseline and Vit Flowsheets and Preliminary Technical Readiness Levels (TRLs), Alex Cozzi (SRNL)
• Grout Flowsheets and Waste Forms and Preliminary TRLs, George Guthrie (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
• Steam Reforming and Waste Forms and Preliminary TRLs, Nicholas Soelberg (Idaho National Laboratory)
• Technologies Considered and Not Included, Thomas Brouns (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
• Disposal Facilities Overview, Waste Acceptance Criteria, and Transportation, John Cochran (Sandia National Laboratories)
• Analytic Approach to Risk, Thomas Brouns
• Cost Estimating Methodology, Frank Sinclair (SRNL)
• Wrap Up, Bill Bates

Stakeholders’ Presentations

• Alex Smith, Washington State Department of Ecology
• Dave Bartus, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regional Office
• Ken Niles, State of Oregon Department of Energy
• Susan Leckband, Chair, Hanford Advisory Board
• David Reeploeg, Vice President, Tri-City Development Council (TRIDEC)
• Pam Larsen, President, Hanford Communities
• Matthew Johnson, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR)

Public Comments

• Paul Flaherty, CHC Consulting, LLC, who made an oral presentation and submitted a written comment on behalf of Knauf Insulation
• Vince Panesko, Retired from the Hanford Site
• Don Alexander, Retired from DOE

Submitted Written Comments at the Public Meeting

• John Vienna, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
• John Williford, Chrysalis Technology Group, Ltd.
• Tom Carpenter, Hanford Challenge

Submitted Written Comments to the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

• Darryl Siemer, a consulting scientist who is retired from the Idaho National Laboratory, submitted a number of comments via e-mail.

PUBLIC MEETING #3: RICHLAND, WASHINGTON, JULY 23-24, 2018

Invited Presentations

Committee Members’ Presentations

• Observations from the committee’s Hanford Site tour during the morning of July 23, 2018, John S. Applegate (chair)
• Observations by two committee members and study director of the FFRDC’s expert elicitation on May 1-3, 2018, Anne E. Smith (member)

Stakeholder Presentation

• Agency’s Comments on the First FFRDC Draft Report and the Committee’s First Review Report, Alex Smith, Washington State Department of Ecology

FFRDC Team’s Presentations

• FFRDC Team Overview, Bill Bates (SRNL)
• Baseline, Feed Vector, Uncertainties, Michael Stone (SRNL)
• Analysis Approach, Tom Brouns (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
• Base and Variant Case Overview, Michael Stone
• Pretreatment Approaches, Michael Stone
• “Other” Considerations, Tom Brouns
• Vitrification Cases, Alex Cozzi (SRNL)
• Grout Cases, George Guthrie (Los Alamos National Laboratory)
• Steam Reforming Cases, Nick Soelberg (Idaho National Laboratory)
• Transportation and Disposal Site Considerations, Paul Shoemaker (Sandia National Laboratories)
• Estimate Methodology and Results, Frank Sinclair with William “Gene” Ramsey (SRNL)
• Analysis Results, Sharon Robinson (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
• Summary, Bill Bates

Stakeholder Presentation

• Alfrieda Peters, Yakama Nation

Public Comment

• Mark Hall, Hanford Solutions and a former DOE employee

Submitted Written Comment to the National Academies

• Tom Galioto, long-term Tri-Cities resident, a former Hanford employee, and a current member of the Environmental Management Site Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB) at Hanford that advises DOE on cleanup activities; he contacted the committee in his capacity as a private citizen and not as a member of the advisory board.
• John F. Williford, President, Chrysalis Technology Group, Ltd., Richland, Washington, submitted on July 22, 2018, a report that he wrote and titled, “Commercial Viability Assessment of Iron Phosphate Glass for Immobilization of Low-Activity Nuclear Waste for MO-SCI Corporation,” Chrysalis Technology Group, Ltd., December 8, 2002; he also submitted an opinion piece that proposes the idea of “treating all the tank waste without separation by vitrification.” The opinion piece’s citation is John F. Williford, “Is there a better way to treat tank waste?” Tri-City Herald, June 21, 2015.

PUBLIC MEETING #4: RICHLAND, WASHINGTON, NOVEMBER 29-30, 2018

Invited Presentations

Committee Member’s Presentation

• Observations on the FFRDC Working Meeting in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on October 16-17, 2018, Rachel Detwiler, Committee Member

Stakeholders’ Presentations

• Washington State Department of Ecology’s Perspective on the Most Recent FFRDC’s Draft Report and the Committee’s Review Report, Suzanne Dahl and Alex Smith, Washington State Department of Ecology
• Perspective from Hanford Advisory Board’s Chair on the Recent Report, Susan Leckband
• Perspective from the Hanford Communities’ Executive Director on the Recent Report, Pam Larsen
• Perspective of the Nez Perce Tribal Nation, Jack Bell, Director of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management Program

FFRDC Team’s Presentations

• Introduction of FFRDC Team Study, Bill Bates (SRNL)
• Process Overview and Major Assumptions/Bases, Michael Stone (SRNL)
• Analysis Approach, Tom Brouns (PNNL)
• Pertinent Pretreatment Technologies and Maturities, Robert Jubin (ORNL)
• Vitrification Case, Alex Cozzi (SRNL)
• Grout Cases 1 and 2, George Guthrie (LANL)
• Steam Reforming Cases 1 and 2, Nick Soelberg (INL)
• Onsite Disposal Performance Evaluation (IDF), Tom Brouns
• Offsite Transportation & Disposal (WCS), John Cochran (SNL)
• Risk Analysis, Steve Unwin (PNNL)
• NDAA—Hanford Supplemental LAW Evaluation Cost Estimate Status, William “Gene” Ramsey (SRNL)
• Additional Discussion with the FFRDC Team

PUBLIC MEETING #5: ATLANTA, GEORGIA, JANUARY 8, 2019

There were no formal presentations. The FFRDC team and the National Academies committee had a 3-hour long discussion about the FFRDC’s incomplete draft report and next steps toward completing the report.

PUBLIC MEETING #6: KENNEWICK, WASHINGTON, MAY 16, 2019

Invited Presentations

Committee Member’s Presentation

• Independent Assessment of Science and Technology for the Department of Energy’s Defense Environmental Cleanup Program, John Plodinec, Vice Chair of the Committee on Independent Assessment of Science and Technology for the Department of Energy’s Defense Environmental Cleanup Program

Stakeholder Presentation

• FFRDC Draft Report, Suzanne Dahl, Section Manager of Tank Waste Treatment, Washington State Department of Ecology

FFRDC Team’s Presentations

• Introduction of FFRDC Team Study & Final Draft Report, Bill Bates (SRNL)
• Performance Evaluation (PE) Inputs &Overview, Tom Brouns (PNNL)
• Performance Evaluation Results, Tom Brouns (PNNL)
• FFRDC Conclusions, Michael Stone (SRNL)
• Additional Discussion with the FFRDC Team

Public Comment

• Allyn Boldt, e-mailed submitted comment that was read at the public meeting.