Session: Disposal of Radioactive Waste: Promise, Progress, Pitfalls, and Path Forward (2013 GSA Annual Meeting in Denver: 125th Anniversary of GSA (27-30 October 2013))

Introductory Remarks
Abstract ID#: 234258

MULTIPLE OPTIONS FOR GEOLOGIC DISPOSAL OF HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE
Abstract ID#: 223850

SWIFT, Peter N., Sandia National Laboratories, P.O. Box 5800, Albuquerque, NM 87185, pnswift@sandia.gov

GEOLOGIC DISPOSAL OF SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL: FINNISH PERSPECTIVE
Abstract ID#: 221910

AALTONEN, Ismo S., Development, Posiva Oy, Olkiluoto, Eurajoki FI-27160 Finland, ismo.aaltonen@posiva.fi

NUCLEAR WASTE REPOSITORY SITING IN THE U.S.:GEOSCIENCE, GEO-POLICY, AND LESSONS LEARNED FROM PREVIOUS REPOSITORY SITING EXPERIENCE
Abstract ID#: 232302

SKIPPER, Kenneth J., U.S. Geological Survey, Water Mission Area/Office of Groundwater, Denver Federal Center (USGS), 6th and Kipling Streets Building 25 MS 406, Lakewood, CO 80225, kskipper@usgs.gov

EVALUATION OF GEOLOGIC OPTIONS FOR DISPOSAL OF HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE USING A GIS DATABASE
Abstract ID#: 231430

PERRY, Frank, Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, EES-16, MS D452, Los Alamos, NM 87545, fperry@lanl.gov, DOBSON, Patrick F., Earth Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, CA 94720, and KELLEY, Richard E., Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, MS D452, Los Alamos, NM 87545

THE HYDROGEOLOGY OF SHALES AND THEIR EMERGING ROLE AS HOSTS FOR NUCLEAR WASTE
Abstract ID#: 229658

NEUZIL, C.E., U.S. Geological Survey, 431 National Center, Reston, VA 20192, ceneuzil@usgs.gov

REFLECTIONS ON YUCCA MOUNTAIN: WHAT WERE THE KEY TECHNICAL AND SCIENTIFIC ISSUES?
Abstract ID#: 224735

EWING, R.C., Geological Sciences, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, rodewing@umich.edu

Discussion
Abstract ID#: 234260

Break
Abstract ID#: 234259

GEOLOGY AND SOCIETY: THE ROLE AND LIMITATIONS OF GEOLOGY IN EPA SAFETY STANDARDS FOR DISPOSAL OF SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL
Abstract ID#: 230851

FORINASH, Elizabeth¹, PEAKE, R. Thomas², and SCHULTHEISZ, Daniel¹, (1) U.S. EPA, Radiation Protection Division, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Mail code 6608-J, Washington, DC 20460, forinash.betsy@epa.gov, (2) US Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, 6608J, Washington, DC 22031

THE WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANT AND HUMAN INTRUSION
Abstract ID#: 225417

PEAKE, R. Thomas, US Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, 6608J, Washington, DC 22031, peake.tom@epa.gov

THERMAL DECOMPOSITION OF POLYHALITE: A MINERAL RELEVANT TO SALT REPOSITORY
Abstract ID#: 232104

XU, Hongwu, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, hxu@lanl.gov and BAI, Jianming, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973

HYDROUS MINERAL PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURES
Abstract ID#: 232588

CAPORUSCIO, Florie A., CHESHIRE, Michael C., and BOUKHALFA, Hakim, Ees-14, Los Alamos National Laboratory, MS-J966, Los Alamos, NM 87545, floriec@lanl.gov

PREPARING FOR POTENTIAL CHANGES IN NATIONAL NUCLEAR WASTE DISPOSAL POLICY: APPROACHES BY THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION STAFF
Abstract ID#: 226260

GWO, Jin-Ping, MARKLEY, Christopher, FEDORS, Randall, AHN, Tae, COMPTON, Keith, RUBENSTONE, James, and GUTTMANN, Jack, U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC 20555, Jin-Ping.Gwo@nrc.gov

TECHNICAL ACTIVITIES SUPPORTING THE U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION'S GEOLOGIC DISPOSAL PROGRAM
Abstract ID#: 227208

PICKETT, David, MANEPALLY, Chandrika, SHUKLA, Pavan, HE, Xihua, GHOSH, Amitava, STOTHOFF, Stuart, and PENSADO, Osvaldo, Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses, Southwest Research Institute, 6220 Culebra Rd, San Antonio, TX 78238, dpickett@swri.org

DEEP BOREHOLE DISPOSAL OF SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL AND HIGH-LEVEL WASTE
Abstract ID#: 222386

LESLIE, Bret W., U.S. Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board, 2300 Clarendon Blvd, Suite 1300, Arlington, VA 22201-3367, leslie@nwtrb.gov and ZOBACK, Mary Lou, Department of Geophysics, Stanford University, 397 Panama Mall, 360 Mitchell Building, Stanford, CA 94305

Concluding Remarks
Abstract ID#: 234261

171. T171. Disposal of Radioactive Waste: Promise, Progress, Pitfalls, and Path Forward

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T171. Disposal of Radioactive Waste: Promise, Progress, Pitfalls, and Path Forward