AGENDA
Advancing Goal-Oriented Nuclear Waste Cleanup, Today and Tomorrow
Sept. 10, 2019
Registration, exhibits, and the welcome reception will be in the Plaza Ballroom Foyer.
4:00pm—6:00pm Registration Opens
4:00pm—7:00pm Exhibits Open
5:00pm—7:00pm Welcome Reception
Sept. 11, 2019
7:00am—8:00am Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00am—8:15am Opening Remarks
County Executive Ron Woody, Roane County, TN; Chair, Energy Communities Alliance (ECA)
Sandra Fairchild, Vice Chair, Energy Facility Contractors Group (EFCOG)
8:15am—8:45am Keynote Address: DOE Priorities
Moderator: Glenn Morgan, President, N3B Los Alamos
Paul Dabbar, Under Secretary for Science, DOE
8:45am—9:30am Ensuring Continued Progress at EM Sites
Moderator: Karen Wiemelt, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Jacobs
Todd Shrader, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management, DOE
9:30am—10:00am COFFEE BREAK
10:00am—10:15am Perspectives on Hanford and DOE Priorities
Moderator: Sandra Fairchild, Vice Chair, EFCOG
Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA)
10:15am—12:00pm 30 Years of EM Cleanup: A Foundation of Success
Moderator: Todd Shrader, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management, DOE
...The Genesis of the EM Program
Tom Grumbly, Former Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management, DOE
...Building a Partnership with Local Communities
Seth Kirshenberg, Executive Director, ECA
Rick McLeod, Savannah River Site Community Reuse Organization
...The Rocky Flats Success
Paul Golan, former Acting Assistant Secretary for EM and Deputy Manager, Rocky Flats Field Office
...The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
Keith Klein, former Manager, Carlsbad Field Office; Vice President, Longenecker & Associates
...The Defense Waste Processing Facility Success
Jack Craig, former Manager, Savannah River Site, DOE; Vice President, Atkins
...Preserving the History and Importance of EM Sites through the Manhattan Project National Historical Park
Former Rep. Doc Hastings (R-WA)
12:00pm—1:00pm LUNCH
1:00pm—2:15pm Highlighting EM Success from Across the Complex
Moderator: Jeff Griffin, Associate Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management, DOE
...AMWTP Progress
Jack Zimmerman, Manager, Idaho Cleanup Project, DOE
Kliss McNeel, ES&H Director, Fluor Idaho
...DUF-6
Robert Edwards, Manager, Portsmouth Paducah Project Office, DOE
Zack Smith, President and Project Manager, Mid-America Conversion Services
...Reducing Risk and Enabling Federal Land Reuse on the Oak Ridge Reservation
Jay Mullis, Manager, Oak Ridge EM, DOE
Ken Rueter, President, UCOR
...Full Interim Measure—Chromium
Doug Hintze, Manager, EM Los Alamos, DOE
Glenn Morgan, President, N3B Los Alamos
2:15pm—2:30pm COFFEE BREAK
2:30pm—3:00pm Contracting Update: End-States, Small Business, and Opportunities
Moderator: Liz Porter, Senior Vice President, Leidos
Norbert Doyle, Acting Associate Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Corporate Services, DOE-EM
3:00pm—4:00pm Roundtable: Continuing Acquisition Momentum and Improving Project Performance
Moderator: Martin Schneider, EFCOG
Norbert Doyle, Acting Associate Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Corporate Services, DOE-EM
Alan Parker, Executive Vice President, Atkins Nuclear Secured
Karen Wiemelt, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Jacobs
James Taylor, General Manager-Environmental, Bechtel
Greg Meyer, Senior Vice President, Fluor
Mark Whitney, Executive Vice President and General Manager, AECOM
Heatherly Dukes, President, Technical Services Group, BWXT
David Reeploeg, TRIDEC
4:00pm ADJOURN (House Cleanup Caucus event to follow)
5:30pm—7:30pm House Nuclear Cleanup Caucus Event at Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2060
For more information, contact: Francis Brunet at 202-739-8066 / fab@nei.org
Sept. 12, 2019
7:00am—8:00am Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:00am—8:45am Legislative Challenges and Opportunities for the EM Program
Moderator: Susana Navarro-Valenti, President and CEO, Navarro
Rep. Chuck Fleischmann (R-TN)
8:45am—9:45am Interpreting the Definition of HLW: Challenges and Opportunities
Moderator: Shelly Wilson, Senior Associate, Longenecker & Associates
Mark Senderling, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Waste and Materials Management, DOE-EM
Michael Budney, Manager, Savannah River Operations Office, DOE-EM
Kara Colton, ECA
Henry Porter, Chief, Bureau of Land and Waste Management, SC DHEC
Carolyn Hanson, Deputy Executive Director, Environmental Council of the States
9:45am—10:00am COFFEE BREAK
10:00am—11:00am Hanford: Past, Present, and Future
Moderator: Brent Gerry, Mayor, City of West Richland, WA
Brian Vance, Manager, Office of River Protection and Richland Operations Office, DOE
Ty Blackford, President, CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation Company
Bob Wilkinson, President, Mission Support Alliance
John Eschenberg, President & Chief Executive Officer, Washington River Protection Solutions
Val McCain, Bechtel Principal Vice President and WTP Project Director
11:00am—12:00pm The Future of the Savannah River Site
Moderator: Betsy Connell, Associate Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Regulatory and Policy Affairs, DOE
T.L. Cubbage, Deputy Under Secretary for Science, DOE
Stuart MacVean, President, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions
Vahid Majidi, Director, Savannah River National Laboratory
Michael Budney, Manager, Savannah River Operations Office, DOE
Nicole Nelson-Jean, Manager, Savannah River Field Office, NNSA
Tom Foster, President and Project Manager, Savannah River Remediation
Chuck Smith, Aiken County Council
12:00pm—1:15pm LUNCH
1:15pm—2:30pm Roundtable: DOE Field Office Managers
Moderator: Pam Larsen, Hanford Communities
Jay Mullis, Manager, Oak Ridge EM, DOE
Robert Edwards, Manager, Portsmouth Paducah Project Office, DOE
Jack Zimmerman, Manager, Idaho Cleanup Project, DOE
Doug Hintze, Manager, EM Los Alamos, DOE
Michael Budney, Manager, Savannah River Operations Office, DOE
Brian Vance, Manager, Office of River Protection and Richland Operations Office, DOE
2:30pm—2:45pm COFFEE BREAK
2:45pm—3:45pm Investing in Infrastructure to Enable Cleanup and Future Missions
Moderator: Jim Fiore, Waste Management Symposia
Kirk Lachman, Acting Manager, Carlsbad Field Office
Jim McConnell, Associate Administrator for Safety, Infrastructure and Operations, DOE-NNSA
Carmelo Melendez, Director, Office of Legacy Management, DOE
Mark Watson, City Manager, Oak Ridge, TN
3:45pm—4:00pm DOE Congressional Affairs Outlook
Moderator: Dwight Cates, Director of Government Relations, Fluor
Melissa Burnison, Assistant Secretary for Congressional and Intergovernmental Affairs, DOE
4:00pm—5:00pm Congressional Staff Perspective
Moderator: Bob Thompson, Mayor, City of Richland, WA
Adam DeMella, Majority Clerk, Senate Appropriations Committee, Energy and Water Development Subcommittee
Jaime Shimek, Majority Clerk, House Appropriations Committee, Energy and Water Development Subcommittee
Sean O’Brien, Legislative Director, Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA)
5:00pm ADJOURN
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