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International Decommissioning Network (IDN)
Practical Training Course on Nuclear Facility Decommissioning and Environmental Remediation Skills, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, USA - 16—27 April 2012
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day 1
- Welcome and Introductions, including Safety Lecture
- Course Overview & Objectives and Study Site Presentation
- IAEA Networks: ENVIRONET and IDN (P. Booth and L. Boing)
- Case Study: Battelle Columbus Lab Site Closure Project (T. Baillieul)
- Participants' Presentations
day 2
- D&D Project Management and Cost Estimation (J. Carignan)
- Conceptual Site Models (P. Booth)
- Conceptual Site Models - hands-on exercise (P. Booth)
- ER Project Planning and Decision Making (P. Booth)
- Stakeholder Engagement, incl. facilitated group exercise (P. Booth)
- Risk Communication (P. Booth)
- Relevant IAEA Standards, Guidance and Publications
day 3
- Overview of Dose and Risk Assessment (C. Yu and K. Smith)
- Dose and Risk Assessment for Building Contamination: RESRAD-BUILD
- Dose and Risk Assessment for Soil Contamination: RESRAD-OFFSITE
- RESRAD Demonstrations incl. facilitated group exercise
- Relevant IAEA Standards, Guidance and Publications
day 4
- Introduction to Decommissioning (L. Boing)
- Environment, Safety & Health (T. Hansen)
- USNRC D&D Regulatory Perspectives (P. Michalak)
- Waste Management-1 (R. Shult)
- Waste Management-2 incl facilitated group exercise (R. Shult)
- D&D hands-on exercise – Planning Exercise (L. Boing)
- Crosswalk - Relevant IAEA Standards, Guidance and Publications
day 5
- D&D Work Area Logistics/Setup (D. Draper)
- D&D Site Characterization (T. Hansen)
- Materials Clearance (D. Draper)
- Case Study - Small Facilities (T. Hansen)
- Decontamination Technologies (L. Boing)
- Safety Assessment (D. Draper)
- D&D hands-on exercise WBS/Cost Estimating Exercise (L. Boing)
- Crosswalk - Relevant IAEA Standards, Guidance and Publications
day 6
- Dismantling Technologies (L. Boing)
- Remote Technologies (M. Noakes)
- Waste Disposal – How and Why (V. Rogers)
- D&D Final Status Surveys (R. Aker)
- Case Study: French D&D (F. Chambon)
- Evolving Technologies (F. Chambon)
- D&D Videos and Q&A (L. Boing)
- Relevant IAEA Standards, Guidance, and Publications
day 7
- Environmental Site Characterization – Introduction Data Collection (B. Johnson)
- Environmental Site Characterization – Measurement Technologies and Subsurface Characterization (B. Johnson)
- Environmental Site Characterization hands-on exercise (B. Johnson)
- Relevant IAEA Standards, Guidance, and Publications
day 8
- Environmental Site Characterization –Dynamic Data Collection Strategies and Data Management (B. Johnson)
- Site Characterization Case Studies: Paducah and Rattlesnake Creek (B. Johnson)
- Case Study: Using Site Investigation Data to Drive the Decisionmaking Process (P. Booth)
- Site Characterization Equipment Demonstrations (USEPA Region V)
day 9
- Case Study: In Situ and Ex Situ Soil Segregation (L. Durham)
- Case Study: Site Char., Monit. & Integration of Remedial System Design (L. LaFreniere)
- Case Study: In Situ Groundwater Treatment with Permeable Walls (L. Durham)
- Case Study: Phytoremediation of Contaminated Groundwater (J. Quinn)
- Tour of Argonne Site, including visit to Phytoremediation Site
- Site Closure: Final Status Surveys and MARSSIM (B. Johnson)
- Participants Prepare Action Plans
day 10
- Participants Action Plan Presentations
- Key Concepts (L. Boing)
- Closing Remarks
- Optional Tour of Advanced Photon Source and Nuclear Engineering Exhibit
