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Monday June 12, 2006

8:00 Welcome and Introductions Yoshiko Fujita (INL)
8:05 Welcome to INL Harold Blackman (INL)
8:15 Environmental Remediation Sciences - who, what, where & why Michael Kuperberg (DOE-SC)
8:30 DOE-EM Groundwater and Soil Remediation Program Lawrence Bailey (DOE-EM)
9:15 Overview of Process for Incorporating Science Into Decision-Making John Zachara (PNNL)
9:45 Monitored Natural Attenuation for Inorganic Contaminant Remediation in Ground Water Robert Ford (EPA)
10:15 Morning Break
10:30 Example of ERSP Work Related to Hanford—Influence of Natural Sedimentary Layering Upon Solute Transport Melanie Mayes (ORNL)
10:55 Examples from Oak Ridge—Investigating the Influence of Remedial Capping on the Hydrogeochemical Processes that Control Contaminant Migration on the Oak Ridge Reservation Phil Jardine (ORNL)
11:20 Office of Science and Technology and International, Natural Barriers Thrust Overview Bo Bodvarsson (LBNL)
11:40 Overview of History and Contamination Legacy at INL Lorie Cahn (ICP)
12:20 Working Lunch
Sitewide INL Hydrogeological Setting/Conceptual Model Swen Magnuson (INL)
Example of Science Supporting Cleanup at INL: Test Area North Trichloroethene Plume Remediation by Biodegradation Rick Colwell (INL)
1:35 INTEC 90Sr Contamination in Alluvium and Perched Water Jeffrey Forbes (ICP)
90Sr Transport Model for INTEC Vadose Zone Annette Schafer/Larry Hull (INL)
2:25 RWMC Subsurface Disposal Area Vadose Zone Contamination Jean Holdren (ICP)
Potential for Colloidal Pu Transport George Redden (INL)
3:15 Afternoon Break
3:30 INL Site-wide Model Tom Wood (INL)
3:55 Breakout groups for discussion of INTEC 90Sr issue, RWMC Pu issue, and INL sitewide model, and/or other topics (Discuss scientific challenges, ways to address them, and impacts on cleanup or long-term stewardship decisions.)
5:00 Conclude Breakout Groups
6:00 Poster Session and Reception

Tuesday June 13, 2006

7:30Meet in Shilo Loby for INL Site Tour (Icludes Box Lunch)
7:45Depart for Experimental Breeder Reactor 1 (EBR-1)
8:45Arrive at EBR-1
9:45Depart for Radioactive Waste Management Complex (RWMC)
10:00Arrive at RWMC
11:00Depart for Vadose Zone Research Park (VZRP)
11:15Arrive at VZRP
11:45Working Box Lunches (served on bus)
12:00Depart for Idaho Nuclear Technology and Engineering Center (INTEC)
12:15Arrive at INTEC (walking tour)
1:30Depart for Idaho Falls
2:30Arrive in Idaho Falls. Afternoon Break.
Afternoon Break
3:00Re-assignment to break-out groups
5:00Conclude
6:00Optional Social at The Sandpiper (Dinner and drinks NOT included in registration)

Wednesday June 14, 2006

8:30Report from Breakout Group on INTEC 90Sr
9:00Report from Breakout Group on SDA Pu
9:30Report from Breakout Group on Sitewide Model
10:00Morning Break
10:15 Summary Discussion
Comparison of the relationship between science and policy in the realms of DOE environmental management and carbon sequestration Robert Smith (U of I-IF)
Comments on where ICP expects to concentrate its efforts in the near future. Douglas Burns (ICP)
Expected future directions for ERSD funded research Michael Kuperberg (DOE-SC)
11:30Conclusion

Following the conclusion of the workshop, interested visitors are invited to also tour the INL geocentrifuge laboratory and/or the INL Research Center laboratories. If you would like to visit either of these facilities, please contact Dena Tomchak, (208) 526-1590, Dena.Tomchak@inl.gov or Yoshiko Fujita, (208) 526-1242, Yoshiko.Fujita@inl.gov, so that we can make the necessary arrangements for transportation and access.