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2026 Annual Conference
May 31–June 3, 2026
Denver, CO|Sheraton Denver
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DNFSB spots possible bottleneck in Hanford’s waste vitrification
Workers change out spent 27,000-pound TSCR filter columns and place them on a nearby storage pad during a planned outage in 2023. (Photo: DOE)
While the Department of Energy recently celebrated the beginning of hot commissioning of the Hanford Site’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP), which has begun immobilizing the site’s radioactive tank waste in glass through vitrification, the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board has reported a possible bottleneck in waste processing. According to the DNFSB, unless current systems run efficiently, the issue could result in the interruption of operations at the WTP’s Low-Activity Waste Facility, where waste vitrification takes place.
During operations, the LAW Facility will process an average of 5,300 gallons of tank waste per day, according to Bechtel, the contractor leading design, construction, and commissioning of the WTP. That waste is piped to the facility after being treated by Hanford’s Tanks Side Cesium Removal (TSCR) system, which filters undissolved solid material and removes cesium from liquid waste.
According to a November 7 activity report by the DNFSB, the TSCR system may not be able to produce waste feed fast enough to keep up with the LAW Facility’s vitrification rate.
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10:30AM–12:00PM EDT
Panel|Banyan 3|Sponsored by Supply Chain Challenges & Opportunities
Panel|Calusa 11/12|Sponsored by Cost Reduction Opportunities
Session Chair: Frank Nelms
Panel|Banyan 1|Sponsored by Innovation Roles for Nuclear
Session Chairs: Tim Crook, Bill Rosko
Panel|Calusa 8|Sponsored by Workforce Development
Session Chairs: Ray Hruby, Brian Greene, Bruce Hennigan
Panel|Banyan 2|Sponsored by Plant Reliability
Session Chair: Pete Arthur
Panel|Calusa 9|Sponsored by Nuclear HR and Working Group Community Practices
Session Chairs: Juan Panduro, Michelle Gilchrist
Panel|Calusa 10|Sponsored by Nuclear HR and Working Group Community Practices
1:30–3:00PM EDT
Session Chair: Bruce Morgen
Session Chairs: Jason Remer, Frank Nelms, Mikayla Florez
Session Chair: Pareez Golub
3:30–5:00PM EDT
Session Chair: Jason Remer
Session Chairs: Mikayla Florez, Michael Frankle
Session Chairs: Bruce Hennigan, Ray Hruby, Brian Greene
Session Chairs: Maria Hernandez, Tim Schlimpert
Session Chairs: Ray Herb, Pareez Golub
Session Chairs: Bruce Hennigan, Brian Greene, Ray Hruby
Session Chair: Mark Campagna
Session Chairs: Jason Remer, Bill Rosko
Session Chairs: Dan Churchman, Brian Greene, Ray Hruby, Bruce Hennigan
Session Chairs: Colton Smith, Wale Adeyinka
Session Chairs: Mark Campagna, Tim Crook
Session Chairs: Brian Greene, Ray Hruby, Bruce Hennigan
