B

Committee Data-Gathering Meetings for Report 2

Note: The public meetings listed below supported the data gathering for Report

2. For a list of meetings supporting Report 1, see Appendix B of NASEM (2019).

SAVANNAH RIVER SITE AND WEB CONFERENCE CALL
FEBRUARY 8-9 AND 11, 2021; VIRTUAL TOUR AND VIRTUAL MEETING

Day One

Welcome and Introductions, Shayne Farrell, DOE-SR Site Coordinator for Review

Savannah River Site Overview, Michael D. Budney, Manager, Department of Energy—Savannah River Operations Office

Salt Waste Processing Facility and/or Liquid Waste, Pamela Marks, Federal Project Director of Salt Waste Processing Facility, and William (Bill) Clark, Assistant Manager for Waste Disposition

Liquid Waste Federal and Contractors Discussion, William (Bill) Clark, Assistant Manager for Waste Disposition, Mark Shmitz, Chief Operating Officer and Deputy Project Manager, Savannah River Remediation, LLC, and Sandra Fairchild, Director, Project Services and Support, Savannah River Remediation, LLC

Day Two

Environmental Overview, Karen Adams, Federal Project Director, Brian Hennessey, Federal Facility Agreement Program Manager, and David Bender, Director, Infrastructure and Area Completion Division

Nuclear Materials, Maxcine Maxted, Nuclear Materials, Senior Technical Advisor

Savannah River Site Nuclear Laboratory (SRNL) and Technology Insertion, Phillip (Tony) Polk, Director Savannah River Laboratory Office

HANFORD NUCLEAR RESERVATION AND WEB CONFERENCE CALL
FEBRUARY 17-19, 2021; VIRTUAL TOUR AND VIRTUAL MEETING

Day One

Hanford Site Overview, Brian Vance, Manager, Richland Operations/Office of River Protection

Hanford Site Virtual Tour (Central Plateau focus), Tom Teynor, Deputy Assistant Manager for River and Plateau

Hanford Tri-Party Agreement, Bill Hamel, Assistant Manager for River and Plateau

Hanford Portfolio Management, Jeff Frey, Assistant Manager for Mission Support, and Mike Pardini HMESC Director, Site Mission Integration

Day Two

End-State Contracting at Hanford, Janis Ward, Deputy Assistant Manager for Business and Financial Operations, and Andy Wirkkala, Hanford Procurement Division Director

Central Plateau Cleanup Contract, Mark French, Director and Federal Project Director, Projects and Facilities Division

NEVADA NATIONAL SECURITY SITE
MARCH 15-16, 2021; VIRTUAL TOUR

Day One

Site Overview Summary, Rob Boehlecke, Program Manager, EM Nevada Program

Approach to Management, Rob Boehlecke, Program Manager, EM Nevada Program

Status of End State Contracting Initiation and Expected Efficiencies, Aaron Deckard, Acquisition Integration Lead, EM Consolidated Business Center (EMCBC), and Catherine Hampton, Deputy Program Manager for Operations Support, EM Nevada Program

Day Two

On-site Activity 1: Waste Disposal, Rob Boehlecke, Program Manager, EM Nevada Program, and Marilew Bartling, Radioactive Waste Acceptance Program Manager (Contractor)

On-site Activity 2: Industrial Site D&D, Bill Wilborn, Deputy Program Manager for Operations, EM Nevada Program, and Dave Taylor, Nevada Program Manager, Navarro Research and Engineering, Inc. (Contractor)

PORTSMOUTH GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANT AND WEB CONFERENCE CALL
MARCH 18-19, 2021; VIRTUAL TOUR AND VIRTUAL MEETING

Day One

Site Overview Summary, Jeffrie Bettinger, Portsmouth DOE Lead

Regulatory Drivers, Kristi Wiehle, DOE

Project 1—On-Site Waste Disposal Facility—A Line Item Capital Project Under 413.B, Johnny Reising, DOE Federal Project Director

Day Two

Project 2—X-326 Process Building—A Demolition Project Under the DOE/ EM Program Management Protocol, M. Judson Lilly III, DOE Federal Project Director

Project 3—X-333 Process Building Deactivation—A Demolition Project Managed Using Operating Funds, M. Judson Lilly III, DOE Federal Project Director

MEETING 4
APRIL 22, 2021; VIRTUAL MEETING

Program Management, Dae Chung, Associate Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Corporate Services and Mark Gilbertson, Associate Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Regulatory and Policy Affairs

EM Financial Management, Steve Trischman, Director of Budget and Planning

Technology Development, Kurt Gerdes, Director of Technology Development, and Ming Zhu, EM Senior Advisor for Laboratory Policy and EM Liaison to the Network of National Laboratories for Environmental Management and Stewardship (NNLEMS)

WEB CONFERENCE CALL
JUNE 16, 2021; VIRTUAL MEETING

Discussion with William “Ike” White, Acting Assistant Secretary, Office of Environmental Management, Department of Energy

MEETING 6 HANFORD NUCLEAR RESERVATION
JUNE 29, 2021; VIRTUAL TOUR

Discussion with DOE: Hanford Site, Terri Hale, Chief of Staff and Executive Officer, Inter-Department of Energy Work Orders, Department of Energy—Richland, and Delmar Noyes, Assistant Manager, Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) Start-Up, Commissioning, and Integration, Department of Energy—Office of River Protection

MEETING 7
MARCH 9, 2022; VIRTUAL MEETING

Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management Status Update Since Summer 2021, Dae Chung, Associate Principal Deputy, Assistant Secretary for Corporate Services, Office of Environmental Management, Department of Energy