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RemPlex Summit Detailed Program

Virtual activities for Nov. 8 - Nov. 12, 2021

The following is a complete listing of activities for the RemPlex 2021 Global Summit on Environmental Remediation. This is a virtual event, with ZoomGov links provided to attendees via email. All times are Pacific Standard Time, originating out of Washington State. 

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Day 1
Monday, Nov. 8
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Day 2
Tuesday, Nov. 9
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Day 3
Wednesday, Nov. 10
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Day 4
Thursday, Nov. 11
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Friday, Nov. 12

Day 1, Monday, November 8, 2021

*ALL SESSIONS ARE IN PACIFIC STANDARD TIME, ORIGINATING OUT OF WASHINGTON STATE

6:00 AM     opening of the summit
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OPENING OF THE SUMMIT
  • Tom Brouns, RemPlex Director and Manager of the Environmental Management Sector in the Energy & Environment Directorate (EED), Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)
Welcome remarks
  • Jud Virden, Associate Laboratory Director for the Energy and Environment Directorate, PNNL

  • Nicole Nelson-Jean, Associate Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Field Operations in the Office of Environmental Management, Department of Energy

  • Christophe Xerri, Director, Fuel Cycle and Waste Technology Division, Nuclear Energy Department, International Atomic Energy Agency 

  • Rebecca Tadesse, Head, Radioactive Waste Management and Decommissioning Division, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, Nuclear Energy Agency

UNIQUE CHALLENGES OF REMEDIATION OF COMPLEX SITES
  •  Dawn Wellman, Director of Earth Systems Science Division, EED PNNL

OVERVIEW OF SUMMIT AGENDA

  • Karen P. Smith, RemPlex Deputy Director of Operations, PNNL
  • Nik Qafoku, RemPlex Director of Outreach and Engagement and Interfacial Geochemistry Team Leader, PNNL
     
7:00 AM      case study: Integrated Remedy Optimization: An Approach for Hanford Site Central Plateau Cleanup
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Moderator: Meghann Stewart, Central Plateau Cleanup Company (CPCCo)

  • Kate Amrhein, Department of Energy, Richland Operations Office (DOE-RL): Remedy Optimization Challenges and Implementation at the Hanford Central Plateau
  • Emerald Laija, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Federal Facility Restoration and Reuse Office: EPA Support for Adaptive Management of the 200 West P&T System
  • Greg Ruskauff, INTERA: The Evolution of the 200-ZP-1 Pump and Treat Strategy
  • Matt Tonkin, S.S. Papadopulos & Associates, Inc.: Monitoring Network Analysis for Integrated Central Plateau Decision Making
  • Naomi Jaschke, DOE-RL: Treatment Expansion into 200 East
  • Sarah Springer, CPCCo: The Challenge of Deep Vadose Zone Contamination in the Central Plateau
  • Mark Byrnes, CPCCo: Challenges Associated with Central Plateau Integrated Decision-Making
     
10:00 AM    Break
 
10:15 AM    TECHNICAL SESSION: Subsurface Remote Sensing for Contaminant Characterization and Remediation Applications
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Organizers: Lee Slater, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey; Tim Johnson and Fred Day-Lewis, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, Washington

Introduction: Beth Parker, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada: Using Temporary Deployed Sensors in Bedrock Boreholes to Improve Remediation Decisions & Monitoring at Complex Sites

Theme - Environmental Remediation

  • Andrew Binley, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, Lancaster, U.K.: Electrical Resistivity Imaging of Denitrifying Permeable Reactive Barriers
  • Adrian Flores-Orozco, Technical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria: Monitoring the Injection of Nanoparticles for Groundwater Remediation by Means of Complex Conductivity
  • Christopher Power, Western University, Ontario, Canada: Numerical, Laboratory and Field Assessment of Electrical Resistivity Imaging of DNAPL Remediation
  • Samuel Falzone, Army Corps of Engineers/Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory, Hanover, New Hampshire: Early Evidence for Complex Resistivity as a Geophysical Field Method to Delineate PFAS Contamination
  • Hilary P. Emerson, PNNL: Spectral Induced Polarization for Monitoring In Situ Remediation at Department of Energy's Hanford Site

Theme - Environmental Site Characterization and Monitoring

  • Roelof Versteeg, Subsurface Insights, Hanover, New Hampshire: Integration of Measurements, Modeling and Parameter Estimation for a Predictive Site Understanding
  • Hang Chen, Boise State University, Boise, Idaho: Improving Subsurface Characterization with Sequential Inversion of Multiple Geophysical Datasets
  • Judy L. Robinson, PNNL: Electrical Mapping of Paleochannels Demonstrating the Value of Non-invasive Imaging at the Hanford Site
  • Xiaoqin Zang, PNNL: Acoustic Communication Along Drill Strings for Deep Subsurface Monitoring
     
11:45 PM    Close of Day 1
 


Day 2, Tuesday, November 9, 2021

*ALL SESSIONS ARE IN PACIFIC STANDARD TIME, ORIGINATING OUT OF WASHINGTON STATE

6:00 AM      case study: Environmental and Remediation Challenges and Responses Following Nuclear Accidents: Lessons Learned from the Fukushima Daiichi Accident
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Moderators: Juan Carlos Lentijo, Spanish Nuclear Safety Council; and Mark Triplett, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

  • Seiji Ozawa, Miyagi University: Perspectives on Planning Long-term Remediation of Impacts of a Nuclear Accident 
  • Yoshinori Momose, Japan Ministry of Environment: Remaining Challenges for Long-Term Remediation following the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Accident
  • Sang Don Lee, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA): 10 Years of Remediation Efforts in Japan 
  • Ryoko Ando, Ethos in Fukushima: Effective Risk Communication and Public Engagement Approaches
  • Horst Monken-Fernandes, IAEA: Integration of Science in Decision-making Processes
     
8:45 AM      Break
 
9:00 AM      Panel Discussion: Community Revitalization
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Moderators: Kevin Kautzky, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL); and Mark Triplett, PNNL

  • Seth Kirshenberg, Energy Communities Alliance: Community Revitalization Strategies for Remediation of Complex Sites
  • David Reeploeg, Tri-Cities Development Council and Hanford Communities: Economic Development Strategies for the Hanford Communities
  • Michael Houlemard, Consultant/former Fort Ord Reuse Authority Executive Officer: Best Practices for Department of Defense Site Remediation and Conversion to Civilian Reuse
10:30 AM    Break
 
10:45 AM   Technical Session: Multiscale Modeling and Upscaling
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Organizer(s): Tim Scheibe and Fred Day-Lewis, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, Washington

  • Eleanor Fadely, University of California - Davis, Davis, California: In Situ Manganese Biomineralization in Granular Media for Contaminant Removal
  • Nancy Merino, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California: Subsurface Planktonic Microbial Communities as a Tool to Track Groundwater Hydraulic Connectivity and Water Quality
  • Bozo Vazic (Invited), The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah: Exploring the Effect of Pore Morphology on Mechanical Properties: A Higher-Order Homogenization Approach
  • Fred Day-Lewis, PNNL: Geophysical Approaches to Understand Immobile Porosity: Review and Recent Advances
  • Glenn E. Hammond, PNNL: Reducing Geochemical Complexity to Decrease Simulation Runtimes for Reactive Transport
  • Mark Rockhold, PNNL: Alternative Conceptual Models for Subsurface Flow and Transport at the Hanford Site
  • Tim Scheibe, PNNL: Community Data-Model Integration Infrastructure: An Orchestration-Based Scientific Computing Workflow Platform for Multiscale Model Coupling and Data Integration at a Scientific User Facility
     
12:15 PM    Close of Day 2
 


Day 3, Wednesday, November 10, 2021

*ALL SESSIONS ARE IN PACIFIC STANDARD TIME, ORIGINATING OUT OF WASHINGTON STATE

6:00 AM      case study: Collaborative Process to Assess DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (doe) Legacy Management High Risk Sites Using Tuba City, Arizona as an Example
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Moderator: Chris Johnson, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

  • Deborah Barr, D0E, Office of Legacy Management (LM): DOE Legacy Management’s Objectives for High-Risk Sites
  • Mark Kautsky, DOE-LM: Regulatory Framework and Compliance Strategy for Tuba City under UMTRCA
  • Joni Tallbull, Navajo Abandoned Mine Lands Reclamation/UMTRCA Department: Navajo AML Perspective on Cooperative Agreements and Their Role in UMTRCA
  • Pete Schillig and Pete Lemke, RSI EnTech: Tuba City, Arizona, Disposal Site Overview
  • Brian Looney, Savannah River National Laboratory: Collaborative Development of Remediation Portfolios: Toward Risk Reduction at the Tuba City Mill Site
  • Roundtable panelists include: Deborah Barr; Brian Looney; Pete Lemke; Bernadette Tsosie, DOE Office of Legacy Management; Gilbert Dayzie, Navajo Abandoned Mine Lands Reclamation/UMTRCA Department
     
8:45 AM      Break
 
9:00 AM        Panel Discussion: Environmental Justice in the Context of Environmental Remediation
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Moderators: Kevin Kautzky, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL); and Karen P. Smith, PNNL

  • Nicole Nelson-Jean, Associate Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Field Operations, Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Environmental Management (EM): EM’s Progress under the Justice40 Initiative
  • Larry Douchand, Director, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Land and Emergency Management, Office of of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation: EPA Directions Related to EJ and Superfund Actions
  • Amy Fitzgerald, City of Oak Ridge, Tennessee: Environmental Justice Considerations in Superfund Communities
  • David M. Anderson, PNNL: Best Practices and Emerging Methods for Environmental Justice Assessments
     
10:30 AM    Break
 
10:45 AM    Technical Session: Environmental Sensors
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Organizer(s): Radha Kishan Motkuri, Daniel Deng, and Joshua Torgeson, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, Washington

  • Sagnik Basuray, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, New Jersey: Ultrasensitive Determination of Emerging Contaminants and Biothreats Using a Novel Modular Electrochemical POC/POU Platform Called ESSENCE
  • Akanksha Upadhyay, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark: Non-intrusive Investigation Using SP Measurements Associated with Cable Bacteria in Contaminated Zones
  • Ajay Karakoti, The University of Newcastle, New Castle, New South Wales, Australia: Nanozymes for Colorimetric Sensing
  • Larry Cheng, Penn State University, State College, Pennsylvania: Deformable Multimodal Electronics for Biomedicine and Environmental Sensing
  • Lei Zuo, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia: Self-powered Through-wall Communication for Nuclear Spent Fuel Canister Monitoring
12:15 PM    Close of Day 3
 


Day 4, Thursday, November 11, 2021

*ALL SESSIONS ARE IN PACIFIC STANDARD TIME, ORIGINATING OUT OF WASHINGTON STATE

6:00 AM      case study: Optimization of Remediation Planning Approaches Based on Lessons Learned at the Sellafield Site, UK
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Moderators: Anna Clark, International Atomic Energy Agency; and Karen P. Smith, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

  • Phil Hallington, Sellafield Ltd: Introduction to Sellafield and the Magnox Swarf Storage Silo
  • John Heneghan, Sellafield Ltd.: Understanding the Impact to Ground and Ground Water
  • James Graham, UK National Nuclear Laboratory: Leak Mitigation Technologies
     
8:45 AM      Break
 
9:00 AM        Panel Discussion: Stakeholder Engagement
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Moderator(s): Andrea McMakin, Communications Consultant; Rebecca Kreuzer, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL)

  • Peter Booth, Hylton Environmental: Lessons from the Field - Principles for Successful Stakeholder Engagement 
  • Ellen Kennedy, PNNL: Co-Decision Making and NHPA Section 106 Consultation with American Indian Tribes - Best Practices

  • Eric Roberts, EHI Consultants: Site-Specific Advisory Boards - Benefits and Challenges

10:30 AM    Break
 
10:45 AM    Technical Session: Big Data Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning for Environmental Remediation of Complex Environmental Systems
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Organizer(s): Jason (Zhangshuan) Hou, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, Washington; Haruko Wainwright, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California; Reed Maxwell, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey; Chris Johnson, PNNL

  • Haruko Wainwright, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Lawrence, California: Advanced Long-term Environmental Monitoring Systems (ALTEMIS) for Sustainable Remediation
  • Aurelien Meray, Florida International University, University Park, Florida: pyLEnM: A Python based Machine Learning Framework for Long-term Water Quality Monitoring and Remediation
  • Masudur Siddiquee, Florida International University, University Park, Florida: Artificial Intelligence Based Spatiotemporal Relationship Exploration
  • Elliot Chang, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California: Speciation Updated Random Forest Modeling as a Hybrid Machine Learning Approach to Predict Radionuclide-Mineral Sorption
  • Xueyuan Kang, Nanjing University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China: Integration of Deep Learning-based Inversion and Upscaled Mass-transfer Model for DNAPL Mass-discharge Prediction and Uncertainty Assessment
  • Jason (Zhangshuan) Hou, PNNL: Machine Learning Applications for Studying Hydrobiogeochemistry in the Columbia River Basin
12:15 PM    Close of Day 4
 


Day 5, Friday, November 12, 2021

*ALL SESSIONS ARE IN PACIFIC STANDARD TIME, ORIGINATING OUT OF WASHINGTON STATE

6:00 AM      case study: The Multi-faceted Challenges of Confronting Emerging Contaminants at Complex Superfund Waste Sites: PFAS as a Case Study
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Moderator: Christopher Bagwell, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

  • Andrew Kraft, EPA, Office of Research and Development, Center for Public Health and Environmental Assessment: EPA Office of Research and Development Human Health Toxicity Assessment Products on PFAS
  • Rob Seifert, Department of Energy, Office of Environmental Management, Office of Subsurface Closure
  • Melissa Harclerode, CDM Smith: Preparing for Effective, Adaptive Risk Communication about PFAS Assessment and Management
  • Richard "Hunter" Anderson, U.S. Air Force Civil Engineer Center: PFAS - AFCEC’s Programmatic Response and Technical Challenges
  • Edwin F. Barth, EPA, Office of Research and Development, Center for Environmental Solutions and Emergency Response: In-situ Solidification/Stabilization of PFAS Contaminated Soils
  • Mohamed Ateia Ibrahim, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Research and Development, Center for Environmental Solutions and Emergency Response: Emerging Technologies for PFAS Separation and Degradation
  • Tamzen W. Macbeth, CDM Smith: State of the Science - Destructive PFAS Technology Application for Water Treatment
8:45 AM      Break
 
9:00 AM      Technical Session: Emerging Contaminants of Concern
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Organizer(s): Sae Yun Kwon, Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Republic of Korea; Guohui Wang and Katie Muller, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Theme: PFAS

  • John Anderson, Arcadis, Portland, Maine: A Comprehensive Approach to Characterizing and Cleaning Infrastructure Impacted with Residual PFAS
  • Ruba Mohamed, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico: Modeling Back-Diffusion Impacts on Perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid (PFOS) Contaminant Transport
  • Peter Grathwohl, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany: Long-term Behavior of PFAS in a Contaminated Agricultural Soil in Germany

Theme: Metal

  • Jorge Gonzalez Estrella, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma: Surface Interactions of Heavy Metals with Commercial Microplastics
  • Nur Shahidah Abdul Rashid, POSTECH, Republic of Korea: Acute Oral Toxicity of Uranium and Thorium in Concrete Dust (Hematoxicity)
  • Juan Morales, Florida International University, University Park, Florida: Modeling Episodic Heavy Metal Transport and Toxicity for the Assessment of Remediated Surface Waters
     
10:30 AM    break
 
10:45 am    general technical session
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Organizer(s): Hilary Emerson and Nik Qafoku, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington

Theme: Tc/I Fate in the Presence of Mn-oxides

  • Seonyi Namgung, Yonsei University, Seoul, Republic of Korea: Effect of Goethite as a Solid Substrate on Oxidative Conversion of Rhodochrosite to Groutite-like Mn Oxides
  • Vasileios Anagnostopoulos, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida: Technetium Proliferation Under Anoxic Conditions by Manganese Oxides: the Case of Solid-solid Interactions
  • Jordan Stanberry, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida: Manganese(III)-Ligand Complexes as Major Oxidizing Agents Affecting TcO2 Stability Under Anaerobic Conditions
  • Ilana Szlamkowicz, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida: Comparative Study of Redox Transformations and Environmental Fate of Iodine as Influenced by Manganese Oxides at High and Low Concentrations
     

Theme: Actinide Fate and Transport

  • Hilary Emerson, PNNL: Characterization of PU and AM Mobility in Sediments from Beneath the Z-9 Trench at the Hanford Site, WA, USA
  • Teresa Baumer, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California: Pu Distribution in Simplified Waste Simulants and Minerals Relevant to the Hanford Site in WA, USA with Implications for Long-term Migration
  • Naomi Wasserman, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, California: Radionuclide Mobility in a Monomictic Pond
  • Mariah Doughman, Florida International University, Miami, Florida: Impact of Major Groundwater Components on the Adsorption of Uranium (VI) to Hanford Formation Sediment
  • Jose Cerrato, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico: Transport and Remediation of Metal Mixtures in Mine Wastes
     

Theme: Remediation

  • Pietro Paolo Falciglia, University di Catania, Catania, Sicily: Microwave-based Regenerating Permeable Reactive Barrier (MW-PRB) For CS Removal from Groundwater
  • Callum Robinson, University of Manchester, Manchester, U.K.: Approaches to Sellafield Groundwater Radionuclide Remediation - In Situ Phosphate Mineralisation 
  • Amanda Lawter, PNNL: Sediment Interactions with Layered Bismuth Materials and Implications for Subsurface Contaminant Remediation
  • Ajay Karakoti, The University of Newcastle, New Castle, New South Wales, Australia: Moderation of Nanoparticle Toxicity by Abiotic Factors
  • Muthu Prabhu Subbaiah, Hanyang University, Seoul, Republic of Korea: Synthesis of Carboxylate-rich Graphene Oxide Decorated Magnetic Spinel Materials for Effective Adsorption of Perfluorooctanoic Acid from Water
     
12:15 pm    Closing session
 
12:30 pm    Close of the Summit

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