Published: 2005-05-08

Articles

Low- and Intermediate-Level Waste Management at OPG's Western Waste Management Facility

Michelle Ellsworth
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Overview of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited's Waste Management Operations at the Chalk River Laboratories

Norm MacDonald
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Reduction of Radioactive Waste Production at Gentilly-2 NPP

Jana Ene Parent
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MAGS Low Level Waste Storage at AECL's Chalk River Laboratories

Ken Philipose
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Low-Level Waste (LLW) Reclamation Program for the Point Lepreau Solid Radioactive Waste Management Facility (SRWMF)

Michael Mersereau, Kristopher McIntyre
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Recovery, Minimization and Repackaging of 25-year old Low- and Intermediate-Level Solid Radioactive Waste

Pauline Witzke
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A Solution That Works! Radioactive Waste Management in the Netherlands

Hans D.K. Codee
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Planning for Decommissioning of Ontario Power Generation's Nuclear Facilities

Nihal D. Jayawardene
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Developments in the EPRI Decommissioning Technology Program

Christopher J. Wood, Sean Bushart
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Decontamination and Recycling of Radioactive Material from Retired Components

Christopher J. Wood, David Bradbury, George Elder, Maria Lindberg
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Overview of Decommissioning Activities in the US

Thomas S. LaGuardia
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Management of Legacy Spent Nuclear Fuel Wastes at the Chalk River Laboratories: Operating Experience and Progress Towards Waste Remediation

David S. Cox, Ian B. Bainbridge, Keith R. Greenfield
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Measuring and Reporting on Decommissioning Progress

Bruce A. Lange
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Site Decommissioning of AECL Whiteshell Laboratories

Grant Koroll
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Lessons Learned from the Decommissioning of the Belgian Pressurized Water Test Reactor BR-3

Y. Demeulemeester
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Deep Geologic Repository Concepts for Isolation of Used Fuel in Canada

Peter Maak, Gary R. Simmons
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Incorporating Long-Term Monitoring into a Modified Nuclear Fuel Waste Repository

P.M. Thompson
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Assessing the Corrosion Performance of High-Level Nuclear Waste Containers

D.W. Shoesmith
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BIOPROTA: International Collaboration on Key Technical Issues in Biosphere Aspects of Long-Term Radiological Assessment

Graham M. Smith, E.L. Kerrigan, Paul Degnan
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Durability Issues for Concrete in a Deep Geologic Repository

J.B. Martino
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Securad's Monitored Retrievable Disposal (MRD) - An Engineering Project with a Communication Twist

Guy Arbour
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Corrosion of Nuclear Fuel inside a Failed High-Level Nuclear Waste Container

D.W. Shoesmith, J.J. Noel, F. Garisto
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The Effects of Doping Level, Carbonate, Fe and H2 on the Corrosion Potential and Dissolution Rate of 238Pu-Doped UO2

Simcha Stroes-Gascoyne, James S. Betteridge
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Environmental Assessment, Continual Improvement and Adaptive Management within the Areva Sustainable Development Framework

Arden Rosaasen, Scott Frostad
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Tailings Management Best Practice: A Case Study of the McClean Lake Jeb Tailings Management Facility

Michael A.J. Tremblay, J. Rowson
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Comprehensive Review of the Effectiveness of Mine Rock Management and Decommissioning Practices

Ronald V. Nicholson, Donald L. Lush, Michael J. Rinker, Mahrez Ben Belfadhel, Peter Flavelle
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Operational-Phase Waste Rock Management at Cameco's McArthur River Operation

Glen Hein, David Rezansoff, Larry Richardson
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Long-Term Fate and Transport of Arsenic in an In-Pit Uranium Mine Tailings Facility

Brett Moldovan, M. Hendry
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Environmental Risk Assessment for Uranium Mines and Mills in Canada

Douglas Chambers, Nava C. Garisto, Harriet Phillips
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Canadian Uranium Mines and Mills  Evolution of Regulatory Expectations and Requirements for Effluent Treatment

Jean LeClair, Fred Ashley
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The Dry Storage System for Irradiated Fuel at Hydro-Québec's Gentilly-2 NPP

Mario Lupien
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Design and Operation of DSC Transporters at Ontario Power Generation

C. Gilroy, Peter K. Ostrowski, Gary Varsava
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Update on Use of AECL's MACSTOR Module at CANDU 6 Stations

R. Beaudoin, G. Moussalam, I. Kachef
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Aging Management of Ontario Power Generation's Dry Storage Containers for Used Fuel

James A. Sato, Brad Ellsworth
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Protective Coatings for Ontario Power Generation Inc. Used Nuclear Fuel Dry Storage Container

Richard Lewak, Brad Ellsworth
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Low-Temperature, Vacuum-Assisted Drying of Degraded Spent Nuclear Fuel

L. Rodrigo, J. Therrien, B. Surette
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Assessing the Performance of Passive Ventilation for a Used Fuel Dry Storage Facility

Kevin Matsui, Judy Cooper, Marty Waldinger
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Stored Liquid Waste Remediation Program, Phase 1, at Chalk River Laboratories

R.P. Denault, P. Heeney, E. Plaice, K. Schruder, D. Wilder, W. Graham
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In-Tank Inspections of Buried and Sub-Surface HLW Tanks

P. Heeney, S. Wickware
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Port Hope Waterworks Remediation Project: Summary

Peter Szabo, Steve Scandlen, Brian Whiffin, Glenn Case, Mark Gardiner, Michael Owen
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Experience with Remediating Radiostrontium-Contaminated Ground Water and Surface Water with Versions of AECL's CHEMICTM Process

Shiv Vijayan
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Zeolite Prevents Discharge of Strontium-90-Contaminated Groundwater

David R. Lee, Dale S. Hartwig
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Impacts of Species Introductions on the Health of Fish Communities Receiving Chronic Radionuclide Exposures

T.L. Yankovich, J.M. Casselman, R.J.J. Cornett
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Adaptive Response in Frogs Chronically Exposed to Low Doses of Ionizing Radiation in the Environment

Marilyne Audette-Stuart, Tamara Yankovich, Sunita Mulpuru
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The Development of Method of Neutron Source Detection in Soil

N.V. Gorin, G.A. Gornovoy, Ya.Z. Kandiev, E.P. Magda, G.V. Rukavishnikov, D.V. Shmakov, A.N. Scherbina, A.I. Ulyanov
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Government and Industry Social Responsibility Towards Potential Communities Hosting Radioactive Waste Management Sites

Westley Cragg, Keith Storey, Helen Cooper, Jamie McIntyre, Peter Brown
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The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission's Financial Guarantee Requirements

R. Ferch
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Financial Assurances for Decommissioning and Waste Management Activities at OPG

J. van_den_Hengel
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Decommissioning Costs in the U.S.

Joseph E. Carignan
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Decommissioning Costs and Financial Assurances for Uranium Mines and Mills in Canada

R. Pollock
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Application of CEAA to Waste Remediation Enhancement Projects at CRL

M.H. Klukas, R.I. Lounsbury
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An Integrated Approach to Environmental Assessment (EA): A Case Study of the Port Hope Area Initiative EA Program

Gary G. Vandergaast, Heather Kleb, Robert Doney
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Environmental Assessment Process for the Port Hope Project and the Port Granby Project - A Responsible Authority's Perspective

Sharon Baillie-Malo, Dave McCauley
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Environmental Assessment of the Dismantling of 12 Russian Nuclear Submarines

Duncan Moffett, Mark Gerchikov, Michael J. Washer, Peter Craig, Konstantin Kulikov
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The Canadian Approach to Nuclear Codes and Standards

Saleem Azeez, Shami Dua, Ted Shin
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Managing Nuclear Projects: A Design Agency Experience in the Design-Build of Waste Management Facilities in Canada

R. Brewer, L. Calzolari
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Maintenance, Repair and Operation (MRO) of Shutdown Facilities

Stephen Kenny
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Lessons Learned from the Design, Construction and Operation of a CERCLA Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility at Idaho Falls, Idaho

Craig L. Reese
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Radioactive Oil Decontamination Development - An Overview

John Krasznai
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Nuclear Steam Generator Chemical Cleaning Waste Treatment Using Membrane Technology

D. Holme, E. Przybylowski, J. Slade
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Liquid Waste Evaporator Operating Experience

Annie Beauchamp
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Innovative Technology for Radwaste Treatment for New Applications

Yuri Pokhitonov, Evgeniy Kolobov, Aleksandr Orlov, Dennis Kelley
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Thermal and Structural Properties of Irradiated Graphite from the ASTRA Research Reactor - Implications for Disposal

Dusan Lexa
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A Review of Reprocessing, Partitioning and Transmutation of Spent Nuclear Fuel and the Implications for Canada

David P. Jackson
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Decontamination Efficacy of Tritium: Lessons Learned Outside Nuclear Power Operations

Edward J. Waller, David Cole, Terry Jamieson
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An Assessment Method for Long-term Management of Canada's Used Nuclear Fuel

William Leiss
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Social and Ethical Considerations in the NWMO Study

Jo-Ann Facella
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Addressing the Long Time Horizon for Managing Used Nuclear Fuel

R. Hodge
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Regulatory Requirements and Policies Related to the Management of Radioactive Waste

Robert Lojk
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Long-Term Storage of Radioactive Waste: IAEA Perspectives on Safety and Sustainability

J.H. Rowat, D. Louvat, P.E. Metcalf
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Confidence Building in Post-Closure Safety Assessments and Safety Cases for Near Surface Disposal Facilities - IAEA ASAM Coordinated Research Programme

Mahrez Ben Belfadhel, D.G. Bennett, A. Gonzales, P. Metcalf, V. Nys, G. Simeonov, N. Zeleznik
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Evolution of Safety Standards for the Long-Term Management of Nuclear Waste and Their Application in Ontario Power Generation

T.F. Kempe
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Regulatory Harmonization of the Saskatchewan Uranium Mines

R. Forbes, T. Moulding, G. Alderman
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Co-ordination of Federal and Provincial Environmental Assessment Processes for the Point Lepreau Generating Station Solid Radioactive Waste Management Facility Modifications

C. Hickman, Paul D. Thompson, J. Barnes
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Licensing of Waste Remediation and Enhancement Projects at CRL: AECL's Approach and Experience

R.I. Lounsbury
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New Issues in Radioactive Waste Management Legal Frame and Challenges for CNE-PROD Cernavoda NPP

I. Daian, I. Popescu, V. Simionov
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Improved Design Features for ACR-700 Radioactive Waste Management Systems

N. Pontikakis, C.R. Boss, K.F. Hau, K. Wittann
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Installing and Commissioning a New Rad Waste Tracking System - Lessons Learned

Robert S. Anderson, Miklos Garamszeghy, Fred Rodrigues, Ed Nicholls
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Filter Drying Tools

Michael Mersereau, Kristopher McIntyre
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A Modular Waste Storage Yard Concept for Managing CANDU 600 MW Nuclear Generating Station Refurbishment Waste Streams

P. Tume, C. Cottrell, T. Hiscock, J. Jamieson
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Building Condition Assessment Program - Risk Evaluation and Liability Management

M.C. Audet
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The Status of Nuclear Waste from NPP in Romania

T. Mauna
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AECL's Mixed Waste Management Program

Ron Peori, Vickie Hulley
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Upgrading Radioactive Waste Management Facility in Armenia

Mark Gerchikov, Mikhail Sargsyan
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Technical Implications of Aging Used Fuel Prior to Emplacement in a Deep Geologic Repository

P. Baumgartner
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A Review of the Tunnel Sealing Experiment

J.B. Martino, D.A. Dixon, E.T. Kozak, B. Vignal, Y. Sugita, T. Fujita, K. Masumoto
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Development of Sealing Materials for Application in Engineered Barriers of a Conceptual Deep Geologic Repository for Used Nuclear Fuel: Filling the Gaps

D.A. Dixon, S. Stroes-Gascoyne, B. Kjartanson, P. Baumgartner
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Sealing Materials Proposed for Use in a Deep Geologic Repository for Used Nuclear Fuel: Tests Conducted Using Bentonite-Based Materials at AECL's URL (1988-2004)

D.A. Dixon, J.B. Martino, P.M. Thompson
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Testing of a Full-Scale Bentonite-Based Tunnel Seal for Use in a Deep Geologic Repository: The Tunnel Sealing Experiment (1998-2004)

D.A. Dixon, J.B. Martino
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Demonstrating the Sealing of a Deep Geologic Repository: The RECAP Project

G.W. Kuzyk, D.A. Dixon, J.B. Martino, E.T. Kozak, D.M. Bilinsky, P.M. Thompson
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Factors Affecting Microbial Activity in Compacted Clay-Based Sealing Materials Proposed for Use in a Deep Geologic Repository for Used Nuclear Fuel

S. Stroes-Gascoyne, C.J. Hamon, D.A. Dixon, B. Kjartanson
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Decommissioning of Low-grade Uranium Mines in Canada: Current Status and Long-term Radium Mobility

Nand K. Dave
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Cluff Lake Decommissioning Project - Planning and Current Status

G. Acott, R. Pollock
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The Fort McMurray Historic Uranium Cleanup Project

R. Brian Geddes, G. Glenn Case, Robert Doney
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Decommissioning and Reclamation of the Beaverlodge Uranium Mine/Mill Operation: Ecosystem in Recovery

Kevin Himbeault, Robert L.J. Phillips, Peter Vanriel, Kelly Wells, Bruce E. Halbert
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Fifty Years Environmental Record at Elliot Lake

Maxine Wiber, Art Coggan, Robert Mansell, Randy Knapp
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The Decommissioning of the Denison Uranium Facilities in Elliot Lake

Ian Ludgate, Pierre Primeau, Richard Laliberte, Roberta Pedlar
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Environmental Remediation of the Wismut Legacy and Utilization of the Reclaimed Areas, Waste Rock Piles and Tailings Ponds

M. Hagen, A.T. Jakubick
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Post-Decommissioning Monitoring of Uranium Mines

Cynthia Russel, Art Coggan, Ian Ludgate
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Estimation of the Radionuclide Inventory of Activated Decommissioning Waste from Ontario Power Generation's Darlington Nuclear Generating Station

A. Husain
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Decommissioning Information Management at AECL

D.S. Lemire
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Implementing the AECL Decommissioning Quality Assurance Program at the Chalk River and Whiteshell Laboratories

C.A. Colotelo, E.M. Attas, M.E. Stephens
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Radiological Safety Issues for Spent Fuel Wet Storage (Ponds) Facilities Decommissioning at UK Magnox Power Stations

Matthew Tuck, Peter Blott
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Radiological Surveys of Lands and River Sediments to Support Defining the Scope of the Whiteshell Laboratories Decommissioning Project

M. Rhodes
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Inventory of Radioactivity in Ottawa River-Bed Sediments Near the Chalk River Laboratories

David R. Lee, Dale S. Hartwig
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Radiological Decommissioning Activities with the Canadian Department of National Defence: A 10-Year Perspective

Edward J. Waller, David Cole, Terry Jamieson
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Lessons Learned from US DOE Programs on Decontamination and Demolition, Radioactive Waste Processing and Shipping, and Environmental Restoration of Former Nuclear Technology and Production Sites

M. David Maloney
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Winning Community Support Through Proactive Communications

Robert L. Zelmer, Suzanne Stickley, Bernard Gerestein
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The Port Hope Area Initiative from the Municipal Perspective

Rick Austin
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Socio-Political Conditions Conducive to Siting of Nuclear Waste Management Facilities

Chris Haussmann
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The Role of Peer Review in Responsive Decisions - A Case Study of Clean-up and Safe Long-Term Management of Historic Waste at Port Hope and Clarington

Dave Hardy
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Radioactive Material Transportation in OPG

Philip Holmes
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Qualification of IP-2, IP-3 and Type A Packaging for Radioactive Liquid Shipments

Lidia Marcu, Gord Sullivan, Kin K. Lo
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Thermal Analysis of Regulatory Fire Conditions on a Transport Package for Radioactive Material

Jefrey Ramsay
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Type B Packaging Maintenance at OPG's Nuclear Waste Management Division

David Witzke
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Design of a New Type B Multi-purpose Transportation Package

E. Freeman, G.J. Sullivan, K.K. Lo
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Approaches to Overall Architecture of Transport Systems for Spent Fuel and High-Level Waste: Examples from Europe and Canada

Vincent Roland, Tara Neider
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Proposals of RFNC-VNIITF on Development of Unified Shipping Casks with Bodies on the Base of the "Rolled" Technology

A.I. Vorobyov, V.G. Kazeev, V.S. Krayev, G.N. Rykovanov, A.N. Shcherbina
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The Deep Geologic Repository Technology Program: Developing a Geoscientific Basis for Repository Safety

Mark Jensen, Andre Vorauer, M. Hobbs
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Probabilistic Fracture Network Models for Preliminary Site Characterization

R. Mohan Srivastava
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Long-Term Climate Change: Advances in Understanding Relevant to a Deep Geologic Repository

W.R. Peltier
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Long-Term Regional and Sub-Regional Scale Groundwater Flow Within an Irregularly Fractured Canadian Shield Setting

Jonathan F. Sykes, E.A. Sudicky, S.D. Normani, R.G. McLaren, M.R. Jensen
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Scientific Visualization for Enhanced Interpretation and Communication of Geoscientific Information

Andre Vorauer, L. Cotesta
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A Comparison of Laboratory and Field Techniques for Characterizing Diffusion in Sparsely Fractured Granite

Peter Vilks, Neil H. Miller, Mark Jensen
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Comparison of Risks from Deep Geological Disposal and Extended Storage Approaches to the Long-Term Management of Used Fuel

Nava C. Garisto, Morley W. Davis
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The Third Case Study Postclosure Safety Assessment for a Hypothetical Canadian Deep Geologic Repository

P. Gierszewski, J. Avis, N. Calder, F. Garisto, C.I. Kitson, T. Melnyk, K. Wei, L. Wojciechowski
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A Risk-Based Monitoring Framework for the Long-Term Management of Used Fuel

Nava C. Garisto
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Safety Assessment of OPG's Used Fuel Dry Storage Facilities

H. Roman, A. Khan
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A Probability Risk Assessment for MACSTOR/KN-400 During the Air Inlet Blockage Accident

Jung Hyun Ryu, Moosung Jae, Chanwoo Jeong
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Consideration of Accident Events During On-Site Waste Handling

Greg Morandin, Eric Araujo, Corneliu Manu, Richard Sauve
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Considerations in the Development of Generic Human Health-Based Soil Quality Guidelines for Uranium

G. Mark Richardson, Sanya Petrovic, Colleen Purtill, Ross Wilson
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Ecological Land Classification and Terrestrial Environment Effects Assessment for the Port Granby Project

Mark Taylor, Uwe Wittkugel, Heather Kleb
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Safe Is Beautiful!

Hans D.K. Codée
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Radio Ecological Benchmarks for the Ecological Risk Assessment of Radioactive Waste Management Facilities

Nava C. Garisto
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A Compartment Model for 90 Sr Contamination in a Wetland at the Chalk River Laboratories

James Doyle, Malcolm Stephenson
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Application of a Mesoscale Forecasting Model (NMM) Coupled to the CALMET to Develop Forecast Meteorology to Use With the CALPUFF Air Dispersion Model

Zivorad Radonjic, Bosko Telenta, Jennifer Kirkaldy, Douglas Chambers, Heather Kleb
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Port Hope and Area Property Value Protection Program: Creating Stability in the Marketplace

Bernard Gerestein, Brendan Flynn
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Balancing the Positives and Negatives: The Challenge of Socio-Economic Effects Assessment of the Port Hope Area Initiative

Tomasz L. Wlodarczyk, Brendan Flynn
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Climate Change Considerations for the Port Hope Area Initiative

Jennifer Kirkaldy, M. Morassutti, J. Tamm, P. Coutts, Douglas Chambers
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The Review of Options for Long-term Management of OPG's Low- and Intermediate-Level Waste

Terry Squire, Diane Barker
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The OPG/Kincardine Hosting Agreement for a Deep Geologic Repository for OPG's Low- and Intermediate-Level Waste

Angelo G. Castellan, Diane Barker
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Proposed Deep Geologic Repository for Low- and Intermediate-Level Radioactive Waste at the Bruce Nuclear Site

Richard J. Heystee, Mark R. Jensen
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Preliminary Post-Closure Safety Assessment of Repository Concepts for Low Level Radioactive Waste at the Bruce Site, Ontario

H. Leung, R.H. Little, J.S.S. Penfold, M.J. Egan
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Assessing Health Consequences as a Component of a CEAA Screening Level Environmental Assessment: The Case of the Port Hope Area Initiative

Melissa Mayhew, Sara D. Lancaster, Duncan Moffett, Heather Kleb
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Ecological Risk Assessments for the Baseline Condition for the Port Hope and Port Granby Projects

Donald R. Hart, Heather Kleb
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Poster: The Alternative Means Process for the Port Hope Area Initiative

J.E. Oneill, D. Campbell, R. Rossi
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Incorporating Human Factors in Decommissioning Projects - Opportunities for Adapting Application

Eric Davey
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Human Factors Considerations in the Transfer and Storage of Liquid Nuclear Waste at Chalk River Laboratories

C. Ngo
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The Regulatory Perspective on Incorporation of Human Factors into Decommissioning Activities

Felicity Harrison
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Regulatory Review of Safety Assessments for Decommissioning Projects - An International Project

R. Ferch, B. Batandjieva
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Characterization of Ontario Power Generation's Low- and Intermediate-Level Reactor Waste -  An Overview

Aamir Husain
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Characterisation of Ontario Power Generation's Spent Resins

Aamir Husain, D.W. Evans
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Decontamination Issues Related to Museum Operations

Edward J. Waller, David Cole, Terry Jamieson
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