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2011 Technical Exchange – Annual Meeting was held on May 25 – 26, 2011 in Atlanta, Georgia

 

Performance Assessment Community of Practice Technical Exchange
May 25 – 26, 2011
Hyatt Regency Hotel
Atlanta, Georgia

P&RA CoP Program

List of Attendees
Agenda

 

The 2011 PA Technical Exchange was focused around the topic of the role of modeling in decision making and an additional topic of software quality assurance to address the report on DOE Office of Environmental Management (DOE-EM) modeling from the Government Accountability Office (GAO).

Note: No presentation PDFs or videos available for 2011. However, this document, summarizes the presentations and discussion.

Wednesday, May 25, 2011
7:30 – 8:00 am Registration
8:00 – 9:00 am Welcome and Introductory Presentations

  • PA CoP Status and Plans Martin Letourneau (US DOE EM-41)

9:00 – 9:45 am

  • DOE, NRC and EPA Developments EM-41 Activities and PA Implications (435.1 Update, LFRG) Martin Letourneau

Discussion
9:45 -10:00 am Break
10:00 -11:15 am

  • DOE, NRC and EPA Developments NRC Part 61 Update and PA Implications David Esh (NRC)
  • EPA Modeling Community of Practice/ISCMEM Gene Whelan (EPA)

11:15 am – Noon Discussion
Noon – 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 – 2:30 pm

  • Models and Regulatory Decision Making SRS NRC Scoping and Monitoring Experiences Kent Rosenberger (SRR)
  • Use of Composite Analyses as a Decision Tool at DOE Sites Mark Phifer (SRNL)

2:30 – 2:45 pm Break
2:45 – 4:45 pm Models and Regulatory Decision Making

  • Panel Discussion: Regulator Views of Models and Decision Making Martin Letourneau, Moderator
  • Panel Discussion: PA Practitioner Views of Models and Decision Making Roger Seitz, Moderator

4:45 – 5:30 pm Open Discussion – PA CoP Plans for the Future

Thursday, May 26, 2011
8:00 -10:00 am

  • Current PA Related Activities Portsmouth/Paducah Modeling Rich Bonczek (DOE PPPO)
  • SRS Tank Farm Modeling Mark Layton (SRR) Landfills Partnership Craig Benson (CRESP/University of Wisconsin)

10:00 -10:15 am Break
10:00 -11:45 am

  • Current PA Related Activities (Cont.) Idaho PA Activities Jeff Sondrup (INL)
  • Transparency: The Lighter Side of Modeling John Tauxe (Neptune & Co.)

11:45 am – 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 – 2:30 pm

  • Quality Assurance For Assessment Software DOE Software QA Directives Robert Murray (EM-23)
  • LFRG Lessons Learned on QA Susan Krenzien (Navarro-Intera)
    2:30 – 2:45 pm Break
    2:45 – 4:00 pm
  • ASCEM and CBP Updates ASCEM Progress and Plans, Including QA Paul Dixon (ASCEM Project Lead)
  • CBP Progress and Plans David Kosson (CRESP/Vanderbilt University)
  • 4:00 – 5:00 pm Close out -Summary of Exchange, CoP Plans for the Future
    5:00 – 6:00 pm GoldSim Modeling Roundtablehttps://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc830657/