To register for this event please visit the NEI website.
Experience at decommissioning and operating nuclear power plants has shown that leaks and spills from systems and components and work practices have the potential to impact onsite soils and groundwater. License material in soil and groundwater, while not a health or safety issue, must be managed in order to ensure that public and environmental safety is being maintained and to minimize the impact on decommissioning and site release. As the nuclear utilities gain experience in implementing groundwater protection programs, they look for even more innovative technologies for groundwater protection, monitoring and remediation. Innovative technologies must be technically advanced, be sustainable and energy efficient, and be cost effective, while continuing to provide assurance that the site groundwater is being protected.
Groundwater protection at nuclear power plant sites involves:
- Understanding site hydrogeological and radiological background characteristics
- The assessment of systems structures and components and work practices to understand potential for leaks and spills
- The implementation of a monitoring program
- If needed, the implementation of a remediation program.
EPRI and the nuclear power industry have been collaborating over several years developing and implementing advanced strategies and technologies for groundwater protection at operating nuclear power plant sites. The objective of this workshop is to bring together nuclear power plant personnel, regulators and policy makers, technology developers, and environmental consultants to share experiences and lessons learned, and to discuss the development and implementation of advanced strategies and technologies for groundwater protection at nuclear power plants.Who should attend:
Nuclear power industry professionals responsible for and/or interested in groundwater monitoring and remediation experiences and technologies.
Coordination with the RETS-REMP Workshop
EPRI is happy to announce that there will be a coordinated joint session between the Groundwater Protection Workshop and the RETS-REMP Workshop on Tuesday, June 25, 2013 with parallel sessions for the rest of the week. Fees for the 2013 Groundwater Protection Workshop and the RETS-REMP Workshop have been combined to accommodate full participation by each registrant in any of the EPRI Groundwater Protection Workshop sessions or the RETS-REMP Workshop sessions.
