APPENDIX B: Statements Of Task

SUBCOMMITTEE ON MIXED WASTES

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Statement Of Task

The Subcommittee on Mixed Wastes is established with a view to assist the Committee on Environmental Management Technologies (CEMT) as one of the five major focus areas.

The subcommittee will review the DOE documentation including (1) DOE's Remedial Action Program Information Center (RAPIC) bibliography, (2) EPA's Cleanup Information (CLU-IN), (3) Vendor Information System for Innovative Treatment Technologies (VISITT), and (4) Alternative Treatment Technology Information Center (ATTIC) Bulletin Board. The subcommittee also will review the pertinent technical literature and consult with experts in the field to ensure that stateof-the-art documentation is available on the different technical issues and developments involved in mixed wastes characterization, treatment, and disposal. If not already available, the subcommittee shall prepare a report including the advantages and disadvantages of each method including cost and risk reduction as well as sensitivity to cleanup levels and time constraints.

The subcommittee will identify the greatest needs in the focus area and the reasons for identifying the technologies being developed. It should identify the difficulties in bringing the technologies being developed to fruition. The subcommittee will further address potential for industrial applications and pay-offs of the technologies being developed to DOE and industry, including foreign markets. The subcommittee should also identify new technologies which have scope for development. It should recommend actions as to what else should be done and how to accelerate the process. This information should be presented as a report to the parent

committee.

The subcommittee as a whole, or its members separately, will visit representative DOE Weapons Complex facilities to get first hand information and interact with scientists working at the sites.

Topical reports as indicated above, as appropriate, and minutes of the subcommittee meetings, will be submitted as inputs to the work of CEMT. The subcommittee

APPENDIX C

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES

OF COMMITTEE AND SUBCOMMITTEE
MEMBERS

BAISDEN, Patricia A.-Dr. Baisden received her B.S. in 1971, and her Ph.D. in chemistry in 1975 from Florida State University. Her research interests focus on measurement of heavy-element fission properties using both chemical and on-line techniques, solution chemistry of lanthanide and actinide elements, and heavy-ion collisions leading to complete or incomplete fusion. Since 1981, Dr. Baisden has worked for the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, California. She is currently a Division Leader in Chemistry & Materials. Her expertise is in nuclear chemistry and radiochemistry, inorganic and analytical chemistry, and actinide chemistry. Dr. Baisden's memberships include the American Physical Society, the American Chemical Society, and Sigma Xi.

BAUGH, Kent D.—Dr. Baugh earned a Ph.D. in environmental engineering in 1983. Since 1991, he has been employed at OHM Remediation Services Corporation, where he is manager for technical services. In addition, he has 18 years' experience in management design, construction, and operation of remedial actions for a wide variety of contaminants, including metals, PCBs, pesticides, VOCS, POL, radionuclides, and acid/bases. His remediation experience includes design and implementation of in-situ and ex-situ remediation treatment technologies.

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BEDIENT, Philip E.-Dr. Bedient received a B.S. in physics, an M.S. in environmental engineering, and a Ph.D. in environmental engineering sciences from the University of Florida. His research interests include computer modeling of contaminant transport in surface and ground water systems, and the development of decision support systems for site remediation. Dr. Bedient is currently a professor and Chair of the Department of Environmental Engineering at Rice University, Houston, Texas. He held the Shell Distinguished Chair in Environmental Science from 1988-1993 and directed the development and application of the BIOPLUME II program for modeling aerobic biodegradation of organic contaminants in ground water. Dr. Bedient has written over 100 articles and co-authored three textbooks.

BIER, Vicki M. -Dr. Bier earned her B.S. from Stanford University in 1976 and her Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1983. Her specialties include operations research and risk assessment. Dr. Bier is an associate professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering and the Department of Nuclear Engineering & Engineering Physics at the University of Wisconsin, where she has been since 1989. From 1982 to 1989 she worked in risk assessment of nuclear power plants for Pickard Lowe & Garrick, Inc. Dr. Bier's memberships include the Institute for Operations Research and Management Science and the Society for Risk Analysis. Her research interests focus on operations research and the treatment of uncertainty in estimation and decision making.

BROWN, Kirk W.-Dr. Brown has a B.S. from Delaware Valley College, an M.S. from Cornell University, and a Ph.D. from the University of Nebraska. His research has focused on the land disposal of wastes and the cleanup of sites contaminated with agricultural and industrial chemicals. Dr. Brown has written several books and over 175 technical articles. He is currently a professor of soil science at Texas A&M University in College Station and is also a member of the faculty of toxicology. In 1981, Dr. Brown founded an environmental science and engineering consulting firm, and he now serves a consultant through K.W. Brown Environmental Services. He has served on several EPA, Office of Technology Assessment, and National Research Council committees. He has received numerous awards from Texas A&M

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BURSTEIN, Sol-Dr. Burstein received a B.S.M.E. degree from Northeastern University and a D.Sc. (hon) from the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. He is a registered professional engineer and member of the National Academy of Engineering. He retired in 1987 as Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Wisconsin Energy Corporation, the holding company for Wisconsin Natural Gas Company and Wisconsin Electric Power Company, of which he also served as Vice President and Director. His career with Wisconsin Electric spanned 21 years, prior to which he spent over 19 years in engineering design and construction work at Stone & Webster. He currently is an independent consultant specializing in utility management and nuclear and mechanical engineering. He has served on numerous industry and government advisory committees and is a member of the National Research Council's Board on Radioactive Waste Management.

BYRD, Joseph S.-Professor Byrd received his B.S. and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from Clemson University and the University of South Carolina, respectively. He joined the faculty of the University of South Carolina in 1989 and is currently Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. For the previous 28 years he held various positions at the DuPont Savannah River Laboratory, Aiken, South Carolina, where he managed the Engineering Development Group, organized and managed the Robotics Technology Group that realized the first robotics applications at the Savannah River Site, and conducted and managed R&D in mobile robotics. His professional activities include South Carolina Society of Professional Engineers, Robotics and Remote Systems Division of the American Nuclear Society (past Chair), Editorial Advisory Board for RadWaste Magazine, and a previous member of the Waste Management External Advisory Committee and Single-Shell Tank Retrieval Technology Panel (organizer and Chair) for Westinghouse Hanford Company. His current research is in the area of mobile robotics. He is Principal Investigator and Project Manager for an autonomous inspection robotic system for stored low-level radioactive waste. In addition to his research, Mr. Byrd has received two teaching awards. He has made numerous presentations as well as written many publications on robotics and computer technology. He is also co-author of a textbook on computer architecture.