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IAEA International Workshop on Management and Regulatory Oversight of Uranium Legacy Sites:


Technical Visit and Workshop Schedule

13-25 August 2012

Sunday, August 12Attendees arrive at Denver International Airport (DIA) and check into Fairfield Inn,DIA Fairfield Inn, (888) 527-7804, Reference: IAEAhttp://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/denfa-fairfield-inn-denver-airport/

Schedule

7:30 Load bus

8:00 Depart Denver

10:00 Rest stop at Frisco rest area

12:00–13:00 Lunch in Glenwood Springs (Pizza and salad delivered to Two Rivers Park picnic area.)

13:00 Depart Glenwood Springs

15:15 Rest stop located just west of the Colorado/Utah border

15:45 Depart rest area

17:30 Arrive in Moab *Attendees on their own for dinner

Day 1: Monday, August 13Attendees of site visits travel by bus from Fairfield Inn to Moab, Utah and check intoLa Quinta Inn (435) 259-8700. Reference: GROUP #08261336http://www.lq.com/lq/properties/propertyProfile.do?propId=826



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Day 2: Tuesday, August 14

Site Visit 1

Travel from Moab to White Mesa Mill (just south of Blanding, Utah) to tour an operating uranium-vanadium mill. In addition, visit the Monticello U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) uranium mill tailings disposal cell and its evapotranspiration cover; and view the former mill site that has been converted to a hiking/mountain biking area. Return to and overnight in Moab.

Ÿ DOE Lead for Monticello: Jalena Dayvault — S.M. Stoller Corporation (Stoller): Jody Waugh

Schedule

8:00 Leave Moab

9:30 Arrive at White Mesa Mill. Attendees need to dress appropriately (long pants and closed-toed shoes required, long-sleeved shirt preferred) for the tour. There will be hard hats, safety goggles, and ear plugs at the site for attendees to wear during the tour.

11:30 Depart White Mesa Mill

12:00–13:00 Lunch at MD Ranch Cook House, Monticello, Utah

13:30 Visit DOE site in Monticello (2.5 hours)

16:00 Depart Monticello

17:00 Arrive in Moab *Attendees on their own for dinner

Day 3: Wednesday, August 15

Site Visit 2

Visit the Moab Uranium Mill Tailing Remedial Action (UMTRA) field offices for an overview of the project and a site visit to the former Atlas Mill Site where tailings are being excavated and transported by train to the Crescent Junction disposal site. Optional late afternoon tour of Arches National Park. Overnight in Moab. (See the proposed schedule for Moab UMTRA.)

Schedule

9:00 Arrive Moab UMTRA Site

9:00 11:30– Presentations and site tour

11:45 12:45– Lunch delivered to Moab site

13:00 16:15– Continue site tour and presentations

16:15 Wrap-up

16:45 Arrive in Moab

18:00 20:30– Optional tour of Arches National Park*Attendees on their own for dinner



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Day 4: Thursday, August 16

Site Visit 3

Visit to Crescent Junction UMTRA disposal site for the uranium mill tailings from the Atlas mill in Moab. Travel from Crescent Junction to Green River, Utah, to visit the Green River UMTRA disposal site. Travel from Green River to Grand Junction. Overnight in Fairfield Inn, Grand Junction (

) (970) 242-2525, Reference: Environmental group working with DOE in GJ/IAEA.

Ÿ DOE Lead for Green River: Mark Kautsky — Stoller: Craig Goodknight

http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/gjtfi-fairfield-inn-and-suites-grand-junction-downtown-historic-main-street/

Schedule

8:00 Travel to Crescent Junction UMTRA Disposal site

8:45 Arrive at Crescent Junction site

8:45 10:45– Crescent Junction disposal site tour

10:45 Depart Crescent Junction site

11:15 Arrive at Green River UMTRA disposal site

12:00 13:00– Lunch at Tamarisk Restaurant, Green River, Utah

13:00 Tour John Wesley Powell River History Museum (located across the street from the Tamarisk Restaurant)

13:45 Depart Green River

14:30 Visit Sego Canyon petroglyphs just north of Thompson Springs (). If Sego Canyon is not acceptable to bus driver, then a stop

at Trail Through Time and Mygatt-Moore Quarry (dinosaur fossils) is optional

http://climb-utah.com/Moab/sego.htm

15:30 Drive back to Grand Junction

17:00 Arrive at Fairfield Inn, Grand Junction (Attendees on their own for dinner. On Thursday evenings a farmer's market is held on Main Street in Grand Junction (where the Fairfield Inn is located). The farmer's market features a wide variety of fresh, local produce; vendors; and entertainment.



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Days 6–7: Saturday and Sunday, August 18–19

Free weekend. Activities that you can participate in as a group include a visit to the Colorado National Monument, the annual Peach Festival in the Palisade, and winery tour.

Tour attendees have been provided a list of optional weekend activities, but will also have the choice to take part in scheduled tours or events by bus on Saturday morning, Saturday afternoon, and Sunday morning.

Day 5: Friday, August 17

Site Visit 4

Travel from Grand Junction to Rifle, Colorado, to visit the uranium mill tailings disposal facility site at Estes Gulch. Also visit the New Rifle processing site to discuss groundwater contamination, use of institutional controls, and site reuse (e.g., solar array). Return to and overnight in Grand Junction at the Fairfield Inn.

Ÿ DOE Lead for Rifle: Rich Bush — Stoller: Dick Dayvault

Schedule

8:00 Leave Grand Junction (Fairfield Inn)

9:00 10:15– Visit Rifle disposal site

10:30 11:30– Visit Old Rifle site; discuss research

12:00 13:00– Box lunches from Creek Bend Restaurant delivered to Rifle Information Center Rest Area Pavilion

13:15 Visit New Rifle site

14:00 Drive back to Grand Junction

15:30 Arrive at Grand Junction hotels*Attendees on their own for dinner



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Day 8: Monday, August 20

Travel from Grand Junction hotels to Grand Junction Disposal Cell for a half day tour. Discussion of Vicinity Property Program, studies of water balance in cells using lysimeters. Return to the Fairfield Inn by noon.

Ÿ DOE Lead for Rifle: Rich Bush — Stoller: Gary Baur

Site Visit 5

*Attendees on their own for lunch

Schedule

8:15 Leave Grand Junction (Fairfield Inn)

9:00 Meet at Grand Junction disposal site for tour

10:30 Drive to OMMS to view the former processing site

11:30 *Attendees on their own for lunch

14:00 16:00– Registration at the Fairfield Inn, Grand Junction*Attendees on their own for dinner

* On Monday between 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m., there will be a desk set up for registration for the workshop that starts the next day

Days 9–11: Tuesday–Thursday, August 21–23

Grand Mesa Conference Room, DOE Office of Legacy Management, Grand Junction Office (see attached agenda). The bus will transport attendees to and from the workshop. The workshop begins at 9:00 a.m.each day.

* Workshop attendees will register in the Grand Mesa Room if they did not register at Fairfield Inn on Monday. They will receive informational material regarding the workshop.

IAEA International Workshop on Management and Regulatory Oversight of Uranium Legacy Sites

Schedule

August 21 239:00–17:15

–Workshop

August 2118:00–20:00 BBQ dinner at Devils Kitchen picnic area on the Colorado National Monument



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Day 12: Friday, August 24

Half-day RSLS Workshop

Schedule

11:30 13:00– Catered lunch at Grand Junction DOE site

13:00 Depart approximately 1:00 p.m. by bus from Grand Junction to Denver International Airport, Denver, Colorado (overnight in Fairfield Inn, near Denver International Airport)

Day 13: Saturday, August 25

Attendees begin return flights home.

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