Paper Title

• Restoration of environmental radioactivity in urban areas and its effects due to anthropogenic activities.

Author & Presenter

• Kazuya Yoshimura, Sector of Fukushima Research and Development, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Fukushima, Japan.
• His research interests lie in the environmental radioactivity especially in the hydrological migration of radiocesium in terrestrial environment such as river systems and paddy. Recently he addressed the evaluations of the radiocesium migrations relating with air dose rate in urban area.

John H. Kessler - Resume

• J Kessler and Associates, LLC
• 416 East Park Avenue
• Charlotte NC 28203-5144
• +1-980-428-2911; john@jkesslerassociates.com

Personal Information

• University of California, Berkeley. Ph.D. in Materials Science and Mineral Engineering (Hydrogeology), December 1993.
• University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. M.S. in Nuclear Engineering, October 1981.
• University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. B.S. in Nuclear Engineering, May 1979.

Employment History

• J Kessler and Associates, LLC, Charlotte NC, 5/15 – present. President
  Consultant: strategic planning, and management for used nuclear fuel and waste. John’s clients include industry, international and national organizations. John has conducted reviews of public concerns and Department of Energy R&D plans to address potential degradation of used fuel storage systems during long-term operation, including stresscorrosion cracking of welded stainless steel, dry storage canisters, and high burnup fuel. John led a panel of experts supporting the International Atomic Energy Agency’s coordinated research program on degradation of used fuel storage systems during long-term operation. John supported the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation in the development of its waste management program for the Barakah nuclear plants. He has worked on develping strategies for the short- and long-term management of SNF for two US utililties, and transportation preparedness (after long-term storage) for the Swiss nuclear utilities. John also provided programmatic support to DOE-NE’s research into the feasibility of direct geologic disposal of dual-purpose (storage and transportation) spent fuel casks and canisters, predictive software development support for degradation of welded stainless steel dry storage canisters and safety case description for deep borehole disposal applied to advanced reactor wastes.
• Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), Charlotte NC, 11/93 – 5/15. Program Manager, Used Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste (HLW) Management.
  Dr. John Kessler was responsible for the overall management of the Used Fuel and HLW Management Program with a 2014 budget of over US$9M and a staff of approximately five full-time equivalents (FTEs), and has contracts with a variety of nuclear industry entities and the US Department of Energy. Projects within the UF/HLW Management Program are: spent nuclear fuel storage and transportation; spent fuel and HLW disposal; and the effects of advanced fuel cycles on spent fuel and HLW management. John and his staff reguarly interacted and collaborated with nuclear utilities, nuclear regulators, and major research organizations across the world to conduct R&D of international benefit. The spent fuel storage and transportation projects are related to spent fuel pool neutron absorber material degradation and neutronics modeling, and research and development related to long-term dry spent fuel storage followed by transportation.
  
  John had 20 years of increasing experience organizing and growing US and international joint research programs. John has been involved with IAEA programs since 1994. John served as the Exposure Groups Task Group chairman in BIOMASS, a program developing practical guidance on biosphere model development to support radioactive waste disposal. Since then, John participated in several IAEA consultancies and technical meetings related to spent fuel and high-level radioactive waste storage and transportation, and potential centralized storage of spent fuel in Russia. He chaired the external review committee for IAEA’s Coordinated Research Program (CRP) on Demonstrating Performance of Spent Fuel and Related Storage System Components during Very Long Term Storage. In May 2014 John was invited to partcipate in an IAEA international workshop on the development and application of a safety case for dual purpose casks for spent nuclear fuel.
  
  John was the lead organizer of the 1998, 2001, and 2003 International High Level Radioactive Waste Management Conferences. John also participated in other international review panels. In 2000 to 2002, John was a member of a team commissioned by the Swedish regulator, SKI, to review the Swedish national waste management organization’s (SKB’s) proposed intermediate level waste disposal concept. More recently, John was a member of the OECD/Nuclear Energy Agency’s International Review Team reviewing the SKB spent fuel disposal project. This led to an invitation to participate in a Swiss regulator-funded review of the Swiss spent fuel repository.
  
  In 2009, John organized the Extended Storage Collaboration Program (ESCP) – an international cooperative program for join R&D on long-term behavior of spent fuel dry storage systems. The initial 2009 meeting involved 30 people from two countries. John grew the ESCP such that it now has more than 500 members from approximately 20 countries. John has also coordinated ESCP activities with parallel activities at the IAEA and OECD/NEA. John’s ability to collaborate internationally has resulted in the initiation of a variety of multi-party projects ranging from relatively small technical exchange agreements,to multi-million-dollar, multi-year R&D programs.
  
  John led EPRI’s spent fuel disposal R&D program for 17 years. Spent fuel disposal projects were related to encouraging technical progress on the development of the candidate high level radioactive waste and spent fuel repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada, USA. John directed a technical assessment of the appropriateness of proposed US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) performance standards for use at Yucca Mountain, and formulated the EPRI-proposed Standard for Yucca Mountain performance. The EPRI-proposed standard was adopted almost in entirety by EPA and NRC in their final regulations.
  
  John has been an invited speaker at dozens of US and international conferences (including IAEA), at national laboratories in Korea, Switzerland, and the USA, and to national review boards such as the US Nuclear Waste Technical Review Board, NRC’s Advisory Committee on Nuclear Waste, and the Blue Ribbon Commission on America’s Future. John has lectured at MIT and other universities, as well.
• University of California, Berkeley, 11/86 - 3/93. Research Assistant
  John conducted numerical and analytical modeling, and laboratory experiments related to the effects of colloidal material on contaminant transport in fractured geologic media. The modeling work involved modifying filtration and chromatographic separation theory to predict flow and transport of solutes and colloids in a fracture partially clogged with colloidal material attached to the fracture walls. The laboratory experiments involved partially clogging an ideal fracture with colloidal material, and investigating the steady state deposition/erosion behavior of the colloidal material within the fracture.
• University of California, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Earth Sciences Division, Berkeley,CA, 8/85 - 10/86. Graduate Research Assistant.
  Performed numerical modeling of aqueous, radioactive waste transport in fractured, porous media.
• Consultant, San Francisco, CA 8/85 – 11-93. Consultant
  On-site Quality Assurance Coordinator for the induction heating stress improvement of welds on safety-related piping at a nuclear power plant. Performed radiation shielding calculations for two spent fuel dry storage systems. Analyzed the logistics of moving spent nuclear fuel from the spent fuel pool into at-reactor dry storage.
• NUTECH Engineers, San Jose, CA, 7/84 – 8/85. Nuclear Project Engineer.
  Responsible for radiation shielding design and analysis, and mechanical and architectural design changes related to building design for the on-site storage of low-level radioactive waste containers at several commercial nuclear power plants. Prepared safety analyses and licensing documents for 10CFR50.59 requirements. Participated in the training of electric utility staff for their Emergency Preparedness Program in the event of nuclear reactor accidents, and performed QA audits for various nuclear-related projects.
• Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Chemical Technology Division, Oak Ridge, TN, 12/80 - 6/84. Research Associate.
  Developed and tested cement-based formulations for the solidification of defense high-level radioactive wastes, defense transuranic wastes, and other chemical hazardous wastes. Development work on the waste solids included laboratory testing of simulated and actual wastes. Responsible for compressive strength, thermal expansion, and leach testing. Also responsible for laboratory testing of the partitioning of aqueous neptunium between the groundwater and basalt for the candidate high-level radioactive waste repository at Hanford WA.
• University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 5/79 - 11/80. Research Assistant.
  Investigated the partitioning of molybdenum trioxide on the surface of a sodium borosilicate glass by using XRD, Raman, infrared absorption, and SEM techniques as a part of the master's thesis. Wrote an introductory training course on the interaction of radiation with matter.
• Sargent & Lundy Engineers, Chicago, IL, 8/76 - 8/78. Cooperative Engineering Program.
  Licensing support for nuclear power plants under various stages of planning, design, and construction. Pipe sizing calculations for a safety-related emergency core cooling system on a reactor, condenser performance calculations, and bid evaluations. Complete redesign of the fire protection system, and evaluating alternatives for additional condenser cooling for a coalfired power plant.

Awards

• 2009 EPRI “Chauncey” Award for Innovative and Impactful Work: Yucca Mountain Igneous Intrusion;
• 2015 American Nuclear Society Fuel Cycle and Waste Management Division Significant Contribution Award;
• 2019 U.S. Secretary of Energy Achievement Award: High-Burnup Cask Demonstration Project.

• Director, Research in KAPD
• Administrative secretary, LOC (PDAA 2022)

John H. Kessler - Resume

• 2F, No.80, Sec.1, Chenggong Rd. Yonghe District, New Taipei City Taiwan 23452, R.O.C.
• mtchan@aec.gov.tw

Education

• MSc., Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Pittsburgh, USA, 1996
• BS., Environmental Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, TAIWAN, 1990

Working Experience

Working Experience for recent twenty years :

• Fuel Cycle and Materials Administration, Atomic Energy Council, 2010 ~ Currently
  ➤ inspection on radwaste management, regulatory review and audit of NPP decommissioning plans and facilities, international cooperation
• Bureau of Energy, Ministry of Economic Affairs, 2006~2010
  ➤ development and governance of renewable energy and traditional power, international cooperation
• Taiwan Shinkanse International Engineering Consortium (TSC/TSIEC), 2003~2006
  ➤ environmental protection management, environmental audit and monitoring, dispute investigation and coordination
• ERM Group, Inc., 2001~2003
  ➤ environmental reconnaissance, EIS gap analysis, risk assessment, soil and groundwater contamination investigation and remediation. Clients involved in Pfizer, Ford, Merrill Lynch, DELL, Shell, etc.

Publication

• Lin H., Lan T.W., Chang M.T., Cheng W.K. (2013): An Overview of the Draft for the Amendment of Nuclear Materials and Radioactive Waste Management Act, Proceedings of the ASME 2013 15th International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management
• Chang M.T., Lou K.S., Su C.S. (2007): Overview and Prospect of Integrated Gasification Combined Cycle (IGCC) Technology, Energy Quarterly
• Chang M.T. (2000): Upgrading Performance of Environmental Protection, Waste Minimization, and Industrial Safety System of UMC and its Supplier Chain, Sustainable Industry Information
• Chang M.T., Chen H.T. (1999): Planning Study for the Establishment of Hazardous Industrial Waste Storage Center, Proceedings of 14th Waste Management Conference
• Vidic R.D., Chang M.T., Thurnau R.C (1998): Kinetics of Vapor-Phase Mercury Uptake by Virgin and Sulfur Impregnated Activated Carbons , Journal of Air and Waste Management Association
• Chen S.S., Chang M.T. (1990): Feasibility Study for 3-stage A/O Process Applied on Aged Landfill Leachate Treatment, Proceedings of 15th Wastewater Treatment Technology Conference, Taiwan