• The CMST-CP Graphics Library and the Characterization, Monitoring, and Modeling Road Map for DOE-EM were completed, published on CD-ROM, and will be distributed at SPECTRUM 2002, August 4-8, 2002, in Reno, Nevada.
• CMST-CP field personnel provided support to the Advanced Monitoring Systems Initiative (AMSI) in preparation for the AMSI Workshop to be held in Santa Barbara, California, August 12-14, 2002.
• The Innovative Technology Summary Report 2237, Induced Fluorescence Sensors for Direct Push Systems, was finalized and returned to Headquarters (HQ).

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• DENSE NON-AQUEOUS PHASE LIQUIDS (DNAPL) PROPOSALS SELECTED — In regards to project NV01C221, "Implementation of Geophysical Techniques for DNAPL Delineation," a request for information was posted via Federal Business Opportunities on March 6, 2002, to openly solicit any parties to provide capability statements relevant to delineate the extent of c the Savannah River Site (SRS) A-014. Six respondents participated in a Visitors Day event at SRS on June 12, 2002. Afterward, each respondent submitted a proposal describing its technical approach, with cost information. This month a federal review team was convened by DOE Nevada Operations Office and the team selected three proposals for negotiation for awards. The DOE National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) and Concurrent Technologies Corporation (CTC) were notified of this selection on July 31, 2002. Subsequently, DOE/NETL requested CTC to provide a draft statement of work to negotiate and award subcontracts to the three winners.

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• The CMST-CP/TMFA Liaison (Stephan Weeks) provided HQ requested information to Caroline Purdy and Ron Staubly on radiation detection technologies for a presentation concerning Homeland Security.
• NON-DESTRUCTIVE CHARACTERIZATION OF MIXED LOW-LEVEL (MLL) AND MIXED TRANSURANIC (MTRU) WASTE:

  	The Performance Demonstration Program's Working Reference Materials (WRM) project completed testing of zirconium containers used for Phase IIIA WRMs (various ratios of americium to plutonium) for a sealed source certification. The Phase IIIA WRMs will be used at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL), Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site (RFETS), Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), SRS, and Hanford/Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). Feedstock 238Pu prepared for the Phase IIIB WRMs (for use at LANL and SRS) was received and ten WRMs containing 238Pu were successfully fabricated.
  	The B-25 and Standard Waste Box (SWB) concrete (high-density) surrogates were completed. The B-25 surrogate was shipped to Oak Ridge. The SWB high-density surrogate remains in storage at INEEL. It will be needed for the Box Assay performance Demonstration Program. The preferred storage location would be Hanford since they will be the first in need of this surrogate.
  	The review report for the June 17-20, 2002, Type II American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Peer Review of the "Development Methods to Transport TRU Waste to Waste Isolation Pilot Plant" project, was received and the response is being prepared.

• EFFLUENT MONITORING AND CONTROL:

  MERCURY (Hg) CONTINUOUS EMISSIONS MONITORING (CEM) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)/ Environmental Technology Verification and DOE collaborative Hg CEM Comparison test to be conducted at the Oak Ridge Toxic Substance Control Act Incinerator (TSCAI) is scheduled to start August 5, 2002. Six Hg CEMs will monitor the TSCAI stack emissions during normal operations for a period of approximately two months in order to assess their long-term performance.

  EPA/DOE MOU TWG ON HIGH-EFFICIENCY PARTICULATE AIR (HEPA) FILTER PARTICULATE MONITORING — The TWG on HEPA Filter Performance Monitoring conference call discussions included the status of the Diagnostic Instrumentation and Analysis Laboratory (DIAL) HEPA test program, coordination with DOE site specific needs, and the draft of Technical Resource Document outline. The Project Summary for the HEPA Filtration Monitoring Project was submitted to the Institute for Regulatory Science. The Type-II ASME Peer Review is scheduled for September 9-12, 2002, in Starkville, Mississippi.

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• UNIVERSITY PROJECT

  Hanford is interested in demonstrating the in-tank Dual Coriolis Monitoring System (DCMS) prototype developed for SRS next year under the SST alternative project and is requesting that Florida International University (FIU) redirect the remaining Fiscal Year (FY) 2002 dollars to support preparing for a demonstration at Hanford next year. Assuming that is successful, then they would be asked to develop a design for integrating the DCMS with the S-102 fluidic retrieval system. Hanford requested $500K to the alternative project budget for FIU to work on this in FY 2002, which DOE/HQ requested as part of the Technical Task Plan continuation under the project. FY 2003 scope would include bringing the prototype to Hanford for demo and also working on the design for deploying the unit with the retrieval equipment down a 42" riser. A Hanford representative was going to visit FIU the week of July 22 on other business, and FIU was asked to demonstrate the SRS DCMS hardware while he was there.

  While the FIU project in sludge volume estimation has been halted due to lack of interest on the part of users, the DIAL project in residual volume estimation that was discussed during a visit to DIAL in June has developed some interest at Hanford. As a result, David Monts, Principal Investigator, and John Plodinec, DIAL Director, have been invited to meet with interested parties in Richland on September 9, 2002. The CMST-CP/TFA Liaison (Martin Edelson) will attend these meetings as will Tom Thomas. A side meeting will be set up between Plodinec and David Dodd to discuss the Hanford interest in a rapid Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) analysis method.

• CENTER FOR NONDESTRUCTIVE SUPPORT

  Attendees at the 1st and 2nd Tank Integrity Workshops were polled on July 15 regarding their interest in continuing the Tank Integrity Workshop series with another meeting in the fall of 2002. In approximately one month, responses were received from Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board staff, DOE/EH staff, attendees representing Oak Ridge National Laboratory, PNNL, Chicago (CHG), INEEL, and a private firm interested in tank measurements (HiLine Engineering) supporting the continuation of the Workshop in early FY 2003. No negative responses were received. This was reported to TFA who reported (R. Gilchrist) that the TFA had identified the Tank Integrity Workshop was one of four TFA activities that should be considered for continuation by EM-22 as part of its integration mission.

• TFA SUPPORT

  The CMST-CP/TFA Liaison met with Jerry Shkolnik (Leeman Labs) to discuss CHG's need for Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) instrumentation for on-line Tc measurements. Shkolnik provided information about a Leeman Labs' ICP that had been equipped for "radio-Hood" operation and strategies for on-line measurements.

  The CMST-CP/TFA Liaison was requested to participate in a review of the TFA project B2A1, "Laser Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (LA/ICP/MS) Probe" scheduled for September 10, 2002, in Richland. The review is being conducted by TFA to (1) determine if the data generated by LA/ICP/MS Applied Research Project sufficiently demonstrates the technology's capability to provide comparable analytical accuracy and precision for elemental analysis of samples of heterogeneous tank waste solids, and (2) determine if there is sufficient advantage over baseline methods to justify continued development of the technology. The outcome of the review will help with decisions regarding future work. The product of the review will be a letter report from the Review Team Lead, due September 15, 2002, summarizing the review, results, and outlining recommendations regarding the future of the project.

• CMST-CP/TFA COMMUNICATIONS — The CMST-CP/TFA Liaison participated in Technical Integrated Managers conference calls on July 9, 16, and 23, 2002.
• CMST-CP SUPPORT — The CMST-CP/TFA Liaison provided John Jones, CMST-CP Program Manager, with the name of a National Nuclear Security Administration program manager as a potential invitee for the AMSI meeting scheduled for Santa Barbara, California, in August. The Liaison began work on the Innovative Technology Summary Report for "Dual Coriolis Meters for Pipeline Slurry Monitoring."

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• NMFA ACTIVITIES — The CMST-CP/NMFA Liaison (Paul Hurley) is preparing to write the FY 2001-2002 Report for NMFA activities.
• CMST-CP ACTIVITIES — The CMST-CP/NMFA Liaison is planning to visit the Harry Reid Center at the University of Nevada Las Vegas to observe the bench test of the Science and Engineering Associates, Inc. tritium monitoring system.

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