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The JCCEM program was developed and implemented through a series of annual meetings of its members.
At the 1st JCCEM meeting, held in Moscow in November 1990, a detailed plan was developed for the implementation of a series of technical exchange workshops in three areas: Vitrification, Separations, and Contaminant Transport. The exchange of students and senior scientists was also implemented. The initial efforts were focused on identifying available technologies and on increasing the understanding of the respective governments' structure, roles and responsibilities. Record of Meeting - (479K PDF)
At the 2nd JCCEM meeting in November 1992, also held in Moscow, the first contracts with Russian institutes for cooperative technology development were established:
The 3rd JCCEM meeting was held in Washington, D.C. in September 1993 to review the progress of activities conducted during 1992 and to determine the scope of cooperation for the following year. The areas of cooperation were expanded to include Radiochemical Processing Safety and Geologic Repositories. Record of Meeting - (726K PDF)
The 4th JCCEM meeting was held in September 1994 in Moscow to discuss the progress of projects conducted for 1994 and to determine the scope of the 1995 program. It was decided to continue and expand the cooperative programs and to establish an Environmental Management Project Office in Moscow to coordinate the activities of this growing program. Record of Meeting - (706K PDF)
The 5th JCCEM meeting was convened in Berlin, Germany in September 1995, in conjunction with the Fifth International Conference on Radioactive Waste Management and Environmental Remediation. At this meeting, the Memorandum of Cooperation was reviewed and renewed for an additional five years. It was agreed that the Radiochemical Processing Safety work would be completed and that Deactivation and Decommissioning (D&D) would be added as a new area of cooperation. Record of Meeting - (737K PDF)
At the 6th JCCEM meeting in Phoenix, Arizona in April 1996, the areas of cooperation were further expanded to include Risk Assessment, Transuranic Stabilization, Solidification Experiences, Gamma Ray Spectral Tables and Russian Internet Home Pages. Record of Meeting - (1.3MB PDF)
Record of Meeting - (821K PDF)
At the 8th JCCEM meeting in September 1998 in Arlington, Virginia, topics of discussion included revisions to the JCCEM process for protecting intellectual property. New initiatives in the area of D&D were agreed upon. The first U.S. deployment of a JCCEM technology was announced, the nuclear waste tank retrieval equipment developed in Russia and procured for a waste tank storage site at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Record of Meeting - (533K PDF)
The 9th JCCEM meeting was conducted in Washington, D.C. in October 1999. The JCCEM recommended continued funding for the Cobalt Dicarbollide UNEX technology as a nuclear waste processing option for the Idaho National Environmental and Engineering Laboratory, for the further development of an inverse transient Mayak site model and its application to the R&D at the Hanford site, for the waste storage tank sludge dissolution project, and for the testing of Gubka, a novel porous silica material developed in Russia for stabilization of transuranic and other highly radioactive and environmentally damaging materials. Four new Russian D&D technologies were chosen as candidates for demonstration at U.S. sites, and a new area of cooperation, Vadose Zone Issues, was established. Discussions were begun on Intellectual Property Rights to cover the commercialization of jointly developed technologies. The reports presented on the first commercial deployment in the Fall of 1999 of a JCCEM sponsored technology in the U.S., the Pulsating Pump developed in Russia, and the granting of three joint U.S. patents and the expected filing of three additional joint U.S. patent applications were indicative of the success of previous JCCEM supported activities.
Record of Meeting - (579K PDF)
The 10th JCEEM meeting took place in Prague on 13-14 September 2000 during the 5th International Symposium and Exhibition on Environmental Contamination in Central and Eastern Europe, 12-14 September 2000 (http://www.prague2000.fsu.edu/). The Russian and U. S. delegations had an opportunity to participate in the symposium activities and present recent results on U.S. Russian cooperation in solving nuclear waste and contamination problems. During the meeting, the JCCEM recommended continued funding for: the Cobalt Dicarbollide UNEX technology; the further development and testing of the inverse transient Mayak site model; the Russian tank chemical decontamination technology; the Gubka technology for stabilization of transuranic and other highly radioactive and environmentally damaging materials; and, the studies of problems of vadose zone contamination and remediation. It was also agreed to initiate new cooperative projects on R&D on crown ethers technology applications, the development of a contaminant transport model of the Tomsk site, and the development of Russian induction-heated cold crucible melter technology for DOE radioactive waste streams. Three Russian D&D technologies will be demonstrated at DOE sites in FY01, in addition to the previously scheduled demonstration of the Russian-developed Gamma Locator Device at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory. The JCCEM co-chairs agreed that very high priority must be given to the renewal of the Memorandum of Cooperation and the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy Agreement.
The 11th Annual JCCEM Meeting of the Joint Coordinating Committee for Environmental Restoration and Waste Management (JCCEM) was conducted in St. Petersburg, Russia, on 3-4 September 2001. It was stated that the overall progress made during 2001 has been very good. Two Russian developed technologies, which were evaluated and adjusted to DOE needs within the JCCEM program, were successfully deployed within the DOE complex: the Russian Pulsating Mixer Pump was deployed at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and the Gamma Locating Device was deployed at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory. During this meeting, the JCCEM recommended to continuing funding of the following cooperative projects: Cobalt Dicarbollide UNEX Technology; a Russian technology for chemical decontamination of tanks; Porous crystalline matrix for stabilizing actinide solutions (Gubka); Development and testing of the inverse transient Mayak site model; Development of a contaminant transport model of the Tomsk site; and Vadose zone contamination and remediation. The JCCEM recommended funding for the following new cooperative projects: Evaluation of the Russian-induction heated cold crucible melter technology; Long-term glass performance for DOE radioactive waste streams; and Studies of Cs removal from alkaline solutions by solvent extraction. It was also agreed that the following five projects in the Deactivation and Decommissioning focus area will be implemented: Dust suppression and radioactive contamination localization on concrete, reinforced concrete, and steel surfaces by deposition of a thin film of fluoroepoxy coating; Biotechnology for decontamination of surfaces coated with paint and varnish; Use of film forming compositions for decontamination and worker protection; Development of water jet cutting technology, and Automated sorption-spectrometric system for continuous monitoring of gamma emitting nuclides in air-gas discharges. It was agreed that two demonstrations of Russian developed D&D technologies would be conducted: Strippable and non-strippable coatings (NIKIMT), and Electrochemical and foam decontamination technologies of gloveboxes (VNIPIET). DOE and MINATOM agreed to work jointly to ensure that all JCCEM projects would be implemented during FY02. The Russian side recommended that Memorandum of Cooperation on Environmental Restoration and Waste Management be extended. The U.S. side transmitted the MINATOM proposal to DOE's Office of Policy and International Affairs for review. DOE and MINATOM agreed that the 12th JCCEM meeting will be held in Prague, Czech Republic in conjunction with the 6th International Symposium and Exhibition on Environmental Contamination in Central and Eastern Europe, September 23-26, 2002.
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