2003 Radiochemistry Conference Agenda

Tuesday July 15, 2003

Welcome and Plenary Session

8:00

Welcome from the Conference Chair and Co-chair

Steve Warren/Cliff Stroud

8:15

Welcome from the Radiochemistry Society

Steve Bakhtiar

8:30

Welcome and Overview of the WIPP Project

Ines Triay

9:00

Major Scientific Issues for the WIPP — and How They Were Resolved

Wendell Weart

9:45

Break

Session 1A

Radiochemical Applications and Weapons of Mass Destruction

Presiding: Donald Wall

10:00

Liquid-Liquid Solvent Extraction/Alpha Spectrometry Procedure for Determination of Multiple Radionuclides in Terrorist Bomb Debris

B.A. Martinez, D.E. Dry, S.D. Ware, R.C. Roback, M.M. Fowler, G.H. Brooks, Jr.

10:20

Radiation Dispersal Devices (RDDs) and Radiological Sources

Gregory J. Van Tuyle

10:40

Radiotracer Method in Study of Reactive Transport Across Chemical Gradients in Porous Media

Mei Ding

11:00

Radiolysis of Organic Polymeric Materials

Andrzej J. Rafalski

11:20

Successful Bioassay Program at WIPP Laboratory

Ying-hua Xue, Okka Maung, Joe Ortiz

Session 1B

Regional and Economical Development

Presiding: Cliff Stroud

10:00

Panel Discussion

Mayor Forrest, Congressman Heaton , Ned Elkins, William Nordyke

11:40

Lunch

Session 2

The Radiochemistry Society and Radiochemical Applications

Presiding:

1:00

Monte Carlo Error Propagation Using Spreadsheets

Robert Hayes

1:20

Technical Collaborations between a Small American Business and Leading Research Institutions in the Former Soviet Union

Leo S. Gomez

1:40

International Cooperation By The Radiochemistry Society

Faraj Ghanbari, Amir Mohagheghi, Ed MacKerrows, Steven N. Bakhtiar

2:00

The Radiochemistry Society & Carlsbad, New Mexico

Larry A. Burchfield, Steven N. Bakhtiar

2:20

Break

Session 3

Actinide Chemistry and Repository Science

Presiding: Donald Wall

2:30

Expected Geochemical Processes and Predictions of Geochemical Conditions in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant

L.H. Brush, A.J. Francis, J.B. Gillow, Y. Wang, A.C. Snider, Y. Xiong

2:50

Microbial Transformations of Actinides in Transuranic and Mixed Wastes

A.J. Francis

3:10

PIMS with Apatite II for the Remediation of U and Pu

Judith Wright, James Conca

3:30

Influence of Radiolysis by-Products on the Actinide Chemistry in Brines from Geological Saline Repository

J-F. Lucchini, A. Rafalski, M. Borkowski, J. Conca

3:50

X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure Spectroscopic Determination of the Speciation of Pu(IV/IV+d ) in the Environment and Under Environmentally Relevant Conditions

Rinat I. Gabitov, Steven D. Conradson, Mei Ding

4:10

Poster Session



Wednesday July 16, 2003

Session 4

Waste Management and Environmental Issues

Presiding:

8:30

The Effect of Degree of Saturation on Multivalent Radionuclide Transport in Non-Welded Tuff

T.T. Vandergraaf, D.J. Drew, C.J. Hamon, W.A. Seddon

8:50

Chernobyl, Causes of the Accident and the Environmental Legacy

George Anastas

9:10

Hanford Vitrification Project Update

Steven N. Bakhtiar, Larry A. Burchfield

9:30

Relationships between Dust and Transuranics in Aerosol Particles from the Carlsbad/WIPP Area

R. Arimoto, T. Kirchner, J. Webb, B. Stewart, D. Moir, D. Schoep

9:50

The Identification and Quantification of Gnome-Derived Radionuclides in WIPP Environmental Samples

Thomas B. Kirchner

10:10

Break

Session 5

Actinide Chemistry and Repository Science

Presiding:

10:30

Biosorption and Bioreduction of Neptunium: Implications for the Bio-immobilization of Actinides in the Subsurface

Donald T. Reed, Warinthorn Songkasiri, Bruce E. Rittmann

10:50

Determination of Polynuclear Stability Constants of Th4+ with [NaP5W30O110]14-

D.E. Wall, G.R. Choppin

11:10

Effect of Pseudohalide Ligands on Lanthanide/Actinide Group Separation

Marian Borkowski, Jadwiga Krejzler

11:30

Overview of Microbial Activity in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant

L.H. Brush, A.J. Francis, J.B. Gillow, Y. Wang, H. Gao

11:50

The Carbonation of Magnesium Oxide in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant

Anna C. Snider

12:10

Lunch



Wednesday July 16, 2003

Session 6

Actinide Chemistry and Repository Science

Presiding:

1:20

Salado Radionuclide Transport Calculations for the First Recertification of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant

Thomas S. Lowry

1:40

Direct Brine Release Calculations for the First Recertification of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant

Joshua S. Stein

2:00

Effects of Magnesium Oxide Backfill on Brine Chemistry and Pu Concentrations

James Conca, Ningping Lu

2:20

Experimental Investigations of the Reaction Pathway in the MgO-H2O-CO2 System in Concentrated Brines at Ambient Temperature and Atmospheric CO2: Applications to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant

Yongliang Xiong, Anna Snider

2:40

Humic Acids in the WIPP

Nathalie A. Wall and Sara Mathews

3:00

Disturbed Rock Zone and Reconsolidation Salt Analysis

D. Michael Chapin, Jr., Frank D. Hansen

3:20

Break

Session 7

U.S./Mexico Border Initiative Issues

Presiding:

3:40

Highlights of the National Border Technology Partnership Program

Gary Scott, Richard Jiminez

4:00

Distributed Energy Systems for Efficiency and Sustainability

George Mulholland, Karen Mikel

4:20

Hazardous Waste Analysis and the U.S.-Mexico Border

Kimberly E. Parsons

4:40

Erosion and Transport Potential of Sediment Obstructing the Flow of the Rio Grande into the Gulf of Mexico

D. Michael Chapin, Jr., Rich Jepsen, Jesse D. Roberts, Randy Buhalts

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