The GNEP concept depends heavily on reprocessing and separation of isotopes from spent nuclear fuel. Dr. Burchfield provides a wealth of experience spanning more than 25 years in the radiometric separations science. From 1974 to 1977 he served in the US Army's Nuclear Weapons program. In 1979, he received his BS in Chemistry from John Brown University and a PhD in Radiochemistry from the University of Arkansas in 1982. In 1992, Dr. Burchfield served on a DOE blue-ribbon panel for the "Evaluation and Selection of Aqueous-Based Technology for Partitioning Radionuclides from ICPP Calcined Waste". In 1994, he served on an Oak Ridge committee for the development of Radiometric Data Validation. In 2000, Dr. Burchfield was an invited member of the joint US-Russian DOE Working Group for Waste Disposal and Environmental Protection. Dr. Burchfield has worked at INEL, DOE-Y12, and the Hanford site. He has served as a consultant to all major DOE sites and several nuclear instrument companies. While at the DOE-Y12 site he designed and developed the Alpha Management Software. Dr. Burchfield, has taught a wealth of short courses including an Actinide Separations course held at NRC headquarters in 2004. He is a co-founder of the Radiochemistry Society and currently serves as the President and CEO.
Dr. Bruce Kaiser
Key concepts with GNEP include both advanced nuclear fuels and engineered nonproliferation designs. Dr. Kaiser possesses a broad and deep technology background in all aspects of commercial nuclear fuel manufacturing. He has authored 10 successful patents and another 10 pending. In 2004, Dr. Kaiser served on a DOE blue-ribbon panel for "An Evaluation of the Proliferation Resistant Characteristics of Light Water Reactor Fuel with the Potential for Recycle in the United States". This report can be considered as the "precipitating agent" for the GNEP program. Dr. Kaiser obtained a BS in physics, and both an MS and PhD in nuclear engineering from the University of Florida.
From 1977 to 1983 he held various senior engineering positions in Westinghouse Hanford and GE nuclear fuel manufacturing. In 1986, he accepted a position as the Chemical Science Department Manger at Battelle's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory where he won several science awards. Dr. Kaiser later became Manager of GE's Fuel Manufacturing Operations. He then became Vice President of Nuclear Fuel for ABB, where he modernized the manufacturing and supporting laboratory facility and increased business by $1.2 billion while reducing costs by 30% and process cycle time by 60%. By closely working with the NRC, he succeeded in removing the business from their watch list.
As an instructor & consultant for the Radiochemistry Society, Dr. Kaiser combines his unique humor and candor with his technical skills for very powerful and informative lectures.
Dr. Mike Fox
He has 37 years experience in the nuclear field as an individual scientist and management positions at Hanford and the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory. Dr. Fox holds a BS in Chemistry and a PhD in Physical Chemistry from the University of Washington. He taught graduate and undergraduate chemistry as Adjunct Professor at Idaho State University. He is a national member and of the American Nuclear Society and the Health Physics Society. He is also a founding member of the Radiochemistry Society.
During his career he has worked in the many areas of nuclear waste management including the operations of radiological and plutonium laboratories. He has served as a consultant to British Nuclear Fuels Limited (BNFL), CH2M-Hill Hanford Group (CHG), and Bechtel Corporation.
He has written many articles and reports on nuclear waste issues, environment, as well as many articles in the popular press. He served for two years on the Washington State Low-Level Waste Advisory Board, and for 4 years on the Washington State Nuclear Waste Advisory Council. He served on the Citizens Advisory Council for Congressman Doc Hastings (1995). He also served as the Executive Director American Council for Science and Health.
He has considerable experience in organizing speakers bureaus, delivered radioactivity demonstrations at all classroom levels, and has won awards in science communications on energy, chemistry, and nuclear issues with more than 400 public speeches and 200 media interviews.
The GNEP concept depends heavily on reprocessing and separation of isotopes from spent nuclear fuel. Dr. Burchfield provides a wealth of experience spanning more than 25 years in the radiometric separations science. From 1974 to 1977 he served in the US Army's Nuclear Weapons program. In 1979, he received his BS in Chemistry from John Brown University and a PhD in Radiochemistry from the University of Arkansas in 1982. In 1992, Dr. Burchfield served on a DOE blue-ribbon panel for the "Evaluation and Selection of Aqueous-Based Technology for Partitioning Radionuclides from ICPP Calcined Waste". In 1994, he served on an Oak Ridge committee for the development of Radiometric Data Validation. In 2000, Dr. Burchfield was an invited member of the joint US-Russian DOE Working Group for Waste Disposal and Environmental Protection. Dr. Burchfield has worked at INEL, DOE-Y12, and the Hanford site. He has served as a consultant to all major DOE sites and several nuclear instrument companies. While at the DOE-Y12 site he designed and developed the Alpha Management Software. Dr. Burchfield, has taught a wealth of short courses including an Actinide Separations course held at NRC headquarters in 2004. He is a co-founder of the Radiochemistry Society and currently serves as the President and CEO.
Key concepts with GNEP include both advanced nuclear fuels and engineered nonproliferation designs. Dr. Kaiser possesses a broad and deep technology background in all aspects of commercial nuclear fuel manufacturing. He has authored 10 successful patents and another 10 pending. In 2004, Dr. Kaiser served on a DOE blue-ribbon panel for "An Evaluation of the Proliferation Resistant Characteristics of Light Water Reactor Fuel with the Potential for Recycle in the United States". This report can be considered as the "precipitating agent" for the GNEP program. Dr. Kaiser obtained a BS in physics, and both an MS and PhD in nuclear engineering from the University of Florida.
He has 37 years experience in the nuclear field as an individual scientist and management positions at Hanford and the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory. Dr. Fox holds a BS in Chemistry and a PhD in Physical Chemistry from the University of Washington. He taught graduate and undergraduate chemistry as Adjunct Professor at Idaho State University. He is a national member and of the American Nuclear Society and the Health Physics Society. He is also a founding member of the Radiochemistry Society.