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WR Wiley Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA
EMSP FY2003 Agenda (pdf 329KB)

TUESDAY, MAY 6

7:15 Registration - EMSL Lobby
INTRODUCTION (All Principle Investigators) - Battelle Auditorium
8:00 Commence Workshop (John Morse, DOE-RL; John Zachara, PNNL)
8:15 EMSP Program (pdf 413KB) (Teresa Fryberger, DOE-HQ)
8:45 Regulatory Perspective (pdf 66KB) (Dennis Faulk, U.S. EPA; Dib Goswami, WA - DOE)
Status and S&T Needs
9:00 High-Level Waste (pdf 3MB) (Ken Grasper, CH2M Hill)
9:30 Tank Farm Vadose Zone Characterization and Corrective Ations (pdf 1MB) (Tony Knepp and Frank Anderson, CH2M Hill)
10:00 Groundwater Protection Program (pdf 3MB) (Tom Fogwell, Flour Hanford)
10:30 BREAK
I. SUBSURFACE SCIENCE
(John Zachara to chair)
EMSL Auditorium
II. HIGH-LEVEL WASTE
(Gary Josephson to chair)
EMSL 1075/1077
Environmental Chemistry/Geochemistry
(Andy Felmy to preside)
Immobilization/Wasteforms
(Dennis Strachan to preside)
10:40 Project 86729, Robert Riley, “Mechanisms of CCl4 Retention and Slow Release in Model Porous Solids and Sediments(pdf 1MB) 10:45 Project 81897, Paul Woskov, “Millimeter-Wave Measurements of High Level and Low Activity Glass Melts(pdf 1MB)
11:00 Project 86845, Paul Bertsch, “Linking Chemical Speciations, Desorption Kinetics, and Bioavailability of U and Ni in Age-Contaminated Sediments: A Scientific Basis for Natural Attenuation and Risk Assessment(pdf 3MB) 11:15 Project 81934, Theodore Besmann (John Vienna to present), “Stability of High Level Radioactive Waste Forms(pdf 1MB)
11:20 Project 86898, Kathryn Nagy, “Reactivity of Primary Soil Minerals and Secondary Precipitates Beneath Leaking Hanford Waste Tanks(pdf 2MB) 11:45 Project 81926, Sheng Dai, “Chemistry of Actinides in Molten Glasses and It’s Correlation to Structural Performance of Solid Glasses: Filling the Knowledge Gap(pdf 683KB)
11:40 Project 86984, Jonathan Chorover (Karl Mueller to present), “Caustic Waste-Soil Weathering Reactions and Their Impacts on Trace Contaminant Migration and Sequestration(pdf 3MB)   Project 81927, Sheng Dai, “A New Method for In-Situ Characterization of Important Actinides and Technetium Compounds via Fiberoptic Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS)(pdf 1MB)
12:00 LUNCH 12:15 LUNCH
    Closure
(Denis Strachan to preside)
1:00 Project 86753, Andy Felmy, “The Aqueous Thermodynamics and Complexation Reactions of Anionic Silica and Uranium Species to High Concentration(pdf 372KB) 1:00 Project 81887, Shas Mattigod, “Precipitation and Desorption of Aluminum-Containing Phases on Tank Wastes(pdf 6MB)
1:20 Project 86748, John Zachara, “Characterization of U(VI) Sorption-Desorption Processes and Model Upscaling(pdf 13MB)   Project 81893, Peter McGrail (Shas Mattigod to present), “Physicochemical Processes Controlling Source Term from Tank Residuals(pdf 2MB)
1:40 Project 73775, Jiamin Wan, “Colloid Genesis/Transport and Flow Pathway Alterations Resulting from Interactions of Highly Reactive Waste Solutions and Sediments in the Hanford Vadose Zone 1:30 Project 81940, Kenneth Nash, “Characterization of Actinides in Simulated Alkaline Tank Waste Sludges and Leach Solutions(pdf 7MB)
Transport and Scaling
(Andy Ward to preside)
   
2:00 Project 86870, Timothy Long, “Differential Group-Velocity Detection of Fluid Paths(pdf 966KB) 2:00 Project 81988, Norman Schroeder, “Identification of Non-Pertechnetate Species in Hanford Tank Waste, their Synthesis, Characterization, and Fundamental Chemistry(pdf 298KB)
2:20 Project 86977, Paul Meakin, “Multiphase Flow in Complex Fracture Apertures Under a Wide Range of Flow Conditions(pdf 3MB)    
2:40 Project 87003, Michael Nicholl, “Advanced conceptual Models for Unsaturated and Two-Phase Flow in Fractured Rock(pdf 1MB) 2:30 Project 81921, Nancy Hess, “Technetium Chemistry in HLW: Role of Organic Complexants(pdf 472KB)
3:00 BREAK 3:00 BREAK
3:15 Project 86952, Anderson Ward, “Multi-Regional Reactive Transport Due to Strong Anisotropy in Unsaturated Soils with Evolving Scales of Heterogeneity(pdf 2MB) 3:15 Project 81883, Donald Camaioni, “Mechanisms and Kinetics of Organic Aging and Characterization of Intermediates in High-Level Waste(pdf 375KB)
3:35 Project 86989, Stephen Brown, “Heterogeneity and Scaling in Geologic Media: Applications to Transport in the Vadose and Saturated Zones(pdf 3MB)

 

 

Waste Feed Delivery
(Phil Gauglitz to preside)

3:55 Project 86679, Robert Roback, “Field-Scale In Situ Measurements of Vadose Zone Flow and Transport Using Multiple Tracers at INEEL Vadose Zone Research Park (VZRP)(pdf 881KB) 3:45 Project 81898, Eric Steffler, “Increasing Safety and Reducing Environmental Damage Risk from Aging High-Level Radioactive Waste Tanks(pdf 9MB)
Coupled Processes
(Susan Hubbard to preside)
   
4:15 Project 86911, Phil Jardine (Melanie Mayes to present), “Coupled Geochemical and Hydrological Processes Governing the Fate and Transport of Radionuclides and Toxic Metals Beneath the Hanford Tank Farms(pdf 2MB) 4:15 Project 81989, Scott Lillard, “The Influence of Radiation on Pit Solution Chemistry as it Pertains to the Transition from Metastable to Stable Pitting in Steels”
4:35 Project 86922, Susan Hubbard, “Characterization of Coupled Hydrologic-Biogeochemical Processes Using Geophysical Data(pdf 2MB) 4:45 Project 81866, Digby MacDonald, “Development of Advanced Electrochemical Emission Spectroscopy for Monitoring Corrosion in Simulated DOE Liquid Wastes(pdf 1MB)
4:55 ADJOURN FOR THE DAY 5:15 ADJOURN FOR THE DAY

WEDNESDAY, MAY 7

I. SUBSURFACE SCIENCE
(John Zachara to preside)
EMSL Auditorium
II. HIGH-LEVEL WASTE
(Gary Josephson to preside)
EMSL 1075/1077
    Waste and Supplemental Processing
(Phil Gauglitz to preside)
8:00 Project 86598, Carl Palmer, “Coupled Flow and Reactivity in the Variably Saturated Porous Media(pdf 1MB) 8:00 Project 81891, Robin Rogers, “A New Class of Solvents for TRU Dissolution and Separation: Ionic Liquids(pdf 1MB)
8:20 Project 86803, Kay Adler Flitton, “Underground Corrosion After 32 Years: A Study of Fate and Transport(pdf 8MB) 8:30 Project 81895, Scott Herbst, “Fundamental Chemistry of the Universal Extractant (UNEX) for the Simultaneous Separation of Fission and Products and Transurancies from High-Level Waste Streams(pdf 390KB)
8:40 Project 86814, Markus Flury, “Colloid-Facilitated Transport of Radionuclides Through the Vadose Zone(pdf 3MB)  
9:00 Project 86900, Jim Saiers, “Influences of Flow Transients and Porous Medium Heterogeneity on Colloid-Associated Contaminants Transport in the Vadose Zone(pdf 2MB) 9:00 Project 81936, Laetitia Delmau, “Combined Extraction of Cesium, Strontium, and Actinide from Alkaline Media: An Extension of the Caustic-Side Solvent Extraction (CSSX) Process Technology(pdf 1MB)
Remediation
(Tom Fogwell to preside)
   
9:20 Project 86687, Christy Ruggiero, “Phytosiderophore Effects on Subsurface Actinide Contaminants: Potential for Phytostabalization and Phytoextraction(pdf 519KB) 9:30 Project 81935, Bruce Moyer, “Ion Recognition Approach to Volume Reduction of Alkaline Tank Waste by Separation of Sodium Salts(pdf 418KB)
9:40 Project 87016, Bob Smith, “Trace Metals in Groundwater and Vadose Zone Calcite: In Situ Contaminant and Stabilization of 90Strontium and Other Divalent Metals and Radionuclides at Arid West DOE(pdf 609KB)    
10:00 BREAK 10:00 Project 81949, David Hobbs, “Strategic Design and Optimization of Inorganic Sorbents for Cesium, Strontium, and Actinides(pdf 1MB)
10:15 Project 86740, Jonathan Icenhower, “Phosphate Barriers for Immobilization of Uranium Plumes(pdf 1MB)  
10:35 Project 86642, Frank Schwartz, “Semi-Passive Chemical Oxidation Schemes for the Long-Term Treatment of Contaminants(pdf 1MB) 10:30 BREAK
10:55 Project 86820, Paul Tratnyek, “Overcoming Barriers to the Remediation of Carbon Tetrachloride Through Manipulation of Competing Reaction Mechanisms(pdf 2MB) 10:45 Project 81896, Dhanpat Rai, “Speciation, Dissolution, and Redox Reactions of Chromium Relevant to Pretreatment and Separation of High-Level Tank Wastes(pdf 665KB)
11:15 Project 86981, George Redden, “Transport, Targeting, and Application of Functional Nanoparticles for Degradation of Chlorinated Organic Solvents(pdf 1MB) 11:15 Project 81912, Timothy Hubler, “Electroactive Materials for Anion Separation – Technetium from Nitrate(pdf 1MB)
11:35 Project 86736, Jay Grate (Jungbae Kim to present), “Armored Enzyme Nanoparticles for Remediation of Subsurface Contaminants(pdf 830KB) 11:45 Project 81867, Darsh Wasan, “Foaming and Antifoaming in Radioactive Waste Pretreatment and Immobilization Processes(pdf 2MB)
12:00 LUNCH 12:15 LUNCH
    Analytical Tools for Waste and Supplemental Processing
(John Hartman to preside)
1:00 Project 86800, William Arnold, “Reactive Membrane Barriers for Contaminant of Subsurface Contamination(pdf 530KB) 1:00 Project 81924, Gilbert Brown, “Optical and Microcantilever-Based Sensors for Real-Time In Situ Characterization of High-Level Waste(pdf 1MB)
1:20 Project 86807, William Apel, “Long-Term Stewardship of Mixed Wastes: Passive Reactive Barriers for Simultaneous In Situ Remediation of Chlorinated Solvent, Heavy Metal, and Radionuclide Contaminants(pdf 7MB) 1:30 Project 81939, Panos Datskos, “Hybrid Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS) for High Reliable and Selective Characterization of Tank Waste(pdf 2MB)
Characterization, Analysis, and Monitoring
(John Zachara to preside)
   
1:40 Project 86680, Yixiang Duan, “Ultra-Sensitive Elemental and Isotope Measurements with Compact Plasma Source Cavity Ring-Down Spectroscopy (CPS-CRDS)(pdf 208KB)    
2:00 Project 86912, Michael Ramsey (J.P. Alarie to present), “Nanofluidic Structures for Electrokinetic-Based Hydraulic Pumps(pdf 729KB) 2:00 Project 81923, Oleg Egorov, “Radioanalytical Chemistry for Automated Nuclear Waste Process Monitoring(pdf 792KB)
2:20 Project 86805, Frederick Colwell, “Coupling of Realistic Rate Estimates with Genomics for Assessing Contaminant Attenuation and Long-Term Plume Contaminants(pdf 1MB) 2:30 Project 81967, George Harvilla, “Radiochemical Analysis by High Sensitivity Dual-Optic Micro X-ray Fluorescence(pdf 964KB)
2:40 Project 86992, David Wright, “Improving Ground Penetration Radar Imaging in High Loss Environments by Coordinated System Development, Data Processing, Numerical Modeling, and Visualization Methods with Applications to Site Characterizations(pdf 9MB)    
3:00 BREAK 3:00 BREAK
    Analytical Tools for Retrieval and Slurry Processing
(John Hartman to preside)
3:15 Project 88615, Lee Slater, “Investigating the Potential for Long-Term Permeable Reactive Barrier (PRB) Monitoring from the Electrical Signatures Associated with Reduction in Reactive Iron Performance(pdf 935KB) 3:15 Project 81964, Lloyd Burgess and Paul Panetta, “Physical Characterization of Solid-Liquid Slurries at High Weight Fractions Utilizing Optical and Ultrasonic Methods
3:35 Project 86759, Jay Grate, (Oleg Egorov to present), “Radionuclide Sensors for Water Monitoring(pdf 1MB) 3:45 Project 81889, Margaret Greenwood, “Investigating Ultrasonic Diffraction Grating Spectroscopy and Reflection Techniques for Characterizing Slurry Properties(pdf 1MB)
3:55 Project 87023, Barbara Minsker, “A New Framework for Adaptive Sampling and Analysis During Long-Term Monitoring and Remedial Action Management(pdf 198KB)    
4:15 Concluding Discussions and Issues for Subsurface Science (Sample opportunities, collaboration targets, and working groups) 4:15 Concluding Discussions and Issues for High-Level Waste (Sample opportunities, collaboration targets, and working groups)
5:00 ADJOURN - Closing Remarks For All Participants
EMSL Auditorium