LDRD Funds Seven Research Areas in NMT

Two new projects funded by Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) money have been awarded to the Nuclear Materials Technology (NMT) Division. in FY96. The new projects are "Reaction Kinetics Relevant to the Recycle Hydride-Dehydride Process for Plutonium Recovery," Principal Investigator John Haschke, other investigators Thomas Allen and Charles Radosevich; and "Zircon as a Host Phase for Plutonium Disposition," Principal Investigator K. C. Kim, and investigator John Huang. We also expect some funding for "New Anion Exchange Polymers for Improved Separations in Nuclear and Industrial Applications," Principal Investigator Gordon Jarvinen. The LDRD Program funds four ongoing projects as well: "Integration of Advanced Nuclear Materials Separations Processes," Principal Investigator Gordon Jarvinen; "Decontamination of Radioactive Liquids by Freeze Concentration and Fractional Precipitation," Principal Investigator to be announced; "Disposition of Weapons Plutonium as Non-fertile Fuel for Light-Water Reactors, Principal Investigator Kenneth Chidester; and "Structural and Magnetic Characterization of Actinide Materials, Principal Investigator Barbara Cort.

NMT also expects to participate in LDRD-funded projects awarded to the Accelerator Driven Transmutation Technology (ADTT) Program. Chief Scientist K. C. Kim says the Division's tactical goal to win $1 million in LDRD funds for FY96 has been met or exceeded. The division's success in winning FY96 LDRD funds is a measure of the importance of its work in supporting the Laboratory's core mission to reduce the global nuclear danger and of the excellence of its facilities and personnel for performing basic research.

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