Journal Publications
M. P. Neu, S. D. Reilly, and W. Runde, "Plutonium Solubility and Speciation to be Applied to the Separation of Hydrothermal Waste Treatment Effluent," Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings Series, II. Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XX, Volume 465, in press.
H. T. Hawkins, B. E. Scheetz, and G. D. Guthrie, Jr., "Preparation of Monophasic (NZP) Radiophases: Potential Host Matrices for the Immobilization of Reprocessed Commercial High-Level Wastes," Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings Series, II. Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XX, Volume 465, W. J. Gray and I. R. Triay eds., 387-394, Materials Research Society, Pittsburgh, PA (1997).
M. D. Diener, C. A. Smith, and D. K. Veirs, "Anaerobic Preparation and Solvent Free Separation of Uranium Endohedral Metallofullerenes," J. Chem. of Materials, 9(#8), 17731777, (1997).
D. G. Kolman and J. R. Scully, "On the Requirement for a Sharp Notch or Precrack to Cause Environmentally Assisted Crack Initiation of Beta-Titanium Alloys Exposed to Aqueous Chloride Environments," to be published in Effects of the Environment on the Initiation of Crack Growth, ASTM STP 1298, (W. A. Van der Sluys, R. S. Piascik, and R. Zawierucha, Eds., American Society for Testing and Materials, Philadelphia, PA 1997).
D. G. Kolman and J. R. Scully, "An Explanation for the pH and Potential Dependency of b-Titanium Alloy EAC Initiation in Aqueous Chloride Environments Based on an Investigation of Crack Tip Electrode Kinetics," Metallurgical Transactions A, in press.
D. G. Kolman and J. R. Scully, "Comparison of Anodic Current Transients Resulting from Film Rupture on a Dynamically Strained Metastable b-Titanium Electrode to Those Observed Following Fractured Thin Film and Scratch Depassivation," J. Electrochem. Soc., in review.
Conference Presentations
The following papers were presented at the American Chemical Society National Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 1317, 1997: U. F. Gallegos and M. A. Williamson, "Molten Salt Electrochemistry"; R. R. Salazar, B. J. Griego, L. D. Schulte, S. D. McKee, W. B. Smith, M. J. Palmer, and V. A. Hatler, "Oxalate Precipitation of Pu(III) from Very Dilute HCl Solutions"; G. M. Purdy, G. D. Jarvinen, B. F. Smith, M. Cournoyer, and R. R. Gibson, "Polymer Filteration: An Emerging Technology for Selective Metals Recovery" (Division of Chemical Technicians); J. L. Lugo, D. E. Wedman, and T. O. Nelson, "Electrochemical Decontamination of Actinide Processing Gloveboxes"; R. B. Vaughn, J. M. Berg, and M. R. Cisneros, "The Use of Absorption Spectroscopy of Plutonium to Minimize Waste Streams"; L. A. Worl, D. D. Padilla, D. K. Veirs, S. J. Buelow, L. A. Le, and J. H. Roberts, "Hydrothermal Processing of Actinide Contaminated Organic Wastes," LA-UR-96-3796; M. Barr, G. Jarvinen, S. F. Marsh, and R. Bartsch, "Development of Anion-Exchange Resins for Separations of Actinides," LA-UR-96-3933; D. K. Ford, R. Scott Lillard, and D. P. Butt, "Corrosion Study of Candidate APT Engineering Materials," LA-UR-96-4078; and J. M. Berg, R. B. Vaughn, M. R. Cisneros, D. K. Veirs, and C. A. Smith, "Optical Studies of the Stoichiometry and Thermodynamics of Plutonium (IV) Nitrate Complexes in High Ionic Strength Acidic Solutions," LA-UR-96-4537.
The following papers were presented at the ANS Topical Conference on Methods and Applications of Radioanalytical Chemistry, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, April 611, 1997: K. W. Fife, "A Kinetic Study of Plutonium Dioxide Dissolution in Hydrochloric Acid Using Iron(II) as an Electron Transfer Catalyst"; S. L. Yarbro, S. B. Schreiber, E. A. Ortiz, and R. L. Ames, "Reducing Pu(IV) to Pu(III) with Hydroxylamine in Nitric Acid Solutions"; G. D. Jarvinen, M. E. Barr, S. F. Marsh, and R. A. Bartsch, "Bifunctional Anion-Exchange Resins for Improved Separations of Nuclear Materials," LA-UR-96-3835; and D. K. Veirs, J. M. Berg, and C. A. Smith, "New Spectroscopic Studies of Plutonium (IV) Nitrate Complex Formation in Solution and on Ion Exchange Resins."
The following papers were presented at the 21st Actinide Separations Conference, Charleston, SC, June 2326, 1997: J. A. McNeese, W. J. Griego, and E. Garcia, "Pyrochemical Oxidation of Residue Salts"; E. Garcia, J. A. McNeese, W. J. Griego, and V. R. Dole, "Demonstration of the Salt Distillation Process"; V. R. Dole and E. Garcia, "Aqueous Dissolution of Oxidized Calcium Chloride DOR Residues"; A. J. Vargas, G. D. Bird, and E. Garcia, "In-Situ Chlorination of Plutonium Metal"; and S. B. Schreiber and S. L. Yarbro, "Impacts of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Waste Acceptance Criteria on Transuranic Waste Handling."
The following papers were presented at the JOWOG 22 Meeting, Aldermaston Weapons Establishment, United Kingdom, June 1113, 1997: S. D. Owens, G. Bird, and A. Vargas, "Americium Extraction by In-Situ Chlorination" and S. D. Owens and T. E. Ricketts, "Plutonium Metal Oxidation."
The following papers were presented at the American Chemical Society National Meeting Nuclear Chemistry and Technology Division, Las Vegas, NV, September 7-11, 1997: D. K. Veirs, G. M. Rosenblatt, C. R. Heiple, and J. P. Baiardo, "The Use of Acoustic Resonance Spectroscopy to Detect Changes within Storage Containers" and E. Garcia, J. A. McNeese, W. J. Griego, and V. R. Dole, "Demonstration of the Salt Distillation Process for Rocky Flats Salt Residues."
P. L. Wallace, "Crystal Chemistry Principles Applied to the X-ray Diffraction Identification of Metallurgical Phases," 1997 Denver X-ray Conference, Steamboat Springs, Colorado, August 5, 1997.
D. G. Kolman, D. K. Ford, T. O. Nelson, and D. P. Butt, "General and Localized Corrosion Behavior of 304 Stainless Steel Exposed to Room and High Temperature Nitric Acid/Halide Solutions," NACE 97 (National Association of Corrosion Engineers), Symposium on Corrosion Issues in Liquid Radioactive Waste Storage, New Orleans, LA, March 914, 1997.
J. R. Hurd, G. W. Veazey, T. H. Prettyman, G. A. Sheppard, T. E. Ricketts, and R. K. Nakaoka, "Performance of NDA Techniques on a Vitrified Waste Form," 38th Annual Meeting of the Institute of Nuclear Materials Management, Phoenix, Arizona, July 2024, 1997.
R. C. Hagan, J. Gladson, and T. Wickland (Nuclear Technology Technology, Inc.), "Containers for Short-Term Storage of Nuclear Materials at the Los Alamos Plutonium Facility," American Nuclear Society 1997 Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida, June 15, 1997.
W. J. Turner, R. Brown, and G. D. Rael, "Instrumentation System to Implement Leak Test Program," 1997 IEEE Instrumentation & Measurement Technology Conference, Ottawa, Canada, May 1921, 1997.
N. G. Pope and J. C. Higgins (Brookhaven National Lab), "Human Factors Aspects of the Major Upgrade to the Control Systems at the LANL Plutonium Facility," Global Perspective of Human Factors in Power Generation, The Power Engineering Society of IEEE, 1997 IEEE 6th Conference on Objectives, Orlando, FL, June 812, 1997.
N. G. Pope and T. Donovan, "Lessons Learned from the TA-55 Operation Center Upgrade Project," Conduct of Operations Training, Nevada Test Site, April 2, 1997.
J. M. Macdonald, "Implementation of an Intranet for Industrial Control," Industrial Society of America (ISA), Anaheim, CA, October 1997.
J. T. McFarlan, "Modifications to Vacuum Atmospheres MO-40-2 Dri-Train to Prevent Pressure Changes in Plutonium Processing," American Glovebox Society Conference, Denver, CO, July 2124, 1997.
R. L. Long (NMSU) and S. L. Yarbro, "Applications of a New Interfacial Area Transport Equation," Mixing XV Conference, Williamsburg, VA, June 2327, 1997.
P. C. Stark, B. F. Smith, T. W. Robison, G. D. Jarvinen, M. R. Lin, J. E. Anderson, "Solid-State Europium Luminescence for the Investigation of Metal-Binding to Water-Soluble Chelating Polymers," MARK IV Conference, April 611, 1997, Honolulu, HI.
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