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2002

• Selective Recovery of Chromium from Precipitates Containing d Elements and Actinides: I. Effect of O₂.
  A.M. Fedoseev, N.A. Budantseva, A.B. Yusov, V.P. Shilov, and C.H. Delegard.
  Radiochemistry 44(4): 347-354, 2002.

• Selective Recovery of Chromium from Precipitates Containing d Elements and Actinides: II. Effect of H₂O₂.
  A.M. Fedoseev, V.P. Shilov, I.A. Charushnikova, A.B. Yusov, N.A. Budantseva, and C.H. Delegard.
  Radiochemistry 44(4): 355-360, 2002.

• Selective Recovery of Chromium from Precipitates Containing d Elements and Actinides: III. Effect of S₂O₈ ².
  A.M. Fedoseev, V.P. Shilov, N.A. Budantseva, A.B. Yusov, and C.H. Delegard.
  Radiochemistry 44(4): 361-365, 2002.

• Catalytic Decomposition of Organic Anions in Alkaline Radioactive Waste: 1. EDTA Oxidation.
  A. Yu. Garnov, A.V. Gogolev, V.P. Shilov, L.N. Astafurova, and N.N. Krot.
  Radiochemistry 44(5): 482-488, 2002.

• The Strategy of Elaborating a Common Approach to Solve the Problems of Surface and Ground Waters Contamination at the PA Mayak Territory Based on the International Co-operation Experience.
  M. Glinsky, A. Hutter, and E. Drozhko.
  EOS Trans., AGU, 82 (47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H41C-0302, 2001.

• Research of Radionuclides Migrating in Porous Media Allowing for the "Solution-rock" Interaction.
  E. Drozhko, A. Aleksakhin L. Samsonova, N. Kotchergina, and A. Zinin.
  EOS Trans., AGU, 82 (47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H21D-03402, 2001.

• Modeling of Sr-90 Retardation by Fractured Rocks Based on the Results of the In Situ and Laboratory Research.
  L. Samsonova, N. Kotchergina, E. Drozhko, I. Ivanov, and A. Zinin.
  EOS Trans., AGU, 82 (47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract H21D-0344, 2001.

• Model Intercomparison Study to Investigate a Dense Contaminant Plume in a Complex Hydrogeologic System.
  M. D. Williams, Ch. R. Cole, M. G. Foley, G. A. Zinina, A.I. Zinin, N.A. Vasil'kova, and L.M. Samsonova.
  Environmental Geology. 42, pp.199-213, 2002.

• International Characterization Projects.
  Adam Hutter.
  SCFA DDFA Mid-Year Review, Salt Lake City, March 7, 2002.

• Modeling the Effect of 3-D Multilayered Soil Topography on Preferential and Stagnant Water-Flow Zones During Infiltration.
  A.I. Zinin, G.A. Zinina, S. P. Pozdnaikov, V.M. Kurochkin, and B.A. Faybishenko.
  American Geophysical Union 2002 Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Dec. 10-14, 2002.

2001

• Chemical Separations in Nuclear Waste Management: The State of the Art and a Look to the Future.
  Eds. G. C. Choppin, M. Khankhasayev, and H. S. Plendl,
  DOE-EM 0591, Battele Press, 2001.

• U.S. - Russian Cooperative Program in Research and Development of Chemical Separation Technologies.
  V.N. Romanovsky, Chemical Separations in Nuclear Waste Management: The State of the Art and a Look to the Future. Eds. G. C. Choppin, M. Khankhasayev, and H. S. Plendl.
  DOE-EM 0591, Battele Press, 2001, pp. 57 - 66

• The Universal Solvent Extraction (UNEX) Process I: Development of the UNEX Process Solvent for the Separation of Cesium, Strontium, and the Actinides from Acidic Radioactive Waste.
  V. N. Romanovskiy, I. V. Smirnov, V. A. Babain, T. A. Todd, J. D. Law, R. S. Herbst, and K. N. Brewer.
  Solvent Extraction and Ion Exchange, 19 (1), pp.1-21?, (2001).

• The Universal Solvent Extraction (UNEX) Process II: Flowsheet Development and Demonstration of the UNEX Process for the Separation of Cesium, Strontium, and Actinides from Actual Acidic Radioactive Waste.
  J. D. Law, R. S. Herbst, T. A. Todd, V. N. Romanovskiy, V. A. Babain, V. M. Esimantovskiy, I. V. Smirnov, and B. N. Zaitsev.
  Solvent Extraction and Ion Exchange, 19 (1), pp 23-36, (2001).

• Method for the Simultaneous Recovery of Radionuclides from Liquid Radioactive Wastes Using a Solvent.
  V.N. Romanovskiy, I.V. Smirnov, V.A. Babain, T. A. Todd, and K. N. Brewer
  US Patent 6258333 July 10, 2001.

• Extraction Processes and Solvents for Recovery of Cesium, Strontium, Rare Earth Elements, Technetium and Actinides from Liquid Radioactive Waste United States.
  B. N. Zaitsev, V.M. Esimantovskiy, L.N. Lazarev, E.G. Dzekun, V.N. Romanovskiy, T. A. Todd, K. N. Brewer, R.S. Herbst, and J. D. Law.
  Patent 6,270,737 August 7, 2001.

• Development and Testing of UNEX Process for Liquid HLW Management.
  V. N. Romanovskiy, V. A. Babain, V. M. Esimantovskiy, I. V. Smirnov, B. N. Zaitsev, E.G.Dzekun . J. D. Law, R. S. Herbst, T. A. Todd, and K.N.Brewer.
  Report at 2001 International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference, April 29 - May 3, 2001, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.

• Progress in the Development of Porous Crystalline Matrix (Gubka) for Stabilizing Liquid Waste Solutions.
  A.S. Aloy, N.V. Sapozhnikova, A.G. Anshits, D. Knecht, and J. Macheret.
  In Proc. of International Conf. On Waste Management 2001 Symposium, February 25 - March 1, 2001, Tucson, Arizona, USA.
• Immobilization of Uranium and Plutonium from Liquid Radioactive Solutions Using Porous Molded Glass Crystalline Blocks (Gubka).
  A.S. Aloy, N.V. Sapozhnikova, A.G. Anshits, D. Knecht, and J. Macheret.
  In Proc. of the 8th International Conference on Environmental Management (ICEM'01), Sept.30 - Oct. 4, 2001, Brugge, Belgium.

• Software Development for the Mayak Site Modeling.
  E.G. Drozhko, L. M. Samsonova, A. I. Zinin, and G. A. Zinina.
  In Proc. of the Fifth Int. Symposium& Exhibition on Environmental Contamination in Central and Eastern Europe, DOE/EM-0584, 2001.

• Determination of Retarding Factors of Radionuclides Migrating with Ground Water from Surface Storages of Liquid Radioactive Waste.
  E.G. Drozhko, I. A. Ivanov, L. M. Samsonova, M. L. Glinsky.
  In Proc. of the Fifth Int. Symposium& Exhibition on Environmental Contamination in Central and Eastern Europe, DOE/EM-0584, 2001.

• Developing a Programme of Investigations of the Karachay Lake Problem on the Basis of International Collaborative Experience.
  E.G. Drozhko, M. Glinsky A. Hutter, and I. Fearnley.
  In Proc. of the Fifth Int. Symposium& Exhibition on Environmental Contamination in Central and Eastern Europe, DOE/EM-0584, 2001.

• Retardation Factors of Industrial Radionuclides Migrating with Groundwater in Fractured Rocks near Lake Karachay.
  E.G. Drozhko, I. Ivanov, M. Glinsky, N. Kotcherghina, and A. Hutter,
  In Proc. of the 2000 Annual Meeting and International Conference of the American Institute of Hydrology: Atmospheric, Surface and Subsurface Hydrology and Interactions, AIH, 2001.

• The Interactions Between Groundwater and a Liquid Radioactive Wastes Repository, Lake Karachay, Mayak PA, Russia.
  E.G. Drozhko,I. Ivanov, A. Aleksakhin, A. Glagolev, N. Kotcherghina, A. Hutter .
  In Proc. of the 2000 Annual Meeting and International Conference of the American Institute of Hydrology: Atmospheric, Surface and Subsurface Hydrology and Interactions, AIH, 2001.

• In-situ Determination of the Porous Sediment Protective Properties Versus Technogenic Radionuclides.
  E.G. Drozhko E.G., I. A. Ivanov, L. M. Samsonova, A. V. Glagolev, M. L. Glinsky, E. I. Orlova, B. B. Looney, R. L. Nichols, A. Hutter, and H. Wollenberg.
  (in press)

• Assessment of the Hydrological Parameters in Heterogeneous Anisotropic Fractured Rock: Part 1. Statement of the field tests and preliminary data.
  E.G. Drozhko, E. G., I.A. Ivanov, L.M. Samsonova, A.V. Glagolev, M.L. Glinsky, N.F. Ter-Saakian, A.V. Skokov, B.Looney, R. Nickols, A. Hutter, and H. Wollenberg.
  (submitted to J. Env. Radioactivity).

• Assessment of the Hydrological Parameters in Heterogeneous Anisotropic Fractured Rock: Part 2. Field Determination of the Three-Dimensional Hydraulic Conductivity Tensor of Anisotropic Media.
  O.N. Alexandrova, E.G. Drozhko, P.M. Stukalov, L.M. Samsonova, A.V. Glagolev, A.Hutter, H. Wollenberg.
  (in press).
• Radioactive Contamination Distribution in the Bottom Sediments and Water of the Mishelyak River.
  E.G. Drozhko, Y. V. Glagolenko, Y. G. Mokrov, A. Posokhov, G. Romanov, K. Stevenson, I. Volkanina, and A. Hutter,
  Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry (2001, accepted)

• Development and Calibration of a Three-Dimensional Regional Hydrogeologic Model for the Mayak Site, Urals.
  C.R. Cole, C.R., K.A. Hoover, M.G. Foley, M.D. Williams, E. Drozhko, L. Samsonova, N. Vasil'kova, A. Zinin, G. Zinina, and K. Ter-Saakian.
  PNNL-SA-32508. Hydrological Science and Technology Short Papers, American Institute of Hydrology. (In review)

• Technetium Disposition and Leaching from Savannah River Site Tank Waste.
  K.E. German, C. Delegard A.V. Ananiev, N.A. Budantseva, A.M. Fedoseev, S. I. Nikitenko, N.N. Popova, V.P. Shilov, V.I. Silin, V.P. Tarasov, and A.B. Yusov.
  (Final Report, to be published as DOE report, 109 pages)

• Adsorption, Co-crystallisation and Ion Exchange as Mechanisms for Technetium Disposition in several Savannah River Site Waste Tanks.
  K. Guerman, C. Delegard, A. Ananiev, N. Budantseva, A. Fedoseev, S.Nikitenko, N. Popova, V. Shilov, V. Silin, V. Tarasov, and A. Yusov.
  Abstracts of 12-th Symposium on separations sciences and technology for energy applications. Gatlinburg, Tennessee , October 15-18, 2001 (1 page)

• Adsorption, Co-crystallisation and Ion Exchange as Mechanisms for Technetium Disposition in several Savannah River Site Waste Tanks.
  K. Guerman, C. Delegard, A. Ananiev, N. Budantseva, A. Fedoseev, S.Nikitenko, N. Popova, V. Shilov, V. Silin, V. Tarasov.
  In Proc. of 12th Symposium on separations sciences and technology for energy applications. Gatlinburg, Tennessee , October 15-18, 2001 (to be published in Journal of Separation Science and Technology, 20 pages).

2000

• Environmental Management Activities 1999, United States -Russia: A U.S. Department of Energy Cooperative Program with the Russian Federation.
  DOE/EM -0514, U.S. Government Printing Office, 2000.

• Development and Demonstration of the Universal Solvent Extraction Process for the Simultaneous Separation of Cesium, Strontium, and the Actinides from Actual Highly Radioactive Waste. J. D. Law, R. S. Herbst, T. A. Todd, D. J. Wood, V. N. Romanovskiy, V.M. Esimantovskiy, I. V. Smirnov, V. A. Babain, B. N. Zaitsev.
  In Proc. of Waste Management 2000, Tucson, Arizona, USA, Feb. 27 -March 2, 2000.

• A New Porous Crystalline Matrix (Gubka) for Stabilizing Actinide Solutions. D.A. Knecht, T.J.Traner, A.G. Anshits, A.A. Tretyakov, A. S. Aloy and J. Macheret. (About 9 pages, 1 reference).
  In Proc. Waste Management 2000 Symposium, Tucson, Arizona, USA, Feb.27 - March 2, 2000.

• Assessment of the Hydrological Parameters in Heterogeneous Anisotropic Fractured Rock: Part 1. Statement of the Field Tests and Preliminary Data. E.G. Drozhko, I.A. Ivanov, L.M. Samsonova, A.V. Glagolev, M.L. Glinsky, N.F. Ter-Saakian, A.V. Skokov, B.Looney, R. Nickols, A.Hutter, H Wollenberg (in preparation).

• Assessment of the Hydrological Parameters in Heterogeneous Anisotropic Fractured Rock: Part 2. Field Determination of the Three-Dimensional Hydraulic Conductivity Tensor of Anisotropic Media. Alexandrova O.N., E.G. Drozhko, P.M. Stukalov, L.M. Samsonova, A.V. Glagolev, A.Hutter, H Wollenberg (in preparation).

• Radioactive Contamination Distribution in the Bottom Sediments and Water of the Mishelyak River. E. G. Drozhko, Y. V. Glagolenko, Y. G. Mokrov, A. Posokhov, G. Romanov, K. Stevenson, I. Volkanina, and A. Hutter.
  Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry (accepted for publication).

• Development and Calibration of a Three-Dimensional Regional Hydrogeologic Model for the Mayak Site, Urals. PNNL-SA-32508. Cole, C.R., K.A. Hoover, M.G. Foley, M.D. Williams, E. Drozhko, L. Samsonova, N. Vasil'kova, A. Zinin, G. Zinina, and K. Ter-Saakian.
  Hydrological Science and Technology Short Papers, American Institute of Hydrology (in review).

1999

• Development and Demonstration of Solvent Extraction Processes for the Separation of Radionuclides from Acidic Radioactive Waste. J. D. Law, R.S. Herbst, K. N. Brewer, T.A. Todd, and D. J. Wood,
  Waste Management, 19, pp. 27-37 (1999).

• Demonstration of the UNEX Process for Simultaneous Separation of Cesium, Strontium, and the Actinides from Actual INEEL Tank Waste. J.D. Law, R.S. Herbst, T.A. Todd, V.N. Romanovskiy, V.M. Esimantovskiy, I.V. Smirnov, V.A. Babain, B.N. Zaitsev , M.V. Logunov. (About 28 pages, 12 references)
  Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory Report: INEEL/EXT-99-00954, October 1999.

• Demonstration of the Universal Solvent Extraction Process for the Separation of Actinides, Cesium, and Strontium from Actual Acidic Tank Waste at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory. J.D. Law, R.S. Herbst, T.A. Todd, V.N. Romanovskiy, V.M. Esimantovskiy, I.V. Smirnov, V.A. Babain, B.N. Zaitsev. (About 8 pages, 2 references)
  In Proc.of the 4th International Conference on Future Nuclear Systems (GLOBAL '99), Jackson, WY, 1999.

• Development of a Universal Cobalt Dicarbollide Solvent for the Removal of Actinides, Cesium and Strontium from Acidic Wastes. T. A. Todd, V. N. Romanovskiy, K. N. Brewer, J. D. Law, R. S. Herbst, D. J. Wood, V. M. Esimantovskiy, I. V. Smirnov, V. A. Babain and B. N. Zaitsev,
  In Proc. of the International Solvent Extraction Conference (ISEC '99), Barcelona, Spain, 1999.

• Development of a Universal Solvent for the Decontamination of Acidic Liquid Radioactive Wastes. T. A. Todd, V. N. Romanovskiy, K. N. Brewer, J. D. Law, R. S. Herbst, V. M. Esimantovskiy, I. V. Smirnov, V. A. Babain, B. N. Zaitsev,
  Czech Journal of Physics, 49 (1999).

• Applicability of the Russian Separation Technology to Processing of US Radioactive Waste. V.N. Romanovskiy, V.A. Babain, V.M. Esimantovskiy, B.N. Zaitsev, I.V. Smirnov, D.N. Shishkin. (53 pages).
  Khlopin Radium Institute Report N 2779-i, November, 1999.

• Development of Alkaline Oxidative Dissolution Methods for Chromium (III) Compounds Present in Hanford Site Tank Sludges. N. N. Krot, V.P. Shilov, A. M. Fedoseev, N.A. Budantseva, M.V. Nikonov, A.B. Yusov, A.Yu. Garnov, I.A. Charushnikova, V.P. Pewrminov, L.N. Asrtafarove, T.S. Lapitskaya, V.I. Makarenkov. (About 60 pages, 41 references)
  Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Report: PNNL-12209, UC-2000, June 1999.

• Uranium, Plutonium, and Americium Behavior in Alkaline Treatment of K Basin Sludge Dissolver Solution, N.N. Krot, A.B. Yusov, V.P. Shilov, N.A. Budantseva, A.Yu. Garnov, T.S. Lapitskaya, T.A. Flament, and C.H. Delegard.
  23^rd Annual Actinide Separations Conference, June 7-10, 1999, Kennewick, WA.

• Installation of the Russian Hybrid Plasma Induction Cold Crucible Melter at the Diagnostic Instrumentation & Analysis Laboratory. Dana McGee Miles, William Gene Ramsey, John Plodinec. (About 14 pages, 5 references)
  Diagnostic Instrumentation and Analysis Laboratory Report: DIAL 40395, TR 98-2, February 1999.

• Low-Temperature Chemically-Bonded Iron Phosphate Ceramics for Radioactive Waste Management. A. S. Aloy, E. Kovarskaya, T. Koltsova, J. Macheret and T. A. Todd,
  In Proc. of the 4th International Conference on Future Nuclear Systems (GLOBAL '99), Jackson, WY, 1999.

• Development and Testing of a New Porous Crystalline Matrix (Gubka) for Stabilizing Actinide Solutions. A. S. Aloy, A.G. Anshits, A.A. Tretyakov, D.A. Knecht, T.J.Traner and J. Macheret. (About 7 pages, 9 references.).
  MRS'99 Report (Boston) (in press).

• Russian/American Subsurface Contaminant Transport Studies Around Lake Karachai. E. Drozhko, M. Glinsky, A.V. Glagolev, A. Alexahkin, I. A. Ivanov, A. A. Poshokov, B.B. Looney, R. L. Nichols, A. R. Hutter.
  Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium and Exhibition on Environmental Contamination in Central and Eastern Europe - Warsaw-98, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, 1999.

• Aspects of JCCEM Russian/American Studies of Contaminant Transport and "Solute/Rock" Interaction. E. Drozhko, M. Glinsky, L. Samsonova, N. Vasilkova, A. Zinin, G. Zinina, M. Foley, A. R. Hutter.
  Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium and Exhibition on Environmental Contamination in Central and Eastern Europe - Warsaw-98, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, 1999.

• PNNL FY 1999 Regional Finite-Element Model for the Mayak Site, West Siberian Basin. Hoover, K.A., M.G. Foley, C.R. Cole and M.D. Williams.
  Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Report, Richland, WA, 1999.

1998 And Earlier

• Demonstration of the Universal Solvent Extraction Process for the Separation of Radionuclides from Actual INEEL Sodium-Bearing Waste and Dissolved Calcine. J.D. Law, R.S. Herbst, K.N. Brewer, T.A. Todd, V.N. Romanovskiy, V.M. Esimantovskiy, I.V. Smirnov, V.A. Babain, B.N. Zaitsev , and Y. Glagolenko. (About 38 pages, 11 references)
  Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory Report: INEEL/EXT-98-001065, December 1998.

• Applicability of the Russian Separation Technology to Processing of US Radioactive Waste. V.N. Romanovskiy, V.A. Babain, V.M. Esimantovskiy, B.N. Zaitsev, I.V. Smirnov, D.N. Shishkin. (40 pages).
  Khlopin Radium Institute Report N 2715-i, March 1998.

• Applicability of the Russian Separation Technology to Processing of US Radioactive Waste. V.N. Romanovskiy, V.A. Babain, V.M. Esimantovskiy, B.N. Zaitsev, I.V. Smirnov, D.N. Shishkin. (47 pages).
  Khlopin Radium Institute Report N 2716-i, November 1998.

• Applicability of the Russian Separation Technology to Processing of US Radioactive Waste. V.N. Romanovskiy, V.A. Babain, V.M. Esimantovskiy, B.N. Zaitsev, I.V. Smirnov, D.N. Shishkin. (47 pages).
  Khlopin Radium Institute Report N 2714-i, March, 1997.

• Fluorinated Diluents for Chlorinated Cobalt Dicarbollide. V. A. Babain, R. N. Kiseleva, V. N. Romanovskiy, I. V. Smirnov, T. A. Todd, J. D. Law, R. S. Herbst and K. N. Brewer,
  In Abstracts of the Eleventh Russian Solvent Extraction Conference, p. 309, Moscow, Russia, 1998.

• Development of a Universal Cobalt Dicarbollide Solvent for the Removal of Actinides, Cesium, and Strontium from Acidic Wastes. J. D. Law, V. N. Romanovskiy, R. S. Herbst, K. N. Brewer, T. A. Todd, V. M. Esimantovskiy, I. V. Smirnov, V. A. Babain, B. N. Zaitsev.
  In Proc. of the 22nd Annual Actinide Separations Conference, Chattanooga, TN, April 20-23, 1998.

• Testing of a Russian Universal Solvent for the Removal of the Radionuclides from INEEL Simulated Tank Waste Using Centrifugal Contactors. J. D. Law, V. N. Romanovskiy, R. S. Herbst, K. N. Brewer, T. A. Todd, V. M. Esimantovskiy, I. V. Smirnov, V. A. Babain, B. N. Zaitsev, G. I. Kuznetsov, and L. I. Shklyar.
  INEEL/EXT-98-00544, July 1998.

• The Removal of TRUs and Fission Products from Actual Radioactive Waste Using a Universal Solvent Process. K. N. Brewer, V. N. Romanovskiy, T. A. Todd, J. D. Law, D. J. Wood, L. G. Olson, V. M. Esimantovskiy, I. V. Smirnov, V. A. Babain, B. N. Zaitsev, S. Rovniy.
  INEEL/EXT-98-00094, June 1998.

• Countercurrent Treatment of Acidic INEEL Waste Using a Universal Extractant," Proceedings of the International Conference on Decommissioning and Decontamination and on Nuclear and Hazardous Waste Management. T. A. Todd, V. N. Romanovskiy, J. D. Law, R. S. Herbst, K. N. Brewer, D. J. Wood, V. M. Esimantovskiy, I. V. Smirnov, V. A. Babain, B. N. Zaitsev.
  In Proc. of SPECTRUM '98, Denver, Colorado, September 1998, vol. 2, pp. 743-747.

• Experience of Joint Russian/American Studies Conducted in 1994-1998. E. G. Kudryavstev, E. Drozhko, M. Glinsky, Yu. Tatarchuk, and A. R. Hutter.
  In Proceedings of the Spectrum '98 conference, American Nuclear Society, LaGrange, Illinois, pp. 932- 935, 1998.

• Russian/American field studies around Lake Karachai. Glagolev, A.V., S. A. Ter-Saakian, I. A. Ivanov, A. A. Poshokov, B. B. Looney, R. L. Nichols, and A. Hutter. Proceedings of the Spectrum '98 conference, American Nuclear Society, LaGrange, Illinois, pp. 927 - 931, 1998.

• Summary of the Installation and Initial Sampling of StrataSamplers in the Mishelyak River Valley, Ozyorsk. Russia. R. L. Nichols, B. B. Looney, A. R. Hutter, E.G. Drozhko, Y. V. Glagolenko, S. I. Rovny, Yu. A. Mokrov, I. A. Ivanov, A. V. Glagolev, and V. N. Golotchak.
  WSRC-TR-98-00206, Westinghouse Savannah River Company, Aiken, SC, 1998.

• Deep Injection Disposal of Liquid Radioactive Waste in Russia. A.I . Rybal'chenko, M. K. Pimenov, P. P. Kostin, V.D. Balukova, A.N. Nosukhin, E.I. Mikerin, N.N. Egorov, E.P. Kaimin, I. Kosareva, and V.M. Kurochkin.
  Edited by MichaelG. Foley and Lisa M. G. Ballou. Battelle Press, Columbus, Ohio, 206 pp., 1998.

• Definition of Hydraulic Conductivity Parameters in Heterogeneous Anisotropy Media, (in Russian). E.G. Drozhko, I.A. Ivanov, L.M. Samsonova, A.V. Glagolev, M.L. Glinsky, N.F. Ter-Saakyan, A.V. Skokov, B.B. Looney, R.L Nichols.
  Radiation Safety Problems, vol. 1, 1998.

• PNNL FY 1998 Regional Finite-Element Model for the Mayak Site, West Siberian Basin. Hoover, K.A., M.G. Foley, C.R. Cole and M.D. Williams.
  Pacific Northwest National Laboratory Report, Richland, WA, 1998.

• Some Comparisons of Plutonium-Bearing Radwaste Management in the USA and Russia. V. F. Peretroukhine and C.H. Delegard.
  Environmental Challenges of Nuclear Disarmament (NATO Advanced Research Workshop), November 9-16, 1998, Cracow, Poland.

• The Purification of Alkaline Waste Solutions from Np and Pu. A. Gelis, V. Shilov, and N. Krot.
  Materials Research Society, November 30-December 4, 1998, Boston, MA.

• Crystallization of Sodium Nitrate from Radioactive Waste. V. B. Krapukhin, E. P. Krasavina, and A. K. Pikaev.
  PNNL-11616, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, July 1997.
  Summary: Account of USSR and Russian R&D experience in the recovery of sodium nitrate and sodium acetate (by crystallization) and acetic acid (by distillation) from radioactive waste. The effects of process conditions and the presence of waste components (e.g., fluoride, carbonate, chromium, aluminum, silica, sulfate, ferrocyanide, chloride, potassium) on the salt purity and decontamination from radionuclides are described. Information on process cycling and equipment also given. About 90 pages.

• Investigation of the Behavior of Plutonium(V) in Alkaline Media. N. A. Budantseva, I. G. Tananaev, A. M. Fedoseev, A. A. Bessonov, and C. H. Delegard. PNNL-1162, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, September 1997.
  Summary: Laboratory study of the stability of dissolved Pu(V) in NaOH solution, and in simulated Hanford Site tank waste solutions, with respect to disproportionation to Pu(IV) hydrous oxide and dissolved Pu(VI); and reproportionation of Pu(VI) and Pu(IV) to form Pu(V). Sorption of Np(V), as a Pu(V) analogue, on Pu(IV) hydrous oxide studied. Solubilities of Pu(V) and Pu(VI) compounds in NaOH solutions also reported. About 50 pages.

• Investigation on Application of Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysis for Alkaline Waste Treatment. V. P. Shilov, A. A. Bessonov, A. Y. Garnov, A. V. Gelis, A. V. Gogolev, N. N. Krot, I.A. Charushnikova, V. P. Perminov, and L. N. Astafurova.
  PNNL-11623, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, September 1997.
  Summary: Laboratory studies of reducing agents, with and without catalysts, for converting Np(V) to Np(IV); and of oxidizing agents, with and without catalysts, to destroy the complexing ability of EDTA, HEDTA, citrate, glycolate, and oxalate in alkaline solution. Neptunium(V) reducing agents include hydrazine, vanadyl, and formate. Organic oxidizing agents include peroxide, persulfate, hypochlorite, and hypobromite. About 50 pages.

• Decontamination of Alkaline Solutions from Technetium and Other Fission Products and from Some Actinides by Reductive Coprecipitation and Sorption on Metals. V. F. Peretrukhin, V. I. Silin, I. G. Tananaev, A. V. Kareta, and V. E. Trushina.
  PNNL-11626, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, September 1997.
  Summary: Laboratory studies of Tc(VII) removal from alkaline solutions by coprecipitation through the Method of Appearing Reagents, reductive coprecipitation with iron hydroxide, and reductive sorption on metals electroactive in alkaline media. Effects of waste solution composition studied. About 40 pages.

• Investigation on the Coprecipitation of Transuranium Elements from Alkaline Solution by the Method of Appearing Reagents: Study of the Effects of Waste Components on Decontamination from Np(IV) and Pu(IV). A. A. Bessonov, N. A. Budantseva, A. V. Gelis, M. V. Nikonov, and V. P. Shilov.
  PNNL-11625, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, September 1997.
  Summary: Laboratory studies on the effects of waste solution components (hydroxide, nitrate, nitrite, aluminate, carbonate, fluoride, sulfate, phosphate, EDTA, HEDTA, citrate, glycolate) on the coprecipitation of Pu(IV) from simulated alkaline Hanford Site tank wastes. Alternative chemical reductants for Np(V) and the effects of Pu(IV) concentration on coprecipitation also investigated. About 70 pages.

• Determination of the Solubility of Np(IV)-(VI), Pu(III)-(VI), Am(III)-(VI), and Tc(IV),(V) Hydroxo Compounds in 0.5 to 14 M NaOH. V. F. Peretrukhin, S. V. Kryutchkov, V. I. Silin, and I. G. Tananaev.
  WHC-EP-0897, Westinghouse Hanford Company, Richland, WA, September 1996.
  Summary: Laboratory study of the solubility of Am(III), Np(IV), Pu(IV), Tc(IV), Np(V), Pu(V), Am(V), and Tc(V) at 25°C in 0.5 to 14 M NaOH with comparative literature data on Np(III), Pu(III), Am(IV), and the hexavalent and heptavalent actinides. Effects of fluoride, phosphate, carbonate, oxalate, citrate, glycolate, and EDTA on solubilities of Np(IV), Pu(IV), and Tc(IV) in 1 and 4 M NaOH also studied. About 80 pages.

• Investigation of Some Redox Reactions of Neptunium, Plutonium, Americium, and Technetium in Alkaline Media. V. P. Shilov, S. V. Kryutchkov, N. N. Krot, N. Budantseva, A. Yusov, A. Garnov, V. Perminov, and L. Astafurova.
  WHC-EP-0886, Westinghouse Hanford Company, Richland, WA, May 1996. Summary: Laboratory study of the effects of common processing oxidants and reductants on the oxidation of Np(IV), Pu(IV), Tc(IV), and Tc(V); and the reduction of Np(V), Pu(V), Am(V), and Tc(VII). Oxidants include molecular oxygen, oxone, permanganate, perfulfate, hypochlorite, hypobromite, ferricyanide, ferrate, and chromate. Reductants include dithionite, thiourea dioxide, hydroquinone, ascorbate, sulfite, hydrazine, and hydroxylamine. Oxidants for technetium also include hydrogen peroxide, nitrate, and nitrite. About 100 pages.

• Radiolysis of Actinides and Technetium in Alkaline Media. A. K. Pikaev, A. V. Gogolev, S. V. Kryutchkov, V. P. Shilov, V. N. Chulkov, L. I. Belyaeva, and L. N. Astafurova.
  WHC-EP-0901. Westinghouse Hanford Company, Richland, WA, August 1996.
  Summary:Laboratory study of the effects of gamma irradiation on the chemistry of Np(V), Np(VI), Pu(VI), Tc(IV), Tc(V), and Tc(VII) in NaOH solutions in the absence and presence of carbonate, nitrate, nitrite, EDTA, formate, and some alcohols. About 70 pages.

• Investigation on the Coprecipitation of Transuranium Elements from Alkaline Solutions by the Method of Appearing Reagents. N. Krot, V. Shilov, A. Bessonov, N. Budantseva, I. Charushnikova, V. Permonov, and L. Astafurova.
  WHC-EP-0898, Westinghouse Hanford Company, Richland, WA, June 1996.
  Summary: Laboratory study of the application of homogeneous coprecipitation (Method of Appearing Reagents) to the decontamination of NaOH solutions of neptunium and plutonium. Alkali-soluble precursor species include nitroprusside, ferrate, permanganate, cobalt ammine complexes, chromate, chromium(III) acetate, and peroxouranate. Precipitating agents forming by thermal decomposition, chemical reduction, or catalytic decomposition are hydroxides of iron(III), manganese(II), cobalt(II,III), and chromium(III); manganese(IV) oxide; and sodium uranate. About 80 pages.
  

• Alkaline Chemistry of Transuranium Elements and Technetium and the Treatment of Alkaline Radioactive Wastes. V. F. Peretrukhin, V. P. Shilov, and A. K. Pikaev.
  WHC-EP-0817, Westinghouse Hanford Company, Richland, WA, May 1995.
  Summary: Literature review on the chemistry of neptunium, plutonium, americium, and technetium in strongly alkaline media. Topics include oxidation states, thermodynamic stabilities, solubilities, oxidation/reduction reagents and reactions, electrochemical reactions, radiation chemistry, and methods of isolation (coprecipitation, sorption, extraction, and electrochemical techniques). About 192 pages; 300 references.

Scientist Exchanges & National Academy of Sciences Research Grants

At the 1st JCCEM meeting in November 1990, it was agreed that senior scientists would need a forum to exchange information about technology development, policy, and experience to ensure the success of future cooperation.  A scientist exchange program was established to enable Russian and U.S. scientists the opportunity to investigate the EM-related issues.

The Office of Science and Technology program managers have been active in pursuing technical exchanges with their Russian counterparts.  These technical exchanges take the form of workshops where scientists from both sides bring the latest developments to the table for discussion; demonstrations where technologies are taken into the lab; and program reviews where principal investigators jointly decide the course of technology development on a particular project area.  To maximize cost effectiveness, these workshops are often held in conjunction with international scientific or technical conferences such as Spectrum or the American Chemical Society annual meetings.

Point of Contact:
Elizabeth O'Malley, Program Manager
International Programs Office
U.S. Department of Energy, EM-50
1000 Independence Avenue SW
Washington DC 20585
USA
Tel: (202) 586-0175
Fax: (202) 586-6773
E-mail: Elizabeth.O'Malley@em.doe.gov

 



The National Academy of Sciences/National Research Council (NAS/NRC) is administering an EM-sponsored program that provides grants of $16,000-$30,000 to American scientists wishing to conduct joint research projects with colleagues from the former Soviet Union.  The Program provides support for foreign visitors to spend six to twelve months at U.S. national laboratories and universities conducting research on various aspects of radioactive waste management.

• Aqueous geochemistry, Scott Wood (University of Idaho) hosting German Kolonin (Institute of Geology, Geophysics and Mineralogy, Novosibirsk, Russia).

• *An Experimental Investigation of the Sorption of Some Lanthanides on Marblehead Illite in Aqueous KCl Solutions at 25 degrees C, Stephen Aga (Brooklyn College of the City University of New York).

• *Calculation of densities of aqueous solutions at subzero temperatures, Steven Grant (Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory) hosting Mikhail Mironenko (Verndsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia).

• *Chemical speciation of heavy metals from Radioactive Contaminated Soils in Russia, Dale Sayers (North Carolina State University) hosting Pavel Pleshanov (Applied Ecology Research Laboratory, Russian Ministry of Health, Moscow, Russia).

• *Cooperation between University of New Mexico and V.G. Khlopin Radium Institute in the Frame of NRC Grant, Rodney Ewing (University of Michigan) hosting Boris Burakov (V.G. Khlopin Radium Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia).

Other publications related to this study include: *Ushakov, S.V. et al. "Synthesis of Ce-Doped Zircon by a SOL-Gel Process".  Mat. Res.Soc. Symp.Proc. Vol. 506. 1998 Materials Research Society. *Helean, K.B. et al.   "Mineralogical and Microtextural Characterization of 'Gel-Zircon' from the Manibay Uranium Mine, Kazakhstan".  Mat. Res.Soc. Symp.Proc. Vol. 465. 1997 Materials Research Society. *Anderson, E.B., B.E. Burakov, and L.J. Jardine.  "Synthesis of Pu-Doped Ceramic".  Prepared for submittal to American Nuclear Society Third Topical Meeting DOE Spen Nuclear Fuel and Fissile Materials Management.  Sept. 8-11, 1998. *Burakov, B.E., et al.   "Synthesis of Actinide-Doped Zirconia by Plasma Calcination".  Mat. Res.Soc. Symp.Proc. Vol. 506. 1998 Materials Research Society.

• Design of waste forms for actinide immobilization, Rodney Ewing (University of New Mexico and University of Michigan) hosting Boris Burakov (Khlopin Radium Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersbury, Russia).

• Development of a process simulation model to study radionuclide and hazardous substance partitioning in processing of radioactively contaminated metals, Katherine Yuracko (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) hosting Igor Kornaikv (Institute of Radiation Protection, Ukrainian Academy of Medical Sciences, Kiev, Ukraine).

• Development of a safety assessment methodology for the Russian regulatory system, Matthew Kozak (QuantiSci, Inc.) hosting Boris Serebryakov (Institute of Biophysics, Minsitry of Health, Moscow, Russia).

• *Development of an arbitrarily high order transport method for unstructured grids, which has applications in shield design and optimization, exposure field characterization, and environmental impact studies, Yousry Azmy (Oak Ridge National Laboratory) hosting Igor Suslov (Institute of Physics and Power Engineering, Russian Ministry of Atomic Energy, Obninsk, Russia).

• Development of an integrated model of equilibria and sorption by clay minerals of selected actinide and lanthanide elements, Stephen Aga (City University of New York-Brooklyn College), hosting Dmitry Kulik (State Scientific Institute for Environmental Geochemistry, Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Kiev, Ukraine).

• Experimental investigation of the sorption of lanthanides on clays and clay minerals under hydrothermal conditions, Stephen Aga (City University of New York-Brooklyn College), hosting Vasily Sinitsyn (Institute of Geochemistry, Mineralogy, and Ore Formation, Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Kiev, Ukraine).

• *Extraction of Cesium with Supercritical Carbon Dioxide from Aqueous Solutions in the Presence of Macrocyclic and Fluorinated Compounds, Chien M. Wai (University of Idaho) hosting Boris F. Myasoedov (Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russia Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia).

• Hydrogeology (transport of waste through fine-grained media), Jean Cho (Vanderbilt University) hosting Boris Zlobenko (Geochemistry & Physics of Minerals, Kiev, Ukraine).

• *In situ measurement of radionuclides in natural waters, William C. Burnett (Florida State University) hosting Evgeny Kontar (Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia).

• Ion exchange separations, Abraham Clearfield (Texas A&M University) hosting Anatoly Bortun (Institute for Sorption and Problems of Endoecology, Kiev, Ukraine).

• Liquid radioactive wastes in the environment:  multimedia modeling for fate and transport, remediation, and risk analysis, Richard Wilson (Harvard University) hosting Dmitry Burmistrov (Urals Research Center for Radiation Medicine, Chelyabinsk, Russia).

• Mathematical modeling of porous media flow and radionuclide transport, Thomas Fogwell (Fogwell Associates and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) hosting Dmitry Silin (Moscos State University, Moscow, Russia).

• Modify existing 3D finite-element solute-transport model so that it could be used for cold-region remedial technology development and evaluation, Steven Grant (Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory) hosting Mikhail Mironenko (Verndsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia).

• New methods for extracting actinides with organophosphorus reagents, Chien Wai (University of Idaho) hosting Yury Kulyako (Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytial Chemistry, Moscow, Russia).

• *Optimal Control Theory Methods Applied to Inverse Problems in Modeling Porous Media Flow, Thomas Fogwell (Fogwell Associates and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) hosting Dmitry Silin (Moscos State University, Moscow, Russia).

• *Research and development of design and computer products required for ensuring safe underground disposal of heat-generating radioactive waste, Pierre Mousset-Jones (University of Nevada at Reno) hosting Vilen Chernyak (Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, Kiev, Ukraine).

• *Safety Assessment Methodology for Near-Surface Radioactive Waste Disposal Facilities in the Russian Federation, Matthew Kozak (QuantiSci, Inc.) hosting Boris Serebryakov (Institute of Biophysics, Minsitry of Health, Moscow, Russia).

• Separation of actinides and other fission products from solid and liquid wastes, Chien Wai (University of Idaho) hosting Trofim Trofimov (Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia).

• *Studies of Sorbent/Ion-Exchange Materials for the Removal of Radioactive Strontium from High-Hardness Groundwaters, Garrett Brown (Washington State University and Battelle Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) hosting Dmitry Marinin (Institute of Chemistry, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia).

• *Supercritical Fluid Extraction of Actinides and Lanthanides from Nuclear Wastes, C.M. Wai (University of Idaho) hosting Trofim Trofimov (Vernadsky Institute of Geochemistry and Analytical Chemistry, Russia Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia).

• Synthesis and evaluation of inorganic ion exchange materials for removal of strontium from high hardness groundwater, Garrett Brown (Washington State University and Battelle Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) hosting Dmitry Marinin (Institute of Chemistry, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia).

* Available upon request.