9:00—1. Determination of heavy metals and their leaching characteristics in DOE lead-lined hand gloves. S. Landsberger, D. Dodoo-Amoo, S. Basunia, J. Macdonald
9:30—2. Treatment of detection limits and blanks in neutron activation analysis of airborne particulate matter. S. Landsberger, S. Basunia, A. Sun
10:00—3. Determination of I-129 in high activity-waste at the Savannah River Site. D. P. DiPrete, C. C. DiPrete, C. J. Coleman
10:30—4. Status report on several radiochemical method validation efforts. D. R. Porterfield, G. H. Brooks Jr., D. E. Dry, S. Boone
11:00—5. 252Cf Neutron activation analysis of high-level processed nuclear tank waste. G. L. Troyer, M. A. Purcell, W. I. Winters
11:30—6. Automated radiochemical analysis of total Tc-99 in nuclear waste processing streams. O. Egorov, M. O'Hara, J. Grate
1:30—7. Development of a combined corrosion and chemistry measurement system. D. T. Hobbs, J. A. Mickalonis, E. M. Tshishiku, J. M. Bello, G. A. Edgemon, M. T. Terry, G. J. Bastiaans
1:50—8. In-line ultrasonic sensor for characterization of opaque suspensions. N. Dogan, R. L. Powell, M. J. McCarthy, R. Pappas, D. M. Pfund, D. M. Sheen
2:10—9. Evaluation of West Valley Demonstration Project tank 8D-2 samples and radiation profiles. G. L. Troyer, F. Damerow, J. Fazio, G. J. Bastiaans, M. Grant
2:30—10. Multiple-sensor, long-term monitoring system for environmental contaminants. S. R. Burge, R. G. Burge
2:50—11. Antibody-based sensors for hexavalent uranium. D. A. Blake, R. C. Blake II, H. Yu
3:10—Intermission.
3:30—12. DOE waste stream elimination: An overview D. L. Hjeresen
3:50—13. Waste minimization in the INEEL analytical laboratory. R. L. Demmer, V. J. Johnson, J. S. Laug
4:10—14. Hydrothermal processing for destruction of radioactive halogenated organics. L. A. Worl, S. J. Buelow, D. Harradine, D. D. Hill, R. M. McInroy, D. D. Padilla, G. Baca
4:30—15. Evaluation of ion exchange resins for removing plutonium contamination from uranium materials. A. K. Slemmons, J. R. FitzPatrick
4:50—16. Demonstration of a small tank tetraphenylborate precipitation process using Savannah River Site high level nuclear waste. T. B. Peters, M. J. Barnes, F. F. Fondeur, S. D. Fink, R. W. Blessing, R. E. Norcia, K. W. Kennell, T. R. Tipton, B. B. Anderson
Section A
Convention Center
8:30—17. Nuclear forensics and its historical development. A. L. Boni
8:50—18. Nuclear forensic analysis of an interdicted HEU sample. K. J. Moody, P. M. Grant, I. D. Hutcheon
9:10—19. Metallurgical review of bullet lead compositional analysis. E. Randich
9:30—20. Chemical fingerprinting of California methamphetamine. J. Massetti
9:50—21. A successful approach to forensic “signature” analyses. D. A. Cooper
10:10—Intermission.
10:30—22. Rapid, on-site sampling and analysis of propellant stabilizers and their decomposition products in any propellant formulation by portable sampling and thin-layer chromatography kits. J. S. Haas
10:50—23. Forensic science research at the U.S. Secret Service. A. A. Cantu
11:10—24. Provenance and reconstruction using trace evidence. D. A. Stoney
11:30—25. GC-MS and HPLC-ES-MS/MS techniques for the characterization of drugs in aged autopsy tissues. B. D. Andresen, A. Alcaraz
Section B
Convention Center
9:00—26. Tritium in the World Trade Center disaster: Its possible sources and fate. P. Parekh, T. M. Semkow, L. Husain, G. J. Wozniak
9:30—27. Radioanalytical chemistry in the courtroom. J. D. Robertson
9:55—28. Heavy element production and chemical applications at the Radiochemical Engineering Development Center. R. C. Martin, D. C. Glasgow, M. Z. Martin
10:20—Intermission.
10:35—29. Assessing contamination susceptibility using the tritium-helium method of age-dating groundwater in the Livermore and Santa Clara valleys of California. G. F. Eaton, G. B. Hudson, J. E. Moran, B. P. Dooher, H. W. Culham
10:55—30. A research resource providing high specific activity cyclotron-produced radionuclides. M. J. Welch, D. W. McCarthy
11:15—31. Interface of environmental, bioassay, and radioanalytical traceability evaluations. K. Inn, Z. Lin, C. McMahon, Z. Wu
11:35—32. Recent progress in the development of extraction chromatographic methods for radionuclide separation and preconcentration. M. L. Dietz
Women Scientists of the Manhattan Project Era
cosponsored with Women Chemists Committee (see page xx)
1:30—Introductory Remarks. Suresh C. Srivastava.
1:45—33. Short-lived radiotracers for imaging human enzyme activity: Monoamine oxidases. J. S. Fowler, N. D. Volkow, G-J. Wang, J. Logan
2:15—34. Use of positron-emitting tracers as tools in drug development: Some perspectives. B. Langstrom
2:40—35. New approaches to imaging and therapy of cancer. M. J. Welch
3:05—36. Highlights of PET studies on chiral drugs at Brookhaven. Y-S. Ding
3:30—Intermission.
3:50—37. Imaging drug reinforcement and addiction in the human brain. N. D. Volkow, G-J. Wang, J. S. Fowler
4:15—38. Recent developments in radioisotope production with a cyclotron. D. J. Schlyer, M. Firouzbakht, J. S. Fowler
4:40—39. State-of-the-art positron emission tomography. R. Nutt
5:05—40. Radiopharmaceutical development and molecular nuclear medicine program. P. C. Srivastava
5:20—Concluding Remarks.
Section A
Convention Center
9:00—41. Materials characterization using micro X-ray fluorescence in nuclear applications. G. J. Havrilla
9:20—42. Quantitative analysis of radioactive materials by X-ray fluorescence. C. G. Worley, L. P. Colletti, G. J. Havrilla
9:40—43. Analysis of oxidation products on aluminum-containing nickel-based superalloys using several X-ray techniques. A. R. Jurgensen, D. M. Missimer, K. J. Imrich, R. L. Rutherford
10:00—44. Design and fabrication of the Savannah River Technology Center's new glovebox contained scanning electron microscope. M. E. Summer
10:20—45. Evaluation of iodide sequestration using silver-impregnated activated carbons. S. M. Serkiz, E. E. Cumbie, J. S. Hoskins, T. Karanfil
10:40—Intermission.
11:00—46. Gas generation over plutonium oxides in the 94-1 Shelf Life Surveillance program. L. A. Worl, J. M. Berg, D. Harradine, D. D. Hill, D. Veirs, K. Rau, J. McFarlan, D. D. Padilla
11:20—47. Analysis of gas constituents from sealed containers of plutonium oxide materials. L. A. Worl, J. M. Berg, D. Harradine, T. Allen, K. Rau, D. K. Veirs
11:40—48. Characterization of legacy plutonium oxide material at Savannah River Site. M. J. Brisson, V. D. Jones
Section B
Convention Center
9:00—49. Rapid actinide column extraction methods for bioassay samples. S. L. Maxwell III, D. Fauth
9:30—50. Sequential or simultaneous actinide separation with flow-cell radiation detection. R. A. Fjeld, J. E. Roane, J. D. Leyba, A. Paulenova, T. A. DeVol
9:55—51. Application of the triple-to-double coincidence ratio method for the absolute standardization of radionuclides by liquid scintillation counting. B. E. Zimmerman, R. Collé, J. T. Cessna, R. Broda, P. Cassette
10:20—Intermission.
10:35—52. Radioanalytical techniques to study the partitioning of Pu and other actinides to soils and sediments. S. B. Clark, S. Loyland Asbury, H. Kurosaki, S. LaMont
11:00—53. Evolution of extraction chromatography as a meaningful tool in radiochemical analysis. L. E. Jassin, E. P. Horwitz, A. H. Bond, M. J. Fern, A. H. Thakkar, S. L. Maxwell III
11:20—54. Development of an efficient method for the analysis of a emitters. D. D. Ensor, S. Glover
11:40—55. Radionuclide separations for providing high specific activity radiolanthanides. C. Cutler, K. Bailey, M. F. Embree, J. A. Gawenis, B. Ochoa, A. R. Ketring
Section A
Convention Center
1:30—56. Initial characterization of macrobatch three high-level radioactive sludge for the defense waste processing facility. N. E. Bibler, R. F. Swingle, C. J. Coleman, T. B. Edwards, T. L. Fellinger
2:00—57. Chemical analyses in support of a melter vitrification demonstration with Hanford low activity waste: Melter feed, offgas, and glass analyses. C. L. Crawford, J. R. Zamecnik, D. M. Ferrara
2:30—58. Characterization of soil organic matter with rapid pyrolysis molecular beam mass spectrometry. K. A. Magrini, C. M. Hoover, R. J. Evans, M. Looker, M. F. Davis
3:00—Intermission.
3:30—59. Degradation rates of organic resin wastes under subsurface burial conditions based on Arrhenius analyses. K. R. Powell, D. I. Kaplan
4:00—60. Determination of silicon in uranium and plutonium matrices. V. M. Montoya, A. K. Slemmons, E. J. Lujan, L. Tandon
4:30—61. Remote determination of silica in highly radioactive defense waste salt solutions by the molybdosilicate colorimetric method. C. J. Coleman, M. J. Whitaker, J. E. Young, R. Lascola, M. A. Sanders, W. R. Wilmarth
Section B
Convention Center
2:00—62. Automation of the radiochemical analysis: From groundwater monitoring to nuclear waste analysis. O. Egorov, M. O'Hara, J. W. Grate
2:30—63. Radioanalytical techniques and the characterization of new separations reagents. K. L. Nash, R. Chiarizia, M. Borkowski, E. Otu
2:55—64. Realization and applications of collimator-less gamma-ray imaging systems. K. Vetter
3:20—Intermission.
3:35—65. Membrane transport at low ionic strength: Insights from radiochemistry. R. M. Chamberlin, E. A. Bluhm, E. Bauer, N. C. Schroeder, K. D. Abney, J. S. Young
3:55—66. Alpha-autoradiography: A simple method to monitor the migration of alpha emitters in the environment. C. A. Laue, D. K. Smith
4:15—67. Determination of isotopic thorium in biological samples using combined alpha spectrometry and radiochemical neutron activation analysis. S. E. Glover
4:35—68. Study of the decomposition of hazardous chromium-amalgam. Z. Chang, R. L. Hahn
Section A
Convention Center
8:30—69. In situ Raman monitoring of head-space gas over plutonium dioxide in long-term storage containers through fiber-optic probes. J. M. Berg, K. C. Rau, D. K. Veirs, L. A. Worl, J. T. McFarlan, D. D. Hill
8:50—70. On-line chemometric analysis of uranium and nitric acid in nuclear processing: Practical considerations. R. Lascola, G. A. Cooper, R. R. Livingston
9:10—71. Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopic monitor for in situ elemental analysis of glass batch mixture. B. Lal, F-Y. Yueh, J. P. Singh, W. G. Ramsey
9:30—72. Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy of liquid sample with double pulse excitation. V. N. Rai, F. Y. Yueh, J. P. Singh
9:50—73. Tailor-made optical fibers as transducers for highly sensitive chemical sensing. S. Tao, C. B. Winstead, J. P. Singh, R. Jindal
10:10—Intermission.
10:30—74. A water core optical fiber for highly sensitive chromate ion monitoring. S. Tao, C. B. Winstead
10:50—75. Effect of coatings on evanescent wave fiber-optic humidity sensor. R. Jindal, S. Tao, J. P. Singh, C. Winstead, S. Kirthi
11:10—76. Monitoring the process of phytoremediation of metal-contaminated soil by near IR reflectance spectroscopy. Y. Su, B. B. Maruthi Sridhar, D. L. Monts
11:30—77. Monitoring of nitrogen and potassium deficiency in plants with photoacoustic spectroscopy. A. K. Rai, J. P. Singh, K. R. Reddy
Section B
Convention Center
9:00—78. Challenges and opportunities for interdisciplinary science in targeted radionuclide therapy for cancer. C. L. Hartmann Siantar
9:30—79. Applications of radioanalytical chemistry to Alzheimer¢s disease. J. D. Robertson
9:55—80. Extraction and purification of Th-229 for medical research application. M. Du, F. Peretz
10:20—Intermission.
10:35—81. Synthesis of fluorothymidine ([18F]FLT) as a radiotracer of tumors. D. E. Ponde, N. Oyama, M. J. Welch, T. J. McCarthy
10:55—82. Isotopic characterization of depleted uranium contamination by multicollector high-resolution inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. B. K. Esser, R. Williams, M. Taffet
11:15—83. Plutonium purification via hydroxide precipitation from aqueous chloride solutions. K. D. Abney, J. L. Alwin, K. W. Fife, E. A. Bluhm, J. N. Fife, M. R. Cisneros
11:35—84. Tests of a portable plutonium mass verification system. J. C. Swanson, T-F. Wang, W. Buckley, Y. X. M. Dardenne
2:00—Introductory Remarks.
2:10—85. Greg Choppin: A half century in actinide science. D. C. Hoffman
2:35—86. Choppin¢s Études at the NRC. D. J. Raber
3:00—87. Actinide research at LLNL. P. A. Baisden
3:25—Intermission.
3:45—88. How come a-hydroxyisobutyric acid is still the best reagent for the separation and analysis of trivalent f-elements? K. L. Nash
4:10—89. Facilitated transport membranes for selective separations of actinide metal ions. G. D. Jarvinen, D. S. Ehler, D. K. Ford, T. M. McCleskey, N. N. Sauer, N. C. Schroeder, J. S. Young
4:35—90. Role of organic solvents and characterization of extracted species in the synergistic extraction of lanthanoids(III). Y. Hasegawa
5:00—91. Radiation risks: Fiction and facts. J. Rydberg
92. Theoretical studies of reaction products of laser-ablated actinide atoms with H2O. J. Li, B. E. Bursten, B. Liang, L. Andrews
93. The development of aqueous thermodynamic models for polymerized silica and strontium-silicate species valid to high ionic strength. A. R. Felmy, H. Cho, J. R. Rustad, M. J. Marvin
94. Interaction of trivalent actinides with mineral surfaces. T. Fanghänel, T. Stumpf, S. Stumpf
95. Actinide and lanthanide complexation with polyoxometalates in aqueous solutions. A. Saito, G. R. Choppin
96. Interaction of actinide ions with [NaP5W30O110]14#–, [As2W21O69]6#–, [P2W18O62]6#–, and [P2W17O61]10#– sup. D. E. Wall, G. R. Choppin
97. Potential impact of humic acid solutions on the sorption of some radionuclides. I. S. Shaban, J. D. Navratil, F. Macasek
98. Actinide sorption to synthetic and biogenic MnO2. W. K. Myers, D. Smith, M. Ginder-Vogel, S. D. Reilly, L. Soderholm, S. Skanthakumar, M. P. Neu
99. Influence of pH and oxidation state on plutonium transport through a low-carbonate coastal-plain soil. S. M. Serkiz, B. Gibbs, R. A. Fjeld, J. T. Coates, D. I. Kaplan
100. Kinetics of metal-humate interactions. D. M. Jones, N. D. Bryan, M. N. Jones
101. Evaluation of a conceptual model for the subsurface transport of plutonium involving surface mediated reduction of Pu(V) to Pu(IV). R. A. Fjeld, S. M. Serkiz, P. L. McGinnnis, A. Elci, D. I. Kaplan
102. Influence of redox on soil sorption of metals and radionuclides. D. I. Kaplan, S. M. Serkiz, S. McWhorter, K. R. Powell
103. Greg Choppin¢s involvement with the Summer School in Nuclear and Radiochemistry. W. F. Kinard, P. A. Baisden
104. Stability and redox behavior of 1:1 and 1:2 Pu(IV)-EDTA and mixed Pu-EDTA-L (L = carbonate or citrate) complexes. H. Boukhalfa, M. P. Neu
105. Thermodynamic model for the solubility of ThO2 (am) in the aqueous Na+-H+-OH--NO3--H2O-EDTA and Na+-H+-OH--NO3#—H2O-citrate systems. 2O - citrate systems. Y. Xia, A. R. Felmy, N. J. Hess
106. Use of Th, U, Np, and Am as oxidation state analogs for Pu in the WIPP actinide chemistry program. N. A. Wall, L. H. Brush, D. E. Wall
107. Effect of actinide complexation by organic ligands on WIPP performance assessment. D. E. Wall
108. Stability of Pu(VI) in saturated salt brines and ramification for radioactive waste isolation. W. Runde, C. E. Van Pelt, M. P. Neu, S. D. Reilly
109. Thermodynamic modeling of cobalt(II), nickel(II), and gadolinium(III) complexation with EDTA at high ionic strength. S. Lis, J. Byegard, M. Borkowski, R. C. Moore, G. R. Choppin
110. Synthesis and characterization of ruthenium complexes containing alkyl-substituted b-diketonate ligands with pendant thiol groups. A. R. Northrop, K. A. Goldsby
111. Radioisotopes in the biophysical chemistry laboratory: Kinetics of metal ion exchange in carbonic anhydrase. K. R. Williams, B. Adhyaru
112. Iminophosphorane complexes of uranium. M. Sarsfield, F. R. Livens, R. J. Taylor
113. Spectroscopic, electrochemical, and crystallographic characterisation of U(VI) and U(V) carbamate complexes. M. Ogden, B. Atkins, I. May, F. R. Livens, D. Collison
114. Synthesis and structural studies of plutonium complexes containing nitrogen and phosphineoxide donor ligands. A. E. Enriquez, M. P. Neu
115. Complexation of Pu(III), Am(III), and Cm(III) with acetohydroxamic acid. S. I. Sinkov, G. R. Choppin
116. New advances in americium coordination chemistry. W. Runde, S. D. Conradson, M. Neu
117. A review of the chemistry of berkelium. D. E. Hobart, J. R. Peterson
118. Spectroscopic investigations of the electronic structure of neptunyl ions. M. P. Wilkerson, J. E. Barefield, J. M. Berg, H. J. Dewey, T. A. Hopkins
119. A fluorescence study of uranyl sorption and speciation at clay mineral surface. Z. Wang, C. C. Ainsworth, K. Wagnon, A. G. Joly
120. Hydrolysis of uranium(VI) at high temperatures and pressures by time-resolved laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy. T. Kimura, R. Nagaishi, T. Ozaki, Y. Kitatsuji
121. Measuring uranium-236 in the environment by accelerator mass spectrometry. O. J. Marsden, F. R. Livens, J. P. Day, L. K. Fifield, P. S. Goodall
122. Safeguarding nuclear materials: Analysis of Np-237 in spent fuel solutions. A. Morgenstern, C. Apostolidis, H. Ottmar, K. Mayer
123. Parallel addressing of luminescent lanthanides. S. Faulkner, B. P. Burton-Pye, A. Beeby, S. FitzGerald, M. D. Ward, P. S. Goodall
124. Electrochemical process for the decontamination of plutonium-contaminated uranium surface. I. Laszak, M. Jensen, M. McCoy, K. Nash
125. Study of aggregation in the Th(IV)-HNO3/TBP-n-octane extraction system. M. Borkowski, R. Chiarizia
126. Complexation of actinide cations in TBP-nitric acid-water-alkane third phases. M. P. Jensen, R. Chiarizia, J. R. Ferraro, M. Borkowski, K. L. Nash
127. Contribution of solvent reorganization to the energy of complexation reactions. M. P. Jensen
128. Extraction of trivalent lanthanides and actinides by CMPO-functionalized calix[4]arenes. L. H. Delmau
129. Dissolution of uranium dioxide in supercritical carbon dioxide. C. M. Wai, Y. Enokida
130. Lanthanide complexation with ß-diketones and tributylphosphate in critical fluid carbon dioxide. R. V. Fox, H. W. Rollins, D. D. Ball, D. R. Peterman, C. M. Wai
131. Spectroscopic investigations of the complexation of lanthanide ions by tri-n-butyl phosphate in aqueous acetonitrile. D. R. Peterman, R. V. Fox, H. W. Rollins
132. Actinides in room temperature ionic liquids: Old elements—new solvents. R. P. Swatloski, A. E. Visser, J. H. Davis Jr., R. D. Rogers
133. Extraction of Am(III) and Eu(III) from ionic liquids using traditional extractants. D. D. Ensor, G. K. Ensor, M. A. Ensor
134. Chemical thermodynamics of actinides in solution under nonconventional conditions. L. Rao
135. Complexation of uranyl(VI) with acetate in dimethyl sulfoxide. P. Zanonato, P. Di Bernardo, A. Bismondo, L. Rao
136. Acoustic emission monitoring of actinide separation and recovery processes. D. L. Maierhafer, J. D. Navratil, M. C. Thompson, M. G. Bronikowski
137. Radiactive waste processing of polyvinyl alcohol fabric materials. H. L. Eichinger, J. T. Coates, J. Navratil
138. Tailoring nanophases for actinide science and nuclear waste disposal. J. V. Beitz, L. Fan, P. Thiyagarajan
139. Parameters influencing the formation of post-filtration solids in a Hanford high-level waste simulant. K. A. Cole, J. T. Coates, J. D. Navratil, C. J. Bannochie, C. Nash
140. Chemical behavior of U(VI), Am(III), and Sr(II) in the washing of HLW sludges. A. Y. Garnov, L. Rao, K. L. Nash
141. Optimization of Pu(IV) separation from U(VI) in concentrated solutions by precipitation with oxalate. S. I. Sinkov, C. H. Delegard, A. J. Schmidt
142. Freezing of uranyl nitrate-nitric acid solutions. A. Paulenova, J. D. Navratil, M. G. Bronikowski, V. Paulen
143. Hydrothermal synthesis of novel uranyl iodates: A comparison of cation effects and structural dimensionality. A. C. Bean, T. E. Albrecht-Schmitt, W. H. Runde
144. Synthesis and chelation properties of new polymers toward some trivalent lanthanides. F. I. Khalili
145. Reduction of Pu(VI) in an Ion Pac CS5 ion chromatography column. E. H. Borai, B. A. Powell, J. T. Coates, R. A. Fjeld
8:30—146. Radioactive environment contamination and abilities of the modern radiochemistry in the field of nuclear waste disposal and monitoring. B. F. Myasoedov
8:55—147. Carbon dioxide system in natural waters. F. J. Millero
9:20—148. Study of hydrolysis and colloid generation of actinides(IV) by laser-induced breakdown detection. J-I. Kim
9:45—Intermission.
10:10—149. Research and education in environmental radiochemistry: Past, present, and future. S. B. Clark
10:35—150. Gregory R. Choppin and the speciation of actinides. H. Nitsche
11:00—151. Nuclear science and bone (hydroxylapatite). A. J. Tofe, R. C. Moore
11:25—152. Future trends in nuclear and radiochemistry. G. R. Choppin