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Environmental Radioactivity and Low-background Radioactivity Monitoring
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Environmental Radioactivity and Low-background Radioactivity Monitoring in
Service to the Society
The preliminary program for the Symposium on Environmental Radioactivity, 226th
ACS National Meeting, New York City,Sept. 7-9, 2003. ( www.chemistry.org, click
on ACS National Meetings,etc.)has been released.
NUCL
DIVISION OF NUCLEAR CHEMISTRY & TECHNOLOGY
Preliminary Program, 226th ACS National Meeting, New York, NY, September 7-
11, 2003
S. C. Srivastava, Program Chair
Section A
Javits Convention Center
September 7-9, 2003
S. C. Scarpitta, T. M. Semkow, K. W. Thomas, and G. J. Wozniak, Organizers
SUNDAY MORNING
Homeland Security/Safeguards
K. W. Thomas, Presiding
8:30 Introductory Remarks. S.C. Scarpitta
8:40 Countering nuclear and radiological threats: Science and technology
initiatives for consequence management and mitigation. S. C. Scott, T.
Taylor, J. Canepa, N. Becker, B. Rees
9:10 The role of science & technology in homeland security. M. D.
Erickson, A. Berne, A. R. Hutter, R. J. Larsen, H. N. Lee
9:35 Advanced detectors for interdiction of nuclear materials. R. B.
James
10:00 21. A radiological monitoring network for homeland security. C. G.
Sanderson, N. Latner, N. C. Chiu, B. J. Albert
10:25 Intermission.
10:35 Department of Homeland Security, Standards Program: Radiation
measurements. R. J. Bath, H. A. Dockery, P. D. Greenlaw
11:00 Environmental sampling for safeguards: Verifying the absence of
evidence. S. Vogt, D. Donohue, Y. Kuno
11:20 Multi-agency radiation survey and site investigation manual
(MARSSIM) supplements: Overview/development update. C. Gogolak, C.
Petullo, K. Klawiter, V. Lloyd, R. Meck, H. Peterson, S. Doremus, D.
Caputo, D. Alberth, G. Powers, A. Huffert, L. Fragoso, R. Bhat
11:40 Monitoring for airborne radioactivity using automotive air filters
as collectors. R. J. McDonald, A. R. Smith, D. L. Hurley, E. B. Norman
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
Regulatory/Gamma Spec
T. M. Semkow, Presiding
1:30 Overview of results from NPLs environmental radioactivity
comparison exercises. S. M. Jerome
1:55 Naturally Occurring Radioactive Material (NORM) in Europe - an
overview. F. Schφnhofer
2:15 An overview of the multi-agency radiological laboratory analytical
protocols (MARLAP) manual. C. Gogolak, J. Griggs
2:35 Traceability, equivalence and ISO 17025:1999. S. M. Jerome
2:55 Development of a mechnically-cooled high-purity germanium detection
system for Homeland Security applications. M. K. Schultz
3:20 Intermission.
3:30 Ultra low background techniques applied on a grand scale. H. S.
Miley
3:55 Low-background gamma spectroscopy of natural decay chain activity
at the microBq/kg level. G. Heusser
4:20 Theoretical studies of background induction in HPGe gamma
spectrometers. P. Vojtyla
4:45 Activity calculations in gamma-ray spectrometry. M. A. Korun
MONDAY MORNING
Water/Monitoring
M. K. Schultz, Presiding
9:00 Gamma spectrometry of environmental radioactivity with special
emphasis to drinking water. P. Parekh, D. Haines, A. Bari, M. Torres, T.
M. Semkow
9:25 Simultaneous determination of gross alpha, Ra-224, Ra-226, and Ra-
228 activities in water using a single sample preparation procedure. B.
Parsa, R. N. Obed, W. K. Nemeth, G. Suozzo
9:45 Drinking water analysis for radioactive substances - an LSC
approch. F. Schφnhofer
10:05 Characterization of radioactive particles from different nuclear
sources. B. Salbu, O. C. Lind, K. Janssens
10:30 Intermission.
10:40 Where is the 'missing' plutonium: Intertidal radionuclide
inventories, NE Irish Sea, UK. D. G. Jones, M. H. Strutt
11:00 Monitoring of airborne H-3, Be-7, I-131, and gross beta levels in
New York. M. E. Kitto, E. M. Fielman, G. M. Hartt, E. A. Gillen, S. E.
Fielman
11:20 Changes in environmental radioactivity due to TENORM in Romania.
E. G. Botezatu
11:40 Multiple sorption sites for Cs-137 in SRS soils with hydroxy-
interlayered vermiculite. B. Kahn, M. Goto, R. L. Rosson, J. M. Wampler,
S. Serkiz
MONDAY AFTERNOON
Monitoring/Mass Spec/Methods
M. E. Kitto, Presiding
1:30 Plutonium reduction on synthetic magnetite (Fe3O4) and hematite
(-
Fe2O3). B. A. Powell, R. A. Fjeld, D. I. Kaplan, J. T. Coates
1:50 Behavior of Sr-90 in a seasonally-anoxic lake at the Savannah River
Nuclear Site. M. K. Schultz, B. Burnett, T. G. Hinton, J. J. Alberts, N.
Bores, M. Takacs, G. Kim
2:10 Mobility and containment of Thorium-232 in soil at a military
training site. A. J. Bednar, S. L. Larson, D. Gent, J. Gilmore, P. Malone,
C. Weiss, C. Christodoulatos, R. Manis, D. Dermatas
2:30 Determination of low-level radionuclides in environmental samples
by mass spectrometry at the Savannah River Technology Center. D. M. Beals
2:55 Advances in low level actinide measurements by ion chromatography
inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (IC-ICPMS). W. Hang, L. W.
Zhu, C. Mahan
3:15 Intermission.
3:25 Improvements for environmental and forensics measurements using
multiple ion counters in isotope ratio mass spectrometry. S. Richter, P.
V. Croatto, P. Mason, S. A. Goldberg, R. Essex, R. Thomas, H. Schwieters,
T. Luetzeler
3:45 Low-level liquid scintillation spectrometry in environmental
monitoring. F. Schφnhofer
4:10 Rapid analytical technique to identify alpha emitting isotopes in
water, air-filters, urine and solid matrices using a Frisch grid detector.
S. C. Scarpitta, R. P. Miltenberger, N. Carte
4:30 Understanding the gross alpha calibration curve. H. W. Jeter
4:50 Gross alpha and beta radioactivity detection in water for emergency
response. T. M. Semkow, P. P. Parekh, A. Bari, D. K. Haines, H. Gao, A. N.
Bolden
TUESDAY MORNING
Environmental Radioactivity
S. C. Scarpitta, Presiding
8:30 Radioactivity as tracer of environmental processes. C. Papastefanou
8:55 Climatic and geologic controls on the distribution and variability
of radionuclides in rocks, soil, water, and air. L. C. S. Gundersen
9:20 Natural radionuclides in surface soils in Ra-rich areas, NE
Estonia. E. Realo, K. Realo
9:40 Radon and radium isotopes as tracers in the coastal ocean. W. C.
Burnett
10:05 Intermission.
10:15 Natural radioactivity for parts of the United States and Canada.
J. S. Duval, J. M. Carson, P. B. Holman, A. G. Darnly
10:35 Primordial radionuclides in the environs of Simpsonville/Fountain
Inn, South Carolina. A. M. Soreefan, B. A. Powell, L. D. Hughes, M. Wall,
T. A. DeVol
10:55 Supported and unsupported 210-Pb fractions in U/Ra-rich soils of
NE Estonia. K. Realo, E. Realo
11:15 Anomalously high levels of uranium and other naturally occurring
radionuclides in private wells supplies near Simpsonville, South Carolina.
L. D. Hughes, T. A. DeVol, B. A. Powell, A. M. Soreefan, D. A. Falta
11:35 Characterization of Deinococcus radiodurans for actinide
precipitation. C. S. Gong, K. Bjornstad, E. Blakely, J. D. Keasling, H.
Nitsche
TUESDAY AFTERNOON
Radon/Models
W. C. Burnett, Presiding
1:30 Progress in mapping radon flux and its variation over the Earth's
surface. S. D. Schery
1:55 Iowa radon lung cancer study: Exposure assessment. R. W. Field, C.
F. Lynch, D. J. Steck, B. J. Smith, C. P. Brus, J. S. Neuberger, R. F.
Woolson, E. F. Fisher, C. E. Platz, R. A. Robinson
2:20 Passive integrating monitor for measuring radon and thoron fluxes
from soils. W. Zhuo, T. Iida, M. Furukawa, S. Tokonami, Y. Yamada
2:40 Radon occurrence in New York State. M. E. Kitto, J. G. Green
3:00 The contribution of complex nuclei to the effective dose of air
crew at flight levels greater than 40,000 feet. E. Felsberger, K. O'Brien
3:20 Intermission.
3:30 'Geoaerosols' - a macroscopic quantum effect? R. F. Holub, P. K.
Smrz, B. D. Honeyman, P. Hopke, J. Hovorka, M. G. Reimer
3:55 Limits of detection in the third millennium. S. M. Jerome
4:15 Bounds for confidence intervals for paired counting when there is
uncertainty about the expected blank count. W. E. Potter
4:35 Relationship between the radioactive decay law and nuclear
statistics. T. M. Semkow
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