Training and Education

• NAMP Radiochemistry Webinars
  NAMP offers web-based lectures on specific radiochemistry topics developed in cooperation with the EPA, other Federal agencies, and university partners. Each webinar series presents short (1 ½- to 2-hour) webinars on specific radiochemistry topics presented by renowned university professors and leading scientists in radiochemistry. The selected topics are designed to strengthen the participant in areas of professional engineering practice identified by the nuclear industry or national laboratories, including but not limited to actinide chemistry in the environment and in the nuclear fuel cycle.

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  Series 1: Actinide Chemistry Series

  The Actinide Chemistry Series offers the participant a comprehensive overview on the different topics of interest and concern, and provides understanding of the advances and challenges that actinide chemistry faces today.

  1. An Overview of Actinide Chemistry
     Presenter: Dr. Alena Paulenova, Oregon State University
     Webcast: Friday, April 20, 2012, at 1:00 pm Eastern Time
  2. Uranium Chemistry - General Properties of Uranium
     Presenter: Dr. Mikael Nilsson, University of California, Irvine
     Webcast: Thursday, June 14, 2012, at 1:00 pm Eastern Time
  3. Plutonium Chemistry - General Properties of Plutonium
     Presenter: Dr. Patricia Paviet-Hartmann, Idaho National Laboratory
     Webcast: Thursday, July 12, 2012, at 1:00 pm Eastern Time
  4. Environmental Chemistry of Uranium and Plutonium, Part 1 (Plutonium)
     Presenter: Dr. Brian Powell, Clemson University
     Webcast: Tuesday, August 7, 2012, at 1:00 pm Eastern Time
  5. Environmental Chemistry of Uranium and Plutonium, Part 2 (Uranium)
     Presenter: Dr. Brian Powell, Clemson University
     Webcast: Tuesday, August 14, 2012, at 1:00 pm Eastern Time
  6. Analytical Chemistry of Uranium and Plutonium
     Presenter: Dr. Ralf Sudowe, University of Nevada Las Vegas
     Webcast: Thursday, October 11, 2012, at 1:00 pm Eastern Time
  7. Source Preparation for Alpha Spectroscopy - (2 CECs from AAHP, under ID 2012-11-005 )
     Presenter: Dr. Michael K. Schultz, University of Iowa
     Webcast: Thursday, November 15, 2012 at 1:00 pm Eastern Time
  8. Sample Dissolution
     Presenter: Dr. Ralf Sudowe, University of Nevada Las Vegas
     Webcast: Thursday, December 13, 2012, at 1:00 pm Eastern Time
  9. Neptunium Chemistry
     Presenter: Dr. Alena Paulenova, Oregon State University
     Webcast: Tuesday, February 5, 2013, at 1:00 pm Eastern Time
  10. The Trivalent Actinides
      Presenter: Dr. Alena Paulenova, Oregon State University
      Webcast: Thursday, February 28, 2013, at 1:00 pm Eastern Time
  11. Transplutonium Elements: Ultramicrochemistry and Atom-at-a-time Chemistry
      Presenter: Dr. Lester Morss, Professorial Lecturer with the George Washington University
      Webcast: Thursday, March 28, 2013
  12. Radium Chemistry
      Presenter: Dr. Bahman Parsa, New Jersey Department of Health
      Webcast: Thursday, April 25, 2013

Series 2: Environmental Radiochemistry/Bioassay Series

The second series of webinars focuses on topics fundamental to Environmental Radiochemistry and Bioassay.

1. Radiological Data Validation and Verification - (2 CECs from AAHP, under ID 2013-05-005)
   Presenter: Dr. Thomas Rucker, SAIC
   Webcast: Thursday, May 23, 2013
2. Traceability and Uncertainty
   Presenter: Dr. Kenneth Inn, National Institute of Standards and Technology
   Webcast: Thursday, July 25, 2013
3. Bioassay
   Presenter: Dr. Robert Jones, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
   Webcast: Thursday, August 22, 2013
4. Gamma Spectrometry (Part 1)
   Presenters: Mr. Bob Shannon and Mr. David C. Burns, Environmental Management Support (EMS)
   Webcast: Thursday, September 19, 2013
5. Gamma Spectrometry (Part 2)
   Presenters: Dr. Robert Litman and Mr. Bob Shannon, Environmental Management Support (EMS)
   Webcast: Thursday, September 26, 2013
6. Overview of EPA's Incident Response Guides and Rapid Methods
   Presenters: Dr. Robert Litman and Mr. Bob Shannon, Environmental Management Support (EMS)
   Webcast: Thursday, November 21, 2013
7. Detection Decisions and Detection Limits
   Presenter: Dr. Keith McCroan, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
   Webcast: Thursday, December 12, 2013
8. Guide to the Expression of Uncertainty in Measurement (GUM)
   Presenter: Mr. Michael Soriano, New Brunswick Laboratory
   Webcast: January 23, 2014
9. Mass Spectrometry
   Presenter: Dr. Rebecca Thomas, New Brunswick Laboratory
   Webcast: February 27, 2014
10. <"https://foodshield.vids.io/videos/e89bd9b11c1befc560/alpha-spectrometry">Alpha Spectroscopy (2 CECs from AAHP, under ID 2014-05-001)
    Presenter: Dr. Ralf Sudowe, University of Nevada Las Vegas
    Webcast: May 8, 2014
11. Applications of Liquid Scintillation Counting
    Presenter: Dr. Ralf Sudowe, University of Nevada Las Vegas
    Webcast: May 22, 2014
12. Unconventional Drilling/Hydraulic Fracturing and Natural Radioactivity
    Presenters: Dr.Michael K. Schultz and Mr. Andy Nelson, University of Iowa
    Webcast: June 5, 2014

Series 3: Nuclear Fuel Cycle Series

The third series of webinars provides a comprehensive overview on the different subjects related to the nuclear fuel cycle.

1. Introduction to the Fuel Cycle
   Presenter: Dr. Stephanie Cornet, NEA OECD
   Webcast: Thursday, June 26, 2014
2. Front End - Uranium Mining, Milling, Enrichment and UO2 Production
   Presenter: Dr. Mikael Nilsson, University of California, Irvine
   Webcast: Thursday, July 24, 2014
3. Environmental and Human Contamination in the Front End of the Fuel Cycle for Uranium Mining and Milling
   Presenter: Dr. Kenya Moore, University of New Mexico
   Webcast: Thursday, August 21, 2014
4. Nuclear Fuels & Fuel Fabrication
   Presenter: Dr. Thomas Hartmann, University of Nevada Las Vegas
   Webcast: Thursday, September 25, 2014
5. Overview of Nuclear Reactors
   Presenter: Dr. Roger Blomquist, Argonne National Laboratory
   Webcast: Thursday, October 23, 2014
6. Chemistry and Radiochemistry of the Reactor Coolant System
   Presenter: Dr. Bob Litman, EMS
   Webcast: Thursday, November 20, 2014
7. The PUREX Process
   Presenter: Dr. Jimmy T. Bell, Bell Consultants
   Webcast: Thurday, December 11, 2014
8. Advanced Partitioning Technologies in the U.S.
   Presenter: Dr. Jenifer Braley, Colorado Schoool of Mines
   Wecast: Thursday, January 22, 2015
9. Advanced Partitioning Technologies in Europe
   Presenter: Dr. Dominique Warin, CEA
   Wecast: Thursday, February 26, 2015
10. Radiation Chemistry at the Back End of the Nuclear Fuel Cycle
    Presenter: Dr. Bruce Mincher and Dr. Stephen Mezyk, wiith the Idaho National Laboratory and California State University at Long Beach, respectively.
    Wecast: Thursday, March 26, 2015
11. Introduction to Pyroprocessing Technology for Used Nuclear Fuel
    Presenter: Dr. Supathorn Phongikaroon, Virginia Commonwealth University
    Webcast: April 30, 2015
12. Nuclear Waste Management –Application to Technetium
    Presenter: Dr. Edward Mausolf, University of Las Vegas Nevada and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
    Webcast: June 4, 2015
13. Nuclear Repository Science
    Presenter: Dr. Lindsay Shuller-Nickles, Clemson University
    Webcast: July 16, 2015
14. Nuclear High Level Waste
    Presenter: Mr. Rick Demmer, Idaho National Laboratory
    Webcast: August 27, 2015


Series 4: "Mini-series" of Topics of Interest

This "mini-series" of webinars presents a variety of topics of current interest.

1. High Resolution Gamma Ray Spectrometry Analyses for Normal Operations and Radiological Incident Response
   Presenter: Dr. Robert Litman, Environmental Management Services (EMS)
   Webcast: September 24, 2015
2. Radiation Safety
   Presenter: Dr. David Roelant, Florida International University (FIU)
   Webcast: October 22, 2015
   Webinar Rebroadcast: February 22, 2018


Series 5: Nuclear Forensics Series

The webinar topics in this series incorporate the expertise of companion disciplines such as geochemistry, materials science, nuclear engineering and environmental science, which can provide accurate measurements and analysis important for identifying nuclear forensics signatures. The series examines the existing technical capabilities and describe how these tools are essential to prevent and respond to acts involving nuclear and other radioactive materials out of regulatory control.

1. Introduction to Nuclear Forensics
   Presenter: Dr. Walter Loveland, Oregon State University
   Webcast: December 10, 2015
2. Nuclear Fission/Nuclear Devices
   Presenter: Dr. John McClory, Air Force Institue of Technology
   Webcast: January 28, 2016
3. Uranium Resources
   Presenter: Dr. Lindsay Shuller-Nickles, Clemson University
   Webcast: February25, 2016
4. Sample Matrices and Collection, Sample Preparation
   Presenter: Dr. Amy Hixon, University of Notre Dame
   Webcast: April 21, 2016
5. Nuclear Materials Analysis: Physical Methods of Characterization
   Presenter: Dr. Jeff Terry, Illinois Institute of Technology
   Webcast: May 26, 2016
6. Nuclear Materials Analysis-Chemical Methods
   Presenter: Dr. Brian A. Powell, Clemson University
   Webcast: June 30, 2016
7. Nuclear Materials Analysis: Nondestructive Analysis
   Presenter: Dr. Azaree Lintereur, University of Utah
   Webcast: July 28, 2016
8. Nuclear Materials Analysis — Mass Spectroscopy
   Presenter: Dr. Kenneth R. Marcus, Clemson University
   Webcast: August 25, 2016
9. Chronometry
   Presenter: Dr. Amy Gaffney, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
   Webcast: September 22, 2016
10. Development of Signatures
    Presenters: Dr. Leonard Gray and Dr. Kiel Holliday, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    Webcast: October 27, 2016
11. Statistics in Nuclear Forensics
    Presenter: Dr. Luther McDonald, University of Utah
    Webcast: November 17, 2016
12. Source and Route Attribution
    Presenter: Dr. Jenifer Braley, Colorado School of Mines
    Webcast: December 8, 2016
Series 6: Environmental and Regulatory Radiochemistry and Other Topics

The webinar series will include webinars on environmental chemistry, regulatory compliance, and other special topics of interest.

1. Biodosimetry
   Presenter: Dr. Joseph Albanese, Yale New Haven Health
   Webcast: January 19, 2017
2. TENORM (Part 1) TENORM (Part 2)
   Presenter: Phil Egidi, USEPA
   Webcast: February 23, 2017
3. Strontium Chemistry and Radiochemistry
   Presenter: Dr. Robert Litman, EMS
   Webcast:March 23, 2017
4. Tritium: Sample Collection, Preservation, and Analysis
   Presenter: Dr. Robert Litman, EMS
   Webcast:April 27, 2017
5. Xe and Kr (gaseous fission products—capture and immobilization)
   Presenter: Dr. Praveen Thallapally, PNNL
   Webcast:May 25, 2017
6. Carbon 14: Sample Collection and Analysis
   Presenter: Dr. Robert Litman, EMS
   Webcast: August 24, 2017
7. Technetium Chemistry
   Presenter:Dr. Frederic Poineau, UNLV
   Webcast: Septmeber 21, 2017
8. Gross Alpha by LSC
   Presenter:Ms. Carolyn Wong, RaCE
   Webcast: October 26, 2017
9. Northern Lights Exercise
   Presenters:Mr. Phil Torretto, LLNL
   Mr. Sean Fournier, Sandia
   Ms. Cindy White, USEPA-NAREL
   Dr. Cong Wei, USFDA
   Dr. Robert Jones, CDC
   Webcast: November 16, 2017
10. TENORM: See Something, Say Something
    Presenter: Phil Egidi, USEPA
    Webcast: December 14, 2017
11. Radiocesium in the Environment
    Presenter: Dr. Ralf Sudowe, Colorado State University
    Webcast: January 26. 2018
12. Laboratory Subsampling
    Presenter:Dr. Robert Litman, EMS
    Webcast: March 29, 2018
13. Laboratory Sample Preparation and Dissolution
    Presenter:Dr. Robert Litman, EMS
    Webcast:April 26, 2018
Series 7: Young Investigators Series

The webinar series will include webinars the University research and advancements being pioneered by young professionals in the radiochemistry field on environmental chemistry, separation science, radioecology, and novel Uranium nanostructures.

1. Young Investigators: Environmental Radiochemistry
   Presenters:Dustin May with University of Iowa, Brennen Ferguson with Clemson University, Frances Zengotita with Florida International University,
   Webcast:May 17, 2018
2. Young Investigators: Separation Science
   Presenters:Vanessa Holfeltz with Oregon State University and Joseph Lapka with Washington State University
   Webcast June 21, 2018
3. Young Investigators: Radioecology
   Presenters:Dawn Montgomery with Clemson University, Phillip Lysons with the University of Georgia, and Delvan Neville with Oregon State University
   Webcast: July 26, 2018
4. Young Investigators: Novel Uranium Nanostructures
   Presenters:Ana Arteaga with Oregon State University, Maurice Payne with the University of Iowa, and Haylie Lobeck with Notre Dame University
   Webcast: August 30, 2018
Sereis 8: Radiopharmaceuticals Series

This webinar sereis will focus on webinars on the history of radiopharmaceuticals, the applications, and advances of the field of radiopharmaceuticals.

1. A Brief History of Nuclear Medicine
   Presneter:Dr. Carolyn Anderson, University of Pittsburgh, UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
   Webcast: October 4, 2018

• Nuclear Forensics Included in American Chemical Society Journal Highlights
  Nuclear Forensics: Scientific Analysis Supporting Law Enforcement and Nuclear Security Investigations, Anal. Chem., 2016, 88 (3), pp 1496–1505 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.5b02915, Publication Date (Web): December 24, 2015

• Hands-on Training Course—Basic Alpha Spectrometry
  
  Clemson University, April 1-5, 2013
  Instructors
  Dr. Brian Powell, Clemson University
  Dr. Bill Burnett, Florida State University

• Enhancing Radiological Laboratory Testing for Radionuclides in Drinking Water Training

  This training provides users with the information and techniques they need to assist them in obtaining or retaining their EPA certification for laboratories performing drinking water analyses for radionuclides.

  Module Topics

  1. Basics of Radioactivity
  2. Sample Preservation, Pretreatment, and Preparation
  3. Principles of Radiochemical Separations
  4. Detection Techniques
  5. EPA Approved Radiochemical Drinking Water Methods
  6. Determination of Measurement Uncertainty for Radiochemical Analysis
  7. Quality Assurance and Quality Control in Radiochemical Analysis

  Visit the Radionuclides Laboratory Training Modules website.

Contacts
Mansour Akbarzadeh Manager, Science and Development / WIPP Laboratories mansour.akbarzadeh@wipp.ws Phone: 575-234-5516		Patricia Paviet Director, MMaterials and Chemical Technologies Department of Energy Patricia.Paviet@nuclear.energy.gov Phone: 301-903-1542		John Griggs US EPA National Analytical Radiation Environmental Laboratory Griggs.John@epa.gov Phone: 334-270-3450