Boston Chemical Data Corp. has performed assessments of nuclear activity-related contamination in the environment, including testing for both radionuclides and related chemical materials.  Photo above: WMD storage site, M. Kaltofen photo Selected Publications
Selected Project Experience Sampling planning and study design for radiological and mixed waste contaminants in the Columbia River at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, particularly developing sampling strategies for foodchain contaminants including Strontium 90, Tritium, Americium, Plutonium, and Uranium isotopes. Supervised resulting field work and performance of sampling teams during execution of the sampling and safety plans. Sampling and analyses of environmental and residential materials for radionuclides from the Mayak Nuclear Materials Production Complex in environmental samples from the Techa River in the Southern Urals area of Russia. Data review and validation for nerve agents and blister agents (including Sarin and Mustard-HD). Review of detection records and US Army analytical procedures for GC-MS, GC-FPD, and other analytical methods used at the Umatilla Chemical Depot. Study design and sampling plan development for determining facilitated airborne transport of plutonium and uranium isotopes related to fallout, uranium mining, and the Hanford Engineering Works, including sites in Spokane and Richland, WA, and Yakama Tribal lands, in cooperation with the Worcester Polytechnic Institute Dept. of Civil and Environmental Engineering. Supervised field work and performance of sampling teams during execution of the sampling and safety plans, along with laboratory analyses by atomic absorption and gamma spectroscopy. Additional laboratory work performed with thorium isotopes and with naturally-occuring Potassium 40. Analysis of beta-emitters in households dusts from homes outside of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Richland, WA. Designed sampling protocols and performed analyses of air, water, and sediment samples from the Kingdom of Kuwait immediately after the cessation of hostilities with Iraq. These results were reviewed and published in the general press, as well as by the USGAO. Presenter/facilitator on radionuclide sampling and analyses - St. Petersburg, Russia conference on nuclear issues with Alexander Nikitin's Bellona Institute and the US Government Accountability Project. Completed study designs, field sampling, and onsite monitoring for an offsite radiologic contaminant migration study at Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, New Mexico, including a review of NPDES effluent quality data and soil and sediment chemical quality data. Study materials included dusts, biota and sediments collected in Los Alamos, Santa Fe, and the San Ildefenso Pueblo. Additional investigations were initiated for radiological exposures to Native American Indian craftspeople through the use of traditional pottery-making materials. Assisted design of followup study with State of New Mexico and Los Alamos National Laboratory personnel. Determination of U-235 and U-238 in residential dust samples, Rocky Flats, Colorado. Determined total alpha and beta emitters in river sediments from Nanda Devi Glacier near Lata, India, related to naturally-occuring uranium and anthropogenic plutonium 238 and 239 contamination. Particulate investigation of Chernobyl-unit 4 debris by optical microscopy and gamma spectroscopy. Analysis of beta emitters in food products including local products from Krasnyarsk-26, Siberia, site of former Soviet plutonium pit manufacturing facilities. Analysis of environmental particulate matter for depleted uranium by gamma spectroscopy and atomic absorption. Determination of U-238 in munitions-related dust samples from Kuwait and Iraq. Co-Chair, US Army Soldier Systems Biological and Chemical Command Superfund Restoration Advisory Board. Reviewed five operational Superfund units including multimedia human and ecological exposure vectors. Extensive communication with public, regulatory, state and federal public health authorities and military agencies. (1996 to present)  Photo above: Muslumovo in Chelyabinsk Oblast - Southern Urals region showing Techa River 20 km downstream of Mayak Nuclear Complex, M. Kaltofen Oct. 2005 photo. Surface radiation level at this location approx. = 2.3 mR/Hour @ 25 % counting effeciency.  Photo above: Muslumovo Village in Chelyabinsk Oblast - Southern Urals Region, Russia. [Quotes/Information] [Litigation] [Microscopy] [Biography] [Home] © 2008, The Boston Chemical Data Corp., All Rights Reserved |
