Technical Papers Published
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Hyatt, N.C., D.A. Pickett, and R.B. Rebak (eds) Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXXII. Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings Volume 1124. Warrendale, PA: Materials Research Society. 2009.
Loge, F.J., E. Lambertini, M.A. Borchardt, H. Basagaoglu and T.R. Ginn. Effects of Etiological Agent and Bather Shedding of Pathogens on Interpretation of Epidemiological Data Used to Establish Recreational Water Quality Standards. Risk Analysis, 29:257–266, 2009.
Pickett, D.A., K.E. Pinkston, and J.L. Myers. Assessing Radionuclide Solubility Limits for Cement-Based, Near-Surface Disposal. Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXXII, N.C. Hyatt, D.A. Pickett, and R.B. Rebak (eds.), Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, 1124, 351–356, 2009.
Shukla, P.K., R. Pabalan, and L. Yang. Assessment of Nickel-Based Alloy Passive Film Stability through Thermodynamic Modeling. CORROSION/2009 Conference, Paper #09426 (Houston, TX: NACE, 2009).
Painter, S.L. Accommodating Transient Velocities in Time-Domain Particle Tracking Algorithms of Radionuclide Transport. Proceedings of the 12th International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference (IHLRWM); 7–11 September 2008; Las Vegas, Nevada. LaGrange Park, IL: American Nuclear Society (CD ROM). 2008.
Painter, S.L., V. Cvetkovic and O. Pensado. Time-Domain Random-Walk Algorithms for Simulating Radionuclide Transport in Fractured Porous Rock. Nuclear Technology, 163(1):129–136, 2008.
Pensado, O. and R. Pabalan. Probabilistic Methodology to Estimate Environmental Conditions for Localized Corrosion and Stress Corrosion Cracking of Alloy 22 in a High-Level Radioactive Waste Repository Setting. Journal of Nuclear Materials, 381(3):231–241, 2008. Available online at http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnucmat.2008.08.002.
Dunn D. S., Sridhar N., Miller M. A., Price K. T., Pabalan R., and Abrajano T. A. J. 2007. Development of a surface-enhanced Raman technique for biomarker studies on Mars. Applied Spectroscopy, 61, 25-31.
Turner, D.R., F.P. Bertetti, and R.T. Pabalan. 2006. Applying Surface Complexation Modeling to Radionuclide Sorption, in Lützenkirchen, J. (ed.) Surface Complexation Modelling (Interface Science and Technology, Volume 11). Elsevier. 553-604.
Yang, L., R.T. Pabalan, and M.R. Juckett. 2006. Deliquescence Relative Humidity Measurements Using an Electrical Conductivity Method. Journal of Solution Chemistry, 35, 583-604.
McMurry, J., V. Jain, X. He, D. Pickett, R. Pabalan, and Y-M. Pan. 2006. GSI-191 PWR sump screen blockage chemical effects tests: Thermodynamic simulations. NUREG/CR–6912. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Pensado, O., R. Pabalan, D. Dunn, and K.-T. Chang. 2006. Use of Alloy 22 as a long-term radioactive waste containment material. in Passivation of Metals and Semiconductors, and Properties of Thin Oxide Layers—A Selection of Papers from the 9th International Symposium, P. Marcus and V. Maurice (eds). Elsevier, The Netherlands, pp. 53-57.
Turner, D.R., F.P. Bertetti, and R.T. Pabalan. 2006. Applying Surface Complexation Modeling to Radionuclide Sorption, in Lützenkirchen, J. (ed.) Surface Complexation Modelling (Interface Science and Technology, Volume 11). Elsevier. 553-604.
Yang, L., R.T. Pabalan, and M.R. Juckett. 2006. Deliquescence Relative Humidity Measurements Using an Electrical Conductivity Method. Journal of Solution Chemistry, 35, 583-604.
Greathouse, J.A., H.R. Stellalevinsohn, M.A. Denecke, A. Bauer, and R.T. Pabalan. 2005. Uranyl surface complexes in a mixed-charge montmorillonite: Monte Carlo computer simulation and polarized XAFS results. Clays and Clay Minerals, 53, pp. 278-286.
Prikryl, J.D. and W. M. Murphy. The dissolution of uranophane in CaCl2-SiO2(aq) test solutions. In Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXVIII, edited by J. M. Hanchar, S. Stroes-Gascoyne, and L. Browning, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings 824, Warrendale, PA, paper no cc8.3. 2005.
Browning, L., W.M. Murphy, C. Manepally, and R. Fedors. 2003. Reactive transport model for the ambient unsaturated hydrogeological system at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Journal Computers & Geoscience 29(3): 247–263.
Pabalan, R.T., D.D. Daruwalla, and R.T. Green. 2003. Preliminary feasibility assessment of Edwards Aquifer saline water treatment and use. CNWRA–EAA–01. San Antonio, Texas: Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses.
Zaidan, O.F., J.A. Greathouse, and R.T. Pabalan. 2003. Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics simulation of uranyl adsorption on montmorillonite clay. Clays and Clay Minerals 51: 372–381.
Browning, L., W.M. Murphy, C. Manepally, and R.W. Fedors. October 2002. Reactive Transport Model for the Ambient Unsaturated Hydrogeochemical System at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Computers and Geoscience Journal, 29:247–263.
Murphy, W.M., and D.A. Pickett. 2002. Radioisotope fractionation and secular disequilibrium in performance assessment for geologic disposal of nuclear waste. Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXV. B.P. McGrail and G.A. Cragnolino, eds. MRS Symposium Proceedings 713. Warrendale, Pennsylvania: Materials Research Society. 867–874.
Pabalan, R.T., L. Yang, and L. Browning. 2002. Deliquescence behavior of multicomponent salts: Effects on the drip shield and waste package chemical environment of the proposed nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXV. P. McGrail and G. Cragnolino, eds. Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings 713. Warrendale, Pennsylvania: Materials Research Society. 37–44.
Turner, D.R., F.P. Bertetti, and R.T. Pabalan. 2002. The role of radionuclide sorption in high-level waste performance assessment: Approaches for the abstraction of detailed models. Soil Science Society of America Proceedings Volume: Soil Geochemical Processes of Radionuclides, pp. 211–252.
Yang, L., R.T. Pabalan, and L. Browning. 2002. Experimental determination of the deliquescence relative humidity and conductivity of multicomponent salt mixtures. Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXV. P. McGrail and G. Cragnolino, eds. Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings 713. Warrendale, Pennsylvania: Materials Research Society. 135–142.
Contardi, J.S., D.R. Turner, and T.M. Ahn. 2001. Modeling colloid transport for performance assessment. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 47: 323-333.
Pabalan, R.T., and F.P. Bertetti. 2001. Cation-exchange properties of natural zeolites. D. Bish and D. Ming, eds. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry. Vol. 45. Washington, D.C.: Mineralogical Society of America. 453–518.
Pabalan, R.T., V. Jain, R.F. Vance, S. Ioannidis, D.A. Pickett, C.S. Brazel, J.T. Persyn, E.J. Taylor, and M.E. Inman. 2001. Hanford Tank Waste Remediation System pretreatment chemistry and technology. NUREG/CR–6714. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Pickett, D.A., and W.M. Murphy. 2001. Uranium chemistry and isotropy in waters and rocks at Peña Blanca, Mexico. Eighth EC Natural Analogue Working Group Meeting—Proceedings, EUR 19118. H. von Maravic and W.R. Alexander, eds. Luxembourg, Belguim: European Commission. 333–337.
Prikryl, J.D., A. Jain, R.T. Pabalan, and D.R. Turner. 2001. Uranium (VI) sorption behavior on mixed silicate minerals. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 47: 241–253.
Reeder, R.J., M. Nugent, and R.T. Pabalan. 2001. Local structure of uranium(VI) sorbed on clinoptilolite and montmorillonite. R. Cidu, ed. Water-Rock Interaction. Lisse, The Netherlands: A.A. Balkema Publishers. 423–426.
Yang, L., R.T. Pabalan, and V. Jain. 2001. PRETREAT: A graphical user interface-based spreadsheet model for Hanford tank waste pretreatment processes. Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXIV. K.P. Hart and G.R. Lumpkin, eds. Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings 663. Warrendale, Pennsylvania: Materials Research Society. 11–18.
Pabalan, R.T., L. Yang, and R. Young. 2000. Preliminary chemical simulation of Hanford Tank Waste Remediation System pretreatment processes. San Antonio, Texas: Center for Nuclear Waste Regulatory Analyses.
Prikryl, J.D., F.P. Bertetti, and R.T. Pabalan. 2000. Effects of surfactant-modification on the sorption behavior of natural zeolites for strontium(2+) and uranium(6+). Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXIII, Boston, Massachusetts, November 29–December 3, 1999. R. Smith and D. Shoesmith, eds. Symposium Proceedings 608. Warrendale, Pennsylvania: Materials Research Society. 281–286.
Pabalan, R.T., M.S. Jarzemba, D.A. Pickett, N. Sridhar, J. Weldy, C.S. Brazel, J.T. Persyn, D.S. Moulton, J.P. Hsu, J. Erwin, T.A. Abrajano, Jr., and B. Li. 1999. Hanford Tank Waste Remediation System high-level waste chemistry manual. NUREG/CR–5751. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Prikryl, J.D. and R.T. Pabalan. 1999. Sorption of uranium(VI) and neptunium(V) on surfactant-modified natural zeolites. Scientific basis for nuclear waste management XXII. D. Wronkiewicz and J. Lee, eds. Symposium Proceedings 556. Warrendale, Pennsylvania: Materials Research Society. 1,035–1,042.
Turner, D.R. and R.T. Pabalan. 1999. Abstraction of mechanistic sorption model results for performance assessment calculations at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Waste Management 19: 375-388.
Bertetti, F.P., R.T. Pabalan, and M.G. Almendarez. 1998. Studies of neptuniumV sorption on quartz, clinoptilolite, montmorillonite, and a-alumina, Chapter 4 in E. Jenne, ed. Adsorption of Metals by Geomedia. San Diego, California: Academic Press. 132–148.
Jain, V., and R.T. Pabalan. 1998. Review of process safety issues relevant to vitrification of radioactive wastes. Proceedings of Waste Management '98, March 1–5, 1998. Published on CD ROM. Tucson, Arizona: Waste Management Symposia, Inc.
Pabalan, R.T., D.R. Turner, F.P. Bertetti, and J.D. Prikryl. 1998. Uranium(VI) sorption onto selected mineral surfaces: Key geochemical parameters, Chapter 3. E. Jenne, ed. Adsorption of Metals by Geomedia. San Diego, California: Academic Press. 99–130.
Turner, D.R., R.T. Pabalan, and F.P. Bertetti. 1998. Neptunium(V) sorption on montmorillonite: An experimental and surface complexation modeling study. Clays and Clay Minerals 46: 256–269.
Prikryl, J.D., D.A. Pickett, W.M. Murphy, and E.C. Pearcy. 1997. Migration behavior of naturally occurring radionuclides at the Nopal I deposit, Chihuahua, Mexico. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 26: 61–69.
Turner, D.R. and S.A. Sassman. 1996. Approaches to sorption modeling for high-level waste performance assessment. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology 21: 311-332.
Pabalan, R.T. 1994. Thermodynamics of ion-exchange between clinoptilolite and aqueous solutions of Na+/K+ and Na+/Ca2+. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 58: 4,573–4,590.
Murphy, W.M., R.T. Pabalan, J.D. Prikryl, and C.J. Goulet 1992. Dissolution rate and solubility of analcime at 25 C. Water-Rock Interaction. Y. Kharaka and A.S. Maest, eds. Rotterdam, The Netherlands: A.A. Balkema. 107–110.
Pabalan, R.T., and K.S. Pitzer. 1991. Mineral solubilities in electrolyte solutions, Chapter 7. Activity Coefficients in Electrolyte Solutions, 2nd Edition. K.S. Pitzer, ed. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. 435–490.
Pabalan, R.T., and K.S. Pitzer. 1990. Prediction of high-temperature thermodynamic properties of mixed electrolyte solutions including solubility equilibria, vapor pressure depression, and boiling point elevation. Proceedings, 1987 Symposium on Chemistry in High-Temperature Water. R.M. Izatt, J.L. Oscarson, and G.C. LindH, eds. EPRI NP–6005. Palo Alto, California: Electric Power Research Institute. D4F–1/–13.
Pabalan, R.T., and K.S. Pitzer. 1987. Thermodynamics of concentrated electrolyte mixtures and the prediction of mineral solubilities to high temperatures for mixtures in the system Na-K-Mg-Cl-SO4-OH-H2O. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 5l: 2,429–2,443.
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