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Kosson Research Group

Presentations

Model Refinement Studies for Molten Salt Freeze Port Conceptual Design Using COMSOL. Megan Harkema presented to Kosson Research Group on June 8, 2022 (PDF). Video

Imaging Glass with X-ray Nano-Computed Tomography. John Bussey presented to Kosson Research Group on June 8, 2022 (PDF). Video

Comparison of Field Geochemical Conditions from Two Coal Ash Disposal Sites and the Implications on Leaching. Xinyue Wang, presented to Kosson Research Group on February 2, 2022 (PDF).

Leaching and Aging Assessment of Cast Stone Waste Form Under Field Scenarios. Zhiliang Chen presented to Kosson Research Group on November 17, 2021 (PDF).

Preliminary Experimental Results and Experimental Methods for Mercury Contaminated OPC Testing: EPA Methods 1313 and 1315. Laira Kelley presented to the Kosson Research Group on November 3, 2021 (PDF).

Nuclear Wasteform And Barrier Matrixes Interactions with Geologic Strata In The Subsurface of the Yamin Plateau, Northern Negev, Israel. Autumn Taylor and Chen Gruber presented to Kosson Research Group on December 2021 (PDF).

Álvarez-Villa, O, Gómez-Vélez, JD, Brown, KG & Kosson DS 2020, ‘DAGpy: A Python package for data assimilation in groundwater modeling’, AGU Fall Meeting 2020, December 17. 2020, San Francisco, California.

Higley, KA, Krahn, S & Kosson, DS 2020, Review of the Restart of Unfiltered Ventilation at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, CRESP III, Consortium for Risk Evaluation with Stakeholder Participation, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.

Gruber, C, Brown, KG, Garrabrants, AC, Meeusen, JCL, van der Sloot, HA & Kosson, DS 2020, ‘Modeling Interfaces to Support Low-Level Waste Disposal System Performance Assessments – 20366 PowerPoint Presentation’, WM’2020, WMSymposia. Phoenix, Arizona.

Brown, KG, Garrabrants, AC & Kosson, DS 2020, ‘Predicting Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity over Time for Degrading Saltstone Vault Concrete – 20376‘, WM’2020, WMSymposia. Phoenix, Arizona.

Burger, J, Gochfeld, M, Kosson, D, Brown, K, Bunn, A & Jeitner, C 2020, ‘Risk to Ecological Resources on Burial Waste Sites on the Hanford Site, Washington‘, Waste Management Symposium 2020, Phoenix, Arizona.

Kosson, DS 2020, ‘Status of On-Site vs. Off-Site Disposal ‘, ETEBA 2020 Business Opportunities & Technical Conference, October 13, 2020, Teleconference.

Kosson, DS, Mateo, E & Gruber, C 2020, ‘WM4  2020 Achievements’, NNSA/IAEC Area V Workshop, November 10, 2020, Teleconference

Bar-Nes, G, Boukobza, E, Harnik, Y, Klein-BenDavid, O, Kosson, D, Gruber, C, Steen, M, Brown, K, Delapp, R, Garrabrants, A, Brown, L, Ayers, J, Matteo, E, Jove-colon, C & Meeussen, J 2019, ‘Nuclear Wasteform and Barrier Matrixes Interactions with Geologic Strata in the Subsurface of the Yamin Plateau, Northern Negev, Israel’, NNSA-IAEC Workshop. Israel.

Kosson, D, Brown, K, Zhang, P, Garrabrants, A, Chen, Z, Gruber, C, Delapp, R, Meeussen, J, van der Sloot, H & Seignette, P 2019, ‘Estimating Long-term Performance of Concrete and Grout Wasteforms for Nuclear Application’, DOE-EM Sponsored Cementitious Materials Technology Exchange. Augusta, Georgia.

Brown, K, Garrabrants, A, Gruber, C, Zhang, P, Wang, X, van der Sloot, H, Meeussen, J, Seignette, P, Delapp, R & Kosson, D 2019, ‘Modeling Environmental Performance of Grout, Waste Forms, and Cement Barriers for Waste Tanks and Near-Surface Disposal’, DOE-EM Meeting. Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.

Brown, K, Garrabrants, A, Gruber, C, Zhang, P, Wang, X, van der Sloot, H, Meeussen, J, Seignette, P, Delapp, R & Kosson, D 2019, ‘Modeling Environmental Performance of Grout, Waste Forms, and Cement Barriers’, CRESP 2019 Annual Meeting. Alexandria, Virginia.

Zhang, P, Chen, Z, Garrabrants, A, Brown, K, Meeussen, J, van der Sloot, H & Kosson, D 2019, ‘Modeling of carbonation effects in a cementitious waste form under dry environmental conditions’, Materials Science & Technology 2019 (M&T19). Portland, Oregon.

Kruger, A, Riley, B, Schweiger, M, Mayer, J, Arendt, C, Peeler, D, Corkhill, C, Thorpe, C, Walling, S, Fisher, A, Mann, C, Hand, R, Hyatt, N, Kosson, D, Delapp, R & Brown, K 2019, ‘The GLAD* Project (*Glass Leaching Assessment for Durability)’, DFLAW Glass Discussion Group Meeting. Aiken, South Carolina.

Álvarez-Villa, O, Gomez-Velez, J, Brown, K, Kosson, D, Burger, J, Gotchfeld, M, Stewart, R & Stewart, J 2019, ‘Assessing risk in groundwater contaminated sites: The importance of preserving subsurface connectivity and integrating multiple data sources. In H13B-07 – Assessing risk in groundwater contaminated sites: The importance of preserving subsurface connectivity and integrating multiple data sources’, 2019 American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting. San Francisco, California.

van der Sloot, H, Kosson, DS 2019, ‘Estimates of mineral stability constants derived from pH dependence leaching test data’, International Workshop on Mechanisms and Modeling of Waste/Cement Interaction 2019. Karlsruhe, Germany.

Gruber, C, Steen, M, Brown, K, Delapp, R, Matteo, E, Klein-BenDavid, O, Bar-Nes, G, Meeussen, J, Ayers, J & Kosson, D 2019, ‘Cementitious materials aging in carbonate-rock/cement-paste interfaces with implications for deep geological disposal sites’, International Workshop on Mechanisms and Modeling of Waste/Cement Interactions 2019. Karlsruhe, Germany.

Garrabrants, A, Brown, L, Zhang, P, van der Sloot, H, Brown, K, Gruber, C & Kosson, D 2019, ‘Experimental and modeling efforts to predict long-term geochemistry of vault concrete – salt waste interfaces at U.S. DOE disposal sites’, International Workshop on Mechanisms and Modeling of Waste/Cement Interactions 2019. Karlsruhe, Germany.

Burger, J, Gochfeld, M, Kosson, D, Bunn, A, Salisbury, J, Brown, K, Downs, J & Jeitner, C 2019, ‘Comparing ecological risk between D & D facilities and operating facilities at the Hanford Site – 19531, Poster’, Waste Management ‘2019, WM Symposia. Phoenix, Arizona.

Burger, J, Gochfeld, M, Jeitner, C, Bunn, A, Downs, J, Kosson, D, Salisbury, J & Brown, K 2019, ‘Comparing ecological risk between D & D facilities and operating facilities at the Hanford Site – 19531, Presentation’, Waste Management ‘2019, WM Symposia. Phoenix, Arizona