Poster Highlights 3

A poster from a group at Idaho National Laboratory details a procedure for the efficient collection of transuranic (TRU) waste samples and associated soils from gloveboxes (referred to as the “Glovebox Excavator Method”) and the methods used to subsequently characterize those samples. A major stated purpose of the project is to demonstrate retrieval, characterization, packaging, and interim storage of waste contaminated with transuranics.

Peter Aryasov of the Ukraine explains aspects of his poster to several interested inquirers. The poster outlined details of the aerosol-monitoring operations at the Radiation Protection Institute of the Ukraine, where Aryasov is head of the dosimetric laboratory.

Bruce Bursten, Darleane Hoffman, and Boris Myasoedov pose at the Monday evening poster session, before the display announcing the publication of the new (third) edition of The Chemistry of the Actinide and Transactinide Elements, the seminal and now classic text in the field.

Eyes aglow in anticipation of the final Wednesday night poster session, a raccoon is forced to resort to other activities to release the frustration associated with the conference committee’s inability to recognize its registration credentials.

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