Date/Time
Date(s) - 01/23/2025
1:55 pm - 2:55 pm
Location
Rhines 125
Categories
Abstract
This presentation will give an overview of actinides and fission products projects related to the back end of the nuclear fuel cycle and, specifically, the challenges related to actinide chemistry in waste tanks and the interface redox phenomena of technetium-99 and radioiodine migration in the environment upon accidental release.
We will discuss the development of analytical tools for accurate radionuclide speciation at trace levels using tandem chromatographic and plasma spectroscopy techniques and our National Nuclear Security Agency (NNSA) project related to the synthesis and characterization of surrogate nuclear explosion debris (SNED) and their long-term stability in the environment.
Bio
Vasileios Anagnostopoulos, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
University of Central Florida
Dr. Vasileios Anagnostopoulos received his B.Sc. in Chemistry, M.Sc. in Analytical Chemistry (Environmental Track), and Ph.D. in Radiochemistry in 2010 and 2012, respectively, from the University of Patras (Greece). He conducted his postdoctoral studies at Florida International University in Miami on actinide environmental radiochemistry, funded by DOE – Office of Environmental Management.
He is currently an Associate Professor at the Department of Chemistry at the University of Central Florida, where he leads the Radiochemistry program and serves as Director of Nuclear Regulatory Commission Fellowships at UCF. He is leading the surrogate nuclear explosion debris project in the Consortium for Nuclear Forensics (CNF) in close collaboration with PNNL and LLNL. His research portfolio also includes projects funded by the DOE-EM, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Department of Defense, and the Department of Homeland Security.