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Kirk Cantrell

Kirk Cantrell

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PO Box 999
Richland, WA 99352

Research Interests

  • Aqueous/Environmental Geochemistry
  • Contaminant Transport
  • Innovative Remediation Technologies
  • Permeable Reactive Barriers

Education and Credentials

  • Ph.D., Aqueous/Environmental Geochemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1989
  • M.S., Chemical Oceanography, University of South Florida, 1986
  • B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of North Dakota, 1982

Affiliations and Professional Service

  • American Chemical Society
  • Geochemical Society

PNNL Publications

2009

  • Cantrell KJ. 2009. Transuranic Contamination in Sediment and Groundwater at the U.S. DOE Hanford Site . PNNL-18640, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA. 
  • Cantrell KJ, KM Krupka, WJ Deutsch, and MJ Lindberg. 2009. "Contaminant Release from Residual Waste in Single Shell Tanks at the Hanford Site, Washington, USA - 9276." In WM 2009 Waste Management for the Nuclear Renaissance, March 1-5, 2009, Phoenix, Arizona.  WM Symposia Inc., Tempe, AZ. 
  • Daniel RC, JM Billing, ML Luna, KJ Cantrell, RA Peterson, ML Bonebrake, RW Shimskey, and LK Jagoda. 2009. Characterization of Filtration Scale-Up Performance. PNNL-18117, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA. 
  • Krupka KM, KJ Cantrell, HT Schaef, BW Arey, SM Heald, WJ Deutsch, and MJ Lindberg. 2009. "Characterization of Solids in Residual Wastes from Single-Shell Tanks at the Hanford Site, Washington, USA - 9277." In WM2009 Waste Management for the Nuclear Renaissance, March 1-5, 2009, Phoenix, Arizona.  WM Symposia Inc., Tempe , AZ. 
  • Last GV, ML Rockhold, CJ Murray, and KJ Cantrell. 2009. Selection and Traceability of Parameters To Support Hanford-Specific RESRAD Analyses -- Fiscal Year 2008 Status Report . PNNL-18564, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA. 

2008

  • Cantrell KJ, and RG Riley. 2008. Subsurface Behavior of Plutonium and Americium at Non-Hanford Sites and Relevance to Hanford . PNNL-17386, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA. 
  • Cantrell KJ, and RG Riley. 2008. A Review of Subsurface Behavior of Plutonium and Americium at the 200-PW-1/3/6 Operable Units. PNNL-SA-58953, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA. 
  • Cantrell KJ. 2008. "Geochemistry and Distribution of Contaminants in the Vadose Zone of the Single-Shell Tank Waste Management Areas at the Hanford Site." Chapter 22 in The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Facility Investigation (RFI) Report for Hanford Single-Shell Tank Waste Management Areas, DOE/ORP-2008-01 Revision 0, vol. Tier 1, ed. FM Mann, pp. 22-1 - 22-16.  U.S. Department of Energy, Office of River Protection, Richland, WA. 
  • Cantrell KJ, CF Brown, RJ Serne, and KM Krupka. 2008. Geochemical Characterization Data Package for the Vadose Zone in the Single-Shell Tank Waste Management Areas at the Hanford Site. PNNL-17154, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA. 
  • Cantrell KJ, KN Geiszler, and BW Arey. 2008. Plutonium Mobility Studies: 216-Z-9 Trench Sample Analysis Results . PNNL-17839, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA. 
  • Cantrell KJ, KM Krupka, KN Geiszler, MJ Lindberg, BW Arey, and HT Schaef. 2008. Hanford Tank 241-S-112 Residual Waste Composition and Leach Test Data. PNNL-17593, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA. 
  • Cantrell KJ, KM Krupka, WJ Deutsch, MJ Lindberg, HT Schaef, KN Geiszler, and BW Arey. 2008. Hanford Tank 241-C-103 Residual Waste Contaminant Release Models and Supporting Data. PNNL-16738, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA. 
  • Cantrell KJ, RJ Serne, JM Zachara, KM Krupka, PE Dresel, CF Brown, and MD Freshley. 2008. "Appendix G: Geochemistry." In The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Facility Investigation (RFI) Report for Hanford Single-Shell Tank Waste Management Areas, DOE/ORP-2008-01 Revision 0, vol. Tier 2, ed. FM Mann.  U.S. Department of Energy, Office of River Protection, Richland, WA. 
  • Deutsch WJ, KJ Cantrell, RJ Serne, and EM Pierce. 2008. "Appendix D: Contaminant Release from Residual Waste in Closed Single Shell Tanks and Other Waste Forms Associated with the Tanks." In The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Facility Investigation (RFI) Report for Hanford Single-Shell Tank Waste Management Areas, DOE/ORP-2008-01 Revision 0, vol. Tier 2, ed. FM Mann.  U.S. Department of Energy, Office of River Protection, Richland, WA. 
  • Faybishenko B, TC Hazen, PE Long, EL Brodie, MS Conrad, S Hubbard, JN Christensen, D Joyner, S Borglin, R Chakraborty, KH Williams, JE Peterson, J Chen, ST Brown, TK Tokunaga, J Wan, M Firestone, DR Newcomer, CT Resch, KJ Cantrell, A Willett, and S Koenigsberg. 2008. "In Situ Long-Term Reductive Bioimmobilization of Cr(VI) in Groundwater Using Hydrogen Release Compound." Environmental Science & Technology 42(22):8478-8485.  doi:10.1021/es801383r

2007

2006

  • Cantrell KJ, KM Krupka, WJ Deutsch, and MJ Lindberg. 2006. "Residual Waste from Hanford Tanks 241-C-203 and 241-C-204. 2. Contaminant Release Model." Environmental Science and Technology 40(12):3755-3761 + supporting info.  doi:10.1021/es0511568
  • Deutsch WJ, KM Krupka, MJ Lindberg, KJ Cantrell, CF Brown, and HT Schaef. 2006. Hanford Tank 241-C-106: Impact of Cement Reactions on Release of Contaminants from Residual Waste. PNNL-15544, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA. 
  • Krupka KM, HT Schaef, BW Arey, SM Heald, WJ Deutsch, MJ Lindberg, and KJ Cantrell. 2006. "Residual Waste from Hanford Tanks 241-C-203 and 241-C-204. I. Solids Characterization." Environmental Science and Technology 40(12):3749-3754, and sup. info. file. 
  • Last GV, EJ Freeman, KJ Cantrell, MJ Fayer, GW Gee, WE Nichols, BN Bjornstad, and DG Horton. 2006. Vadose Zone Hydrogeology Data Package for Hanford Assessments . PNNL-14702 Rev. 1, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA. 
  • Meyer PD, M Ye, SP Neuman, ML Rockhold, KJ Cantrell, and TJ Nicholson. 2006. "Combined Estimation of Hydrogeologic Conceptual Model, Parameter, and Scenario Uncertainty." In Proceedings of the 3rd Federal Interagency Hydrologic Modeling Conference.  USGS Water Information Coordination Program Subcommittee on Hydrology, Washington D.C.. 

2005

2004

2003

  • Cantrell KJ, RJ Serne, and GV Last. 2003. Hanford Contaminant Distribution Coefficient Database and Users Guide . PNNL-13895 Rev. 1, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA. 
  • Cantrell KJ, SB Yabusaki, MH Engelhard, AV Mitroshkov, and EC Thornton. 2003. "Oxidation of H2S by Iron Oxides in Unsaturated Conditions." Environmental Science and Technology 37(10):2192-2199. 
  • Shaughnessy DA, H Nitsche, CH Booth, DK Shuh, G Waychunas, RE Wilson, HS Gill, KJ Cantrell, and RJ Serne. 2003. "MOLECULAR INTERFACIAL REACTIONS BETWEEN PU(VI) AND MANGANESE OXIDE MINERALS MANGANITE AND HAUSMANNITE." Environmental Science and Technology 37(15):3367-3374. 

2002

2001

  • Thornton EC, TJ Gilmore, KB Olsen, R Schalla, and KJ Cantrell. 2001. Characterization Activities Conducted at the 183-DR Site in Support of an In Situ Gaseous Reduction Demonstration. PNNL-13486, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA. 
  • Yabusaki SB, KJ Cantrell, and BM Sass. 2001. "Moffett Field Funnel and Gate TCE Treatment System: Interpretation of Field Performance using Reactive Transport Modeling." In 2001 International Containment & Remediation Technology Conference & Exhibition 10-13 June 2001, Proceedings.  Institute for International Cooperative Environmental Research, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL. 
  • Yabusaki SB, KJ Cantrell, B Sass, and C Steefel. 2001. "Multicomponent reactive transport in an in situ zero-valent iron cell." Environmental Science and Technology 35(7):1493-1503. 

2000

1999

  • Serne RJ, CW Lindenmeier, KJ Cantrell, and AT Owen. 1999. "Effects of reactor decontamination complexing agents on soil adsorption-column studies." In Scientific Basis For Nuclear Waste Management XXII, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, vol. 556, ed. D.J. Wronkiewicz and J.H. Lee, pp. 1043-1049 .  Materials Research Society, Warrendale, PA. 

1998

  • Szecsody JE, KM Krupka, MD Williams, KJ Cantrell, CT Resch, and JS Fruchter. 1998. Uranium Mobility During In Situ Redox Manipulation of the 100 Areas of the Hanford Site. PNNL-12048, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA. 
  • Thornton EC, JE Szecsody, KJ Cantrell, CJ Thompson, JC Evans, JS Fruchter, and AV Mitroshkov. 1998. "Reductive Dechlorination of TCE by Dithionite-Treated Sediment ." In Physical, Chemical and Thermal Technologies: Remediation of Chlorinated and Recalcitrant Compounds, ed. G.B. Wickramanayake and R.E. Hinchee, pp. 335-340.  Battelle Press, Columbus, OH. 

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