Kenneth Krupka
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PO Box 999
Richland, WA 99352
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Research Interests
- Geochemistry of Radioactive and Hazardous Waste Disposal
- Geochemical Modeling of Groundwater Systems
- Thermodynamic Properties of Minerals and Dissolved Metals
- Mineralogy
Education and Credentials
- Ph.D., Geochemistry and Mineralogy, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, 1984
- M.S., Geochemistry and Mineralogy, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, 1976
- B.A., Geology , University of Maine, Orono, Maine, 1971
Affiliations and Professional Service
- American Geophysical Union
- The Geochemical Society
PNNL Publications
2009
- 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.
- 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.
- Krupka KM, MA Parkhurst, K Gold, BW Arey, ED Jenson, and RA Guilmette. 2009. "Physicochemical Characterization of Capstone Depleted Uranium Aerosols III: Morphologic and Chemical Oxide Analyses." Health Physics 93(3):276-291. doi:10.1097/01.HP.0000298229.60229.10
2008
- 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, 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.
2007
- Cantrell KJ, JM Zachara, PE Dresel, KM Krupka, and RJ Serne. 2007. Geochemical Processes Data Package for the Vadose Zone in the Single-Shell Tank Waste Management Areas at the Hanford Site. PNNL-16663, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
- Um W, RJ Serne, and KM Krupka. 2007. "Surface complexation modeling of U(VI) sorption to Hanford sediment with varying geochemical conditions." Environmental Science and Technology 41(10):3587-3592. doi:10.1021/es0616940
- Deutsch WJ, KJ Cantrell, and KM Krupka. 2007. Contaminant Release Data Package for Residual Waste in Single-Shell Hanford Tanks . PNNL-16748, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
- Deutsch WJ, KM Krupka, MJ Lindberg, KJ Cantrell, CF Brown, and HT Schaef. 2007. Hanford Tanks 241-C-203 and 241 C 204: Residual Waste Contaminant Release Model and Supporting Data. PNNL-14903 Rev. 1, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
- Deutsch WJ, KM Krupka, MJ Lindberg, KJ Cantrell, CF Brown, and HT Schaef. 2007. Hanford Tank 241-C-106: Residual Waste Contaminant Release Model and Supporting Data. PNNL-15187 Rev. 1, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
- Deutsch WJ, KM Krupka, MJ Lindberg, KJ Cantrell, CF Brown, SV Mattigod, HT Schaef, and BW Arey. 2007. Hanford Tanks 241-C-202 and 241-C-203 Residual Waste Contaminant Release Models and Supporting Data. PNNL-16229, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
- Krupka KM, WJ Deutsch, HT Schaef, BW Arey, SM Heald, MJ Lindberg, and KJ Cantrell. 2007. "Characterization of Solids in Residual Wastes from Underground Storage Tanks at the Hanford Site, Washington, U.S.A." In 30th International Symposium on Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management, Boston, November 27 – December 1, 2006. Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, vol. 985, ed. D.E. Dunn, C. Poinssot, and B. Begg, pp. 473-482. Materials Research Society, Warrendale, PA.
- Napier BA, RJ Fellows, and KM Krupka. 2007. Soil-to-Plant Concentration Ratios for Assessing Food Chain Pathways in Biosphere Models. PNNL-16741, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
- Serne RJ, MJ Lindberg, TE Jones, HT Schaef, and KM Krupka. 2007. Laboratory-Scale Bismuth Phosphate Extraction Process Simulation To Track Fate of Fission Products. PNNL-14120, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
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, CF Brown, HT Schaef, SM Heald, MM Valenta, and BW Arey. 2006. "Rhenium Uptake, as Analogue for Tc-99, by Steel Corrosion Products." In Proceedings of the 11th International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference (IHLRWM), April 30 - May 4, 2006, Las Vegas, Nevada, ed. B. Sagar (Technical Program Chair), pp. 905-912. American Nuclear Society, La Grange Park, IL.
- 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.
2005
- Brown CF, RJ Serne, KM Krupka, EM Pierce, and MJ Lindberg. 2005. "Uranium Contamination at the 300 Area of the Hanford Site." In Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Remediation of Contaminated Sediments (New Orleans, Louisiana; Jan 24–27, 2005), ed. Olfenbuttel, Robert F.; White, P.J., pp. B4-08. Battelle Press, Columbus, OH.
- Deutsch WJ, KM Krupka, KJ Cantrell, CF Brown, MJ Lindberg, HT Schaef, SM Heald, BW Arey, and RK Kukkadapu. 2005. Advances in Geochemical Testing of Key Contaminants in Residual Hanford Tank Waste . PNNL-15372, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
- Deutsch WJ, KM Krupka, MJ Lindberg, KJ Cantrell, CF Brown, and HT Schaef. 2005. Hanford Tank 241-C-106: Residual Waste Contaminant Release Model and Supporting Data . PNNL-15187, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
- Hanson BD, BK McNamara, EC Buck, JI Friese, ED Jenson, KM Krupka, and BW Arey. 2005. "Corrosion of commercial spent nuclear fuel. 1. Formation of studtite and metastudtite." Radiochimica Acta 93:159-168.
2004
- Krupka KM, RJ Serne, and DI Kaplan. 2004. Geochemical Data Package for the 2005 Hanford Integrated Disposal Facility Performance Assessment . PNNL-13037 Rev. 2, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
- Um W, RJ Serne, and KM Krupka. 2004. "Linearity and Reversibility of Iodide Adsorption on Sediments from Hanford, Washington Under Water Saturated Conditions." Water Research 38(8):2009-2016.
- Deutsch WJ, KM Krupka, MJ Lindberg, KJ Cantrell, CF Brown, and HT Schaef. 2004. Hanford Tanks 241-C-203 and 241-C-204: Residual Waste Contaminant Release Model and Supporting Data . PNNL-14903, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
- Krupka KM, WJ Deutsch, MJ Lindberg, KJ Cantrell, NJ Hess, HT Schaef, and BW Arey. 2004. Hanford Tanks 241-AY-102 and 241-BX-101: Sludge Composition and Contaminant Release Data . PNNL-14614, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
- Pierce EM, BP McGrail, EA Rodriguez, HT Schaef, P Saripalli, RJ Serne, KM Krupka, PF Martin, SR Baum, KN Geiszler, LR Reed, and WJ Shaw. 2004. Waste Form Release Data Package for the 2005 Integrated Disposal Facility Performance Assessment. PNNL-14805, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
- Wildung RE, SMW Li, CJ Murray, KM Krupka, YL Xie, NJ Hess, and EE Roden. 2004. "Technetium Reduction in Sediments of a Shallow Aquifer Exhibiting Dissimilatory Iron Reduction Potential ." FEMS Microbiology Ecology 49(1):151-162.
2002
- Krupka KM, and RJ Serne. 2002. Geochemical Factors Affecting the Behavior of Antimony, Cobalt, Europium, Technetium, and Uranium in Vadose Zone Sediments. PNNL-14126, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
- Bacon DH, BP McGrail, VL Freedman, G Ventura, PN Risoluti, and KM Krupka. 2002. "Performance Assessment of Low-Level Waste Disposal Facilities Using Coupled Unsaturated Flow and Reactive Transport Simulators." In Scientific basis for nuclear waste management XXV : symposium held November 26-29, 2001, Boston, Massachusetts; Materials Research Society symposium proceedings , vol. 713, ed. McGrail, B. P.; Cragnolino, G. A., pp. 267-274. Materials Research Society, Warrendale, PA.
2001
- Krupka KM, and WJ Martin. 2001. Subsurface Contaminant Focus Area: Monitored Natural Attenuation (MNA)--Programmatic, Technical, and Regulatory Issues. PNNL-13569, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
2000
- Fredrickson JK, JM Zachara, DW Kennedy, YA Gorby, SMW Li, and KM Krupka. 2000. "Reduction of U(VI) in Goethite (a-FeOOH) Suspensions by a Dissimilatory Metal-Reducing Bacterium." Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 64:3085-3098.
- Wildung RE, YA Gorby, KM Krupka, NJ Hess, SMW Li, AE Plymale, JP McKinley, and JK Fredrickson. 2000. "Effect of Electron Donor and Solution Chemistry on the Products of Dissimilatory Reduction of Technetium by Shewanella putrefaciens." Applied and Environmental Microbiology 66(6):2451-2460.
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.