Michelle Valenta
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PO Box 999
Richland, WA 99352
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Research Interests
- Research in contaminant fate, transport and migration in the subsurface
- Mineralogical and chemical characterization of soils
Education and Credentials
- B.S., Geology, Kansas State University, 1999
PNNL Publications
2008
- Brown CF, RJ Serne, BN Bjornstad, DG Horton, DC Lanigan, RE Clayton, MM Valenta, TS Vickerman, IV Kutnyakov, KN Geiszler, SR Baum, KE Parker, and MJ Lindberg. 2008. Characterization of Vadose Zone Sediments Below the C Tank Farm: Borehole C4297 and RCRA Borehole 299-E27-22. PNNL-15503 Rev. 1, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
- Brown CF, RJ Serne, HT Schaef, BA Williams, MM Valenta, VL Legore, MJ Lindberg, KN Geiszler, SR Baum, IV Kutnyakov, TS Vickerman, and RE Clayton. 2008. Investigation of Accelerated Casing Corrosion in Two Wells at Waste Management Area A-AX. PNNL-15141 Rev. 1, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
- Brown CF, RJ Serne, BN Bjornstad, MM Valenta, DC Lanigan, TS Vickerman, RE Clayton, KN Geiszler, C Iovin, ET Clayton, IV Kutnyakov, SR Baum, MJ Lindberg, and RD Orr. 2008. Characterization of Vadose Zone Sediments from C Waste Management Area: Investigation of the C-152 Transfer Line Leak. PNNL-15617 Rev. 1, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
- Lindenmeier CW, RJ Serne, BN Bjornstad, GW Gee, HT Schaef, DC Lanigan, MJ Lindberg, RE Clayton, VL Legore, IV Kutnyakov, SR Baum, KN Geiszler, CF Brown, MM Valenta, TS Vickerman, and LJ Royack. 2008. Characterization of Vadose Zone Sediment: RCRA Borehole 299-E33-338 Located Near the B-BX-BY Waste Management Area. PNNL-14121 Rev. 1, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
- Serne RJ, BN Bjornstad, DG Horton, DC Lanigan, CW Lindenmeier, MJ Lindberg, RE Clayton, VL Legore, RD Orr, IV Kutnyakov, SR Baum, KN Geiszler, MM Valenta, and TS Vickerman. 2008. Characterization of Vadose Zone Sediments Below the TX Tank Farm: Boreholes C3830, C3831, C3832 and RCRA Borehole 299-W10-27. PNNL-14594 Rev. 1, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
- Serne RJ, BN Bjornstad, DG Horton, DC Lanigan, HT Schaef, CW Lindenmeier, MJ Lindberg, RE Clayton, VL Legore, KN Geiszler, SR Baum, MM Valenta, IV Kutnyakov, TS Vickerman, RD Orr, and CF Brown. 2008. Characterization of Vadose Zone Sediments Below the T Tank Farm: Boreholes C4104, C4105, 299-W10-196, and RCRA Borehole 299-W11-39. PNNL-14849 Rev. 1, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
- Serne RJ, BN Bjornstad, GW Gee, HT Schaef, DC Lanigan, G mccain, CW Lindenmeier, RD Orr, VL Legore, RE Clayton, MJ Lindberg, IV Kutynakov, SR Baum, KN Geiszler, MM Valenta, TS Vickerman, and LJ Royack. 2008. Characterization of Vadose Zone Sediment: Borehole 299-E33-46 Near B 110 in the B BX-BY Waste Management Area. PNNL-14119 Rev. 1, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
- Serne RJ, GV Last, GW Gee, HT Schaef, DC Lanigan, CW Lindenmeier, MJ Lindberg, RE Clayton, VL Legore, RD Orr, IV Kutnyakov, SR Baum, KN Geiszler, CF Brown, MM Valenta, and TS Vickerman. 2008. Characterization of Vadose Zone Sediment: Borehole 299-E33-45 Near BX-102 in the B-BX-BY Waste Management Area. PNNL-14083 Rev. 1, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
2007
- Brown CF, JP Icenhower, W Um, BN Bjornstad, MM Valenta, C Iovin, DC Lanigan, RE Clayton, KN Geiszler, ET Clayton, IV Kutnyakov, SR Baum, MJ Lindberg, and RD Orr. 2007. Characterization of Direct-Push Vadose Zone Sediments from the 241-B and 241-BX Tank Farms . PNNL-17162, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
- Brown CF, MM Valenta, RJ Serne, BN Bjornstad, DC Lanigan, C Iovin, RE Clayton, KN Geiszler, ET Clayton, IV Kutnyakov, SR Baum, MJ Lindberg, and RD Orr. 2007. Characterization of Direct Push Vadose Zone Sediments from the T and TY Waste Management Areas. PNNL-16649, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
- Brown CF, MM Valenta, RJ Serne, BN Bjornstad, DC Lanigan, C Iovin, RE Clayton, KN Geiszler, ET Clayton, IV Kutnyakov, SR Baum, MJ Lindberg, and RD Orr. 2007. Characterization of Direct Push Vadose Zone Sediments from the 241-U Single-Shell Tank Farm . PNNL-17163, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
- Brown CF, RJ Serne, BN Bjornstad, MM Valenta, DC Lanigan, TS Vickerman, RE Clayton, KN Geiszler, C Iovin, ET Clayton, IV Kutynakov, SR Baum, MJ Lindberg, and RD Orr. 2007. Characterization of Vadose Zone Sediments from C Waste Management Area: Investigation of the C-152 Transfer Line Leak. PNNL-15617, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
- Lei C, MM Valenta, P Saripalli, and EJ Ackerman. 2007. "Biosensing Paraoxon in Simulated Environmental Samples by Immobilized Organophosphorus Hydrolase in Functionalized Mesoporous Silica ." Journal of Environmental Quality 36(1):233-238.
- Wellman DM, EM Pierce, and MM Valenta. 2007. "Efficacy of soluble sodium tripolyphosphate amendments for the in-situ immobilisation of uranium." Environmental Chemistry 4:293-300. doi:10.1071/EN07030
2006
- Brown CF, RJ Serne, BN Bjornstad, DG Horton, DC Lanigan, RE Clayton, MM Valenta, TS Vickerman, IV Kutnyakov, KN Geiszler, SR Baum, KE Parker, and MJ Lindberg. 2006. Characterization of Vadose Zone Sediments Below the C Tank Farm: Borehole C4297 and RCRA Borehole 299-E27-22. PNNL-15503, 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.
- Pierce EM, BP McGrail, MM Valenta, and DM Strachan. 2006. "The Accelerated Weathering of a Radioactive Low-Activity Waste Glass Under Hydraulically Unsaturated Conditions: Experimental Results from a Pressurized Unsaturated Flow Test." Nuclear Technology 155(2):149-165.
2005
- Brown CF, RJ Serne, HT Schaef, BA Williams, MM Valenta, VL LeGore, MJ Lindberg, KN Geiszler, SR Baum, IV Kutnyakov, TS Vickerman, and RE Clayton. 2005. Investigation of Accelerated Casing Corrosion in Two Wells at Waste Management Area A-AX. PNNL-15141, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
- Um W, RJ Serne, BN Bjornstad, HT Schaef, CF Brown, VL Legore, KN Geiszler, SR Baum, MM Valenta, IV Kutnyakov, TS Vickerman, and MJ Lindberg. 2005. Characterization of 200-UP-1 Aquifer Sediments and Results of Sorption-Desorption Tests Using Spiked Uncontaminated Groundwater. PNNL-15502, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
2004
- Serne RJ, BN Bjornstad, DG Horton, DC Lanigan, CW Lindenmeier, MJ Lindberg, RE Clayton, VL LeGore, KN Geiszler, SR Baum, MM Valenta, IV Kutnyakov, TS Vickerman, RD Orr, and CF Brown. 2004. Characterization of Vadose Zone Sediments Below the T Tank Farm: Boreholes C4104, C4105, 299-W10-196 and RCRA Borehole 299-W11-39. PNNL-14849, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
- Serne RJ, BN Bjornstad, DG Horton, DC Lanigan, CW Lindenmeier, MJ Lindberg, RE Clayton, VL LeGore, RD Orr, IV Kutnyakov, SR Baum, KN Geiszler, MM Valenta, and TS Vickerman. 2004. Characterization of Vadose Zone Sediments Below the TX Tank Farm: Probe Holes C3830, C3831, C3832 and 299-W10-27. PNNL-14594, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
2003
- Horton DG, HT Schaef, RJ Serne, CF Brown, MM Valenta, TS Vickerman, IV Kutnyakov, SR Baum, KN Geiszler, and KE Parker. 2003. Geochemistry of Samples from Borehole C3177(299-E24-21). PNNL-14289, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
- Lindenmeier CW, RJ Serne, BN Bjornstad, GW Gee, HT Schaef, DC Lanigan, MJ Lindberg, RE Clayton, VL Legore, IV Kutnyakov, SR Baum, KN Geiszler, CF Brown, MM Valenta, TS Vickerman, and LJ Royack. 2003. Characterization of Vadose Zone Sediment: RCRA Borehole 299-E33-338 Located Near the B-BX-BY Waste Management Area. PNNL-14121, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
2002
- Lindenmeier CW, RJ Serne, BN Bjornstad, GV Last, DC Lanigan, MJ Lindberg, RE Clayton, VL Legore, IV Kutnyakov, SR Baum, KN Geiszler, MM Valenta, and TS Vickerman. 2002. Characterization of Vadose Zone Sediment: Borehole C3103 Located in the 216-B-7A Crib Near the B Tank Farm. PNNL-14128, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
- Serne RJ, BN Bjornstad, GW Gee, HT Schaef, DC Lanigan, RG Mccain, CW Lindenmeier, RD Orr, VL Legore, RE Clayton, MJ Lindberg, IV Kutnyakov, SR Baum, KN Geiszler, MM Valenta, TS Vickerman, and LJ Royack. 2002. Characterization of Vadose Zone Sediment: Borehole 299-E33-46 Near Tank B-110 in the B-BX-BY Waste Management Area. . PNNL-14119, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
- Serne RJ, GV Last, GW Gee, HT Schaef, DC Lanigan, CW Lindenmeier, MJ Lindberg, RE Clayton, VL Legore, RD Orr, IV Kutnyakov, SR Baum, KN Geiszler, CF Brown, MM Valenta, and TS Vickerman. 2002. Characterization of Vadose Zone Sediment: Borehole 299-E33-45 Near BX-102 in the B-BX-BY Waste Management Area. PNNL-14083, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
2001
- Hartshorn DC, SP Reidel, AC Rohay, and MM Valenta. 2001. Hanford Seismic Annual Report for Fiscal Year 2000. PNNL-11557-16, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
- Hartshorn DC, SP Reidel, AC Rohay, and MM Valenta. 2001. First Quarter Hanford Seismic Report for Fiscal Year 2001. PNNL-11557-17, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
- Hartshorn DC, SP Reidel, AC Rohay, and MM Valenta. 2001. Second and Third Quarter Hanford Seismic Report for Fiscal Year 2001 . PNNL-11557-18, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
- Hartshorn DC, SP Reidel, AC Rohay, and MM Valenta. 2001. Annual Hanford Seismic Report For Fiscal Year 2001. PNNL-11557-19, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
- Reidel SP, DG Horton, and MM Valenta. 2001. Geologic and Wireline Borehole Summary from the Second ILAW Borehole (299-E24-21). PNNL-13652, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
2000
- Valenta MM, MB Martin, JR Moreno, RM Ferri, DG Horton, and SP Reidel. 2000. Particle Size Distribution Data From Existing Boreholes at the Immobilized Low-Activity Waste Site. PNNL-13328, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.