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Kent Orlandini
Environmental Research Division
Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne, IL 60439

phone: (630) 252-4236
FAX: (630) 252-9793
 

Papers published in peer-reviewed journals
 

  1. Buchanan, R.F., J.P. Faris, K.A. Orlandini, and J.F. Hughes, "The Analytical Application of the Nitric Acid Anion Exchange System to Plutonium-Fission and Plutonium Binary Alloys Used in Metallurgical Studies, "in Reactor Fuel Measurement Techniques, Symposium held at Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, June 1958, Report TID-7560, pp. 179-188 (1959).
     
  2. Wahlgren M.A., and K.A. Orlandini, "Determination of Germanium in Mineral Specimens by Neutron Activation Analysis," in Proceedings of the 6th Conference on Analytical Chemistry in Nuclear Reactor Technology, Gatlinburg, Tennessee, October 1962, Report TID-7655,pp. 53-60 (1962).
     
  3. Wing, J., M.A. Wahlgren, C.M. Stevens, and K.A. Orlandini, "Carrier-Free Separation of Titanium and Half-Life Determination of 44Ti," J. Inorg. Nucl. Chern. 27:487-491 (1965).
     
  4. Orlandini, K.A., M.A. Wahlgren, and J. Barclay, "Solvent Extraction Studies with a Hydrochloric Acid - 2-Ethylhexanol System," Anal. Chern. 37:1148'-1151 (1965).
     
  5. Porter, F.T., M.S. Freedman, F. Wagner, Jr., and K.A. Orlandini, "Low-Intensity Branches in the 45Ti Decay," Phys. Rev. 146:774-780 (1966).
     
  6. Horwitz, E.P., K.A. Orlandini, and C.A. Bloomquist, "The Separation of Americium and Curium by Extraction Chromatography Using a High Molecular Weight Quaternary Ammonium Nitrate," Inor. Nucl. Chern. LeU. 2:87-91 (1966).
     
  7. Horwitz, E.P., C.A. Bloomquist, K.A. Orlandini, and DJ. Henderson, "The Separation of Milligram Quantities of Americium and Curium by Extraction Chromatography," Radiochim. Acta 8:127-132 (1967).
     
  8. Musich, J.R., K.A. Orlandini, and J. Korkisch, "The Separation of Uranium from its Fission Products by Combined Ion Exchange-Solvent Extraction," Argonne National Laboratory Report No. ANL-7401, 12 pp. (1968).
     
  9. Orlandini, K.A. and J. Korkisch, "Anion Exchange Behavior of Transplutonium Elements and Lanthanides in Hydrochloric Acid-Organic Solvent Mixtures," Argonne National Laboratory Report No. ANL- 7415, 12 pp. (1968).
     
  10. Korkisch, J. and K.A. Orlandini, "Separation of Traces of Metal Ions from Sodium Matrices," Argonne National Laboratory Report No. ANL- 7421, 7 pp. (1968).
     
  11. Korkisch, J. and K.A. Orlandini, "Selective Cation Exchange Separation of Carrier-Free Cesium-137 and Sodium-22," Anal. Chern. 40:1127-1130 (1968).
     
  12. Orlandini, K.A. and J. Korkisch, "Cation Exchange Separation of Scandium from the Rare Earth Elements," Sep. Sci. 3:255-263 (r968).
     
  13. Korkisch, J.A. and K.A. Orlandini, "Cation Exchange Separation of Thorium from Rare Earths and Other Elements in Methanol-Nitric Acid Medium Containing Triocty1phosphine Oxide," Anal. Chern. 40: 1952-1955 (1968).
     
  14. Orlandini, K.A. and J. Korkisch, "Cation-Exchange Separations in Organic Solvent-Dithizone Media," Anal. Chern. Acta 43:459-463 (1968).
     
  15. Orlandini, K A., "Cation Exchange Separation of Scandium from Rare Earths in Oxalic Acid Media," Inor. Nucl. Chern. LeU. 5:325-331 (1969).
     
  16. Korkisch, J. and K.A. Orlandini, "Cation Exchange Separation of Hafnium and Zirconium from Accompanying Metal !ons," Ta1anta 16:45-49 (1969).
     
  17. Wa1l1gren, M.A., K.A. Orlandini, and J. Korkisch, "Specific Cation-Exchange Separation of Nickel," Anal. Chim. Acta 52:551-553 (1970).
     
  18. Masino, A.P., K.A. Orlandini, S. Fried, and D. Cohen, "Anion-Exchange Separations of Neptunium from Uranium and Thorium in Basic Solution," Argonne National Laboratory Report No. ANL-7751, 12 pp. (1970).
     
  19. Wahlgren, M.A., J.J. Alberts, D.M. Nelson, and K.A. Orlandini, "Study of the Behavior of Transuranics and Possible Chemical Homo1ogues in Lake Michigan Water and Biota," in Transuranium Nuclides in the Environment, International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, IAEA-SM-199/44, pp. 9-24 (1976).
     
  20. Wahlgren, M.A., K.A. Orlandini, and J. Barclay, "Solvent Extraction Studies with a Hydrochloric Acid 1-Ethy1hexano1 System," 148th Chemical Society Meeting Chicago, Illinois, Abstracts, p. 6-B (1964).
     
  21. Porter, F.T., M.S. Freedman, F. Wagner, and K.A. Orlandini "Weak Transitions in Decay of3.1-h 45Ti (b+)," Bull. Am Phys. Soc. 10:1116 (1965).
     
  22. Wing, J., M.A. Wahlgren and K.A. Orlandini, "Preparation of Carrier-Free 207Bi for Beta Ray Spectrometry," Int. J. Appl. Radiat. Isotop. 17:132 (1966).
     
  23. Alberts, J.J., R.N. Muller, K.A. Orlandini, and D. Warner, "The Distribution of Plutonium and Americium Among Sedimentary Particle Size Fractions and Chemical Phases of Estuarine Sediments," 41st Annual Meeting of the American Society of Limnology and Oceanography, Abstract, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
     
  24. Fried, S., A.M. Friedman, E. Callis, F. Schreiner, J. Hines, K. Orlandini, D.M. Nelson, and E. Olsen, "Enrichment of235U and Concentrations of239Pu in Volcanic Samples," Nature 313:301-303 (1985).
     
  25. Nelson, D.M. and K.A. Orlandini, "The Role of Natural Dissolved Organic Compounds in Determining the Concentrations of Americium in Natural Waters," In Speciation of Fission and Activation Products in the Environment R.A. Bulman and J.R. Cooper, Eds., Elsevier Applied Science, London (1986).
     
  26. Alberts, J.1., D.M. Nelson, and K.A. Orlandini, "239, 240Pu, 241_, and 232Th in Lakes: The Effects of Seasonal Anoxia," J. Environ. Radioactivity 4: 167-176 (1986).
     
  27. Alberts, J.J., J.E. Halverson, and K.A. Orlandini, "The Distribution of Plutonium, Americium, and Curium Isotopes in Pond and Stream Sediments ofthe Savannah River Plant, South Carolina, USA," J. Environ. Radioactivity 3:249-271 (1986).
     
  28. Orlandini K.A., W.R. Penrose, and D.M. Nelson, "Pu(V) as the Stable Form of Oxidized Plutonium in Natural Waters," Marine Chemistry 18:49-57 (1986).
     
  29. Alberts, J.1., J.W. Bowling, and K.A. Orlandini, "The Effect of Seasonal Anoxia on the Distribution ofthe Radionuclides 238Pu, 239,240Pu, 241Am, 244Cm, and 137Cs in Pond Systems of the Southeastern United States," OHER Symposium on Environmental Research for Actinide Elements, pp. 371-390, DOE 86008713 (1987).
     
  30. Nelson, D.M., K.A. Orlandini, and W.R. Penrose, "Oxidation States of Plutonium in Carbonate-Rich Natural Waters," J. Environ. Radioactivity 9:189- 198 (1989).
     
  31. Alberts, J.1., M.A. Wahlgren, K.A. Orlandini,and C.A. Durbahn, "The Distributions of 239,240Pu, 238Pu, 241Am, and 137Cs among Chemically Defined Components of Sediments, Settling Particulates, and Net Plankton of Lake Michigan," J. Environ. Radioactivity 9:89-103 (1989).
     
  32. Penrose, W.R., W.L. Polzer, E.H. Essington, D.M. Nelson, and KA. Orlandini, "Mobility of Plutonium and Americium Through a Shallow Aquifer in a Semiarid Region," Environ. Sci. Technol. 24:228-234 (1990).
     
  33. Orlandini, KA., W.R. Penrose, B.R. Harvey, M.B. Lovett, and M.W. Findlay, "Colloidal Behavior of Actinides in an Oligotrophic Lake," Environ. Sci. Technol. 24:706-7 12 (1990).
     
  34. Marley, N.A., J.S. Gaftney, KA. Orlandini, and C.P.M. Dugue, "An Evaluation of an Automated Hollow-Fiber Ultrafiltration Apparatus for the Isolation of Colloidal Materials in Natural Waters," Hydrological Processes 5 291-299 (1991).
     
  35. Orlandini, K.A., J.S. Gaftney, and N.A. Marley, "Improved Method for Analysis of Radium in Natural Waters," Radiochimica Acta 55:205-207 (1991).
     
  36. Marley, N.A., J.S. Gaftney, K.A. Orlandini, KC. Picel, and G.R. Choppin, "Chemical Characterization of Size-fractionated Humic and Fulvic Materials in Aqueous Samples," The Science of the Total Environment 113 159-177 (1992).
     
  37. Gaftney, J.S., N.A. Marley, and KA. Orlandini, "Evidence for Thorium Isotopic Disequilibria due to Organic Complexationin Natural Waters" Environ. Sci. Tech. 26 1248-1250 (1992).
     
  38. Pinder III, J.E., J.J. Alberts, J.W. Bowling, D.M. Nelson, and KA. Orlandini, "The Annual Cycle of Plutonium in the Water Column of a Warm, Monomictic Reservoir," Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 1759-81 (1992).
     
  39. Edgington, D.N., M.P.- Gustin, E. Karabanov, K.A. Orlandini and R.H. Hezler, "Behavior of Uranium and Thorium in Lake Baikal", EOS 73, 198 (1992).
     
  40. Marley, N.A., J.S. Gaftney, KA. Orlandini and M. Cunningham "Evidence for Radionuclide Transport and Mobilization in a Shallow Sandy Aquifer," Environ. Sci. Technol. 27, No. 122456-2461 (1993).
     
  41. Gaftney, J.S., N.A. Marley, and KA. Orlandini, "Characterization of Colloidal and Macromolecular Material in a Forced-flow Injection Experiment in a Shallow Sandy Aquifer," Environ. Sci. Tech. 242456-246 1 (1993).
     
  42. Gaffney, J.S., KA. Orlandini, N.A. Marley, and C.J. Popp, "Measurements of Be-7 and Pb-210 in Rain, Snow, and Hail," Journal Applied Meteorology, Vol. 33, No.7, July 1994.
     
  43. Kaplan, D.l., P.M. Bertsch, D.C. Adriano, and KA. Orlandini, "Actinide Association with Ground Water Colloids in a Coastal Plain Aquifer". Radiochimica Acta 66-67, 181-187 (1994).
     
  44. Erickson, M.D., J. H. Aldstadt, J.S. Alvarado, J.S. Cram, K.A. Orlandini and LL Smith "Radio analytical Method development", Journal of Hazardous Materials, Vol. 41, 35 1-358 (1995).
     
  45. Alvarado, J., K.A. Orlandini and M.D. Erickson, "Rapid Determination of Radium Isotopes by Alpha-Spectrometry", Journal of Radio analytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Vol. 194, No.1, 163-172 (1995).
     
  46. Edgington, D.M., J.A. Robbins, M. P-Gustin, K.A. Orlandini, S.c. Colman, M.A. Grachev, and Y. Likhoshway, "Uranium-Series Disequilibrium, Sedimentation, Diatom Frustules, and Paleoclimate Change in Lake Baikal", Earth and Planetary Science Letters, Vol. 142, 29-42 (1996).
     
  47. Smith., LL, K.A. Orlandini, J.S. Alvarado, K.M. Hoffinann, D.C. Seely, and R.T. Shannon, "Application of EmporeTM Strontium Rad Disks to the Analysis of Radiostrontium in Environmental Water Samples" Radiochimica; Acta, 73, 165-170 (1996). '
     
  48. Smith, LL, K.A. Orlandini, J.S. Alvarado, K.M. Hoffinann, D.C. Seely, and R.T. Shannon, "Rapid Determination of Radiostrontium using EmporeTM Strontium Rad Disks", DOE/EM-0089T, Method RP515, DOE Methods for Evaluating Environmental and Waste Management Samples (Sept. 1996).
     
  49. Edgington, D.N., J.A. Robbins, S.M. Colman, K.A. Orlandini, M.-P. Gustin, J.V. Klump, LZ. Granina, "Reply to the Comment by R. Anderson on "Uranium­series disequilibrium, sedimentation, diatom frustules, and paleoclimate change in Lake Baikal", Earth and Planetary Science Letters 148,399-404, (1997).
     
  50. Gaffney, J.S., N.A. Marley, and S.B. Clark, eds., "Humic/Fulvic Acids and Organic Colloidal Materials in the Environment", ACS Symposium Series 651, American Chemical Society, 'Washington, D.C., pp.26-41, (1996).
     
  51. T.M. Beasley., J.M. Kelley, K.A. Orlandini, LA. Bond, A. Aarkrog, A.P. Trapeznikov, and V.N. Pozolotina, "Isotopic Pu, U and Np Signatures in Soils from Semipalatinks-21 Kazakh Republic and the Southern Urals, Russia", J. Environ. Radioactivity, 39, No.2, 215-230, (1998)
     
  52. Lee, S.C., K.A. Orlandini, J. Webb, D. Schoep, T. Kirchner, and D.J. Fingleton, "Measurement of Baseline Atmospheric Plutonium-239, 240 and Americium-241 in the Vicinity of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant", Journal of Analytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Vol. 234, Nos. 1-2,267-272 (1998).
     
  53. Smith, LL, J.S. Alvarado, K.A Orlandini, K.M. Hoffmann, D.C. Seely and R.T. Shannon, "Radiostrontium Analysis Using Sorbent Disks" in Current Protocols in Field Analytical Chemistry, Lopez-Avila, V. et al eds., J. Wiley & Sons, Inc. (1998).
     
  54. Whicker, F.W., T.G. Hinton, K.A Orlandini, S.B. Clark, "Uptake of natural and anthropogenic actinides in vegetable crops grown on a contaminated lake bed," J. Environ. Radioactivity, 45, 1-12 (1999).
     
  55. Marley, N.A., J.S. Gaffuey, K.A. Orlandini, P.J. Drayton and M.M. Cunningham, "An Improved Method for the Separation of2IOBi and 210PO from 2IOPb by Using Solid-Phase Extraction Disk Membranes," Radiochimica Acta, 85, 71-78, (1999).
     
  56. Cooper, LW., J. M. Kelley, LA. Bond, K. A. Orlandini and J. M. G_ebmeir, "Sources of the transuranic elements plutonium and neptunium in arctic marine sediments," Marine Chemistry, Vol. 69, pp.253-276 (2000).
     
  57. Tsapin, AL, M.G. Goldfeld, G.D., McDonald, K.H. Nealson, B. Moskovits, P. Solheid, K.M. Kemner, S.D. Kelly and K.A. Orlandini, "Iron (VI): Hypotheitical Candidate for the Martian Oxidant," Icarus, 147,68-78, (2000).
     
  58. N. A Marley, J. S. Gaffney, P. 1. Drayton, M.M. Cunningham, K. A. Orlandini and R. Paode, "Measurement of2IOPb, 210pO, and 21oBi in Size-fractionated Times", Aerosol Science and Technology, Vol. 32, pp. 569-583 (2000).
     
  59. Robbins, J.A, C. Holmes, R. Halley, M. Bothner, E. Shinn, J. Graney, G. Keeler, M. tenBrink, K.A Orlandini, and D. Rudnick, "Time averaged fluxes of lead and fallout radionuclides to sediments in Florida Bay". J. Geophys. Res. 105,28,805-28,821, No. C12 (2000). 
     
  60. Kemner, K.M., S.D. Kelly, K.A Orlandini, A.l. Tsapin, M.G. Goldfeld, Y.D. Perfiliev and K.H. Nealson, "XAS investigations ofFe(VI)", J. Synchrotron Rad, 8, 949-951, (2001).