Biays Bowerman

Building 830 – P.O. Box 5000
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Upton,NY 1197

Telephone: (631) 344-2946
Fax: (631)344-4486
Email: Bowerman@bnl.gov

Employment

Chemist 1982 to Present

Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY
Energy, Environmental, and National Security Directorate

• Environmental Research & Technology Division (1992 to 2002)
  Manager of ASTD Field Lab for Environmental Management Directorate, responsible for operations and quality (Feb 2002 to present).
• Supervisor of Gamma Irradiation Facility, responsible for operations and safety (1992 to 1999).  This facility, used for radiation damage studies, contained 28,000 Curies of cobalt-60, when it was decommissioned in March, 2001.
• Research and development in materials science, environmental chemistry, and chemical engineering:
  • Prepare technical safety reviews on manufacture of dye-sensitized TiO2 photovoltaic production.
  • Conducting studies to improve the treatment of mercury and mercury-contaminated materials.
  • Evaluating liquid treatment processes for a radioactive waste facility in Murmansk, Russia.
  • Preparing waste management plans for an on-site environmental restoration project.
  • Evaluating and validating data from on-site environmental monitoring activities.
  • Planning, documenting and executing radiation damage experiments.
  • Developed test program for polymer aging in nuclear power plant electric cables.

Reactor Systems Division (1990 to 1992)
Conducted experimental studies of uranium/graphite materials and carbides as part of an advanced uranium fuel development program. (Obtained Q clearance, which was rescinded when program was completed.)

Nuclear Waste and Materials Technology Division (1982 to 1990)
Provided technical assistance, including laboratory studies, to Nuclear Regulatory Commission in various projects: treatment of decontamination wastes, determination of chemical form of tritium in self-luminous signs, biodegradation of ion-exchange media, and evaluation of test methods for determining long-term stability of solidified low-level radioactive waste.

Adjunct Professor (1999)
Long Island University, Southampton College Campus Southampton, NY
Environment Chemistry Instructor

Post-Doctoral Fellow (1980 to 82)
University of Birmingham Birmingham, England
Conducted research on neutron scattering of palladium deuteride and intermetallic hydrides.

Education

• Ph.D., Physical Chemistry 1980
  University of Vermont
  Burlington, VT
  
  Thesis: Thermodynamic Investigation of the Pd/H and LaNi₅/H Systems
  
• B.A., Chemistry 1971-1975
  University of Maryland, Baltimore County
  Catonsville, MD

Professional Societies

• American Chemical Society
• ASM, International
  Chairman, Executive Committee of Local Long Island Chapter

Recent Publications & Reports

J.W. Adams, B.S. Bowerman, P.D. Kalb, “Sulfur Polymer Stabilization/Solidifications (SPSS) Treatability of Simulated Mixed-Waste Merury-Contaminated Sludge,” in Proceedings, Waste Management ‘02, Tucson AZ, February, 2002.

Carl Czajkowski, Robert S. Dyer, Anita A. Sörlie, Biays S. Bowerman, Ella Barnes, “The Murmansk Initiative - RF: Successful Completion of Construction – Next Step: Acceptance Testing,” in Proceedings, Waste Management ‘01, Tucson AZ, February, 2001.

B.S. Bowerman, D. Moore, and P. Sullivan, “Decommissioning the Brookhaven National Laboratory Building 830 Gamma Irradiation Facility,” in Proceedings, Waste Management ‘01, Tucson AZ, February, 2001.

C.J. Czajkowski, B.S. Bowerman, T.C. Roberts, and C. Neal, Metallurgical Evaluation of a Safe End Weld,Materials Characterization, 43, 347 (1999).

Czajkowski, C.J., B.S. Bowerman, A.A. Sorlie, D. Wester, and R. Dyer, The Murmansk Initiative - RF: Completing Construction and Start-Up Testing in Proceedings, Waste Management >99, Tucson AZ, March, 1999.

B.S. Bowerman, M. Cowgill, J. Heiser, and P. Moskowitz, “Building 830 Gamma Irradiation Facility, Evaluations of Options for Its Future Disposition,” Brookhaven National Laboratory, Informal Report BNL-67519, September 1998.

B.S. Bowerman, Remedial Action 6, Chemical and Animal Holes Project: Waste Management Plan, Appendix D to Integrated Management Plan for Remedial Action 6, Environmental Restoration Division, Brookhaven National Laboratory, June 1997.

B.S. Bowerman, "Technical Evaluation Report: Waste Form Qualification Program. Cement Solidification of THOREX Wash Liquid with Type V Portland Cement; West Valley Demonstration Project," prepared for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, August 1995.

B.S. Bowerman, C.J. Czajkowski, T.C. Roberts, "Examination of a Bolt with Boric Acid Attack from Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station," prepared for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, February 1995.

E.M. Franz, M. Fuhrmann, B. Bowerman, S. Bates, and R. Peters, "Proposed Waste Form Performance Criteria and Testing Methods for Low-Level Mixed Waste," BNL-52436, DOE/MWIP-30, 1994.

C.J. Czajkowski, B.S. Bowerman, M. Schuster, T. Roberts, L. Milian, "Metallurgical Evaluation of Weld Overlaid Pipe Sections from Brunswick Unit 2 Nuclear Power Station," NUREG/CR-5885, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1992.

B.S. Bowerman and C.J. Czajkowski, "Determination of the Chemical Form of Tritium in Self-Luminous Signs," NUREG/CR-5574, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1990.

B.S. Bowerman, "Summary of Working Group 4 Discussions: Waste Characterization, Solidification Process Control Program," in Proceedings of Workshop on Cement Stabilization of Low-Level Radioactive Waste," U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, NUREG/CP-0103, 1989.

B.S. Bowerman and B. Siskind, "Evaluation of Solidification of Decontaminated Tank 8D2 Supernatant at West Valley Demonstration Project," WM-3175-1, 1988.

B.S. Bowerman, J.H. Clinton, and S.R. Cowdery, "Biodegradation of Ion-Exchange Media: Topical Report," NUREG/CR-5221, 1988.

B. Siskind, B.S. Bowerman, C.R. Kempf, P.L. Piciulo, "Evaluation of Potential Mixed Wastes Containing Lead, Chromium, Used Oil or Organic Liquids," NUREG/CR-4730, 1987.

R.E. Barletta, B.S. Bowerman, and C.E. Shea, "Biodegradation Testing of Bitumen," in Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management X, MRS Symposia Proceedings, Vol. 84, pp.399-405, 1987.

B.S. Bowerman and B. Siskind, "Verification and Update of BNL Survey of Low-Level Waste Generators," WM-3173-2, 1987.

D.R. MacKenzie, B. Siskind, B. S. Bowerman, P.L. Piciulo, "Some Considerations in the Evaluation of Concrete as a Structural Material for Alternative Low-Level Waste Disposal Technologies," (BNL-NUREG-39315) in Proceedings, Waste Management '87, Tucson, AZ, 1987.

B. Siskind, B.S. Bowerman, C.R. Kempf, and P.L. Piciulo, "Evaluation of Potential Mixed Wastes Containing Lead, Chromium, Used Oil or Organic Liquids,"(BNL-NUREG-39319) Proceedings, Waste Management '87, Tucson, AZ, 1987.

B.S. Bowerman and B. Siskind, "Verification and Update of BNL Mixed Waste Survey," (BNL-NUREG-40094) in Proceedings of the Ninth Annual DOE Low-Level Waste Management Forum, Denver, CO, 1987.

D.R. MacKenzie, B. Siskind, B.S. Bowerman, and P.L. Piciulo, "Preliminary Assessment of the Performance of Concrete as a Structural Material for Alternative Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Technologies," NUREG/CR-4714, 1986.

B.S. Bowerman and P.L. Piciulo, "Technical Considerations Affecting Preparation of Ion-Exchange Resins for Disposal," NUREG/CR-4601, 1986.

B.S. Bowerman, R.E. Davis, and B. Siskind, "Document Review Regarding Hazardous Characteristics of Low-Level Waste," NUREG/CR-4433, 1986.

C.R. Kempf, D.R. MacKenzie, and B.S. Bowerman, "Management of Radioactive Mixed Wastes in Commercial Low-Level Wastes: Draft Report for Comment," NUREG/CR-4450, 1986.

B.S. Bowerman, C.R. Kempf, D.R. MacKenzie, B. Siskind, and P.L. Piciulo, "An Analysis of Low-Level Wastes: Review of Hazardous Waste Regulations and Identification of Radioactive Mixed Wastes," NUREG/CR-4406, 1985.

B.S. Bowerman, K.J. Swyler, D.R. Dougherty, R.E. Davis, B. Siskind, and R.E. Barletta, "An Evaluation of the Stability Tests Recommended in the Branch Technical Position on Waste Forms and Container Materials," NUREG/CR-3829, 1985.

M.S. Davis, P.L. Piciulo, B.S. Bowerman, L. Milian, and L. Nicolosi, The Impact of LWR Decontaminations on Solidification, Waste Disposal, and Associated Occupational Exposure, Annual Report, FY 1984, NUREG/CR-3444, Vol. 2, 1985.

T.B. Flanagan, C.A. Wulff, and B.S. Bowerman, "Thermodynamics of Hydrogen Trapping in Intermetallic Compounds: Applications to LaNi₅," J. Solid State Chem., 34, 215, 1980.

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