T. H. Pigford
Professor Emeritus

Date of initial appointment:

1959

Education

Sc.D. (Chem. Eng.) M.I.T. 1952

Field of specialization and areas of interest

Nuclear Reactor design, nuclear safety, nuclear fuel cycles, nuclear chemical engineering, radioactive waste management.

Five recent significant research publications

J. Ahn, T. H. Pigford, P. L. Chambré, "Radionuclide Transport From Cylindrical Waste Solid Into Fractured Rock", Proc. 1988 Fall Meeting of the Atomic Energy Society of Japan, Vol. 2, p. 180, 1988.

T. H. Pigford, P. L. Chambré, and W. W.-L. Lee, "Mass Transfer and Transport in Geologic Repositories: Analytic Studies and Applications", Radioactive Waste Management and the Nuclear Fuel Cycle, Vol. 13 (1-4), 241-262, 1989.

T. H. Pigford, P. L. Chambré, and W. W.-L. Lee, "Predicting the Transport of Contaminants in Geologic Media," Proc. 5th Topical Meeting on Nuclear Code Development, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, October 1988.

Y. Hwang, P. L. Chambré, T. H. Pigford, and W. W.-L. Lee, "Brine Migration in a Salt Repository", Nuclear Technology, 90, 205-214, May 1990.

J. Ahn, P. L. Chambre and T. H. Pigford, "Transient Diffusion from a Waste Solid into Fractured Porous Rock", Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc., 56, 173, 1988.

Recent consulting, industrial employment or other non-university activity

Consultant to Electric Power Research Institute
Energy and Engineering Board, National Research Council
Oversight Committee on Nuclear Plant Operations, Sacramento Municipal Utility District
Consultant to Pacific Northwest Laboratory, Battelle Memorial Institute
Peer Review Committee, National Academy of Engineering
Associate Director at Large, Los Alamos National Laboratory (1988-1990)
Consultant, Los Alamos National Laboratory, (1991-Present)
Consultant, Jupiter Corporation, (1991-Present)
Member, University of Chicago Science and Technical Advisory Comittee for Argonne National Laboratory (1990-Present)
Member, Nuclear Safety Research Review Committee, Nuclear Regulatory Commission (1987-90).

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