Rich Lab, 342 Computer Court
Anderson, SC 29625
864.656.5569
fjeld@clemson.edu
M.S. Nuclear Engineering, Minor in Air Pollution, The Pennsylvania State University, 1973
B.S. Nuclear Engineering, North Carolina State University, 1970
Professional Registration: Professional Engineer, Texas, 1979, No. 44179
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In general, his research activities have focused on the transport and measurement of radionuclides in the environment. Current research projects include the development of a technique for measuring radionuclides in environmental and waste samples, studies on the behavior and sub-surface transport of radionuclides at Department of Energy sites, and the use of risk assessment in environmental decision-making. He has been teaching Environmental Risk Assessment at the graduate level for more than 15 years and has developed a set of instructional materials in the subject. In 2007 he was the lead author of a textbook, Environmental Risk Analysis for Human Health, based on the instructional materials he developed for the course.
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EE&S 880 Environmental Risk Assessment
Roane, J.E., DeVol, T.A., Leyba, J.D., and Fjeld, R.A., "The Use of extraction chromatography resins to concentrate actinides and strontium from soil for radiochromatographic analyses," J Environ Radioactiv 66, 227-245, 2003.
Fjeld, R.A., Serkiz, S.M., McGinnis, P.L., Elci, A., and Kaplan, D.I. "Evaluation of a conceptual model for the subsurface transport of plutonium involving surface mediated reduction of Pu(V) to PU(IV),” J Contam Hydrol 67, 79-94, 2003.
Hull, L.C., Grossman, C., Fjeld, R.A., and Elzerman, A.W., "Hybrid empirical - theoretical approach to modeling uranium adsorption" App Geochem 19, 721-736, May 2004.
Kaplan D.I., Powell, B.A., Demirkanli, D.I., Fjeld, R.A., Molz, F.J., Serkiz S.M., and Coates, J.T " “Influence of oxidation states on plutonium mobility during long-term transport through an unsaturated subsurface environment,” Env Sci Technol 38, 5053- 5058, 2004.
Powell, B.A., Fjeld R.A., Kaplan D.I., Coates J.T., Serkiz S.M. “Pu(V)O2 adsorption and reduction on synthetic magnetite (Fe2O3),” Env Sci Technol 38, 6016-6024, 2004.
Fjeld, R.A., DeVol, T.A., Leyba, J.D. and Paulenova, A., "Measurement of radionuclides using ion chromatography and on-line radiation detection," J Radioanal Nucl Chem 263(3), March, 2005.
Powell B.A., Fjeld R.A., Kaplan D.I., Coates J.T., and Serkiz S.M., “Pu(V)O2+ adsorption and reduction on synthetic Goethite (-FeOOH) and Hematite (-Fe2O3),” Env Sci Technol, 39, 2107-2114, 2005.
Kaplan, D.I., Demirkanli, D.I., Gumapas, L., Powell, B.A., Fjeld, R.A., Molz, F.J., and Serkiz, S.M. “11-year field study of Pu migration from Pu III, IV, and VI sources,” Env Sci Technol 40(2), 443-448, 2006.
Powell, B.A., Duff, M.C., Kaplan, D.I., Fjeld, R.A., Newville, M., Hunter, D.B., Bertsch. P.M., Coates, J.T., Eng, P., Rivers, M.L., Serkiz, S.M., Sutton, S.R., Triay, I.R., Vaniman, D.T., “Plutonium oxidation and subsequent reduction by Mn(IV) minerals in Yucca Mt. Tuff,” Env Sci Technol 40(11), 3508-3514, 2006.
Kaplan, D.I., Powell, B.A., Gumapas, L., Coates, J.T., Fjeld, R.A., “Influence of pH on plutonium desorption/solubilization from sediment Env Sci Technol 40(19), 5937- 5942, 2006.
Demirkanli, D.I., Molz, F.J., Kaplan, D.I., Fjeld, R.A., and Serkiz, S.M., “Modeling Long-Term Plutonium Transport in the Savannah River Site Vadose Zone,” Vadose Zone J 6, 344-353, 2007.
Kaplan, D.I., Powell, B.A.,Duff, M., Demirkanli, D.I., Denham, M., Fjeld, R.A., Molz, F.J., “Plutonium source solubility and oxidation state transformations in vadose zone sediments,” Env Sci Technol, 41(21), 7417-7423, 2007.
Carver, A.M., Hinton, T.G., Fjeld, R.A., and Kaplan, D.I., "Reduced plant uptake of 137Cs grown in illite-amended sediments", Water, Air, and Soil Pollution, 185, 225-263, 2007.
Provost Research Award, Clemson University (1996)
Fellow, Health Physics Society (2005)