Diana Bacon

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PO Box 999
Richland, WA 99352
Diana.Bacon@pnl.gov

Biography

Dr. Bacon has 20 years of experience in vadose zone hydrology and geochemistry. She has been a research scientist at PNNL since May, 1986, and was promoted to her current position of senior research scientist in May, 1997. Dr. Bacon is currently supporting the development of STOMP-CO2 for a CO2 Sequestration pilot project at the Mountaineer Site. In support of the Hanford Tank Low-activity Waste Glass Performance Assessment, Dr. Bacon has developed and applied a coupled nonisothermal, multiphase flow and reactive transport simulator, STORM, which runs in parallel on the EMSL supercomputers. STORM simulates the chemical weathering of many types of buried waste forms in the vadose zone, including grout, glass, steam reformer, and ceramic.

Research Interests

Carbon sequestration
Parallel computing
Multiphase flow and reactive transport in the vadose zone
Carbon cycling in the vadose zone
Performance assessment of radioactive waste sites

Education and Credentials

Ph.D., Geology, Washington State University, 1997
M.S., Hydrology, New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology, Hydrology, Socorro, 1986
B.S., Geology, George Mason University, 1983

Affiliations and Professional Service

American Geophysical Union
Geological Society of America
Materials Research Society

Selected Publications

2008

Ward AL, M Oostrom, and DH Bacon. 2008. Experimental and Numerical Investigations of Soil Desiccation for Vadose Zone Remediation: Report for Fiscal Year 2007. PNNL-17274, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
Wellman DM, EM Pierce, DH Bacon, M Oostrom, KM Gunderson, SM Webb, CC Bovaird, EA Cordova, ET Clayton, KE Parker, RM Ermi, SR Baum, VR Vermeul, and JS Fruchter. 2008. 300 Area Treatability Test: Laboratory Development of Polyphosphate Remediation Technology for In Situ Treatment of Uranium Contamination in the Vadose Zone and Capillary Fringe. PNNL-17818, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.

2006

Bacon DH, MD White, N Gupta, JR Sminchak, and ME Kelley. 2006. "Assessment of CO2 Injection Potential and Monitoring Well Location at the Mountaineer Power Plant Site." In 8th International Conference on Greenhouse Gas Control Technologies: GHGT-8, 19-22 June, 2006, Trondheim, Norway , p. 6 pages. Elsevier Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Bacon DH, EM Pierce, DM Wellman, DM Strachan, and GB Josephson. 2006. Corrosion of Metal Inclusions In Bulk Vitrification Waste Packages. PNNL-15947, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
Ojovan MI, W Lee, A Barinov, IV Startsceva, DH Bacon, BP McGrail, and JD Vienna. 2006. "Corrosion of low level vitrified radioactive waste in a loamy soil." Glass Technology 47(2):48-55.

2005

Bacon DH, and BP McGrail. 2005. Waste Form Release Calculations for the 2005 Integrated Disposal Facility Performance Assessment. PNNL-15198, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
Freedman VL, KP Saripalli, DH Bacon, and PD Meyer. 2005. "Implementation of Biofilm Permeability Models for Mineral Reactions in Saturated Porous Media." Computers & Geosciences 31(8):968-977.

2004

Bacon DH, MD White, and BP McGrail. 2004. Subsurface Transport Over Reactive Multiphases (STORM): A Parallel, Coupled, Nonisothermal Multiphase Flow, Reactive Transport, and Porous Medium Alteration Simulator, Version 3.0. PNNL-14783, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
Freedman VL, P Saripalli, DH Bacon, and PD Meyer. 2004. "A Film Depositional Model of Permeability for Mineral Reactions in Unsaturated Media." Vadose Zone Journal (3):1414-1424.

2003

Bacon DH, and BP McGrail. 2003. "Lessons Learned From Reactive Transport Modeling of a Low-Activity Waste Glass Disposal System." Computers & Geosciences 29(2003):361-370.
Bacon DH, and BP McGrail. 2003. "Waste Form Release Calculations for Performance Assessment of the Hanford Immobilized Low-Activity Waste Disposal Facility Using a Parallel, Coupled Unsaturated Flow and Reactive Transport Simulator." In 26th Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, vol. 757, ed. Robert J. Finch and Daniel B. Bullen, pp. 43-48. Materials Research Society, Warrendale, PA.
Bacon DH, MI Ojovan, BP McGrail, N Ojovan, and IV Startsceva. 2003. "Vitrified Waste Corrosion Rates From Field Experiment and Reactive Transport Modeling." In 9th International Conference on Radioactive Waste Management and Environmental Remediation, vol. 2, ed. Gary Benda and Fred Sheil, pp. 803-809. American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Oxford, England.
McGrail BP, DH Bacon, RJ Serne, and EM Pierce. 2003. A Strategy to Assess Performance of Selected Low-Activity Waste Forms in an Integrated Disposal Facility. PNNL-14362, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.

2002

Bacon DH, and BP McGrail. 2002. Effect of Design Changes On Remote Handled Trench Waste Form Release Calculations. PNNL-13947, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
Bacon DH, BP McGrail, VL Freedman, G Ventura, PN Risoluti, and KM Krupka. 2002. "Performance Assessment of Low-Level Waste Disposal Facilities Using Coupled Unsaturated Flow and Reactive Transport Simulators." In Scientific basis for nuclear waste management XXV : symposium held November 26-29, 2001, Boston, Massachusetts; Materials Research Society symposium proceedings , vol. 713, ed. McGrail, B. P.; Cragnolino, G. A., pp. 267-274. Materials Research Society, Warrendale, PA.

2001

Saripalli KP, PD Meyer, DH Bacon, and VL Freedman. 2001. "Changes in hydrologic properties of aquifer media due to chemical reactions: A review." Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology 31(4):311-349.
Bacon DH, and BP McGrail. 2001. Waste Form Release Calculations for the 2001 Immobilized Low-Activity Waste Performance Assessment. PNNL-13369, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
McGrail BP, DH Bacon, JP Icenhower, FM Mann, RJ Puigh, HT Schaef, and SV Mattigod. 2001. "Near-Field Performance Assessment for a Low-Activity Waste Glass Disposal System: Laboratory Testing to Modeling Results." Journal of Nuclear Materials 298(1-2):95-111.
Meyer PD, BP McGrail, and DH Bacon. 2001. Test Plan for Field Experiments to Support the Immobilized Low-Activity Waste Disposal Performance Assessment at the Hanford Site. PNNL-13670, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.

2000

Bacon DH, MD White, and BP McGrail. 2000. Subsurface Transport Over Reactive Multiphases (STORM): A General, Coupled, Nonisothermal Multiphase Flow, Reactive Transport, and Porous Medium Alteration Simulator, Version 2, User's Guide. PNNL-13108, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.

1998

McGrail BP, WL Ebert, DH Bacon, and DM Strachan. 1998. A Strategy to Conduct an Analysis of the Long-Term Performance of Low-Activity Waste Glass in a Shallow Subsurface Disposal System at Hanford. PNNL-11834, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.