Bruce Napier

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PO Box 999
Richland, WA 99352
Bruce.Napier@pnl.gov

Biography

Mr. Napier works with the development and operation of models concerned with the environmental transport of radiological and chemical contaminants. His professional experience includes mathematical modeling and calculation of effects to individuals and populations from releases of various contaminants to the environment, as well as management of specific projects.

Research Interests

Historical radiation dose reconstruction
Safety and Risk analysis
Radiological pathways assessment
Environmental impact assessment
Model, parameter, and scenario development

Education and Credentials

B.S., Nuclear Engineering, Kansas State University, 1975
M.S., Nuclear Engineering, Kansas State University, 1977
Ph.D., Radiological Health Physics, Oregon State University, (Ongoing Doctoral Studies)

Affiliations and Professional Service

Health Physics Society
American Academy of Health Physics
Adjunct Faculty, Washington State University, Tri-Cities
Chair, US/Belarus and US/Ukraine Bi-National Advisory Committees on Chernobyl studies of the National Cancer Institute; NCI Thyroid Advisory Committee
Interagency Nuclear Safety Review Panel/Biomedical and Environmental Effects Subpanel
Environmental Protection Agency Science Advisory Board
Department of Energy Performance Assessment Task Team
Department of Energy Subcommittee on Consequence Assessment and Protective Actions
Nevada Risk Assessment/Management Program Peer Review Panel

Awards and Recognitions

2004, Fellow, Health Physics Society
2002, Council Member, National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements
1991, Nominated for "Engineer of the Year" award, Washington Society of Professional Engineers
1987, "Health Physicist of the Year" award, Columbia Chapter, Health Physics Society.
1986, Certified by the American Board of Health Physics, recertified through 2004

Selected Publications

2008

Droppo JG, Jr, and BA Napier. 2008. "Wind Direction Bias in Generating Wind Roses and Conducting Sector-Based Air-Dispersion Modeling." Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association 58(7):913-918. doi:10.3155/1047-3289.58.7.913
Glagolenko YV, EG Drozhko, Y Mokrov, NP Pyatin, SI Rovny, LR Anspaugh, and BA Napier. 2008. "METHODS AND RESULTS OF RECONSTRUCTION OF NOBLE GAS RELEASES FROM THE STACKS OF THE MAYAK PA GRAPHITE REACTORS OVER THE WHOLE PERIOD OF THEIR OPERATION." Radiation Safety Problems (Special Issue):5-19.
Glagolenko YV, EG Drozhko, Y Mokrov, NP Pyatin, SI Rovny, LR Anspaugh, and BA Napier. 2008. "RECONSTRUCTION OF 131I RELEASES FROM STACKS OF THE RADIOCHEMICAL PLANT OF THE MAYAK PRODUCTION ASSOCIATION FOR THE PERIOD FROM 1948 TO 1967." Radiation Safety Problems (Special Issue):48-57.
Glagolenko YV, EG Drozhko, Y Mokrov, SI Rovny, AV Lyzhkov, LR Anspaugh, and BA Napier. 2008. "METHODS FOR RECONSTRUCTION OF RADIONUCLIDE COMPOSITION AND ACTIVITY OF FISSION PRODUCTS ACCUMULATED IN THE IRRADIATED URANIUM AT THE MOMENT OF ITS RADIOCHEMICAL REPROCESSING AT PLANT �B�, �MAYAK� PA IN THE EARLY 1950s." Radiation Safety Problems (Special Issue):32-47.
Glagolenko YV, EG Drozhko, Y Mokrov, SI Rovny, DA Beregich, PM Stukalov, IA Ivanov, AI Alexakhin, LR Anspaugh, and BA Napier. 2008. "RECONSTRUCTION OF EXTERNAL DOSES TO OZYORSK RESIDENTS DUE TO ATMOSPHERIC RELEASES OF INERT RADIOACTIVE GASES FROM THE STACKS OF THE �MAYAK� PA REACTOR PLANT FROM 1948 TO 1989." Radiation Safety Problems (Special Issue):20-31.
Mokrov Y, VZ Martyushov, PM Stukalov, IA Ivanov, DA Beregich, LR Anspaugh, and BA Napier. 2008. "FOOD CONSUMPTION PATTERNS OF THE OZYORSK POPULATION IN 1948-1966, IMPORTANT FOR ESTIMATING PERORAL COMPONENT OF INTERNAL EXPOSURE DOSES." Radiation Safety Problems (Special Issue):58-71.

2007

Fritz BG, RL Dirkes, and BA Napier. 2007. Soil Sampling to Demonstrate Compliance with Department of Energy Radiological Clearance Requirements for the ALE Unit of the Hanford Reach National Monument . PNNL-14937 Rev. 1, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
Fritz BG, RL Dirkes, and BA Napier. 2007. Soil Sampling to Demonstrate Compliance with Department of Energy Radiological Clearance Requirements for the McGee Ranch-Riverlands and North Slope Units of the Hanford Reach National Monument. PNNL-16883, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
Degteva MO, NB Shagina, EI Tolstykh, NG Bougrov, VI Zalyapin, LR Anspaugh, and BA Napier. 2007. "AN APPROACH TO REDUCTION OF UNCERTAINTIES IN INTERNAL DOSES RECONSTRUCTED FOR THE TECHA RIVER POPULATION." Radiation Protection Dosimetry 127(1-4 ):480-485. doi:10.1093/rpd/ncm410
Droppo JG, Jr, BA Napier, ER Lloyd, DS Mantooth, MJ Minette, and EM Mattlin. 2007. "Operational Limitations for Demolition of a Highly Alpha-Contaminated Building � Modeled Versus Measured Air and Surface Activity Concentrations ." In 2007 Health Physics Society Midyear Topical Meeting - Decontamination, Decommissioning, and Environmental Cleanup, January 21-24, 2007, Knoxville, Tennessee, pp. 351-357. Health Physics Society, McLean, VA.
Miley TB, AL Bunn, BA Napier, RE Peterson, and JM Becker. 2007. Current Conditions Risk Assessment for the 300-FF-5 Groundwater Operable Unit. PNNL-16454 Rev. 0, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
Napier BA, EA Schmieman, and OV Voitsekhovitch. 2007. "Radioactive Waste Management and Environmental Contamination Issues at the Chernobyl Site ." Health Physics 93(5):441-451.
Napier BA, RJ Fellows, and KM Krupka. 2007. Soil-to-Plant Concentration Ratios for Assessing Food Chain Pathways in Biosphere Models. PNNL-16741, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.

2006

Anspaugh LR, MO Degteva, MI Vorobiova, Y Mokrov, and BA Napier. 2006. "Dosimetry for members of the extended Techa River cohort ." Health Physics 91(4):393-394.
Degteva MO, MI Vorobiova, EI Tolstykh, NB Shagina, EA Shishkina, LR Anspaugh, BA Napier, NG Bougrov, VA Shved, and EE Tokareva. 2006. "DEVELOPMENT OF AN IMPROVED DOSE-RECONSTRUCTION SYSTEM FOR THE TECHA RIVER POPULATION AFFECTED BY THE OPERATION OF THE MAYAK PRODUCTION ASSOCIATION ." Radiation Research 166(1):255-270.
Smith MA, BA Napier, DJ Strom, SM Short, CV Beatty, NF Stoker, and T Newman. 2006. Risk Assessment for Current and Projected Uses of Source Material Under a U.S. NRC General License and Exemption Request. PNNL-16148, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.

2005

Degteva MO, LR Anspaugh, AV Akleyev, P Jacob, DV Ivanov, A Wieser, MI Vorobiova, EA Shishkina, VA Shved, A Vozilova, SN Bayankin, and BA Napier. 2005. "Electron Paramagnetic Resonance and Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization-Based Investigations of Individual Doses for Persons Living at Metlino in the Upper Reaches of the Techa River." Health Physics 88(2):139 - 153.
Napier BA, and JV Ramsdell, Jr. 2005. Atmospheric Data Package for the Composite Analysis. PNNL-14599 Rev. 1, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
Scott MJ, CA Brandt, AL Bunn, DW Engel, PW Eslinger, TB Miley, BA Napier, EL Prendergast-Kennedy, and LA Nieves. 2005. "Modeling long-term risk to environmental and human systems at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation: Scope and findings from the initial model ." Environmental Management 35(1):84-98.
Thiessen KM, BA Napier, V Filistovic, T Homma, B Kanyar, P Krajewski, AI Kryshev, T Nedveckaite, A Nenyei, TG Sazykina, U Tveten, KL Sjoblom, and C Robinson. 2005. "Model Testing Using Data on 131I Released from Hanford." Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 84(2):211 - 224.

2004

Last GV, VJ Rohay, FJ Schelling, AL Bunn, MA Delamare, RL Dirkes, RD Hildebrand, JG Morse, BA Napier, RG Riley, L Soler, and PD Thorne. 2004. "A Comprehensive and Systematic Approach to Developing and Documenting Conceptual Models of Contaminant Release and Migration at the Hanford Site." Stochastic Environmental Research and Risk Assessment 18(2):109-116.
Napier BA, and WM Glines. 2004. Authorized Limits Request: Radiological Clearance of Select Hanford Reach National Monument Lands. PNNL-14622, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
Napier BA, WE Kennedy, JR, TA Ikenberry, MM Hunacek, and AM Kennedy. 2004. Technical Basis for the Derivation of Authorized Limits for Units of the Hanford Reach National Monument. PNNL-14531, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
Hoffman FO, LR Anspaugh, AI Apostoaei, HL Beck, A Bouville, BA Napier, and SL Simon. 2004. "Credibility of Uncertainty Analyses for 131-I Pathway Assessments." Health Physics 86(5):536 - 538.
Napier BA, and JV Ramsdell, Jr. 2004. Atmospheric Data Package for the 2004 Composite Analysis. PNNL-14599 Rev. 0, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.

2003

Ansbaugh LR, MO Degteva, VP Kozheurov, BA Napier, EI Tolstykh, and MI Vorobiova. 2003. "Environmental Radiation Dose Reconstruction for U.S. and Russian Weapons Production Facilities: Hanford and Mayak." Chapter 9 in Risk Methodologies for Technological Legacies, ed. James G. Droppo, Dennis Bley, Vitaly A. Eremenko, pp. 149-179. Kluwer Academic, Dordrecht, Netherlands.
Anspaugh LR, EA Shishkina, VA Shved, MO Degteva, EI Tolstykh, and BA Napier. 2003. "COMMENT ON PAPER BY HAYES, HASKELL, AND KENNER [Letter]." Health Physics 85:622-624.
Shagina NB, EI Tolstykh, VI Zalyapin, MO Degteva, VP Kozheurov, EE Tokareva, LR Anspaugh, and BA Napier. 2003. "Evaluation of Age and Gender Dependences of the Rate of Strontium elimination 25-45 Years after Intake: Analysis of Data from Residents Living along the Techa River." Radiation Research 159:239-246.
Staven LH, BA Napier, K Rhoads, and DL Strenge. 2003. A Compendium of Transfer Factors for Agricultural and Animal Products. PNNL-13421, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
Tolstykh EI, EA Shishkina, MO Degteva, DV Ivanov, VA Shved, SN Bayankin, LR Anspaugh, BA Napier, A Wieser, and P Jacob. 2003. "AGE DEPENDENCIES OF 90Sr INCORPORATION IN DENTAL TISSUES: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DIFFERENT KINDS OF MEASUREMENTS OBTAINED FOR RESIDENTS ON THE TECHA RIVER." Health Physics 85(4):409 - 419.

2002

Napier BA. 2002. "A Re-Evaluation of the 131I Atmospheric Releases from the Hanford Site ." Health Physics 83(2):204 - 226.
Degteva MO, NB Shagina, EI Tolstykh, MI Vorobiova, BA Napier, and LR Anspaugh. 2002. "Studies on the Techa river populations: dosimetry." Radiation and Environmental Biophysics 41(1):41-44.
Khokhryakov VV, EG Drozhko, YV Glagolenko, SI Rovny, EK Vasilenko, A Suslov, LR Anspaugh, BA Napier, A Bouville, VF Khokhryakov, KG Suslova, and SA Romanov. 2002. "Studies on the Ozyorsk population: dosimetry." Radiation and Environmental Biophysics 41(1):33-35.
Kossenko MM, DL Preston, LY Krestinina, MO Degteva, NV Startsev, T Thomas, OV Vyushkova, LR Anspaugh, BA Napier, VP Kozheurov, E Ron, and AV Akleyev. 2002. "Studies on the extended Techa river cohort: cancer risk estimation." Radiation and Environmental Biophysics 41(4):45-48.
Kozheurov VP, VI Zalyapin, NB Shagina, EE Tokareva, MO Degteva, EI Tolstykh, LR Anspaugh, and BA Napier. 2002. "Evaluation of uncertainties in 90Sr-body-burdens obtained by whole-body count: application of Bayes' rule to derive detection limits by analysis of a posteriori data." Applied Radiation and Isotopes 57:525-535.

2001

Napier BA, NB Shagina, MO Degteva, EI Tolstykh, MI Vorobiova, and LR Anspaugh. 2001. "Preliminary uncertainty analysis for the doses estimated using the Techa River dosimetry system - 2000." Health Physics 81(4):395-405.
Napier BA. 2001. "Computer Modeling Codes for Radiological and Chemical Airborne Releases." Health Physics 81 Suppl.(4):S15-S17.
Degteva MO, VP Kozheurov, EI Tolstykh, MI Vorobiova, LR Anspaugh, and BA Napier. 2001. "Evaluation of the Stochastic Effects of Low-Dose Radiation: Dose Reconstruction for the Techa River Cohort in Russia." In Proceedings of the Bioastronautics Investigators Workshop, January 17-19, 2001, pp. 290-291. Universities Space Research Association, Houston, TX.
Napier BA, PW Eslinger, WE Nichols, and L Anderlini. 2001. "Improvements in Modeling Sagebrush Concentrations of Radioiodine Released from the Hanford Site." Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 54(3):377-389.

2000

Degteva MO, MI Vorobiova, EI Tolstykh, NB Shagina, VP Kozheurov, LP Anspaugh, and BA Napier. 2000. "Dosimetric System for the River Techa: Dose Reconstruction for Long-term Radiation Risk Effects." Voprosi Radiatsionnoy Byezopasnosti (4):36-46.
Degteva MO, MI Vorobiova, VP Kozheurov, EI Tolstykh, LR Anspaugh, and BA Napier. 2000. "Dose reconstruction system for the exposed population living along the Techa River ." Health Physics 78(5):542-554.
Degteva MO, VP Kozheurov, EI Tolstykh, MI Vorobiova, LR Anspaugh, BA Napier, and AN Kovtun. 2000. "The Techa River Dosimetry System: Methods for the reconstruction of internal dose." Health Physics 79(1):24-35.
Mokrov Y, YV Glagolenko, and BA Napier. 2000. "Reconstruction of Radionuclide Contamination of the Techa River caused by Liquid Waste Discharge from Radiochemical Production at the Mayak Production Association." Health Physics 79(1):15-23.

1999

Napier BA. 1999. "Half a Century of Nordic Nuclear Co-operation - An Insider's Recollections." Health Physics 76(4):442.
Napier BA. 1999. "Radiological Conditions at the Semipalatinsk Test Site, Kazakhstan: Preliminary Assessment and Recommendations for Further Study." Health Physics 77(1):102.
Napier BA. 1999. "Radiological Conditions of the Western Kara Sea: Assessment of the Radiological Impact of the Dumping of Radioactive Waste in the Arctic Seas." Health Physics 77(1):102-103.
Vorobiova MI, MO Degteva, DS Burmistrov, NG Safronova, VP Kozheurov, LR Anspaugh, and BA Napier. 1999. "Review of historical monitoring data on Techa River contamination." Health Physics 76(6):605-618.