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MaryAnn Parkhurst

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PO Box 999
Richland, WA 99352

Biography

Mrs. Parkhurst, a health physicist since 1982, joined Battelle Northwest in October 1976. Her previous experience with Battelle and in industry includes five years as an analytical chemist. Mrs. Parkhurst has extensive experience as a principal investigator and a project manager in radiological and environmental assessments of depleted uranium munitions and in environmental aspects of nuclear and nonnuclear energy production. She leads radiological investigations of depleted uranium munitions for the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) and leads teams that evaluate the environmental impacts of nuclear power plant license renewal for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). Previous to these efforts, she assisted with improving neutron track detectors for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and applied track detection techniques to retrospective radon exposure and alpha particle energy discrimination for the National Cancer Institute (NCI).

Education and Credentials

  • M.S., Radiological Sciences, University of Washington, 1990
  • M.S., Ecology Major Biological Studies, Washington State University, 1980
  • B.A., Chemistry, University of New Mexico, 1973

Selected Publications

2009

  • Parkhurst MA, and RA Guilmette. 2009. "Conclusions of the Capstone Depleted Uranium Aerosol Characterization and Risk Assessment Study." Health Physics 96(3):393-409. 
  • Parkhurst MA, and RA Guilmette. 2009. "Overview of the Capstone Depleted Uranium Study of Aerosols from Impact with Armored Vehicles: Test Setup and Aerosol Generation, Characterization, and Application in Assessing Dose and Risk." Health Physics 96(3):207-220. 
  • Cheng YS, JL Kenoyer, RA Guilmette, and MA Parkhurst. 2009. "Physicochemical Characterization of Capstone Depleted Uranium Aerosols II: Particle Size Distributions as a Function of Time." Health Physics 96(3):266-275. 
  • Daxon EG, MA Parkhurst, MA Melanson, and LE Roszell. 2009. "Applications of Capstone Depleted Uranium Aerosol Risk Data to Military Combat Risk Management." Health Physics 96(3):380-392. 
  • Guilmette RA, G Miller, and MA Parkhurst. 2009. "Capstone Depleted Uranium Aerosol Biokinetics, Concentrations, and Doses." Health Physics 96(3):328-342. 
  • Hahn F, LE Roszell, EG Daxon, RA Guilmette, and MA Parkhurst. 2009. "Radiological Risk Assessment of Capstone Depleted Uranium Aerosols." Health Physics 96(3):352-362. 
  • Holmes TD, RA Guilmette, YS Cheng, MA Parkhurst, and MD Hoover. 2009. "Aerosol Sampling System for Collection of Capstone Depleted Uranium Particles in a High-Energy Environment." Health Physics 96(3):221-237. 
  • Krupka KM, MA Parkhurst, K Gold, BW Arey, ED Jenson, and RA Guilmette. 2009. "Physicochemical Characterization of Capstone Depleted Uranium Aerosols III: Morphologic and Chemical Oxide Analyses." Health Physics 93(3):276-291.  doi:10.1097/01.HP.0000298229.60229.10
  • Parkhurst MA, YS Cheng, JL Kenoyer, and RJ Traub. 2009. "Physicochemical Characterization of Capstone Depleted Uranium Aerosols I: Uranium Concentration in Aerosols as a Function of Time and Particle Size." Health Physics 96(3):251-265. 
  • Roszell LE, F Hahn, RB Lee, and MA Parkhurst. 2009. "Assessing the Renal Toxicity of Capstone Depleted Uranium Oxides and Other Uranium Compounds." Health Physics 93(3):343-351. 
  • Szrom F, GA Falo, MA Parkhurst, JJ Whicker, and DP Alberth. 2009. "Calculating Capstone Depleted Uranium Aerosol Concentrations from Beta Activity Measurements." Health Physics 96(3):238-250. 
  • Szrom F, GA Falo, GM Lodde, MA Parkhurst, and EG Daxon. 2009. "Inhalation and Ingestion Intakes with Associated Dose Estimates for Level II and Level III Personnel Using Capstone Study Data." Health Physics 96(3):363-379. 

2007

  • Guilmette RA, and MA Parkhurst. 2007. "Dose Assessment for Inhalation Intakes in Complex, Energetic Environments: Experience from the U.S. Capstone Study." Radiation Protection Dosimetry 127(1-4):516-520.  doi:10.1093/rpd/ncm359

2004

2003

  • Parkhurst MA. 2003. "Measuring Aerosols Generated Inside Armoured Vehicles Perforated by Depleted Uranium Ammunition." Radiation Protection Dosimetry 105(1-4):167 - 170. 
  • Parkhurst MA. 2003. "Measuring Aerosols Generated Inside Armoured Vehicles Perforated by Depleted Uranium Ammunition." Radiation Protection Dosimetry 105(1-4):167-170. 

1999

  • Field RW, DJ Steck, M Parkhurst, JA Mahaffey, and MC Alavanja. 1999. "Intercomparison of Retrospective Radon Detectors." Environmental Health Perspectives 107(11):905-910. 
  • Mahaffey JA, MC Alavanja, M Parkhurst, E Berger, and RC Brownson. 1999. "Estimation of Radon Exposure History for Analysis of a Residential Epidemiological Study." Radiation Protection Dosimetry 83(3):239-248. 

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