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- 1. THOMAS LEE RUCKER Education: University of Tennessee, Ph.D., Analytical Chemistry (Radiochemistry Emphasis, Health Physics Minor), 1988 University of Tennessee, M.S., Environmental Chemistry (Analytical Emphasis), 1977 David Lipscomb University, B.S., Chemistry (Biochemistry Emphasis), 1975 Experience Summary: Dr. Rucker has 41 years of experience in analytical chemistry, radiochemistry, radiological detection and measurement, dose and risk assessment, environmental and waste management, and nuclear material disposition, control, accountability, non-proliferation. His experience radiochemistry and radiation detection and measurement includes laboratory management; laboratory automation; research and development; quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) program management; document/procedure preparation and review; personnel training; method development; equipment purchasing, setup, and calibration; data interpretation; information management, and statistical analysis. He has extensive experience in alpha and gamma spectroscopy, liquid scintillation counting, gas chromatography/mass spectrometry, and nuclear nondestructive and field analysis techniques. Dr. Rucker also has extensive experience in analytical data evaluation, validation, and management. Dr. Rucker's radiological monitoring, dose and risk assessment, environmental and waste management, and nuclear non-proliferation experience includes evaluation and preparation of recommendations for radiological effluent and environmental monitoring programs; the interpretation and implementation of radiation protection regulations in technical basis documents for internal dosimetry, air monitoring, radiological survey, and contamination control; establishment of internal dosimetry bioassay programs; evaluation of nuclear accident dosimetry programs; development of site and facility characterization plans; development of analytical data summary reports; development and verification of characterization databases and dose calculation software; development of waste characterization plans; evaluation of waste characterization data; and preparation of waste minimization reports, special nuclear material control and accountability, and high enriched uranium transparency monitoring. He has participated in the development or review of environmental assessments (EAs), environmental impact statements (EISs), decontamination and decommissioning (D&D) plans and reports and D&D Funding Plans for NRC license termination, ALARA assessments, air and water quality studies, data management and validation studies, waste characterization plans; waste certification assessments, sampling and analysis plans (SAPs), data quality objectives, field sampling plans, quality assurance project plans (QAPPs), health and safety plans, remedial investigation reports, pathway analyses, dose assessments, and human health risk assessments. He has also developed training materials and conducted training in the areas of Radiation Measurements and Instrumentation, Radiation Detection and Measurement, Determination and Use of Radiological Decision Levels and Minimal Detectable Activities, Radioactivity and Radiation Basics, Background Radiation and Typical Exposures, Internal Dosimetry, External Dosimetry, Verification and Validation of Radiological Data, Statistical Sampling and Analysis, and Statistical Treatment of Radiochemical Data for Dose and Risk Assessment. Employment History: Dr. Rucker joined Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC, now renamed Leidos) in 1987 as a Senior Radiochemist. He provides technical and project leadership for a team of health physicists and radiochemists in providing radiological characterization, assessment, and protection services. Dr. Rucker specializes in radionuclide measurement and dose/risk assessment for human health and environment protection. He also provides expertise in other areas of analytical chemistry, environmental chemistry, and health physics including environmental 1/6/15 Rucker /1
- 2. monitoring, waste management, and nuclear safeguards and security. Dr. Rucker is an experienced project manager serving as the principal investigator and being responsible for delivery of services and products on time and within. Before joining SAIC, Dr. Rucker served as a Research Associate at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory with Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc., from 1984 to 1987. Dr. Rucker provided radiochemistry procedures and radiation counting facilities development and upgrade for the Radioactive Materials Analytical Laboratory in 1987. From 1985 to 1987, he developed a scintillator-fiber radiation detector for flow-cell applications, such as liquid chromatography effluents, in the Radiochemical Research and Development Group. From 1984 to 1985, he worked in the Low-Level Radiochemical Analysis Group where he supervised counting activities, developed radiochemical methods, and conducted QA activities. He also developed a system for automated ion exchange separations of radionuclides in environmental samples. Dr. Rucker also worked at the Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant with Union Carbide Nuclear Division from 1977 to 1984. From 1981 to 1984, as Group Leader of the Radioanalysis Group, Dr. Rucker was responsible for overall management of the group, including supervision of seven senior laboratory analysts. He also developed and taught a "Fundamentals of Radioanalysis" course for the training of laboratory analysts and health physics technicians. As a development chemist in the Radioanalysis Group from 1977 to 1981, he was responsible for the development of cost effective and sensitive methods of analysis for the determination of radionuclides in bioassay, environmental, waste, and process samples. He was also responsible for the development and analysis of environmental and process samples by GC/Mass Spectrometry. He was also involved in Nuclear Accident Dosimetry Testing and Evaluation Programs. He also served as the Technical Services Division QA Coordinator and was responsible for the QA program for a division of 400 people. From 1975 to 1977, Dr. Rucker served as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at the University of Tennessee in the Department of Chemistry, where he taught freshman chemistry classes and labs and tutored in analytical chemistry. Dr. Rucker worked as a Laboratory Analyst for Associated Water and Air Resources Engineers (AWARE) Inc. (now know as Ekenfelder Inc.), from 1973 to 1975. He worked in the laboratory of this environmental engineering consulting firm where he performed a full array of water and air quality analyses and testing supporting many waste treatability studies. He also developed analytical procedures, prepared results for clients, participated in public relations and marketing activities, evaluated cost, trained analysts, and, on occasion, supervised the laboratory. Professional Activities: Health Physics Society - Plenary Member; Board Member of Decommissioning Section; Member of National Academic Education Committee; President of East Tennessee Chapter; Council Member of East Tennessee Chapter American Chemical Society - Plenary Member; Member of Nuclear Chemistry Division; Member of East Tennessee Local Section Specialized Technical Training: Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Site Investigation Manual (MARSSIM) Training; RESRAD, RESRAD-BUILD, and RESRAD-RECYCLE Training Courses; Decontamination and Decommissioning of Radiologically-Contaminated Facilities ITRC Training Course; Decision Framework for Applying Attenuation Processes to Metals and Radionuclides ITRC Training Course; Use of Risk Assessment in Management of Contaminated Sites - ITRC Training Course; Soil Sampling and Decision Making Using Incremental Sampling Methodology - ITRC Training Program; "Traceability and Uncertainty" - U.S. Department of Energy National Analytical Management Program (NAMP) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Webinar; 1/6/15 Rucker /2
- 3. Radium Chemistry U.S. Department of Energy National Analytical Management Program (NAMP) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Webinar; Gamma Spectrometry U.S. Department of Energy National Analytical Management Program (NAMP) and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Webinar; Design of Experiments - Statistical Course; EPA Unified Statistical Guidance Webinar; EPA ProUCL Webinar; EPA/GSA Implementing CERCLA Section 120(h) Webinar; High Enriched Uranium (HEU) Transparency Implementation Program; In-Plant Nondestructive Assay Instrumentation Safeguards Technology Training Program, Los Alamos National Laboratory. Publications: Rucker, T.L., Salaymeh, S.R., McCurdy, D.E., Griggs, J.G., American National Standard - Verification and Validation of Radiological Data for Use in Waste Management and Environmental Remediation, American Nuclear Society, ANSI/ANS-41.5-2012, (2012). Rucker, T.L., Calculation of Decision Levels and Minimum Detectable Concentrations from Method Blank and Sample Uncertainty Data Utopian Statistics, Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 248, No. 1, 191 (2001). Johnson, C. M., Jr., Rucker, T. L., "Beyond Contract Compliance: Common Problems found During Validation of Radioanalytical Data," Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 248, No. 1, 197 (2001). Rucker, T. L., Johnson, C. M., Jr., Relationship between Isotopic Uranium Activities and Total Uranium at Various Uranium Enrichments, Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 235, Nos.1-2, 47-52 (1998). Rucker, T. L., Methodologies for the Practical Determination and Use of Method Detection Limits, Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 192, No. 2, 345 (1995). Johnson, C. M., Jr., Rucker, T. L., "CLP Type Data Validation Guidelines for Neutron Activation Analyses," Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 192, No. 2, 339 (1995). Rucker, T. L., "Calculational Method for the Resolution of 90 Sr and 89 Sr Counts from Cerenkov and Liquid Scintillation Counting," Liquid Scintillation Counting and Organic Scintillators, pp 529-535, Lewis Publishers (1991). Rucker, T. L., Ross, H. H., Schweitzer, G. K., "Fiber Scintillator Flow-Cell Radioactivity Detector for Liquid Chromatography," Chromatographia, 25, 31 (1988). Rucker, T. L., Ross, H. H., Schweitzer, G. K., "Monte Carlo Modeling of Fiber-Scintillator Flow- Cell Radiation Detector Geometry," Nuc. Instr. and Meth., A267, 511 (1988). Rucker, T. L., Ross, H. H., Schweitzer, G. K., "Computer Modeling of Fiber-Scintillator Flow- Cell Radiation Detector Geometry," Trans. Am. Nuc. Soc., 55, 52 (1987). Rucker, T. L., "A Multi-Column Step-Gradient Chromatography System for Automated Ion Exchange Separations," Analytical Chemistry Instrumentation, pp. 239-249, Lewis Publishers (1986). Rucker, T. L., Mullins, W. T., "Radioanalysis of Technetium-99 at the Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant," Radioelement Analysis, pp. 95-100, Ann Arbor Science (1980). 1/6/15 Rucker /3