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Gregory Patton

Gregory Patton

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PO Box 999
Richland, WA 99352
(509) 371-7071

Biography

Dr. Patton’s work includes nuclear non-proliferation activities, including implementation and deployment of radiation detection equipment with foreign partners, research projects, directing sustainable operations, assisting in international workshops and training activities to support NNSA Office of Nuclear Smuggling Detection and Deterrence (NSDD) efforts to interdict trafficking of nuclear and other radioactive materials at international border crossings. Previous research included the collection and analysis of trace contaminants (chemical and radionuclides) in the environment, with special interests in the development of ambient air monitoring networks, long range transport and fate of persistent pollutants, and environmental monitoring in freshwater ecosystems.

Research Interests

  • nuclear non-proliferation
  • counter nuclear/radiological smuggling
  • radiation detection for custom, border security, and police
  • international training in radiation detection for investigative officers
  • collection and analysis of trace pollutants in the environment
  • long-range transport of persistent pollutants
  • environmental monitoring

Education and Credentials

  • Ph.D., Analytical Chemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina 1989
  • B.S., Chemistry, Fairmont State College, Fairmont, West Virginia 1985

Affiliations and Professional Service

  • Certified Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management Institute
  • American Chemical Society

Awards and Recognitions

  • 2013 National Security Directorate OTY Award. SLD Mobile Detection System, NSD's 2013 Project Team of the Year.

PNNL Publications

2021

  • Patton G.W. 2021. "Public Safety: Fighting Crime and Terrorism; Border Security." In Elsevier Encyclopedia of Nuclear Energy, edited by Ehud Greenspan. 528-536. Amsterdam:Elsevier. PNNL-SA-149027. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.12332-2

2010

  • Christensen J.N., P.E. Dresel, M.E. Conrad, G.W. Patton, and D.J. DePaolo. 2010. "Isotopic Tracking of Hanford 300 Area Derived Uranium in the Columbia River." Environmental Science & Technology 44, no. 23:8855-8862. PNNL-SA-74210. doi:10.1021/es1025799
  • Hung H., R. Kallenborn, K. Breivik, Y. Su, E. Brorstrom-Lunden, K. Olafsdottir, and J.M. Thorlacius, et al. 2010. "Atmospheric Monitoring of Organic Pollutants in the Arctic under the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme (AMAP): 1993-2006." Science of the Total Environment 408, no. 15 SP ISS:2854-2873. PNWD-SA-8766.

2008

  • Su Y., H. Hung, P. Blanchard, G.W. Patton, R. Kallenborn, A.V. Konoplev, and P. Fellin, et al. 2008. "A Circumpolar Perspective of Atmospheric Organochlorine Pesticides (OCPs): Results from Six Arctic Monitoring Stations in 2000-2003." Atmospheric Environment 42, no. 19:4682-4698. PNWD-SA-7872. doi:10.1016/j.atmosenv.2008.01.054

2007

  • Patton G.W., D.D. Dauble, and C.A. McKinstry. 2007. "Evaluation for Early Life Stage Fall Chinook Salmon Exposed to Hexavalent Chromium from a Contaminated Groundwater Source." Environmental Monitoring and Assessment 133, no. 1-3:285-295. PNNL-SA-50080. doi:10.1007/s10661-006-9583-0

2006

  • Fritz B.G., and G.W. Patton. 2006. "Monitoring Iodine-129 in Air and Milk Samples Collected Near the Hanford Site: An Investigation of Historical Iodine Monitoring Data." Journal of Environmental Radioactivity 86, no. 1:64-77. PNNL-SA-44944.
  • Su Y., H. Hung, P. Blanchard, G.W. Patton, R. Kallenborn, A.V. Konoplev, and P. Fellin, et al. 2006. "Spatial and seasonal variations of hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs) and hexachlorobenzene (HCB) in the arctic atmosphere." Environmental Science & Technology 40, no. 21:6601-6607. PNWD-SA-7400. doi:10.1021/es061065q

2005

  • Su Y., H. Hung, P. Blanchard, G.W. Patton, P. Fellin, H. Li, and C. Geen, et al. 2005. "Seasonal variation of organochlorine pesticides at two arctic sites." Organohalogen Compounds 67. PNWD-SA-6984.

2001

  • Beals D.M., K.J. Hofstetter, V.G. Johnson, G.W. Patton, and D.C. Seely. 2001. "Development of Field Portable Sampling and Analysis Systems." Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry 248, no. 2:315-319. PNNL-SA-31582.

2000

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