Adjunct Professor in Environmental Science

Education
B.S. (Chemistry) Calvin College, MI, USA (1963)
Ph.D. (Analytical Chemistry) The Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA (1969)
Thesis: Some Aspects of Neutron Activation Analysis of Silicates

Contact Information

Teaching Fields

Earth Science
Environmental Science

Publications

Selected Publications

Buriev, N.T., Abdushukurov, D.A., and Vandergraaf, T.T. 2011. Restoration and Assessment of the Extent of Contamination of the National Radioactive Waste Storage and Disposal Centre in Tajikistan. Paper 11481, in: Proceedings of the 2011 Waste Management Symposium, Phoenix, AZ, USA.

Mamedov, G.G., Ramazanov, M.A., Naghiyev, J.A., Mehdiyeva, A.A.,Bakirova, M.M., and Vandergraaf, T.T. 2010. Investigations into Natural and Anthropogenic Radionuclide Contamination on the Absheron Peninsula, Azerbaijan. Paper 10208, in: Proceedings of the 2010 Waste Management Symposium, Phoenix, AZ, USA.

Yamaguchi, T., Nakayama, S., Vandergraaf, T., Drew, D. and Vilks, P. 2008. Radionuclide and Colloid Migration Experiments in Quarried Block of Granite under In-Situ Conditions at a Depth of 240 m. J. Power and Energy Systems 2(1) p.186.

Vandergraaf, T.T., Drew, D.J., Ticknor, K.V and Hamon, C.J. 2003. Busted Butte Final Report on Laboratory Radionuclide Migration Experiments in Non-Welded Tuff Under Unsaturated and Saturated Conditions. Commercial Report prepared for the USDOE, AECL-12180.

Yamaguchi, T., Sakamoto, Y., Nakayama, S. and T.T. Vandergraaf. 1997. Effective diffusivity of the uranyl ion in a granite from Inada, Ibaraki, Japan. J. Cont. Hydr. 26(1-4), p. 109.

Park, C.-K., Vandergraaf, T.T., Hahn, P.-S. and Drew, D.J. 1997. Analysis of the migration of nonsorbing tracers in a natural fracture in granite using a variable aperture channel model. J. Cont. Hydr. 26(1-4), p. 97.

Vandergraaf, T.T., Drew, D.J., Archambault, D. and Ticknor, K.V. 1997. Transport of radionuclides in natural fractures: Some aspects of laboratory migration experiments. J. of Cont. Hydrol. 26(1-4), p. 83.

Ticknor, K.V., Boisvenue, L. and Vandergraaf, T.T. 1996. The Sorption of Radioelements on Sand From the Chalk River Site. Atomic Energy of Canada Limited Technical Record, TR-755.

Katsube, T.J., Scromeda, N. and Vandergraaf, T.T. 1994. Apparent tortuosity of granitic rock samples from the Lac du Bonnet batholith, Manitoba. Published in Geological Survey of Canada, Current Research, p. 177.

Kumata, M. and Vandergraaf, T.T. 1993. Technetium behaviour under deep geological conditions. Radioactive Waste Management and the Nuclear Fuel Cycle 17(2), p. 107.

Griffault, L.Y., Gascoyne, M., Kamineni, D.C. and Vandergraaf, T.T. 1993. Actinide and REE characteristics of deep fracture zones in the Lac du Bonnet granite batholith, Manitoba, Canada. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 57 p. 1181.

Kumata, M. and Vandergraaf, T.T. 1991. Nuclide migration tests under deep geological conditions. Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Advanced Nuclear Energy Research Global Environment and Nuclear Energy. Mito City, Ibaraki, Japan, 1991 March 13 15, p. 414.

Vilks, P, Bachinski, D.B. and Vandergraaf, T.T. 1991. The Role of Particles in Radionuclide Transport. Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Advanced Nuclear Energy Research Global Environment and Nuclear Energy. Mito City, Ibaraki, Japan, March 13 15, 1991, p. 394.

Vandergraaf, T.T and Drew, D.J. 1991. Laboratory Studies of Radionuclide Transport in Fractured Cystalline Rock. Proceedings of the Third International Symposium on Advanced Nuclear Energy Research Global Environment and Nuclear Energy. Mito City, Ibaraki, Japan, March 13 15, 1991, p. 385.

Drew, D.J. and Vandergraaf, T.T. 1988. Construction and Operation of a High Pressure Radionuclide Migration Apparatus. Atomic Energy of Canada Limited Technical Report, TR 476.

Heimann, R.B. and Vandergraaf, T.T. 1988. Cubic Zirconia as a Candidate Waste Form for Actinides: Dissolution Studies. Mat. Sci. Lett. 7 p. 583.

Ticknor, K.V., Harris, D.R. and Vandergraaf, T.T. 1988. Sorption/Desorption Studies of Selenium on Fracture Filling Minerals Under Aerobic and Anaerobic Conditions. Atomic Energy of Canada Limited Technical Record, TR 453.

Vandergraaf. 1987, T.T. The Role of Isotope Geochemistry Studies in the Canadian Nuclear Fuel Wastes Management Program, Applied Geochemistry, 2, p.5.

Vandergraaf, T.T. 1987. High Level Nuclear Waste Management: A Geochemical Perspective. Proceedings of the CSCE Centennial Symposium on Management of Waste Contamination of Groundwater. Montreal 1987 May, p.183.

Haines, R.I., Vandergraaf, T.T and Owen, D.G. 1986. Technetium-Iron Oxide Reactions Under Anaerobic Conditions: A Fourier Transform Infrared, FTIR, Study. Atomic Energy of Canada Limited Report, AECL 9172, Nuclear Journal of Canada, Vol.1 (1) p.32.

Sheppard, M.I. Vandergraaf, T.T, Thibault, D.H and Reid, J.A.K. 1983. Technetium and Uranium: Sorption by and Plant Uptake from Peat and Sand. Atomic Energy of Canada Limited Report, AECL 7456, Health Physics, 44 (6) p. 635.

Vandergraaf, T.T., Abry, D.R.M. and Davis, C.E.. 1982. The Use of Autoradiography in Determining Radionuclide Distribution Sorbed on Thin Sections of Plutonic Rocks from the Canadian Shield. Atomic Energy of Canada Limited Report, AECL 7460 Chemical Geology, 36 p. 135.

Failor, R., Isherwood, D., Raber, E. and Vandergraaf, T.T. 1982. Laboratory Studies of Radionuclide Transport in Fractured Climax Granite. UCRL 53308. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

Vandergraaf, T.T, Johnson, L.H. and Lau, D.W.P. 1980. Leaching of Irradiated CANDU UO2 Fuel. In: Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management, Vol.2, p. 335.

Vandergraaf, T.T and Abry, D.R.M. 1980. Radionuclide Sorption on Drill Core Material from the Canadian Shield. Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc. 35, p. 65.

Vandergraaf, T.T and Wikjord, A.G. 1973. Non Destructive Neutron Activation Analysis of Silicon Carbide. Atomic Energy of Canada Limited Report, AECL 4581.

Selected Recent Presentations

Buriev, N.T., Abdushukurov, D.A., and Vandergraaf, T.T. 2011. Restoration and Assessment of the Extent of Contamination of the National Radioactive Waste Storage and Disposal Centre in Tajikistan.  Waste Management WM-11, Phoenix, AZ, USA, 2011 February.

Vandergraaf, T.T. 2008. “From each according to his ability; to each according to his needs”: Karl Marx’s dictum as applied to Energy Supply and Consumption in a North American Context. American Scientific Affiliation annual conference. George Fox University, Newberg, OR, USA, 2008 August.

Vandergraaf, T.T. 2008. Communicating Qualitative Risk to a Rural Audience. Waste Management WM-08, Phoenix, AZ, USA, 2008 February.

Vandergraaf, T.T. 2006. Christian Values in Nuclear Energy. American Scientific Affiliation annual conference. Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI, USA, 2006 July.

Vandergraaf, T.T., D.J. Drew, C.J. Hamon and W. E. Seddon. 2004. The effect of saturation on the migration of multivalent radionuclides in non-welded tuff. Waste Management WM-04, Tucson, AZ, USA, 2004 February-March.

Vandergraaf, T.T. 2003. Irreversibility of sorption: evidence from laboratory and field investigations. Radiochemistry Conference, Carlsbad, NM, USA, 2003.

Vandergraaf, T.T., D.J. Drew, K.V. Ticknor, C.J. Hamon and W. E. Seddon. 2003. Radionuclide migration in tuff under saturated conditions. Tenth International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference, Las Vegas, NV. USA, 2003 March-April.

Vandergraaf, T.T., D.J. Drew, K.V. Ticknor, C.J. Hamon and W.A. Seddon. 2003. Radionuclide Migration Experiments in Tuff Blocks Under Unsaturated and Saturated Condtions at a Scale of up to 1 Metre. Waste Management WM-03, Tucson, AZ, USA, 2003 February.

Vandergraaf, T.T., D.J. Drew, K.V. Ticknor and W.E. Seddon. 2002. Radionuclide migration experiments at a scale of up to 1 metre in tuff blocks under unsaturated conditions. ”Summit 2002,” the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America, Denver, CO, USA, 2002 October.

Vandergraaf, T.T., D.J. Drew, K.V. Ticknor and W.A. Seddon. 2001. Radionuclide Transport in Tuffaceous Material under Unsaturated Conditions. Migration '01. Bregenz, Austria, 2001 September.

Vandergraaf, T.T., D.J. Drew, M. Kumata T. Yamaguchi and S. Nakayama. 2001. Radionuclide Transport in Fractured Granitic Rock under in situ Geochemical Conditions. Migration '01. Bregenz, Austria, 2001 September.

Vandergraaf, T.T. 2001. Thinking Big: Large-scale Laboratory and Field Scale Migration Experiments. Invited Keynote Presentation at Migration '01. Bregenz, Austria, 2001 September.

Vandergraaf, T.T., D.J. Drew and K.V. Ticknor. 2001. Radionuclide migration in tuff under unsaturated conditions. Ninth International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference, Las Vegas, NV. 2001 April.

Vandergraaf, T.T., D.J. Drew, K.V. Ticknor and W.A. Seddon. 2001. Radionuclide Transport in Tuffaceous Material under Unsaturated Conditions. Migration '01. Bregenz, Austria, 2001 September.

Vandergraaf, T.T., D.J. Drew, K.V. Ticknor and W.A. Seddon. 2001. Radionuclide Transport in Tuffaceous Material under Unsaturated Conditions. Migration '01. Bregenz, Austria, 2001 September.

Vandergraaf, T.T., K.V. Ticknor and T.W. Melnyk. Generation of a Sorption Data Base for the Canadian Nuclear Fuel Waste Management Program. 1991. Third 3rd International Conference on Chemistry and Migration Behaviour of Actinides and Fission Products in the Geosphere, Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, 1991 October.

Professional Associations And Roles

Chemical Institute of Canada (Fellow)
Canadian Nuclear Society (Charter Member)
American Scientific Affiliation
Geological Society of America
Radiochemistry Society (Faculty Member)

Employment

1969-2004 Atomic Energy of Canada, Ltd - Whiteshell Laboratories

Hobbies

Photography
Sailing
Traveling
Gardening
Religion
Politics
Genealogy

Personal

Married to Evelyn
Four children, Robert, Marc, Jennifer, Christopher
One son-in-law, Christopher; one granddaughter, Rachel
Secretary, Pinawa Community Development Corporation
Chairman, Pinawa Housing Corporation
President, Eastern Manitoba Branch, FSNA
Board Member, Pinawa Foundations

Course Syllabus

231-22 Introduction to Earth Science