Michael Harrison

Affiliation

National Nuclear Laboratory

Biography

Mike Harrison is an NNL Fellow and Senior Technology Manager with over 10 years experience in the vitrification of a wide range of radioactive waste streams, including HLW, ILW, plutonium and uranium. He is technical lead of vitrified wasteform performance activities and has developed considerable knowledge of glass dissolution mechanisms and durability testing methodologies, including a wide range of ASTM standards. His work also includes glass formulation chemistry, vitrification processes and wasteform properties. Mike is currently technical lead for the treatment of wastes arising from pyrochemical processing as well expert in molten salts-based treatment of spent nuclear fuel.