Richard Boardman

Affiliation

Idaho National Laboratory

Biography

Dr. Richard Boardman graduated in Chemical Engineering from Brigham Young University (BYU) with emphasis in energy & environmental applications. He was employed by Exxon Production Research and Geneva Steel before joining INL in 1990. He has served as an Affiliate Faculty for BYU & Adjunct Professor for the University of Idaho. His activities at INL began with the development of thermal treatment processes for solidifying radioactive wastes in a fluidized bed, followed by encapsulation in cement or glass-ceramics created by isostatic pressing. He has chaired the IWTU Technical Review Group for Resolving Technical Issues with the Denitration & Mineralization Reactor.