Mark Freshley
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
PO Box 999
Richland, WA 99352
mark.freshley@pnl.gov
Biography
Mr. Freshley presently manages the Groundwater Remediation and Closure Assessment Projects which includes groundwater monitoring, science and technology, and modeling projects. The Groundwater Performance Assessment Project characterizes and monitors current conditions in the environment, assesses current impact from past waste disposals and provides the information necessary to allow the continued operation of Hanford’s waste management facilities. The Hanford Site-Wide Impact Assessments Project performs assessments to estimate future conditions and the effect of remedial options on those conditions using broad collection of assessment and analytical tools and provides a calibrated groundwater model of Hanford for all projects. The Remediation and Closure Science Project uses fundamental and applied science to investigate waste site inventories, to develop our understanding of the basic mechanisms controlling contaminant movement and the impact of those contaminants on receptors, and to develop the technical basis for new remediation technologies.
Mr. Freshley joined Battelle-Pacific Northwest Division in 1982 as a Scientist and has participated in both field and modeling studies in ground-water hydrology. Mr. Freshley has focused his own work on modeling the movement of water and contaminants in the unsaturated zone and saturated zone for high-level and low-level radioactive waste disposal, predicting the movement of ground-water flow and contami¬nant transport in the unconfined aquifer at the Hanford Site, reconstructing the potential dose from radioactive waste discharges to the ground during the more than 40 years of operations at the Hanford Site.
Education and Credentials
- M.S., Hydrology and Water Resources, University of Arizona, 1982
- B.S., Geological Sciences, University of Washington, 1979
Awards and Recognitions
- University of Arizona Graduate Academic Scholarship
- University of Arizona Foundation Award for Meritorious Performance in Teaching
Selected Publications
2009
- Pierce EM, MD Freshley, SS Hubbard, BB Looney, JM Zachara, L Liang, D Lesmes, GM Chamberlain, KL Skubal, V Adams, ME Denham, and DM Wellman. 2009. Scientific Opportunity to Reduce Risk in Groundwater and Soil Remediation. PNNL-18516, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
- Zhong L, AT Hart, JE Szecsody, ZF Zhang, VL Freedman, M Ankeny, L Hull, M Oostrom, MD Freshley, and DM Wellman. 2009. Research Plan: Foam Delivery of Remedial Amendments to Deep Vadose Zone for Metals and Radionuclides Remediation . PNNL-18143, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
2008
- Cantrell KJ, RJ Serne, JM Zachara, KM Krupka, PE Dresel, CF Brown, and MD Freshley. 2008. "Appendix G: Geochemistry." In The Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Facility Investigation (RFI) Report for Hanford Single-Shell Tank Waste Management Areas, DOE/ORP-2008-01 Revision 0, vol. Tier 2, ed. FM Mann. U.S. Department of Energy, Office of River Protection, Richland, WA.
2007
- Gee GW, M Oostrom, MD Freshley, ML Rockhold, and JM Zachara. 2007. "Hanford Site Vadose-Zone Studies: An Overview." Vadose Zone Journal 6(4):899-905. doi:10.2136/vzj2006.0179
- Zachara JM, RJ Serne, MD Freshley, FM Mann, FJ Anderson, MI Wood, TE Jones, and DA Myers. 2007. "Geochemical Processes Controlling Migration of High Level Wastes in Hanford's Vadose Zone." Vadose Zone Journal 6(4):985-1003. doi:10.2136/vzj2006.0180
2006
- Freshley MD, and KL Manke. 2006. Environmental Solutions FY05: PNNL Contributions to U.S. Department of Energy. PNNL-15570, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
2005
- Freshley MD. 2005. Environmental Solutions, A Summary of Contributions for CY04: PNNL Contributions to the U.S. Department of Energy. PNNL-15093, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
2002
- Freshley MD, JM Zachara, and MJ Graham. 2002. "Implementation of the Hanford Science and Technology Roadmap." In Waste Management 2002: Proceedings of the Symposium on Waste Management, February 24-28, Tucson, AZ, p. 8 pages. Arizona Board of Regents, Tucson, AZ.
- Freshley MD, AL Bunn, GW Gee, TJ Gilmore, CT Kincaid, RE Peterson, AL Ward, SB Yabusaki, and JM Zachara. 2002. Groundwater Protection Program Science and Technology Summary Description. PNNL-14092, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA.
2000
- Kincaid CT, MP Bergeron, CR Cole, MD Freshley, VG Johnson, DI Kaplan, RJ Serne, GP Streile, DL Strenge, PD Thorne, LW Vail, GA Whyatt, and SK Wurstner. 2000. "Composite Analysis for Low-Level Waste Disposal in the 200 Area Plateau of the Hanford Site, Southeast Washington." In Environmental Toxicology and Risk Assessment: Recent Achievements in Environmental Fate and Transport Vol. 9; STP 1381, ed. Fred T. Price, Kevin V Brix, and Nancy K. Lane, pp. 104 - 117. Am. Soc. For Testing and Materials, West Conshohocken, PA.