Dick has been a great technical leader of T-Division which has had many outstanding leaders, such as Hans Bethe, Carson Mark, Peter Carruthers and George Bell. Dick was a great believer in the quality of science and worked hard to build a strong workforce in T-Division through a consistent series of outstanding postdoctoral and Oppenheimer fellow hires. I was always impressed by his dedication to and deep interest in fundamental scientific questions. We will miss him deeply. The council's report was presented last week to the UC Board of Regents' Committee on Oversight of the National Laboratories at a meeting in San Francisco.
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Back to index Neptunium crowned Laboratory researchers have demonstrated a chemical reaction that offers a potential new approach for selectively removing radioactive actinide ions from process streams, waste solutions or environmental waters. This had previously been seen only with dioxo-uranium cations in organic solvents. The encapsulation of a transuranic element under aqueous conditions suggests the potential use of such ligands for removing radionuclides from contaminated waters. The combined molecular compound crystallized out of the aqueous solution as large, turquoise-colored crystals. The Laboratory has taken possession of a Beechcraft Bonanza airplane it will use to re-establish a flight test program at Los Alamos.