Chuck Russell

Research Scientist Emeritus Scholar, Hydrogeology

Phone

702-862-5486

E-Mail

Chuck.Russell@dri.edu

Campus

Las Vegas Campus

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Division

Hydrologic Sciences

Professional Interests

Mr. Russell’s research interests are centered on hydrogeologic studies that combine hydrologic and geochemical parameters to solve hydrologic problems, on both a local and regional scale. Other areas of focus are the development of improved methods for the field-based determination of hydrologic parameters, the development of improved methods for monitoring and remediation techniques.

Education

Degree	Year	Institution	Area
M.S.	1987	University of Nevada Las Vegas	Geosciences
B.S.	1984	Eastern Washington University	Geology

Keywords

hydrogeology, isotope chemistry, tritium

Publications

2024

Goreham, J., Parker, B. A., Hartwell, W. T., Karr, L. H., Russell, C. E. (2024). Nevada National Security Site Environmental Report 2023 – Chapter 7: Community-Based Offsite Monitoring, September 2, 2024, DOE/NV/03624–2026

2023

Carroll, R. W., Rybarski, S. C., Hershey, R. L., Russell, C. E. (2023). Groundwater residence time within the Nevada Environmental Response Trust (NERT) site, Henderson, Nevada., Desert Research Institute Report, 41294, 1-148

Bromley, M., Minor, B. A., Russell, C. E., Huntington, J. L., Carrara, K. O. (2023). Remote Sensing of Evapotranspiration at the Nevada Environmental Response Trust Site and Nearby Properties. Division of Hydrologic Sciences, Desert Research Institute, 41296

Goreham, J., Parker, B. A., Hartwell, W. T., Karr, L. H., Russell, C. E., Klenke, J. (2023). 2022 Nevada National Security Site Environmental Report – Chapter 7: Community-Based Offsite Monitoring. U.S. DOE, DOE/NV/03624–1788

2022

Goreham, J., Hartwell, W. T., Karr, L. H., Russell, C. E., Klenke, J. (2022). 2021 Nevada National Security Site Environmental Report – Chapter 7: Community-Based Offsite Monitoring. U.S. DOE, DOE/NV/03624–1486

2021

Russell, C. E., Collins, C. M., French, R. H., Hershey, R. L., Rivera, P. (2021). Compilation and Evaluation of Data from Groundwater Impounded within the U12n and U12t Tunnels, Rainier and Aqueduct Mesas, Nevada National Security Site. DRI: Las Vegas, https://doi.org/10.2172/1836541

Goreham, J., Hartwell, W. T., Karr, L. H., Russell, C. E., Klenke, J. M. (2021). 2020 Nevada National Security Site Environmental Report – Chapter 7: Community-Based Offsite Monitoring, U.S. DOE, DOE/NV/03624–1210

2020

Goreham, J., Hartwell, W. T., Karr, L. H., Russell, C. E., Klenke, J. M. (2020). 2019 Nevada National Security Site Environmental Report – Chapter 7: Community-Based Offsite Monitoring, U.S. DOE, DOE/NV/03624–0899

2019

Hamilton-Brehm, S. D., Onstott, T., Sherwood-Lollar, B., Zavarin, M., Grzymski, J. J., Russell, C. E., Caldwell, M., Lawson, P. A., Neveux, I., Moser, D. P., Stewart, L. (2019). Thermoanaerosceptrum fracticalcis gen. nov. sp. nov., a novel fumarate-fermenting microorganism from a deep fractured carbonate aquifer of the US Great Basin, Frontiers in Microbiology, 10, p. 2224, 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02224

Goreham, J., Karr, L. H., Hartwell, W. T., Russell, C. E. (2019). 2018 Nevada National Security Site Environmental Report – Chapter 7: Community-Based Offsite Monitoring, DOE/NV/03624–0612

2018

Campbell, S. A., Hartwell, W. T., Karr, L. H., Russell, C. E., Shadel, C. A., Klenke, J. (2018). Chapter 7. Community Based Offsite Monitoring in Nevada National Security Site Environmental Report 2018, 7-1 to 7-14. U.S. Department of Energy, DOE/NV/03624–0270

Russell, C. E. (2018). Rainier Mesa/Shoshone Mountain Flow and Transport Model Report Nevada National Security Site, Nevada: Appendix C.4.0 Environmental Radionuclide Data and Observations, C-15 to C-74. U.S. Dept. of Energy, DOE/NV–1588

2017

Campbell, S. A., Hartwell, W. T., Karr, L. H., Russell, C. E., Shadel, C. A., Klenke, J. M. (2017). Chapter 7. Community Based Offsite Monitoring in Nevada National Security Site Environmental Report 2016, 7-1 to 7-14. U.S. Dept. of Energy, DOE/NV/25946–3334

2016

Campbell, S. A., Hartwell, W. T., Karr, L. H., Russell, C. E., Shadel, C. A. (2016). Chapter 7: Community Environmental Monitoring Program in Nevada National Security Site Environmental Report 2015, DOE/NV/29546–2950. U.S. Dept. of Energy

2015

Campbell, S. A., Hartwell, W. T., Karr, L. H., Russell, C. E., Shadel, C. A. (2015). Chapter 7: Community Environmental Monitoring Program in Nevada National Security Site Environmental Report 2014, DOE/NV/25946–2566. U.S. Department of Energy

2014

Reeves, D. M., Parashar, R., Pohlmann, K. F., Russell, C. E., Chapman, J. B. (2014). Development and Calibration of Dual-Permeability Flow Models with Discontinuous Fault Networks, Vadose Zone Journal, 13 (8), 1-23, 10.2136/vzj2013.10.0183

Lyles, B. F., McCurdy, G. D., Russell, C. E., Healey, J. M. (2014). 2013 Annual Report: Timber Mountain Precipitation Monitoring Station, DOE/NV/0000939-LTR2014-16

2013

Zhang, Y., LaBolle, E. M., Russell, C. E., Reeves, D. M. (2013). A direct numerical simulation of matrix diffusion across the fracture/matrix interface, Water Sciences and Engineering, 6 (4), 365-379

2010

Zhu, J., Pohlmann, K. F., Chapman, J. B., Russell, C. E., Carroll, R. W., Shafer, D. S. (2010). Sensitivity of Solute Advective Travel Time to Porosities of Hydrogeologic Units, Ground Water, 48, 10.1111/j.1745-6584.2009.00664.x

2009

Zhu, J., Pohlmann, K. F., Chapman, J. B., Russell, C. E., Carroll, R. W., Shafer, D. S. (2009). Uncertainty and Sensitivity of Contaminant Travel Times from the Upgradient Nevada Test Site to the Yucca Mountain Area

Russell, C. E., Mizell, S. A., Minor, T. B. (2009). The Case for an Integrated Chloride Mass-Balance Approach for Estimating Recharge, Journal of Hydrology

2007

Minor, T. B., Russell, C. E., Mizell, S. A. (2007). Development of a GIS-based model for extrapolating mesoscale groundwater recharge estimates using integrated geospatial data sets, Hydrogeology Journal

Mizell, S. A., Russell, C. E., Kluesner, T. L. (2007). Estimation of groundwater recharge to selected hydrographic basins of eastern Nevada and western Utah using the chloride mass-balance method

Russell, C. E., Mizell, S. A., Minor, T. B. (2007). Estimation of groundwater recharge in Steptoe Valley, Nevada, by the elevation-dependent chloride mass-balance approach

Oberlander, P. L., McGraw, D. S., Russell, C. E. (2007). Hydraulic Conductivity with Depth for Underground Test Area (UGTA) Wells

2006

Oberlander, P. L., Russell, C. E. (2006). Process Considerations for Trolling Borehole Flow Logs, Ground Water Monitiring & Remediation, 26, 3, 60-67

1995

Minor, T. B., Russell, C. E., Chesley, M., Englin, J., Sander, P., Carter, J., Knowles, R., Acheampong, S., McKay, W. A. (1995). Application of Geographic Information System Technology to Water Well Siting in Ghana, West Africa: A Feasibility Study, DRI Report No. 41145

1989

Russell, C. E. (1989). Annotated Bibliography of the Physical Data of Rainier Mesa and Yucca Mountain, DRI Report No. 41113

Conference Proceedings

2019

Reeves, D., Parashar, R., Labolle, E. M., Zhang, Y., Pohlmann, K. F., Russell, C. E., Chapman, J. B. (2019). Integrated Use of Data and Numerical Models for Site Conceptual Model Development In Complex Hydrogeologic Systems. 2019 NGWA Conference on Fractured Rock and Groundwater: Burlington, VT, September 23, 2019-September 24, 2019

2017

Russell, C. E., Denovio, N., Farnham, I. M., Wurtz, J. A. (2017). ER-20-12: A Case Study of Corrective Action Investigation in a Challenging Environment. Waste Managment Symposia: Phoenix, AZ, March 6, 2017-March 9, 2017, 17236

Farnham, I. M., Andres, C., Russell, C. E., Wilborn, B. (2017). Peer Review Lessons Learned – DOE and Regulator perspectives. Waste Management Symposia 2017: Pheonix, AZ, March 6, 2017-March 9, 2017, 17140

2016

Pohlmann, K. F., Russell, C. E., Heintz, K. M. (2016). Evaluation of Sampling Technologies for Small-Diameter Wells and Piezometers at the Nevada National Security Site. UGTA TIE Workshop: Las Vegas, NV, October 13, 2016

2015

Russell, C. E. (2015). Evolution of the Community Environmental Monitoring Program (CEMP). 2015 Waste Management Synposia: Phoenix, AZ, March 18, 2015

2014

Reeves, D. M., Parashar, R., Pohlmann, K. F., Zhang, Y., Russell, C. E., LaBolle, E., Chapman, J. B. (2014). Radionuclide Containment Properties of Fractured and Faulted Volcanic Tuff Units at the T-Tunnel Complex, Rainier Mesa, Nevada National Security Site. Waste Management 2014

Zhang, Y., Pohlmann, K. F., Chapman, J. B., Russell, C. E., Parashar, R. (2014). Capturing anomalous dynamics of conservative and reactive contaminant transport in fractured media from centimeter scales to kilometer scales. DOE UGTA TIE Workshop, July 16, 2014

Pohlmann, K. F., Russell, C. E., Healey, J. M. (2014). Evaluation of Groundwater Purging and Sampling in Small-Diameter Wells and Piezometers at the Nevada National Security Site. DOE UGTA TIE Workshop, July 16, 2014

Parashar, R., Reeves, D. M., Zhang, Y., Pickman, L. H., Pohlmann, K. F., Russell, C. E., Chapman, J. B. (2014). Western Pahute Mesa Discrete Fracture Network Modeling and Upscaling. DOE UGTA TIE Workshop, July 16, 2014

2013

Pohlmann, K. F., Chapman, J. B., Russell, C. E. (2013). Use of a Regional Model to Support Site-Scale Groundwater Flow Modeling at Pahute Mesa, Nevada. Devil’s Hole Workshop: Furnace Creek, Death Valley, California, May 1, 2013-May 3, 2013

2012

Moser, D. P., Fisher, J., Bruckner, J., Zavarin, M., Russell, C. E., Czerwinski, K., Lindvall, R. E., Roberts, S., Onstott, T., Sherwood Lollar, B. (2012). Radiochemically-supported microbial communities: a potential mechanism for biocolloid production of importance to actinide transport. DOE Subsurface Biogeochemical Research (SBR) Annual PI Meeting: Washington, DC

2010

Bruckner, J., Fisher, J., Zavarin, M., Czerwinski, K., Daly, M. J., Lindvall, R. E., Marshall, M., Russell, C. E., Moser, D. P. (2010). Characterization of microbial communities in subsurface nuclear blast cavities of the Nevada Test Site, DOE-Environmental Remediation Sciences Program (ERSP) 4th Annual PI Meeting: Lansdowne, VA, April 2010.

2009

Bruckner, J., Fisher, J., Lindvall, R., Zavarin, M., Czerwinski, K., Russell, C. E., Moser, D. P. (2009). Microbial communities of underground nuclear blast cavities, 109th General Meeting of the American Society for Microbiology: Philadelphia, PA, May 2009, Poster No. N-124.

Bruckner, J., Fisher, J., Zavarin, M., Czerwinski, K., Daly, M. J., Lindvall, R. E., Marshall, M., Russell, C. E., Moser, D. P. (2009). Characterization of microbial communities in subsurface nuclear blast cavities of the Nevada Test Site, DOE-Environmental Remediation Sciences Program (ERSP) 4th Annual PI Meeting: Lansdowne, VA, April 2009.

2008

Zhu, J., Pohlmann, K. F., Chapman, J. B., Russell, C. E., Carroll, R. W., Shafer, D. S. (2008). Uncertainty and Sensitivity of Contaminant Travel Times from Nevada the Test Site to Yucca Mountain. 2008 Devils Hole Workshop: Death Valley, CA

Pohlmann, K. F., Zhu, J., Chapman, J. B., Russell, C. E., Carroll, R. W., Shafer, D. S. (2008). Contaminant Travel Times from the Nevada Test Site to Yucca Mountain: Sensitivity to Porosity. AGU 2008 Fall Meeting: San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

2007

Reeves, D. M., Schultz, R. A., Bingham, C., Pohlmann, K. F., Russell, C. E., Chapman, J. B. (2007). Characterization of preferential pathways at the T-Tunnel Complex, Rainier Mesa, Nevada. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting: San Francisco

2006

Pohlmann, K. F., Zhu, J., Ye, M., Carroll, R. W., Chapman, J. B., Russell, C. E., Shafer, D. S. (2006). Evaluation of Groundwater Pathways and Travel Times From the Nevada Test Site to the Potential Yucca Mountain Repository: San Francisco, CA

Pohlmann, K. F., Zhu, J., Ye, M., Chapman, J. B., Russell, C. E., Shafer, D. S., Carroll, R. W. (2006). Evaluation of Groundwater Pathways and Travel Times from the Nevada Test Site to the Potential Yucca Mountain Repository: San Francisco, California

2005

Shafer, D. S., Martin, C., Pohlmann, K. F., Russell, C. E., Ye, M., Engelbrecht, J. P., Minor, T. B., Bishop, L. (2005). Establishing baseline environmental conditions for the proposed Yucca mountain repository, Nevada, U.S.A.: Glasgow, Scotland

Murray, P. A., Russell, C. E., Nevins, P., Morgan, M. (2005). Field deployment of a novel approach for the acquisition of deep groundwater samples at the Nevada Test Site: Tucson, Arizona

Russell, C. E., Murray, P. A., Nevins, P., Morgan, M. (2005). Field deployment of a novel approach for the acquisition of deep groundwater samples at Sandia National Laboratory, The Nevada Test Site, and Nye County Nevada: Tucson, AZ

2004

Murray, P. A., Russell, C. E. (2004). Field development of novel approach in acquiring deep groundwater samples at Sandia National Laboratories; Nevada Test Site; and Nye County, Nevada