Professor Phillip Warwick BSc, PhD, CChem, FRSC

Director, GAU-Radioanalytical, Professorial Fellow

Prof Phil Warwick is a professorial fellow at the University of Southampton and director of the commercial radioanalytical and consultancy laboratory, GAU-Radioanalytical.

He has over 30 years experience in commercial radioanalytical operations and research, working closely with the nuclear industry, government agencies and academic sectors. He started his career at UKAEA Winfrith before moving to the University of Southampton in 1994.

He was also seconded for two years to provide contract management for the Environment Agency environmental monitoring programme for England and Wales.

Education and work history

BSc, Kingston (1991)
PhD, Southampton (1999)
Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry
Higher Scientific Officer, UKAEA (to 1994)
University of Southampton (1994 – present)
Radiation Protection Supervisor, SOES
Radioactive Materials Co-ordinator, NOCS

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A new radionuclide waste assessment tool for the nuclear sector

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Research interests

Research interests include: analytical radiochemistry, mass spectrometric analysis of radionuclides, dispersion of radionuclides / heavy metals in the marine / coastal environment, application of radiotracers in environmental process studies, nuclear forensics and nuclear waste characterisation and remediation. His research has included the development of novel extractants / adsorbents, novel techniques for quantification of difficult-to-measure radionuclides, development of nuclear waste characterisation techniques, automation and development of in-situ / on-line radionuclide sensors, radiologically-contaminated land remediation, permeable reactive barriers for groundwater clean-up and development of contaminated land assessment strategies.

Phil is a Chartered Chemist and Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Specialism: Analytical & environmental radiochemistry

Research group

Geochemistry

Research project(s)

GAU-Radioanalytical Laboratories

Advancing low level radionuclide analysis using HR-Sector Field ICP-MS: bioassay applications

Measurement of 135Cs/137Cs in environmental samples

Nuclear Forensics: Determining the origin of uranium ores from geochemical signatures

Assessment of Sorbent Materials for the Remediation of Radionuclide Contaminated Groundwater

Development of Robust Automated Techniques for Radionuclide Separation

Measurement of Neptunium-237 and its application to environmental studies

Past chair of the Royal Society of Chemistry Radiochemistry Group

Committee member of the Royal Society of Chemistry Mid Southern Counties local section

Member of the Analyts's Informal Working Group

Member of the Cross Industry Assay Working Group

Associate Member of the Society of Radiological Protection

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Articles

Book Chapter

Warwick, P. E., & Croudace, I. W. (2003). Measurement of gross alpha and beta activities in acid leachates using alpha-beta discriminating liquid scintillation counting. In S. Mobius (Ed.), LSC 2001: Advances in Liquid Scintillation Spectrometry (pp. 75-82). Tucson AZ, USA: University of Arizona Press.

Conferences

Agnew, K., Purdie, P., Cundy, A. B., Hopkinson, L., Croudace, I. W., & Warwick, P. E. F. (2009). Development and implementation of a low-cost ex-situ soil clean-up method for actinide removal at the AWE Aldermaston site, U.K. In Proceedings of the 2009 Waste Management Symposium “Waste Management for the Nuclear Renaissance (pp. 17p). Red Hook, US: Curran Associates for WM Symposia.
Croudace, I. W., Warneke, T., Warwick, P. E., Taylor, R. N., & Milton, J. A. (2003). High precision Pu isotope ratio measurements using MC-ICPMS. In P. Warwick (Ed.), Environmental Radiochemical Analysis II. Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on..., Maidstone, Kent, 18-20 September 2002 (pp. 104-112). (Royal Society of Chemistry Special Publication; No. 291). Cambridge, UK: Royal Society of Chemistry.
Warwick, P. E., & Croudace, I. W. (2003). Separation of iron-55/59 from fission and activation products using a di-isobutylketone-based extraction chromatographic materials. In P. Warwick (Ed.), Environmental Radiochemical Analysis II. Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on..., Maidstone, Kent, 18-20 September 2002 (pp. 8-16). (Royal Society of Chemistry Special Publication; No. 291). Cambridge, UK: Royal Society of Chemistry.
Warwick, P. E., Croudace, I. W., Howard, A. G., Cundy, A. B., & Morris, J. (2003). Spatial and temporal variation of tritium activities in coastal marine sediments of the Severn Estuary (UK). In P. Warwick (Ed.), Environmental Radiochemical Analysis II. Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on..., Maidstone, Kent, 18-20 September 2002 (pp. 92-103). (Royal Society of Chemistry Special Publication; No. 291). Cambridge, UK: Royal Society of Chemistry.
Bahaj, A. S., James, P. A. B., Moeschler, F. D., Croudace, I. W., & Warwick, P. E. (1997). Continuous radionuclide recovery from wastewater using magnetotactic bacteria. Paper presented at International Conference on Magnetism, Australia.

Report

Croudace, I. W., Warwick, P. E., & Food Standards Agency (2009). Organically-bound tritium (OBT) dispersion and accumulation in Severn Estuary sediments. Contract RP01034: report to the Food Standards Agency. London, GB: Food Standards Agency.

Thesis

Warwick, P. E. (1999). The determination of pure beta-emitters and their behaviour in a salt-marsh environment

SOES6023 Environmental Radioactivity & Radiochemistry
SOES3008 Environmental Geology

Professor Phillip Warwick
Ocean and Earth Science
National Oceanography Centre Southampton
University of Southampton Waterfront Campus
European Way
Southampton SO14 3ZH
UK

Room Number: NOCS/161/22

Facsimile: (023) 8059 6450

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