Robert Bruce Hayes

Mechanical Performance of Metal Oxide–Infused Polyurethane Conformal Coatings for Space Radiation Shielding Applications

Hartwell, P., & Hayes, R. B. (2026, January 1). SSRN Electronic Journal.

Reactor Testing of Metal Oxide Infused Conformal Coating for Space Electronics Applications

Hartwell, P., & Hayes, R. B. (2026, January 1). SSRN Electronic Journal.

3D-Printed Polymer-Based Conformal Space Radiation Shield With Heat Dissipation

Xiao, Y., Zou, A., Carlson, D., Hanson, S., Rahman, A., Hayes, R. B., & Zhang, P. (2025, April 30). Digital Commons - USU (Utah State University).

Innovative use of novel shielding materials for space electronics

Hartwell, P., McDonell, S. M., & Hayes, R. B. (2025, June 10). Radiation Physics and Chemistry, Vol. 237.

Optimal Additive Dose Distributions for Minimizing Dose Estimate Error in Retrospective and Emergency Dosimetry with Heteroscedastic Effects

Polk, M. G., & Hayes, R. B. (2025, April 18). Nuclear Science and Engineering.

Psychosomatic Bias in Low-dose Radiation Epidemiology: Assessing the Role of Radiophobia and Stress in Cancer Incidence

Health Physics, 129(3), 198–201.

Radiation Hardness Assurance by Redundancy in Raspberry Pi Zero W Computation Metrics via Total Ionizing Dose 60Co Testing for Spacecraft Applications

Health Physics, 128(6), 457–466.

Resuspension Consequence Assessment of the WIPP Release

Etter, N., & Hayes, R. B. (2025, October 29). Health Physics.

Special Issue Featuring Papers from the 2024 ANS Radiation Protection and Shielding Division Topical Meeting

Hayes, R., Sinha, V., Reichenberger, M., Dupont, M., & Heilbronn, L. (2025, November 3). Nuclear Science and Engineering.

A preliminary NASA compliant conformal coating for optimized space radiation shielding configurations and its mass attenuation coefficients

Progress in Nuclear Energy, 169, 105089.

An Assessment of the Levenberg-Marquardt Algorithm in the Deconvolution of Decaying Exponentials

ANS Radiation Protection and Shielding Division, 30–32.

Demonstrating a Quantitative and Systematic Approach to Reducing Excess Conservativism in Nuclear Criticality Safety Analyses

Nuclear Science and Engineering, 198(12), 2304–2315.

Effective Communication of Radiological Risk

ANS Radiation Protection and Shielding Division, 186–189.

Effects of Heteroskedastic Uncertainty on Optimal Dose Distributions for Additive Dose Methods in EPR Dosimetry

ANS Radiation Protection and Shielding Division, 76–80.

Feasibility of Metal Oxide Infused Conformal Coating as Radiation Shielding for Small Satellites

ANS Radiation Protection and Shielding Division, 148–153.

Hypothesis Testing a Public Communication Approach in Consent Based Siting of Used Nuclear Fuel

Metal Oxide Impregnated Conformal Coatings for Ionizing Radiation Shielding

(Patent No. US11887743B2).

Metal Oxide Infused Conformal Coatings for Shielding Satellite Electronics

Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, 130(1), 377.

Optimization of pure elemental and oxide-based shielding materials for cost

Peete, B., Trainor, S., & Hayes, R. (2024, September 24). Progress in Nuclear Energy, Vol. 177.

The Philosophy Behind Consent Based Siting Efforts with NC State

Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, 130(1), 138.

Wasted Nuclear Products

ANS Radiation Protection and Shielding Division, 182–185.

A thermal natural uranium breeder reactor for large and small applications with passive safeguard designs

Hayes, R. B., & Sawyers, M. J. (2023, July 1). Progress in Nuclear Energy.

An Assessment of Heterogeneous Effects on System Reactivity for Criticality Safety Analyses with LEU+ and HALEU Materials

Nuclear Technology, 209(6), 835–856.

Dose Estimation for Extravasation of 177Lu, 99mTc, and 18F

Health Physics, 124(3), 217–220.

EVALUATION OF EXISTING PUBLIC DOSE LIMITS APPLIED TO RECREATIONAL SPACEFLIGHT

Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 199(5), 482–489.

Nuclear waste Educator's workshop: What and how do we teach about nuclear waste?

Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 270, 107288.

A Novel Approach for Detection of Illicit Nuclear Activities Using Optically Stimulated Dosimetry

ESARDA Bulletin - The International Journal of Nuclear Safeguards and Non-Proliferation, 64(1), 64–74.

A Standard Model Approach to Inflation

Journal of Modern Physics, 13(02), 113–121.

A systems approach to a resilience assessment for agility

Systems Science & Control Engineering, 10(1), 955–964.

American National Standard Performance Specifications for Instrumentation Systems Designed for Measuring Radon Progeny in Air

EPR Investigation of Temporal and Thermal Stability of Irradiated Sweeteners

Abdelrahman, F. M., & Hayes, R. B. (2022, October 28). Health Physics, Vol. 12.

Harnessing the Environment to Identify Nuclear Processes: Biologically-Mediated Approaches

Countering WMD Journal, 24, 60–85.

Harnessing the Environment to Identify Nuclear Processes: I. Biological Markers to Assess Environmental Exposure

Countering WMD Journal, 24, 93–119.

Neutron activation analysis of novel space shielding for terrestrial applications

Long, M., & Hayes, R. B. (2022, October 4). Nuclear Engineering and Design, Vol. 11.

Nuclear energy myths versus facts support it's expanded use - a review

Hayes, R. B. (2022, June 11). Cleaner Energy Systems, Vol. 2, p. 100009.

A Standard Model Neutrino Mechanism

Journal of Modern Physics, 12(11), 1475–1482.

An effectively nondestructive method for dose assessment from accidental exposure using PCBs from electronic watches

Tchouaso, M. T., Coon, N., & Hayes, R. B. (2021, August 19). Radiation Measurements, Vol. 11.

The ubiquity of nuclear fission reactors throughout time and space

Hayes, R. B. (2021, November 17). Physics and Chemistry of the Earth Parts A/B/C, Vol. 125, p. 103083.

Thermoluminescence and optically stimulated luminescence response of Al2O3 coatings deposited by mist-chemical vapor deposition

Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 191, 109860.

A Novel Approach to Realistic Conservatism in Nuclear Criticality Safety Analysis

Nuclear Technology, 207(3), 460–467.

Ionizing Radiation Shielding Properties of Metal Oxide Impregnated Conformal Coatings

Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 171, 108685.

Low level EPR dosimetry of a commercial sugar

Applied Radiation and Isotopes, 157, 109038.

Opportunities for a graded approach in air sample assay and triage

ESARDA Bulletin, 60, 43–52.

Retrospective characterization of special nuclear material in time and space

Radiation Measurements, 133, 106301.

Three-dimensional positional analysis of weapons grade plutonium using gridded arrays of dosimeters

ESARDA Bulletin, 61.

Unaccounted for uncertainties in radioaerosol assays as used in plume reconstruction or treaty verification

Hayes, R. B. (2020, June). ESARDA Bulletin, 60, 53–59.

Deconvolution of Uncertainty Components in Transuranic Air Sample Assay Measurements

Incremental Gains in Transuranic Activity Analysis in Air Samples for Radiological Emergency Response

Nuclear Technology, 205(9), 1219–1235.

Initial TL/OSL/EPR Considerations for commercial diatomaceous earth in retrospective dosimetry and dating

Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 1-10.

Monte Carlo Analysis of Optimally Selected Dose Points for the Additive Dose Method for Retrospective Dosimetry

Nuclear forensics via the electronic properties of particulate and samples

Hayes, R. B., O'Mara, R. P., & Abdelrahman, F. (2019, December). ESARDA Bulletin, 59, 21–28.

Opportunities for a graded approach in air sample assay and triage

41st ESARDA Annual Meeting symposium on safeguards and nuclear material management. Presented at the 41st ESARDA Annual Meeting, Stressa, Italy.

Retrospective uranium enrichment potential using solid state dosimetry techniques on ubiquitous building materials

Journal of Nuclear Material Management, 47(2), 4–12.

Validation of a rapid, conservative transuranic alpha activity estimation method in air samples

Journal of Radiological Protection, 39(3), 749–765.

American National Standard Instrumentation and Systems for Monitoring Airborne Radioactivity

Dose Deposition Profiles in Untreated Brick Material

Ryan, O. M., & Hayes, R. (2018, February 25). Health Physics, Vol. 114, pp. 414–420.

Grain size and density separation effects on luminescence dose estimates using brick material

Embedded Topical Meeting - Advances in Nuclear Nonproliferation Technology and Policy Conference 2018, ANTPC 2018, 192–195. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-85067121319&partnerID=MN8TOARS

LNT May Be Lethal but ALARA Is Inherently Useful

Hayes, R. B. (2018, July 25). Health Physics, Vol. 115.

Preliminary work toward a transuranic activity estimation method for rapid discrimination of anthropogenic from TRU in alpha air samples

Health Physics (New York, N.Y.), 114(4), 319–327.

Retrospective dosimetry at the natural background level with commercial surface mount resistors

Radiation Measurements, 121, 42–48.

Total Ambient Dose Equivalent Buildup Factor Determination for Nbs04 Concrete

Duckic, P., & Hayes, R. B. (2018, March 15). Health Physics, Vol. 114, pp. 569–581.

Total Ambient Dose Equivalent Buildup Factors for Portland Concrete

Duckic, P., & Hayes, R. B. (2018, July 25). Health Physics, Vol. 115, pp. 324–337.

Total ambient dose equivalent buildup factor determination for NBS04 concrete

Health Physics (New York, N.Y.), 114(6), 569–581.

A standard model approach to dark energy and inflation

Journal of Cosmology, 26, 14850–14859. http://journalofcosmology.com/JOC26/Hayes.pdf

Applications of Radioisotopes

Hayes, R. B. (2017, January 1).

Reconstruction of A Radiological Release Using Aerosol Sampling

Hayes, R. B. (2017, February 24). Health Physics, Vol. 112, pp. 326–337.

Retrospective Imaging and Characterization of Nuclear Material

Hayes, R. B., & Sholom, S. (2017, June 28). Health Physics, Vol. 113, pp. 91–101.

Some Mathematical and Geophysical Considerations in Radioisotope Dating Applications

Hayes, R. B. (2017, January 24). Nuclear Technology, Vol. 197, pp. 209–218.

Consequence Assessment of the WIPP Radiological Release from February 2014

Hayes, R. B. (2016, February 24). Health Physics, Vol. 110, pp. 342–360.

Contributions of Various Radiological Sources to Background in a Suburban Environment

Milvenan, R. D., & Hayes, R. B. (2016, September 27). Health Physics, Vol. 111, pp. S193–S199.

Implementation of a Portable HPGe for Field Contamination Assay

Hayes, R. B. (2016, April 26). Health Physics, Vol. 110, pp. 571–579.

Operational Check Source Recalibration

Hayes, R. B. (2015, June 23). Health Physics, Vol. 109, pp. S156–S161.

Using Isotopic Ratios for Discrimination of Environmental Anthropogenic Radioactivity

Hayes, R. B., & Akbarzadeh, M. (2014, August 27). Health Physics, Vol. 107, pp. 277–291.

Nuclear criticality as a contributor to gamma ray burst events

Hayes, R. B. (2013, January 25). Astrophysics and Space Science, Vol. 345, pp. 147–154.

Nuclear science and technology made so simple, it belongs in your newspaper – popular science topics for the layman

https://www.amazon.com/Nuclear-Science-Technology-belongs-newspaper-ebook/dp/B00CC2KB5S

Foreword: Special Issue on the 16th Biennial Topical Meeting of the Radiation Protection and Shielding Division

Hayes, R. B. (2011, July 1). Nuclear Technology, Vol. 175, p. 1.

Calibration of Air Samplers and Monitors

Hayes, R. (2010, October 18). Radioactive Air Sampling Methods, pp. 357–367.

Radioactive Air Sampling Methods

(M. L. Maiello & M. D. Hoover, Eds.).

Continuous Air Monitor Algorithm Development

Nuclear Technology, 168(1), 35–40.

Preliminary Benchmarking Efforts and MCNP Simulation Results for Homeland Security

Nuclear Technology, 168(3), 852–857.

High burn-up capability possibilities for a new beryllium moderated water cooled natural uranium reactor

Annals of Nuclear Energy, 35(8), 1584–1586.

PROBLEMS FOUND USING A RADON STRIPPING ALGORITHM FOR RETROSPECTIVE ASSESSMENT OF AIR FILTER SAMPLES

Hayes, R. B. (2008, April 1). Health Physics, Vol. 94, pp. 366–372.

BiodosEPR-2006 Meeting: Acute dosimetry consensus committee recommendations on biodosimetry applications in events involving uses of radiation by terrorists and radiation accidents

Radiation Measurements, 42(6-7), 972–996.

Burn-up characteristics of a light-water-cooled nuclear reactor of natural uranium and beryllium

Journal of Physical & Natural Science, 1(2), 1–11.

Electron spin relaxation of radicals in irradiated tooth enamel and synthetic hydroxyapatite

Radiation Measurements, 42(6-7), 997–1004.

A Light-Water-Cooled Nuclear Reactor of Natural Uranium and Beryllium

Journal of ASTM International, 3(8), 100274.

USE OF ALPHA SPECTROSCOPY FOR CONDUCTING RAPID SURVEYS OF TRANSURANIC ACTIVITY ON AIR SAMPLE FILTERS AND SMEARS

Health Physics, 89(2), 172–180.

A NEW TECHNIQUE FOR PRELIMINARY ESTIMATES OF TRU ACTIVITY ON AIR SAMPLE FILTERS AND RADIOLOGICAL SMEARS

Hayes, R. (2004, September 9). Health Physics, Vol. 87, pp. 429–436.

Collimated spectroscopy for specific activity determination behind a shield wall

Hayes, R. B. (2004, August 5). Radiation Measurements, Vol. 39, pp. 43–46.

Creating a baseline radiological standard for the waste isolation pilot plant underground

Isotopes in Environmental and Health Studies, 40(3), 213–220.

Generalized photon skyshine calculations

Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 111(3), 251–256.

Variation of long-lived free radicals responsible for the EPR native signal in bone of aged or diseased human females and ovariectomized adult rats

Kenner, G. H., Brik, A. B., Liu, G., Haskell, E. H., Hayes, R. B., Knight, J. A., … Barrus, J. K. (2004, May 29). Radiation Measurements, Vol. 39, pp. 255–262.

Alternate Approach to the Upper Subcritical Limit Determination for MCNP

Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, 89, 109. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0346904404&partnerID=MN8TOARS

CURVE FITTING AIR SAMPLE FILTER DECAY CURVES TO ESTIMATE TRANSURANIC CONTENT

Hayes, R. B., & Chiou, H. C. (2003, December 12). Health Physics, Vol. 86, pp. 80–91.

Collimated Spectroscopy for Specific Activity Determination Behind a Shield Wall

Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, 89, 566. http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-0346904210&partnerID=MN8TOARS

Diagnostic X ray dose profiles in molar teeth using Monte Carlo simulation

Radiation Protection Dosimetry, 104(2), 153–158.

False CAM Alarms from Radon Fluctuations

Hayes, R. (2003, November 1). Health Physics, Vol. 85, pp. S81–S84.

Preliminary Evaluation of Real Time False CAM Alarm Prediction Through Continuous Radon Monitoring

Hayes, R., & Chiou, H. C. (2003, May 1). Health Physics, Vol. 84, pp. S89–S92.

AN EPR MODEL FOR SEPARATING INTERNAL 90SR DOSES FROM EXTERNAL GAMMA-RAY DOSES IN TEETH

Hayes, R. B., Haskell, E. H., & Kenner, G. H. (2002, July 1). Health Physics, Vol. 83, pp. 75–81.

Alpha CAM alarm set points in a salt dust environment

Hayes, R. B., & Beekman, M. L. (2002, June 1). Health Physics, Vol. 82, pp. 887–897.

Beta CAM alarm set-point determination using historical data at the WIPP

Radiation Protection Management, 19, 16–24.

DOSE RATE PREDICTION METHODOLOGY FOR REMOTE HANDLED TRANSURANIC WASTE WORKERS AT THE WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANT

Hayes, R. (2002, October 1). Health Physics, Vol. 83, pp. 449–455.

Preliminary Measurements of Surface Removable NORM Activity in the WIPP Underground

Hayes, R., Gadbury, C., & Goff, T. (2002, May 1). Health Physics, Vol. 82, pp. S103–S107.

Internal contamination evaluation of a radioactive materials shipping container using a radiation assessment filter

Radiation Protection Management, 18(6), 30–38.

A method for identification of interfering signals in EPR dating of tooth enamel

Radiation Measurements, 32(5-6), 781–785.

A virtually nondestructive EPR technique accounting for diagnostic X-rays

Radiation Measurements, 32(5-6), 559–566.

Accurate EPR radiosensitivity calibration using small sample masses

Hayes, R. B., Haskell, E. H., Barrus, J. K., Kenner, G. H., & Romanyukha, A. A. (2000, March 1). Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 441, pp. 535–550.

Assessment of an alanine EPR dosimetry technique with enhanced precision and accuracy

Hayes, R. B., Haskell, E. H., Wieser, A., Romanyukha, A. A., Hardy, B. L., & Barrus, J. K. (2000, February 1). Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A Accelerators Spectrometers Detectors and Associated Equipment, Vol. 440, pp. 453–461.

Comparison of sample preparation and signal evaluation methods for EPR analysis of tooth enamel

Wieser, A., Onori, S., Aragno, D., Fattibene, P., Romanyukha, A., Ignatiev, E., … Kenner, G. (2000, May 1). Applied Radiation and Isotopes, Vol. 52, pp. 1059–1064.

EPR-dosimetry with carious teeth

Radiation Measurements, 32(5-6), 799–803.

Preliminary report on the development of a virtually nondestructive additive dose technique for EPR dosimetry

Haskell, E. H., Hayes, R. B., Romanyukha, A. A., & Kenner, G. H. (2000, May 1). Applied Radiation and Isotopes, Vol. 52, pp. 1065–1070.

The second international intercomparison on EPR tooth dosimetry

Radiation Measurements, 32(5-6), 549–557.

A comparison of optically stimulated luminescence dating methods applied to Eolian sands from the Mojave desert in Southern Nevada

Quaternary Science Reviews, 18(2), 235–242.