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Allison C. Peacock

Section Head - REDC Isotope Processing

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Allison Peacock is a technical and operational leader with nearly 15 years of experience in radioisotope production at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and across the DOE complex. She currently serves as Section Head for the Radiochemical Engineering Development Center (REDC) Isotope Processing, where she leads groups responsible for target fabrication, hot-cell processing, and final product preparation supporting ORNL’s californium-252 and plutonium-238 production missions. In this role, she provides leadership for workforce development, production prioritization, operational coordination, disciplined operations, and continuous improvement to ensure the safe and reliable delivery of radioisotope products.

Previously, Allison served as Section Head for the Medical and Industrial Isotope Processing Section, leading multiple groups responsible for medical and industrial isotope manufacturing and processing. She also served as Group Lead for Building 4501 Operations, overseeing a diverse portfolio of radioisotope production and dispensing activities, including accelerator-produced Ac-225, W-188, Ra-224/Pb-212 generators, Th-229, Tc-99, Ni-63, Se-75, and Ba-133. Her leadership has emphasized safe and reliable mission delivery, product quality, operational excellence, and the development and mentorship of staff.

Allison first came to ORNL as a student in 2012, completed a post-bachelor research appointment beginning in 2014, and joined ORNL as an isotope production technical professional in 2015. From 2021 to 2022, she served as Thorium Purification Manager for Isotek Systems LLC, where she led Th-229 purification operations and processing readiness in a Hazard Category 3 nuclear facility before returning to ORNL in an operational leadership role.

Allison holds a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering with a Systems Engineering concentration from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from East Tennessee State University.

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  1. Toro-González, Miguel, Allison Peacock, Andrew Miskowiec, David A. Cullen, Roy Copping, Saed Mirzadeh, and Sandra M. Davern. 2021. "Tailoring the Radionuclide Encapsulation and Surface Chemistry of La(223Ra)VO4 Nanoparticles for Targeted Alpha Therapy" Journal of Nanotheranostics 2, no. 1: 33-50. https://doi.org/10.3390/jnt2010003

  2. Tara Mastren, Benjamin W. Stein, T. Parker, Valery Radchenko, Roy Copping, Allison Owens, Lance E. Wyant, Mark Brugh, Stosh A. Kozimor, F. Nortier, Eva Birnbaum, Kevin John, Michael Fassbender. (2018). Separation of Protactinium Employing Sulfur-Based Extraction Chromatographic Resins. Analytical Chemistry. 90. 10.1021/acs.analchem.8b01380.

  3. Tara Mastren, Valery Radchenko, Jonathan Engle, John Weidner, Allison Owens, Lance E. Wyant, Roy Copping, Mark Brugh, F. Nortier, Eva Birnbaum, Kevin John, Michael Fassbender. (2018). Chromatographic separation of the theranostic radionuclide 111 Ag from a proton irradiated thorium matrix. Analytica Chimica Acta. 998. 75-82. 10.1016/j.aca.2017.10.020.

  4. Tara Mastern, Valery Radchenko, Allison Owens, Roy Copping, Rose Boll, Justin Griswold, Saed Mirzadeh, Lance Wyant, Mark Brugh, Johnathan Engle, Francois Nortier, Eva Birnbaum, Kevin John, Michael Fassbender. (2017). Simultaneous Separation of Actinium and Radium Isotopes from a Proton Irradiated Thorium Matrix. Scientific Reports, 7, 8216. http://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-08506-9.

  5. Valery Radchenko, Tara Mastren, Catherine A.L. Meyer, Alexander S. Ivanov, Vyacheslav S. Bryantsev, Roy Copping, David Denton, Jonathan W. Engle, Justin R. Griswold, Karen Murphy, Justin J. Wilson, Allison Owens, Lance Wyant, Eva R. Birnbaum, Jonathan Fitzsimmons, Dmitri Medvedev, Cathy S. Cutler, Leonard F. Mausner, Meiring F. Nortier, Kevin D. John, Saed Mirzadeh, Michael E. Fassbender. Radiometric evaluation of diglycolamide resins for the chromatographic separation of actinium from fission product lanthanides, Talanta, Volume 175, 2017, Pages 318-324, ISSN 0039-9140, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.talanta.2017.07.057.

  6. J.R. Griswold, D.G. Medvedev, J.W. Engle, R. Copping, J.M. Fitzsimmons, V. Radchenko, J.C. Cooley, M.E. Fassbender, D.L. Denton, K.E. Murphy, A.C. Owens, E.R. Birnbaum, K.D. John, F.M. Nortier, D.W. Stracener, L.H. Heilbronn, L.F. Mausner, S. Mirzadeh, Large scale accelerator production of 225Ac: Effective cross sections for 78–192 MeV protons incident on 232Th targets, Applied Radiation and Isotopes, Volume 118, 366-374 (2016).

  7. Hogle, S., Boll, R.A., Murphy, K., Denton, D., Owens, A., Haverlock, T.J., Garland, M., Mirzadeh, S. Reactor production of Thorium-229. Applied Radiation and Isotopes. Volume 114, 19-27 (2016).

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