​Kevin Tolman is a Nuclear Science & Technology staff scientist with expertise in materials' crystal chemistry. His interests include nuclear fuels chemistry, radiochemistry, and radiological materials characterization (i.e., ceramics, salts, glass, and metals). His interests and studies include waste forms for used nuclear fuel immobilization (e.g., advanced ceramics, alloys, glasses), crucible materials for extreme environments (e.g., materials to withstand high radiation fields, high temperature, corrosive environments), and the neutralization of elemental sodium-bond during pyroprocessing. 

• Nuclear materials chemistry (ceramics, salts, glass, and metals) for pyroprocessing, waste forms, deriving processing-composition structure relationships including extreme environments
• Materials Science and Engineering
• Thermophysical Properties of Nuclear Fuel
• Thermodynamics, 
• Radiochemistry, 
• Nuclear Fuels Chemistry and Waste Forms, 
• Crystallography and Crystal Chemistry, 
• Materials’ Electrical & Magnetic Properties,