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R. Philip Hammond
R. Philip Hammond is director of the Nuclear Desalination Program at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He came to Oak Ridge in 1962 from Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, where he was associate division leader, Reactor Development Division. He has a PhD in physical chemistry (University of Chicago) and a degree in chemical engineering (University of Southern California). He is the author of numerous publications and patents in several fields, including saline water conversion,power reactors, reactor economics, Plutonium metallurgy, refractory metals, remote control engineering, rare earths, waste treatment processes, and mechanical devices.