PNNL

Keith Bryce joined Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in August 2024 as a postdoctoral research associate in the Radiological Materials Group. He has a background in nuclear engineering and materials science and has held roles such as research assistant and design engineer. Bryce recently earned his PhD in nuclear engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, where his research focused on the design and corrosion testing of advanced ceramics for nuclear waste immobilization and severe aerospace settings. He also holds a master’s degree in mechanical and nuclear engineering from Virginia Commonwealth University. With prior experience in materials synthesis and testing, combined with an extensive background in materials characterization, he is excited to contribute to projects focused on technetium retention in high-level waste glasses and molten glass corrosion of high-temperature alloys and refractories with his team.

• Application of materials science to nuclear waste management
• Corrosion of refractory and Ni-Cr alloys via nuclear waste glass melts
• Oxidation of Ni-Cr alloys
• Technetium/rhenium retention in nuclear waste glasses

• PhD in nuclear engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• MS in mechanical and nuclear engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University
• BS in physics, The University of the West Indies

• Member, American Ceramics Society

2026

• Bryce, K., D. Dixon, J.-H. Seo, R. Pokorný, P. Hrma, A. A. Kruger. 2026. “Investigating the effects of rhenium concentrations and alumina sources on the rhenium incorporation into LAW glass.” Ceramics International, 2026.

2025

• Majee, B. P., K. Bryce, L. Huang, and J. Lian. 2025. “High temperature steam corrosion of LuPO4 and high-entropy rare earth phosphates in the presence of Al(OH)3 and Si(OH)4 impurities.” npj Materials Degradation 9 (1): 76.
• Majee, B. P., K. Bryce, L. Huang, and Jie Lian. “CMAS corrosion resistance of rare earth phosphates at high temperatures for environmental barrier coatings.” Journal of the American Ceramic Society 108 (3): p. e20251.
• Majee, B. P., K. Bryce, L. Huang, and J. Lian. 2025. “A high-entropy rare-earth phosphate and its principle single component REPO4 for environmental barrier coatings.” Journal of Advanced Ceramics 14: 9221041.

2024

• Bryce, K., B. P. Majee, L. Huang, and J. Lian. 2024. “A systematic study of thermomechanical properties and calcium–magnesium–aluminosilicate (CMAS) corrosion of multicomponent rare-earth phosphates.” Journal of Advanced Ceramics 13 (11): 1807–1822.
• Bryce, K., K. Yang, M. Li, D. Zhao, and J. Lian. 2024. “The effects of crystal structure on the chemical durability of yttrium disilicate.” RSC Advances 14: 13997–14007.
• Yang, K., K. Bryce, T. Yao, D. Zhao, and J. Lian. 2024. “Chemical durability and corrosion-induced microstructure evolution of compositionally complex titanate pyrochlore waste forms with uranium incorporation.” Journal of the European Ceramic Society 44 (2): 1102–1114.

2023

• Bryce, K., K. Yang, T. Yao, and J. Lian. 2023. “Chemical Durability of Multicomponent Lanthanide Zirconate Solid Solutions.” Ceramics International 49 (23) Part B: 39196–39204.
• Bryce, K., Y.-T. Shih, L. Huang, and J. Lian. 2023. “Calcium-Magnesium-Aluminosilicate (CMAS) corrosion resistance of high entropy rare-earth phosphate (Lu_0.2Yb_0.2Er_0.2Y_0.2Gd_0.2)PO₄: A novel environmental barrier coating candidate.” Journal of the European Ceramic Society 43 (14): 6461–6472.

2022

• Bryce, K., K. Yang, Y. Wanga, and J. Lian. 2022. “Chemical durability and degradation mechanisms of CsPbI₃ as a potential host phase for cesium and iodine sequestration.” RSC Advances 12: 12242–12252.

2021

• Yang, Y., K. Bryce, W. Zhu, D. Zhao, and J. Lian. 2021. “Multicomponent pyrochlore solid solutions with uranium incorporation – A new perspective of materials design for nuclear applications.” Journal of the European Ceramic Society 41 (4): 2870–2882.

2017

• Williams, N., K. Bryce, and S. Phongikaroon. 2017. “Measurement of Cerium and Gadolinium in Solid Lithium Chloride–Potassium Chloride Salt Using Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy (LIBS).” Applied Spectroscopy 71 (10): 2302–2312.