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Oregon State University Triga Reactor (Ostr), Radiation Center and Ostr Annual Report for the Period July 1, 2007 Through June 30, 2008
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OSU Oregon State UNIVERSITY Radiation Center Oregon State University, 100 Radiation Center, Corvallis, Oregon 97331-5903 T 541-737-2341 1F 541-737-0480 1http://ne.oregonstate.edu/facilities/radiation-center October 27, 2008 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555

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Oregon State University TRIGA Reactor (OSTR)

Docket No. 50-243, License No. R-106 In accordance with section 6.7.e of the OSTR Technical Specifications we are hereby submitting the Oregon State University Radiation Center and OSTR Annual Report for the period July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008.

The Annual Report continues the pattern established over the past few years by including information about the entire Radiation Center rather than concentrating primarily on the reactor. Because this report addresses a number of different interests, it is rather lengthy, but we have incorporated a short executive summary which highlights the Center's activities and accomplishments over the past year.

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.

Executed on: /0 /Vv/oS' Sincerely, S even R. Reese Director Cc: Alexander Adams, USNRC John Cassady, OSU Craig Bassett, USNRC Rich Holdren, OSU Ken Niles, ODOE Todd Palmer, OSU Aoaq(z

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A. U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, License No. R-106 0 (Docket No. 50-243), Technical Specification 6.7(e).

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0 C. Oregon Department of Energy, OOE Rule No. 345-030-010.

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Contents

Part I-Overview Executive Summary .................. 6 0 Introduction ...................... 6

Overview of the Radiation Center .......... 7 Part Il-People Radiation Center Staff ................. 8 Reactor Operations Committee .......... 8 0 Professional & Research Faculty .......... 9

OSU Graduate Students .............. . 10

Part Ill-Facilities 0 Research Reactor .................. . 14

Analytical Equipment ................ .15

Radioisotope Irradiation Sources ........ 15 Laboratories & Classrooms ............ 16

Instrument Repair & Calibration ......... 17

Library .......................... 17 Part IV-Reactor Operating Statistics ................. . 20

Experiments Performed .............. .20

Unplanned Shutdowns .............. .22

Changes Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.59 ....... 22 Surveillance & Maintenance ........... 22

Part V-Radiation Protection

Introduction ..................... 40 Environmental Releases .............. 40 Personnel Doses ................... 41

Facility Survey Data ................. 42 Environmental Survey Data ............ 42

Radioactive Material Shipments ......... 43 References ...................... 43

Part VI-Work Summary ........................ 62 Teaching ......................... 62

Research & Service ................. . 62

Part VII-Words Documents Published or Accepted ....... .98 Presentations .................... . 106

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111.1 Gam macell 220 °Co Irradiator Use .............................. 17 111.2 Student Enrollment in Courses at the Radiation Center ................. 19 IV.1 OSTR Operating Statistics (Using the FLIP Fuel Core) ................... 24 IV.2 OSTR Operating Statistics with the Original Standard TRIGA Fuel Core ....... 28 IV.3 Present OSTR Operating Statistics .............................. 29 IV.4 OSTR Use Time in Terms of Specific Use Categories .................... 30 IV.5 OSTR Multiple UseTime ....................................... 30 IV.6 Use of OSTR Reactor Experiments ................................ 31 IV.7 Unplanned Reactor Shutdowns and Scrams ........................ ............... 31 V.1 Radiation Protection Program Requirements and Frequencies ............ ............... 44 0 V.2 Monthly Summary of Liquid Effluent Releases to the Sanitary Sewer ........ ............... 45 V.3 Annual Summary of Liquid Waste Generated and Transferred ............. 46 V.4 Monthly Summary of Gaseous Effluent Releases ..................... 47 V.5 Annual Summary of Solid Waste Generated and Transferred .............. 48 V.6 Annual Summary of Personnel Radiation Doses Received ................ 49 V.7 Total Dose Equivalent Recorded Within the TRIGA Reactor Facility ......... 50 V.8 Total Dose Equivalent Recorded on Area Within the Radiation Center ........ 51 V.9 Annual Summary of Radiation and Contamination Levels Within the Reactor... 53 0 V.10 Total Dose Equivalent at the TRIGA Reactor Facility Fence ............... 54 V.11 Total.Dose Equivalent at the Off-Site Gamma Radiation Monitoring Stations... 55 V.12 Annual Average Concentration of the Total Net Beta Radioactivity .......... 56 V.13 Beta-Gamma Concentration and Range of LLD Values .................. 57 0 V.14 Radioactive Material Shipments under NRC General License R-106 .......... .. 58 V.15 Radioactive Material Shipments under Oregon License ORE 90005 .......... 59 V.16 Radioactive Material Shipments Under NRC General License 10 CFR 110.23 . . . 60 VI.1 Institutions and Agencies Which Utilized the Radiation Center ............. 65 VI.2 Graduate Student Research Which Utilized the Radiation Center ........... 69 VI.3 Listing of Major Research & Service Projects Performed and Their Funding .... 74 0 VI.4 Summary of Radiological Instrumentation Calibrated to Support OSU Departments. 91 VI.5 Summary of Radiological Instrumentation Calibrated to Support Other Agencies . . 92 0 V1.6 Summary of Visitors to the Radiation Center ............................ 93 0 0

List of Figures 0 Table Title Page IV.1 Monthly Surveillance and Maintenance (Sample Form) ........ .32 IV.2 Quarterly Surveillance and Maintenance (Sample Form) ....... 33 IV.3 Semi-Annual Surveillance and Maintenance (Sample Form) ..... 35 IV.4 Annual Surveillance and Maintenance (Sample Form) ......... 37 10 V.1 Monitoring Stations for the OSU TRIGA Reactor ............ .61 0 VI. 1 Summary of the Types of Radiological Instrumentation Calibrated 90 0 000S0 0 0 07-08 Annual Report

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Last year, over 200 major research and service projects were performed at the Radiation

Center. High School Chemistry classes held half-life experiments; Flink Ink conducted analysis

of pigment samples; Terra Nova Nurseries used the facility for plant genetic studies; Provi-dence Hospital used it to irradiate cardiac stents; and universities from all over the world came to the Radiation Center to age-date everything from Aztec pottery to meteorites.

0 0 This has been my third year as Director of the Radiation Center.

I would like to acknowledge the entire Radiation Center staff for ing Reactors. Both were organized, and largely hosted, by the Radiation Center last summer. A tip-of-the-hat is extended to their patience as I learn the nuances of leading such a group of Dina Pope for her extraordinary skill and patience in organiz-0 knowledgeable, yet diverse people. Although I haven't quite fig-ured out how to balance everything yet, I am slowly learning to ing these events. Additionally, significant efforts were expended in supporting the analysis for the 20 year license renewal and not sweat the small stuff and concentrate on what is important. the conversion of the reactor fuel to a lower enrichment. Todd 0 This group has been so very supportive of my efforts, even when Keller needs to be recognized for his ability and willingness to 0 it may have at times been a bit frustrating, and challenging, to do so. Particularly with all the changes takeing place over the year.

jump into the spot of Reactor Administrator. He also needs to be commended for his significant contribution to the analysis In the coming year, I want to concentrate on returning the favor. effort.

0 The past year has indeed proven to be a very busy one: two On a personal note, I think I speak for everyone when I extend national meetings, the 2007 Health Physics Society Professional a warm handshake to Robert Schickler who joined the Radia-Development School (Radiological Assessment: Detection, tion Center Staff as a Reactor Operator. We could not be more Identification, and Evaluation) along with the 2007 Annual pleased with him coming on board. Welcome!

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S TIhe data from this reporting year shows that the use of the 0 Radiation Center and the Oregon State TRIGA reactor 0 (OSTR) has continued to grow in many areas.

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'The Radiation Center supported 43 different courses this year, 0 mostly in the Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radia-tion Health Physics. About 37% of these courses involved the 0 OSTR. The number of OSTR hours used for academic courses and training was 48, while 3,377 hours0.00436 days 0.105 hours 6.233466e-4 weeks 1.434485e-4 months were used for research projects. Fifty-five percent of the OSTR research hours were in support of off-campus research projects, reflecting the use of the S OSTR nationally and internationally. Radiation Center users published or submitted 133 articles this year, and made 119 pre- 0 sentations on work that involved the OSTR or Radiation Center.

The number of samples irradiated in the reactor during this reporting period was 3797. Funded OSTR use hours comprised 9 97% of the research use.

Personnel at the Radiation Center conducted 146 tours of the 0 facility, accommodating 2,504 visitors. The visitors included elementary, middle school, high school, and college students; The current annual report of the Oregon State University relatives and friends; faculty; current and prospective clients; Radiation Center and TRIGA Reactor follows the usual for- 0 national laboratory and industrial scientists and engineers; and mat by including information relating to the entire Radiation Center rather than just the reactor. However, the information state, federal and international officials. The Radiation Center is a significant positive attraction on campus because visitors is still presented in such a manner that data on the reactor may 0 leave with a good impression of the facility and of Oregon State be examined separately, if desired. It should be noted that all University. annual data given in this report covers the period from July 1, 0 2007 through June 30, 2008. Cumulative reactor operating data TIhe Radiation Center projects database continues to provide in this report relate only to the FLIP-fueled core. This covers 0 a useful way of tracking the many different aspects of work at the period from August 1, 1976 through June 30, 2008. For a the facility. The number of projects supported this year was 237. summary of data on the reactor's original 20% enriched core, Reactor related projects comprised 73% of all projects. The total the reader is referred to Table IV.2 in Part IV of this report or research supported by the Radiation Center, as reported by our to the 1976-77 Annual Report if a more comprehensive review researchers, was $4,385,324. The actual total is likely consider- is needed.

ably higher. This year the Radiation Center provided service to 66 different organizations/institutions, 41% of which were from In addition to providing general information about the activi-other states and 15% of which were from outside the U. S. and ties of the Radiation Center, this report is designed to meet Canada. So while the Center's primary mission is local, it is also the reporting requirements of the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory a facility with a national and international clientele. Commission, the U. S. Department of Energy, and the Oregon Department of Energy. Because of this, the report is divided The Radiation Center web site provides an easy way for poten- into several distinct parts so that the reader may easily find the tial users to evaluate the Center's facilities and capabilities as well sections of interest.

as to apply for a project and check use charges. The address is:

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S 0 evaluations and licensing of the fuill scale plant. This world-class The Radiation Center is a unique facility which serves the entire facility meets exacting quality assurance criteria to provide assur-0 OSU campus, all other institutions within the Oregon Uni- ance of safety as well as validity of the test results.

0 versity System, and many other universities and organizations Also housed in the Radiation Center are the Advanced Thermal 0 throughout the nation and the world. 'The Center also regularly provides special services to state and federal agencies, particu-Hydraulics Research Laboratory (ATHRL), which is used for state-of-the-art two-phase flow experiments, and the Nuclear larly agencies dealing with law enforcement, energy, health, and Engineering Scientific Computing Laboratory.

environmental quality, and renders assistance to Oregon industry.

In addition, the Radiation Center provides permanent office and The Radiation Center staff regularly provides direct support 0, laboratory space for the OSU Department of Nuclear Engineer- and assistance to OSU teaching and research programs. Areas ing and Radiation Health Physics, the OSU Institute of Nuclear of expertise commonly involved in such efforts include nuclear Science and Engineering, and for the OSU nuclear chemistry, engineering, nuclear and radiation chemistry, neutron activa-radiation chemistry, geochemistry and radiochemistry programs. tion analysis, radiation effects on biological systems, radiation There is no other university facility with the combined capabili- dosimetry, environmental radioactivity, production of short-lived ties of the OSU Radiation Center in the western half of the radioisotopes, radiation shielding, nuclear instrumentation, 0 United States. emergency response, transportation of radioactive materials, in-strument calibration, radiation health physics, radioactive waste Located in the Radiation Center are many items of specialized 0 equipment and unique teaching and research facilities. They in-disposal, and other related areas.

clude a TRIGA Mark II research nuclear reactor; a 60Co gamma In addition to formal academic and research support, the 0 irradiator; a large number of state-of-the art computer-based Center's staff provides a wide variety of other services including 0 gamma radiation spectrometers and associated germanium de- public tours and instructional programs, and professional consul-tectors; and a variety of instruments for radiation measurements tation associated with the feasibility, design, safety, and execution 0 and monitoring. Specialized facilities for radiation work include of experiments using radiation and radioactive materials.

0 teaching and research laboratories with instrumentation and re-lated equipment for performing neutron activation analysis and radiotracer studies; laboratories for plant experiments involving 0 radioactivity; a facility for repair and calibration of radiation pro-tection instrumentation; and facilities for packaging radioactive S materials for shipment to national and international destinations.

0 A major non-nuclear facility housed in the Radiation Center is the one-quarter scale thermal hydraulic advanced plant experi-0 mental (APEX) test facility for the Westinghouse AP600 and 0 AP1000 reactor designs. The AP600 and AP1000 are next-gen-0 eration nuclear reactor designs which incorporate many passive safety features as well as considerably simplified plant systems 0 and equipment. APEX operates at pressures up to 400 psia and temperatures up to 450TF using electrical heaters instead of nuclear fuel. All major components of the AP600 and AP1000 are included in APEX and all systems are appropriately scaled to enable the experimental measurements to be used for safety 0 0 0 0 0 07-08 Annual Report S7

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'This section contains a listing of all people who were residents of the Radiation Center 0 or who worked a significant amount of time 0 at the Center during this reporting period.

It should be noted that not all of the faculty and students who-used the Radiation Center 0 for their teaching and research are listed.

Summary information on the number of people involved is given in Table VI.1, while individual names and projects are listed in 0 Tables VI.2 and VI.3.

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Steve Reese, Director Todd Palmer,Chair 0 DinaPope, Office Manager OSU Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics Shirley Campbell, Business Manager RainierFarmer 0 OSU Radiation Safety Beth Lucason, Receptionist DavidHamby 0

S. Todd Keller, Reactor Administrator OSU Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics 0 Gary Wachs, Reactor Supervisor, Senior Reactor Operator MichaelHartman 0 Robert Schickler, Reactor Operator University of Michigan Todd Keller 0

Scott Menn, Senior Health Physicist OSU Radiation Center 0 Jim Darrough,Health Physicist MarioMagana 0 Leah Minc, Neutron Activation Analysis Manager OSU Electrical Engineering Scott Menn Alena Paulenova,Radiochemistry Research Manager OSU Radiation Center 0

Steve Smith, Scientific Instrument Technician, Wade Richards 0 Senior Reactor Operator National Institute of Standards and Techology Erin Cimbri, Custodian Steve Reese PeterTkac, Research Associate (Post Doc) OSU Radiation Center 0

JoayoungJeong,Faculty Research Assistant Gary Wachs 0 Alison Arnold, Health Physics Monitor (Student)

OSU Radiation Center 0 MarcusArnold, Health Physics Monitor (Student)

Bill Warnes OSU Mechanical Engineering a0 DavidHorn,Health Physics Monitor (Student)

JoelMoreno,Health Physics Monitor (Student) 0 Nara Shin, Student Lab Assistant 0 0 0 0 0 8 07-08 Annual Report

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Minc,Leah 0 Assistant Professor Senior Research, Radiation Center Binney, Stephen E. *Palmer,Todd S.

Director Emeritus, Radiation Center, Professor Emeritus, Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics Associate Professor, Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics Craig,A. Morrie *Paulenova, Alena 0 Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine Assistant Professor, Senior Research, Radiation Center 0 Daniels,Malcolm Professor Emeritus, Chemistry Pope,Dina 0 DuringerJennifer Office Manager, Radiation Center Popovich,Milosh S Research Associate, College of Veterinary Medicine Vice President Emeritus, Oregon State University Groome,John T *Reese,Steven R.

0 Faculty Research Assistant, ATHRL Facility Operations Man-Director, Radiation Center ager, Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics 0 *Hamby, David Reyes, Jr.,JosiN.

Department Head, Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Professor, Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics Physics, ATHRL Principal Investigator 0 Hart,Lucas P Faculty Research Associate, Chemistry Ringle,John C.

0 *Higginbotham, Jack E Professor Emeritus, Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics Director, Oregon Space Grant, Professor, Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics Robinson,Alan H.

0 *Higley,KathrynA. Department Head, Emeritus, Nuclear Engineering and Radia-tion Health Physics 0 Professor, Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics

Schmitt,Roman A.

0 *Jeong,Joayoung, Faculty Research Assistant Professor Emeritus, Chemistry

Tkac,Peter Johnson,Arthur G.

Research Associate (Post Doc)

Director Emeritus, Radiation Center, Professor Emeritus, 0 Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics *Wachs, Gary Reactor Supervisor, Radiation Center Keller,S. Todd 0 Reactor Administrator, Radiation Center Walker,Karen Research Assistant, College of Veterinary Medicine 0 Klein, Andrew C.

Professor, Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics Woods, Brian Assistant Professor, Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health a *Krane,Kenneth S.

Physics Professor Emeritus, Physics Wu, Qiao Camille Lodwick Associate Professor, Nuclear Engineer and Radiation Health Assistant Professor, Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics Physics

Loveland,Walter D. Young, Roy A.

Professor, Chemistry Professor Emeritus, Botany and Plant Pathology

Menn,ScottA.

Senior Health Physicist, Radiation Center

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Alafifi, Saleh MHP Radiation Health Physics K.A. Higley 0

Allman, Robert MHP Radiation Health Physics K.A. Higley 0

Aizahrani, Abudullah MS Radiation Health Physics K.A. Higley T S. Palmer 0

Barnett, Nathan A. MS Nuclear Engineering Becker, J. Ed MHP Radiation Health Physics K.A. Higley 0 Belay, Deneke MS Radiation Health Physics 0 Bentley, Blair MA Radiation Health Physics K. A. Higley 0 Benz, Jacob MS Nuclear Engineering T. S. Palmer Berkley, Jonathan M. MS Radiation Health Physics K. A. Higley 0 Bland,Jason MHP Radiation Health Physics K. A. Higley 0

Broughton, Philip MS Radiation Health Physics K. A. Higley A. Paulenova 0

Brown, Alex MS Radiation Health Physics 0

Brumley, Willis MS Radiation Health Physics K. A. Higley K. A. Higley 0

Bytwerk, David MS Radiation Health Physics D.M. Hamby 0

Cadell, Seth MS Nuclear Engineering Radiation Health Physics K.A. Higley 0

Carter-Birnie, Jennifer MHP K. A. Higley 0

Castro, Miguel MS Radiation Health Physics TS. Palmer 0

Cleveland, Mathew MS Nuclear Engineering L

LJ 0 Courville, Alicia PhD Radiation Health Physics D. M. Hamby K.A. Higley S

Creagh 1II, Charles MHP Radiation Health Physics K.A. Higley 0

Dickson, Elijah MHP Radiation Health Physics S

Doebele,Joel MHP Radiation Health Physics K.A. Higley Elliott, Anthony James MS Nuclear Engineering T. S. Palmer K.A. Higley 0

Ennecking, Jeffery MHP Radiation Health Physics Radiation Health Physics D. M. Hamby 0

Frey, Wesley PhD J. N. Reyes 0

Galvin, Mark R PhD Nuclear Engineering K. A. Higley 0

Garcia, Richard M MHP Radiation Health Physics Radiation Health Physics K.A. Higley S

Gehring-Ohrablo, Kristine MHP Gerber, Ryan L MS Radiation Health Physics K. A. Higley K. A. Higley 0

Hay,Tristan MS Radiation Health Physics Radiation Health Physics K.A. Higley S

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Hobbs, Sam MS Radiation Health Physics K.A. Higley 0

Hout, Jason MS Radiation Health Physics K. A. Higley 0

Jackson,'Brian MS Nuclear Engineering J. N. Reyes Jackson, W Bryan MHP Radiation Health Physics K.A. Higley 0

w Jones, Sean Edgar MS Radiation Health Physics B. Woods 0

Kim, Dong W. PhD Nuclear Engineering Q.Wu Konoff, Daniel MS Radiation Health Physics K. A. Higley Lally, Mary T MS Radiation Health Physics K. A. Higley 0

Lambert, Erin MS Radiation Health Physics K. A. Higley Lindley, Terry MHP Radiation Health Physics K.A. Higley 0

Makinson, Kevin MS Radiation Health Physics D.M. Hamby 0

Mangini, Colby D MS Radiation Health Physics K. A. Higley 0

Marcum, Wade R MS Nuclear Engineering B. Woods 0 Marshal, Sander MS Nuclear Engineering J.N. Reyes S Mathew, Mary (Betsey) MS Radiation Health Physics D. M. Hamby S

0 U, McDowell, Candi Melnick, Stefan Merritt, Steven MHP MS MHP Radiation Health Physics Radiation Health Physics Radiation Health Physics K.A. Higley K.A. Higley K.A. Higley S Misner, Alex PhD Nuclear Engineering T. S. Palmer 0 Morda, Anthony MS Radiation Health Physics K. A. Higley 0 Munger, Eric MS Radiation Health Physics K. A. Higley Myers, Margaret MS Radiation Health Physics K. A. Higley 0

Naik, Radhika PhD Nuclear Chemistry W. Loveland 6 Napier, Bruce PhD Radiation Health Physics D. M. Hamby Nelson. Benjamin MS Nuclear Engineering B. Woods Nelson, Roy K. MS Nuclear Engineering J. N. Reyes Nes, Razvan PhD Nuclear Engineering T S. Palmer Patel, Aarti MS Radiation Health Physics K. A. Higley Peltier, Kyle MHP Radiation Health Physics K.A. Higley Petrocchi, Michael MHP Radiation Health Physics K.A. Higley Phillips, Robyn MHP Radiation Health Physics K.A. Higley 0 oe Ole 070 nul eot1 07-08 Annual Report 111

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Poe Sr., Michael MHP Radiation Health Physics K.A. Higley 0 Rafferty, Jeanne MHP Radiation Health Physics K.A. Higley 0 Rohde, Daryl MHP Radiation Health Physics J. Higginbotham 0 Ropon, Kimberly PhD Radiation Health Physics D. M. Hamby 0 Rising, Michael Evan MS Nuclear Engineering T S. Palmer 0 Robinson, Bethany R MS Nuclear Engineering T. S. Palmer 0 RobinsonJoshua A. MS Nuclear Engineering M. Hartman 0 Rogers, Kevin MS Radiation Health Physics K. A. Higley 0 Ryan, Micheal MS Radiation Health Physics C. Lodwick 0 Sarsah, Dominic K MS Radiation Health Physics K. A. Higley 0 Sath, Chippo MS Radiation Health Physics D.M. Hamby 0

Schaeffer, Barry MS Radiation Health Physics K. A. Higley Li 0 Schaub, Candi L MS Radiation Health Physics K. A. Higley 0

Schilling, Raymond MS Radiation Health"Physics K. A. Higley 0

Shaw, Christopher Glenn MS Radiation Health Physics K. A. Higley 0

Skinner, Jessie MS Nuclear Engineering Q.Wu 0

Soldatov, Alexei PhD Nuclear Engineering QWu 0

Sprunger, Peter PhD Physics W. Loveland 0

Staples, Christopher MS Physics K. Krane 0

Tabatabai, Mohammad MHP Radiation Health Physics K.A. Higley 0

Van Horne-Sealy, Jama MS Radiation Health Physics K. A. Higley 0

VanWieren, R. Tod MHP Radiation Health Physics K.A. Higley S

Vasquez, David MS Radiation Health Physics D.M. Hamby 0

Webb, Lindsey S MS Radiation Health Physics K. A. Higley 0

Wilmot, Aaron MHP Radiation Health Physics J. F. Higginbotham Q.Wu 0

Wang, Jiani MS Nuclear Engineering 0

Wong, Micah MS Radiation Health Physics K.A. Higley 0

Woodson, Eva M MS Radiation Health Physics D. M. Hamby Radiation Health Physics K.A. Higley 0

Zacarola, Fred MHP 0

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0 The Oregon State University TRIGA Reactor (OSTR) is a 0 water-cooled, swimming pool type research reactor which uses uranium/zirconium hydride fuel elements in a circular grid array.

0 The reactor core is surrounded by a ring of graphite which serves 0 to reflect neutrons back into the core. The core is situated near 0 the bottom of a 22-foot deep water-filled tank, and the tank is surrounded by a concrete bioshield which acts as a radiation 0

shield and structural support. The reactor is licensed by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to operate at a maximum steady state power of 1.1 MW and can also be pulsed up to a S peak power of about 2500 MW. 0 The OSTR has a number of different irradiation facilities including a pneumatic transfer tube, a rotating rack, a thermal 0 column, four beam ports, five sample holding (dummy) fuel ele-ments for special in-core irradiations, an in-core irradiation tube, and a cadmium-lined in-core irradiation tube for experiments requiring a high energy neutron flux. 0 The pneumatic transfer facility enables samples to be inserted If samples to be irradiated require a large neutron fluence, espe-0 and removed from the core in four to five seconds. Conse- cially from higher energy neutrons, they may be inserted into a 0 quently this facility is normally used for neutron activation analysis involving short-lived radionuclides. On the other hand, dummy fuel element. This device will then be placed into one of S the core's inner grid positions which would normally be occupied the rotating rack is used for much longer irradiation of samples by a fuel element. Similarly samples can be placed in the in-core S

(e.g., hours). The rack consists of a circular array of 40 tubular irradiation tube (ICIT) which can be inserted in the same core positions, each of which can hold two sample tubes. Rotation location. S of the rack ensures that each sample will receive an identical 0 irradiation. The cadmium-lined in-core irradiation tube (CLICIT) enables samples to be irradiated in a high flux region near the center of 0 The reactor's thermal column consists of a large stack of graph- the core. The cadmium lining in the facility eliminates thermal 0 ite blocks which slows down neutrons from the reactor core in neutrons and thus permits sample exposure to higher energy order to increase thermal neutron activation of samples. Over neutrons only. The cadmium-lined end of this air-filled alumi-0 99% of the neutrons in the thermal column are thermal neu- num irradiation tube is inserted into an inner grid position of the 0 trons. Graphite blocks are removed from the thermal column to reactor core which would normally be occupied by a fuel element.

enable samples to be positioned inside for irradiation. It is the same as the ICIT except for the presence of the cad- 0 mium lining.

The beam ports are tubular penetrations in the reactor's main concrete shield which enable neutron and gamma radiation S

The two main uses of the OSTR are instruction and research.

to stream from the core when a beam port's shield plugs are removed. The neutron radiography facility utilized the tangential Instruction beam port (beam port #3) to produce ASTM E545 category I Instructional use of the reactor is twofold. First, it is used sig-radiography capability. The other beam ports are available for a nificantly for classes in Nuclear Engineering, Radiation Health variety of experiments. Physics, and Chemistry at both the graduate and undergradu-ate levels to demonstrate numerous principles which have been 0 0 0 0 0 07-08 Annual Report db

0 presented in the classroom. Basic neutron behavior is the same computers and germanium detectors. Additional equipment for in small reactors as it is in large power reactors, and many classroom use and an extensive inventory of portable radiation 0 demonstrations and instructional experiments can be performed detection instrumentation are also available.

0 using the OSTR which cannot be carried out with a commercial Radiation Center nuclear instrumentation receives intensive use power reactor. Shorter-term demonstration experiments are also 0 performed for many undergraduate students in Physics, Chemis- in both teaching and research applications. In addition, service 0 try, and Biology classes, as well as for visitors from other univer- projects also use these systems and the combined use often results in 24-hour per day schedules for many of the analyti-sities and colleges, from high schools, and from public groups.

cal instruments. Use of Radiation Center equipment extends 0 The second instructional application of the OSTR involves beyond that located at the Center and instrumentation may educating reactor operators, operations managers, and health be made available on a loan basis to OSU researchers in other physicists. 'The OSTR is in a unique position to provide such ed- departments.

0 ucation since curricula must include hands-on experience at an operating reactor and in associated laboratories. The many types of educational programs that the Radiation Center provides are more fully described in Part VI of this report.

The Radiation Center is equipped with a 1,644 curie (as of During this reporting period the OSTR accommodated a 7/27/01) Gammacell 220 60Co irradiator which is capable of number of different OSU academic classes and other academic delivering high doses of gamma radiation over a range of dose 0 programs. In addition, portions of classes from other Oregon rates to a variety of materials.

universities were also supported by the OSTR. Table 111.2, pro-vides detailed information on the use of the OSTR for instruc- Typically, the irradiator is used by researchers wishing to perform tion and training. mutation and other biological effects studies; studies in the area of radiation chemistry; dosimeter testing; sterilization of food Research materials, soils, sediments, biological specimen, and other media; 0 The OSTR is a unique and valuable tool for a wide variety gamma radiation damage studies; and other such applications. In of research applications and serves as an excellent source of addition to the 60Co irradiator, the Center is also equipped with 0 neutrons and/or gamma radiation. The most commonly used a variety of smaller 60 Co, 13 7 Cs, 226 Ra, plutonium-beryllium, and experimental technique requiring reactor use is instrumental other isotopic sealed sources of various radioactivity levels which S neutron activation analysis (INAA). This is a particularly sensi- are available for use as irradiation sources.

tive method of elemental analysis which is described in more detail in Part VI. During this reporting period there was a diverse group of 0 projects using the 61Co irradiator. These projects included the 0 The OSTR's irradiation facilities provide a wide range of irradiation of a variety of biological materials including different neutron flux levels and neutron flux qualities which are suf- types of seeds.

ficient to meet the needs of most researchers. This is true not only for INAA, but also for other experimental purposes such In addition, the irradiator was used for sterilization of several S as the 3 9 Ar/ 4 0 Ar ratio and fission track methods of age dating media and the evaluation of the radiation effects on different samples. materials. Table 111.1 provides use data for the Gammacell 220 0 irradiator.

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(ATLATS), was constructed next to the Reactor Building in 1998.

The Radiation Center is equipped with a number of differ- Two-phase flow experiments are conducted in the ATLATS. Togeth-ent radioactive material laboratories designed to accommodate er APEX and ATLATS comprise the Advanced Thermal Hydraulics research projects and classes offered by various OSU academic Research Laboratory (ATHRL).

departments or off-campus groups. All of the laboratories and classrooms are used extensively during the 0 Instructional facilities available at the Center include a laborato- academic year. A listing of courses accommodated at the Radiation ry especially equipped for teaching radiochemistry and a nuclear Center during this reporting period along with their enrollments is instrumentation teaching laboratory equipped with modular given in Table 111.2.

sets of counting equipment which can be configured to accom-modate a variety of experiments involving the measurement of many types of radiation. The Center also has two student com-puter rooms equipped with a large number of personal comput-ers and UNIX workstations.

In addition to these dedicated instructional facilities, many The Radiation Center has a facility for the repair and calibration of essentially all types of radiation monitoring instrumentation. This other research laboratories and pieces of specialized equipment includes instruments for the detection and measurement of alpha, are regularly used for teaching. In particular, classes are rou-tinely given access to gamma spectrometry equipment located in beta, gamma, and neutron radiation. It encompasses both high range S instruments for measuring intense radiation fields and low range Center laboratories. A number of classes also regularly use the instruments used to measure environmental levels of radioactivity.

OSTR and the Reactor Bay as an integral part of their instruc-tional coursework. The Center's instrument repair and calibration facility is used regu-larly throughout the year and is absolutely essential to the continued There are two classrooms in the Radiation Center which are operation of the many different programs carried out at the Center.

capable of holding about 35 and 18 students, respectively. In In addition, the absence of any comparable facility in the state has led 0 addition, there are two smaller conference rooms and a library suitable for graduate classes and thesis examinations. As a service to a greatly expanded instrument calibration program for the Center, including calibration of essentially all radiation detection instru-to the student body, the Radiation Center also provides an office ments used by state and federal agencies in the state of Oregon.This area for the student chapters of the American Nuclear Society includes instruments used on the OSU campus and all other institu-and the Health Physics Society. tions in the Oregon University System, plus instruments from the This reporting period saw continued high utilization of the Oregon Health Division's Radiation Protection Services, the Oregon Radiation Center's thermal hydraulics laboratory. This labora- Department of Energy, the Oregon Public Utilities Commission, the S tory is being used by Nuclear Engineering faculty members Oregon Health Sciences University, the Army Corps of Engineers, 5 to accommodate a one-quarter scale model of the Palisades and the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Nuclear Power reactor. The multi-million dollar advanced plant experimental (APEX) facility was fully utilized by the U. S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission to provide licensing data and to test safety systems in "beyond design basis" accidents. The fully scaled, integral model APEX facility uses electrical heating The Radiation Center has a library containing a significant collec- 0 elements to simulate the fuel elements, operates at 450'F and tions of texts, research reports, and videotapes relating to nuclear 400 psia, and responds at twice real time. It is the only facility of science, nuclear engineering, and radiation protection.

its type in the world and is owned by the U. S. Department of The Radiation Center is also a regular recipient of a great variety of Energy and operated by OSU. In addition, a new building, the publications from commercial publishers in the nuclear field, from Air-water Test Loop for Advanced Thermal-hydraulics Studies ooooo00 07-08 Annual Report a

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0 0 many of the professional nuclear societies, from the U. S. De- 'The Radiation Center videotape library has over one hundred 0 partment of Energy, the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, tapes on nuclear engineering, radiation protection, and radiolog-and other federal agencies. Therefore, the Center library main- ical emergency response topics. In addition, the Radiation Cen-tains a current collection of leading nuclear research and regula- ter uses videotapes for most of the technical orientations which 0 tory documentation. In addition, the Center has a collection of a number of nuclear power reactor Safety Analysis Reports and are required for personnel working with radiation and radioac-tive materials. These tapes reproduced, recorded, and edited by Environmental Reports specifically prepared by utilities for their Radiation Center staff, using the Center's videotape equipment 0 facilities. and the facilities of the OSU Communication Media Center.

0 The Center maintains an up-to-date set of reports from such The Radiation Center library is used mainly to provide reference organizations as the International Commission on Radiological material on an as-needed basis. It receives extensive use during Protection, the National Council on Radiation Protection and the academic year. In addition, the orientation videotapes are 0 Measurements, and the International Commission on Radiolog- used intensively during the beginning of each term and periodi-ical Units. Sets of the current U.S. Code of Federal Regulations cally thereafter.

0 for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the U.S. Depart-0 ment of Transportation, and other appropriate federal agencies, plus regulations of various state regulatory agencies are also available at the Center.

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S S Use Time Purpose of Irradiation Samples Dose Range Number of 0 (rads) Irradiations (hours) 0 Sterilization chitosan, soil, wood 2.0X10 6 to 2.5x10 6 25 1541 a

Biological Studies mammalian cells 1.5X103 to 1.5x10 3 1 0 Botanical Studies seeds, pollen 5.0x103 to 4.0x10 4 49 21 Totals 75 1562 0 0 0 0 0 070 nul eot1 07-08 Annual Report S17

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Studen Enolmn in Core Whc ar Tagh or 0 Number of Students 0 Course # CREDIT COURSE TITLE Summer Fall Winter Spring 0 ZUU/ ZUU/ 2008 2008 NE/ RHP 114* 2 Introduction to Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics 30 0 NE/ RHP 115 2 Introduction to Nuclear Engineering and 30 0

Radiation Health Physics 0 NE/ RHP 116* 2 Introduction to Nuclear Engineering and 27 Radiation Health Physics 0 NE/ RHP 234 4 Nuclear and Radiation Physics I 49 0 NE/ RHP 235 4 Nuclear and Radiation Physics II 45 0 Nuclear Radiation Detection & 0 Instrumentation NE 311 4 Intro to 'Thermal Fluids 10 2 0

NE 312 4 Thermodynamics 2 6 0 NE 319 3 Societal Aspects of Nuclear technology 81 0 NE 331 4 Intro to Fluid Mechanics 8 3 0 NE 332 4 Heat Transfer 1 9 NE/RHP 401/501/601 1-16 Research 3 8 10 9 0

NE/RHP 405/505/605 1-16 Reading and Conference 1 5 2 24 0 NE/RHP 406/506/606 1-16 Projects 1 3 4 11 0 NE/RHP 407/507/607 1 Nuclear Engineering Seminar 42 52 61 0

0 NE/ RHP 410/510/610 1-12 Internship 2 3 2 13 NE/ RHP 415/515 2 Nuclear Rules and Regulations 55 0

NE/ RHP 516* 4 Radiochemistry 11 10 0 NE 451/551** 4 Neutronic Analysis and Lab I 16 0 NE 452/552** 4 Neutronic Analysis and Lab II 15 NE 553* 3 Neutronic Analysis and Lab III 6 0

NE 467/567 4 Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics 15 NE 667 4 Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics 5 0 NE 474/574 4 Nuclear System Design I 15 0 NE 475/575 4 Nuclear System Design II 13 0 NE/RHP 479 1-4 Individual Design Project 0 NE/RHP 481 4 Radiation Protection 16 0 0 0 0 0 S 0

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Number of Students 0 Course # CREDIT COURSE TITLE Summer Fall Winter Spring 2007 2007 2008 2008 0 NE/RHP 482/582* 4 Applied Radiation Safety 17 RHP 483/583 4 Radiation Biology 39 0 RHP 488/588* 3 Radioecology 26 NE/RHP 490/590 4 Radiation Dosimetry 13 32 RHP 493 3 Non Reactor Radiation Protection 0 NE/RHP 499 1-16 St/Environmental Aspects Nuclear Systems S NE/RHP 503/603 1 Thesis 9 31 31 33 NE 526 3 Computational Methods for Nuclear Reactors 0 NE/RHP 535 3 Nuclear Radiation Shielding 33 0 NE/RHP 531 3 Nuclear Physics for Engineers and Scientists 40 NE 550 3 Nuclear Medicine NE 5,99 1 ST/Nuclear Reactor Analysis: Criticality 25 Safety NE 568 3 Nuclear Reactor Safety 5 RHP 593 3 Non-Reactor Radiation Protection 0 Course From Other OSU Departments CH 123* General Chemistry 615 0 CH 222* 5 General Chemistry (Science Majors) 540 CH 225H* 5 Honors General Chemistry 24 0 CH 462* 3 Experimental Chemistry II Laboratory 13 0 GEO 330* 3 Environmental Conservation 24 0 PH 202 5 General Physics 373 Courses from Other Institutions 0 GS 105* LBCC 15 0

ST Special Topics 0 OSTR used occasionallyfor demonstration and/or experiments OSTR used heavily 0 0 0 0 0 0

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Part IV-Reactor 0 0

0 Reactor power generation for the operating period between July 0

1, 2007 and June 30, 2008 totaled 1037 MWH of thermal power. 0 This is equal to 43.2 MWD of generation, and results in a cumu- 0 lative thermal output by the OSTR FLIP core of 1254 MVTD from August 1976 through June 30, 2008.

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Table IV.1 provides information related to the OSTR an-nual energy production, fuel usage and use requests. Table 0

IV.2 summarizes statistics for the original 20% enriched 0 fuel loading. 0 The productivity of the reactor irradiation facilities is 0 based on reactor operation in relation to use categories. 0 Greater productivity is achieved by utilizing a greater number of irradiation facilities at the same time. Tables 0

IV.3 through 5 provide this year's detail on reactor use and 0 other tracked data. 0 A normal nine-hour, five-day per week schedule sets the 0 total available reactor operating hours. Critical reactor op-eration averaged 60% of each day. Of the 2295 total avail-0 B-29 Reactivity Worth of Fuel.

able annual operating hours, 1018 hours0.0118 days 0.283 hours 0.00168 weeks 3.87349e-4 months were at full power, 0 500 hours0.00579 days 0.139 hours 8.267196e-4 weeks 1.9025e-4 months were spent conducting facility startup and shut- B-31 TRIGA Flux Mapping. 0 down operation, 478 hours0.00553 days 0.133 hours 7.903439e-4 weeks 1.81879e-4 months were expended for maintenance and sample decay delays and 83 hours9.606481e-4 days 0.0231 hours 1.372354e-4 weeks 3.15815e-5 months the reactor was not B-33 Irradiation of Combustible Liquids in Rotating 0 operating for reasons other than listed above.

Rack. 0 B-34 Irradiation of enriched uranium in the Neutron 0 Radiography Facility. 0 0

During the current reporting period there were nine approved reactor experiments available for use in reactor-Of these available experiments, four were used during the 0 reporting period. Table IV.6 provides information related related programs.'Ihey are:

to the frequency of use and the general purpose of their 0

A-1 Normal TRIGA Operation (No Sample Irradia- use. 0 tion). 0 B-3 Irradiation of Materials in the Standard OSTR 0 Irradiation Facilities. 0 B-11 Irradiation of Materials Involving Specific Quan- 0 tities of Uranium and Thorium in the Standard 0 OSTR Irradiation Facilities.

0 B-12 Exploratory Experiments. 0 B-23 Studies Using TRIGA Thermal Column. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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0 InactiveExperiments B-18 A Study of Delayed Status (n, y) Produced Nuclei.

0 Presently 33 experiments are in the inactive file. This B-19 Instrument Timing via Light Triggering.

0 consists of experiments which have been performed in the B-20 Sinusoidal Pile Oscillator.

0 past and may be reactivated. Many of these experiments are now performed under the more general experiments B-21 Beam Port #3 Neutron Radiography Facility.

listed in the previous section. The following list identifies B-22 Water Flow Measurements Through TRIGA 0 these inactive experiments. Core.

0 A-2 Measurement of Reactor Power Level via Mn B-24 General Neutron Radiography.

Activation. B-25 Neutron Flux Monitors.

A-3 Measurement of Cd Ratios for Mn, In, and Au in B-26 Fast Neutron Spectrum Generator.

0 Rotating Rack. B-27 Neutron Flux Determination Adjacent to the S A-4 Neutron Flux Measurements in TRIGA. OSTR Core.

A-5 Copper Wire Irradiation. B-28 Gamma Scan of Sodium (TED) Capsule.

0 A-6 In-core Irradiation of LiF Crystals. B-30 NAA of Jet, Diesel, and Furnace Fuels.

0 A-7 Investigation of TRIGA's Reactor Bath Water B-32 Argon Production Facility Temperature Coefficient and High Power Level C-1 PuO 2 Transient Experiment.

0 Power Fluctuation.

B-1 Activation Analysis of Stone Meteorites, Other 0 Meteorites, and Terrestrial Rocks.

0 B-2 Measurements of Cd Ratios of Mn, In, and Au in Thermal Column.

B-4 Flux Mapping.

0 B-5 In-core Irradiation of Foils for Neutron Spectral Measurements.

0 B-6 Measurements of Neutron Spectra in External Ir-radiation Facilities.

0 B-7 Measurements of Gamma Doses in External Ir-0 radiation Facilities.

0 B-8 Isotope Production.

0 B-9 Neutron Radiography.

B-10 Neutron Diffraction.

B-13 This experiment number was changed to A-7.

B-14 Detection of Chemically Bound Neutrons.

B-15 This experiment number was changed to C-1.

B-16 Production and Preparation of "F.

B-17 Fission Fragment Gamma Ray Angular Correla-tions.

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0 November 2007 0 There were eight unplanned reactor shutdowns during the 000 Repaired broken dropping resistor in the Stack 0 current reporting period as detailed in Table IV.7. Particulate channel ventilation system, shutdown circuitry blocked operation of the pneumatic transfer 0

system. Stack Gas and Primary Water monitor cir- 0 Chages P~uvsa ýol 0 CFzR 50-59 cuitry exhibited similar conditions and were repaired. 0 Two new safety evaluations were performed in support of

.00Facility Services replaced ballasts and broken bulb 0 holders in reactor bay.

reactor operations. These included: 0 08-01, Xenon Production Experiment December 2007 0 Description 000 New paperless Trendview recorder installed in left 0 A new experiment was proposed and approved for the hand cabinet to display CAM/Stack and weather 0 production of fission product xenon using 235U foils. The displays. 0 resultant gas will be used to determine the capabilities of detection equipment. This experiment is currently desig-0 February 2008 nated as B-34.

...Repaired leaking emergency diesel exhaust line.

0 0

08-02, OSTROP 28 Procedure for Receipt of New Fuel 0 March 2008 Description 000 Installed initial portion os the prompt gamma neu- 0 This is a new procedure developed for the receipt, unpack-ing, and storage of LEU fuel.

tron beam collimator in Beam Port #4. 0 SIT fabricated and installed locking cover for Bulk 0 Shield tank in preparation for conversion.

0 Surefflance an ateac 0 April 2008 Non-Routine Maintenance

... SIT replaced Shim rod console up switch due to wear 0

or dirt buildup causing erratic operation. 0 July 2007

... Replaced the demineralizer purification system pump 0

with a generic replacement. 0 0

August 2007 0 000 Facility Services repaired overheated wiring from the 0 primary collant pump breaker to the distribution bus work. Later Facility Services replaced the contact as-0 sembly with a fused disconnect. 0 0

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0 With the public expressing concern about global warming and the skyrocketing price 0 of oil, policy makers are looking at alter-0 natives to fossil fuel -including a fresh look at nuclear energy. Using the different 0 facilities housed in the Radiation Cen-0 ter, OSU and other research institutions are developing safer, cleaner and cheaper 0 reactors.

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TItleIV 0ST Oprain Sttstc (UigteFIPFe oe August 1, 1976 July 1, 1977 July 1, 1978 July 1, 1979 July 1,1980 July 1, 1981 July 1, 1982 July 1, 1983 Operational Data through through through through through through through through for FLIP Core June 30,1977 June 30,1978 June 30, 1979 June 30,1980 June 30,1981 June 30,1982 June 30,1983 June 30, 1984 Operating Hours 875 819 458 875 1255 1192 1095 1205 (critical)

Megawatt Hours 451 496 255 571 1005 999 931 943 Megawatt Days 19.0 20.6 10.6 23.8 41.9 41.6 38.8 39.3 235 Grams U Used 24.0 25.9 13.4 29.8 52.5 52.4 48.6 49.3 HoursatFull 401 481 218 552 998 973 890 929 Power Number of Fuel Elements 85 0 +2 0 0 +1 0 0 Added(+) or Removed(-)

Number of Irradiation 44 375 329 372 348 408 396 469 Requests

mabl Iv (coninud 0ST Opraing Sttstc (Uin thLPFeoe July 1,1984 July 1, 1985 July 1, 1986 July 1,1987 July 1,1988 July 1, 1989 July 1, 1990 July 1, 1991 Operational Data through through through through through through through through for FLIP Core June 30, 1992 June 30,1985 June 30, 1986 June 30, 1987 June 30, 1988 June 30,1989 June 30, 1990 June 30, 1991 Operating Hours 1205 1208 1172 1352 1170 1136 1094 1158 (critical)

Megawatt Hours 946 1042 993 1001 1025 1013 928 1002 Megawatt Days 39.4 43.4 41.4 41.7 42.7 42.2 38.6 41.8 Grams 235U Used 49.5 54.4 51.9 52.3 53.6 53.0 48.5 52.4 Hours at Full 904 1024 980 987 1021 1009 909 992 Power Number of Fuel Elements 0 0 0 -2 0 -1+1 -1 0 Added(+) or Removed(-)

Number of Irradiation 407 403 387 373 290 301 286 297 Requests

M I leI*I(cniud S Oprtn Staisic (Uin th FLI Fue Coe July 1, 1992 July 1, 1993 July 1,1994 July 1,1995 July 1, 1996 July 1, 1997 July 1, 1998 July 1, 1999 Operational Data through through through through through through through through for FLIP Core June 30,1993 June 30,1994 June 30,1995 June 30,1996 June 30,1997 June 30, 1998 June 30, 1999 June 30,2000 Operating Hours 1180 1248 1262 1226 1124 1029 1241 949 (critical)

Megawatt Hours 1026 1122 1117 1105 985 927 1115 852 Megawatt Days 42.7 46.7 46.6 46.0 41.0 38.6 46.5 35.5 235 48.5 58.3 44.6 Grams U Used 53.6 58.6 58.4 57.8 51.5 Hours Powrat Full 1000 1109 1110 1101 980 921 1109 843 Power Number of Fuel Elements 0 0 0-1 -1, +1 0 -1 0 Added(+) or Removed(-)

Number of Irradiation 329 303 324 268 282 249 231 234 Requests

TIble IV (continued T Oprtn Staisic (Uin th FLI Fue Core)

July 1,2000 July 1,2001 July 1,2002 July 1, 2003 July 1,2004 July 1, 2005 July 1,2006 July 1,2007 Operational Data through through through through through through through through for FLIP Core June 30,2001 June 30,2002 June 30,2003 June 30, 2004 June 30,2005 June 30,2006 June 30,2007 June 30,2008 Operating Hours 983 1029 1100 977 1084 1348 1368 1378 (critical)

Megawatt Hours 896 917 1025 944 973 1152 1328 1037 Megawatt Days 37.3 38.0 42.7 40.2 40.1 48.0 55.0 43.2 235 Grams U Used 46.8 47.7 50.5 48.0 55.7 65.9 76 52 Hours atFull 890 912 1025 965 972 1156 1211 1018 Power Number of Fuel Elements 0 -1 0 -1 0 -1 0 0 Added(+) or Removed(-)

Number of Irradiation 210 239 215 207 279 201 252 344 Requests

Tota Operational Data Mar 8,67 Jul 1, 68 Jul 1, 69 Apr 1, 71 Apr 1, 71 Apr 1, 72 Apr 1, 73 Apr 1, 74 Apr 1, 75 Apr 1, 76 Total

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ror z0u/o Enricnea tnrougn tnrougn tnrougn tnrougn tnrougn tnrougn tnrougn tnrougn tnrougn tnrougn through Core Jun 30, 68 Jun 30, 69 Mar 31, 70 Mar 31, 71 Mar 31, 72 Mar 31,73 Mar 31,74 Mar 31, 75 Mar 31, 76 Jul 26, 76 July 76 Operating Hours 904 610 567- 855 598 954 705 563 794 353 6903 (critical)

Megawatt Hours 117.2 102.5 138.1 223.8 195.1 497.8 335.9 321.5 408.0 213.0 2,553.0 Megawatt Days 4.9 4.3 5.8 9.3 8.1 20.7 14.1 13.4 17.0 9.0 106.4 235 Grams U Used 6.1 5.4 7.2 11.7 10.2 26.0 17.6 16.8 21.4 10.7 133.0 Hours at Full 856 Power (250KW)

Hours at Full -- -- 20 23 100 401 200 291 460 205 1,700 Power (1MW)

Number of Fuel Elements Added 70 (initial) 2 13 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 94 to the Core Numberof Irradiation 429 433 391 528 347 550 452 396 357 217 4,100 Requests Number of 202 236 299 102 98 249 109 183 43 39 1,560 Pulses 0*00000000000000000000000000000000000000000

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Annual Values Cumulative Values for Operational Data For FLIP Core 0 (2007/2008) FLIP Core 0 MIWH of energy produced 1,037 30,142 0

0 MWD of energy produced 43.2 1,254.5 0

235 Grams U used 52 1578 0

0 Number of fuel elements added to (+) or removed(-) from 0 0 the core 77+3 FFCR(')

0 0

Number of pulses 19 1,465 0

Hours reactor critical 1,378 30,498 0

0 Hours at full power (1 MW) 1,018 29,587 0

Number of startup and shutdown checks 255 8,656 0

Number of irradiation requests processed 344 10,051 0

0 0 Number of samples irradiated 3,797 121,872 0

0 (1) Fuel Follower ControlRod. These numbers represent the core loading at the end of this reportingperiod.

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Tale V 0T Us Tiei Trso Speii Use Caeore 0

Annual Values Cumulative Values for FLIP Core OSTR Use Category (hours) (hours) 0 Teaching (departmental and others)(') 46 13,401 0

OSU Research 939 12,063 0

0 Off Campus research 2,438 27,503 0 0

Demonstrations 2 2 0 S

Forensic Services 0 234(2) 0 Reactor preclude time 978 26,310 0 0

Facility time(3) 0 7,191 0

Total Reactor Use Time 4,404 86,704 0

(1) See Table 111.2 for teaching statistics (reactor tours are not logged as use). 0 (2) Priorto the 1981-1982 reportingperiodforensicservices were grouped under anther use category andcumulative hours have been compiled beginning with the 1981-1982 report.

S (3) The time OSTR spent operatingto meet NRCfacility license requirements.

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Number of Users Annual Values (hours) Cumulative (hours)for FLIP CoreValues 0

Two 269 6,863 0 0

Three 311 2,538 S

Four 298 1,145 0n 0

Five 76 264 Six 15 75 Seven 7 19 Total Multiple Use Time 976 10,904 0 0 0 0 0 0 S30 1 07-08 Annual Report 0

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NRC Experiment Research Teaching License Other Total 0 Number Requirement 0

0 A-1 12 4 0 0 16 0 B-3 286 38 0 0 324 0 B-31 2 0 0 0 2 0

0 B-34 2 0 0 0 2 0

0 Total 302 42 0 0 344 0

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0 Unlne Reactor. Shton and Scram Number of Type of Event Occurrences Cause of Event 0

0 Safe Channel High Power Scram 3 Failure to maintain reactor power after startup due to rise in bulk tank tem-perature.

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0 Manual Reactor Scram 1 Console on/off power switch accidently pressed.

0 0

Safe Channel High Power Scram 3 Failure to monitor power approach to 1MW.

0 0 Safe and percent Channel High 1 Failure of console recording computer DAS card input coupled with shutdown Power Scram of the console computer.

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Part V-Radiation Protection 0

'The purpose of the radiation protection program is to ensure 0 the safe use of radiation and radioactive material in the Cen-ter's teaching, research, and service activities, and in a similar 0 manner to ensure the fulfillment of all regulatory requirements of the State of Oregon, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commis-0 sion, and other regulatory agencies. The comprehensive nature 0 of the program is shown in Table V.1, which lists the program's 0 major radiation protection requirements and the performance frequency for each item.

0 The radiation protection program is implemented by a staff 0 consisting of a Senior Health Physicist, a Health Physicist, 0 and several part-time Health Physics Monitors (see Part II).

Assistance is also provided by the reactor operations group, the 0 neutron activation analysis group, the Scientific Instrument Technician, and the Radiation Center Director. 0 The data contained in the following sections have been pre-pared to comply with the current requirements of Nuclear 0 Regulatory Commission (NRC) Facility License No. R-106 0 (Docket No. 50-243) and the Technical Specifications contained LiquidEffluents in that license. The material has also been prepared in compli-Oregon State University has implemented a policy to reduce S ance with Oregon Department of Energy Rule No. 345-30-010, which requires an annual report of environmental effects due to the volume of radioactive liquid effluents to an absolute mini- 0 mum. For example, water used during the ion exchanger resin research reactor operations.

change is now recycled as reactor makeup water. Waste water 0

Within the scope of Oregon State University's radiation protec- from Radiation Center laboratories and the OSTR is collected 0 tion program, it is standard operating policy to maintain all at a holdup tank prior to release to the sanitary sewer. Whenever releases of radioactivity to the unrestricted environment and all possible, liquid effluent is analyzed for radioactivity content at 0 exposures to radiation and radioactive materials at levels which the time it is released to the collection point. However, liquids 0 are always analyzed for radioactivity before the holdup tank is are consistently "as low as reasonably achievable" (ALARA).

discharged into the unrestricted area (the sanitary sewer system). 0 For this reporting period, the Radiation Center and reactor made S three liquid effluent releases to the sanitary sewer. All Radiation Center and reactor facility liquid effluent data pertaining to this 0

The annual reporting requirements in the OSTR Technical release are contained in Table V.2. 0 Specifications state that the licensee (OSU) shall include "a Liquid Waste Generatedand Transferred 0

summary of the nature and amount of radioactive effluents re-Liquid waste generated from glassware and laboratory experi- 0 leased or discharged to the environs beyond the effective control ments is transferred by the campus Radiation Safety Office to of the licensee, as measured at, or prior to, the point of such its waste processing facility. The annual summary of liquid waste release or discharge." The liquid and gaseous effluents released, generated and transferred is contained in Table V.3.

and the solid waste generated and transferred are discussed briefly below. Data regarding these effluents are also summa-rized in detail in the designated tables.

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S 0 AkborneEfflunts MeDased IPersomel Dose Airborne effluents are discussed in terms of the gaseous compo- TIhe OSTR annual reporting requirements specify that the nent and the particulate component. licensee shall present a summary of the radiation exposure received by facility personnel and visitors. The summary includes Gaseous Effluents all Radiation Center personnel who may have received exposure Gaseous effluents from the reactor facility are monitored by the to radiation. These personnel have been categorized into six 0 reactor stack effluent monitor. Monitoring is continuous, i.e., groups: facility operating personnel, key facility research person-prior to, during, and after reactor operations. It is normal for the nel, facilities services maintenance personnel, students in labora-reactor facility stack effluent monitor to begin operation as one 0 of the first systems in the morning and to cease operation as one tory classes, police and security personnel, and visitors.

of the last systems at the end of the day. All gaseous effluent data Facility operating personnel include the reactor operations for this reporting period are summarized in Table V.4. and health physics staff. The dosimeters used to monitor these individuals include quarterly TLD badges, quarterly track-etch/

0 Particulate effluents from the reactor facility are also monitored albedo neutron dosimeters, monthly TLD (finger) extremity by the reactor facility stack effluent monitor. dosimeters, and pocket ion chambers.

0 ParticulateEffluents Key facility research personnel consist of Radiation Center S Evaluation of the detectable particulate radioactivity in the stack effluent confirmed its origin as naturally-occurring radon daugh-staff, faculty, and graduate students who perform research using 0 ter products, within a range of approximately 3x10-11 pCi/ml to the reactor, reactor-activated materials, or using other research facilities present at the Center. The individual dosimetry require-0 1 x 10- pCi/ml. This particulate radioactivity is predominantly ments for these personnel will vary with the type of research 2 14 Pb and 214Bi, which is not associated with reactor operations.

0 being conducted, but will generally include a quarterly TLD film badge and TLD (finger) extremity dosimeters. If the possibility 0 T-here was no release of particulate effluents with a half life of neutron exposure exists, researchers are also monitored with a greater than eight days and therefore the reporting of the aver-0 age concentration of radioactive particulates with half lives track-etch/ albedo neutron dosimeter.

0 greater than eight days is not applicable. Facilities Services maintenance personnel are normally issued 0 a gamma sensitive electronic dosimeter as their basic monitor-0 ing device. A few Facilities Services personnel who routinely 0 Sofd1 Waste Mease perform maintenance on mechanical or refrigeration equipment are issued a quarterly XM(y) TLD badge and other dosimeters as Data for the radioactive material in the solid waste generated appropriate for the work being performed.

and transferred during this reporting period are summarized in 0 Table V.5 for both the reactor facility and the Radiation Center. Students attending laboratory classes are issued quarterly Xf(ly) 0 Solid radioactive waste is routinely transferred to OSU Radia-tion Safety. Until this waste is disposed of by the Radiation Safe-TLD badges, TLD (finger) extremity dosimeters, and track-etch/albedo or other neutron dosimeters, as appropriate.

ty Office, it is held along with other campus radioactive waste on the University's State of Oregon radioactive materials license. Students or small groups of students who attend a one-time laboratory demonstration and do not handle radioactive materi-Solid radioactive waste is disposed of by OSU Radiation Safety als are usually issued a gamma sensitive electronic dosimeter.

by transfer to the University's radioactive waste disposal ven- These results are not included with the laboratory class students.

dor, Thomas Gray Associates, Inc., for burial at its installation located near Richland, Washington. OSU police and security personnel are issued a quarterly XM*(y)

TLD badge to be used during their patrols of the Radiation Center and reactor facility.

Visitors, depending on the locations visited, may be issued a 0 0 0 0 0 0 gamma sensitive electronic dosimeters. OSU Radiation Center 0 41 Annual Report 07-08 Annual Report i 41

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policy does not normally allow people in the visitor category to Center, in order to provide current and characteristic data on 0 become actively involved in the use or handling of radioactive the status of radiological conditions. A second objective of the materials. program is to assure frequent on-the-spot personal observations 0

(along with recorded data), which will provide advance warning An annual summary of the radiation doses received by each of of needed corrections and thereby help to ensure the safe use and 0

the above six groups is shown in Table V.6.There were no per- handling of radiation sources and radioactive materials. A third 0 sonnel radiation exposures in excess of the limits in 10 CFR 20 or State of Oregon regulations during the reporting period.

objective, which is really derived from successful execution of 0 the first two objectives, is to gather and document information which will help to ensure that all phases of the operational and 0

radiation protection programs are meeting the goal of keeping 0 radiation doses to personnel and releases of radioactivity to the 0 environment "as low as reasonably achievable" (ALARA).

'The OSTR Technical Specifications require an annual sum- 0 mary of the radiation levels and levels of contamination observed during routine surveys performed at the facility. 'The Center's The annual summary of radiation and contamination levels mea-0 sured during routine facility surveys for the applicable reporting comprehensive area radiation monitoring program encompasses period is given in Table V.9. 0 the Radiation Center as well as the OSTR, and therefore moni-toring results for both facilities are reported.

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Area RadiationDosimeters Area monitoring dosimeters capable of integrating the radiation 0

The annual reporting requirements of the OSTR Technical dose are located at strategic positions throughout the reactor Specifications include "an annual summary of environmental 0

facility and Radiation Center. All of these dosimeters contain surveys performed outside the facility." 0 at least a standard personnel-type beta-gamma film or TLD pack. In addition, for key locations in the reactor facility and for 0

certain Radiation Center laboratories a CR-39 plastic track- 0 etch neutron detector has also been included in the monitoring 0 package. On-siteMonitoring Monitors used in the on-site gamma environmental radiation 0

'The total dose equivalent recorded on the various reactor facility monitoring program at the Radiation Center consist of the 0 dosimeters is listed in Table V.7 and the total dose equivalent re-corded on the Radiation Center area dosimeters is listed in Table reactor facility stack effluent monitor described in Section V and 0 nine environmental monitoring stations.

V.8. Generally, the characters following the Monitor Radiation 0 Center (MRC) designator show the room number or location. During this reporting period, each fence environmental station 0 utilized an LiF TLD monitoring packet supplied and processed Routine Radiationand ContaminationSurveys by Global Dosimetry Solutions, Inc. (GDS), Irvine, California.

0 The Center's program for routine radiation and contamination surveys consists of daily, weekly, and monthly measurements Each GDS packet contained three LiF TLDs and was ex- 0 throughout the TRIGA reactor facility and Radiation Center.

changed quarterly for a total of 108 samples during the reporting period (9 stations x 3 TLDs per station x 4 quarters). Ihe total 0

The frequency of these surveys is based on the nature of the number of GDS TLD samples for the reporting period was 108. 0 radiation work being carried out at a particular location or on other factors which indicate that surveillance over a specific area A summary of the GDS TLD data is also shown in Table V.10. 0 at a defined frequency is desirable. From Table V.10 it is concluded that the doses recorded by the 0 The primary purpose of the routine radiation and contamination dosimeters on the TRIGA facility fence can be attributed to 0 natural back-ground radiation, which is about 110 mrem per year survey program is to assure regularly scheduled surveillance over for Oregon (Refs. 1,2).

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'The off-site gamma environmental radiation monitoring pro- ground from the gross beta counting rate, followed by applica-gram consists of twenty monitoring stations surrounding the tion of an appropriate counting system efficiency.

0 Radiation Center (see Figure V.1) and six stations located within The annual concentrations were calculated using sample results a 5 mile radius of the Radiation Center.

which exceeded the lower limit of detection (LLD), except that 0 Each monitoring station is located about four feet above the sample results which were less than or equal to the LLD were ground (MRCTE 21 and MRCTE 22 are mounted on the roof averaged in at the corresponding LLD concentration. Table V.13 of the EPA Laboratory and National Forage Seed Laboratory, gives the concentration and the range of values for each sample 0 respectively). These monitors are exchanged and processed quar- category for the current reporting period.

terly, and the total number of TLD samples during the current one-year reporting period was 240 (20 stations x 3 chips per sta- As used in this report, the LLD has been defined as the amount tion per quarter x 4 quarters per year).The total number of GDS or concentration of radioactive material (in terms of pCi per 0 TLD samples for the reporting period was 204. A summary of unit volume or unit mass) in a representative sample, which has a 95% probability of being detected.

0 GDS TLD data for the off-site monitoring stations is given in Table V.11.

Identification of specific radionuclides is not routinely carried out as part of this monitoring program, but would be conducted S After a review of the data in Table V.11, it is concluded that, like the dosimeters on the TRIGA facility fence, all of the doses if unusual radioactivity levels above natural background were 0 recorded by the off-site dosimeters can be attributed to natural detected. However, from Table V.12 it can be seen that the levels S background radiation, which is about 110 mrem per year for of radioactivity detected were consistent with naturally occur-ring radioactivity and comparable to values reported in previous Oregon (Refs. 1, 2).

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0 Radcoaae MameuDs Wpmet~s 0 The soil, water, and vegetation monitoring program consists of A summary of the radioactive material shipments originating the collection and analysis of a limited number of samples in from the TRIGA reactor facility, NRC license R-106, is shown each category on a annual basis. The program monitors highly in Table V.14. A similar summary for shipments originating unlikely radioactive material releases from either the TRIGA from the Radiation Center's State of Oregon radioactive materi-0 reactor facility or the OSU Radiation Center, and also helps als license ORE 90005 is shown in Table V.15. A summary of indicate the general trend of the radioactivity concentration in radioactive material shipments exported under Nuclear Regula-each of the various substances sampled. See Figure V.1 for the tory Commission general license 10 CFR 110.23 is shown in 0 locations of the sampling stations for grass (G), soil (S), water Table V.16.

(W) and rainwater (RW) samples. Most locations are within a 1000 foot radius of the reactor facility and the Radiation Center.

In general, samples are collected over a local area having a radius IReferences 0 of about ten feet at the positions indicated in Figure V.1.

0 There are a total of 22 sampling locations: four soil locations,

1. U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, "Estimates of Ionizing Radiation Doses in the United States, 1960-0 four water locations (when water is available), and fourteen 2000," ORP/CSD 72-1, Office of Radiation Programs, 0 vegetation locations. Rockville, Maryland (1972).

0 The annual concentration of total net beta radioactivity (minus 2. U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, "Radiologi-tritium) for samples collected at each environmental soil, water, cal Quality of the Environment in the United States, and vegetation sampling location (sampling station) is listed in 1977," EPA 520/1-77-009, Office of Radiation Pro-Table V.12. Calculation of the total net beta disintegration rate grams; Washington, D.C. 20460 (1977).

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Raito Proeto Prga Reurmnsan rqece Frequency Radiation Protection Requirement Daily/Weekly/Monthly Perform Routing area radiation/contamination monitoring 0 Collect and analyze TRIGA primary, secondary, and make-up water.

Exchange personnel dosimeters and inside area monitoring dosimeters, and review exposure Monthly reports.

Inspect laboratories.

Calculate previous month's gaseous effluent discharge.

Process and record solid waste and liquid effluent discharges. 0 Prepare and record radioactive material shipments. 0 Survey and record incoming radioactive materials receipts.

Perform and record special radiation surveys.

As Required Perform thyroid and urinalysis bioassays. 0 Conduct orientations and training.

Issue radiation work permits and provide health physics coverage for maintenance operations.

Prepare, exchange and process environmental TLD packs. 0 Conduct orientations for classes using radioactive materials.

Quarterly Collect and analyze samples from reactor stack effluent line.

Exchange personnel dosimeters and inside area monitoring dosimeters, and review exposure 0 reports. 0 0

Semi-Annual Leak test and inventory sealed sources.

Conduct floor survey of corridors and reactor bay.

0 Calibrate portable radiation monitoring instruments and personnel pocket ion chambers.

Calibrate reactor stack effluent monitor, continuous air monitors, remote area radiation monitors, and air samplers.

Measure face air velocity in laboratory hoods and exchange dust-stop filters and HEPA 5 Annual filters as necessary.

Inventory and inspect Radiation Center emergency equipment.

Conduct facility radiation survey of the 60Co irradiators. 0 Conduct personnel dosimeter training. 5 Update decommissioning logbook.

Collect and process environmental soil, water, and vegetation samples.

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Motl Sumr of Liui Eflun Reeset heSntayS02 (ST Cotrbuio Shw in ) an Bod rit Average Specific Activity Total Percent of Total Concentration For Each Quantity of Applicable Volume of Total Of Released Detectable Each Monthly Average Liquid Date of Quantity of Detectable Radioactive Radionuclide in Detectable Concentration for Effluent Discharge Radioactivity Radio-Nuclides in Material at the the Waste, Where Radionuclide Released Released (Month and Year) Released the Waste Point of The Release Concentration Released in Radioactive Including (Curies) Release Was>1 x 10-7 the Waste Material Diluent (4)

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July 2007 0 N/A 0 0 0 0 1588 January 2008 0 N/A 0 0 0 0 1533 April 2008 0 N/A 0 0 0 0 895 Annual Total for Radiation Center OSTR Contribution to N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Above (1) OSU has implemented a policy to reduce the absolute minimum radioactive wastes disposed to the sanitary sewer. There were no liquid effluent released during months not listed.

(2) The OSU operational policy is to subtract only detector background from the water analysis data and not background radioactivity in the Corvallis city water.

(3) Based on values listed in 10 CFR 20, Appendix B to 20.1001 - 10.2401, Table 3, which are applicable to sewer disposal.

(4) The total volume of liquid effluent plus diluent does not take into consideration the additional mixing with the over 250,000 gallons per year of liquids. And sewage normally discharged by the Radiation Center complex into the same sanitary sewer system.

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0 TRIGA 75 Fe-59, Co-60, Eu-152, 1.80x109 Reactory Sb-124, Se-75, H-3 9/18/07 Facility 0

Radiation Center T1-208, Pb-210, Pb-214, 9/18/07 0 Laboratories 8 Bi-214, Ra-226, H-3, 1.33x10-4 U-238, Mn-54, Co-60 5/16/08 0

TOTAL 15.5 1.51xlO-4 0 (1) TRIGA and Radiation Center liquid waste is picked up by the Radiation Safety Office for transfer to its waste processing facility for final packaging.

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Estimated 0 Total Total Atmospheric Diluted Fraction of the Technical Specification 0 Month Estimated Estimated Quantity Concentration of Annual Average Activity of Argon-41 Argon-41 at Point of 0 Released (Curies) Released(2' (Curies) Release Argon-41 Concentration Limit (%)

0 (pCi/cc) 0 0 July 0.15 0.15 1.25x10- 8 0.31 0 August 0.23 0.23 1.91x10- 8 0.48 0

September 0.13 0.13 1.17x10- 8 0.29 0 October 0.13 0.13 1.09x10- 8 0.27 0 November 0.12 0.12 1.04x10- 8 0.26 0 December 0.17 0.17 1.47x10- 8 0.37 0 January 0.35 0.35 2.95x10- 8 0.74 0 February 0.27 0.27 2.45x10- 8 0.61 0

March 0.33 0.33 2.79x10-8 0.70 0 April 0.25 0.25 2.15x10- 8 0.54 0 May 0.28 0.28 2.38x10- 8 0.59 June 0.29 0.29 2.56x10- 8 0.64 0 TOTAL 0 ('07-'08) 2.70 2.70 1.93x0-_8131 0.48(3) 0 (1) Airborne effluents from, the OSTR contained no detectable particulate radioactivity resulting fro, reactor operations, and there were no releases of any radioisotopes in airborne effluents in concentrations greater than 20% of the applicable effluent concentration. (20% is a 0 value taken from the OSTR Technical Specifications.

(2) Routine gamma spectroscopy analysis of the gaseous radioactivity in the OSTR stack discharge indicated the only detectable radionu-0 clide was argon-41.

(3) Annual Average.

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Radionuclides Solid Waste Packaged() in Solid Waste Waste Processing (Cubic Feet) in the Waste (Curies) Facility 0 0

TRIGA Sc-46, Cr-51, Mn-54, Fe-59, 9/18/07 Reactor 22 Co-58, Co-60, Zn-65, As-74, 2.62x10-4 Facility Hf-181, Sb-124, Se-75, 3/5/08 0 Eu-152, Cs-134 0 0

Radiation U-238, Sr-90, Co-60, Eu-152, 9/18/07 Center 12 H-3, Pu-239, Sr-85, Np-237, 6.21x10_6 Laboratories Hf-181, Hg-203, Sc-46, Pu- 3/5/08 0 242, Yb-169,Tb-160 0 0

TOTAL 34 See Above 2.68x10-4 0

(1) TRIGA and Radiation Center laboratory waste is picked up by OSU Radiation Safety for transfer to its waste processing facility for final 0 packaging.

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Personnel Group Whole Body Extremities Whole Body Extremities Whole Body Extremities (mrem) (mrem) (mrem) (mrem) (mrem) (mrem) 0 0 Facility Operating 106.2 311.9 227 566 850 2495 0 Personnel 0

Key Facility Research 0 20.4 0 183 0 204 0 Personnel 0 Facilities Services Maintenance <1 N/A <1 N/A <1 N/A Personnel 0

0 Laboratory Class 2.2 7.8 94 128 327 396 0 Students 0 Campus Police and 1.2 N/A 22 N/A 33 N/A 0 Security Personnel Visitors <1 N/A 6 N/A 59.1 N/A (1) "N/A"indicates that there was no extremity monitoring conducted or required for the group.

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mTotal Dose T5~L EqiaetIt~ Recorded on AreaT~ Dos.~imetersT Locted Wihi th TG Reco Failt 0 TRIGA Reactor Total Dose Equivalent(1//2) 0 Monitor Recorded Facility Location I.D. X9(7) Neutron (See Figure V.1)

(mrem) (mrem) 0 MRCTNE D104: North Badge East Wall 224 ND MRCTSE D104: South Badge East Wall 137 ND 0 MRCTSW D104: South Badge West Wall 529 ND 0 MRCTNW D104: North Badge West Wall 153 ND 0 MRCTWN D104: West Badge North Wall 239 ND 0 MRCTEN D104: East Badge North Wall 372 ND 0 MRCTES D104: East Badge South Wall 1758 ND MRCTWS D104: West Badge South Wall 569 ND 0 MRCTTOP D104: Reactor Top Badge 456 ND MRCTHXS D104A: South Badge HX Room 537 ND 0

MRCTHXW D104A: West Badge HX Room 241 ND MRCD-302 D302: Reactor Control Room 351 ND 0

MRCD-302A D302A: Reactor Supervisor's Office 131 N/A 0 MRCBP1 D104: Beam Port Number 1 159 ND 0 MRCBP2 D104: Beam Port Number 2 229 ND 0 MRCBP3 D104: Beam Port Number 3 897 ND 0

0 MRCBP4 D104: Beam Port Number 4 894 ND

)The total recorded dose equivalent values do not include natural background contribution and, reflect the summation of the results of four quarterly beta-gamma dosimeters or four quarterly fast neutron dosimeters for each location. A total dose equivalent of "ND" indicates that each of the dosimeters during the reporting period was less than the vendor's gamma dose reporting thresh-old of 10 mrem or that each of the fast neutron dosimeters was less than the vendor's threshold of 10 mrem. "N/A'indicates that there was no neutron monitor at that location.

(2) Ihese dose equivalent values do not represent radiation exposure through an exterior wall directly into an unrestricted area.

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MRCA100 A100: Receptionist's Office 19 N/A 0

MRCBRF A102H: Front Personnel Dosimetry Storage Rack 66 N/A 0

MRCA120 A120: Stock Room 76 N/A 0

MRCA120A A120A: NAA Temporary Storage 0 N/A MRCA126 A126: Radioisotope Research Lab 117 N/A 0

MRCCO-60 A128: 6°Co Irradiator Room 418 N/A 0

MRCA130 A130: Shielded Exposure Room 52 N/A 0

MRCA132 A132: TLD Equipment Room 56 N/A MRCA138 A138: Health Physics Laboratory 54 N/A 0

MRCA146 A146: Gamma Analyzer Room (Storage Cave) 171 N/A 0

MRCB100 B100: Gamma Analyzer Room (Storage Cave) 44 N/A Lab (226Ra Storage Facility) 0 MRCB114 B114: 1642 ND 0 MRCB119-1 B119: Source Storage Room 273 N/A 0 MRCB119-2 B119: Source Storage Room 434 N/A 0 MRCB119A B119A: Sealed Source Storage Room 5491 3,410 0 MRCB120 B120: Instrument Calibration Facility 216 N/A MRCB122-2 B122: Radioisotope Hood 167 N/A MRCB122-3 B122: Radioisotope Research Laboratory 92 N/A MRCB124-1 B124: Radioisotope Research Lab (Hood) 58 N/A MRCB124-2 B124: Radioisotope Research Laboratory 92 N/A 0 MRCB124-6 B124: Radioisotope Research Laboratory 66 N/A MRCB136 B136 Gamma Analyzer Room 40 N/A 0 MRCB128 B128: Instrument Repair Shop 54 N/A MRCC100 C100: Radiation Center Director's Office 50 N/A (1) The total recorded dose equivalent values do not include natural background contribution and, reflect the summation of the results of four quarterly beta-gamma dosimeters or four quarterly fast neutron dosimeters for each location. A total dose equivalent of "ND" indicates that each of the dosimeters during the reporting period was less than the vendor's gamma dose reporting threshold of 10 mrem or that each of the fast neutron dosimeters was less than the vendor's threshold of 10 mrem.

0 "N/A' indicates that there was no neutron monitor at that location.

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(See Figure V.1) X8(7) Neutron 0 (mrem) (mrem) 0 MRCC106A C106A: Office 64 N/A S MRCC106B C106B: Custodian Supply Storage 78 N/A MRCC106-H C106H: East Loading Dock 122 N/A 0

MRCC118 C118: Radiochemistry Laboratory 13 N/A MRCC120 C120: Student Counting Laboratory 28 N/A 0 MRCF100 F100: APEX Facility 21 N/A 0 MRCF102 F102: APEX Control Room 25 N/A 0 MRCB125N B125: Gamma Analyzer Room (Storage Cave) 59 N/A 0 MRCN125S B125: Gamma Analyzer Room 57 N/A 0 MRCC124 C124: Classroom 99 N/A MRCC130 C130: Radioisotope Laboratory (Hood) 48 N/A MRCD100 D100: Reactor Support Laboratory 84 ND MRCD102 D102: Pneumatic Transfer Terminal Lab' 257 ND MRCD102-H D102H: 1st Floor Corridor at D102 108 ND MRCD106-H D106H: 1st Floor Corridor at D106 241 N/A MRCD200 D200: Reactor Administrator's Office 250 25 MRCD202 D202: Senior Health Physicist's Office 240 ND MRCBRR D200H: Rear Personnel Dosimetry Storage Rack 71 N/A MRCD204 D204: Health Physicist Office 254 ND MRCATHRL F104: ATHRL 58 N/A MRCD300 D300: 3rd Floor Conference Room 164 ND (1) The total recorded dose equivalent values do not include natural background contribution and, reflect the summation of the results of four quarterly beta-gamma dosimeters or four quarterly fast neutron dosimeters for each location. A total dose equiva-lent of"ND" indicates that each of the dosimeters during the reporting period was less than the vendor's gamma dose report-ing threshold of 10 mrem or that each of the fast neutron dosimeters was less than the vendor's threshold of 10 mrem. "N/A' indicates that there was no neutron monitor at that location.

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0 Average Maximum Average Maximum 0

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0 Reactor Top (D 104) <1 90 <500 11,346 0 Reactor 2nd Deck Area (D104) 4.38 40 <500 1,346 S Reactor Bay SW (D104) <1 12 <500 12,884 0 Reactor Bay NW (D104) <1 100 <500 22,885 0 Reactor Bay NE (D104) <1 15 559 26,730 0 Reactor Bay SE (D104) <1 36 <500 34,423 Class Experiments (D104, D302) <1 <1 <500 <500 Demineralizer Tank & Make Up Water System <1 12 <500 1,153 0 (D104A)

Particulate Filter--Outside Shielding (D104A) <1 3 <500 2,115 0

Radiation Center:

0 NAA Counting Rooms (A146, B100) <1 2.2 <500 <500 0 Health Physics Laboratory (A138) 60

<1 <1 <500 4,423 0 CO Irradiator Room and Calibration Rooms <1 17 <500 <500 (A128, B120, A130)

Radiation Research Labs (A126, A136)

<1 4.4 <500 2,115 0 (B108, B114, B122, B124, C126, C130, C132A)

Radioactive Source Storage (B119, B119A, <1 50 <500 <500 A120A, A132A) 0 Student Chemistry Laboratory (C118) <1 <1 <500 <500 0

Student Counting Laboratory (C120) <1 <1 <500 <500 Operations Counting Room (B136, C125) <1 <1 <500 <500 Pneumatic Transfer Laboratory (D102) <1 4.2 <500 5,576 0

RX support Room (D100) <1 <1 <500 576 (1) <500 dpm/100 cm2 = Less than the lower limit of detection for the portable survey instrument used.

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Based on GSD TLDs(,2) S (mrem) S MRCFE-1 85 +/- 3 S MRCFE-2 84 +/- 6 S MRCFE-3 80 +/- 4 S

0 MRCFE-4 88 +/- 5 S

MRCFE-5 78 +/- 4 S MRCFE-6 87 +/- 6 S MRCFE-7 84 +/- 4 0 S

MRCFE-8 81 +/- 5 S

MRCFE-9 79 +/- 5 S (1) Average Corvallis area natural background using GDS TLDs totals 72 _ 8 mrem for the same period. S (2) +/- values represent the standard deviation of the total value at the 95% confidence level.

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Based on GDS TLD(S12 (miremn) 0 0 MRCTE-2 80 +/- 4 MRCTE-3 86 +/- 4 0

0 MRCTE-4 80 +/- 4 0 MRCTE-5 90 +/- 7 0 MRCTE-6 78 +/- 5 0 MRCTE-7 77 +/- 3 0 MRCTE-8 93 +/- 5 MRCTE-9 87 +/- 4 MRCTE-10 69 +/- 5 0

MRCTE-12 87 +/- 4 MRCTE-13 86 +/- 5 0

MRCTE-14 81 +/- 6 0 MRCTE-15 76 +/- 4 0 MRCTE-16 88 +/- 5 0 MRCTE-17 77 +/- 8 MRCTE-18( 3 ) 59 +/- 5 0

MRCTE-19 87 +/- 5 MRCTE-20 82 +/- 5 MRCTE-21 72 +/- 4 MRCTE-22 75 +/- 4 (1) Average Corvallis area natural background using GDS TLDs totals 72 + 8 mrem for the same period.

(2) +/- values represent the standard deviation of the total value at the 95% confidence level.

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4-W Water 7.09x10-8( 21 PCi m1-V 0

11-W Water 5.75x10-8(2) PCi m1-1 0 19-RW Water 6.53x10-8(" PCi mV1-3-S Soil 2.93x10- 5 + 5.84x10- 6 aCi g- 1 of dry soil 0 5-S Soil 6.33x10- 5 +/- 8.32x10- 6 PCi g- 1 of dry soil 0 20-S Soil 2.99x10- 5 _ 6.05x10- 6 pCi g- 1 of dry soil 0 21-S Soil 1.24x10- 5 + 4.51x10- 6 PCi g-1 of dry soil 2-G Grass 1.25x10 1.17x10- 5 PCi g-1 of dry ash 6-G Grass 1.13x10- 4 _ 1.32x10- 5 fiCi g-1 of dry ash 0

7-G Grass 1.37x10- 4 , 1.14x10- 5 aCi g- 1 of dry ash 8-G Grass 1.29x10 1.27x10- 5 VtCi g-1 of dry ash 9-G Grass 1.44x10- 4 , 1.31x10- 5 aCi g-1 of dry ash 0 10-G Grass 1.37x10- 4 , 1.30x10- 5 PCi g-1 of dry ash 0

12-G Grass 1.88x10- 4 , 1.37x10- 5 PCi g- 1 of dry ash 0

13-G Grass 1.14x10- 4 , 1.34x10- 5 I pCi g- 1 of dry ash 0

14-G Grass 1.04x10- 4 , 1.14x10- 5 pCi g-1 of dry ash 15-G Grass 7.34x10- 5 , 9.71x10- 6 pCi g-1 of dry ash 16-G Grass 1.06x10- 4 , 8.84x10- 6 PCi g- 1 of dry ash 17-G Grass 1.73x10- 4 + 1.40x10-5 pCi g- 1 of dry ash 18-G Grass 1.38x10- 4 + 1.27x10- 5 pCi g-1 of dry ash 22-G Grass 1.09x10- 4 + 1.32x10- 5 pCi g- 1 of dry ash (1) values represent the standard deviation of the value at the 95% confidence level.

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Water 6.28x10_8 "' 5.75x10- 1 to 7.09x10- 8 (" PCi m1-1 0

0 Vegetation 1.74x10- 5 1.16x10- 5 to 2.07x10- 5 [Ci g- 1 of dry ash 0 (1) Less than lower limit of detection value shown.

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Shipped To Total Activity (TBq) Quantity Y YellowI 0 Berkeley Geochronology Center 1.64 X10 6 5 0 2 0 7 0 Berkeley, CA USA 0 Brush Resources Inc.

Delta, UT USA 1.04 x10- 0 0 0 22 22 0 Brush Wellman Inc. 1.84 X10 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 Elmore, OH USA BWXT Y-12 0

Oak Ridge,TN USA 0.00 x10° 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cal State Fullerton 0 Fullerton, CA USA 2.51 x10 8 2 0 0 0 2 Columbia University 2.76 xl0'- 2 0 0 0 2 0

Palisades, NY USA 0 Idaho State University 1.18 x10-, 0 0 6 0 6 0 Pocatello, ID USA Nu-Trek, Inc 1.61 x10- 7 3 0 0 0 3 0

Poway, CA USA 0 Occidental College 1.91 xl0-3 1 0 0 0 1 0 Los Angeles, CA USA Oregon Health and Science University 3.44 x10-' 0 1 1 0 2 0

Portland, OR USA 0 Oregon State University 3.94 x10- 6 0 1 1 0 2 0 Corvallis, OR USA Oregon State University Oceanography Department 5.10 x10-6 0 0 1 0 1 0

Corvallis, OR USA 0 Plattsburgh State University 2.81 xl0-7 2 0 0 0 2 0 Plattsburgh, NY USA Rutgers 0

Piscataway, NJ USA 3.15 x107 2 0 0 0 2 0 Syracuse University 1.35 x10- 7 3 0 0 0 3 0 Syracuse, NY USA Union College 2.80 xl0-8 2 0 0 0 2 0

Schenectady, NY USA 0 University of Arizona 1.61 X10 6 0 0 1 0 Tucson, AZ USA 1 0 1 1 1 0

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Number of Shipments Shipped To Total Activity (TBq) Limited Exempt Total Quantity 0 Idaho National Laboratory 5.00 xl0-2 0 1 1 0 Idaho Falls, ID USA Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 2.30 xl0-" 0 1 1 Berkeley, CA USA 0 University of Oregon 6.84 x10-9 0 3 3 Eugene, OR USA 0

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QUAD-Lab, Roskilde University Roskilde, Denmark 0 Universita' Degli Studi di Bologna 2.03 xl0-8 3 0 0 3 0 Bologna, Italy 0 Universitat Potsdam 1.40 x108 3 0 0 3 0 Postdam, Germany University of Geneva 2.55 x10- 4 0 0 4 0

Geneva, Switzerland 0 University of Lausanne 2 0 0 2 0 Lausanne, Switzerland 0 University of Manchester 1.12 x108 1 0 0 1 0 Manchester, UK University of Montpellier 3.16 xl0-8 2 0 0 2 0

Montpellier, France 0 University of Queensland 2.51 xl0-6 0 0 2 2 0 Brisbane, Queensland Australia 0 University of Zurich 1.32 x107 7 0 0 7 0 Zurich, Switzerland Vrije Universiteit 0

Amsterdam, The Netherlands 0 Totals 3.23 xl0-6 27 0 2 29 0 0

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0 The Radiation Center offers a wide variety of resources for teaching, research, and service related to radiation and radioac-tive materials. Some of these are discussed in detail in other parts of this report. The purpose of this part is to summarize the teaching, research, and service efforts carried out during the cur-rent reporting period.

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0 An important responsibility of the Radiation Center and the 0 reactor is to support OSU's academic programs. Implementa-tion of this support occurs through direct involvement of the Center's staff and facilities in the teaching programs of various departments and through participation in University research 0 programs. Table 111.2 plus the "Training and Instuction" section (see next page) provide detailed information on the use of the Radiation Center and reactor for instruction and training.

0 an asterisk. In addition to identifying specific projects carried Rsearch~ and Sevwk9D out during the current reporting period, Part VI also highlights 0

major Radiation Center capabilities in research and service. S Almost all Radiation Center research and service work is tracked by means of a project database. When a request for facil-These unique Center functions are described in the following 0 text.

ity use is received, a project number is assigned and the project 0 is added to the database. The database includes such informa-tion as the project number, data about the person and institu-Neutron Activation Analysis 0

tion requesting the work, information about students involved, Neutron activation analysis (NAA) stands at the forefront of techniques for the quantitative multi-element analysis of major, 0

a description of the project, Radiation Center resources needed, minor, trace, and rare elements. The principle involved in NAA S the Radiation Center project manager, status of individual runs, billing information, and the funding source.

consists of first irradiating a sample with neutrons in a nuclear 0 reactor such as the OSTR to produce specific radionuclides. Af-Table VI.1 provides a summary of institutions which used the ter the irradiation, the characteristic gamma rays emitted by the Radiation Center during this reporting period. This table also decaying radionuclides are quantitatively measured by suitable S includes additional information about the number of academic semiconductor radiation detectors, and the gamma rays detected 0 at a particular energy are usually indicative of a specific radionu-personnel involved, the number of students involved, and the clide's presence. Computerized data reduction of the gamma ray 0

number of uses logged for each organization. Details on gradu-ate student research which used the Radiation Center are given spectra then yields the concentrations of the various elements 0 in Table VI.2. in samples being studied. With sequential instrumental NAA it is possible to measure quantitatively about 35 elements in small The major table in this section is Table VI.3.This table provides samples (5 to 100 mg), and for activable elements the lower 0 a listing of the research and service projects carried out dur- limit of detection is on the order of parts per million or parts per ing this reporting period and lists information relating to the personnel and institution involved, the type of project, and the billion, depending on the element.

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'The Radiation Center's NAA laboratory has analyzed the major, Thbe Radiation Center maintains dedicated stocks of radiological minor, and trace element content of tens of thousands of samples emergency response equipment and instrumentation.T'hese items covering essentially the complete spectrum of material types and are located at the Radiation Center and at the Good Samaritan S involving virtually every scientific and technical field. Hospital in Corvallis.

0 While some researchers perform their own sample counting During the current reporting period, the Radiation Center on their own or on Radiation Center equipment, the Radiation emergency response team conducted several training sessions and Center provides a complete NAA service for researchers and exercises, but was not required to respond to any actual incidents.

0 others who may require it.fThis includes sample preparation, Training and Instruction sequential irradiation and counting, and data reduction and analysis. In addition to the academic laboratory classes and courses dis-cussed in Parts 111, and VII, and in addition to the routine train-0 Data on NAA research and service performed during this re- ing needed to meet the requirements of the OSTR Emergency 0 porting period are included in Table VI.3. Response Plan, Physical Security Plan, and operator requali-0 Forensic Studies fication program, the Radiation Center is also used for special training programs. Radiation Center staff are well experienced 0 Neutron activation analysis can also be advantageously used in in conducting these special programs and regularly offer train-0 criminal investigations. The principle underlying such applica-tion usually involves matching trace element profiles in objects ing in areas such as research reactor operations, research reactor management, research reactor radiation protection, radiological 0 or substances by NAA. This in turn can help identify materials emergency response, reactor behavior (for nuclear power plant or products (e.g., identify the manufacturer of a given object), operators), neutron activation analysis, nuclear chemistry, and 0 and in some cases can match bullets and other materials recov-ered from a victim to similar materials obtained from suspects.

nuclear safety analysis.

Materials which have been analyzed by the Radiation Center for Special training programs generally fall into one of several 0 forensic purposes include bullets, metals, paint, fuses, coats, glass, categories: visiting faculty and research scientists; International meat, and salts. Atomic Energy Agency fellows;, special short-term courses; or individual reactor operator or health physics training programs.

0 Forensic studies performed in this reporting period are included During this reporting period there were a large number of such 0 in the listings in Tables VIA1 and VI.3. people as shown in Part 11.

0 Irradiations As has been the practice since 1985, Radiation Center person-0 As described throughout this report, a major capability of the nel annually present a HAZMAT Response Team Radiologi-cal Course.TIhis year the course was held at the Oregon State 0 Radiation Center involves the irradiation of a large variety of substances with gamma rays and neutrons. Detailed data on University Radiation Center.

0 these irradiations and their use are included in Part III as well as Radiation Protection Services in the "Research & Service" text of this section.

'The primary purpose of the radiation protection program at S Radiological Emergency Response Services the Radiation Center is to support the instruction and research 0 The Radiation Center has an emergency response team capable conducted at the Center. However, due to the high quality of the program and the level of expertise and equipment available, the of responding to all types of radiological accidents. This team Radiation Center is also able to provide health physics services directly supports the City of Corvallis and Benton County in support of OSU Radiation Safety and to assist other state and emergency response organizations and medical facilities. The 0 team can also provide assistance at the scene of any radiologi-federal agencies. The Radiation Center does not compete with private industry, but supplies health physics services which are cal incident anywhere in the state of Oregon on behalf of the not readily available elsewhere. In the case of support provided to Oregon Radiation Protection Services and the Oregon Depart-0 ment of Energy.

state agencies, this definitely helps to optimize the utilization of 0 00 0 00 state resources.

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0 The Radiation Center is capable of providing health physics ser- VI.5 shows instruments calibrated for other OSU departments 0

vices in any of the areas which are discussed in Part V. Ihese in- and non-OSU agencies. 0 clude personnel monitoring, radiation surveys, sealed source leak Consultation testing, packaging and shipment of radioactive materials, calibra-tion and repair of radiation monitoring instruments (discussed in Radiation Center staff are available to provide consultation 0 detail in Part VI), radioactive waste disposal, radioactive material services in any of the areas discussed in this Annual Report, but 0 in particular on the subjects of research reactor operations and hood flow surveys, and radiation safety analysis and audits.

use, radiation protection, neutron activation analysis, radiation S The Radiation Center also provides services and technical sup- shielding, radiological emergency response, and radiotracer 0 methods.

port as a radiation laboratory to the State of Oregon Radiation S Protection Services (RPS) in the event of a radiological emer- Records are not normally kept of such consultations, as they gency within the state of Oregon. In this role, the Radiation often take the form of telephone conversations with researchers 0

Center will provide gamma ray spectrometric analysis of water, encountering problems or planning the design of experiments. S.

Many faculty members housed in the Radiation Center have on-soil, milk, food products, vegetation, and air samples collected by RPS radiological response field teams. As part of the ongoing going professional consulting functions with various organiza-0 preparation for this emergency support, the Radiation Center tions, in addition to sitting on numerous committees in advisory 0 capacities.

participates in inter-institution drills. 0 Public Relations RadiologicalInstrumentRepairand Calibration While repair of nuclear instrumentation is a practical necessity, Tlhe continued interest of the general public in the OSTR is evident by the number of people who have toured the facility.

0 routine calibration of these instruments is a licensing and regula- See Table VI.6 for statistics on scheduled visitors. S tory requirement which must be met. As a result, the Radiation Center operates a radiation instrument repair and calibration S

facility which can accommodate a wide variety of equipment. S The Center's scientific instrument repair facility performs S

maintenance and repair on all types of radiation detectors and .0 other nuclear instrumentation. Since the Radiation Center's own programs regularly utilize a wide range of nuclear instruments, S

components for most common repairs are often on hand and S repair time is therefore minimized. S In addition to the instrument repair capability, the Radia- S tion Center has a facility for calibrating essentially all types of S radiation monitoring instruments. This includes typical portable monitoring instrumentation for the detection and measurement of alpha, beta, gamma, and neutron radiation, as well as instru-ments designed for low-level environmental monitoring. Higher range instruments for use in radiation accident situations can also be calibrated in most cases. Instrument calibrations are per-formed using radiation sources certified by the National Institute 0 of Standards and Technology (NIST) or traceable to NIST.

S Table VIA is a summary of the instruments which were cali- S brated in support of the Radiation Center's instructional and research programs and the OSTR Emergency Plan, while Table S

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Oregon State University")

0 Corvallis, OR USA 0 CH2M Hill Inc Corvallis, OR USA Eugene Sand & Gravel, Inc 0 Eugene, OR USA 0 *Linn Benton Community College 0 Albany, OR USA

Marist High School 0 Eugene, OR USA 0 *North Eugene High S School Eugene, OR USA 0 Oregon Department of Energy Salem, OR USA Oregon State Fire Marshal Salem, OR USA

Oregon State University - Educational Tours Corvallis, OR USA 0 *Saturday Academy Corvallis, OR USA USDOE Albany Research Center 0 Albany, OR USA Empiricos LLC Gresham, OR USA 0 ESCO Corporation 0 Portland, OR USA

Jefferson High School 0

Jefferson, OR USA Lebanon Community Hospital Lebanon, OR USA

Lebanon High School Lebanon, OR USA Marquess & Associates Inc.

Medford, OR USA Nunhems USA, Inc.

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Oregon Health Sciences University 11 0 Portland, OR USA Radiation Protection Services 33 0

Portland, OR USA 0

Reed College 2

Portland, OR USA Rogue Community College Grants Pass, OR USA Tuality Healthcare Hillsboro, OR USA US National Parks Service 0

3 Crater Lake, OR USA Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging & Cytopathology 2

Clackamas, OR USA Weyerhaeuser Sweet Home, OR USA 0

Idaho National Laboratory Idaho Falls, ID USA 0

Idaho State University Pocatello, ID USA 1 0

Berkeley Geochronology Center Berkeley, CA USA 1

0

California State University at Fullerton 2 0 Fullerton, CA USA Genis, Inc.

Petaluma, CA USA 2 0

Nu-Trek, Inc 7

Poway, CA USA

Nu-Trek, Inc 0

7 San Diego, CA USA

Occidental College 0 1

Los Angeles, CA USA

Sonoma State University 2 0 Rohnert Park, CA USA 0

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University of California at Berkeley 1 2 1 2 S Berkeley, CA USA

University of California at Santa Barbara S Santa Barbara, CA USA 1 2 0 2 0 *University of Nevada Las Vegas 1 10 7 0 Las Vegas, NV USA

Brush Wellman 0 UT USA 1 0 0 21 CH2M Hill Inc 0 Denver, CO USA 1 1 0 1

University of Arizona 2 1 0 7 Tucson, AZ USA S *Argonne National Laboratory 1 0 0 1 Argonne, IL USA

University of Chicago 2 2 0 22 Chicago, IL USA

University of Wisconsin 2 2 6 7 S Madison, WI USA 0 *University of Michigan 4 8 0 14 0 Ann Arbor, MI USA

Brush-Wellman 0 OH USA 1 0 0 2

Columbia University 1 2 3 2 Palisades, NY USA 0 *North Carolina State University 1 1 1 2 Raleigh, NC USA S *Plattsburgh State University 1 2 2 2 0 Plattsburgh, NY USA

Roswell Park Cancer Institute 1 1 0 23 0 Buffalo, NY USA

Syracuse University 1 2 4 3 Syracuse, NY USA 0 *Union College 1 3 8 3 Schenectady, NY USA

Rutgers 2 3 4 3 S

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1 1 0 10 S Cheshire, CT USA

Brown University 2 2 0 5 0 Providence, RI USA 0

University of Florida 2 1 6 4 0 Gainesville, FL USA

Quaternary Dating Laboratory 1 0 0 6 0 Roskilde, DENMARK

University of Manchester 1 1 1 3 0

Manchester, UK 0

Universite Montpellier II 1 1 0 1 Montpellier, FRANCE 0

Vrije Universiteit 1 1 4 1 0 Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS 0

Geologisches Institut 1 1 0 11 0

Zurich, SWITZERLAND

Universita' di Bologna 1 1 0 3 Bologna, ITALY 0

Universitat Potsdam 0 Postdam, GERMANY 1 0 3 3

Universite de Lausanne 0 2 S Lausanne, SWITZERLAND 1 S

University of Geneva 1 1 4 5 Geneva, SWITZERLAND 0

University of Queensland 1 1 0 2 0

Brisbane, Queensland AUSTRALIA Totals: 104 119 79 604 0

0 Project which involves the OSTR.

(1) Use by Oregon State University does not include any teaching activities or classes accommodated by the Radiation Center.

0 (2) This number does not include on going projects being performed by residents of the Radiation Center such as the APEX project, 0 others in the Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics or Department of Chemistry or projects conducted by Dr. Walt Loveland, which involve daily use of Radiation Center facilities 0 0

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0 Grdut Stdns Reerh hc Utlie the RaitonCne 0 Academic Faculty Project Student's Name Degree Thesis Topic 0 Department Advisor P Berkeley Geochronology Center 0

Application of 39Ar/4OAr 0 Brownlee, Sarah PhD Geology Renne 920 GeochronologyThermochronology and Paleomagnetism of the Ecstall and related 0 plutons in British Columbia 0 Application of 39Ar/40Ar Geochronology Chang, Su-chin PhD Geology Renne 920 Permo- Triassic Boundry

,PhD Renne 920 Neogene Tectonics of Sierra Nevada, Hagan Jeanette, PCalifornia 0 Jarboe, Nick PhD Renne 920 Geochronology and Paleomagnetism of 0 Columbia River Basalts Letcher Alice, MIS Renne 920 Deformation History of Puna Plateau, NW 0 Argentina Morgan, Leah PhD Geology Renne 920 Application of 39Ar/40Ar Geochronology 0

Paine, Jeffery NS Geology Renne 920 Experimental Studies of 39Ar Recoil and Isotope Fractionation 0 Verdel, Charlie PhD Renne 920 Core complexes of Saghand region, Iran Columbia University 0

0 Downing, Greg PhD Hemming 1705 Application of 39Ar/40Ar Geochronology 0 Walker Chris, PhD Anders 1705 Application of 39Ar/4OAr Geochronology 0 North Carolina State University 0

0 Marine, Intrusion-related gold systems: petrological Haynes, Elizabeth PhD Earth, and Fodor 1684 and fluid geochemical characteristics of gold-0 Atmospheric Sciences hosted granite plutons.

0 Oregon State University 0

Bytwerk, David PhD NERHP Higley 1847 Bytwerk, David PhD NERHP Higley 1835 Mobility and uptake of CI-36 Dorsett, Skye MS Physics Krane 1564 0 0 0 0 0 07-08 Annual Report 69

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Student's Name Degree Academic Department Facultyr Advisor Thesis Topic 0 0

Environmental Funatake, Castle PhD and Molecular Kerkvliet 1725

'he Effects of 2,3, 7,8-Molecular 0 Toxicology Toxicology 0 Ex-vivo Suppressive Mechanisms Used by 0 Marshall, Nikki MS Kerkvliet 1725 CD4+ T Cells exposed to TCDD during Graft-vs-Host disease 0

0 Matteson, Brent PhD Chemistry Paulenova 1751 Actinide Chemistry 0

Wood Science 1The effect of additives on copper Mitushashi, June MS &Egneig

& Engineering Morell 815Enierg Engineering 0 Naik, Radhika PhD Chemistry Loveland 1751 Nuclear Chemistry 0

Age and Composition of Two Large Igneous 0

Sinton, Christopher PhD Oceanography Duncan 44 Provinces: The 0 Sprunger, Peter PhD Chemistry Loveland 1751 Nuclear Chemistry 0 VanHorn-Sealy, Jama MA NERHP Higley 1842 Gel Decontamination 0

0 Yan, Michelle MS Nutrition and Exercise Ho 1757 Prostate Cell Zinc Deficiency Study. Science 0 Rutgers 0

0 Geological Turrin 1707 Dating of Plio-Pleistiocene Homid Sites, Braun, Dave PhD Sciences Kanjera, Kenya 0 Mollel, Godwin PhD Geological Turrin 1707 Statigraphy and Chronolgy of the Plio- 0 Sciences Plaeistocene Ngorongoro Volcanic Highland 0 Price, Rachel MS Geological Sciences Turrin 1708 Age of metamorphism in the New Jersey Highland 0

Quinn, Rhonda PhD eological Turin 1707 Dating of Plio-Pleistiocene Homid Sites, 0 Sciences Koobi Fora, Kenya 0 Syracuse University 0

0 Noble Gas Monteleone, Brian PhD Isotopic Baldwin 1555 Timing and Conditions of the Formation of 0 Research the D'Entrecasteaux 0

Laboratory Low Temperature Thermochronologic 0 Taylor, Josh MS Fitzgerald 1555 Studies in the Adirondack Highlands Teroroogyadecnisf 0 thermochronology and Tectonics of 0 intraplate deformation in SE Mongolia 0

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Student's Name Dere Academic Fcut 0 ________________ _______ Department Advisor Poet Tei oi Integration of -herrnochronologyGravity 0 Noble Gas and Aeromagnetic Data from the Catalina Isotopic TerrienJessica PhD Baldwin 1555 Metamorphic Core Complex, AZ: Insight in 0 Research to the Role of Magmatism and the Timing Laborator 0 of Deformation, 0 Noble Gas 0 Wagner, Alec IMS Isotopic Research Baldwin 1555 Laborator 0

Universitat Potsdam 0

Age of initiation and growth pattern of the 0 Deeken, Anke PhD Strecker 1514 Puna Plateau, NW-Argentina, constrained 0 by AFT thermochronology.

Late Cenozoic uplift and deformation of 0 Mora, Andrds PhD 1514 the eastern flank of the Columbian Eastern 0 Cordillera.

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Project Users Organization ProectTiteeDscName Project Title Description Funding 321 Murphy University of Fission Track Dating Thermal column irradiations of apatite and zircon samples for University of Wyoming 321_MurphyWyomin_ fission track production todetermine rock age.

Brigham Young Fission Track Dating Dating of natural rocks and minerals via fission track National Science 335 Kowallis Fisoerciaigmethodology. Foundation 444 Duncan Oregon State Ar-40/Ar-39 Dating of Oceanographic Production of Ar-39 from K39 to measure radiometric ages OSU Oceanography University Samples on basaltic rocks from ocean basins. Department 481 Le Oregon Health I t Calibration It t calibration Oregon Health Sciences University Sciences University Instrument calibration. OSU - various 488 Farmer Oregon State Instrument Calibration University departments 519 Martin US Environmental Instrument Calibration Instrument calibration. USEPA-Corvalis Protection Agency US Environmental USEPA Cincinnati, 547 Boese Protection Agency Survey Instrument Calibration Instrument calibration. OH 664 Reese Oregon State Good Samaritan Hospital Instrument Instrument calibration. OSU Radiation Center University Calibration 815 Morrell Oregon State Sterilization of Wood Samples Sterilization of wood samples to 2.5 Mrads in Co-60 OSU Forest Products 8University irradiator for fungal evaluations.

Berkeley Production of Ar-39 from K-39 to determine ages in various Berkeley Becker Geochronology Ar-39/Ar-40 Age Dating anthropologic and geologic materials. Geochronology Center 920 Center Stanford GeologicalUniversity 930 McWilliams Stanford University Ar-40/Ar-39 Dating of Geological Irradiation of mineral grain samples for specified times to Samples allow Ar-40/Ar-39 dating envir al c Environmental Sci 932 Dumitru Stanford University Fission Track Dating Thermal column fissiontrack irradiation of geological samples for age-dating. Stanford University GooyDprmn fissontrck ae-daing.Geology Department Instrument calibration. Occupational Health 1018 Gashwiler Occupational Health Calibration of Nuclear Instruments Lab Laboratory Vrije Universiteit, 1074 Wijbrans Vrije Universiteit 40Ar-39 Ar Dating of Rocks and Minerals 40 Ar- 39Ar dating of rocks and minerals Amsterdam Teaching and University of Activation Analysis Experiment for NE Activation Analysis Experiment for NE Class. Irradiation University of California 1075 Tours California at Class of small, stainless steel discs for use in a nuclear engineering at Berkeley Berkeley radiation measurements laboratory.

1177 Garver Union College Fission Track Analysis of Rock Ages Use of thermal column irradiations to perform fission track Union College, NY analysis to determine rock ages.

Rogue Community Photoplankton Growth in Southern C-14 liquid scintillation counting of radiotracers produced Rogue Community in a photoplankton study of southern Oregon lakes: Miller College 1188 Salinas RLake College Oregon Lake, Lake of the Woods, Diamond Lake, and Waldo Lake.

Organization Poetil ecito n udn PrjcUesName PrjetTteDecito Etarmt ciences, University of Production of Ar-39 from K-39 to determine ages in various 1191 Vasconcelos Ar-39/Ar-40 Age Dating University of Queensland anthropologic and geologic materials. n' .. .. A**-

Snake River plain sanidine phenocrysts to evaluate volcanic stratigraphysandine and biotite phenocrysts from 1267 Hemming Columbia University Geochronology by Ar/Ar Methods a late Miocene ash, Mallorca to more accurately constrain Columbia University stratigraphic horizon.; hornblends and feldspar from the Amazon to assess climaticchanges and differences in Amazon drainage basin provenance Radiation Protection S tate of Oregon 1354 Wright Services Radiological Instrument Calibration Instrument calibration. Radiation Protection Services Determination of geological samples via Ar-Ar radiometric Universite Paris Sud 1366 Quidelleur Universite Paris Sud Ar-Ar Geochronology dating.

1397 Teach Providence St. Sterilization of various biological materials Sterilization of various biological materials for St. Vincents Oregon Medical Laser Vincent Hospital Hospital, Portland Institute Evaluation of wheat DNA Gamma irradiation of wheat seeds OSU Crop and Soil 1404 Riera-Lizarau Oregon State University Science 1415 McGinness ESCO Corporation Calibration of Instruments Instrument calibration ESCO Corporation 1423 Turrin Rutgers 40Ar/39Ar Analysis Petrology and geochemical evolution of the Damavand Department of trachyandesite volcano in Northern Iran. Geological Sciences 1431 Patterson AVI Bio Pharma Instrument Calibrations Instrument calibration AVI Bio Pharma 1464 Slavens USDOE Albany Instrument Calibration Instrument calibration. USDOE Albany Research Center Research Center 1465 Singer University of Ar-40/Ar-39 Dating of Young Geologic Irradiation of geological materials such as volcanic rocks from University of Wisconsin Wisconsin Materials sea floor, etc. for Ar-40/Ar-39 dating 1467 Kirner Kirner Consulting, Instrument Calibration Instrument calibration. Kirner Consulting Inc University of University of California 1468 Nitsche California at Chemistry 146 Experiment NAA Laboratory experiment. Berkeley Berkeley 1470 Bolken SIGA Technologies, Instrument Calibration Instrument calibration. Siga Pharmaceuticals Inc. I .I

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. v. .. .N am e v . . .. T he..integration r..... of apatite fission-track ages and track - .. t length based model thermal histories, zircon fission-track ages, and Plattsburgh State U-Th/He analyses to better define the pattern of regional Plattsburgh State 1489 Roden-Tice University Adirondack and New England regions post-Early Cretaceous differential unroofing in northeastern University Connecticut Valley Regions New York's Adirondack region and adjacent western New England.

Federal Aviation Federal Aviation 1492 Stiger Administration Instrument Calibration Instrument calibration Administration Teaching and Portland Community Portland Community College Tours/ OSTR tour and half-life t USDOE Reactor 1502 Tours College Experiments Sharing 1503 Teaching and Non-Educational Non-Educational Tours Tours for guests, university functions, student recruitment. OSU Radiation Center ToursTeachingtand Tours USDOE Reactor 0

Teaching and UniverState OSU Nuclear Engineering & Radiation OSTR tour and reactor lab.

1504 Tours Educational Tours Health Physics Department Sharing OEguatona STates Teaching Oregon State USDOE Reactor C: 1505 Tours University - OSU Chemistry Department OSTR tour, teaching labs, and/or half-life experiment Sharing

_________Educational Tours (D Teaching Oregon State USDOE Reactor 1506 Tours University - OSU Geosciences Department OSTR tour. Sharing 0

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Teaching Oregon State USDOE Reactor 1507 Tours University - OSU Physics Department OSTR tour. Sharing Tours ~Educational ToursShrn Teaching and Oregon State Half Life Demonstration; Eric Miller, Forensic Science USDOE Reactor 1508 Tours University - Adventures in Learning Class Instructor. Sharing

_________Educational Tours 1509 Teaching and Oregon State University - HAZMAT course tours First responder training tours. Energy Tours Educational Tours Teaching and Oregon State Science and Mathematics Investigative OSTR tour and half-life ExperimentReactor 1510 Tours Educational Tours Learning Experience Sharing 1511 UnitOregon State Reactor operation required for conduct of operations testing, OSU Radiation Center 1511 Toursous Reactor Staff Use operator training, calibration runs, encapsulation tests.

Tal V1. (contnued Litn of Major Researchan Proect Sevc Pefrmdo In Prgrs at th Raito Cete an thi FudnAece Organization Project Users Nme Project Title Description Funding Teaching and Linn Benton Linn Benton Community College Tours/ OSTR tour and half-life experiment. USDOE Reactor 1512 Tours Community College Experiments Sharing 1514 Sobel Universitat Apatite Fission Track Analysis Age determination of apatites by fission track analysis. Universitat Potsdam University of Fission track dating method on apatites: use of fission tracks University of 1519 Dunkl Goettingen Fission Track Analysis of Apatites from decay of U-238 and U-235 to determine the cooling age Tuebingen of apatites.

Western Oregon University OSTR tour and half-life Experiment Sharing 1520 Teaching and Western Oregon Tours University Shateng 1522 Wachs Oregon State General Reactor Operation Reactor operation when no other project is involved. OSU Radiation Centei University Teaching and Life Gate High USDOE Reactor 1525 Tours School Life Gate High School OSTR tour and half-life experiment. Sharing 1526 Crawford Hot Cell Services Instrument calibration Instrument calibration. Hot Cell Services Teaching and Oregon State USDOE Reactor 1527 Tours University - Odyssey Orientation Class OSTR tour. Sharing Tours ~Educational ToursShrn Teaching and Oregon State USDOE Reactor 1528 Tours University - Upward Bound OSTR tour. Sharing Tours ~Educational ToursShrn Teaching and Oregon State USDOE Reactor 1529 Tours University - OSU Connect OSTR tour. Sharing Tours ~Educational ToursShrn Teaching and Newport School Newport School District OSTR tour. USDOE Reactor 1530 Tours District Sharing Central Oregon Community College OSTR tour for Engineering USDOE Reactor 1531 Teaching and Central Oregon 1531 Tours Community College Engineering Sharing 1535 Teaching and Corvallis School Corvallis School District OSTR tour. USDOE Reactor Tours District Sharing Nuclear Oregon State Gamma Irradiations for NE/RHP Irradiation of samples for Introduction to Nuclear OSU Radiation 1536 Engineering University - 114/115/116 Engineering and Radiation Health Physics courscs NE/RHP Center Faculty Educational Tours 114/115/116 Teaching and Oregon State USDOE Reactor 1537 Tours University - Naval Science Department OSTR tour. Sharing Tours ~Educational ToursShrn

Organization Funding Project Users niatio Project Title Description Funding Project UsersName _____________________

Teaching Oregon State USDOE Reactor 1538 Tours University - OSU Speech Department OSTR tour. Sharing Tours ~Educational ToursShrn Teaching and USDOE Sharing Reactor 1540 Tours McKay High School McKay High School OSTR tour and half-life experiment 1542s OregorStat Teaching Oregon State USDOE Reactor, 1542 Tours University - Engineering Sciences Classes OSTR tour. Sharing Tours ~ Educational ToursShrn Veterinary Veterinary Diagnostic 1543 Bailey Diagnostic Imaging Instrument Calibration Instrument calibration. Imaging &

& Cytopathology Cytopathology Teaching and West Alh West Albany High School OSTR tour and half-life experiment. USDOE Reactor 1544 Tours School Sharing Teaching Oregon State USDOE Reactor 1545 Tours University - OSU Educational Tours OSTR tour. Sharing Tours ~Educational ToursShrn 0 Teaching and Willamette Valley USDOE Reactor 1548 Tours Community School Willamette Valley Community School OSTR tour. Sharing Irradiation to induce U-235 fission for fission track thermal (D 1555 Fitzgerald Syracuse Fission track thermochronology history dating, especially for hydrocarbon exploration. The main thrust is towards tectonics, in particular the uplift and Syracuse University 0

formation of mountain ranges.

Measurement of neutron capture cross Measurement of neutron capture cross sections USDOE Reactor 1564 Krane Oregon State University sections Sharing University of Nevada Irradiation of rocks and minerals for Ar/Ar dating to University of Nevada 1568 Spell Las Vegas Ar/Ar dating of rocks and minerals determine eruption ages, emplacement histories, and Las Vegas provenances studies. Us Reac 1583 iTeaching and Neahkahnie High Neahkahnie High School OSTR tour. USDOE Reactor Tours School Sharing

'reaching and USDOE Reactor 1584 Tours Reed College Reed College Staff&Trainees OSTR tour for Reed College Staff &Trainees Sharing T To CursI A; IC t' 1,; i A ; I

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1592 15 2 Burgess Bug ssnvers Ma eLY t Ar-Ar dating of Icelandic rhyolites .......for............

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........... rhyolites........ ...... . ...... y 1594 Teaching and Jefferson High Jefferson High School OSTR tour and half-life experiment USDOE Reactor Tours School Sharing Instrument calibration. Josephine County 1601 Crutchley Josephine County Instrument Calibrations

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Organization Project Users Project Title Description Funding Name ThurstonHigh School Chemistry 7hurston OSTR tour and half-life experiment for Chemistry Class USDOE Reactor 1603 Teaching and School High Tours Sharing 1612 Singer University of Determination of age 6f Eocene and Determination of age of Eocene and Quaternary volcanic USDOE Reactor Wisconsin Quaternary volcanic rocks rocks by production of Ar-39 from K-39. Sharing 1613 Teaching and Silver Falls School Silver Falls School District OSTR tour. USDOE Reactor Tours District Sharing 164 Teaching and USDOE OSTR tour and half-life experiment sharing Reactor 1614 Tours Marist High School Marist High School Teaching and Liberty Christian Liberty Christian High School OSTR tour and half-life experiment. USDOE Reactor 1615 Tours High School Sharing Evanite Fiber Evanite Fiber Instrument Calibration Instrument calibration. Corporation 1616 Doyle Corporation 1617 Spikings University of Geneva Ar-Ar geochronology Argon dating of Chilean granites. University of Geneva Fall City High School OSTR tour and half-life experiment USDOE Reactor 1618 Teaching and Falls City High TahgaTours School Sharing 169 1619 Teaching and School Tours Sheridan High Sheridan High School OSTR tour and half-life experiment Sharing Reactor USDOE Teaching and Eddyville High Eddyville High School OSTR tour. USDOE Reactor Tours School Sharing 1621 Foster University of Florida Irradiation for Ar/Ar Analysis Ar/Ar analysis of geological samples. University of Florida 1622 Reese Oregon State Flux Measurements of OSTR Measurement of neutron flux in various irradiation facilities. OSU Radiation Center University Occidental College Fission Track Analysis Fission track Thermochronology of Tibetian Geology. University of Southern 1623 Blythe California California State Measurement of fission track ages to determine erosion USDOE Reactor 1625 Armstrong University at Fission Track Irradiations asunt of finerso SDar eco Fullerton amounts and timing. Sharing The primary project is the use of tracks to study the leaching out of imbedded radionuclides from alpha- activity in materials. The radionuclide could be a decay product of Fleischer Union College Fission Track Irradiations U-238 or Th-232 in studying the geochemistry of natural USDOE Reactor materials, or of Rn-222 in dealing with environmental Sharing materials that are used to assess radon exposures. Here we will use an analogue case -- the embedding in the laboratory of U-235 recoils from the alpha activity of Pu-239.

ý_JrgaIi'LaLiILI Proj ect Users Project Title Description Funding USDOE Sharing Reactor 1628 Garver Union College Fission Track Irradiations Use of fission track to determine age dating of apatites.

REE Geochemistry of Meta-Igneous NAA of apatite samples to determine metal composition in USDOE Reactor 1634 Tollo George Washington University Rocks using INAA (TBC) ingneous rocks. Sharing University of Age dating of rock samplesfrom Sierra Nevada, Sonora USDOE Reactor 1640 Gans California at Santa Age dating of Neogene volcanism Mexico, and Chilean Andes Sharing Barbara Independent Study of NAA Development of NAA for Thesis Research USDOE Reactor 1641 Hughes Idaho State University Sharing University of Fission-track Dating of Zircon from the Exhumation of University of 1648 Stewart Washington Fission-track Dating of Zircon Avaloatz Mountians in California Washington Teaching and Madison High Madison High School OSTR tour for Senior Science Class USDOE Reactor 1653 Tours School Sharing 0

1655 Teaching and Future Farmers of OSTRTour OSTR tour USDOE Reactor Tours America Sharing Richland High School OSTR tour. USDOE Reactor 1657 Teaching and Richland High Tours School Sharing Oregon State Isotope and Container Testing Testing of containers and source materials OSU Radiation Center (D 1660 Reese ~UniversityUDEReco Teaching and Douglas High Douglas High School AP Physics Class OSTR tour and half-life experiment USDOE Reactor 1666 Tours School __Sharing OSTR tour and half-life experiment USDOE Reactor 1670 Teaching Tours and Toledo High School Toledo High School Sharing 1671 Roden-Tice Plattsburgh State Fission Track Dating Use of fission tracks to determine location of U-235 and USDOE Reactor University Th232 in natural rocks and minerals Sharing Heal College Physics Department OSTR tour. USDOE Reactor 1673 Teaching and Heal College Tours Sharing Radiological emergency support ot OOE related to Oregon Department Radiological Emergency Support instrument calibration, radiological and RAM transport Oregon Department of 1674 Niles fE consulting, and maintenance of radiological analysis Energy laboratory at the Radiation Center.

1676 Minc Oregon State NAA of labelled antibodies Au labelled antibodies are used use in cancer studies. NAA University of Michigan University tracks the presence of the antibodies in various organs.

1677 Zuffa Universita' di Fission Track Dating Use of fission track from U-235 to determine uranium Universita'di Bologna Bologna content in rock Fission Track Dating Low-temperature geochronology using He and fission track University of 1680 Danisik Unversity of Tubingen dating. Tuebingen

Project Users urganization Project Title Description Funding Nfm .

1683163 Tours Teaching and University Idaho State Nuclear Engineering Pulsing Lab Reactor Pulsing laboratory for ISU NE students Sharing Reactor USDOE North Carolina State USDOE Reactor 1684 Fodor University Geochemical Investigation NAA to determine rare earth composition. Sharing Production of haploid and dihaploid Irradiated melon pollen will be used to polliate female melon 1686 Miller Nunhems USA, Inc. melon plants induced with irradiated plants to induce parthenogenetic embryos. These embryos Sunseeds Tpollen will be rescued and cultured for plant production.

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______Tours Tours Inavale Grade School Reactor Tour General reactor tour Sharing Sharing Northwest Northwest 1688 Moore Construction Instrument Calibration Instrument calibration Construction Surveying &Testing Surveymg & Testing 160 1690 Teaching and Wilson High School Reactor Tour Tours D300 Reactor Tour Sharing Reactor USDOE 1691 Teaching and Lost River High Reactor Tour D300 Reactor Tour USDOE Reactor Tours School Sharing This is to build up basic knowledge on the efficacy of a copper 1692 Choi Arch Chemicals Inc. Screening Tests of Wood Decay based preservative in preventing decay of wood inhabiting Arch Chemical Inc.

basidiomycetes.

Teaching and Transitional USDOE Reactor 1695 Tours Learning Reactor Tour Reactor Tour in D300 only Sharing Sayer Marquess & Instrument Calibration Instrument calibration Marquess & Associates 1696 Associates Inc. Inc.

This project supports the advanced placement physics class 1697 Teaching and Crescent Valley High Crescent Valley High School AP Physics at Cresent Valley High School. It will utilize the reactor in USDOE Reactor Tours School Class ongoing research projects sponsored by Radiation Center Sharing staff.

16'99 Teaching and Philomath High Reactor Tour Tour of NAA and gas chromatograph capabilities in the USDOE Reactor Tours School Radiation Center Sharing 1700 Frantz Reed College Instrument calibration Instrument calibration Reed College Hemming Columbia University Geochronology by Ar/Ar Methods Geochronology by Ar/Ar methods USDOE Reactor 1705 Sharing 1707 Turrin Rutgers Ar/Ar Chronology Analysis Statigraphy and Chronology refining the age of the Monon USDOE Reactor Lake and Laschamp geomagnetic polarity events. Sharing 1708 Turrin Rutgers Ar/Ar Chronology Analysis Preliminary analysis on refining the age of the Monon Lake USDOE Reactor 1 and Laschamp geomagnetic polarity events Sharing Lebanon Instrument Calibration Lebanon Community Community Hospital Hospital

Urganization Funding Project Users Project Title Description Name Providence St. Irradiate elastin coated cardio stent devices to reduce Providence NW Vincent Hospital thrombic reaction. Hospital 1717 Webb Syracuse Ar/Ar Dating Ar/Ar Dating Syracuse University Teaching and Portland Community Upward Bound OSTR Tour for Upward Bound USDOE Reactor 1719 Tours College Sharing Teaching and Saturday Academy OSTR Tour OSTRTour USDOE Reactor 1720 Tours Sharing nof Mesoproterozoic 'The petrologic relationships between granitoids and gneisses olloBasement George Washington 1722 Evolution Petrologic Rocks, Blue Ridge Province of the Mesoproterozoic Basement in the Blue Ridge Province, USDOE Reactor University Virginia are contrained through trace element geochemistry, Sharing Virginia petrology and detailed field studies.

1724 Willamette Stebbins-Boaz University Instrument Calibration Instrument calibration Willamette University T he basic goal of this project is to understand the cellulr and OSU Environmental 1725 Kerkvliet Oregon State Consequences of AhR-mediated signaling molecular basis for the immune suppression induced by Ah and Molecular University in T lymphocytes. receptor (AhR) ligands Toxicology Teaching Oregon State USDOE Reactor 1726 Tours University - Academic Learning Services Cohort Class 199 Sharing 1726 Tours Educational ToursShrn Geological Survey of Study of interactions of the onshore and offshore parts of the Geological Survey of 1729 Hendriks Norway Recycling of an Orogen Norwegian continental margin near Lofoten and Vesteralen Norway Islands Norway 1730 Reese Oregon State Neutron Radiography Neutron Radiography using the real-time and film imaging OSU Radiation Center University methods 1735 Minc Oregon State INAA of SRMs INAA to determine inter-lab calibration based on New Ohio OSU Radiation Cente University Red Clay and NIST SRMs.

1736 Rauch Nu-Trek, Inc GaAs Damage Studies Determination uei -~ eetrof the effect of radiation damage on GaAs for Nu-Trek, uTeIc Inc.

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Silver Activation for Radiolabel Production of Ag-ll0m for Radiolabeled Molecules Oregon Health 1737 Roullet Oregon Health Sciences University Sciences University University of INAA of geological samples. Geochemical analysis of rock and mineral samples for USDOE Reactor 1738 Kilinc Cincinnati graduate student projects Sharing Teaching and Daly Middle School Reactor Tour Reactor Tour USDOE Reactor 1739 Tours Sharing 1741 Higley Oregon State SIRAD Evaluation Determination of neutron response for SIRAD dosimeter. OSU NERHP 1University

Tale V1. (cntnud Lising1[k] of ~ [aorReeac and Serv~I[4ije PoecsPrfre IU.iSiuIn or][ Progres at the Raito Cete an thi Fudn Agencie Organization Project Users Project Title Description Funding Name Eastern Michigan INAA of Bricks and Clays from St. Marys INAA of bricks and clays from historic St. Marys City, MD. USDOE Reactor 1742 Armitage University City Sharing 1743 Teaching and West Salem High Reactor Tour Reactor Tour USDOE Reactor Tours School Sharing Oregon Department Gamma Spectroscopy of Columbia River Use of gamma spectroscopy to determine radioactive Oregon Department of 1744 Niles of Energy Sediments contaminants in the sediments in the Columbia River Energy downstream from Hanford US National Parks US National Parks Service 1745 Girdner Service C14 Measurements LSC analysis of samples for C14 measurements.

Oeregni tae USDervi eaco Tantalum Tracer Produce tantalum tracer for LBNL USDOE Reactor 1746 Loveland University ate i

Oregon Sharing Teaching and East Linn Christian USDOE Reactor 1747 Tours Academy Reactor Tour Reactor Tour for Chemistry Class Sharing

'1748 Hamby Oregon State Black Bean Nutritional Study Activation of black bean powder for nutritional study. The OSU Radiation Center University chief isotopes are zinc, iron, and sodium.

Grant is focused upon nitrogen cycling in soil at the small Oregon State Hot Spots of Nitrogen Cycling in Soil scale. We are trying to understand how physical and OSU Crop and Soil 1749 Bottomley University biological parameters control the fate of ammonium and Science nitrate in soil.

The Environmental Radiotracers (ERT) Project employs Great Lakes natural and artificial radionuclides to identify and model 1750 Robbins Environmental INAA of Great Lakes Sediments important particle transport processes in diverse systems NOAA-GLERL Research Lab including the Laurentian and other Great Lakes, smaller freshwater bodies, wetlands and coastal marine environments Oregon State Tracer Preparation Tracer preparation for chemistry. OSU Chemistry/

1751 Loveland University T Loveland DOE 1753 Rosencrans Flnk Ink INAA of pigment samples INAA of organic-based pigment samples for halogen(CI, Br, Flint Ink I) content.

The goal of this study is to determine how zinc deficiency 1757 Ho Oregon State Prostate Cell Zinc Deficiency Study modulates the ability of normal healthy cells to respond to OSU HHS University DNA damage Teaching and Oregon State USDOE Reactor 1758 Tours University Kids Spirit OSTR tour Sharing

-Educational Tours 1760 Helmhotz NWT Corp.. Na Production Production of Na-24 for use as an tracer NWT Corp

Organization PrjcTil Projct ser Name Proec Til Dsritonj un 0g Une new area in both prevention and treatment involves Suppression of Prostate Cancer in the use of histone deacetylate inhibitors to turn on tumor Oregon State 1761 Ho Xenograft Model by Histone Deacetylase suppressor genes. Tumor suppression genes can supress and OSU HHS University Inhibitors reverse caincer cell o-rnwth 1762 Day CH2M Hill Inc Sr-90 Column Studies Column studies to look at Sr-90 sorption in Hanford soils. CH2M Hill Academy of Sciences Academy of Sciences 1763 Svojtka of the Czech Fission Track Fission Track of the Czech Republic Republic dthe goal of this project is the development of radioavtive O764 KellyUnieresita Nanpartio e dnanoparticles with surfacefuctionalization that will result in OSU Radiation Center Unierityraiatonlocalization at tumor sites.

1765 Beaver Weyerhaeuser Instrument Calibration Calibration of radiological instruments. Weyerhaeuser Foster 1766 Cosca Universite LasneAr/Arde GeochronologyHues Universite de Lausanne Lausanne Humense Terra Nova Genera Modifications using gamma Use of gamma and fastneutron irradiations for genetic studies Terra Nova Nurseries, 1767 Korlipara Nurseries, Inc Irradiation in genera. Inc 1768 Bringman Brush-Wellman Antimony Source Production Production of Sb-124 sources Brush-Wellman 1769 Paulenova U~niversity Oregon State Cerium Study Production of Ce-141/143. OSU Radiation Center Pauleno_______a 1sioPr ma, Analyze lab swipes for contamination using liquid AVI Bio Pharma 1770 Iverson AVI Bio Pharma, Inc Lab Swipes scintillation counter.

1771 Otjen Oregon State Fire Instrument calibration Calibration of radiological response kits Oregon State Fire Marshal Marshall Eagl~ichr . Eagle Picher Impurities of Boro-Silicate Matrix INAA to determine trace impurities of Boro-silicate matrix Technologies Tcnlge 1773 173 UlyTechnologies Utley EaglePicher University of New Age dating of meteorites using the Ar/Ar dating method University of New 1774 Cohen Mexico Mexico SIGA Technologies isattempting to develop a safe effective subunit vaccine delivery system using the bacterial commensal vector Streptococcus gordonii. The proposed studies will 1776 Hruby SIGA Technologies, Development of S. gordonii examine the immune response after vaccination of mice with SIGA Technologies Inc. the bacterial vector. For these studies it will be necessary to irradiate mouse-derived cells or cell lines to use as antigen Vresenting cells in T cell assays.

1777 Storey uaternary Dating Q uaternary Dating roduction of Ar-39 from K-39 to determine radiometric Quaternary Dating 1Laborato narages of geological materials Laboratory

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formulations to 9 and 18 Kgy, boundary doses for commerical 1778 Campbell Genis, Inc. Gamma Exposure of Chitosan polymer Genis, Inc sterilization for the purpose of determine changes in the rnn1,eci',r wpio-ht rind nrndiirt frrmuLitinn nrnnertrem Teaching and Lebanon High USDOE Reactor 1779 Tours School Teaching and tours OSTR tour. Sharing Wayne State INAA of Inca-period archaeological ceramics from South USDOE Reactor 1780 Bray University INAA of Archaeological Ceramics America. Sharing Roswll Prk ance in Department of 0 Roswell Park Cancer INAA of Au nanocomposites INAA to determine biodistribution Au nanocomposites in Defense, Roswell Park 1781 Balogh Institute mouse tissue samples. Cancer Institu 6

1 Oregon State Effects of gamma radiation on the Determine the effects of different doses of gamma radiation OSU Radiation 1782 Rajagopal University germination and growth of radish seeds on radish seeds. ____Radiation Amrhein Associates, Amrhein Associates, Instrument Calibration Instrument calibration inc 1783 rhein Am Inc In Inc (D

-a 1784 Reese Oregon State DOE Instrumentation Grant Refurbishment of Cornell and OSTR ion chambers DOE Instrumentation University Oregon State USDOE Reactor 1786 Teaching and University - Anthropology Department Anth 430/530 NAA class with Minc Sharing Educational Tours 1787 Copeland University of Ar/Ar Dating (Bolivar) Ar/Ar Dating Houston 1789 Was University of Fast neutron CLICIT irradiation of steel samples and sample DOE University Michigan Irradiation of pressure vessel steels analysis Reactor Share State Teaching and Oregon Tours University - OSTRTour Educational Tours Teaching and Oregon State 1791 Tours University - RX Tour Educational Tours Oregon State Neutron Radiography of Fluid Flow in Determination of neutron radiography imaging capability on USDOE Reactor 1792 Dragila University Sand saturated and unsaturated fluid flow in various sands using Sharing sodium as a tracer 1793 Wiclow Valero Refining INAA of Crude Oil Valero Refining Co.

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1794 O'Kain Tangent Instrument Calibration Instrument calibration Tangent Construction Construction 1795 Zubek Eugene Sand Gravel, Instrument Calibration Instrument calibration Inc &

1796 Hardy CH2M Hill Inc Instrument Calibration Instrument calibration Teaching and Oregon State 1797 Tours University - RX Tour Educational Tours 1798 Muszyfiski Oregoniv e Neutron Radiography of Wood Products Use of neutron radiography to look at joints in composite USDOE Reactor University wood samples Sharing Oregon Department Oregon Department of 1799 Haigh of Environmental Instrument Calibration Instrument calibration Environmental Quality Ouality Wayne State Sediment Characteristics and Aquatic Characterization of soil chemistry using INAA to determine R t 1800 Montante University Macrophyte Distribution how sediment characteristics affect the distribution of aquatic USDOE eictor macrophytes. Sharing Seawater Sterilization Sterilize seawater for use as a culturing media. Inactivate OSU Microbiology 1801 Giovannoni Oregon State University bacteria and viruses without cooking dissolved organic carbon Department To characterize for the purposes of modelling irradiated Characterization of Irradiated High- microwave circuits consisting of HEMT elements. Substrates 1802 Settaluri Oregon State Electron Mobility Transistor (HEMT) are placed in a reactor for neutron bombarment. Post USDOE Reactor University based microwave circuits irradiated measurements are compared to preirradiated Sharing performance to changes.

INAA of Aztec Pottery Determination of Aztec pottery provenance using trace- USDOE Reactor 1803 Valdos Tulane University 1803______ Velement data generated by INAA. Sharing 1804 Hale Oregon State INAA of 19th century European ceramics Trace-element analysis of 19th century European ceramics USDOE Reactor University using INAA. Sharing 1805 Cherry Brown University INAA of Armenian obsidian INAA to characterize obsidian sources in Armenia and determine provenance of Early Bronze age obsidian artifacts. Brown University Oregon State INAA of Oaxacan Ceramics Trace-element analysis of archaeological ceramics from the OSU Radiation 1807 Minc University Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico to determine provenance. Center, Minc INAA to characterize obsidian sources in Armenia and US DOE Reactor determine provenance of Early Bronze age obsidian artifacts. Share Oregon State Evaluation of gold nanoparticle uptake INAA of gold concentration in zebrafish embryos to evaluate US DOE Reactor 10 Harpr University nanoparticle uptake. Share

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To that end placement of the material into living tissue is 1812 Bird Oregon State Entron Material the goal, which necessitates having a sterile material. TIhe Entek Manufacturing literature indicates that other forms of sterilization are likely to cause unwanted changes to the material.

1813 Turrin Rutgers Ar/Ar Cretaceus Tektite Pre-proposal irradiations of cretaceus tektite, geochronology US DOE Reactor Share studies student research 1814 Minc Oregon State Trace-element analysis ofAztec pottery to determine US DOE Reactor Share University provenance.

1815 Hamby Oregon State Proof of Concept for Beta/Gamma Cobalt source for simultaneous beta/gamma spectroscopy. OSU NERHP Hamby, University Coincindent Counting Production of radionuclides for detector operability check.

Geologisch- Geologisch 1816' Kounov Palaontologisches Fission Track Analysis Geochronology analysis using fission track dating Palaontologisches Institut Institut 1817 Costigan City of Gresham Instrument Calibration Calibration of instruments City of Gresham 1818 Sabey Brush Wellman Antimony source production (Utah) Brush-Wellman University of NE-104A INAA source California at Stainless Steel disk source for INAA lab. University of California 1819 Vetter Berkeley at Berkeley 1820 Jolivet Universite II Montpellier Fission Track Analysis Use of fission track analysis for geochronology University ofII Montpellier 1821 Reese Oregon State Two Phase Flow Imaging Utilization of neutron radiography to analyze two- phase flow Oregon State University University characteristics - WNSA Reactor Measurement Measurement of reactor parameters in support of conversion OrHEU toLateUniversity 1822 Hartman University of Michigan from HEU to LEU fuel Conversion Oregon State Evaluation of Au nanoparticle uptake INAA of gold concentrations in zebrafish embryos to evaluate OSU Environmental nanoparticeiuptaeynanoparticle uptake Health Sciences Center

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Oregon State li etn ftassesElectrical Engineering ander Orgniv aert Radiation Hardness Testing Radiation hardness testing of transisters EleComputer Science 1830 University oFission 1n track thermochronometry of the Patagonian Andes Yale University 1831 Thomson University of Arizona Fission Track and the Northern Apennines, Italy YaleUniversity 1832 Min University of Florida Ar/Ar dating Ar/Ar dating University of Florida 1833 Hartman University of Neutron Beam Filter Evaluations Use of neutron radiography to evaluate filters used in BP#4 of Michigan the OSTR Lanthanide Chemistr Determination of chemical separablitity of six different OSU Radiation 1834 Paulenova Oregon State University y lanthanides as it applies to separation in spent nuclear fuel. Center, Paulenova Oregon State Mobility of C1-36 Investigation of the mobility of CI-36 in soil and its uptake by CREP 1835 Higley University various plants.

University of Michigan Nuclear Various irradiations to support student laboratories at the University of UnMichigan Engineering & Radiological Science Class University of Michigan. Michigan 1836_HartmnMichiganLabs Idaho National Zirconium Reactivity Measurement Measurement of reactivity worth of Zr slabs doped with Idaho National 1837 Sterbentz Laboratory I Itadolinium. Laboratory

Organization Project Users N ~tn Project Title Description Funding 1838 Millington INAA of trace-elements in sheep wool Analysis of Merino fleecewool samples for transition-metal content.

1839 Kirshnamurthy Tuality Healthcare Radioisotope detection Detection of radioisotopes in diffenent types of samples. Tuality Healthcare 1842 Higley Oregon State Isotope production for decontamination Study of removal of various isotopes from various surfaces OSU NERHP University studies by gel decontaminant.

1843 Fletcher Empiricos LLC Instrument Calibration Instrument calibration Empiricos LLC University of INAA of Ancient Iranian Ceramics Trace-element of analysis of ceramics and clays from Oriental Institute, 1845 Alden Michigan ancient Iran to monitor trade and exchange. University of Chicago Ultra-trace uptake studies for allometric NAA of ultra-trace elements in plant samples for NERHP CRESP 1847 Higley Oregon State University studies application in allometric studies Grant University of Development of Prompt Gamma 1848 Hartman Michiga Neutron Activation Analysis at the Development of a PGNAA beam line on beam port #4. OSU Radiation Center Michigan OSTR Sonoma State INAA of Bricks from Historic Fort Trace-element analysis of bricks from historic Fort University Vancouver Vancouver to determine provenance.

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3/13/2008 25 Chemistry 221- Sec 40 3/13/2008 28 Chemistry 221- Sec 44 0

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0 Alyapyshev, M.Yu., Paulenova, A., Cleveland, M., Tkac, 0 P. Kinetics of Hydrolysis of Acetohydroxamic acid; In:

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0 Balogh, L.P., Minc, L.D., Berka, M. Novel synthesis of radioactive gold /dendrimer composite nanoparticles for the treatment of cancer, Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine 3 (2007) 351.

0 Balogh, Lajos, Nigavekar, Shraddha S., Nair, Bindu M., 0 Lesniak, Wojciech, Zhang, Chunxin, Sung, Lok Yun, Kariapper, Muhammed S.T., El-Jawahri, Areej, Llanes, 0 Mikel, Bolton, Brian, Mamou, Fatema, Minc, Leah, and Berger, AJ., Spotila,J.A., ChapmanJ., Pavlis, T.L., Enkel-Khan, Mohamed K. Significant Effect of Size on the in mann, E., Ruppert, N.A. and Buscher,J.T. 2008. Ar-0 vivo Biodistribution of Gold Composite Nanodevices in Mouse Tumor Models, Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, chitecture, kinematics, and exhumation of a convergent Biology and Medicine (2007), 3(4), 281-296,2007. orogenic wedge: A thermochronological Investigation of 0 tectonic-climatic interactions within the central St. Elias Balogh, L., Nigavekar, S.S., Nair, B.M., Lesniak, W., Zhang, Orogen, Alaska: Earth and Planetary Science Letters 0 C., Sung, L.Y., Kariapper, M.S.T., El-Jawahri, A., Llanes, 270,13-24, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.02.034.

M., Bolton, B., Mamou, F., Tan, W., Hutson, A., Minc, Brichau, S., Thomson, S.N. & Ring, U. (2008). Thermochro-0 L., and Khan., M.K. Significant effect of size of the in-vivo biodistribution of gold composite nanodevices in nometric constraints on the Serifos detachment evolu- 0 mouse tumor models. Nanomedicine 3:281-296. tion, Aegean Sea, Greece. International Journal of Earth Sciences. Accepted, in revision. 0 Beardsley, A.G., Sisson, V.B., Av6 Lallemant, H.G., Roden-Bytwerk, D., & Higley, K. A. (2008). CL-36 Transfer to Tice, M.K., and Blythe, A.E. Shallow level Exhumation Plants and Consequences for Environmental Modeling, 0

history of the Leeward Antilles, Offshore Venezuela.

Submitted, after revision to the Geological Society of Extended Abstract for the International Conference on America Bulletin, May, 2008. Radioecology & Environmental Radioactivity. Bergen, 0 Norway. Presented June 25-26th; Bergen Norway. ISBN 0 Berger, Aj., Spotila,J.A., Chapman, J.B., Pavlis, T.L., Enkel- 978-82-90362-26-8; Paper with the same title submitted mann, E., Buscher,J.T. 2007. Architecture, Kinematics, for publication in proceedings. 0 and Exhumation of a Glaciated Orogenic Wedge: 'The Cavazza W., Okay A.I. & Zattin M. - Oligocene-Miocene 0

Central St. Elias Orogen, Alaska. GSA Meeting, Denver, Colorado. structuring and rapid exhumation of the Kazdag Massif 0 (southern Biga Peninsula, Western Anatolia). Interna-Berger, AJ., Spotila,J.A., Chapman,J.B., Pavlis, T.L., En- tional Journal of Earth Science, in press.

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0 0 Cherry, John F., Faro, Elissa Z., and Minc, Leah. "Field ex- Feinberg, J.M., Renne, P.R., Arroyo-Cabrales,J., Waters, ploration and instrumental neutron activation analysis of M.R., Ochoa-Castillo, P, and Perez-Campa, M., 2008, 0 the obsidian sources in southern Armenia," International Age Constraints on Alleged 'Footprints' Preserved in the Association for Obsidian Studies Bulletin 39 (Summer Xalnene Tuff near Puebla, Mexico: Geology, in press.

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0 Cherry,J.F., Faro, E.Z., and Minc, L. Field Exploration and Feng, Y.X. and Vasconcelos, PM. (2007) Chronology of Pleistocene Weathering Processes, Southeast Queen-Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis of the Obsid- sland, Australia. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v.

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0 Flude S., Burgess R. and McGarvie D.W. (2008) Silicic Cohen, B.E., Knesel M.K., Vasconcelos, P.M.,'Ihiede, D., and volcanism at Lj6sufl11, Iceland: insights into evolution S HergtJ.M. (2007) 40Ar/39Ar constraints on the timing and eruptive history from Ar-Ar dating. J. Volcanol.

and origin of Miocene leucitite volcanism in southeastern Geotherm. Res, 169, 154-175.

0 Australia. Aust.J. Earth Sci., 55, 407-418.

0 Cohen, B.E., Vasconcelos, PM. & Knesel, K.M. (2007)

Flude, S., McGarvie, D.W. and Burgess, R. Rhyolites at Ker-lingarf6ll, Iceland: the evolution and lifespan of silicic 0 40Ar/39Ar constraints on the timing of intraplate volca- central volcanoes. Bull. Volcanol. (submitted).

0 nism in southeastern Queensland, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences. v. 54, p. 105-125. Fodor, R.V. Diorite segregations in continental and oceanic gabbros: geochemical characteristics, conditions for 0 Eastman, M. C. and Krane, K. S. Neutron Capture Cross Sec- origins, and MELTS modeling. Submitted to Journal of tions of Even-Mass Tellurium Isotopes,? Phys. Rev. C 77, Geology, April, 2008.

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0 Ege, H., Sobel, E.R., Scheuber, E., and Jacobshagen, V., and Thole, J.T., 2008, Geochemical characterization of 0 2007, Exhumation history of the southern Altiplano bentonite beds in the Two Medicine Formation (Cam-plateau (southern Bolivia) constrained by apatite fission- panian, Montana), including a new 40Ar/39Ar age:

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0 Foster, D.A., Doughty, PT., Kalakay, T.J., Fanning, C.M.,

Enkelmann, E., Garver, J.I., and Pavlis, T.L., 2008. Detrital Coyner, S., Grice, W.C. and Vogl, JJ. 2007, Kinemat-thermochronology in the Chugach-St. Elias Orogen, ics and timing of exhumation of Eocene metamorphic 0 SE Alaska. In: Garver, J.I., and Montario, M.J., (eds.) core complexes along the Lewis and Clark fault zone, Proceedings from the 11th International Conference northern Rocky Mountains, USA, in Till, A., Roeske, 0 on thermochronometry, Anchorage Alaska, Sept. 2008, S., Sample,J., and Foster, D.A., eds., Exhumation

p. 6 8 - 7 0. along major continental strike-slip systems: Geological 0 Enkelmann, E., Garver, J.I., Pavlis, T.L. Rapid exhumation of Society of America Special Paper 434, p. 205-229, doi:

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ice-covered rocks of the Chugach-St. Elias orogen, SE-0 Alaska. Geology in press. Foster, D.A., and Gray, D.R. 2007, Strain rate in Paleozoic 0 Enkelmann, E., Garver, J.I., Pavlis, T.L., Bruhn, R.L., Chap-thrust sheets, the western Lachlan Orogen, Australia:

strain analysis and fabric geochronology, in Sears, J.W.,

0 man,J.B. 2007. Detrital zircon fission track analysis Harms, T., and Evenchick, C.A., eds., Whence the 0 reveals the thermotectonic history of ice-covered rocks of the Chugach - St. Elias orogen, SE-Alaska. AGU Fall Mountains? Enquiries into the Evolution of Orogenic Systems: A Volume in Honor of Raymond Price: Geo-Meeting, San Francisco, USA. logical Society of America Special Paper 433, p. 349-368, doi: 10.1130/2007.2433(17).

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0 Garver,J.I. and Montario, MJ., 2008. Detrital fission-track Jarboe, N.A., Coe, R.S., Renne, P.R., Glen,J.M.G., and ages from the Upper Cambrian Potsdam Formation, Mankinen, E.A., 2008, Volcanic eruptive pulses around 0 New York: implications for the low-temperature ther- the Steens Reversal: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosys- 0 mal history of the Grenville terrane. In: GarverJ.I., and tems: in press.

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0 G., and Renne, P.R., 2007, Effects of Temperature on Nicolescu, S., Hemming, S.R., Van De Flierdt, T., Gold-0 Ilmenite-Hematite: Microstructure and Magnetic Prop- stein, S.L. & Brachfeld, S.A. (2008). Triple-dating of erties in the Ecstall Pluton, British Columbia, Eos Trans. detrital apatites and zircons from Prydz Bay, East Ant-AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract GP24A-04. arctica. Goldschmidt Conference, Vancouver, Abstracts, 0 p. A187.

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0 International Conference on Radioecology & Environ-mental Radioactivity. Bergen, Norway. Presented June Cox, S.E., Hemming, S.R., Reiners, PVV., Nicolescu, S.,

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0 evolution in the equatorial Brazilian Amazon region. 2007. Caracterizagdo estrutural da zona de cisalhamento 0 44th Brazilian Geological Congress, Curitiba, in press. Pogo Cercado, Dominio CearAi Central (NE do Brasil):

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0 Deeken, A., Hourigan, J.K., Sobel, E.R., Strecker, M. (2008)

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0 Fanning, C.M., Pankhurst, RJ., Herv6., F., Klepeis, K.A.,

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Thermal and thermo-chronological constraints to the 0 Southern Apennines Evolution, Italy. 70th EAGE Con-ference, Rome, 9-12 June 2008, A001. 0 Foster, D.A., Goscombe, B.D., Gray, D.R., and Grice, W.C.,

Jr., 2007,Transtensional exhumation of middle and lower Jarboe, N.A., Coe, R.S., Glen, J.M., and Renne, P.R., 2007, 0

crustal rocks in a transpressional orogen: the Kaoko Establishing the Limits of Yellowstone Hotspot Volca- 0 Belt, Damara Orogen, Namibia: Geological Society of nism at the Time of the Steens Mountain Reversal, Eos America Annual Meeting, Denver, 28-31 October, 2007, Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract V23B-0 Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 1438. 0

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Jourdan, E, Renne, P.R., and Reimold, U.W., 2007, High- 0 Garrick-Bethel, I., Fernandes, V.A., Weiss, B.P, Shuster, D.L., precision 40Ar/39Ar Age of the Janisjgrvi Impact Struc-and Becker, TA., 2008, 4.2 billion year old ages from ture (Russia), Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., 0 Apollo 16, 17, and the Lunar farside: Age of the South Abstract U23A-0855.

Pole-Aitken Basin?, 39th Lunar and Planetary Science 0 Conference. Khan Mohamed K., and Balogh, Lajos P.: In vivo biodistri-bution and radiation therapy with radioactive composite 0 Gifford, J., Newman, V., Foster, D.A., Howard, K.A., nanodevices, Third Annual Meeting of the American 0 Donelick, R., 2007, Quantifying Eocene and Miocene Academy of Nanomedicine, September 8-10, 2007, San extension in the Sevier hinterland with implications for Diego, CA. S mineral and energy resources in northeastern Nevada: 0 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, Khan, Mohamed K., Kariapper, Muhammed S.T., Kas-28-31 October, 2007, Geological Society of America turirangan, Venugopalan, Lesniak, Wojciech, Balogh, 0 Abstracts with Programs, v. 39, p. 226. Lajos P.. 'In vivo tumor localization of angiogenic micro- 0 vascular targeted gold-dendrimer composite nanodevices Heister, L.E., Lesher, C.E., and Renne, P.R., 2007, The Paleo- (CNDs) 2, 99th Annual meeting of the American As- S cene-Eocene Thermal Maximum-central east Greenland sociation of Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting, 0 flood basalts Connection?, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall San Diego, CA, April 12-16,2008 (#5607).

Meet. Suppl., Abstract PP11A-0228. 0 Higley, K. A., & Bytwerk, D. (2008). Invariant Scaling Re-Khan, Mohamed K., Kariapper, Muhammed S.T, Kas-turirangan, Venugopalan, Nair, Bindu M., Eranki, Annu, S

lationships and their Possible Application in Predicting Seggio, Marion N., Lesniak Wojciech G. and Balogh, 0 Radionuclide Uptake in Plants, International Conference on Radioecology & Environmental Radioactivity. Bergen, Lajos P. Characterization of multifunctional tumor an-giogenic microvascular targeted gold PAMAM compos-0 Norway. Presented June 26th, Bergen Norway. ite nanodevices, Third Annual Meeting of the American 0 Hollanda, M.H., Archanjo, Cj., Vasconcelos, P.M. et al.

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0 (2008). Magmatismo Bimodal Cambriano na Provinica Borborema. 44th Brazilian Geological Congress, Cu-ritiba, in press.

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0 (including nanobrachytherapy and nanoSTART), Third 0 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Nano-medicine, September 8-10, 2007, San Diego, CA.

Mazzoli S., Ascione A., Derrico M., Aldega L., Corrado S, Invernizzi C., Pignalosa A., Zattin M. & Shiner P.

(2008) - Structural, morphotectonic and thermochrono-0 Khatchadourian, L. "An Archaeology of Power and Author- logical constraints to the Late Miocene-Q~uaternary ity in the Achaemenid Empire: A Case Study from the tectonic evolution and exhumation in the Southern Armenian Highlands, ca. 600-300 BC." Paper presented Apennines, Italy. 70th EAGE Conference, Rome, 9-12 at the 3rd University of Chicago Eurasian Archaeology June 2008, A002.

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0 Mora, A., Parra, M., Strecker, M.R., Sobel, E.R., Hooghiem-Lesniak, Wojciech G., Kariapper, Muhammed S. T., Nair, 0 Bindu M., Khan, Mohamed K. and Balogh, Lajos P. Syn-stra, H., Torres, V., VallejoJ., 2008, Climatic forcing of asymmetric orogenic evolution in the Eastern Cordillera thesis and Characterization of Nanodevices for Targeted of Colombia, /Geological Society of America/ v. 120, p.

0 Tumor Detection and Therapy, 2nd European Confer- 930-949.

0 ence on Chemistry for Life Sciences, September 4-8, 2007, Wroclaw, PL. Morais Neto,J.M. and Vasconcelos, P.M. (2008) Significance of 40Ar/39Ar cooling rates following the Brasiliano-0 Letcher, Aj., Hilley, G.E., Strecker, M., Renne, P.R., and Panafrican Orogeny in the eastern Borborema Province, Sudo, M., 2007, Deformation History of the Susques northeastern Brazil. 44th Brazilian Geological Congress, 0 Basin (-23°S, 66°W), Puna Plateau, NW Argentina: New Curitiba, in press.

Constraints by Apatite (U-Th)/He Thermochronology 0 and 40Ar-39Ar Geochronology, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Morgan, L.E., Renne, P.R., and Watkins,J.M., 2007, 0 Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract T33A-1139. 40Ar/39Ar Dating of Volcanic Glass, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract V31G-05.

0 Lima, M. G., Vasconcelos, P. M., Farley, K. A., and Jardim de SA., E. F. (2007) Datagdo do intemperismo imp6e limites Mulcahy, S.R., Roeske, S.M., McClelland, W.C.,Jourdan, F.,

0 na idade da Formaý5o Barreiras, Bacia Potiguar, nordeste Renne, P.R., and Vervoort,J.D., 2007, Dating Ductile 0 do Brasil. In XI Conferencia da Associacao Brasileira de Deformation With Combined Lu-Hf and Ar-Ar Geo-Estudos do Quaternario, Belkm, Abstract CD. chronology, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl.,

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(2008). Datagdo do Intemperismo do Nordeste Oriental Palmer, E. R., Licht, K.J., and Hemming, S. R., 2008, Tracing 0 do Brasil. 44th Brazilian Geological Congress, Curitiba, glacial material into the Ross Sea using U/Pb and Ar40/

in press. Ar39 and petrographic analyses of detritus, SCAR, St.

0 Petersburg Russia, July 2008.

Lima, M.G., Vasconcelos, P.M., Farley, K.,Jardim, de Sd E.F.

(2008). Datagdo de Intemperismo Delimita a Idade da Pankhurst, R.J., Fanning, C.M., Herv6, F., Klepeis, K.A.,

Formagdo Barreiras, Nordeste do Brasil. 44th Brazilian Thomson, S.N. & Sanchez, A. (2007). Coeval Middle to 0 Geological Congress, Curitiba, in press. Late Jurassic plutonism and silicic volcanism in the Cor-0 Lindsay, I. Fuzzy Borders?: Investigating Political Bound-dillera Darwin area: pre-subduction magmatism? Geosur 2007 International Geological Congress on the Southern ary Formation among South Caucasian LBA Fortress Hemisphere, Santiago, Chile.

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0 Paulenova, A., Cleveland, M., Tkac, P. Kinetics of Hydrolysis 0

Parra, M., Mora, A.,Jaramillo, C., Strecker, M.R, Sobel.,

E.R., Quiroz, L., Rueda, M., Torres, V., 2008, Orogenic of Acetohydroxamic acid, GLOBAL 2007, Int. Confer- 0 wedge advance in the northern Andes: Evidence from the Oligocene-Miocene sedimentary record of the ence on Advanced Nuclear Fuel Cycles and Systems, 0 Boise, September 9-13, 2007.

Medina basin, Eastern Cordillera, Colombia, /Geological 0 Society of America Bulletin/, in press. Paulenova, A., Alyapyshev, M.Yu., Babain, V.A. Evaluation of group actinide separation using a modified UNEX 0

Parra, M., A. Mora, E.R. Sobel, C.Jaramillo, M.R. Strecker, solvent, Boston, August 19-23,2007. NUCL: 64. 0 P.B.O'Sullivan, and R. GonzAlez, 2008, Cenozoic oro-genic growth of the northern Andes revealed *through Paulenova, A., Tkac P. , Speciation of Plutonium and Other 0

basin analysis and low-temperature thermochronology Metals under UREX Process Conditions, NORM, NW 0 in the Eastern Cordillera of Colombia, /American As- Regional ACS meeting, Boise, June 17-20,2007.

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Abstracts/, Vol. 90078. Pierce, E. L., Williams, T., van de Flierdt, T., Hemming, S. 0 R., Goldstein, S. L., and Brachfeld, S. A., 2008, Ar-Ar Paulenova, A., Tkac, R. Complexation and Reduction of ages of glacially transported hornblende, Wilkes Land, 0

Plutonium in the Presence of Acetohyroxamic Acid Antarctica, SCAR, St. Petersburg RussiaJuly 2008. 0 Int. Conf. Plutonium Futures'2008: The Science, Dijon, France, 2008. Pierce, E. L., Williams, T., van de Flierdt, T., Hemming, S. R., 0 Goldstein, S. L., and Brachfeld, S. A., 2008, Ar-Ar ages 0 Paulenova, A., Alyapyshev, M. Yu., Babain, V.A., Herbst, R.S., of glacially transported hornblende, Wilkes Land, Ant-Law, J.D.. Extraction of Actinides and Lanthanides with arctica, Goldschmidt Conference, Vancouver, July 2008. 0 Diamides of Dipicolinic Acid from Nitric Acid Solu- 0 tions, Int. Conf. Plutonium Futures'2008: The Science, Pignalosa A., Zattin M., Cavazza W., Massironi M. & Rein-Dijon, France, 2008. ers P. (2007) Thermochronologic evidences for a late- 0 Pliocene exhumation event in the Lepontine area. 8th 0 Paulenova, A., Alyapyshev, M. Yu., Babain, V.A., Herbst, R.S., Workshop on Alpine Geological Studies, Davos 10-12 Law,J.D.. Extraction of Lanthanides with Diamides October 2007, Abstract Volume, 62. 0 Modified UNEX Process. 32nd Symposium on Actinide Ramos, R., Avila, C., Vasconcelos, PM. et al. (2008). Magma-0 Separations, Park City (Utah), 12-14 May, 2008.

tismo Meso-Cenoz6ico na Regido da Bacia de Resende. 0 Paulenova, A., Alyapyshev, M. Yu., Babain, V.A., Herbst, R.S.,

Law,J.D.. Extraction of Lanthanides with Diamides 44th Brazilian Geological Congress, Curitiba, in press. 0 Modified UNEX Process. 2nd International Congress of Reiners, P.W.,'Thomson, S.N., Tipple, BJ., Peyton, S.L., Rahl, 0 Nuclear Chemistry, Cancun, April, 2008. J.M. & Mulch, A. (2008). Secondary weathering phases and apatite (U-Th)/He ages. Goldschmidt Conference, 0

Paulenova, A., Alyapyshev, M.Yu., Babain, V.A., Herbst, R.S., Vancouver, Abstracts, p. A784. 0 Law,J.D. Extraction of Lanthanides with Diamides Modified UNEX Process, 17th Separation Science and Reiners, P.W., Thomson, S.N., & Min, K. (2007). Nonmono- 0 Technology, Gattlinburg, October 2007. tonic (reheating) thermal histories from contrasting 0 kinetics of multiple thermochronometers and examples.

Paulenova A. CRWM Fellowship Program and Radiochem- AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Eos Transactions 0

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Paulenova, A., Tkac, P, Matteson, B. S. Speciation of Plu- 0 tonium and Other Metals under UREX Process Condi- Renne, P.R., Mundil, R., Cassata,W.S., Feinberg,J.M., and 0 tions, GLOBAL 2007, Int. Conference on Advanced Merkle, R.K.W., 2008, Thermochronology of the Bush-Nuclear Fuel Cycles and Systems, Boise, September 9-13, veld Complex: Rapid cooling confirmed: Geochimica et 0 2007. Cosmochimica Acta 72: A787 (Goldschmidt Confer- 0 ence Abstracts).

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0 Roden-Tice, Mary K., Foley, Courtney N., and Wintsch, Sisson, V.B., Av6 Lallemant, H.G., Harlow, G.E., Roden-0 Robert P. (2008). Confirmation of Mesozoic tectonic ad- Tice, M.K., Brueckner, H.K., Hemming, S., Valencia, V.,

0 justments to Paleozoic terranes in Central New England. and Francis, A. (2007). Geochronologic constraints on Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs the exhumation of the Chortis and Maya blocks, central 0 40: 24. Northeastern Section Meeting, Buffalo, NY, Guatemala. Geological Society of America Abstracts 0 March 27-29, 2008. with Programs, National Meeting, Denver, CO, October 29, 2007.

Roden-Tice, M.K., and Tremblay, A. Post-Jurassic uplift and 0 faulting along the St. Lawrence rift system - Evidence from apatite fission-track dating in the Quebec City and Smith, A.T. "Prometheus Unbound: Geographies of Trans-gression and Archaeologies of Authority in the South Charlevoix areas, Quebec. Presented at the Geologi- Caucasus." Lecture Presented to the University of Il-0 cal Association of Canada - Mineralogical Association linois, Chicago Anthropology Department.

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0 structure Damage ofThin Aluminum Films by Ir- AGU: San Francisco.

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Fuel Cycles and Systems, Boise, September 9-13, 2007. (2008). Astenosfera e litosfera como fontes de magmas basAlticos Cenoz6icos no NE do Brasil. 44th Brazilian 0 Sant'Anna, L., Cordani, U., Vasconcelos, P., Riccomini, C, Vel~zquez, V., Mancini, L., Onoe, A. (2008) Datagdo Geological Congress, Curitiba, in press.

40Ar/39Ar de argilominerais iliticos diagendticos asso- Souza, Z., Knesel, K., Vasconcelos, P.M. and Silveira, F.V.

ciados ao vulcanismo Serra Geral. 44th Brazilian Geo- (2008). 40Ar/39Ar geochronology reveals the youngest 0 logical Congress, Curitiba, in press. continental intraplate volcanism in Brazil. 44th Brazilian Geological Congress, Curitiba, in press.

0 Sant'Anna, L., Cordani U., Vasconcelos, P, Riccomini, C, Vellzquez, V., Mancini, L., Onoe, A. (2008) Datagdo Souza, Z., Vasconcelos, P.M. et al. (2008). 0 magmatismo 0 40Ar/39Ar de argilominerais iliticos diagen6ticos as- alcalino Oligoceno-Mioceno Cabugi, NE do Brasil. 44th 0 sociados ao vulcanismo Serra Geral. IV Simp6sio de Vulcanismo e Ambientes Associados, SBG.

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0 Spell, T.L., Wooton, K., Nastanski, N.M., Smith, E.I. and Silva, G.m., Vasconcelos, P.M. et al. (2008) Idades Ar-Ar em Bennett, K.M., 2008, The Role of Basalt in Eruption of 0 Dep6sitos Auriferos da Provincia Aurifera Juruena-Teles Quaternary Rhyolites North of the Yellowstone Caldera, 0 Pires: Evidencia da Participagdo do SW do Mato Grosso Geol. Soc. Am. Abstr. w/ Prog., v. 40, no. 1, p. 62.

na Amalgamagdo Rond6nica/San Ign~.cio? 44th Brazilian 0 Geological Congress, Curitiba, in press. Steponaitis, E., Gehrels, G. E., Hemming, S. R., Goldstein, S.

0 L., van de Flierdt, T., and Brachfeld, S. A., 2008, Horn-Simon,J.I., Vazquez,J.A., Renne, P.R., Reid, M.R., and blende Ar-Ar and zircon U-Pb evidence for provenance Schmitt, A.K., 2007, Radioisotopic Age Constraints of eastern Weddell Sea glaciogenic sediments, Antarctica, on Crystallization, Crystal Inheritance, and Eruption of Goldschmidt Conference, Vancouver, July 2008.

0 Coso's Pleistocene Rhyolites: Tracking the Evolution of a Silicic Magma System, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Ta, Cindy, Kariapper, Muhammed, Kasturirangan, Venugo-Meet. Suppl., Abstract V53F-02. palan, Lesniak, Wojciech, Balogh, Lajos, Khan, Mo-hamed. Toxicology studies of cRGD-Gold-Biotinylated Singer, Kaitlin I and Fodor, R.V. Applying Google earth to Composite Nanodevices, 18th Annual Meeting of geologic studies: stratigraphy and petrology of a basalt ACRO, February 21-23 2008, Miami, FL.

field in central Arizona. Geological Society of America Southeastern Section meeting, Charlotte, NC, April 10-11,2008.

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Thiede, D. and Vasconcelos, P.M. (2008). Parand Flood Tkac, P., Paulenova, A. The Effect of Acetohydroxamic Acid 0 Basalts: Rapid Extrusion Hypothesis Supported by New on Extraction and Speciation of Plutonium, 17th Separa-40Ar/39Ar Results. 44th Brazilian Geological Congress, tion Science and Technology, Gatlinburg, TN, October 0

Curitiba, in press. 2007. 0 Thomson, S. N., Brandon, M.T., Reiners, P.W., Vdsquez, C. Tkac, P Paulenova, A. Speciation of Plutonium in the extrac- 0

& Tomkin, J.H. (2008). Thermochronologic evidence for tion organic phase of urex, ACS Fall Annual Meeting, 0 a poleward transition from destructive to constructive Boston, August 19-23,2007 NUCL: 107.

glacial control on mountain building: an example from 0 the Patagonian Andes. FT 2008 - The 11th International Tkac, P., Paulenova, A. Speciation of Molybdenum under 0 Conference on Thermochronometry, Anchorage, USA. UREX Process Conditions, GLOBAL 2007, Int. Con-ference on Advanced Nuclear Fuel Cycles and Systems, 0 Thomson, S.N., Brandon, M.T., Reiners, P.W., Tomkin, J.H., Boise, September 9-13, 2007. 0 WVsquez, C., &Wilson, NJ. (2007). A poleward change from destructive to-constructive glacial control on moun- Tkac, P, Paulenova, A., Matteson B. S. Speciation of Plu- 0 tain building. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco. Eos tonium and Other Actinides Under UREX Process Conditions, 52nd Annual Meeting of the Health Physics 0

Transactions AGU, 88(52), Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract C41A-0051. Society, Portland, OR, July 9, 2007. 0 Thomson, S. N., Brandon, M.T., VWsquez, C., Reiners, P.W. & Valli, E, Arnaud, N., Leloup, P.H., Sobel, E.R., Maheo, 0

Tomkin, J.H. (2007). Testing the efficiency of long-term G., Lacassin, R., Guillot, S., Li, H., and Tapponnier, 0 P., 2007, Twenty million years of continuous defor-glacial erosion and its influence on mountain develop-ment: an example from the Patagonian Andes. Geosur mation along the Karakorum fault, western Tibet:

0 2007 International Geological Congress on the Southern A thermochronological analysis: Tectonics, v. 26, p. 0 doi:10.1029/2005TC001913.

Hemisphere, Santiago, Chile. 0 Tipple, BJ., Reiners, PW., Thomson, S.N., Wing, S.L. & Van de Flierdt, T., Hemming, S. R., Gehrels, G. E., Cox, S. 0 E., and Goldstein, S. L., 2008, Sedimentary Provenance Stewart, RJ. (2007). U-Th/He and fission-track detrital grain double dating as a paleo-wildfire indicator: trials Evidence for the Origin of the Gamburtsev Mountains, 0 and tribulations from two western interior basins and im- Goldschmidt Conference, Vancouver, July 2008. 0 plications to the PETM, GSA Annual Meeting, Denver, Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 39, No. 6. Vasconcelos, P.M. (2008) 40Ar/39Ar Geochronology of 0 Celadonite: Constraining Timing of Alteration and Am- 0 Tkac, P., Paulenova, A. Extraction modeling of Pu(IV) from ethyst Mineralization in the ParanA Continental Flood Aqueous Phase Containing HNO3, LiNO3 and Ac- Basalt. 44th Brazilian Geological Congress, Curitiba, in 0 etohydroxamic Acid by 30% Tributyl Phosphate, 32nd press. 0 Symposium on Actinide Separations, Park City (Utah),

12-14 May, 2008. Vasconcelos, P.M. and Carmo, 1.0. (2008). Numerical S Calibration of Denudation Chronology. 44th Brazilian 0 Tkac, P., Paulenova, A. Extraction modeling of Pu(IV) Geological Congress, Curitiba, in press.

from Aqueous Phase Containing HNO3, LiNO3 and 0 Acetohydroxamic Acid by 30% Tributyl Phosphate, 2nd Vasconcelos, P., Monteiro, H., Farley, K., Spier, C. (2008).

Cangas: self-healing protective covers that inhibit the 0

International Congress of Nuclear Chemistry, Cancun, April, 2008. erosion of deeply weathered banded iron-formations. VI 0 Tkac, R, Paulenova, A. Speciation of Molybdenum (VI) in VII SINAGEO, Belo Horizonte, in press.

0 Aqueous and Organic Phases of Selected Extraction Sys- Vasconcelos, P., Kirk, J., Farley, K., Perlingeiro, G., Ruiz, J., 0 and Eastern, S. (2008). Orogenic Deposits: the Gold tems, 17th Separation Science and Technology, Gatlin-burg, October 2007. Comes from the Mantle. 33rd IGC, Oslo, in press.

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0 0 Vasconcelos, P., Monteiro, H., Farley, K., Spier, C. (2008). Re- Boisgrollier, Th. De, PhD, , Structure et 6volution de la weathering of deep weathering profiles. 33rd IGC, Oslo, chaine Baikal-Patom, Sibdrie, et de son bassin d'avant 0 in press. pays : implications sur l'origine des reliefs de la chaine et le potentiel pdtrolier du fore-deep ,. (Structure and 0 Vasconcelos, PV. (2007) 'The relative tempo of weathering and evolution of the Baikal Patom range, Siberia and of its S erosion controls supergene metal accumulation. Gold-schmidt Conference, Cologne.

foreland basin: implications for the origin of the relief and oil resources in the fore-deep).

0 Vassallo, R., Ritz, J-F., Braucher R.,Jolivet, M., Carretier, S.,

0 Larroque, C., Todbileg, M., Arzhannikova, A., Arzhan-Brown, M. Alex, BS (ChE), Graduate Research Assistant; MS (RHP/radiochemistry) Adviser: A. Paulenova.

0 nikov ,S. and D. Bourks, D., 2007, Incision of fluvial terraces within an uplifting massif in the Gobi-Altay Brownlee, Sarah J. Advisor: Paul Renne, U.C. Berkeley, 0 mountain range (Mongolia): Deciphering between tec- Topic: Thermochronology and Paleomagnetism of the 0 tonic and climatic processes. EGU, Vienna. Ecstall and related plutons in British Columbia. PhD 0 Walker, A., Burgess, R., McGarvie, D.W. (2008) Field, Geo-expected 2009.

chemical and Age Studies of Rhyolite Glaciovolcanism at Cassata, William S. Advisor: Paul Renne, U.C. Berkeley, 0 Oraefajokull Volcano, S.E. Iceland, International Asso- Topic: Argon diffusion in plagioclase. PhD expected 0 ciation of Volcanology and Geochemistry of the Earth's Interior, General Assembly, Reykjavik, Iceland.

2010.

Chang, Su-chin Advisor: Paul Renne, U.C. Berkeley, Topic:

0 Williams, T., van de Flierdt, T, Hemming, S., Brachfeld, S., Permo-Triassic Boundary and Jurassic-Cretaceous of NE 0 Pierce, E., Roy, M., and Goldstein, S. L., 2008, Prove- China. PhD expected 2008.

nance of ice-rafted debris offshore of East Antarctica and Cohen, B. Supervisor: Paulo Vasconcelos (50%) PhD S delimination of source areas, IGC Norway, Aug. 2008.

(awarded).

0 Willner, A., Massonne, H.-J., Sudo, M., &`Thomson, S.N.

(2008). Heterogeneous thermal overprint of a late Pa- Converse, Kristin (M.A. in progress, Sonoma State Univer-0 leozoic forearc system in north-central Chile (321-31'S) as reflected by small scale equilibration and age domains sity, CA). RC project: 1849: Trace-element analysis of bricks from historic Fort Vancouver to determine prov-(Ar-Ar; fission track). 7th International Symposium on enance; 75 samples to date.

Andean Geodynamics (Nice, France), Extended Ab-stracts. Cox, Stephen - advisor Sidney Hemming, Columbia College 0 undergraduate (will be writing his senior thesis on some of the results).

0 Dale, Cathleen - advisor Stefanie Brachfeld, Montclair State 0 University MS student- project ongoing.

0 Barnard, Nellie Q. BA, Middlebury College, David West, Jr.,

Deeken, Anke (Diploma, Freie Universitaet, Berlin, 2007):

(U-Th)/He dating in the northern Appalachians, Under-Age of initiation and growth pattern of the Puna Plateau, 0 graduate thesis.

NW-Argentina, constrained by AFT thermochronology; 0 Beardsley, Amanda Ph.D., Rice University, Hans Av6 Lalle- Advisor Dr. Ekkehard Scheuber mant, Shallow level Exhumation history of the Leeward Dinsdale, Wilson, Undergraduate Student, Advisor: A. Pau-Antilles, Offshore Venezuela, Doctoral dissertation.

0 lenova.

0 Enkelmann, Eva, Post-doctoral researcher (at Lehigh, Garver collaborates). General focus: exhumation of orogenic belts as record by zircon FT analysis.

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Federici, Ilaria: "Termotectonic evolution of the Marmara re- Jarboe, Nick A. Advisor: Paul Renne (Principal advisor: 0 gion (Turkey)". PhD project at the University of Bologna. Robert Coe, U.C. Santa Cruz), Topic: Geochronology Advisor: Prof. Massimiliano Zattin. and Paleomagnetism of Columbia River Basalts. PhD 0

expected 2008. 0 Francis, Ashley Ph.D., Rice University, Hans Av6 Lallemant, Interaction of the North American and Caribbean plates Khatchadourian, Lori (U Michigan). 0 in Guatemala: Part 1. Deformation history and con- 0 sequences for the exhumation of HP/LT metamorphic Lapka,Joseph L., (BS, Chemistry), Graduate Research As-rocks, Doctoral dissertation. sistant; PhD (Chemistry/radiochemistry) Adviser: A. 0 Paulenova. 0 Foley, Courtney N. BS expected 5/09, SUNY Plattsburgh, Mary Roden-Tice, Apatite fission-track dating across ter- Letcher, Alice J. Advisor: Paul Renne (Principal advisor: 0 rane boundaries in New England, Independent study. George Hilley, Stanford), Topic: Deformation History of 0 Puna Plateau, NW Argentina. MSc 2007.

Garrick-Bethel, Ian Advisor: David Shuster (Principal advi- 0 sor: Benjamin Weiss, MIT), Topic: Early Lunar History.

PhD expected 2010.

Lima, Maria da Guia Supervisor: Paulo Vasconcelos (100%)

PhD (awarded).

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Gibson, David, Undergraduate Student, Advisor: A. Paule- Lindsay, Ian (UC Santa Barbara).

nova.

0 Marselllos, Antonios. Current degrees B.S., M.S., Seek- 0 Gifford, Jennifer N. (Masters 2008; advisor David Foster), ing PhD (at Univefisry at Albany, Gaver co-supervises).

Quantifying Eocene and Miocene Extension in the Title of project: Deformaiton and exhumation related to 0

Sevier Hinterland, NE Nevada. arc-parallel extension in the Hellenic forearc. 0 Greene, Alan (U Chicago). Matteson, Brent S., MA (Ch), Graduate Research Assistant; 0

PhD (Chemistry/radiochemistry Adviser: A. Paulenova. 0 Gombosi, David (Current degrees, BSc and MSc). MSc The-sis (at University of South Carolina): Testing the Polar M~resse, F., PhD, -Cin~matique de la d6nudation d'un 0 Gateway Hypothesis: An Integrated Record of Drake prisme orogdnique continental: exemple des Pyrdn6es., 0 Passage Opening & Antarctic Glaciation (NSF grant (Kinematic of denudation of a continental orogenic ANT-0732995). prism: example of the Pyrenees). 0 Hagan,Jeanette C. Advisor: Paul Renne (Principal advisor: Merket, Douglas. Seeking BSc. at Union College. Working 0

Cathy Busby, U.C. Santa Barbara), Topic: Neogene Tec- thesis title: Provenaence of the Chickaloon Formation, 0 tonics of Sierra Nevada, California. PhD expected 2008. South Central Alaska. 0 HaleJessica (M.A., Anthropology, OSU)jhesis title: Se- Montario, Matt R. Current degrees B.S., M.S., Seeking PhD 0 crets of North Staffordshire Pottery Recipes: Identifying (At Univeristy at Albany - Garver is supervisor) Title of Chemical Variability and Uniformity using an Archaeo- project: High-density fission-track dating of radiation-0 metric Approach (complete 6/08).RC project 1804: damaged zircon from Cambrian rocks of New York 0 Trace-element analysis of 19th century European ceram- State.

ics using INAA; 150 samples.

0 Mora, Andr~s Dr. (PhD 2007): Late Cenozoic uplift and de- 0 Heim,J, Supervisor- Paulo Vasconcelos (100%) PhD (award- formation of the eastern flank of the Columbian Eastern ed). Cordillera; Advisor Prof Manfred Strecker 0

0 Heyworth, Zarah Supervisor: Paulo Vasconcelos (20%) PhD Morais Neto, M. Supervisor: Paulo Vasconcelos (100%) PhD (ongoing). (ongoing). 0 0 0 0 0 0 07-08 Annual Report

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0 Morgan, Leah E. Advisor: Paul Renne, U.C. Berkeley, Topic: Precek, Martin, MS (N-ChE), Graduate Research Assistant; 0 Geochronology of the Middle Stone Age in Ethiopia. PhD (Chemistry/radiochemistry) Adviser: A. Paulenova.

PhD expected 2009.

Pyenson, Nicholas D. Advisor: Paul Renne (Principle advi-Mulcahy, Sean R. Advisor: Paul Renne (Principal advisor: sors A. Barnosky and D. Lindbergh, U.C. Berkeley),

0 Sarah Roeske, U.C. Davis), Topic: Tectonics of Sierras Topic: Paleobiology of Cetaceans. PhD expected 2008.

S Pampeanas, Argentina. PhD 2008.

Queirolo, Rosalba. Degree: BSc. Conferred at Union Col-Newman, Virginia (Masters 2008; advisor David Foster) lege. Thesis

Title:

Zircon Fission-Track Thermochronol-0 Exhumation of the Ruby Mountains metamorphic core ogy of the Lepontine Dome, Swiss Alps. Department of 0 complex. Geology, Union College, Schenectady, New York, June S Nyers, Alex (M.A. in progress, Anthropology, OSU) RC 2008.

0 project 1806: Trace-element analysis of geological and Riffel, Silvana Supervisor: Paulo Vasconcelos (70%) PhD artifactual chert from the Lower Salmon River Canyon, (ongoing).

0 Idaho; 50 samples to date.

Sadi ,Supriyadi, MS (ChE), Graduate Research Assistant; 0 Padmore, Penny. Terry Spell advisor, M.S. degree in progress, PhD (RHP/radiochemistry) Adviser: A. Paulenova.

The Canovas Canyon Rhyolite,Jemez Volcanic Field, 0 New Mexico: Multiple discrete source magmas, or a Samaritis, Cosmas, Undergraduate Student, Advisor: A.

0 potentially caldera forming magma system? Paulenova.

Shaw, Chris "Exposure of Ionic Hyper-regulated Artemia 0 Perlingeiro, Gabriela. Supervisor: Paulo Vasconcelos (50%)

Honours (ongoing). to Chlorine - 36 in a Marine System" M.S. Radiation Health Physics (exp Fall 08).

0 Perry, Stephanie. E., Current degrees B.S., M.S., Seeking PhD (at Syracuse University - Carver on commit- Smyth, Kevin Barry, Undergraduate Student, Advisor: A.

0 tee) THESIS: Thermotectonic Evolution of the Alaska Paulenova.

Range: Low-temperature Thermochronologic Con-0 straints. Sobel, Edward: Habilitation (Dr. rer. nat. habil.) This is a de-0 gree after the PhD 11/2007 Universitit Potsdam, Pots-Peterson, Ella (M.A. in progress, Anthropology, OSU) RC dam, Germany.

Title:

Interactions between deforma-0 project 1825: Trace-element analysis to determine prov- tion, exhumation, and climate in arid regions constrained enance of historic Oregon pottery; 50 samples. by apatite fission-track analysis.

0 Pick, Michael Supervisor: Paulo Vasconcelos (70%) Honours Steponaitis, Elena - advisor Sidney Hemming, Barnard Col-0 (ongoing). lege undergraduate (will continue to work on the project this year, her junior year).

0 Pierce, Elizabeth - advisor Sidney Hemming, Columbia first-Swanger, Kate - advisor David Marchant, Ph.D. Student at 0 year graduate student (will be writing her masters paper on some of the results). Boston University.

Takahashi, Ken BS in Physics (June 2008).

Title:

Neutron 0 Pignalosa, Antonio: "Thermochronologic evolution of the Simplon Massif". PhD project at the University of Bolo- Capture Cross Sections and Resonance Integrals of Cad-gna. Advisor: Prof. Massimiliano Zattin. mium Isotopes; Advisor: K. S. Krane.

Potter, Jaime K. BA, SUNY Plattsburgh, Mary Roden-Tice, VanHorne-Sealy, Jama, "Evaluating the Efficiency of Decon Apatite fission-track and (U-Th)/He dating in the north- Gel 11011 on Removal of Cs-137, Co-60, and Eu-154 ern Appalachians, Independent study. on Common Commercial Materials, M.S. Radiation Health Physics.

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Walker, Angela, PhD student, Advisor: Dr Ray Burgess; 0 Tide: Rhyolite glaciovolcanism at the Oraefaj6kull 0 stratovolcano, southeast Iceland: a window on Quater-nary climate change. 0 Waltenberg, Kathryn Supervisor: Paulo Vasconcelos (90%)

0 PhD (ongoing). 0 Wooton, Katie. Terry Spell advisor, M.S. degree in progress, 0

Petrogenesis of the most recent rhyolitic volcanism, 0 Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming: Implications for future volcanism?

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