ML14303A305

Submittal of the Oregon State University Radiation Center and Ostr Annual Report for the Period July 1, 2013 Through June 30, 2014

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OSU Oregon State UNIVERSITY Radiation Center Oregon State University, 100 Radiation Center, Corvallis, Oregon 97331-5903 T 541-737-2341 I F 541-737-0480 Ihttp://ne.oregonstate.edu/facilities/radiationcenter October 23, 2014 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 6.7.1 of the OSTR Technical Specifications, we are hereby submitting the Oregon State University Radiation Center and OSTR Annual Report for the period July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014.

The Annual Report continues the pattern established over many 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.

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Sincerely, Director Cc: William Schuster, USNRC Dr. Ron Adams, OSU Craig Bassett, USNRC Dr. Rich Holdren, OSU Ken Niles, ODOE Dr. Andy Klein, OSU

aSU Oregon State UNIVERSITY Radiation Center Oregon State University, 100 Radiation Center, Corvallis, Oregon 97331-5903 T 541-737-2341 I F 541-737-0480 Ihttp://ne.oregonstate.edu/facilities/radiationcenter October 23, 2014 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555

Reference:

Oregon State University TRIGA Reactor (OSTR)

Docket No. 50-243, License No. R-106 In accordance with section 6.7.1 of the OSTR Technical Specifications, we are hereby submitting the Oregon State University Radiation Center and OSTR Annual Report for the period July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014.

The Annual Report continues the pattern established over many 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: /O /

Sincerely, Director Cc: William Schuster, USNRC Dr. Ron Adams, OSU Craig Bassett, USNRC Dr. Rich Holdren, OSU Ken Niles, ODOE Dr. Andy Klein, OSU

iiirlil:41 Submitted by:

Steve R. Reese, Director Radiation Center Oregon State University Corvallis, Oregon 97331-5903 Telephone: (541) 737-2341 Fax: (541) 737-0480 To satisy the requirements of:

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

B. Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC; Subcontract Award No. 00074510.

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

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0 Corntenits Part I-Overview Executive Sum m ary ................................................ 4 Introduction .......................................................... 4 Overview of the Radiation Center ....................................... 4 Part Il-People Radiation Center Staff ................................................. 6 Reactor Operations Committee ........................................... 6 Professional & Research Faculty ........................................... 77 0

Part Ill-Facilities 0 Research Reactor ....................................................... 8 Analytical Equipm ent ............................................... 9 Radioisotope Irradiation Sources ....................................... 9 Laboratories & Classroom s ........................................... 10 Instrum ent Repair & Calibration ........................................ 10 Lib rary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 0

Part IV-Reactor O perating Statistics ................................................ 14 Experiments Performed .................................................. 14 Unplanned Shutdowns ................................................. 15 Changes Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.59 ......................................... 15 Surveillance & M aintenance .......................................... 16 Part V-Radiation Protection 0 Introduction .. . .. .. . . .. .. . .. .. . . .. .. .. . .. .. .. .. .. . . .. .. .. . . . .. . .28 Environm ental Releases ............................................. 28 Personnel Doses .................................................. 29 Facility Survey Data ................................................ 29 Environm ental Survey Data ........................................... 30 Radioactive Material Shipm ents ........................................ 31 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 0

Part VI-Work Sum m ary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 Teaching . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 Research & Service ................................................ 50 Part VII-Words Documents Published or Accepted ...................................... 70 Presentations .................................................... 75 Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77 0

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• Tables 0 Table Title Page 0 111.1 Gammacell 220 6°Co Irradiator Use .................................. . . . . . . . . . . 11 111.2 Student Enrollment in Courses at the Radiation Center ......................

0 . .......... 12 IV.1 Present OSTR Operating Statistics ..................................... . .......... 17 0 IV.2 OSTR Use Time in Terms of Specific Use Categories ......................... . .......... 18 0 IV.3 OSTR Multiple UseTime ............................................ . .......... 18 IV.4 Use of OSTR Reactor Experiments ..................................... . .......... 19 IV.5 Unplanned Reactor Shutdowns and Scrams ............................ . .......... 19 0 V.1 Radiation Protection Program Requirements and Frequencies ................ . .......... 32 0 V.2 Monthly Summary of Liquid Effluent Releases to the Sanitary Sewer ............. . .......... 33 V.3 Annual Summary of Liquid Waste Generated and Transferred ................. . .......... 34 0 V.4 Monthly Summary of Gaseous Effluent Releases ......................... . .......... 35 V.5 Annual Summary of Solid Waste Generated and Transferred .................. . .......... 36 0 V.6 Annual Summary of Personnel Radiation Doses Received ................... . .......... 37 V.7 Total Dose Equivalent Recorded Within the TRIGA Reactor Facility ............. . .......... 38 0 V.8 Total Dose Equivalent Recorded on Area Within the Radiation Center ............ . .......... 39 0 V.9 Annual Summary of Radiation and Contamination Levels Within the Reactor ....... . .......... 41 0 V.10 Total Dose Equivalent at the TRIGA Reactor Facility Fence ................... . .......... 42 V.11 Total Dose Equivalent at the Off-Site Gamma Radiation Monitoring Stations ....... . .......... 43 0 V.12 Annual Average Concentration of the Total Net Beta Radioactivity .............. ........... 44 S V.13 Beta-Gamma Concentration and Range of LLD Values ..................... . .......... 45 0 V.14 Radioactive Material Shipments under NRC General License R-106 ............. ........... 46 0 V.15 Radioactive Material Shipments under Oregon License ORE 90005 ............. ........... 47 V.16 Radioactive Material Shipments Under NRC General License 10 CFR 110.23 ....... ........... 48 0 VI.1 Institutions and Agencies Which Utilized the Radiation Center ................ . .......... 53 0 VI.2 Listing of Major Research &Service Projects Performed and Their Funding ......... ........... 56 VI.3 Summary of Radiological Instrumentation Calibrated to Support OSU Departments.. ........... 68 VI.4 Summary of Radiological Instrumentation Calibrated to Support Other Agencies ... ........... 69 0

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0 Figures 0 Figures Table Title Page 0 IV.1 Monthly Surveillance and Maintenance (Sample Form) ......................................................................................... 20 0 IV.2 Quarterly Surveillance and Maintenance (Sample Form) ......................................................................................... 21 IV.3 Semi-Annual Surveillance and Maintenance (Sample Form) ................................................................................. 23 0 IV.4 Annual Surveillance and Maintenance (Sample Form) ........................................................................................... 25 V.1 Monitoring Stations for the OSU TRIGA Reactor ....................................................................................................... 49 0 VI.1 Summary of the Types of Radiological Instrumentation Calibrated .................................................................. 68

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Executive Summary Introduction S T'he data from this reporting year shows that the use of the Radiation Center and the Oregon State TRIGA reactor Tlhe current annual report of the Oregon State University 0 Radiation Center and TRIGA Reactor follows the usual for-(OSTR) has continued to grow in many areas. mat by including information relating to the entire Radiation 0 Center rather than just the reactor. However, the information The Radiation Center supported 60 different courses this year, is still presented in such a manner that data on the reactor may mostly in the Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radia-be examined separately, if desired. It should be noted that all 0

tion Health Physics. About 35% of these courses involved the annual data given in this report covers the period from July 1, S OSTR. The number of OSTR hours used for academic courses 2013 through June 30, 2014. Cumulative reactor operating data and training was 17, while 2,255 hours0.00295 days <br />0.0708 hours <br />4.21627e-4 weeks <br />9.70275e-5 months <br /> were used for research in this report relates only to the LEU fueled core. 'his covers 0 projects. Sixty-one percent (61%) of the OSTR research hours were in support of off-campus research projects, reflecting the period beginning July 1, 2008 to the present date. For a 0 summary of data on the reactor's two other cores, the reader is the use of the OSTR nationally and internationally. Radia-referred to previous annual reports.

0 tion Center users published or submitted 64 articles this year, and made 42 presentations on work that involved the OSTR In addition to providing general information about the activi- S or Radiation Center. The number of samples irradiated in the ties of the Radiation Center, this report is designed to meet 0 reactor during this reporting period was 3,554. Funded OSTR the reporting requirements of the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory use hours comprised 82% of the research use. Commission, the U. S. Department of Energy, and the Oregon 0 Personnel at the Radiation Center conducted 81 tours of the Department of Energy. Because of this, the report is divided 0 facility, accommodating 1,077 visitors. The visitors included into several distinct parts so that the reader may easily find the 0 sections of interest.

elementary, middle school, high school, and college students; 0 relatives and friends; faculty; current and prospective clients; national laboratory and industrial scientists and engineers; and 0

state, federal and international officials. The Radiation Center Overview of the Radiation Center is a significant positive attraction on campus because visitors 0 The Radiation Center is a unique facility which serves the leave with a good impression of the facility and of Oregon entire OSU campus, all other institutions within the Oregon 0

State University. University System, and many other universities and organiza- 0 The Radiation Center projects database continues to provide tions throughout the nation and the world. The Center also a useful way of tracking the many different aspects of work regularly provides special services to state and federal agencies, at the facility. The number of projects supported this year was particularly agencies dealing with law enforcement, energy, 0 155. Reactor related projects comprised 73% of all projects. The health, and environmental quality, and renders assistance to Oregon industry. In addition, the Radiation Center provides total research dollars in some way supported by the Radiation permanent office and laboratory space for the OSU Depart-0 Center, as reported by our researchers, was $9.8 million.'The actual total is likely considerably higher. This year the Radia- ment of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics, 0 tion Center provided service to 46 different organizations/ the OSU Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering, and 0 for the OSU nuclear chemistry, radiation chemistry, geochem-institutions, 37% of which were from other states and 43% of istry and radiochemistry programs. There is no other university 0

which were from outside the U. S. and Canada. So while the Center's primary mission is local, it is also a facility with a facility with the combined capabilities of the OSU Radiation 0 national and international clientele. Center in the western half of the United States.

The Radiation Center web site provides an easy way for Located in the Radiation Center are many items of special-potential users to evaluate the Center's facilities and capabili- ized equipment and unique teaching and research facilities.

ties as well as to apply for a project and check use charges. The address is: http://radiationcenter.oregonstate.edu.

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They include a TRIGA Mark II research nuclear reactor; a The Advanced Nuclear Systems Engineering Laboratory 0 60 Co gamma irradiator; a large number of state-of-the art (ANSEL) is the home to two major thermal-hydraulic test fa-0 computer-based gamma radiation spectrometers and associ- cilities-the High Temperature Test Facility (HTTF) and the ated germanium detectors; and a variety of instruments for Hydro-mechanical Fuel Test Facility (HMFTF). The HTTF 0 radiation measurements and monitoring. Specialized facilities is a 1/4 scale model of the Modular High Temperature Gas 0 for radiation work include teaching and research laboratories Reactor. The vessel has a ceramic lined upper head and with instrumentation and related equipment for performing shroud capable of operation at 850oC (well mixed helium).

0 neutron activation analysis and radiotracer studies; laborato- The design will allow for a maximum operating pressure of ries for plant experiments involving radioactivity; a facility 1.OMPa and a maximum core ceramic temperature of 1600 0C.

for repair and calibration of radiation protection instrumen- The nominal working fluid will be helium with a core power 0 tation; and facilities for packaging radioactive materials for of approximately 600 kW (note that electrical heaters are used shipment to national and international destinations. to simulate the core power). The test facility also includes a 0 scaled reactor cavity cooling system, a circulator and a heat A major non-nuclear facility housed in the Radiation Center sink in order to complete the cycle. The HTTF can be used is the one-quarter scale thermal hydraulic advanced plant ex-0 perimental (APEX) test facility for the Westinghouse AP600 to simulate a wide range of accident scenarios in gas reac-tors to include the depressurized conduction cooldown and and AP1000 reactor designs. The AP600 and AP1000 are 0 next-generation nuclear reactor designs which incorporate pressurized conduction cooldown events. The HMFTF is a testing facility which will be used to produce a database of many passive safety features as well as considerably simplified hydro-mechanical information to supplement the qualifica-plant systems and equipment. APEX operates at pressures tion of the prototypic ultrahigh density U-Mo Low Enriched 0 up to 400 psia and temperatures up to 450'F using electrical Uranium fuel which will be implemented into the U.S. High S heaters instead of nuclear fuel. All major components of the Performance Research Reactors upon their conversion to low AP600 and AP1000 are included in APEX and -all systems 0 are appropriately scaled to enable the experimental measure-enriched fuel. This data in turn will be used to verify current theoretical hydro- and thermo-mechanical codes being used ments to be used for safety evaluations and licensing of the during safety analyses. The maximum operational pressure 0 full scale plant. This world-class facility meets exacting qual-of the HMFTF is 600 psig with a maximum operational ity assurance criteria to provide assurance of safety as well as 0 validity of the test results.

temperature of 450'F.

0 The Radiation Center staff regularly provides direct sup-Also housed in the Radiation Center is the Advanced Ther-port and assistance to OSU teaching and research programs.

mal Hydraulics Research Laboratory (ATHRL), which is Areas of expertise commonly involved in such efforts include 0 used for state-of-the-art two-phase flow experiments.

nuclear engineering, nuclear and radiation chemistry, neutron 0 The Multi-Application Light Water Reactor (MASLWR) is activation analysis, radiation effects on biological systems, ra-diation dosimetry, environmental radioactivity, production of 0 a nuclear power plant test facility that is instrumental in the short-lived radioisotopes, radiation shielding, nuclear instru-development of next generation commercial nuclear reac-0 tors currently seeking NRC certification. The Test Facility is mentation, emergency response, transportation of radioactive constructed of all stainless steel components and is capable of materials, instrument calibration, radiation health physics, 0 operation at full system pressure (1500 psia), and full system radioactive waste disposal, and other related areas.

temperature (600F).

In addition to formal academic and research support, the All components are 1/3 scale height and 1/254.7 volume Center's staff provides a wide variety of other services includ-scale. The current testing program is examining methods ing public tours and instructional programs, and professional for natural circulation startup, helical steam generator heat consultation associated with the feasibility, design, safety, transfer performance, and a wide range of design basis, and and execution of experiments using radiation and radioactive beyond design basis, accident conditions. In addition, the materials.

MASLWR Test Facility is currently the focus of an interna-tional collaborative standard problem exploring the operation and safety of advanced natural circulations reactor concepts.

Over 7 international organizations are involved in this stan-dard problem at OSU.

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T1his section contains a listing of all people who were residents of the Radiation Center or who worked a significant amount of 0 time at the Center during this reporting period.

0 It should be noted that not all of the faculty and students who used the Radiation Center 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 0

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Radiation Center Staff Reactor Operations Committee 0 Steve Reese, Director Andrew Klein, Chair 0 DinaPope, Office Manager OSU Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics 0

Shaun Bromagem, Business Manager RainierFarmer OSU Radiation Safety 0

Brittany Combs, Receptionist Abi Tavakoli Farsoni 0 S. Todd Keller, Reactor Administrator OSU Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics 0 Gary Wacds, Reactor Supervisor, Senior Reactor Operator S. Todd Keller 0 Robert Schickler, Senior Reactor Operator OSU Radiation Center 0 Wade Marcum, Reactor Operator ScottMenn, Senior Health Physicist Scott Menn 0 Jim Darrough,Health Physicist OSU Radiation Center 0 Leah Minc, Neutron Activation Analysis Manager Steve Reese (not voting) 0 OSU Radiation Center Steve Smith, Scientific Instrument Technician, 0

Mark Trump Senior Reactor Operator Penn State University 0

Erin Cimbri,Custodian Gary Wachs (notvoting) 0 Jarvis Caffrey, Reactor Operator (Student) OSU Radiation Center 0 Trevor Howard,Reactor Operator (Student) Bill Warnes 0 TopherMatthews,Reactor Operator (Student) OSU Mechanical Engineering 0 Jacob Owen, Reactor Operator (Student) 0 Kyle Combs, Health Physics Monitor (Student) 0 Joey DeShields, Health Physics Monitor (Student) 0 DavidRobson, Health Physics Monitor (Student) 0 0

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0 0 Professional and Research Faculty Daniels,Malcolm *Palmer,Todd S.

S Professor Emeritus, Chemistry Professor, Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics 0 Farsoni,Abi *Paulenova,Alena 0 Associate Professor, Nuclear Engineering & Radiation Health Physics Associate Professor, Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics 0 *Hamby,David Pope,Dina 0 Professor, Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics Office Manager, Radiation Center 0 Hart,Lucas R 'Reese, Steven R.

Faculty Research Associate, Chemistry Director, Radiation Center 0 *Higley,Kathryn A. Reyes,Jr.,JosiN.

Department Head, Professor, Nuclear Engineering and Professor, Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics Radiation Health Physics Ringle,John C.

0 *Keller,S. Todd Professor Emeritus, Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Reactor Administrator, Radiation Center Physics 0 Klein, Andrew C. *Schmitt,Roman A.

Professor, Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics Professor Emeritus, Chemistry 0 *Krane,Kenneth S. Tack, Krystina Professor Emeritus, Physics Assistant Professor, Medical Physics Program Director 0 *Loveland,Walter D. *Wachs, Gary 0 Professor, Chemistry Reactor Supervisor, Radiation Center Marcum, Wade Woods, Brian Assistant Professor Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Professor, Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics Health Physics Wu, Qiao

• Menn,Scott A. Professor, Nuclear Engineer and Radiation Health Physics Senior Health Physicist, Radiation Center Yang, Haori

• Minc,Leah Assistant Professor, Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Associate Professor, Anthropology Physics

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0 Research Reactor S If samples to be irradiated require a large neutron fluence, T-he Oregon State University TRIGA Reactor (OSTR) is a water-cooled, swimming pool type research reactor which uses especially from higher energy neutrons, they may be inserted S

uranium/zirconium hydride fuel elements in a circular grid ar- into a dummy fuel element. This device will then be placed into ray. The reactor core is surrounded by a ring of graphite which one of the core's inner grid positions which would normally be 0 serves to reflect neutrons back into the core. The core is situ- occupied by a fuel element. Similarly samples can be placed in ated near the bottom of a 22-foot deep water-filled tank, and the in-core irradiation tube (ICIT) which can be inserted in the tank is surrounded by a concrete bioshield which acts as a the same core location. 0 radiation shield and structural support. The reactor is licensed The cadmium-lined in-core irradiation tube (CLICIT) 0 by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to operate at enables samples to be irradiated in a high flux region near the a maximum steady state power of 1.1 MW and can also be center of the core. The cadmium lining in the facility eliminates 0

pulsed up to a peak power of about 2500 MW.

thermal neutrons and thus permits sample exposure to higher 0 The OSTR has a number of different irradiation facilities energy neutrons only. The cadmium-lined end of this air-filled 0 including a pneumatic transfer tube, a rotating rack, a thermal aluminum irradiation tube is inserted into an inner grid posi-column, four beam ports, five sample holding (dummy) fuel tion of the reactor core which would normally be occupied by a 0 elements for special in-core irradiations, an in-core irradiation fuel element. It is the same as the ICIT except for the presence 0 of the cadmium lining.

tube, and a cadmium-lined in-core irradiation tube for experi-ments requiring a high energy neutron flux.

0 The two main uses of the OSTR are instruction and research. 0 The pneumatic transfer facility enables samples to be inserted and removed from the core in four to five seconds. Instruction 0 Consequently this facility is normally used for neutron activa- Instructional use of the reactor is twofold. First, it is used sig- 0 nificantly for classes in Nuclear Engineering, Radiation Health tion analysis involving short-lived radionuclides. On the other Physics, and Chemistry at both the graduate and undergradu-0 hand, the rotating rack is used for much longer irradiation of samples (e.g., hours).The rack consists of a circular array of 40 ate levels to demonstrate numerous principles which have been S tubular positions, each of which can hold two sample tubes. presented in the classroom. Basic neutron behavior is the same 0 in small reactors as it is in large power reactors, and many dem-Rotation of the rack ensures that each sample will receive an onstrations and instructional experiments can be performed 0

identical irradiation.

using the OSTR which cannot be carried out with a commer- 0 The reactor's thermal column consists of a large stack of cial power reactor. Shorter-term demonstration experiments 0 graphite blocks which slows down neutrons from the reactor are also performed for many undergraduate students in Phys-core in order to increase thermal neutron activation of samples. ics, Chemistry, and Biology classes, as well as for visitors from S Over 99% of the neutrons in the thermal column are thermal other universities and colleges, from high schools, and from 0 neutrons. Graphite blocks are removed from the thermal col- public groups.

umn to enable samples to be positioned inside for irradiation.

The second instructional application of the OSTR involves 0 The beam ports are tubular penetrations in the reactor's main educating reactor operators, operations managers, and health concrete shield which enable neutron and gamma radiation to physicists. The OSTR is in a unique position to provide such 0

stream from the core when a beam port's shield plugs are re- education since curricula must include hands-on experience at 0 moved. The neutron radiography facility utilized the tangential an operating reactor and in associated laboratories. The many 0 beam port (beam port #3) to produce ASTM E545 category I types of educational programs that the Radiation Center pro-radiography capability. The other beam ports are available for a vides are more fully described in Part VI of this report.

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During this reporting period the OSTR accommodated a Radiation Center nuclear instrumentation receives intensive 0 number of different OSU academic classes and other academic use in both teaching and research applications. In addition, programs. In addition, portions of classes from other Oregon service projects also use these systems and the combined use 0 universities were also supported by the OSTR. often results in 24-hour per day schedules for many of the analytical instruments. Use of Radiation Center equipment Research extends beyond that located at the Center and instrumenta-0 T-he OSTR is a unique and valuable tool for a wide variety tion may be made available on a loan basis to OSU research-0 of research applications and serves as an excellent source of ers in other departments.

neutrons and/or gamma radiation. The most commonly used 0 experimental technique requiring reactor use is instrumental 0 neutron activation analysis (INAA). This is a particularly sen-Radioisotope Irradiation Sources 0 sitive method of elemental analysis which is described in more detail in Part VI. The Radiation Center is equipped with a 1,644 curie (as of 0 7/27/01) Gammacell 220 61Co irradiator which is capable The OSTR's irradiation facilities provide a wide range of neu-of delivering high doses of gamma radiation over a range of tron flux levels and neutron flux qualities which are sufficient dose rates to a variety of materials.

to meet the needs of most researchers. This is true not only S for INAA, but also for other experimental purposes such as Typically, the irradiator is used by researchers wishing to the 3 9 Ar/ 4 0 Ar ratio and fission track methods of age dating perform mutation and other biological effects studies; studies samples. in the area of radiation chemistry, dosimeter testing; steril-0 ization of food materials, soils, sediments, biological speci-0 men, and other media; gamma radiation damage studies; and Analytical Equipment other such applications. In addition to the 6°Co irradiator, the 0 Center is also equipped with a variety of smaller 6°Co, 13 7Cs, The Radiation Center has a large variety of radiation detec- 226 Ra, plutonium-beryllium, and other isotopic sealed sources tion instrumentation. This equipment is upgraded as necessary, of various radioactivity levels which are available for use as especially the gamma ray spectrometers with their associated irradiation sources.

computers and germanium detectors. Additional equipment for classroom use and an extensive inventory of portable radia-tion detection instrumentation are also available.

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During this reporting period there was a diverse group of Instrument Repair & Calibration 0 projects using the 60Co irradiator. These projects included the Facility irradiation of a variety of biological materials including differ- 0 The Radiation Center has a facility for the repair and calibra-ent types of seeds.

tion of essentially all types of radiation monitoring instru-0 In addition, the irradiator was used for sterilization of several mentation. This includes instruments for the detection and 0 media and the evaluation of the radiation effects on different measurement of alpha, beta, gamma, and neutron radiation. 0 It encompasses both high range instruments for measuring materials. Table 111.1 provides use data for the Gammacell intense radiation fields and low range instruments used to 0

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measure environmental levels of radioactivity. 0 The Center's instrument repair and calibration facility is used 0 Laboratories and Classrooms regularly throughout the year and is absolutely essential to the 0 TIhe Radiation Center is equipped with a number of different continued operation of the many different programs carried 0 out at the Center. In addition, the absence of any comparable radioactive material laboratories designed to accommodate facility in the state has led to a greatly expanded instrument 0 research projects and classes offered by various OSU academic calibration program for the Center, including calibration of 0 departments or off-campus groups. essentially all radiation detection instruments used by state and federal agencies in the state of Oregon.`This includes instru-0 Instructional facilities available at the Center include a labo-ments used on the OSU campus and all other institutions 0 ratory especially equipped for teaching radiochemistry and a nuclear instrumentation teaching laboratory equipped with in the Oregon University System, plus instruments from the 0 Oregon Health Division's Radiation Protection Services, the modular sets of counting equipment which can be configured Oregon Department of Energy, the Oregon Public Utilities 0

to accommodate a variety of experiments involving the mea-surement of many types of radiation. The Center also has two Commission, the Oregon Health and Sciences University, 0 student computer rooms.

the Army Corps of Engineers, and the U. S. Environmental 0 Protection Agency.

In addition to these dedicated instructional facilities, many 0

other research laboratories and pieces of specialized equip- 0 ment are regularly used for teaching. In particular, classes are Library 0 routinely given access to gamma spectrometry equipment located in Center laboratories. A number of classes also regu-The Radiation Center has a library containing a significant 0 collections of texts, research reports, and videotapes relating to 0 larly use the OSTR and the Reactor Bay as an integral part of nuclear science, nuclear engineering, and radiation protection.

their instructional coursework. 0 The Radiation Center is also a regular recipient of a great vari-There are two classrooms in the Radiation Center which are ety of publications from commercial publishers in the nuclear 0 capable of holding about 35 and 18 students. In addition, field, from many of the professional nuclear societies, from 0 there are two smaller conference rooms and a library suitable the U. S. Department of Energy, the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory for graduate classes and thesis examinations. As a service to Commission, and other federal agencies. Therefore, the Center 0 the student body, the Radiation Center also provides an office library maintains a current collection of leading nuclear re- 0 area for the student chapters of the American Nuclear Society search and regulatory documentation. In addition, the Center has a collection of a number of nuclear power reactor Safety 0 and the Health Physics Society.

Analysis Reports and Environmental Reports specifically 0 All of the laboratories and classrooms are used extensively prepared by utilities for their facilities.

during the academic year. A listing of courses accommodated 0

The Center maintains an up-to-date set of reports from such at the Radiation Center during this reporting period along organizations as the International Commission on Radiologi-0 with their enrollments is given in Table 111.2. cal Protection, the National Council on Radiation Protection 0 0

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0 0 and Measurements, and the International Commission on radioactive materials. These tapes are reproduced, recorded, 0 Radiological Units. Sets of the current U.S. Code of Federal and edited by Radiation Center staff, using the Center's Regulations for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, videotape equipment and the facilities of the OSU Com-0 the U.S. Department of Transportation, and other appropriate munication Media Center.

0 federal agencies, plus regulations of various state regulatory agencies are also available at the Center. The Radiation Center library is used mainly to provide ref-S erence material on an as-needed basis. It receives extensive 0 T-he Radiation Center videotape library has over one hundred use during the academic year. In addition, the orientation tapes on nuclear engineering, radiation protection, and radio- videotapes are used intensively during the beginning of 0 logical emergency response topics. In addition, the Radiation each term and periodically thereafter.

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0 Material Evaluation silicon polymers, poly- 1.0x10 2 to 2.5x10 5 28 410 0 mers, shield 0

Botanical Studies wheat seeds, wheat pol- 1.0x103 to 6.0x10 4 13 7 0 len, seeds, barley 0

Biological Studies fibronectic 1.5x10 5 to 1.5x10 5 1 6 0

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Student Enrollment in Courses Which are Taught or Partially Taught at the Radiation Center Number of Students Course # CREDIT COURSE TITLE Summer Fall Winter Spring 2012 2012 2013 2013 0

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S 2 Introduction to Nuclear Engineering and Radiation 66 Health Physics 0 NE/RHP 115 2 Introduction to Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics 70 0 NE/RHP 116** 2 Introduction to Nuclear Engineering and Radiation 58 0 Health Physics S NE/RHP 234 4 Nuclear and Radiation Physics I 71 S

NE/ RHP 235 4 Nuclear and Radiation Physics I1 58 NE/ RHP 236* 4 Nuclear Radiation Detection & Instrumentation 53 S

NE 311 4 Intro to Thermal Fluids 7 19 7 S NE 312 4 Thermodynamics 15 16 S NE 319 3 Societal Aspects of Nuclear technology 68 S NE 331 4 Intro to Fluid Mechanics 21 8 S NE 332 4 Heat Transfer 12 3 20 NE/RHP 333 3 Mathematical methods for NE/RHP 31 NE/RHP/MP 1-16 Research 6 28 23 19 401/501/601 NE/RHP/MP 1-16 Reading and Conference 2 1 5 0 405/505/605 NE/RHP/MP 1-16 Projects 2 2 S

406/506/606 NE/RHP/MP 1 Nuclear Engineering Seminar 70 68 31 0 407/507/607 NE! RHP/MP 1-12 Internship 1 1 S

410/510/610 NE/ RHP 415/515 2 Nuclear Rules and Regulations 48 NE 451/551 4 Neutronic Analysis 45 NE 452/552 4 Neutronic Analysis 46 0

NE 455/555** 3 Reactor Operator Training I 15 NE 456/556** 3 Reactor Operator Training II 5 0

NE 457/557** 3 Neuclear Reactor Lab 35 S NE 467/567 4 Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics 39 S NE 667 4 Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics 7 S NE/RHP 435/535 3 External Dosimetry & Radiation Shielding 67 S NE 565 3 Applied Thermal Hydraulics 7 S

NE 474/574 4 Nuclear System Design I 38 S

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S Student Enrollment in Courses Which are Taught or 0 Partially Taught at the Radiation Center 0 Number of Students Course # CREDIT COURSE TITLE Summer Sume Fall Winter Wite Spring S 2012 2012 2013 2013 0 NE 475/575 4 Nuclear System Design II 41 0 NE/RHP 479* 1-4 Individual Design Project 0 NE/RI-IP 481* 4 Radiation Protection 42 0 NE/RHP 582* 4 Applied Radiation Safety 9 0 RHP 483/583 4 Radiation Biology 12 0 RHP 488/588* 3 Radioecology 14 0

NE/RHP 590 4 Internal Dosimetry 6 0

NE/RHP/MP 503/603* 1 T1hesis 18 38 35 56 0 NE/ RHP 516* 4 Radiochemistry I 0 NE 526 3 Numerical Methods for Engineering Analysis 11 NE/RHP/MP 531 3 Nuclear Physics for Engineers and Scientists 14 0 NE/RHP/MP 536* 3 Advanced Radiation Detection & Measurement 18 0 NE/RHP 537 3 Digital Spectrometer Design 5 MP 541 3 Diagnostic Imaging Physics 0

NE 550 3 Nuclear Medicine 0 NE 553 3 Advanced Nuclear Reactor Physics 12 0 MP 563 4 Applied Medical Physics 3 NE 468/568 3 Nuclear Reactor Safety 19 0 NE/RHP/MP 599 Special Topics 6 13 18 0 MP 610 Internship/Work Experience 2 0

Course From Other OSU Departments 0

CH 233* 5 General Chemistry 100 0 CH 233H* 5 Honors General Chemistry 44 CH 462* 3 Experimental Chemistry II Laboratory 17 0 ENGR 111* 3 Engineering Orientation 214 0 ENGR 212H* 3 Honors Engineering 15 0 ST Special Topics OSTR used occasionalvyfor demonstrationand/or experiments OSTR used heavily 13-14 Annual Report 13

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Operating Status InactiveExperiments 0

During the operating period between July 1, 2013 and June Presently 33 experiments are in the inactive file. Ihis S

30,2014, the reactor produced 769 MVWH of thermal power consists of experiments which have been performed in during its 814 critical hours. the past and may be reactivated. Many of these experi-ments are now performed under the more general experi- 0 ments listed in the previous section. Ihe following list S identifies these inactive experiments.

Experiments Performed 0 During the current reporting period there were nine A-2 Measurement of Reactor Power Level via Mn Activation. 0 approved reactor experiments available for use in reactor-related programs. They are: A-3 Measurement of Cd Ratios for Mn, In, and Au 0

in Rotating Rack. 0 A-1 Normal TRIGA Operation (No Sample Irradia-tion). A-4 Neutron Flux Measurements in TRIGA.

A-5 Copper Wire Irradiation. 0 B-3 Irradiation of Materials in the Standard OSTR Irradiation Facilities. A-6 In-core Irradiation of LiF Crystals. 0 A-7 Investigation of TRIGA~s Reactor Bath Water 0 B-11 Irradiation of Materials Involving Specific Quantities of Uranium and Thorium in the Temperature Coefficient and High Power Level 0 Power Fluctuation.

Standard OSTR Irradiation Facilities. 0 B-1 Activation Analysis of Stone Meteorites, Other B-12 Exploratory Experiments. Meteorites, and Terrestrial Rocks.

0 B-23 Studies Using TRIGA Thermal Column. B-2 Measurements of Cd Ratios of Mn, In, and Au 0 in Thermal Column. 0 B-29 Reactivity Worth of Fuel.

B-4 Flux Mapping. 0 B-31 TRIGA Flux Mapping. B-5 In-core Irradiation of Foils for Neutron Spectral 0 B-33 Irradiation of Combustible Liquids in Rotating Measurements. 0 Rack. B-6 Measurements of Neutron Spectra in External Irradiation Facilities.

0 B-34 Irradiation of enriched uranium in the Neutron B-7 Measurements of Gamma Doses in External Ir-0 Radiography Facility. radiation Facilities. 0 B-35 Irradiation of enriched uranium in the PGNAA B-8 Isotope Production. 0 Facility. B-9 Neutron Radiography. 0 B-10 Neutron Diffraction. 0 Of these available experiments, three were used during the reporting period. Table IV.4 provides information B-13 This experiment number was changed to A-7. 0 related to the frequency of use and the general purpose B-14 Detection of Chemically Bound Neutrons. 0 of their use. B-15 This experiment number was changed to C-1. 0 0

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S 0 B-16 Production and Preparation of "F. 13-06, Repair of tank welds and seams 0 B-17 Fission Fragment Gamma Ray Angular Cor- Description 0 relations. To seal potential leakage sites in the reactor tank, a 0 B-18 A Study of Delayed Status (n, 7) Produced recommended epoxy sealant was used to coat suspected Nuclei. welds and seams on the inside of the tank.

0 B-19 Instrument Timing via Light Triggering.

B-20 Sinusoidal Pile Oscillator. 13-07, OSTROP 24 changes 0

B-21 Beam Port #3 Neutron Radiography Facility. Description 0

B-22 Water Flow Measurements Through TRIGA These changes to the Physical Security System Func-0 Core. tional Checks and Control Room Exit Procedures reflect the screening procedure for changes in OS-0 B-24 General Neutron Radiography.

TROPS. Security related equipment is not discussed in 0 B-25 Neutron Flux Monitors. the FSAR.

B-26 Fast Neutron Spectrum Generator.

0 B-27 Neutron Flux Determination Adjacent to the 13-08, OSTROP 6 changes 0 OSTR Core. Description 0 B-28 Gamma Scan of Sodium (TED) Capsule. Electronic versions of updated OSTROPs provide only 0 B-30 NAA of Jet, Diesel, and Furnace Fuels. one set of hard copy procedures which are maintained 0 by the Reactor Supervisor in the control room.

B-32 Argon Production Facility 0 C-1 PuO2 Transient Experiment.

13-09, Reactor Top and Stack Cam changes. Water 0 monitor changes.

0 Unplanned Shutdowns Description S There were six unplanned reactor shutdowns during the current reporting period. Table IV.5 details these events. Evaluates the upgrade of electronics associated with 0 the Reactor Top and Stack CAMs and water monitor.

Moving filter assembles and scintillation detectors are 0 expected to improve the accuracy and reliability of these 0 Changes Pursuant tol 0 CFR 50-59 systems.

0 No safety evaluations were performed during this year.

0 There were nine new screens performed in support of 13-10,Transient Rod and Rotating Rack control changes 0 the reactor this year. They were:

Description 13-05, Replacement of the annular reflector assembly 0 Modifies the rotating rack directional control switch to Description prevent damage due to rapid reversing of the drive mo-0 A leaking annular reflector surrounding the reactor was tor. Allows operation of the reactor with the maximum 0 replaced with a new reflector built to the same speci- pulse addition limiting bracket removed from the Tran-0 fications as the original. Configuration changes were sient rod. Removal of this bracket initiates an interlock to prevent transient mode operation.

0 outlined.

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0 0

13-11, Changes to OSTROPs 2,3,4,5,13,14 and 15 September 2013 0

- Cleaned inside surfaces of Beam Ports 1, 2 and 4 and Description 0 prepped for painting. Applied several coats of epoxy.

These changes were evaluated as a result of the Reactor

- Primary tank ultrasonically inspected.

0 Operations Committee audits of assigned procedures and best practices input from operating staff.

S November 2013 0

14-01, Changes to OSTROPs 2,5, 13 and 16 - New bellows, annulor reflector, core barrel and stand 0

Description all replaced and installed. 0 Grammatical or formatting changes based on recom- - Rotary rack, fuel, graphite elements reinstalled as 0 mendations to clarify language or intent. part of the annular reflector replacement project. 0 14-02, Changes to RCHPP 18 0

April 2014 Description 0

- Replaced the bearings for the reactor roof meteoro-Grammatical or formatting changes based on recom- logical WindBird unit.

0 mendations to clarify language or intent. - ARM #1 detector replaced due to failing ion cham- 0 ber. 0 14-03, Changes to 0 STROPs 6, 7, 8,9,11 and 22 - A new roof access ladder has been fabricated and 0 Description installed on the reactor roof. 0

- The Stack monitor air flow indicator failed and was Grammatical or formatting changes based on recom- 0 mendations to clarify language or intent. replaced.

0 May 2014 0 Surveillance and Maintenance - Changed out the RONAN annunciator alarm panels 0 Non-Routine Maintenance which are on at night (failed on) which were darken- 0 ing due to phosphor burn out with amber sets. These are expected to last much longer.

0 July 2013 - Safe channel ion chamber wiring connections under 0

- Replaced bearings on cooling tower fans and hood the reactor top grate appear to have developed some 0 exhaust fan for B-121. corrosion and were replaced. 0

- Primary resin bed replaced.

- Disassembled cooling tower spray manifolds and 0 riser tubes to rod out rust chips and other debris 0 blocking flow. Cleaned tower basin. June 2014

- Facility Services repaired cracks in reactor bay roof - Facility Services replaced a low temperature shut-0 tar surface around the new cooling tower piping down switch on the EDG. 0 penetrations. 0 0

August 2013 0

- Scrapped rust and other debris from the inside of beam port 4.

0

- Rotary rack, fuel, graphite elements, and bellows 0 removed for reflector replacement project. 0 0

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0 0 Table IV.1 Present OSTR Operating Statistics 0

0 Operational Data For LEU Core Annual Values (2013/2014)

Cumulative Values 0

0 MWH of energy produced 769 7,259 0

0 0 MWD of energy produced 32 2,93.8 0

0 23 Grams 1U used 44 416 0

0 Number of fuel elements added to (+) or removed(-) from 90 0 the core 0

S Number of pulses 24 202 0

0 Hours reactor critical 814 7,835 0

S 0 Hours at full power (1 MW) 766 7,232 0

0 Number of startup and shutdown checks 242 1,183 0

0 Number of irradiation requests processed 205 1,357 0

0 Number of samples irradiated 3,554 10,798 S

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0 Table IV.2 0 OSTR Use Time in Terms of Specific Use Categories 0 Annual Values Cumulative Values 0 OSTR Use Category (hours) (hours) 0 Teaching (departmental and others) 17 13,636 0

0 OSU research 875 18,370 0 0

Off campus research 1,380 42,896 0 0

Demonstrations 0 38 0

Reactor preclude time 1,378 32,308 0

0 Facility time 25 7,222 0 0

Total Reactor Use Time 3,675 114,470 0 0

0 0

Table IV.3 0 OSTR Multiple Use Time 0 Cumulative Values 0 Number of Users Annual Values (hours) (hours) 0 Two 261 8,889 0

'Three 210 4,660 0

0 Four 164 2,588 0 Five 53 926 0

0 Six 19 241 0 Seven 2 69 0

0 Eight 0 3 0 Total Multiple Use Time 709 17,376 0

0 0

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0 0 Table IV.4 0 Use of OSTR Reactor Experiments S Experiment Research Teaching Other Total Number 0

0 A-1 2 0 0 2 0

0 B-3 181 11 0 192 0

0 B-31 11 0 0 11 0

0 Total 194 11 0 205 0

0 0

S 0 Table IV.5 0 Unplanned Reactor Shutdowns and Scrams 0

Number of Type of Event Occurrences Cause of Event 0

0 0 Safe channel high power 1 Excessive operator rod withdrawal rate 0

0 Period 1 Aggressive rod callibration curve development 0

0 Manual 3 Loss of off-site power 0

0 Manual Operator error on pulse initiation 0

0 0

0 0

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Figure IV.1 Monthly Surveillance and Maintenance (Sample Form)

OSTROP 13, Rev. LEU-4 Surveillance & Maintenance for the Month of SURVEILLANCE & MAINTENANCE

[SHADE INDICATES LICENSE REQUIREMENT]

ISI TARGET DATE DATE DATE COMPLETED REMARKS EXCEEDED

• INITIALS UP: INCHES MAXIMUM AND LOW WATER REACTOR TANK HIGH I MOVEMENT DN: INCHES LEVELALARMS +__3 1NCHES ANN:

2 BULK WATER TEMPERATURE ALARM CHECK FUNCTIONAL Tested @__

CHANNEL TEST OF REACTOR TOP CAM AND Rx Top__

STACK CAM 3600100 cpm Stack 4.A MEASUREMENT OF REACTOR PRIMARY <5 pmho\cm WATER CONDUCTIVITY 4.B PRIMARY WATER Ph MEASUREMENT MAX: 5 MIN: 8.5 N/A BULK SHIELD TANK WATER Ph MIN: 5 N/A MEASUREMENT MAX: 8.5 6 CHANGE LAZY SUSAN FILTER FILTER CHANGED N/A 7 REACTOR TOP CAM OIL LEVEL CHECK OSTROP 13.10 NEED OIL? N/A

> 50%

8 EMERGENCY DIESEL GENERATOR CHECKS N/A Total hours 9 PRIMARY PUMP BEARINGS OIL LEVEL CHECK OSTROP 13.13 NEED OIL?_ N/A 10 WATER MONITOR CHECK N/A II RABBIT SYSTEM RUN TIME Total hours N/A 12 OIL TRANS ROD BRONZE BEARING WD 40 N/A

• Date not to be exceeded is only applicable to shaded items. It is equal to the time completed last month plus six weeks.

Figure IV.2 Quarterly Surveillance and Maintenance (Sample Form)

OSTROP 14, Rev. LEU-2 Surveillance & Maintenance for the 1St / 2 nd / 3 rd / 4 th Quarter of 20 SURVEILLANCE & MAINTENANCE LIMITS ASFOUND TARGET DATE NOT TO DATE REMARKS &

[SHADE INDICATES LICENSE REQUIREMENT] DATE BE EXCEEDED* COMPLETED INITIALS 1 REACTOR OPERATION COMMITTEE (ROC) AUDIT QUARTERLY 2 QUARTERLY ROC MEETING QUARTERLY 3 NOT CURRENTLY USED N/A N/A 4 ERP INSPECTIONS QUARTERLY 5 NOT CURRENTLY USED N/A N/A 6 ROTATING RACK CHECK FOR UNKNOWN SAMPLES EMPTY 7 WATER MONITOR ALARM CHECK FUNCTIONAL MOTORS OILED 8 STACK MONITOR CHECKS PART: 1150V+50 V (OIL DRIVE MOTORS. H.V. READINGS)

GAS: 900 V + 50 V 9 CHECK FILTER TAPE SPEED ON STACK MONITOR I"/HR + 0.2 10 INCORPORATE 50.59 & ROCAS INTO DOCUMENTATION QUARTERLY ALARM ON CONTACT 11 STACK MONITOR ALARM CIRCUIT CHECKS CONTACT

- U Figure IV.2 (continued)

Quarterly Surveillance and Maintenance (Sample Form)

OSTROP 14, Rev. LEU-2 Surveillance & Maintenance for the Is' / 2 nd / 3 rd / 41 Quarter of 20 SURVEILLANCE & MAINTENANCE LIMITS ASFOUND TARGET DATE NOT TO DATE REMARKS &

[SHADE INDICATES LICENSE REQUIREMENT] DATE BE EXCEEDED* COMPLETED INITIALS ARM SYSTEM ALARM CHECKS CHAN 1 2 3S 3E 4 5 7 8 9 10 11112113 14 AUD 12 FUNCTIONAL LIGHT PANEL ANN OPERATOR LOG a) TIME b) OPERATING EXERCISE a) >4 hours: at console (RO) or as Rx. Sup. (SRO) 13 b) Complete Operating Exercise

• Date not be exceeded only applies to shaded items. It is equal to the date completed last quarter plus four months.

Figure IV.3 Semi-Annual Surveillance and Maintenance (Sample Form)

OSTROP 15, Rev. LEU-2 Surveillance & Maintenance for the 1st / 2 nd Half of 20 DATE NOT REMARKS TARGET DATE &

SURVEILLANCE & MAINTENANCE LIMITS ASFOUND DATE TO BE COMPLETED &

[SHADE INDICATES LICENSE REQUIREMENT] EXCEEDED* MLTDINITIALS NO WITHDRAW NEUTRON SOURCE COUNT RATE INTERLOCK

>5 cps TRANSIENT ROD AIR INTERLOCK NO PULSE FUNCTIONAL PULSE PROHIBIT ABOVE I kW _>kW CHECKS OF REACTOR TWO ROD WITHDRAWAL PROHIBIT I only INTERLOCKS PULSE MODE ROD MOVEMENT INTERLOCK NO MOVEMENT MAXIMUM PULSE REACTIVITY INSERTION LIMIT  ! $2.25 PULSE INTERLOCK ON RANGE SWITCH NO PULSE 2 SAFETY TEST CIRCUIT PERIOD SCRAM >3 sec 1

3 NOT CURENTLY USED N/A N/A PULSE # 52O% PULSE #

__MW __MW 0(C CHANGE _C 4 TEST PULSE 5 NOT CURRENTLY USED N/A N/A 6 NOT CURRENTLY USED N/A N/A 7 NOT CURRENTLY USED NIA N/A

• Date not to be exceeded is only applicable to shaded items. It is equal to the date last time plus 7 1/2 months.

-u Figure IV.3 (continued)

Semi-Annual Surveillance and Maintenance (Sample Form)

OSTROP 15, Rev. LEU-2 Surveillance & Maintenance for the Ist / 2 nd Half of 20 SURVEILLANCE & MAINTENANCE LIMIS ASOUNDTO TARGET BE DATEDATE REMARKS &

[SHADE INDICATES LICENSE REQUIREMENT] LIMITS AS FOUND A EXCEEDED* COMPLETED INITIALS 8 CLEANING & LUBRICATION OF TRANSIENT ROD CARRIER INTERNAL BARREL 9 LUBRICATION OF BALL-NUT DRIVE ON TRANSIENT ROD CARRIER 10 LUBRICATION OF THE ROTATING RACK BEARINGS lOW OIL 11 CONSOLE CHECK LIST OSTROP 15.XI 12 INVERTER MAINTENANCE See User Manual 13 STANDARD CONTROL ROD MOTOR CHECKS LO-17 Bodine Oil NONE SAFETY CHANNEL NONl (info Only) 14 ION CHAMBER RESISTANCE MEASUREMENTS WITH MEGGAR INDUCED VOLTAGE NONE

%POWER CHANNEL(IfOny (Info Only)

@ 100 V. I = AMPS FISSION CHAMBER RESISTANCE @a900 V. I = AAMPS 15 NONE 15 CALCULATION R = 800 V Al = AMPS (Info Only)

AI R=-Q HIGH 16 FUNCTIONAL CHECK OF HOLDUP TANK WATER LEVEL ALARMS OSTROP 15.XVIII FULL BRUSH INSPECTION INSPECTION OF THE PNEUMATIC TRANSFER SOLENOID VALVE INSPECTION FUNCTIONAL SYSTEM SAMPLE INSERTION TIME CHECK <6 SECONDS

• Date not to be exceeded is only applicable to shaded items. It is equal to the date last time plus 7 1/2 months.

Figure IV.4 Annual Surveillance and Maintenance (Sample Form)

OSTROP 16, Rev. LEU-2 Annual Surveillance and Maintenance for 20 IIDATE AS TARGET NOT IREMARKS TO BE DATE &

SURVEILLANCE AND MAINTENANCE LIMITS

[SHADE INDICATES LICENSE REQUIREMENT] FOUND DATE EXCEEDED_ COMPLETED INITIALS FFCRS BIENNIAL INSPECTION I OF CONTROL OSTROP 12.0 RODS: TRANS 2 ANNUAL REPORT NOV I OCT] NOV I NORMAL 3 CONTROL ROD CALIBRATION: CLcrr OSTROP 9.0 ICIT/DUMMY 4 REACTOR POWER CALIBRATION OSTROP 8.0 5 CALIBRATION OF REACTOR TANK WATER TEMP OSTROP 16.5 TEMPERATURE METERS CONTINUOUS Particulate Monitor 6 AIR MONITOR RCHPP 18 CALIBRATION: Gas Monitor STACK MONITOR Particulate Monitor RCHPP 7 CALIBRATION Gas Monitor 18 & 26 8 AREA RADIATION MONITOR CALIBRATION RCHPP 18.0 9 DECOMMISSIONING COST UPDATE N/A N/A AUGUST 1

• Date not be exceeded is only applicable to shaded items. It is equal to the date completed last year plus 15 months.

For biennial license requirements, it is equal to the date completed last time plus 2 1/2 years.

-U Figure IV.4 (continued)

Annual Surveillance and Maintenance (Sample Form)

OSTROP 16, Rev. LEU-2 Annual Surveillance and Maintenance for 20 DATE NOT SURVEILLANCE AND MAINTENANCE AS TARGET DATE REMARKS

[SHADE INDICATES LICENSE REQUIREMENT] LIMITS FOUND DATE TO BE COMPLETED & INITIALS 10 SNM PHYSICAL INVENTORY N/A N/A OCTOBER 1 11 MATERIAL BALANCE REPORTS N/A N/A NOVEMBER 12 STANDARD CONTROL ROD DRIVE INSPECTION OSTROP 16.13 NORMAL 13 CORE EXCESS <$7.55 ICIT__

CLICIT CFD TRAINING GOOD SAM TRAINING ERP REVIEW ERP DRILL EMERGENCY FIRST AID FOR:

14 RESPONSE PLAN FIRST AID FOR:

EVACUATION DRILL AUTO EVAC ANNOUNCEMENT TEST ERP EQUIPMENT INVENTORY BIENNIAL SUPPORT AGREEMENTS OSP/DPS TRAINING PSP REVIEW PHYSICAL PSP DRILL 15 SECURITY PLAN LOCK/SAFE COMBO CHANGES AUTHORIZATION LIST UPDATE SPOOF MEASUREMENTS

• Date not be exceeded is only applicable to shaded items. It is equal to the date completed last year plus 15 months.

For biennial license requirements, it is equal to the date completed last time plus 2 1/2 years.

Figure IV.4 (continued)

Annual Surveillance and Maintenance (Sample Form)

OSTROP 16, Rev. LEU-2 Annual Surveillance and Maintenance for 20 DATE NOT SURVEILLANCE AND MAINTENANCE AS TARGET E DATE REMARKS

[SHADE INDICATES LICENSE REQUIREMENT] LIMITS _______ ___

FOUND

_____EXCEEDED*

DATE _

COMPLETED INITIALS ANNUAL 16 KEY INVENTORY CONTROL ROD TRANS SAFE SHIM REG <2 sec WITHDRAWAL SCRAM INSERTION & W/D <50 sec SCRAM TIMES INSERT <50 sec REACTOR BAY VENTILLATION SYSTEM DAMPERS CLOSE IN <5 1StFloor SHUTDOWN TEST SECONDS 2nd Floor 19 CALIBRATION OF THE FUEL ELEMENT Per TEMPERATURE CHANNEL Checksheet

> 20 FE's inspected FUEL ELEMENT INSPECTION No damage, deteriora.tion or swell.

FOR SELECTED ELEMENTS At least one FE from each ring inspected.

100% of irradiated FE's inspected after 5 years.

21 REACTOR TANK AND CORE COMPONENT NO WHITE SPOTS INSPECTION 22 EMERGENCY LIGHT LOAD TEST RCHPP 18.0 ANNUAL REQUALIFICATION BIENNIAL MEDICAL EVERY 6 YEARS LICENSE REACTOR OPERATOR LICENSE CONDITIONS WRITTEN OPERATING TEST APPLICATION EXPIRATION EXAM OEAI TES DATE DATE OPERATOR NAME DATE DATE DATE COMPLETED DUE DATE DUE PASSED DATE DUE PASSED DATE MAILED 23 NEUTRON RADIOGRAPHY FACILITY INTERLOCKS

• Date not be exceeded is only applicable to shaded items. It is equal to the date completed last year plus 15 months.

For biennial license requirements, it is equal to the date completed last time plus 2 1/2 years.

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Introduction Liquid Effluents Released 0 The purpose of the radiation protection program is to ensure Liquid Effluents 0 the safe use of radiation and radioactive material in the Cen-ter's teaching, research, and service activities, and in a similar Oregon State University has implemented a policy to re- 0 duce the volume of radioactive liquid effluents to an absolute manner to the fulfillment of all regulatory requirements of the minimum. For example, water used during the ion exchanger 0 State of Oregon, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, resin change is now recycled as reactor makeup water. Waste 0 and other regulatory agencies. The comprehensive nature of water from Radiation Center laboratories and the OSTR is the program is shown in Table V.1, which lists the program's collected at a holdup tank prior to release to the sanitary sewer.

0 major radiation protection requirements and the performance Liquid effluent are analyzed for radioactivity content at the 0 frequency for each item. time it is released to the collection point. For this reporting 0 period, the Radiation Center and reactor made seven liquid ef-The radiation protection program is implemented by a staff fluent releases to the sanitary sewer. All Radiation Center and 0

consisting of a Senior Health Physicist, a Health Physicist, reactor facility liquid effluent data pertaining to this release are and several part-time Health Physics Monitors (see Part II).

contained in Table V.2.

0 Assistance is also provided by the reactor operations group, the neutron activation analysis group, the Scientific Instrument Liquid Waste Generatedand Transferred 0 Technician, and the Radiation Center Director. Liquid waste generated from glassware and laboratory experi-The data contained in the following sections have been ments is transferred by the campus Radiation Safety Office 0 to its waste processing facility. The annual summary of liquid prepared to comply with the current requirements of Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Facility License No. R-106 waste generated and transferred is contained in Table V.3. S (Docket No. 50-243) and the Technical Specifications con- S tained in that license. The material has also been prepared in S compliance with Oregon Department of Energy Rule No. Airborne Effluents Released 345-30-010, which requires an annual report of environmental Airborne effluents are discussed in terms of the gaseous com-0 effects due to research reactor operations. ponent and the particulate component. 0 Within the scope of Oregon State University's radiation pro- Gaseous Effluents 0

tection program, it is standard operating policy to maintain all Gaseous effluents from the reactor facility are monitored by 0 releases of radioactivity to the unrestricted environment and all exposures to radiation and radioactive materials at levels which the reactor stack effluent monitor. Monitoring is continuous, 0 i.e., prior to, during, and after reactor operations. It is normal are consistently "as low as reasonably achievable" (ALARA). for the reactor facility stack effluent monitor to begin operation as one of the first systems in the morning and to cease opera- 0 tion as one of the last systems at the end of the day. All gaseous 0 Environmental Releases effluent data for this reporting period are summarized in Table V.4.

0 The annual reporting requirements in the OSTR Technical 0 Specifications state that the licensee (OSU) shall include "a Particulate effluents from the reactor facility are also moni-summary of the nature and amount of radioactive effluents released or discharged to the environs beyond the effective tored by the reactor facility stack effluent monitor. 0 control of the licensee, as measured at, or prior to, the point ParticulateEffluents S of such release or discharge." The liquid and gaseous effluents Evaluation of the detectable particulate radioactivity in the stack effluent confirmed its origin as naturally-occurring radon S

released, and the solid waste generated and transferred are discussed briefly below. Data regarding these effluents are also daughter products, within a range of approximately 3x10-11 summarized in detail in the designated tables. l.Ci/ml to 1 x 10' pCi/ml. This particulate radioactivity is 28 13-14 Annual Report

0 T Radiation Protection 0

S predominantly 214Pb and 214 Bi, which is not associated with Facilities Services maintenance personnel are normally is-0 reactor operations. sued a gamma sensitive electronic dosimeter as their basic 0 There was no release of particulate effluents with a half life monitoring device. A few Facilities Services personnel who routinely perform maintenance on mechanical or refrigeration 0 greater than eight days and therefore the reporting of the equipment are issued a quarterly XMl(y) TLD badge and other 0 average concentration of radioactive particulates with half lives dosimeters as appropriate for the work being performed.

greater than eight days is not applicable.

0 Students attending laboratory classes are issued quarterly 0 XM(y) TLD badges, TLD (finger) extremity dosimeters, and 0 Solid Waste Released track-etch/albedo or other neutron dosimeters, as appropriate.

Data for the radioactive material in the solid waste generated Students or small groups of students who attend a one-time 0 and transferred during this reporting period are summarized lab demonstration and do not handle radioactive materials are 0 in Table V.5 for both the reactor facility and the Radiation usually issued a gamma sensitive electronic dosimeter. These 0 Center. Solid radioactive waste is routinely transferred to results are not included with the laboratory class students.

OSU Radiation Safety. Until this waste is disposed of by the 0 Radiation Safety Office, it is held along with other campus OSU police and security personnel are issued a quarterly Xi(3y) TLD badge to be used during their patrols of the Ra-0 radioactive waste on the University's State of Oregon radioac-diation Center and reactor facility.

0 tive materials license.

Visitors, depending on the locations visited, may be issued 0 Solid radioactive waste is disposed of by OSU Radiation gamma sensitive electronic dosimeters. OSU Radiation Center Safety by transfer to the University's radioactive waste disposal policy does not normally allow people in the visitor category to vendor.

0 become actively involved in the use or handling of radioactive materials.

0 0 Personnel Dose An annual summary of the radiation doses received by each of the above six groups is shown in Table V.6. There were no per-0 The OSTR annual reporting requirements specify that the sonnel radiation exposures in excess of the limits in 10 CFR licensee shall present a summary of the radiation exposure re-20 or State of Oregon regulations during the reporting period.

0 ceived by facility personnel and visitors. The summary includes all Radiation Center personnel who may have received expo-0 sure to radiation. These personnel have been categorized into 0 six groups: facility operating personnel, key facility research Facility Survey Data personnel, facilities services maintenance personnel, students The OSTR Technical Specifications require an annual 0 in laboratory classes, police and security personnel, and visitors. summary of the radiation levels and levels of contamination 0 Facility operating personnel include the reactor operations and observed during routine surveys performed at the facility. The Center's comprehensive area radiation monitoring program 0 health physics staff. The dosimeters used to monitor these in-encompasses the Radiation Center as well as the OSTR, and 0 dividuals include quarterly TLD badges, quarterly track-etch/

therefore monitoring results for both facilities are reported.

albedo neutron dosimeters, monthly TLD (finger) extremity 0 dosimeters, pocket ion chambers, electronic dosimetry. Area RadiationDosimeters S Area monitoring dosimeters capable of integrating the radia-Key facility research personnel consist of Radiation Center S staff, faculty, and graduate students who perform research tion dose are located at strategic positions throughout the reactor facility and Radiation Center. All of these dosimeters 0 using the reactor, reactor-activated materials, or using other contain at least a standard personnel-type beta-gamma film or S research facilities present at the Center. The individual dosim-TLD pack. In addition, for key locations in the reactor facility etry requirements for these personnel will vary with the type of and for certain Radiation Center laboratories a CR-39 plastic research being conducted, but will generally include a quarterly track-etch neutron detector has also been included in the TLD film badge and TLD (finger) extremity dosimeters. If monitoring package.

the possibility of neutron exposure exists, researchers are also monitored with a track-etch/ albedo neutron dosimeter.

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Radiation Protection V

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0 The total dose equivalent recorded on the various reactor facil- The annual summary of radiation and contamination levels 0 ity dosimeters is listed in Table V.7 and the total dose equiva- measured during routine facility surveys for the applicable lent recorded on the Radiation Center area dosimeters is listed reporting period is given in Table V.9. 0 in Table V.8. Generally, the characters following the Monitor 0 Radiation Center (MRC) designator show the room number or location.

0 Environmental Survey Data 0 Routine Radiationand ContaminationSurveys The Center's program for routine radiation and contamination The annual reporting requirements of the OSTR Technical 0 Specifications include "an annual summary of environmental surveys consists of daily, weekly, and monthly measurements surveys performed outside the facility." 0 throughout the TRIGA reactor facility and Radiation Center. 0 The frequency of these surveys is based on the nature of the radiation work being carried out at a particular location or on 0

other factors which indicate that surveillance over a specific Gamma Radiation Monitoring 0 area at a defined frequency is desirable. On-site Monitoring Monitors used in the on-site gamma environmental radiation 0

The primary purpose of the routine radiation and contamina- monitoring program at the Radiation Center consist of the 0 tion survey program is to assure regularly scheduled surveil- reactor facility stack effluent monitor described in Section V 0 lance over selected work areas in the reactor facility and in the and nine environmental monitoring stations.

Radiation Center, in order to provide current and character- 0 istic data on the status of radiological conditions. A second During this reporting period, each fence environmental sta- 0 tion utilized an LiF TLD monitoring packet supplied and pro-objective of the program is to assure frequent on-the-spot personal observations (along with recorded data), which will cessed by Mirion Technologies, Inc., Irvine, California. Each 0

provide advance warning of needed corrections and thereby GDS packet contained three LiF TLDs and was exchanged 0 help to ensure the safe use and handling of radiation sources quarterly for a total of 108 samples during the reporting period 0 and radioactive materials. A third objective, which is really (9 stations x 3 TLDs per station x 4 quarters). The total num-derived from successful execution of the first two objectives, is ber of GDS TLD samples for the reporting period was 108. A 0

to gather and document information which will help to ensure summary of the GDS TLD data is also shown in Table V.10. 0 that all phases of the operational and radiation protection From Table V.10 it is concluded that the doses recorded by the 0 programs are meeting the goal of keeping radiation doses to personnel and releases of radioactivity to the environment "as dosimeters on the TRIGA facility fence can be attributed to 0 low as reasonably achievable" (ALARA).

natural back-ground radiation, which is about 110 mrem per year for Oregon (Refs. 1,2).

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Off-site Monitoring The off-site gamma environmental radiation monitoring 0

program consists of twenty monitoring stations surrounding 0 the Radiation Center (see Figure V.1) and six stations located 0 within a 5 mile radius of the Radiation Center.

0 Each monitoring station is located about four feet above 0 the ground (MRCTE 21 and MRCTE 22 are mounted on the roof of the EPA Laboratory and National Forage Seed 0

Laboratory, respectively). These monitors are exchanged and 0 processed quarterly, and the total number of TLD samples dur- 0 ing the current one-year reporting period was 240 (20 stations x 3 chips per station per quarter x 4 quarters per year). The total 0 number of GDS TLD samples for the reporting period was 0 240. A summary of GDS TLD data for the off-site monitoring stations is given in Table V.11.

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0 0 Radioactive Materials Shipments Soil, Water, and Vegetation Surveys A summary of the radioactive material shipments originat-0 The soil, water, and vegetation monitoring program consists ing from the TRIGA reactor facility, NRC license R-106, of the collection and analysis of a limited number of samples is shown in Table V.14. A similar summary for shipments 0 in each category on a annual basis. The program monitors originating from the Radiation Center's State of Oregon ra-highly unlikely radioactive material releases from either the dioactive materials license ORE 90005 is shown in Table V.15.

0 TRIGA reactor facility or the OSU Radiation Center, and A summary of radioactive material shipments exported under 0 also helps indicate the general trend of the radioactivity Nuclear Regulatory Commission general license 10 CFR 0 concentration in each of the various substances sampled. See 110.23 is shown in Table V.16.

Figure V.1 for the locations of the sampling stations for grass 0 (G), soil (S), water (W) and rainwater (RW) samples. Most 0 locations are within a 1000 foot radius of the reactor facility References and the Radiation Center. In general, samples are collected over a local area having a radius of about ten feet at the posi- 1. U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, "Estimates tions indicated in Figure V.1. of Ionizing Radiation Doses in the United States, 0 1960-2000," ORP/CSD 72-1, Office of Radiation There are a total of 22 sampling locations: four soil locations, Programs, Rockville, Maryland (1972).

0 four water locations (when water is available), and fourteen vegetation locations. 2. U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, "Radiologi-cal Quality of the Environment in the United States, 0 The annual concentration of total net beta radioactivity (mi- 1977," EPA 520/1-77-009, Office of Radiation nus tritium) for samples collected at each environmental soil, Programs; Washington, D.C. 20460 (1977).

0 water, and vegetation sampling location (sampling station) is S listed in Table V.12. Calculation of the total net beta disin-tegration rate incorporates subtraction of only the count-ing system back-ground from the gross beta counting rate, followed by application of an appropriate counting system efficiency.

0 The annual concentrations were calculated using sample results which exceeded the lower limit of detection (LLD),

0 except that sample results which were less than or equal to 0 the LLD were averaged in at the corresponding LLD con-centration. Table V.13 gives the concentration and the range of values for each sample category for the current reporting period.

As used in this report, the LLD has been defined as the amount or concentration of radioactive material (in terms of pCi per unit volume or unit mass) in a representative sample, which has a 95% probability of being detected.

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Radiation Protection Program Requirements and Frequencies 0 Frequency Radiation Protection Requirement 0 0

Daily/Weekly/Monthly Perform Routing area radiation/contamination monitoring 0

Collect and analyze TRIGA primary, secondary, and make-up water.

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

Inspect laboratories.

0 Calculate previous month's gaseous effluent discharge. 0 0

Process and record solid waste and liquid effluent discharges. 0 Prepare and record radioactive material shipments.

Survey and record incoming radioactive materials receipts.

0 Perform and record special radiation surveys. 0 As Required Perform thyroid and urinalysis bioassays.

Conduct orientations and training.

0 Issue radiation work permits and provide health physics coverage for maintenance 0 operations.

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Prepare, exchange and process environmental TLD packs.

Conduct orientations for classes using radioactive materials. 0 Quarterly Collect and analyze samples from reactor stack effluent line. 0 Exchange personnel dosimeters and inside area monitoring dosimeters, and review exposure reports. 0 0

Semi-Annual Leak test and inventory sealed sources. 0 Conduct floor survey of corridors and reactor bay.

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Calibrate portable radiation monitoring instruments and personnel pocket ion chambers.

Calibrate reactor stack effluent monitor, continuous air monitors, remote area radiation 0 monitors, and air samplers. 0 Measure face air velocity in laboratory hoods and exchange dust-stop filters and HEPA Annual filters as necessary. 0 Inventory and inspect Radiation Center emergency equipment. 0 Conduct facility radiation survey of the 6"Co irradiators.

Conduct personnel dosimeter training.

0 Update decommissioning logbook. 0 Collect and process environmental soil, water, and vegetation samples.

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000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 9 Table V.2 Monthly Summary of Liquid Effluent Release to the Sanitary SewerM 11 Total Specific Activity for Each Total Quantity of Average Percent of Applicable Total Volume Date of . Detectable Radionuclide in Each Detectable Concentration Monthly Average of Liquid Effluent ofiQuantity of Discharge Detectable the Waste, Where the Radionuclide Of Released Concentration for Released Including (Month and Radioactivity Radionuclide in Release Concentration Released in the Radioactive Material Released Radioactive Diluent Year) (Curies) Was>l x 10-7 Waste at the Point of Release Material (gal) ml- 1)

Year)_(Curies) ( ýCi ml1) (Curies) ( PCi (%)(2)

H-3 H-3, 1.03x10- 1 H-3, 9.43x10 5- H-3, 0.94 Cr-51 Cr-51, 1.06x10- 6 Cr-51, 9.75x10 10 Cr-51, 0.00002 July 2013 1.03x10- Co-58 Co-58, 4.11x10-7 Co-58, 3.78x10-1' Co-58, 0.0002 Co-60 Co-60, 9.07x10-7 Co-60, 8.33x10-i0 Co-60, 0.003 H-3 H-3, 1.69x10- 1 H-3, 3.24x10-4 H-3, 3.24 Mn-54 Mn-54, 5.44x10- 7 Mn-54, 1.04x10- 9 Mn-54, 0.0003 August 2013 1.69x101 Cr-51 H-3,3.24x10-4 Cr-51, 2.48x10-6 Cr-51, 4.74x10-9 Cr-51, 0.00009 138,161 Co-58 Co-58, 1.94x10- 7 Co-58, 3.72x10-'0 Co-58, 0.0002 Co-60 Co-60, 3.89x10 6 Co-60, 7.42x10-9 Co-60, 0.02 H-3 H-3, 2.73x10- 1 H-3, 8.69x10-4 H-3, 8.69 Sc-46 Sc-46, 9.04x10- 7 Sc-46, 2.88x10-8 Sc-46, 0.003 Cr-51 Cr-51, 1.45x10- 5 Cr-51, 4.62x10- Cr-51, 0.0009 Mn-54 Mn-54, 3.54x10-6 Mn-54, 1.13x10-8 Mn-54, 0.004 September 2013 2.73x10-1 Co-58 H-3, 8.69x10 4 Co-58,5.85xi0 7 Co-58, 1.86x10 9 Co-58,0.0009 82,950 Co-60 Co-60, 3.83xi0 5- Co-60, 1.22x10 7 Co-60, 0.4 Rb-89 Rb-89, 4.14x10- 6 Rb-89, 1.32x10s Rb-89, 0.0001 Sb-124 Sb-124, 7.38x10- 7 Sb-124, 2.35x10-9 Sb-124, 0.003 Eu-154 Eu-154,4.1 1x10- 7 Eu-154, 1.31x10- 9 Eu-154,0.002 February 2014 1.07X10 2 H-3 H-3, 4.81x10 5 H-3, 1.07x10- 4 H-3, 4.81x10-5 H-3, 0.48 58,646 Frr0- Co-60 Co-60, 2.56x10 6- Co-60, 1.15x10- 8 Co-60, 0.04 H-3 H-3, 1.06x10- 3 H-3, 1.4ix10- 6 H-3, 0.014 June 2014 1.06x10 3 Co-60 H-3, i.41xi0 6 Co-60, 2.29x10 6 Co-60, 3.05x101 9 Co-60, 0.01 198,129 H-3, Sc-46, Annual Total Cr-51, Mn-54, for Radiation 8.3xi0 1 Co-58, Co-60, 1.34x10- 3 H-3, 0.55 1.34x10-3 13.85 765,833 Center Rb-89, Sb-124, Eu-154 (1) Tlhe OSU operational policy is to subtract only detector background from the water analysis data and not background radioactivity in the Corvallis city water.

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

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Volume of Liquid Detectable Total Quantity of Origin of Liquid Waste PackagedC1* Radionuclides Radioactivity in the for Transfer to the 0 Waste (gallons) in the Waste (Curies) Waste Processing Facility 0 0

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Reactor 0 0 0 Facility 0 Radiation Center 1.59 U-238 1.71x10- 5 8/29/14 0 Laboratories 0 0

TOTAL 1.59 See above 1.71x10-5 0

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Estimated Fraction of the Technical 0 Total Total Atmospheric Diluted Specification 0 Month Estimated Estimated Quantity of Concentration of Annual Average S Activity Argon-41 1

Argon-41 at Point of Argon-41 Released (Curies) Released(' ) (Curies) Release Argon-4 i 0 ( i~/cc)Concentration Limit (%)

([ICi/cc) 1 0

0 July 0.00 0.00 0.00x10 0 0.00 0

August 0.00 0.00 0.00x100 0.00 0

September 0.00 0.00 0.00x10 0 0.00 0

0 October 0.00 0.00 0.00x10 0 0.00 0 November 0.00 0.00 0.00x10° 0.00 S December 0.00 0.00 0.00x10 0 0.00 0 January 1.49 1.49 1.19x10.7 2.97 0 February 1.44 1.44 1.28x10-7 3.19 0 March 1.70 1.70 1.36x10-7 3.39 0

April 1.97 1.97 1.63x10-7 4.06 0 May 1.75 1.75 1.40x10- 7 3.51 S June 1.82 1.82 1.50x10 7 3.75 0

0 TOTAL 10.17 10.17 6.96x10O- (2) 1.74(2)

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Volume of Detectable Total Quantity Dates of Waste Pickup 0 Origin of Solid Waste Radionuclides of Radioactivity for Transfer to the O SU 0 Solid Waste Packaged", in the Waste in Solid Waste Waste Processing (Cubic Feet) (Curies) Facility 0 0

8/29/13 0 TRIGA Sc-46, Cr-51, Mn-54, Co-58, 0

11/20/13 Reactor 38 Co-60, Zn-65, As-74, Hf-181, 1.25x1004 0 Facility Ag-lr0m, Sb-124, Eu-152, Eu-154, Se-75, Fe-59, H-3, Cs-134, Na-24 2/17/14 0 5/17/14 0 8/29/13 0

0 Radiation Cs-134, Cs-137, Co-60, Am-241, 11/20/13 Center 32.25 H-3, Sr-85, U-238, Sr-90, Ag- 1.25x10s5 0 Laboratories 110m, Cd-109, Co-109, Co-57. Cr-51, Sn-113, Y-88,Te-123m 2/17/14 0 5/17/14 0 0

TOTAL 70.25 See Above 1.38x10-4 0

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0 Personnel Group Whole Body Extremities Whole Body Extremities Whole Body Extremities 0 (mrem) (mrem) (mrem) (mrem) (mrem) (mrem)

S 0 Facility Operating 381.43 502.57 639 914 2,229 3,518 Personnel 0

0 Key Facility 0 Research 4.23 12.44 37 46 55 112 Personnel 0

Facilities Services 0 Maintenance 0 N/A 0 N/A 0 N/A Personnel 0 Laboratory Class 4.31 0.61 58 48 880 115 Students 0

0 Campus Police and ND N/A ND N/A ND N/A 0 Security Personnel 0 Visitors <1 N/A 20.9 N/A 127.49 N/A 0

0 Contractors 818.93 136.33 683 773 1,334 2,045 0

0 (1) "N/I' indicates that there was no extremity monitoring conducted or required for the group.

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MRCTSE D104: South Badge East Wall 93 ND 0 MRCTSW D104: South Badge West Wall 1292 ND 0 MRCTNW D104: North Badge West Wall 244 ND 0 MRCTWN D104: West Badge North Wall 751 ND 0 MRCTEN D104: East Badge North Wall 286 ND 0 MRCTES D104: East Badge South Wall 1359 ND 0 MRCTWS D104: West Badge South Wall 386 ND 0

0 MRCTTOP D104: Reactor Top Badge 750 ND 0

MRCTHXS D104A: South Badge HX Room 612 ND 0 MRCTHXW D104A: West Badge HX Room 362 ND 0 MRCD-302 D302: Reactor Control Room 342 ND 0 MRCD-302A D302A: Reactor Supervisor's Office 74 N/A 0 MRCBP1 D104: Beam Port Number 1 600 ND 0

0 MRCBP2 D104: Beam Port Number 2 229 ND 0

MRCBP3 D104: Beam Port Number 3 698 ND 0 MRCBP4 D104: Beam Port Number 4 715 ND 0 (1) The total recorded dose equivalent values do not include natural background contribution and reflect the summation of the results of 0

four quarterly beta-gamma dosimeters or four quarterly fast neutron dosimeters for each location. A total dose equivalent of"ND" in- 0 dicates 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. "N/A' indicates that there was no neutron 0 monitor at that location. 00 (2) These dose equivalent values do not represent radiation exposure through an exterior wall directly into an unrestricted area.

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0 I.D. Facility Location 0 (See Figure V.1) Xfm(y (mrem)

) Neutron (mrem) 0 MRCA100 A100: Receptionist's Office 30 N/A 0 MRCBRF A102H: Front Personnel Dosimetry Storage Rack 28 N/A 0 MRCA120 A120: Stock Room 32 N/A 0 MRCA120A A120A: NAA Temporary Storage 0 N/A 0 MRCA126 A126: Radioisotope Research Lab 349 N/A 0 MRCCO-60 A128: 60 Co Irradiator Room 180 N/A 0 MRCA130 A130: Shielded Exposure Room 80 N/A 0 MRCA132 A132: TLD Equipment Room 856 N/A 0 MRCA138 A138: Health Physics Laboratory 188 N/A 0 MRCA146 A146: Gamma Analyzer Room (Storage Cave) 147 N/A 0 MRCB100 B100: Gamma Analyzer Room (Storage Cave) 167 N/A 0 MRCB114 B114: Lab ( 226 Ra Storage Facility) 1530 N/A 0 MRCB119-1 B119: Source Storage Room 363 N/A 0 MRCB119-2 B119: Source Storage Room 686 N/A 0

MRCB119A B119A: Sealed Source Storage Room 5,442 2,878 MRCB120 B120: Instrument Calibration Facility 45 N/A 0 MRCB122-2 B122: Radioisotope Hood 223 N/A MRCB122-3 B122: Radioisotope Research Laboratory 33 N/A 0

MRCB124-1 B124: Radioisotope Research Lab (Hood) 33 N/A 0 MRCB124-2 B124: Radioisotope Research Laboratory 30 N/A MRCB124-6 B124: Radioisotope Research Laboratory 28 N/A 0

0 MRCB128 B128: Instrument Repair Shop 32 N/A 0 MRCB136 B136 Gamma Analyzer Room 19 N/A 0 MRCC100 C100: Radiation Center Director's Office 22 N/A 0 (1) The total recorded dose equivalent values do not include natural background contribution and, reflect the summation of the 0 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-0 ing threshold of 10 mrem or that each of the fast neutron dosimeters was less than the vendor's threshold of 10 mrem. "N/N' indicates that there was no neutron monitor at that location.

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0 Table V.8 (continued) 0 Total Dose Equivalent Recorded on Area Dosimeters 0 Located Within the Radiation Center 0 Total Recorded 0 Monitor Radiation Center Dose Equivalent(') 0 I.D. Facility Location (See Figure V.1) Xf9(7) Neutron 0 (mrem) (mrem) 0 MRCC106A C106A: Office 28 N/A 0 MRCC106B C106B: Custodian Supply Storage 19 N/A 0

MRCC106-H C106H: East Loading Dock 13 N/A 0

MRCC118 C118: Radiochemistry Laboratory 0 N/A 0

MRCC120 C120: Student Counting Laboratory 43 N/A 0

MRCF100 F100: APEX Facility 17 N/A 0

0 MRCF102 F102: APEX Control Room 10 N/A 0

MRCB125N B125: Gamma Analyzer Room (Storage Cave) 10 N/A 0

MRCN125S B125: Gamma Analyzer Room 0 N/A 0

MRCC124 C124: Classroom 31 N/A 0 MRCC130 C130: Radioisotope Laboratory (Hood) 35 N/A 0 MRCD100 D100: Reactor Support Laboratory 49 N/A 0 MRCD102 D102: Pneumatic Transfer Terminal Lab' 163 ND 0 0

MRCD102-H D102H: 1st Floor Corridor at D102 66 ND 0

MRCD106-H D106H: 1st Floor Corridor at D106 193 N/A 0

MRCD200 D200: Reactor Administrator's Office 120 ND 0

MRCD202 D202: Senior Health Physicist's Office 167 ND 0

MRCBRR D200H: Rear Personnel Dosimetry Storage Rack 38 N/A 0

MRCD204 D204: Health Physicist Office 383 ND 0

MRCATHRL F104: ATHRL 12 N/A 0 MRCD300 D300: 3rd Floor Conference Room 146 ND 0 (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-0 lent of"ND" indicates that each of the dosimeters during the reporting period was less than the vendor's gamma dose report- 0 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 (See Figure V.1) (mrem/hr) (dpm/cm 2) 0 Average Maximum Average Maximum TRIGA Reactor Facility:

0 Reactor Top (D104) 1.0 880 <500 20625 0

Reactor 2nd Deck Area (D104) 4.1 38 <500 2097 0

Reactor Bay SW (D104) <1 60 <500 9821 Reactor Bay NW (D104) <1 28 1221 80484 0

Reactor Bay NE (D104) <1 25 673 138548 Reactor Bay SE (D104) <1 4 <500 4355 0 Class Experiments (D104, D302) <1 <1 <500 <500 0 Demineralizer Tank & Make Up Water System <1 12 <500 2258 (D104A) 0 0 Particulate Filter--Outside Shielding (D104A) <1 4 <500 968 0 Radiation Center:

0 NAA Counting Rooms (A146, B100) <1 15 <500 <500 0 Health Physics Laboratory (A138) <1 <1 <500 <500 0 6°Co Irradiator Room and Calibration Rooms <1 20 <500 <500 0 (A128, B120, A130) 0 Radiation Research Labs (A126, A136) <1 10 <500 <500 0 (B108, B114, B122, B124, C126, C130, A144)

Radioactive Source Storage (B 119, B119A, <1 17 <500 <500 0 A120A, A132A)

Student Chemistry Laboratory (C118) <1 <1 <500 <500 0 Student Counting Laboratory (C120) <1 <1 <500 <500 Operations Counting Room (B136, B125) <1 <1 <500 <500 Pneumatic Transfer Laboratory (D 102) <1 16 <500 62292 RX support Room (D100) <1 <1 <500 <500 (1) <500 dpm/100 cm2 = Less than the lower limit of detection for the portable survey instrument used.

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Total Recorded Dose Equivalent 0

Fence Environmental Monitoring Station (Including Background) 0 Based on Mirion TLDs(1 2) 0 (See Figure V.1)

(mrem) 0 MRCFE-1 98 +/- 6 0

MRCFE-2 93 +/-6 0 MRCFE-3 86+/-7 0 MRCFE-4 98 +/- 7 0

0 MRCFE-5 100 +/- 6 0

MRCFE-6 96+/-6 0 MRCFE-7 155 +/- 21 0 MRCFE-8 97+/-6 0

0 MRCFE-9 94+/-6 0

(1) Average Corvallis area natural background using Mirion TLDs totals 87 + 15 mrem for the same period.

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

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Off-Site Radiation Total Recorded Dose Equivalent Monitoring Station (Including Background) 0 (See Figure V.1) Based on Mirion TLDs(I.2) 0 (mrem) 0 MRCTE-2 94 +/- 5 0

MRCTE-3 90 +/- 7 0

MRCTE-4 91 +/- 7 0 MRCTE-5 101 +/-8 0 MRCTE-6 89 +/- 6 0 MRCTE-7 95 5 0 MRCTE-8 104 +/- 6 0 MRCTE-9 99 +/- 7 0 MRCTE-10 87 +/- 6 0 MRCTE-12 103 +/- 7 S MRCTE-13 93 5 MRCTE-14 94 +/- 6 0

MRCTE-15 89 +/- 7 S MRCTE-16 99 +/- 6 0 MRCTE-17 90 +/- 7 0 MRCTE-18 93 6 MRCTE-19 98 9 0

0 MRCTE-20 91 +5 0 MRCTE-21 83 6 MRCTE-22 87 +/- 8 (1) Average Corvallis area natural background using Mirion TLDs totals 87 +/- 15 mrem for the same period.

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and Vegetation Samples 0

0 Sample Sample Annual Average Concentration Location Sape Of the Total Net Beta (Minus 3H) Reporting 0 (See Fig. V.1) Type Radioactivity" Units 0 1-W Water 4.97x10-6'2' iCi m1-1 0 4-W Water 4.97x10-61'1 1 Ci m1-1 0 11-W Water 4.97x10- 6 pCi m1-1 0 19-RW Water 4.97x10-6121 1 ICi m1-1 0 3-S Soil 1.19x10- 4 1.22x10- 5 aCi g-1 of dry soil 0

5-S Soil 9.18x10- 5 +/- 1.08x10- 5 lICi g- 1 of dry soil 0

0 20-S Soil 7.01x10- 5 +/- 8.26x10- 6 pCi g- 1 of dry soil 0

21-S Soil 8.91x10- 5 +/- 9.57x10- 6 pCi g- 1 of dry soil 0

2-G Grass 6.75x10- 4 +/- 3.94x10- 5 pCi g- 1 of dry ash 0

6-G Grass 6.18x10- 4 +/- 5.01x10- 5 pLCi g- 1 of dry ash 0 7-G Grass 3.44x10- 4 +/- 2.73x10- 5 pICi g- 1 of dry ash 0 8-G Grass 3.93x10- 4 +/- 3.23x10- 5 pCi g1 of dry ash 0 9-G Grass 1.02x10- 3 +/- 7.36x10- 5 pCi g-1 of dry ash 0 10-G Grass 4.65x10- 4 +/- 3.41x10- 5 pCi g- 1 of dry ash 0 12-G Grass 3.56x10- 4 +/- 2.87x10- 5 pCi g- 1 of dry ash 0

0 13-G Grass 3.95x10- 4 +/- 3.22x10- 5 pCi g- 1 of dry ash 0

14-G Grass 2.78x10- 4 +/- 2.19x10- 5 pCi g-1 of dry ash 0

15-G Grass 3.92x10- 4 +/- 3.66x10- 5 pCi g- 1 of dry ash 0 16-G Grass 5.11x10- 4 +/- 3.83x10- 5 pCi g-1 of dry ash 0 17-G Grass 3.74x10-4 +/- 3.07x1o-5 lpCi g- 1 of dry ash 0 18-G Grass 4.36x10- 4 +/- 4.36x10- 5 pCi g-1 of dry ash 0 22-G Grass 3.47x10- 4 +/- 2.54x10- 5 pCi g-1 of dry ash 0 (1) t values represent the standard deviation of the value at the 95% confidence level. 0 (2) Less than lower limit of detection value shown.

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Tucson, AZ USA 0 Berkeley Geochronology Center 1.05x10-' 4 0 0 0 4 0 Berkeley, CA USA Materion Coperation 2.87x10-2 0 0 0 3 3 0

Elmore, OH USA 0 Materion Natural Resources 9.54x10- 2 0 0 0 20 20 0 Delta, UT USA Oregon State University 2.92x10-6 0 0 3 0 3 0

Corvallis, OR USA 0 Syracuse University 3.80x10 8- 1 0 0 0 1 0 Syracuse, NY USA University of Arizona 2.63xl0- 7 4 0 0 0 4 0

Tucson, AZ USA 0 University of California at Berkeley 8.38x10- 7 2 0 1 0 3 0 Berkeley, CA USA University of California at Santa Barbara 3.90X10- 7 0 0 1 0 1 0

Santa Barbara, CA USA 0 University of Cincinnati 5.30x10-9 2 0 0 0 2 0 Cincinnati, OH USA University of Wisconsin-Madison 1.02x10 5- 1 0 3 0 4 0

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Glasgow SCOTLAND 0 Lanzhou University 9.05x10- 9 1 0 0 1 0 Lanzhou, Gansu CHINA 0 Lund University 8.16x10- 7 3 0 0 3 Lund, SWEDEN 0

Nanjing University 1.04x10 8 1 0 0 1 0 Nanjing CHINA 0 Polish Academy of Sciences 1.68x10- 9 1 0 0 1 Krakow, POLAND 0

Scottish Universities Research & Reactor Centre 1.81X10- 6 1 2 0 3 0 East Kilbride, SCOTLAND 0 7

Universidade de Brasilia Brasilia, BRAZIL 1.07X10 3 0 0 3 0 Universidade de Sao Paulo 3.10x10-7 0 1 0 1 0

San Paulo, BRAZIL 0 Universitat Potsdam 3.89x10 8 2 0 0 2 0 Postdam, GERMANY University of Geneva 0

Geneva, SWITZERLAND 1.08x10 7 2 0 0 2 0 University of Manitoba 1.16x10- 6 0 1 0 1 0 Winnipeg, CANADA 0

University of Melbourne 5.21xJ0-7 1 1 0 2 Parkville, Victoria AUSTRALIA 0 University of Padova 7.89x10 9 2 0 0 2 0 Padova, ITALY 0

University of Queensland 1.87x10-6 0 1 1 2 Brisbane, Queensland AUSTRALIA 0 University of Waikato 0 0 2 0 Hamilton, NEW ZEALAND 3.91x10- 2 0 University of Zurich 5.68x109 2 0 0 2 Zurich, SWITZERLAND 0

Victoria University of Wellington 1.45x10-8 1 0 0 1 0 Wellington, NEW ZELAND 0 Vrijc Universiteit 4.25x10-7 0 1 0 1 Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS 0 Zhejiang University 4.36x10-9 1 0 0 1 0 Hangzhou, CHINA 0 Totals 7.28x10- 6 25 7 1 33 0 0

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tive materials. Some of these are discussed in detail in other tracked by means of a project database. When a request for facil- 0 parts of this report. The purpose of this section is to sum-marize the teaching, research, and service efforts carried out ity use is received, a project number is assigned and the project 0 is added to the database. The database includes such information during the current reporting period.

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requesting the work, information about students involved, a 0 description of the project, Radiation Center resources needed, 0 Teaching the Radiation Center project manager, status of individual runs, billing information, and the funding source.

0 An important responsibility of the Radiation Center and the reactor is to support OSU's academic programs. Implementa- 0 Table VI.1 provides a summary of institutions which used the tion of this support occurs through direct involvement of the Radiation Center during this reporting period. This table also 0 Center's staff and facilities in the teaching programs of various departments and through participation in University research includes additional information about the number of academic 0 personnel involved, the number of students involved, and the 0 programs. Table 111.2 plus the "Training and Instuction" sec-number of uses logged for each organization.

tion (see next page) provide detailed information on the use of 0 the Radiation Center and reactor for instruction and training. The major table in this section is Table VI.2.1This table provides a listing of the research and service projects carried out dur-0 ing this reporting period and lists information relating to the personnel and institution involved, the type of project, and the funding agency. Projects which used the reactor are indicated by an asterisk. In addition to identifying specific projects carried out during the current reporting period, Part VI also highlights major Radiation Center capabilities in research and service.

These unique Center functions are described in the following text.

NeutronActivation Analysis Neutron activation analysis (NAA) stands at the forefront of techniques for the quantitative multi-element analysis of major, minor, trace, and rare elements. The principle involved in NAA 0 consists of first irradiating a sample with neutrons in a nuclear reactor such as the OSTR to produce specific radionuclides. Af-0 ter the irradiation, the characteristic gamma rays emitted by the decaying radionuclides are quantitatively measured by suitable semiconductor radiation detectors, and the gamma rays detected at a particular energy are usually indicative of a specific radionu-clide's presence. Computerized data reduction of the gamma ray spectra then yields the concentrations of the various elements in samples being studied. With sequential instrumental NAA it is possible to measure quantitatively about 35 elements in small 350 13-14 Annual Report

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0 samples (5 to 100 mg), and for activable elements the lower training needed to meet the requirements of the OSTR limit of detection is on the order of parts per million or parts Emergency Response Plan, Physical Security Plan, and op-S per billion, depending on the element. erator requalification program, the Radiation Center is also used for special training programs. Radiation Center staff S The Radiation Center's NAA laboratory has analyzed the are well experienced in conducting these special programs major, minor, and trace element content of tens of thousands and regularly offer training in areas such as research reactor 0 of samples covering essentially the complete spectrum of operations, research reactor management, research reactor material types and involving virtually every scientific and radiation protection, radiological emergency response, reactor 0 technical field. behavior (for nuclear power plant operators), neutron activa-0 While some researchers perform their own sample counting tion analysis, nuclear chemistry, and nuclear safety analysis.

0 on their own or on Radiation Center equipment, the Radia-Special training programs generally fall into one of several tion Center provides a complete NAA service for researchers 0 and others who may require it. This includes sample prepara-categories: visiting faculty and research scientists; Interna-tional Atomic Energy Agency fellows; special short-term 0 tion, sequential irradiation and counting, and data reduction courses; or individual reactor operator or health physics train-0 and analysis. ing programs. During this reporting period there were a large Irradiations number of such people as shown in the People Section.

As described throughout this report, a major capability of the As has been the practice since 1985, Radiation Center Radiation Center involves the irradiation of a large variety personnel annually present a HAZMAT Response Team of substances with gamma rays and neutrons. Detailed data Radiological Course. This year the course was held at Oregon 0 on these irradiations and their use are included in Part III as State University.

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

definitely helps to optimize the utilization of state resources.

0 These items are located at the Radiation Center and at the The Radiation Center is capable of providing health phys-S Good Samaritan Hospital in Corvallis. ics services in any of the areas which are discussed in Part V.

These include personnel monitoring, radiation surveys, sealed 0 During the current reporting period, the Radiation Center source leak testing, packaging and shipment of radioactive 0 emergency response team conducted several training sessions materials, calibration and repair of radiation monitoring and exercises, but was not required to respond to any actual instruments (discussed in detail in Part VI), radioactive waste incidents. disposal, radioactive material hood flow surveys, and radia-TrainingandInstruction tion safety analysis and audits.

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the Radiation Center will provide gamma ray spectrometric monitoring. Higher range instruments for use in radiation S analysis of water, soil, milk, food products, vegetation, and air accident situations can also be calibrated in most cases. Instru- 0 samples collected by RPS radiological response field teams. ment calibrations are performed using radiation sources certi-As part of the ongoing preparation for this emergency sup- fied by the National Institute of Standards and Technology 0

port, the Radiation Center participates in inter-institution (NIST) or traceable to NIST S drills.

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RadiologicalInstrumentRepair and Calibration calibrated in support of the Radiation Center's instructional S While repair of nuclear instrumentation is a practical neces- and research programs and the OSTR Emergency Plan, while Table VI.4 shows instruments calibrated for other OSU de-S sity, routine calibration of these instruments is a licensing and regulatory requirement which must be met. As a result, partments and non-OSU agencies. S the Radiation Center operates a radiation instrument repair Consultation S

and calibration facility which can accommodate a wide vari- Radiation Center staff are available to provide consultation S ety of equipment. services in any of the areas discussed in this Annual Report, S but in particular on the subjects of research reactor operations The Center's scientific instrument repair facility performs and use, radiation protection, neutron activation analysis, radia- S maintenance and repair on all types of radiation detectors and other nuclear instrumentation. Since the Radiation Cen-tion shielding, radiological emergency response, and radiotracer S methods.

ter's own programs regularly utilize a wide range of nuclear S instruments, components for most common repairs are often Records are not normally kept of such consultations, as they often take the form of telephone conversations with research-S on hand and repair time is therefore minimized.

ers encountering problems or planning the design of experi- S ments. Many faculty members housed in the Radiation Center In addition to the instrument repair capability, the Radia-have ongoing professional consulting functions with various S

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S Number of Number of Number of Times of Nus fero Intuitions, Agencies and Groups Projects Faculty Involvement Uses of Center 0 Facilities 0 Akron Biotach 0 Boca Raton, FL USA 1 0 1 0 Alternative Nutrition LLC 0 Casa Grande, AZ USA 1 1 1

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Cambridge, MA USA 0 *Berkeley Geochronology Center 0 Berkeley, CA USA 1 0 6 Branch Engineering 1 0 1 0 Salem, OR USA 0 Chemical Bilogical &Environmental Engineering 1 1 1 Corvallis, OR USA 0 *Dalhousie University 1 2 1 0 Halifax, Novia Scotia CANADA

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Chicago, IL USA 1 2 13 0 Kinetic Force, Inc. 2 0 13 Medford, OR USA

• Lanzhou University 1 0 1 Lanzhou, CHINA 0 *Lund University 1 0 3 0 Lund, SWEDEN

• Materion Brush, Inc. 1 0 1 0 Elmore, OH USA 0 *Materion Natural Resources 1 0 11 0 Delta, UT USA New Earth 1 0 11 Klamath Falls, OR USA

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• Quaternary Dating Laboratory 1 0 2 0 Roskilde, DENMARK 0 Radiation Protection Services 1 0 1 0 Portland, OR USA 0

Rainier Farmer Albany, OR USA 1 0 1 0

• Scottish Universities Enfironmental Research Centre 0 East Kilbride UK 0 The Land Institute 2 0 6 0 Salina, KS USA 0

• The University of Waikato 0 Hamilton NEW ZEALAND 1 1 4 0

• Universidad de Granada 1 5 Granada SPAIN 0

• Universita' Degli Studi di Padova 1 2 1 0

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• Universitat Potsdam 2 0 2 0 Postdam GERMANY 0

• University of Arizona 3 3 4 0 Tucson, AZ USA 0

• University of California at Berkeley 2 0 3 Berkeley, CA USA 0

• University of California at Santa Barbara 1 1 1 0 Santa Barbara, CA USA 0

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• University of Cincinnati 1 1 2 0 Cincinnati, OH USA 0 *University of Geneva 1 1 0 Geneva SWITZERLAND 0 *University of Glasgow 1 1 1 0 Glasgow SCOTLAND

• University of Melbourne 0 Melbourne, Victoria AUSTRALIA 0 *University of Michigan 2 9 8 0 Ann Arbor, MI USA 0 *University of Queensland 1 1 3 Brisbane, Queensland AUSTRALIA 0 *University of Sao Paulo 1 1 0 Sao Paulo BRAZIL

• University of Washington 1 3 6 S Seattle, WA USA

• University of Wisconsin 1 1 0 Madison, WI USA 0

US National Parks Service 1 0 4 Crater Lake, OR USA 0

• Victoria University of Wellington 1 0 3 S Wellington, NEW ZEALAND

• Vrije Universiteit 1 1 0 Amsterdam THE NETHERLANDS

• Zhejiang University 0 2 S Xihu District, Hangzhou City CHINA 0 Totals 67 95 180 0

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

(2) This number does not include on going projects being performed by residents of the Radiation Center such as the APEX project, 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 the Radiation Center facilities.

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Table Vl.2 Listing of Major Research and Service Projects Preformed or in Progress at the Radiation Center and Their Funding Agencies Project Users Organization Name Project Title Description Funding 444 Duncan Oregon State Ar-40/Ar-39 Dating of Oceanographic Production of Ar-39 from K-39 to measure radiometric OSU Oceanography University Samples ages on basaltic rocks from ocean basins. Department 481 Le Oregon Health Instrument Calibration Instrument calibration. Oregon Health Sciences University Sciences University 488 Farmer Oregon State Instrument Calibration Instrument calibration. OSU - various University departments 664 Reese Oregon State Good Samaritan Hospital Instrument Instrument calibration. OSU Radiation Center University Calibration 815 Morrell Oregon State Sterilization of Wood Samples Sterilization irradiator for of woodevaluations.

fuingal samples to 2.5 Mrads in Co-60 OSU Forest Products Berkeley Ar-39/Ar-40 Age Dating Production of Ar-39 from K-39 to determine ages in Berkeley 920 Becker Geochronology Center Agvarious anthropologic and geologic materials. Geochronology Center 932 Dumitru Stanford University Fission Track Dating TIhermal column irradiation of geological samples for Stanford University fission track age-dating. Geology Department 1018 Gashwiler Occupational Health Calibration of Nuclear Instruments Instrument calibration. Occupational Health Lab Laboratory Vrije Universiteit, 1074 Wijbrans Vrije Universiteit Ar/Ar Dating of Rocks and Minerals Ar/Ar dating of rocks and minerals. Amsterdam 1177 Garver Union College Fission Track of Rock Use of thermal column irradiations to perform fission Union College, NY Analysis o Ages track analysis to determine rock ages.

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

University of Production of Ar-39 from K-39 to determine ages in Earth Sciences, 1191 Vasconcelos Queensland Ar-39/Ar-40 Age Dating Prouctionof Q dvarious anthropologicomand to deteriags and geologic materials. University of Queensland I'D V-a Determination of history and timing of denudation of 0

The University of Fission Track Thermochronology of New 1353 Kamp basement terranes in New Zealand and thermal history University of Waikato Waikato Zealand of late Cretaceous-Cenozoic sedimentary basins. I

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Listing of Major Research and Service Projects Preformed or in Progress at the Radiation Center and Their Funding Agencies Project Users Organization Name Project Title Description Funding State of Oregon Radiation Protection 1354 Lindsay Services Radiological Instrument Calibration Instrument calibration. Radiation Protection Services 1366 Quidelleur Universite Paris-Sud Ar-Ar Geochronology Determination of geological samples via Ar-Ar Universite Paris-Sud radiometric dating.

1404 Riera-Lizarau Oregon State Evaluation of wheat DNA Gamma irradiation of wheat seeds. OSU Crop and Soil University Science 1415 McGinness ESCO Corporation Calibration of Instruments Instrument calibration. ESCO Corporation 1419 Krane Oregon State Univerensita NStudy Structure of N=90 Isotones Nuclear 156) of N=90 from isotone decays structure ofSamples Eu-152, (Sm-152, Eu-152m, Gd-154, Eu-154, Th-Dy- OSU Physics 1419 University Krane 154, and Ho-156. will be counted at LBNL. epartment USDOE Albany Instrument Calibration Instrument calibration. USDOE Albany 1464 Slavens Research Center Research Center 1465 Singer University of Ar-40/Ar-39 Dating of Young Geologic Irradiation of geological materials such as volcanic rocks University of Wisconsin Materials from sea floor, etc. for Ar-40/Ar-39 dating. Wisconsin 1470 1470 Shatwell Shatswell Inc.

SIGA Technologies, Instrument Calibration Instrument calibration. Siga Pharmaceuticals Federal Aviation Federal Aviation 1492 Stiger Administration Instrument Calibration Instrument calibration. Administration 1503 Teaching and Non-Educational Non-Educational Tours Tours for guests, university functions, student NA Tours Tours recruitment.

Teaching and Oregon State OSU Nuclear Engineering &Radiation 1504 Tor University - i ern tOSTR tour and reactor lab. NA Tours Educational Tours Health Physics Department Teaching and Oregon State 1505 Tours University - OSU Chemistry Department OSTR tour, teaching labs, and/or half-life experiment. NA Educational Tours Teaching and Oregon State 1506 Tours University - OSU Geosciences Department OSTR tour. NA Educational Tours Oregon State 1507 Teaching and University - OSU Physics Department OSTR tour. NA Educational Tours 03

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Listing of Major Research and Service Projects Preformed or in Progress at the Radiation Center and Their Funding Agencies Project Users Organization Name Project Title Description Funding Oregon State 1509 Teaching and University - HAZMAT course tours First responder training tours. NA Educational Tours Teaching and UnigerState Science and Mathematics Investigative OSTR tour and half-life experiment.

1510 Teacingan University - LannExeineOT toradhl-fexpim t.NA Tours 1510 Educational Tours Learning Experience Teaching and Oregon State Reactor operation required for conduct of operations 1511 Tours University - Reactor Staff Use testing, operator training, calibration runs, encapsulation NA Educational Tours tests and other.

1512 Teaching and Linn Benton Linn Benton Community College OSTR tour and half-life experiment. NA Tours Community College Tours/Experiments 1514 Sobel Universitat Potsdam 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 University of 1519 Dunki Goettin en Fission Track Analysis of Apatites tracks from decay of U-238 and U-235 to deterimine Tuebingen o n the coling age of apatites.

1523 Zattin UniversitaDegli UmeslaDet Studi SuiFission track analysis of Apatites Fission anNyis track dating method on apatites by fission track NA di Padova analysis.

Teaching and Oregon State 1527 Tours University - Odyssey Orientation Class OSTR tour. NA Educational Tours Oregon State 1528 Teaching and University - Upward Bound OSTR tour. NA Educational Tours Oregon State 1529 Teaching and University - OSU Connect OSTR tour. NA Educational Tours 1535 Teaching and Corvallis School Corvallis School District OSTR tour. NA Tours District Oregon State 1537 Teaching and University - Naval Science Department OSTR tour. NA Educational Tours Teaching and Oregon State 1542 Tours University - Engineering Sciences Classes OSTR tour. NA Educational Tours

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Listing of Major Research and Service Projects Preformed or in Progress at the Radiation Center and Their Funding Agencies Project Users Organization Name Project Title Description Funding Veterinary Diagnostic Veterinary Diagnostic 1543 Bailey Imaging & Instrument Calibration Instrument calibration. Imaging &

Cytopathology Cytopathology 1544 Teaching and West Albany High West Albany High School OSTR tour and half-life experiment. NA Tours School Oregon State 1545 Teaching and University - OSU Educational Tours OSTR tour. NA Educational Tours Irradiation to induce U-235 fission for fission track 1555 Fitzgerald Syracuse University Fission track thermochronology thermal history dating, especially for hydrocarbon Syracuse University exploration. The main thrust is towards tectonics, in particular the uplift and formation of mountain ranges.

1584 Teaching and Reed College Reed College Staff&Trainees OSTR tour for Reed College Staff &Trainees. NA Tours 1611 Teaching and Grants Pass High Grants Pass High School OSTR tour. NA Tours School 1614 Teaching and Marist High School Marist High School OSTR tour and half-life experiment. NA Tours 1617 Spikings University of Geneva Ar-Ar geochronology and Fission Track Argon dating of Chilean granites. University of Geneva dating 1621 Foster University of Florida Irradiation for Ar/Ar Analysis Ar/Ar analysis of geological samples. University of Florida 1623 Blythe Occidental College Fission Track Analysis Fission track 'Thermochronology of geological samples Occidental College 1660 Reactor Oregon State Operations support of the reactor and Operations use of the reactor in support of reactor and NA Operations Staff University facilities testing facilities testing.

Radiological emergency support ot OOE related to Oregon Department of Radiological Emergency Support instrument calibration, radiological and RAM transport Oregon Department of 1674 Niles Energy consulting, and maintenance of radiological analysis Energy laboratory at the Radiation Center.

1677 Zuffa Universita' di Bologna Fission Track Dating Use of fission track from U-235 to determine uranium Universita'di Bologna content in rock.

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Listing of Major Research and Service Projects Preformed or in Progress at the Radiation Center and Their Funding Agencies Project Users Organization Name Project Title Description Funding Tlhis is to build up basic knowledge on the efficacy of a 1692 Estell Lonza Screening Tests of Wood Decay copper based preservative in preventing decay of wood Lonza inhabiting basidiomycetes.

1717 Baldwin Syracuse University Ar/Ar Dating Ar/Ar Dating. Syracuse University 1718 Armstrong California State Fission Track Dating Fission track age dating of apatite grains. Department of gUniversity at Fullerton Geological Sciences 1720 Teaching and Saturday Academy OSTR Tour OSTR Tour. NA Tours STeaching and Oregon State 1726 Teci n University - Academic Learning Services Cohort Class 199. NA Educational Tours 1745 Girdner US National Parks C14 Measurements LSC analysis of samples for C14 measurements. USNational Parks ServiceSevc 1747 Teaching and East Linn Christian Reactor Tour Reactor Tour for Chemistry Class. NA Tours Academy Oregon State 1758 Teaching and University - Kids Spirit OSTR tour. NA Educational Tours 1765 Beaver Weyerhaeuser Instrument Calibration Calibration of radiological instruments. Weyerhaeuser Foster 1768 Bringman Brush-Wellman Antimony Source Production Production of Sb-124 sources. Brush-Wellman 1771 Otjen Oregon State Fire Instrument calibration Calibration of radiological response kits Oregon State Fire Marshal Marshall 1Quaternary Dating uaternary Dating Production of Ar-39 from K-39 to determine Quaternary Dating 1777 Storey Laboratory radiometric ages of geological materials. Laboratory Oregon State 1790 Teaching and University - OSTR Tour OSTR Tour. NA 0Tours Educational Tours 1794 O'Kain Knife River Instrument Calibration Instrument calibration. Tangent Construction 1796 Hardy CH2M Hill, Inc. Instrument Calibration Instrument calibration. CH2M Hill, Inc.

Geologisch- Geologisch-1816 Kounov Palaontologisches Fission Track Analysis Geochronology analysis using fission track dating. Palaontologisches Institut Institut U

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Listing of Major Research and Service Projects Preformed or in Progress at the Radiation Center and Their Funding Agencies Project Users Organization Name Project Title Description Funding 1818 Sabey Brush Weilman Antimony source production (Utah) Brush-Wellman Vetter University of NE-104A INAA source Stainless Steel disk source for INAA lab. University of California 1819 California at Berkeley at Berkeley 1820 Jolivet Universite Montpellier Fission Track Analysis Use of fission track analysis for geochronology. University of II Montpellier II Oregon State Evaluation of Au nanoparticle uptake INAA of gold concentrations in zebrafish embryos to OSU Environmental 1823University evaluate nanoparticle uptake. Health Sciences Center 1826 Teaching and North Eugene High OSTR Tour OSTR Tour and half-life experiment. NA Tours School 1831 Thomson University of Arizona Fission Track Fission track thermochronometry of the Patagonian Yale University Andes and the Northern Apennines, Italy.

1840 B University of Ar/Ar Dating Production of Ar-39 from K-39 for Ar-40/Ar-39 dating University of urgess Manchester of geological samples. Manchester 1841 Swindle University of Arizona Ar/Ar dating of ordinary chondritic Ar/Ar dating of ordinary chondritic meterorites. University of Arizona meterorites Higley Oregon State Ultra-trace uptake studies for allometric NAA of ultra-trace elements in plant samples for NERHP CRESP 1847 University studies application in allometric studies Grant co-polymer and nisin association. The project is Oregon State Antimicrobial activity of silanized silica aimed at finding effective methods for coating surfaces Chemical,Biological &

PE opE P8OUniversity o to enhance protein repellant activity and antimicrobial Env Engineering activity using nisin.

Grande Ronde I Grande Ronde 1853 Ivestor Hospital Instrument Calibration Instrument calibration. Hospital 1855 Anczkiewicz Polish Academy of Fission Track Services Verification of AFT data for illite-mechte data. Polish Academy of Sciences Sciences 1858 Arbogast Gene Tools, LLC Instrument Calibration Calibration of instruments. Gene Tools, LLC 1861 Page Lund University Lund University Geochronology Ar/Ar Geochronology. Lund University University of Production of Ar-39 from K-40 to determine University of California 1864 Gans California at Santa Ar-40/Ar-39 Sample Dating radiometric ages of geologic samples. at Santa Barbara Barbara FApatite fission track to reveal the exhumation history of 1865 Carrapa SWyoming Unityomi of University Fission Track Irradiations rocks from belt, and thrust the ID-WY-UY postion of the Sevier fold Nepal, and Argentina. University of Wyoming qW OW.

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Listing of Major Research and Service Projects Preformed or in Progress at the Radiation Center and Their Funding Agencies Project Users Organization Name Project Title Description Funding 1875 Hosmer 102nd Oregon Civil Instrument Calibration Calibration of instruments. 102nd Oregon Civil Support Unit Support Unit 1878 Roden-Tice Plattsburgh State Fission-track research Use of fission tracks to detrmine location of 235U, Plattsburgh State University 232Th in natural rocks and minerals. University Determine whether deletion of the geme encoding thioredoxin reductase in liver 1)increases or decreases 1880 Merrill Oregon State Selenium, Thioredoxin Reductase and the rate of liver cancer, 2)impacts the cancer-preventive OSU Biochemistry &

University Cancer activity of dietary selenium, 3)effects the pathways by Biophysics wich cells protect themselves from oxicative stress and cancer.

1883 Wright University of Michigan 'The Uruk Expansion INAA of ceramics from Uruk-period sites in OSU Radiation Center

_883_Wright __University__ofMihigan h EMesopotamia and adjacent areas.

1886 Coutand Dalhousie University Fission Track Irradiation Fission track irradiations of apatite samples. Dahousie University 1887 Farsoni Oregon State Xenon Gas Production Production of xenon gas. OSU NERHP University 1894 Greene University of Chicago INAA of Late Bronze-Age Ceramics, Trace-element analyses of ceramics from Tsaghkahovit, University of Chicago 9 G ni i fArmenia Armenia, to determine provenance.

1895 Filip Academy of Sciences Bojemian Massif Fission-track dating. Academy of Sciences of of the Czech Republic the Czech Republic 1898 Fayon University of Fission Track Services Use of fission tracks to determine location of 235U, University of Minnesota 232Th in natural rocks and minerals. Minnesota 1905 Fellin ETH Zurich Fission Track Analysis Use of fission tracks to determine location of 235U, Geologisches Institut, 232'-h in natural rocks and minerals. ETH Zurich Oregon State Nanoparticle Uptake in Zebrafish INAA to determine the uptake by zebrafish embryos of OSU Environmental 1907 Tanguay University Embryos various metals in nanoparticle form. Toxicology Iranian Ceramics Trace-element analysis of ceramic from ancient Iran to National Science 1911 Alden University of Michigan INAA of Ancient monitoitrad.eFoudatio

,nonitor trade. Foundation Lii Determination Using Use of neutron activation to determine fission yields 1913 193 ReeUniversity ReeseOregon State GammanYield Fission Spectroscopy Spectrosc forecrcpy____________

various fissile and fertile materials using gamma NA spectroscopy.

Scottish Universities Scottish Universities

= 1914 Barfod oJ Environmental Ar/Ar Age Dating Ar/Ar age dating. Research and Reactor Research Centre Centre V

0 1916 Shusterman University of Introduction of NAA by activation of human hair to UC Berkeley

'-4. California at Berkeley UC Berkeley Chemistry/NAA detect trace impurities.

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Listing of Major Research and Service Projects Preformed or in Progress at the Radiation Center and Their Funding Agencies Project Users Organization Name Project Title Description Funding 1927tSewardUniversity ofVtoiUnvrtyf Victoria Fission Track Dating Fission track dating of apatite samples. Vitoria University of 1927 Seward Wellington Wellington 1929 Farsoni Oregon State Source Activation Irradiation of different materials to make sources for NA University detection experiments.

Irradiation by gamma radiation will make sterile pollen 1931 Emori Nunhems USA, Inc. Pollen Sterilization which can be used on female flowers to produce fruit Nunhems USA Inc.

with haploid embryos in some of the seed.

1933 Loveland Oregon State Pt radiochemistry Production of tracer for testing chemical separation of Pt University from Pb.

1939 Wang Lanzhou University Lanzhou University Fission Track Fission Track dating. Lanzhou University 1941 Wright University of Michigan INAA of ceramics from ancientJebel Trace-element analyses of ceramics from the site ofJebel OSU Radiation Center, Aruda, Syria Aruda, Syria to investigate interregional exchange. Minc 1944 Jander Oregon State Neutron Effects on Magnetic Tunneling Neutron Effects on Magnetic Tunneling Junction.

University Junction 1949 Reichel Royal Ontario INAA of Ceramics from Godin Tepe, Trace-element analyses of ancient ceramics from Iran NSF Collaborative Museum Iran using INAA. Research Project Lehigh has a geochronology lab for dating rock and mineral samples using the 40Ar/39Ar method, which 1953 Idleman Lehigh University Lehigh University Ar/Ar Dating has been in operation since about 1990. Fast neutron Lehigh University irradiation of these samples produces 40Ar from 40K and is an essential step in the 40Ar/39Ar dating Inflammation contributes to the etiology of several common metabolic bone diseases, including arthritis, periodontal disease, and postmenopausal and senile Department of

'The Role of Leptin in Inflammation- osteoporosis. The proposed research will test the novel Nutrition Exercise 1954 Iwaniec Oregon State University driven Bone Loss hypothesis that leptin by functioning as an immune Nrion aand Er system modulator, plays a crucial but previously unsuspected role in amplifyring inflammation-driven bone loss.

1956 Jaqua Portland State I C Portland State University Instrument Calibration Instrument Calibration. University University of Radiometric age dating of geologic Ar/Ar age dating. University of 1957 Phillips Melbourne samples Melbourne 1958 Minc Oregon State INAA of Oaxaca Ceramics Trace-element analyses of prehistoric ceramics from NSF Collaborative University Oaxaca, Mexico, to determine provenance. Research Project N SF Collaborative 1959 Mutin Benjamin Mutin Tepe Yahya INAA of archaeological ceramics from Tepe Yahya, Iran. Research Project Oregon State Nineveh INAA of archaeological ceramics from the British NSF Collaborative 0%

1960 Minc University Nineveh_ Museum's collection from ancient Nineveh. Research Project

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Listing of Major Research and Service Projects Preformed or in Progress at the Radiation Center and Their Funding Agencies Project Users Organization Name Project Title Description Funding 1961 Cohen NASA Geochronology of Terrestrial and Extraterrestrial Samples Age dating of Earth-based, lunar and meteorite samples. University of Alabama at Huntsville Ar/Ar age dating Irradiation with fast neutrons to produce Ar-39 from University of Vermont 1965 Webb University of Vermont Ar/Ar age dating K-39 for Ar/Ar geochronology.

Institito de Univerisdade de 1968 Santos Geociencias Radiometric ages of geological material Production of Ar39 from K40 to determine age. Brasilia 1969 Wilkes James Wilkes Radiation Contamination of Salmon Determine if salmon is contaminated with Cs134/137.

1970 Holbert Arizona State Battery Dosimetry Determination of isotope content of various batteries to Arizona State University determine the neutron flux. University 1971 Shaik New Earth Testing Blue Green Algae Testing of blue green algae to determine if it is New Earth contaminated with radioactive material.

Fission track dating of apatite samples from China in 1972 Danisik University of Waikato Fission Track dating order to investigate exhumation history of ultra high University of Waikato pressure rocks in Dabie-Shan region.

1973 Khatchadourian Cornell University INAA of ceramics from Armenia Trace-element analyses of ancient pottery from Armenia. Cornell University 1975 McDonald University of Glasgow SamuelJaanne Use of fissin tracks to determine last heating event of School of Geographical apatites. and Earth Science Wheatgrass chromosome 4E carries a major gene for 1976 Wang The Land Institute Perennial wheat perenniality.

we intend to By treating induce chromosome different length of4E additiononline, deletions The Land this chromosome and map the gene.

1979 Paulenova Oregon State Unvrst Mixed Matrix Extraction Testing Multi-element, mxdmti xrcintsig transition metal salt production for University mixed matrix extraction testing.

1980 Carpenter Radiation Protection Sample counting Sample counting. State of Oregon Services 1981 Walsh University of Oregon nINAA of Korean Ceramics Trace-element analysis of Neolithic and Bronze Age ceramicsKfromnSWeKorea.

ceramics from SW Korea.

Oregon State INAA of Archaeological Ceramics from Trace-element analyses of ancient ceramics and clays NSF Collaborative 1983 Minc University Yaasuchi, Oaxaca from Yaasuchi, Oaxaca to examine ceramic technology Research Project and trade.

1984 Baxter Silverton Hospital Instrument Calibration Instrument calibration. Silverton Hospital 1985 Faulseit Southern Illinois INAA of Classic Zapotec Ceramics Trace-element analyses of Classic period ceramics from NSF Collaborative University Macuilxochitl, Oaxaca. Research Project 1986 Feinman Field Museum INAA of Archaelogical Ceramics from Trace-element analyses of Classic-period ceramics from NSF Collaborative El Palmillo, Oacaca the site of El Palmillo, Oaxaca. Research Project 0

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Listing of Major Research and Service Projects Preformed or in Progress at the Radiation Center and Their Funding Agencies Project Users Organization Name Project Title Description Funding Trace-element determination via INAA of ceramic from NSF Collaborative 1987 Alden University of Michigan Kunji Cave Kunji Cave, Iran. Research Project University of Mamasani Trace-element analyses via INAA of archaeological NSF Collaborative 1988 Petrie Cambridge ceramics from Mamasani. Research Project Oregon State INAA of Late Uruk ceramic containers. NSF Collaborative 1989 Minc University Tell Hadidi, Syria Research Project

'he induction of genetic mutations in hop (Humulus Oregon State Hop irradiation lupulus L.) will be attempted using radiation treatment. OSU Crop and Soil 1990 Townsend University Generated stable mutations may lead to new hop Science varieties and assist with genetic research.

1991 Enjelmann University of Fission Track Dtin Apatite fission track dating, study of Yukon and University of Cincinnati a g southeastern Alaska geological evolution. Cincinnati INAA of samples from mineralized fault zone, Virgin 1992 Castonguay University of Oregon Structure of Amargosa Chaos Spring Phase of the Amargosa Chaos, Southern Death Valley, California.

Oregon State Sedementary deposits relted to Trace-element analysis of sedimentary deposits left University earthquake hazards by 2004about details Sumatra-Andaman rupture. to determine the earthqueakeearthquake OSU COAS 1994 Zhu Najing University Apatite Fission Track Apatite Fission track for Durango samples. Nanjing University 1995 Camacho University of Manitoba Ar/Ar dating Production of Ar-39 from K-39 to determine University of Manitoba radiometric ages of geological materials.

1996 Pahle Kinetic Force Inc Shielding Evaluation Material shielding evaluation.

This project is studying the interactions between microorganisms that inhabit flowback fluid from Oregon State Shale and Flowback Ambient Pressure/ hydraulic fracturing and Marcellus shale samples 1999 Wishart University Temperature Microcosm Incubations obtained being from the irradiated to subsurface. The shale remove microbial samples are contamination without altering the chemical or mineralogical composition of the shale.

2000 Kaspar Alternative Nutrition Contamination detection in Taurine Look for contamination in Taurine that was shipped LLC from Japan.

2001 Derrick Branch Engineering Densitometer Leak Test Wip counts for leak test of densitometer sources. Branch Engineering Universidad de Iridium in Soil Samples Epithermal INAA to determine Ir content in soils at the 2002 Sosa Granada K-T boundary.

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'The membrane (polyacrylonitrile or PAN) which I am going to irradiate is used in kidney dialyzer. At present Medical agencies use ETO to sterilize the membrane. The other technique to sterilize is by using gamma irradiation. Recently some researchers used low dosage of gamma irradiation to cross link this OSU Industrial 2003 Paul Oregon State mass transport and mech prop of membrane with other organic compound which makes & Manufacturing University molass ralnsport andolmeh p membrane emropno membrane biocompatible and repel protein 2003 Patypolyacrylonitrile copolymer it more effective in blood purification. So ourtoresearch make Eniering question is whether we can both sterilize and graft the organic compound I n the membrane at the same time?

Therefore I would be test the membrane for its mass transfer and mechanical properties for our research objective.

Ar/Ar dating, of natural rocks and minerals for 2004 Sudo University of Postdam Ar/Ar Geochronological Studies A geological studies.

5 Stewart-Smith Radon Daugheter Detection Determination of radon concentration from daughter 2005 Sproducts from samples collected around Oregon.

Silphium integrifolium is a native, perennial prairie plant with potential as a new source of vegetable oil. We have begun making selections using natural variation, 2006 Van Tassel The Land Institute Silphium mutagenesis but would -also like to induce mutations in this species The Land as a sourve new genetic variation such as dwarfing, early flowering, reduced seed dormancy, reduced seed shattering, reduced branching, etc.

Arizona State Argon-Argon Geochronology Fast neutron irradiation of mineral and rock samples for Arizona State 2007 Wartho University 40 Ar/39Ar dating purposes. University 2008 Pahle Kinetic Force Inc Shiled Testing Material evaluation for use in shielding different types Kinetic Force radioactive elements.

2009 Chen Zhejiang University Durango apatite fission track Fission track apatite irradiation. Zhejiang University 2010 Helena Hollanda University Paulo of Sao Ar/Ar Geological Dating Ar/Ar geologic dating of materials.

_________________________ University of Sao Paulo cOregon State INAA of Archaeological Ceramics from Trace-element analyses of ancient ceramics and clays 201University Jalieza, Oaxaca from Jalieza, Oaxaca to examine ceramic techology and N/A trade.

2012 Berg University of Debromination during Organic Matter INAA of deep sea organic samples to determing Br University of 2 Washington Degradation in the Deep Biosphere content. Washington 2013 Farmer Rainier Farmer Decommissioning Surveys Detector use for decommissioning surveys. Rainier Farmer

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Listing of Major Research and Service Projects Preformed or in Progress at the Radiation Center and Their Funding Agencies Project Users Organization Name Project Title Description Funding Leonard Oregon State Barley Irradiation Barley irradiation to determine growth potential. OSU Crop and Soil 2014 Science University Investigation of irradiation on biological A solution of purified fibronectin in PBS and lyophilized 2015 Matosevic Akron Biotech activity of human plasma-derived powder sampe of fibronectin will be irradiated and the Akron Biotech fibronectin. activity tested.

Si02 surfaces were silanized (vapor deposition) with Chemical, Biological . TCVS to create double bonds on surface. 'The surface OSU Chemical 2016 Schilke & Environmental TCVS Silanization for EGAP coating is incubated in Polyethylene triblocks, once gamma Engineering Engineering irradiated it will bind the triblocks to the surface.

2018 Kent Oregon State Gamma Irradiation of Zebra Fish Gamma irradiation of zebra fish to induce specific University growth.

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0 Carmen. "First Partial Skeleton of a 1.34-Million-0 Year-Old Paranthropus Boisei from Bed II, Olduvai Carrapa, B. and P.G. DeCelles. "Regional Exhumation Gorge, Tanzania." Plos One (2013): 10.1371/journal.

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0 our Understanding of the Role of Soil Source Laying the Foundation for the SPICE Cosmogenic 0 on Performance." Intl Biodeterioration and Nuclide Production-Rate Calibration Project."

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0 Painter, C.S., B. Carrapa, P.G. DeCelles, G.E. Gehrels and Ryder, M.P., X. Wu, G.R. McKelvey, J. McGuire and S.N. Thomson. "Exhumation of the Sevier Fold- K.F. Schilke. "Binding Interactions of Bacterial 0 Thrust Belt Revealed by Multi Dating Minerals from Lipopolysaccharide and the Cationic Amphiphilic 0 Upper Jurassic-Upper Cretaceous Foreland-Basin Peptides Polymyxin B and WLBU2." Colloid Surf.,

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0 Schilke, K.F.,J. Snider, L.Jansen and J. McGuire. "Direct 0 Reiners, P.W., S.N. Thomson, A. Vernon, S.D. Willett, Imaging of the Surface Distribution of Immobilized M. Zattin,J. Einhorn, G.E. Gehrels,J. Quade, Cleavable Polyethylene Oxide-Polybutadiene-D. Pearson, K. Murray and W. Cavazza. "Low- Polyethylene Oxide Triblock Surfactants by Atomic 0 Temperature Thermochronologic Trends Across Force Microscopy." Surf Interface Anal. 45 (2013):

0 the Central Andes, 21-28° S." In "Geodynamics 859-864.

of a Cordilleran Orogenic System: The Central 0 Andes of Argentina and Northern Chile." DeCelles, 0 P.G., M.N. Ducea, B. Carrapa and P.A. Kapp, eds. Schulte, D.O., U. Ring, S.N.TIhomson,J. Glodny and H.

Carrad. "Two-Stage Development of the Paparoa 0 Geological Society of America, Memoir, 212 (in Metamorphic Core Complex, West Coast, South press, 2014).

Island, New Zealand: Hot Continental Extension S Precedes Sea-Floor Spreading by -20 Myr."

0 Reiners PW., S.N. Thomson, A. Vernon, S.D. Willett, M. Lithosphere, 6 (2014): 177-194, doi: 10.1 130/L348.1.

Zattin,J. Einhorn, G. Gehrels,J. Quade, D. Pearson, K.E. Murray and W. Cavazza. "Low-Temperature Thermochronologic Trends Across the Central Andes, 21-28'S." GSA Memoir (in press).

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Sichamba, K.,JJ. Morrell and S. Leavengood. "Potential for Toraman, E., C. Teyssier, D.L. Whitney, A.K. Fayon, S.N. 0 Utilizing Western Juniper (Juniperus Occidentalis) T-homson and P.W. Reiners. "Low-Temperature 0 Biomass for Oil Extraction and as a Fermentation Thermochronologic Record of Eocene Migmatite Medium." Forest Products Journal, 62 (7/8) (2013): Dome Emplacement and Late Cenozoic 0

538-540. Landscape Development, Shuswap Core 0 Complex, British Columbia." Tectonics (2014): 0 doi:10. 1002/2013TC003442.

Smith, V C., R.A. Staff, S.P.E. Blockley, C.B. Ramsey, T 0 Nakagawa, D.F. Mark, K. Takemura and T Danhara. 0 "Identification and Correlation of Visible Tephras in Wang, X., M. Zattin,J. Li, C. Song, S. Chen, C. Yang, S.

the Lake Suigetsu SG06 Sedimentary Archive,Japan: Zhang and J. Yang. "Cenozoic Tectonic Uplift 0

Chronostratigraphic Markers for Synchronising of History of Western Qnling: Evidence from 0 East Asian/West Pacific Palaeoclimatic Eecords Sedimentary and Fission-Track Data."Journal of 0 Across the Last 150 ka." Quaternary Science Earth Sciences, 24 (2013): 491-505.

Reviews (2013): 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.01.026. 0 0

Willner, A.P, S.M. Barr, J. Glodny, H.J. Massonne, M. Sudo, Soreghan, G.S., D.E. Sweet, S.A. Kaplan, K.R. Marra, G. S.N.Thomson, C.R. van Staal and C.E. White. 0 Balco, S.N. -homson and T.M. Eccles. "Assessing "Effects of Fluid Flow, Cooling and Deformation on 0 the Cenozoic and Possible Pre-Cenozoic Role of 40Ar/39Ar, Rb-Sr, and Zircon Fission Track Ages of Unaweep Canyon on the Drainage Evolution of the Very Low- to Low-Grade Metamorphic Processes 0

Northern Colorado Plateau." Geosphere (submitted in Avalonian SE Cape Breton Island (Nova Scotia, 0 2014). Canada)." Geological Magazine (in press, 2014). 0 0

Staff, R A., T. Nakagawa, G. Schlolaut, M.H. Marshall, A. Wu, X., M.P. RyderJ. McGuire and K.E Schilke. "Adsorption, 0 Brauer, H.E Lamb, C.B. Ramsey, C.L. Bryant, Fiona Structural Alteration and Elution of Peptides Brock, H. KitagawaJ. Van der Plicht, R.L. Payne, at Pendant PEO Layers." Colloids Surf. B.

0 V.C. Smith, D.F. Mark, A. MacLeod, S.P.E. Blockley, Biointerfaces, 112 (2013): 23-29. 0 J.L. Schwenninger, P.E. Tarasov, T Haraguchi, K. 0 Gotanda, H. Yonenobu and Y. Yokoyama. "The Multiple Chronological Techniques Applied to the Wu, X., M.P. Ryder, J. McGuire and K.E Schilke. 0 Lake Suigetsu SG06 Sediment Core, Central Japan." "Concentration Effects on Peptide Elution 0 Boreas (2013): 10.1111/j.1502-388 5 .2012.00278.x. from Pendant PEO Layers." Colloids Surf. B.

Biointerfaces, 118 (2014): 210-217. 0 0

Tang, D.L.K., D. Seward, CJ.N. Wilson, R.J. Sewell, A.

Carter and B.T. Paul. "Thermo-Tectonic History of Yang, R., D. Seward, Z. Zhou and T. Dumitru. "U-Pb Detrital 0 Southeast China Since the Late Mesozoic: Insights Zircon Ages from the Changjiang (Yangtze River) - 0 A Test for Provenance Studies." Submitted to Basin from Detailed Tlhermochronological Studies of Hong Research.

0 Kong."Journal of the Geological Society, London (in press, 2014): doi:10.1144/jgs2014-009.

0 Zattin M., D. Pace, B. Andreucci, E Rossetti and F.M.

0 Tate G. W., N. McQuarrie, Djj. Hinsbergen, R.R. Bakker, Talarico. "Cenozoic Segmentation and Erosion 0 R. Harris, S.Willett, P.W. Reiners, M.G. Fellin, M. ofTransantarctic Mountains: A Source-to-Sink 0 Thermochronological Study." Tectonophysics, 630 Ganerod and J.W. Zachariasse. "Resolving Spatial (2014): 158-165 0

Heterogeneities in Exhumation and Surface Uplift in Timor-Leste: Constraints on Deformation Processes 0 in Young Orogens."Tectonics, 33 (2014): 1089-1112, 0 doi:10.1002/2013TC003436.

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0 Alden, John. "People, Potters, or Pots: the Transmission of Emberling, G. and L.D. Minc. "Ceramics and Trade within 0 Stylistically Similar Ceramics in the Late Uruk." Mesopotamia during the Uruk Expansion." 79th 79th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Annual Meeting, Society for American Archaeology, 0 Archaeology (SAA), Austin, Texas, April 27,2014. Austin, TX, April 27,2014.

0 Algaze, Guillermo. "Discussant." Symposium: Trade And Falkowski, S.,J. Pfdinder, K. Drost and E. Enkelmann. "Cooling 0 Ceramics In The Uruk Expansion: Recent Insights History and Provenance of Cobbles from the Seward-S From Archaeometric Analyses, at the Society for Malaspina Glacier, SE Alaska." 14th International American Archaeology annual meetings, Austin, TX, Conference on Thermochronology, Chamonix, France, April, 2014. September 8-12, 2014.

0 Alizadeh, Abbas ,John Alden and Leah Minc. "Testing the Farsoni, A.T, B. Alemayehu, L. Ranjbar and E.M. Becker.

0 Evidence: A Follow-up Study of Late Uruk and "Real-time Radioxenon Measurements with a Well-0 Proto-Elamite Ceramics from Tall-e Geser, Iran." Type Phoswich Detector."The IEEE Nuclear Science 79th Annual Meeting of the Society for American Symposium, Seoul, South Korea, Oct. 26- Nov. 2, 0 Archaeology (SAA), Austin, TX, April 27,2014. 2013.

Fosdick,J.C., B. Carrapa. "Synchronous Unroofing and 0 Balestrieri, M.L., V. Olivetti, F.S. Stuart and S.N. Thomson.

"Timing of Shortening-Extension Pair Migration Faulting in the Precordillera of Argentina:

0 and Topographic Evolution in the Catena Costiera Thermochronometric Constraints on Fault-0 and Sila Massif, Southern Italy." 14th International Propagation in a Thin- to Thick-Skinned Orogenic Conference on Thermochronology (Thermo2014), System." American Geophysical Union meeting, San 0 Chamonix, France, Abstract Accepted, 2014. Francisco, Abstract 1803286, 2013.

0 Beard, S. P., D. A. Kring, C. E. Isachsen,T.J. Lapen, M.E. Herman, Frederic, Diane Seward, Andrew Carter, Barry Kohn, 0 Zolensky and T. D. Swindle. "Ar-Ar Analysis of Todd Ehlers. "The Impact of Glaciation on Mountain 0 Chelyabinsk: Evidence for a Recent Impact." Lunar Topography and Erosion." EGU General Assembly, Planet. Sci. Conf XLV, Abstract #1807,2014. Vienna, Austria, 2013: id. EGU2013-11289.

0 Castelluccio A., B. Andreucci, L.Jankowski, R.A. Ketcham, Julian Esteban,Jos6, Jos6 Maria Tubia, Julia Cuevas, Diane 0 S. Mazzoli, R. Szaniawski and M. Zattin. "Coupling Seward, Alexander Larionov, Sergey Sergeev and Francisco Navarro-Vild. "New approach to Date the Low-Temperature 'hermochronometry and 0 Sequential Restoration of Balanced Cross-Sections: Extensional Tectonics in the Betic Chain (Spain)."

S New Constraints on the Tectonic Evolution of EGU General Assembly, Vienna, Austria, 2013: id.

the Western Carpathians (Poland, Slovakia and EGU2013-8100.

0 Ukraine)." GSA Annual Meeting, Denver, October 27-30, 2013.

0 Kring, D. A., T D. Swindle and M. E. Zolensky. "Meteoritic 0 and Geologic Context of the Chelyabinsk Near-Earth Coblyn, M., K. Heintz, K.F. Schilke, J. Snider, M. Truong, G. Asteroid Air Burst." American Geophysical Union S Jovanovic, W.-K. Lee and J. McGuire, BMES Annual Fall Meeting, San Francisco, NH21D-01, 2013.

0 Meeting, Seattle, WA. 2013.

0 McCaulay, Euan. "The Orogenic Evolution of the Central 0 Kyrgz Tien Shan." Doctoral Dissertation.

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0 Mazzoli, S., A. Castelluccio, B. Andreucci, D. Grigo, L. Painter, C.S., B. Carrapa, P.G. DeCelles, G.E. Gehrels and 0 Jankowski, R. Szaniawski anfM. Zattin. "Tectonic S.N.Thomson. "From Source to Sink: Exhumation Evolution of the Western Carpathians Thrust of the North America Cordillera Revealed by Multi- 0 Belt-Foreland Basin System: New Structural and dating of Detrital Minerals from Upper Jurassic- 0 Thermochronometric Constraints." GSA Annual Upper Cretaceous Sevier Foreland Basin." American Meeting, Denver, October 27-30,2013. Geophysical Union meeting, San Francisco, Abstract 0 1808582, 2013. 0 Minc, L.D. "Stepping into Some Pretty Big Shoes: Following in the Tradition ofJim Blackman in the Ancient Piestrzeniewicz, A., E. Enkelmann and S. Falkowski. "Spatial 0 Near East." Symposium in honor of M.James and Temporal Constraints of Rapid Exhumation 0 Blackman, ANS Annual Meetings, Washington, DC, in the St. Elias Syntaxis, Southeast Alaska and November 13, 2013. Southwest Yukon." 14th International Conference on 0

Thermochronology, ChamonLx, France, September 0 8-12, 2014.

Mine, L.D. "Trace-Element Analyses of Near Eastern 0 Ceramics: Overview and Introduction." 79th Annual Meeting, Society for American Archaeology, Austin, Sagar, M. W., D. Seward, M. HeizlerJ.M. Palin, V.G. Toy and 0 TX, April 27,2014. AJ. Tulloch. "Thermochronology of Mid-Cretaceous Dioritic Granulites Adjacent "Big Bend" in Australia- 0 Pacific Plate Boundary, Northern South Island, Minc, L.D. and J.W. Pink. "INAA in the Service of New Zealand, T31C-2618." AGU, San Fransisco, S Archaeometry: Mapping Out Ancient Pottery December, 2013.

Production and Exchange in the Valley of Oaxaca, 0 Mexico." Symposium on Nuclear Chemistry, 68th American Chemical Society Northwest Regional Schultz, M., K.V. Hodges, M.C. van Soest and J-AWartho.

0 Meeting, Corvallis, OR, July 22,2013. "Thermochronologic Constraints on the Miocene 0 Slip History of the South Tibetan Detachment System in the Everest Region, Central Himalaya." 0 Mohd Faiz Hassim, B. Carrapa and P. Kapp. "Detrital Geochemical Fingerprints Of Rivers Along The Yalu American Geophysical Union conference, abstract, 0 2014.

Suture Zone In Tibet: Implications For Drainage Evolution, Timing Of Arc Development And S

Erosion." American Geophysical Union meeting, San Snider, J., M. Ryder, J. McGuire and K.F. Schilke. AIChE Francisco, Abstract 1810798, 2013. Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. 2013.

0 0

Murray, K.E., P.W. Reiners and S.N. Thomson. "Oligocene Sobel, E. R., A. Bande, A. Mikolaichuk. "Kinematic Link 0 Laccoliths on the Colorado Plateau: A Key to Between Late Oligocene - Miocene Deformation in Understanding Cenozoic Cooling and Denudation." the Northern Pamir and the Western Tien Shan." 15t 0 Eos Transactions AGU, AGU Fall Meeting, Abstract Symposium on Tectonics, Structural Geology and 0 Accepted, 2014. Geology of Crystalline Rocks. Potsdam, Germany, March 31-April 4,2014.

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Mutin, Benjamin. "Uruk Presence at Tepe Yahya." Symposium:

Trade And Ceramics In The Uruk Expansion: Recent Sobel, E. R., A. Bande, R. Thiede, A. Mikolaichuk, E.

-U Insights From Archaeometric Analyses, at the Society Macaulay and C.Jie. "Thermochronologic Evidence for American Archaeology annual meetings, Austin, of a Late Miocene-Pliocene Change in Pamir TX, April, 2014. Deformation Style." 14th International Conference on Thermochronology, Chamonix, France, September 8-12,2014.

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Stevens, A., E. Balgord, B. Carrapa and J. Restrepo. "Utility of Warren-Smith, E., D. Seward and S. Lamb. "Constraints 0 Statistical Methods and Data Presentation in Detrital on the Erosion and Uplift History of the Southern Fission Track Thermochronology." Geological Society Lakes Region from Apatite and Zircon Fission-0 of America, Abstracts with Programs, v. 45, no. 7, Track Ages." Geosciences Conference, Abstracts, 0 p. 7 4 4 , Denver, 2013. Christchurch, New Zealand. Geoscience Society of New Zealand Miscellaneous Publication 136A (2013): 92. Reid, C.M and A. Wandres, eds.

0 Tang, D.L.K., D. Seward, A. Carter, CJ.N. Wilson and RJ.

Sewell. "'Thermo-Tectonic History of Southeast 0 China Since the Late Mesozoic: Insights from Wright, Henry. "Production, Exchange, and Consumption Detailed Thermochronological Studies of Hong in the Uruk World." Symposium: Trade And 0 Kong." Geosciences Conference, Abstracts, Ceramics In The Uruk Expansion: Recent Insights 0 Christchurch, New Zealand. Geoscience Society From Archaeometric Analyses, at the Society for of New Zealand Miscellaneous Publication, 136A American Archaeology annual meetings, Austin, 0 (2013): p. 92. Reid, C.M and A. Wandres, eds. TX, April, 2014.

0 Thomson, S.N., P.W. Reiners and G.E. Gehrels. "Multi- Wu, X., M.P. Ryder, J. McGuire and K.E Schilke. AIChE 0 Dating Single Detrital Mineral Grains (U-Pb, (U- Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA. 2013.

Th)/He, and Fission Track): A Key to Reconstructing 0 East Antarctic Subglacial Landscape Evolution." Eos Transactions AGU, AGU Fall Meeting, Abstract Wu, X., M.P. Ryder, M.C. Lampi, K.F. Schilke and J.

0 Accepted, 2014. McGuire. BMES Annual Meeting. Seattle, WA.,

2013.

0 S Veselovskiy, R., A. Arzamastsev and S.N.'Ihomson.

Zattin, M., D. Pace, B. Andreucci, F. Rossetti and F.M.

"Paleomagnetic and Geochronological Studies of the 0 KOLA Devonian Alkaline Province (Kola Peninsula, Talarico. "Thermochronological Evidence for 0 Russia) and Their Geological Implication." Eos Cenozoic Segmentation of Transantarctic Mountains." AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, 0 Transactions AGU, AGU Fall Meeting, Abstract December 9-13,2013.

Accepted, 2014.

0 Wang, Shuwen. "Fine-mapping of the major perenniality gene Zhou, R., L.M. Schoenbohm, E.R. Sobel, D.F. Stockli 0 in perennial wheat."'The Land Institute. and J. Glodny. "Cooling History for the Sierra 0 Laguna Blanca (NW Argentina) on the Southern Puna Plateau, Central Andes." AGU fall meeting, 0 Wang, Shuwen. "Fine-mapping of the major perenniality gene December, 2014.

in perennial wheat." New Roots for the Ecological Intensification- International Workshop, October, 0 2014.

Students 0 Wang, X. X., M. Zattin, C.H. Song and JJ. Li. Alemayehu, Bemnet. "Real-Time Radioxenon Measurement "Cenozoic Exhumation History of Northeast using a Compton-Suppressed Well-Type Phoswich 0 Tibet Reconstructed from the Fission-Track Detector for Nuclear Explosion Monitoring." PhD, Thermochronology of the Guide-Xining basins."

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2013. Advisor: Dr. Abi T Farsoni.

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Arkle,Jenny. Thesis: "Linking Geodynamics and Traversing Falkowski, Sarah. Thesis: "Exhumation History of the St. Elias 0

Timescales: Orogenesis in the Southeast Caribbean Mountain Range Using Thermochronology Data."

Pate Corner." PhD candidate, expected graduation PhD candidate, expected graduation summer 2015. 0 2016. University of Cincinnati. Advisor: Lewis University of Tuebingen, Germany. Advisor: Eva Owen. Enkelmann.

0 0

Auxier, Julie. MS. Advisor: Schilke, Karl. Heintz, Keely. MS. Advisor: Schilke, Karl.

0 0

Bande, Alejandro. "Constraining Deformation History of the Lampi, Marsha. UHC BS. Advisor: Schilke, Karl. 0 Talas-Fergana Strike-Slip Fault and Kinematically- 0 Linked Thrust Faults, Kyrgyz Republic." Doctorate Mercer, Cameron. Thesis: "Laser Microprobe 40Ar/39Ar 0 expected 2015. Advisor: apl. Prof. E. Sobel.

Geochronology of Apollo 16 and 17 Impact Melt 0 Breccias." Current samples being irradiated for two Beard, Sky P. PHD. Advisor: T. D. Swindle. projects: 1) Apollo 17 samples are for a NASA 0

Lunar Advanced Science and Exploration Research 0 Berg, Rick. Master's Thesis: "Rates and Significance of (LASER) grant (PI's - Kip Hodges and Brad Jolliff), 0 and 2) Apollo 16 samples for Camerons NASA Earth Debromination in the Deep Subseafloor Biosphere." and Space Science Fellowship (NESSF) grant. PhD 0

PhD student. University of Washington. Advisor: student. Advisor: Kip Hodges. 0 Dr. Evan A. Solomon.

0 Mittiga, Francesco. "Exhumational History of South-Western 0 Borneman, Nathaniel. Thesis: "Age and Structure of the Shyok and Yarlung Tsangpo Suture Zones."

Turkey." PhD. University of Bologna, Italy. Advisor: 0 William Cavazza.

Irradiated samples are related to two projects: 1) 0 The age and structure of the Shyok suture zone of Ladakh and (internally funded at ASU), and 2) the Murray, Kendra. Project: "Low-Temperature 0

timing of bluechist facies metamorphism withing Thermochronology from Laccolith Aureoles 0 the Yarlung Tsangpo suture zone (NSF grant). PhD Constrains Late Cenozoic Exhumation in the North- 0 student. Advisor: Kip Hodges. Central Colorado Plateau." PhD student. University of Arizona. Advisor: Peter Reiners.

0 0

Castelluccio, Ada. "'Thermo-Tectonic Evolution of the Carpathian Chain." PhD project. University of Pace, Donato. "Sedimentary Provenance in the Victoria Land 0

Padova. Advisor: Prof. Massimiliano Zattin. Basin (Antarctica)." PhD project. University of Siena. 0 Advisor: Prof. Franco Talarico. 0 Catt6, Silvia. "Tectonic Evolution of the Holy Cross 0 Mountains (Poland)." MSc thesis. University of Padova. Advisor: Prof. Massimiliano Zattin.

Painter, Clay. Thesis: "Thermochronology of Upper Cretaceous and Paleocene Deposits in the Central Cordilleran 0

Foreland Basin." MS student. University of Arizona. 0 Deeken, Anke. "Long-Term Erosion and Exhumation Rates Advisor: Barbara Carrapa. 0 Across Different Climatic Zones in the Indian 0 NW Himalaya." Doctorate expected 2015. Potsdam Painter, Clayton. Project: "Sequence Stratigraphy, geodynamics, 0 University. Advisor: Prof. M. Strecker. and detrital geothermochronology of Cretaceous foreland basin deposits, Western Interior U.S.A."

0 PhD, 2013. Geosciences, UA. Advisor: B. Carrapa. 0 Dill, Justen. MS. Advisor: Schilke, Karl.

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0 0 Piestrzeniewicz, Adam. Thesis: "Spatial and Temporal Stalder, Nadja. "Provenance Analysis of the Laga Formation Constraints of Rock Exhumation in Southeast (Messinian, Central Apennines)." MS. ETH Zurich, S Alaska and Western Yukon." MS student, expected Switzerland. Advisors: M. Giuditta Fellin and 0 graduation spring 2015. University of Cincinnati. Wilfired Winkler.

0 Advisor: Eva Enkelmann.

Taylor, Bridget. Project: "The Bias of Sample Preparation Pink, Jeremias. Thesis: "Rural Ceramic Production, in Detrital Fission-Track Dating." BS student.

0 Consumption, and Exchange in Late Classic University of Cincinnati. Advisor: Eva Enkelmann.

0 Oaxaca, Mexico: A View from Yaasuchi." MA in Anthropology, 2014. Accepted into PhD program at 0 OSU. Advisor: Leah Minc. Walker, Sarah. MA in progress. Advisor: Leah Minc.

0 Wu, Xiangmin. PhD. Advisor: Schilke, Karl.

Rong, Yang. "Incising Tibet." PhD. ETH Zurich, Switzerland.

0 Advisors: Sean Willett, ETH Zurich, Switzerland 0 and Frederic Herman, Universiy of Lausanne, Xiangming, Wu. "Molecular Origins of Peptide Entrapment Switzerland. in Polyethylene Oxide Layers." PhD, CHE, 2014.

Advisors: Joe McGuire and Karl Schilke.

0 Ryder, Matthew. "Binding of Bacterial Lipopolysaccharide by the Cationic Amphiphilic Peptide WLBU2 at Zhou, Renjie. "Cenozoic Deformation of the Southern Puna 0 Interfaces." PhD, CHE, 2014. Advisors: Joe McGuire Plateau (Central Andes)." PhD expected 2015.

and Karl Schilke.

0 University of Toronto Mississauga. Advisor: Prof. L.

Schoenbohm.

0 Schultz, Mary. Thesis: "Exploring the Variability in Late 0 Cenozoic Exhumation Rates across the Himalayan 0 Rain Shadow." PhD student. Advisor: Kip Hodges.

0 Schyder, Marc. "Laser Abaltion Fission-Track Dating as a Tool to Date Apatites with Low U-Content and 0 a Case Study: the Simplon." MS. ETH Zurich, Switzerland. Advisors: M. Giuditta Fellin and Olivier 0 Bachman.

S Sichamba, Kennedy. Thesis: "Potential for Utilizing Western 0 Juniper (Juniperus Occidentalis) Biomass for Oil 0 Extraction and as a Fermentation Medium." MS, 2013. Co-Advisors: S. Leavengood and Jeff Morrell.

0 0 Snider, Joshua. "Characterization and Application of PEO-Containing Triblock Copolymer Surfactants." HBS, 0 BIOE, 2013. Advisors: Joe McGuire and Karl 0 Schilke.

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