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| Issue date: | 10/19/2018 |
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Oregon State Radiation Center Oregon State University
- University 100 Radiation Center Corvallis, Oregon 97331 P 541-737-2341 F 541 -737-0480 radiationcenter.oregonstate.edu October 19, 2018 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, 2017 through June 30, 2018.
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: Michael Balazik, USNRC Dr. lrem Turner, OSU Craig Bassett, USNRC Dan Harlan, OSU Ken Niles, ODOE
- 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 .
CoI1teI1ts **
Part I-Overview Executive Summary .....................................................................................................................................4 **
lntroduction ....................................................................................................................................................4 Overview of the Radiation Center ..........................................................................................................4 Part II-People Radiation Center Staff .................................................................................................................................6 Reactor Operations Committee .............................................................................................................. 6 Professional & Research Faculty .............................................................................................................. 7 Part Ill-Facilities Research Reactor .......................................................................................................................................... 8 Analytical Equipment .................................................................................................................................. 9 Radioisotope Irradiation Sources ..........................................................................................................10 Laboratories & Classrooms ......................................................................................................................10 **
Instrument Repair & Calibration ............................................................................................................10 Library .............................................................................................................................................................10 Part IV-Reactor Operating Statistics ....................................................................................................................................14 Experiments Performed ...........................................................................................................................14 Unplanned Shutdowns .............................................................................................................................15 Changes Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.59 ......................................................................................................15 Surveillance & Maintenance ...................................................................................................................16 Part V-Radiation Protection **
lntroduction ..................................................................................................................................................28 Environmental Releases ...........................................................................................................................28 Personnel Doses ..........................................................................................................................................29 Facility Survey Data ....................................................................................................................................30 Environmental Survey Data ....................................................................................................................30 **
Radioactive Material Shipments ...........................................................................................................31 References .....................................................................................................................................................31 Part VI-Work Summary .......................................................................................................................................................48 Teaching .........................................................................................................................................................48 **
Research & Service .....................................................................................................................................48 Part VII-Words Documents Published or Accepted .....................................................................................................71 Presentations ................................................................................................................................................75 **
Students .........................................................................................................................................................78
- Tables Table Title Page Ill. 1 Gammacell 220 6°Co lrradiator Use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 111.2 Student Enrollment in Courses at the Radiation Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
- IV.3 IV.4 IV.5 OSTR Multiple Use Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Use of OSTR Reactor Experiments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Unplanned Reactor Shutdowns and Scrams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
- V.1 V.2 Radiation Protection Program Requirements and Frequencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Monthly Summary of Liquid Effluent Releases to the Sanitary Sewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 V.3 Annual Summary of Liquid Waste Generated and Transferred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 V.4 Monthly Summary of Gaseous Effluent Releases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 V.5 Annual Summary of Solid Waste Generated and Transferred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
- V.6 V.7 Annual Summary of Personnel Radiation Doses Received . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Total Dose Equivalent Recorded Within the TRIGA Reactor Facility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 V.8 Total Dose Equivalent Recorded on Area Within the Radiation Center. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 V.9 Annual Summary of Radiation and Contamination Levels Within the Reactor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 V.10 Total Dose Equivalent at the TRIGA Reactor Facility Fence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
- V.11 V. 12 V. 13 Total Dose Equivalent at the Off-Site Gamma Radiation Monitoring Stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Annual Average Concentration of the Total Net Beta Radioactivity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 Radioactive Material Shipments under NRC General License R-106 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
- V. 14 V. 15 Radioactive Material Shipments under Oregon License ORE 90005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Radioactive Material Shipments Under NRC General License 10 CFR 110.23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
- VI. 1 Vl.2 Vl.3 Institutions and Agencies Which Utilized the Radiation Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Listing of Major Research & Service Projects Performed and Their Funding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Summary of Radiological Instrumentation Calibrated to Support OSU Departments . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
- Vl.4 Summary of Radiological Instrumentation Calibrated to Support Other Agencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
- Figures Table Title Page IV. 1 Monthly Surveillance and Maintenance (Sample Form) .................................................................................................20 IV.2 Quarterly Surveillance and Maintenance (Sample Form) ...............................................................................................21
- IV.3 IV.4 Semi-Annual Surveillance and Maintenance (Sample Forrri) ........................................................................................23 Annual Surveillance and Maintenance (Sample Form) ...................................................................................................25
- V. 1 VI. 1 Monitoring Stations for the OSU TRIGA Reactor .............................................................................................................47 Summary of the Types of Radiological Instrumentation Calibrated ..........................................................................69
Overview **
Executive Summary Introduction The data from this reporting year shows that the use of the Radiation Center and the Oregon State TRIGA reactor (OSTR)
The current annual report of the Oregon State University Radiation Center and TRIGA Reactor follows the usual format has continued to grow in many areas.
The Radiation Center supported 42 different courses this year, by including information relating to the entire Radiation Center rather than just the reactor. However, the information is still presented in such a manner that data on the reactor may mostly in the School of Nuclear Science and Engineering.
About 33% of these courses involved the OSTR. The number of OSTR hours used for academic courses and training was 20, be examined separately, if desired. It should be noted that all annual data given in this report covers the period from July I, **
2017 through June 30, 2018. Cumulative reactor operating data while 3,744 hours0.00861 days <br />0.207 hours <br />0.00123 weeks <br />2.83092e-4 months <br /> were used for research projects. Sixty-eight in this report relates only to the LEU fueled core. This covers percent (68%) of the OSTR research hours were in support of the period beginning July I, 2008 to the present date. For a off-campus research projects, reflecting the use of the OSTR summary of data on the reactor's two other cores, the reader is nationally and internationally. Radiation Center users pub-referred to previous annual reports.
lished or submitted 70 articles this year, and made 67 presen-tations on work that involved the OSTR or Radiation Center.
The number of samples irradiated in the reactor during this re-porting period was 2,315. Funded OSTR use hours comprised In addition to providing general information about the activi-ties of the Radiation Center, this report is designed to meet the reporting requirements of the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory 88% of the research use.
Personnel at the Radiation Center conducted 172 tours of the Commission, the U.S. Department of Energy, and the Oregon Department of Energy. Because of this, the report is divided into several distinct parts so that the reader may easily find the facility, accommodating 1,617 visitors. The visitors included elementary, middle school, high school, and college students; relatives and friends; faculty; current and prospective clients; sections of interest.
national laboratory and industrial scientists and engineers; and state, federal and international officials. The Radiation Center Overview of the Radiation Center **
is a significant positive attraction on campus because visitors The Radiation Center is a unique facility which serves the en-leave with a good impression of the facility and of Oregon tire OSU campus, all other institutions within the Oregon Uni-State University. versity System, and many other universities and organizations The Radiation Center projects database continues to provide a useful way of tracking the many different aspects of work throughout the nation and the world. The Center also regularly provides special services to state and federal agencies, particu-larly agencies dealing with law enforcement, energy, health, at the facility. The number of projects supported this year was 139. Reactor related projects comprised 71 % of all projects.
The total research dollars in some way supported by the Radia-and environmental quality, and renders assistance to Oregon industry. In addition, the Radiation Center provides permanent **
office and laboratory space for the OSU School of Nuclear tion Center, as reported by our researchers, was $15.1 million.
Science and Engineering, the OSU Institute of Nuclear Science The actual total is likely considerably higher. This year the Ra-and Engineering, and for the OSU nuclear chemistry, radiation diation Center provided service to 69 different organizations/
institutions, 32% of which were from other states and 41 % of which were from outside the U.S. and Canada. So while the chemistry, geochemistry and radiochemistry programs. There is no other university facility with the combined capabilities of the OSU Radiation Center in the western half of the United Center's primary mission is local, it is also a facility with a States.
national and international clientele.
Located in the Radiation Center are many items of specialized The Radiation Center web site provides an easy way for equipment and unique teaching and research facilities.
potential users to evaluate the Center's facilities and capabili-ties as well as to apply for a project and check use charges. The address is: http://radiationcenter.oregonstate.edu.
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- 60 Co gamma irradiator; a large number of state-of-the art computer-based gamma radiation spectrometers and associat-dard problem at OSU .
The Advanced Nuclear Systems Engineering Laboratory ed germanium detectors ; and a variety of instruments for ra-diation measurements and monitoring. Specialized facilities (ANSEL) is the home to two major thermal-hydraulic test for radiation work include teaching and research laboratories facilities- the High Temperature Test Facility (HTTF) and
- with instrumentation and related equipment for performing the Hydro-mechanical Fuel Test Facility (HMFTF). The neutron activation analysis and radiotracer studies; laborato- HTTF is a 1/4 scale model of the Modular High Temperature ries for plant experiments involving radioactivity ; a facility Gas Reactor. The vessel has a ceramic lined upper head and
- for repair and calibration of radiation protection instrumenta-tion; and facilities for packaging radioactive materials for shipment to national and international destinations .
shroud capable of operation at 850oC (well mixed helium).
The design will allow for a maximum operating pressure of I .OMPa and a maximum core ceramic temperature of 1600°C.
- A major non-nuclear facility housed in the Radiation Center is the one-quarter scale thermal hydraulic advanced plant ex-The nominal working fluid will be helium with a core power of approximately 600 kW (note that electrical heaters are used to simulate the core power). The test facility also includes a
- perimental (APEX) test facility for the Westinghouse AP600 and API 000 reactor designs. The AP600 and API 000 are scaled reactor cavity cooling system, a circulator and a heat sink in order to complete the cycle. The HTTF can be used next-generation nuclear reactor designs which incorporate to simulate a wide range of accident scenarios in gas reac-many passive safety features as well as considerably simpli- tors to include the depressurized conduction cooldown and fied plant systems and equipment. APEX operates at pres- pressurized conduction cooldown events. The HMFTF is a
- sures up to 400 psia and temperatures up to 450°F using elec-trical heaters instead of nuclear fuel. All major components of the AP600 and APIOOO are included in APEX and all testing facility which will be used to produce a database of hydro-mechanical information to supplement the qualifica-tion of the prototypic ultrahigh density U-Mo Low Enriched
- systems are appropriately scaled to enable the experimental measurements to be used for safety evaluations and licensing of the full scale plant. This world-class facility meets exact-Uranium fuel which will be implemented into the U.S. High Performance Research Reactors upon their conversion to low enriched fuel. This data in turn will be used to verify current ing qua! ity assurance criteria to provide assurance of safety theoretical hydro- and thermo-mechanical codes being used as well as validity of the test results . during safety analyses. The maximum operational pressure of
- Also housed in the Radiation Center is the Advanced Ther-mal Hydraulics Research Laboratory (ATHRL), which is the HMFTF is 600 psig with a maximum operational tem-perature of 450°F.
used for state-of-the-art two-phase flow experiments. The Radiation Center staff regularly provides direct sup-port and assistance to OSU teaching and research programs.
The Multi-Application Light Water Reactor (MASLWR) is Areas of expertise commonly involved in such efforts include a nuclear power plant test facility that is instrumental in the nuclear engineering, nuclear and radiation chemistry, neutron development of next generation commercial nuclear reactors activation analysis, radiation effects on biological systems, ra-currently seeking NRC certification. The Test Facility is con-diation dosimetry, environmental radioactivity, production of
- structed of all stain less steel components and is capable of operation at full system pressure ( 1500 psi a), and full system temperature (600F).
short-lived radioisotopes, radiation shielding, nuclear instru-mentation, emergency response, transportation of radioactive materials , instrument calibration, radiation health physics, All components are 1/3 scale height and 1/254.7 volume radioactive waste disposal, and other related areas.
scale. The current testing program is examining methods In addition to formal academic and research support, the for natural circulation startup, helical steam generator heat Center's staff provides a wide variety of other services includ-transfer performance, and a wide range of design basis, and ing public tours and instructional programs, and professional beyond design basis, accident conditions. In addition , the consultation associated with the feasibility, design, safety, MASLWR Test Facility is currently the focus of an interna-and execution of experiments using radiation and radioactive tional collaborative standard problem exploring the operation materials.
- and safety of advanced natural circulations reactor concepts .
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People **
This section contains a listing of all people who were residents of the Radiation Center or who worked a significant amount of time at the Center during this reporting period .
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. I , while individual names and projects are listed in Table Vl.2 . **
Radiation Center Staff Reactor Operations Committee Steve Reese, Dina Pope, Director Office Manager Dan Harlan, Chair OSU Radiation Safety **
Tara DiSante, Erica Emerson, Business Manager Receptionist Abi Tavakoli Farsoni OSU School of Nuclear Science and Engineering S. Todd Keller S. Todd Keller, Celia Oney, Reactor Administrator Reactor Supervisor, Senior Reactor Operator OSU Radiation Center Scott Menn **
Robert Schickler, Reactor Engineer, Senior Reactor Operator OSU Radiation Center Celia Oney (not voting) **
Scott Menn, Senior Health Physicist OSU Radiation Center Kyle Combs, Health Physicist Steve Reese (not voting)
OSU Radiation Center Leah Mine, Neutron Activation Analysis Manager Steve Smith, Development Engineer, Julie Tucker Senior Reactor Operator OSU Mechanical , Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Chris Kulah , Senior Reactor Operator Erin Cimbri, Custodian Joshua Graves, Reactor Operator (Student)
Haori Yang OSU School of Nuclear Science and Engineering Trevor Howard, Reactor Operator (Student)
Griffen Latimer, Reactor Operator (Student)
Jackson Keppen , Reactor Operator (Student)
Jadin Swarts, Reactor Oprator (Student)
Quinn Miller, Health Physics Monitor (Student)
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- Assistant Professor, Sen ior Research, Nuclear Science and Engineering Research Faculty and In structor, Nuclear Science and Engineering
- Palmer, Todd S.
Farsoni, Abi Associate Professor, Nuclear Science and Engineering Professor, N uclear Science and Engineering
/zabela Gutowska *Paulenova, Alena
- Assistant Professor, Senior Research , Nuclear Science and Engineering Associate Professor, Nuclear Science and Engineering Pope, Dina
- Hamby, David Office Manager, Radiation Center Professor, Nuclear Science and Engineering Ranjbar, Leila Hart, Lucas P. Instructor, Nuclear Science and Engi neeri ng
- Faculty Research Associate, Chem istry
- Higley, Kathryn A.
Schoo l Head, Professor, Nuclear Science and Engineering
- Reese, Steven R .
Director, Radiation Center Reyes, Jr., Jose N .
- Dan LaBrier Assistant Professor, Senior Research, Nuclear Science and Professor, Nuclear Science and Engi neering
- Celia Oney
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- Keller, S. Todd Reactor Supervisor, Radiation Center Aaron Weiss Reactor Admini strator, Radiation Center Faculty Research Assistant, Nuclear Sc ience and Engi neering Klein, Andrew C. Woods, Brian Professor, Nuclear Sc ience and Engineeri ng Professor, Nuclear Sc ience and Engineering
- *Krane, Kenneth S.
Professor Emeritus, Physics
- Loveland, Walter D.
Wu, Qiao Professor, Nuclear Science and Engineering Yanez, Ricardo Professor, Chemistry Facu lty Research Associate, Chem istry Marcum, Wade Yang, Haori
- Associate Professor , Nuclear Science and Engineering
- Menn, Scott A .
Sen ior Health Physicist, Radiation Center Assistant Professor, Nuclear Science and Engineering
- OSTR users f or research and/or teaching
- *Mine, Leah Assoc iate Professor, Anthropology
- Guillaume Mignot Ass istant Professor, Senior Research , Nuc lear Science and Engi neeri ng
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Facilities **
Research Reactor The Oregon State University TRI GA Reactor (OSTR) is a water-cooled, swimming pool type research reactor which uses uranium/zirconium hydride fuel e lements in a circular grid array. The reactor core is surrounded by a ring of graphite which serves to reflect neutrons back into the core. The core is situated near the bottom of a 22-foot deep water-fi lied tank, and the tank is surrounded by a concrete bioshield which acts as a radiation shield and structural support. The reactor is li-censed by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to operate at a maximum steady state power of 1.1 MW and can also be pulsed up to a peak power of about 2500 MW.
The OSTR has a number of different irradiation facilities J
including a pneumatic transfer tube, a rotating rack, a thermal column , four beam ports, five sample holding (dummy) fuel e lements for special in-core irradiations, an in-core irradiation tube, and a cadmium-lined in-core irradiation tube for experi-ments requiring a high energy neutron flux.
The pneumatic transfer facility enables samples to be inserted and removed from the core in four to five seconds.
Consequently this facility is normally used for neutron activa-tion analysis involving short-lived radionuclides. On the other hand, the rotating rack is used for much longer irradiation of samp les (e.g. , hours). The rack consists of a circular array of 40 tubular positions , each of which can hold two sample tubes .
Rotation of the rack ensures that each sample will receive an identical irradiation.
The reactor's thermal column consists of a large stack of graphite blocks which slows down neutrons from the reac-tor core in order to increase thermal neutron activation of samples. Over 99% of the neutrons in the thermal column are thermal neutrons. Graphite blocks are removed from the thermal column to enable samp les to be positioned inside for irradiation. **
The beam ports are tubular penetrations in the reactor 's main concrete shield which enable neutron and gamma radiation to If samples to be irradiated require a large neutron fluence ,
especia lly from higher energy neutrons, they may be inserted **
stream from the core when a beam port 's shield plugs are re-moved . The neutron radiography facility utilized the tangential beam port (beam port #3) to produce ASTM E545 category I into a dummy fuel element. This device will then be placed into one of the core 's inner grid positions which would nor-mally be occupied by a fuel element. Similarly samples can be radiography capability. The other beam ports are available for a variety of experiments.
placed in the in-core irradiation tube (ICIT) which can be inserted in the same core location . **
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- grid position of the reactor core which would normally be oc-cupied by a fuel element. It is the same as the JCIT except for the presence of the cadmium lining.
Analytical Equipment
- The two main uses of the OSTR are instruction and research . The Radiation Center has a large variety of radiation detec-tion instrumentation. This equipment is upgraded as neces-
- Instruction Instructional use of the reactor is twofold. First, it is used sig-nificantly for classes in Nuclear Engineering, Radiation Health sary, especially the gamma ray spectrometers with their associated computers and germanium detectors. Additional equipment for classroom use and an extensive inventory of Physics, and Chemistry at both the graduate and undergradu-portable radiation detection instrumentation are also avail-ate levels to demonstrate numerous principles which have able .
been presented in the classroom . Basic neutron behavior is the same in small reactors as it is in large power reactors, and Radiation Center nuclear instrumentation receives intensive many demonstrations and instructional experiments can be use in both teaching and research applications . In addition ,
- performed using the OSTR which cannot be carried out with a commercial power reactor. Shorter-term demonstration experi-ments are also performed for many undergraduate students in service projects also use these systems and the combined use often results in 24-hour per day schedu les for many of the analytical instruments. Use of Radiation Center equipment
- Physics, Chemistry, and Biology classes, as well as for visitors from other universities and colleges, from high schools, and from public groups.
extends beyond that located at the Center and instrumentation may be made available on a loan basis to OSU researchers in other departments .
- The second instructional application of the OSTR involves educating reactor operators, operations managers, and health
- physicists. The OSTR is in a unique position to provide such education since curricula must include hands-on experience at an operating reactor and in associated laboratories. The many types of educational programs that the Radiation Center pro-vides are more fully described in Part VI of this report .
- Research The OSTR is a unique and valuable tool for a wide variety of research applications and serves as an excellent source of
- neutrons and/or gamma radiation. The most commonly used experimental technique requiring reactor use is instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA). This is a particularly
- sensitive method of elemental analysis which is described in more detail in Part VI.
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~ Radioisotope Irradiation Sources There are two classrooms in the Radiation Center which are The Radiation Center is equipped with a I 0,200 curie (as of June, 2015) Gammacell 220 6°Co irradiator which is capable capable of holding about 35 and 18 students. In addition, there are two smaller conference room s and a library suitable for **
graduate classes and thesis examinations. As a service to the of delivering high doses of gamma radiation over a range of student body, the Radiation Center also provides an office area dose rates to a variety of materials.
for the student chapters of the American Nuclear Society and Typically, the irradiator is used by researchers wishing to perform mutation and other biological effects studies; studies in the area ofradiation chemistry; dosimeter testing; steriliza-the Health Physics Society.
All of the laboratories and classrooms are used extensively **
tion of food materials, soils, sediments, biological specimen, and other media; gamma radiation damage studies; and other during the academic year. A listing of courses accommodated at the Radiation Center during this reporting period along with their enrollments is given in Table II 1.2.
such applications. In addition to the 6°Co irradiator, the Center is also equipped with a variety of smaller 60 Co, 137Cs, 226 Ra, plutonium-beryllium, and other isotopic sealed sources of Instrument Repair & Calibration Facility various radioactivity levels which are available for use as irradiation sources. The Radiation Center has a facility for the repair and calibra-tion of essentially all types of radiation monitoring instru- **
During this reporting period there was a diverse group of projects using the 6°Co irradiator. These projects included the irradiation of a variety of biological materials including dif-mentation. This includes instruments for the detection and measurement of alpha, beta, gamma, and neutron radiation.
It encompasses both high range instruments for measuring ferent types of seeds.
In addition , the irradiator was used for sterilization of several intense radiation fields and low range instruments used to measure environmental levels of radioactivity.
media and the evaluation of the radiation effects on different materials. Table III. I provides use data for the Gammacell The Center 's instrument repair and calibration facility is used regularly throughout the year and is absolutely essential to the continued operation of the many different programs carried 220 irradiator.
out at the Center. ln addition , the absence of any comparable facility in the state has led to a greatly expanded instrument calibration program for the Center, including calibration of es-Laboratories and Classrooms sentially all radiation detection instruments used by state and federal agencies in the state of Oregon. This includes instru-The Radiation Center is equipped with a number of different radioactive material laboratories designed to accommodate research projects and classes offered by various OSU aca-ments used on the OSU campus and all other institutions in the Oregon University System, plus instruments from the Oregon Health Division's Radiation Protection Services, the Oregon demic departments or off-campus groups.
Department of Energy, the Oregon Public Utilities Commis-Instructional facilities available at the Center include a labo- sion, the Oregon Health and Sciences University, the Army Corps of Engineers, and the U.S. Environmental Protection ratory especially equipped for teaching radiochemistry and a nuclear instrumentation teaching laboratory equipped with Agency.
modular sets of counting equipment which can be configured to accommodate a variety of experiments involving the mea-surement of many types of radiation. The Center also has two student computer rooms.
Library **
In addition to these dedicated instructional facilities , many other research laboratories and pieces of specialized equip-The Radiation Center has a library containing a significant col -
lections of texts, research reports, and videotapes relating to nuclear science, nuclear engineering, and radiation protection .
ment are regularly used for teaching. In particular, classes are routinely given access to gamma spectrometry equipment located in Center laboratories. A number of classes also regu-The Radiation Center is also a regular recipient of a great vari-ety of publications from commercial publishers in the nuclear **
larly use the OSTR and the Reactor Bay as an integral part of their instructional coursework.
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- research and regulatory documentation. In addition, the Center has a collection of a number of nuclear power reactor Safety Analysis Reports and Environmental Reports specifically Radiation Center uses videotapes for most of the techni-cal orientations which are required for personnel working with radiation and radioactive materials. These tapes are
- prepared by utilities for their facilities .
The Center maintains an up-to-date set of reports from such reproduced, recorded, and edited by Radiation Center staff, using the Center's videotape equipment and the facilities of the OSU Communication Media Center.
- organizations as the International Commission on Radiologi-cal Protection, the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, and the International Commission on The Radiation Center library is used mainly to provide ref-erence material on an as-needed basis. It receives extensive
- Radiological Units. Sets of the current U.S. Code of Federal Regulations for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the U.S. Department of Transportation, and other appropriate use during the academic year. In addition, the orientation videotapes are used intensively during the beginning of each term and periodically thereafter.
- federal agencies, plus regulations of various state regulatory agencies are also available at the Center.
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- Gammacell 220 6 °Co lrradiator Use Dose Range I Number of I Use Time
- Purpose of Irradiation Samples wood blocks, crystals, (rads) I Irradiations (hours)
- Sterilization milk, mouse diet, nano-fibers, plant material, polymers, serum, soil, 5.0xl02 to 5.0xl0 6 66 395
- cow serum silicon polymers, polymers, tourmaline, I
- Material Evaluation gasket material, miner-als, peroxide solution, plastic capsules 3.0xl0 5 to 4.0x10 7 28 364
- Botanical Studies pollen, seeds, liriope 2.0xl03 to 4.0xl04 23 .54 seeds Totals 117 760 I I
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Student Enrollment in Courses Which are Taught or Partially Taught at the Radiation Center **
Course# CREDIT COURSE TITLE 2011 Number of Students Summer I Fall 2011 I Winter I Spring 2018 2018 J
Introduction to Nuclear Engineering and Radiation NSE 114* 2 - 80 I I Health Physics NSE 115 NSE234 2
4 Introduction to Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics Nuclear and Radiation Physics I i
I 70 iI I 59 NSE235 4 Nuclear and Radiation Physics II 66 NSE236* 4 Nuclear Radiation Detection & Instrumentation I 56 NSE 311 NSE 312 4
4 Intro to Thermal Fluids Thermodynamics 41
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NSE 319 J_ 3 Societal Aspects of Nuclear technology I 111 I
NSE 331 I I
4 Intro to Fluid Mechanics I 37 28 NSE 332 4 Heat Transfer 19 24 18 I
NSE233 I 3 IMathematical methods for NE/RHP l i 32 NSE/MP 401/501/601 I 1-16 IResearch I 31 I 18 17
_L_~ I NSE/MP 405/505/605 NSE/MP 406/506/606 1-16 1-16 IReading and Conference Projects ,
12 30 10 16 15 NSE/RHP/MP 407/507/607 1 Nuclear Engineering Seminar I
84 G_ 73 NSE/MP 410/510/610 NSE 415/515 NSE 451/551 I I
1-12 2
4 Internship Nuclear Rules and Regulations Neutronic Analysis 1
62 56 I
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NSE452/552 4 N eutronic Analysis 55 NSE 455/555**
NSE 456/556**
I 3 3
Reactor Operator Training I Reactor Operator Training II I
I I
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NSE 457/557**
NSE467/567 I 3
4 INuclear Reactor Lab Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics 37 42 I
NSE 667 4 Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics NSE 435/535 3 External Dosimetry & Radiation Shielding 55 NSE 565 NSE473/573 I 3
3 Applied Thermal Hydraulics Nuclear Reactor Systems Analysis I 46 **
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Student Enrollment in Courses Which are Taught or Partially Taught at the Radiation Center
- Course# CREDIT COURSE TITLE 2016 Number of Students Summer 1 Fall I 2016 Winter 2017 Spring 2017
- NSE474/574 4 Nuclear System Design I 43 I
NSE475/575 4 Nuclear System Design II 43 I
NSE479* 1-4 Individual Design Project I
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- NSE481*
NSE 582*
4 4
Radiation Protection Applied Radiation Safety
' I I 62 9 I
- NSE483/583 NSE 488/588*
4 3
Radiation Biology Radioecology I
13 I
I 12 I
i NSE 590 4 Internal Dosimetry II 6 I
1 1-+ I NSE/MP 503/603* 1 Thesis 28 I 48 50 54
- NSE 516*
NSE 526 4
3 Radiochemistry Numerical Methods for Engineering Analysis 6 I l!Ll
- NSE/MP 531 NSE/MP536*
3 3
Nuclear Physics for Engineers and Scientists Advanced Radiation Detection & Measurement Digital Spectrometer Design 8
I I
I I
15 17 NSEIRHP537 3 MP541 3 Diagnostic Imaging Physics I NSE 550 3 Nuclear Medicine I 1*
- NSE 553 MP563 3
4 Advanced Nuclear Reactor Physics Applied Medical Physics I I
4 I
12 NSE468/568 3 Nuclear Reactor Safety I
NSE/MP599 Special Topics I 8 I 18 16 I 7
- Course From Other OSU Departments CH233* 5 General Chemistry I 118 I I 873
- CH233H*
CH462*
5 3
Honors General Chemistry Experimental Chemistry II Laboratory e~--
I I 28 ENGRlll* 3 Engineering Orientation ENGR212H* 3 Honors Engineering I 21 I
- ST Special Topics *
- OSTR used occasionally for demonstration and/or experiments
- OSTR used heavily
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Operating Statistics B-1 Activation Analysis of Stone Meteorites, Other Mete-orites, and Terrestrial Rocks.
During the operating period between July 1, 2016 and June 30, 2017, the reactor produced 1438 MWH of thermal power B-2 Measurements of Cd Ratios of Mn, In, and Au in during its 1579 critical hours.
B-4 Thermal Column.
Flux Mapping. **
Experiments Performed B-5 In-core Irradiation of Foils for Neutron Spectral Mea-surements.
During the current reporting period there were ten approved reactor experiments available for use in reactor-related pro-grams. They are:
B-6 B-7 Measurements of Neutron Spectra in External Irradia-tion Facilities.
Measurements of Gamma Doses in External Irradia-A-1 Normal TRIGA Operation (No Sample Irradiation).
B-8 tion Facilities.
Isotope Production. **
B-3 Irradiation of Materials in the Standard OSTR Ir-radiation Facilities. B-9 Neutron Radiography.
B-10 Neutron Diffraction.
B-29 Reactivity Worth ofFuel.
B-11 Irradiation of Materials Involving Specific Quantities B-36 Irradiation of fissionable materials in the OSTR. of Uranium and Thorium in Standard OSTR Irradia-tion Facilities. (Discontinued Feb. 28th, 2018)
Of these available experiments, four were used during the reporting period. One additional experiment (B-35, Irradiation B-12 Exploratory Experiments. (Discontinued Feb. 28th, of Fissile Materials in the Prompt Gamma Neutron Activation 2018)
Analysis (PGNAA) Facility) was used during the reporting period and later discontinued (see below). Table IV.4 provides B-13 B-14 This experiment number was changed to A-7.
Detection of Chemically Bound Neutrons. **
information related to the frequency of use and the general purpose of their use. B-15 B-16 This experiment number was changed to C-1.
Production and Preparation of 18F. **
Inactive Experiments B-17 Fission Fragment Gamma Ray Angular Correlations.
Presently 39 experiments are in the inactive file. This con-sists of experiments which have been performed in the past B-18 A Study of Delayed Status (n, y) Produced Nuclei.
and may be reactivated. Many of these experiments are now performed under the more general experiments listed in the B-19 B-20 Instrument Timing via Light Triggering.
Sinusoidal Pile Oscillator. **
previous section. The following list identifies these inactive experiments. B-21 Beam Port #3 Neutron Radiography Facility.
B-22 Water Flow Measurements Through TRIGA Core.
A-2 Measurement of Reactor Power Level via Mn Activa-tion. B-23 Studies Using TRIGA Thermal Column. (Discontin-ued Feb. 28th, 2018)
A-3 Measurement of Cd Ratios for Mn, In, and Au in A-4 Rotating Rack.
Neutron Flux Measurements in TRIGA.
B-24 B-25 General Neutron Radiography.
Neutron Flux Monitors.
A-5 A-6 Copper Wire Irradiation.
In-core Irradiation ofLiF Crystals.
B-26 B-27 Fast Neutron Spectrum Generator.
Neutron Flux Determination Adjacent to the OSTR Core.
A-7 Investigation of TRIGA's Reactor Bath Water Tem-perature Coefficient and High Power Level Power Fluctuation.
B-28 Gamma Scan of Sodium (TED) Capsule.
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Minor updates and clarifications to the procedures for Radiation Center B-32 Argon Production Facility.
orientation and training.
B-33 Irradiation of Combustible Liquids in LS. (Discon-tinued Feb. 28th, 2018).
17-15 CAM Flow Control Valves Allowed replacement of the flow control valves on both Continuous Air B-34 Irradiation of Enriched Uranium in the Neutron Ra- Monitors (reactor top and exhaust stack). The new valves have a limited
- B-35 diography Facility. (Discontinued Feb. 28th, 2018).
Irradiation of Fissile Materials in the Prompt range of rotation to prevent overshooting when used for automatic flow control.
Gamma Neutron Activation Analysis (PGNAA) 17-16 Changes to OSTROP 4 Facility. (Discontinued Feb. 28th, 2018). Minor updates and clarifications to the procedures for reactor operation .
C-1 Pu02 Transient Experiment. Moved some information from OSTROP 6 to OSTROP 4 to improve
- procedure organization .
17-17 Changes to OSTROP 6
- Unplanned Shutdowns Minor updates and clarifications to the administrative and personnel procedures. Moved some information from OSTROP 6 to other proce-dures to improve procedure organization.
- There were 2 unplanned reactor shutdowns during the current reporting period. Table IV.5 details these events.
17-18 Changes to OSTROP 10 Minor updates and clarifications to the procedures for operation of experimental facilities .
17-19 Changes to OSTROP 15 Activities Pursuant to10 CFR 50-59 Minor updates and clarifications to the procedures for semi-annual
- There was one safety evaluation performed in support of the reactor this year. It was:
surveillance and maintenance.
17-20 Changes to OSTROP 18 and Appendix A
- 18-01, Experiments Update Minor updates and clarifications to the procedures for approval and use of reactor experiments, and for irradiating a sample in the OSTR.
This evaluation implemented one new experiment (B-36) and made 17-21 Changes to OSTROP 19 six other experiments inactive (B-11, B-12, B-23, B-33, B-34, and B-35). The evaluation also made minor corrections to experiments Minor updates and clarifications to the procedures for equipment main-B-3 and B-31 to bring them up-to-date with Technical Specifications tenance and calibration.
- and current practices .
17-22 Changes to OSTROP 22 Minor updates and clarifications to the procedures for the emergency There were 26 new screens performed in support of the reac-power system .
tor this year. They were:
17-23 Changes to OSTROP 25 17-10 Changes to OSTROPs 14, 17, 21, and 23
- Minor updates and clarifications to the procedures for quarterly surveillance and maintenance, the reactor room ventilation system, Minor updates and clarifications to the procedures for reporting require-ments.
17-24 Changes to OSTROP 1 reporting of defects and noncompliance, and crane operation.
17-11 Clamp Modifications Minor updates and clarifications to the annunciator response procedures .
Allowed the installation of new fixtures to secure in-core irradiation 17-25 Changes to OSTROP 5
- tubes to the reactor bridge.
17-12 Changes to OSTROP 11 Minor updates and clarifications to the procedures for maintaining operational records .
Minor updates and clarifications to the procedure for fuel element 17-26 Changes to OSTROP 9 handling.
Minor updates and clarifications to the procedures for control rod cali-17-13 Air Compressor Replacement bration .
Allowed a new air compressor to be installed in the heat exchanger room following the failure of the old air compressor.
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Septem her 2017 **
lance and maintenance.
17-29 Changes to 0STROP7 Some built-up corrosion was found on the safety rod's electromagnet during biennial inspection. The magnet was cleaned before the rod drive was reassembled.
Minor updates and clarifications to the procedures for operation of reactor water systems. October 2017 17-30 Cancellation ofOSTROPs 28, 29, and 30
- A leaking air hose on the transient rod air supply was Cancelled the procedures for receipt of new fuel, core reload and initial startup, and replacement of the annular reflector. There are no plans to perform any of these procedures in the foreseeable future, replaced.
The flow control valve on the reactor top continuous air **
and OSTROPs 29 and 30 were written as single-use procedures.
18-01 Changes to RCHPP 21 monitor was replaced.
November 2017 **
Minor updates and clarifications to the procedures for operating the gamma irradiation facility.
All fuses on the air compressor were replaced.
The primary demineralizer resin was replaced. **
18-02 Changes to OSTROPs December2017 Minor updates and clarifications to the procedures for the reactor
- An oil change was done on the air compressor.
startup and shutdown checklists, monthly surveillance and mainte-nance, control and accounting of special nuclear material, and scan-ning documents for permanent archival storage and retrieval.
New bearings and a new fan pulley were installed on the Dl00 fan.
January 2018 18-03 Changes to OSTROPs Minor updates and clarifications to the procedures for reactor power calibration, fuel element handling, quarterly surveillance and mainte-A seal and bushing were replaced on the secondary water pump to fix a small water leak. **
nance, reporting of defects and noncompliance, and crane operation.
18-04 Primary Water Temporary Makeup System March 2018 A new replacement fan for D 100 was installed in the **
Allowed removal of the demineralizer makeup and flush system in preparation for upgrading the reactor cooling water systems. Also covered the installation and operation of a temporary water makeup fourth floor fan room.
The "rod down" limit switch on the transient rod was **
system, using city water passed through a temporary resin bed. replaced.
18-05 Changes to RCHPP 6
- A new sink was installed in the SE comer of the reactor bay.
Updated the name and contact information of the company used as the Emergency Contact for hazardous materials shipments May2018 A faulty terminal block on the reactor top continuous air Surveillance and Maintenance Non-Routine Maintenance monitor was bypassed.
June 2018 **
July 2017 The air compressor in the heat exchanger room was re-A temporary resin bed was attached to the city water sup-ply and the demineralizer loop in the heat exchanger room to allow water to be added to the primary tank during the placed.
A new core configuration was implemented, with a second secondary system upgrade.
The resin dewatering bed, makeup tank, and some associ- **
cadmium-lined irradiation facility in position F-20 and several additional fuel elements.
ated piping were removed from the heat exchanger room.
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- Operational Data For LEU Core Annual Values (2016/2017)
Cumulative Values
- MWH of energy produced 1,542 I 13,118
- MWD of energy produced 64.2 537.4
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- Number of fuel elements added to (+) or removed(-) from the core
+2 92
- Number of pulses 22 322
- Hours reactor critical 1,604 14,096
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Number of startup and shutdown checks 247 2,178 I
- Number of irradiation requests processed 272 I 2,319
- Number of samples irradiated 2315 16,806
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Teaching (departmental and others) I 20 13,733 OSU research 1~.058 21,374 **
Off campus research 2,686 52,769 Facility time 182 7,536 Total Reactor Use Time 3,946 95,412 Table IV.3 **
_____OSTR.Multiple Use Time Number of Users Annual Values (hours) T- Cumulative Values (hours)
Two 443 I 10,892 Three 290 I
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- Type of Event Number of 0 ccurrences r
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OSTROP 14, Rev. LEU-5 Surveillance & Maintenance for the 1st / 2nd / 3rd / 4th Quarter of 20_ _
SURVEILLANCE & MAINTENANCE TARGET DATE NOTTO DATE REMARKS&
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[SHADE INDICATES LICENSE REQUIREMENT] DATE BE EXCEEDED* COMPLETED INITIALS 1 REACTOR OPERAT~ON COMMITTEE (ROC) AUDIT QUARTERLY 2 INTERNAL AUDIT OF OSTROPS QUARTERLY 3 QUARTERLY ROC MEETING QUARTERLY 4 ERP INSPECTIONS QUARTERLY 5 ROTATING RACK CHECK FOR UNKNOWN SAMPLES EMPTY 6 WATER MONITOR ALARM CHECK FUNCTIONAL 7A CHECK FILTER TAPE SPEED ON STACK MONITOR 1"/HR+/- 0.2 7B CHECK FILTER TAPE SPEED ON CAM MONITOR l"/HR+/-0.2 8 INCORPORATE 50.59 & ROCAS INTO DOCUMENTATION QUARTERLY 9 EMERGENCY CALL LIST QUARTERLY ARM SYSTEM ALARM CHECKS ARM 1 2 3S 3E 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 12 AUD IO FUNCTIONAL LIGHT PANEL ANN N
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OSTROP 15, Rev. LEU-3 Surveillance & Maintenance for the 1st / 2nd Half of 20 DATE NOT REMARKS SURVEILLANCE & MAINTENANCE TARGET DATE LIMITS ASFOUND TOBE &
[SHADE INDICATES LICENSE REQUIREMENT] DATE COMPLETED EXCEEDED* INITIALS NOWITHDRAW NEUTRON SOURCE COUNT RATE INTERLOCK
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OSTROP 16, Rev. LEU-2 Annual Surveillance and Maintenance for 20 DATE NOT REMARKS SURVEILLANCE AND MAINTENANCE AS TARGET DATE LIMITS TOBE &
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- tion as one of the first systems in the morning and to cease operation as one of the last systems at the end of the day. All health physics staff. The dosimeters used to monitor these in-dividuals include quarterly TLD badges, quarterly track-etch/
albedo neutron dosimeters, monthly TLD (finger) extremity gaseous effluent data for this reporting period are summarized dosimeters, pocket ion chambers, electronic dosimetry.
in Table V.4 .
Key facility research personnel consist of Radiation Center Particulate effluents from the reactor facility are also moni-staff, faculty, and graduate students who perform research tored by the reactor facility stack effluent monitor.
using the reactor, reactor-activated materials, or using other research facilities present at the Center. The individual dosim-Particulate Effluents Evaluation of the detectable particulate radioactivity in the etry requirements for these personnel will vary with the type stack effluent confirmed its origin as naturally-occurring radon of research being conducted, but will generally include a quar-
µCi/ml to 1 x 10-9 µCi/ml. This particulate radioactivity is If the possibility of neutron exposure exists, researchers are predominantly 214Pb and 214Bi, which is not associated with also monitored with a track-etch/ albedo neutron dosimeter.
- reactor operations .
There was no release of particulate effluents with a half life Facilities Services maintenance personnel are normally issued a gamma sensitive electronic dosimeter as their basic monitor-
- greater than eight days and therefore the reporting of the aver-age concentration of radioactive particulates with half lives ing device.
Students attending laboratory classes are issued quarterly greater than eight days is not applicable.
XB(y) TLD badges, TLD (finger) extremity dosimeters, and track-etch/albedo or other neutron dosimeters, as appropriate .
- Solid Waste Released Students or small groups of students who attend a one-time lab demonstration and do not handle radioactive materials are Data for the radioactive material in the solid waste generated usually issued a gamma sensitive electronic dosimeter. These and transferred during this reporting period are summarized in results are not included with the laboratory class students .
Table V.5 for both the reactor facility and the Radiation Center.
Solid radioactive waste is routinely transferred to OSU Radia- OSU police and security personnel are issued a quarterly
- als license.
Solid radioactive waste is disposed ofby OSU Radiation Visitors, depending on the locations visited, may be issued gamma sensitive electronic dosimeters. OSU Radiation Center policy does not normally allow people in the visitor category
- Safety by transfer to the University's radioactive waste dis-posal vendor.
to become actively involved in the use or handling of radioac-tive materials .
- 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 personnel radiation exposures in excess of the limits in 10
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Area monitoring dosimeters capable of integrating the radia-tion dose are located at strategic positions throughout the surveys performed outside the facility."
reactor facility and Radiation Center. All of these dosimeters contain at least a standard personnel-type beta-gamma film or Gamma Radiation Monitoring TLD pack. In addition, for key locations in the reactor facility On-site Monitoring and for certain Radiation Center laboratories a CR-39 plas-tic track-etch neutron detector has also been included in the monitoring package.
Monitors used in the on-site gamma environmental radiation monitoring program at the Radiation Center consist of the re- **
actor facility stack effluent monitor described in Section V and The total dose equivalent recorded on the various reactor facil- nine environmental monitoring stations.
ity dosimeters is listed in Table V. 7 and the total dose equiva-During this reporting period, each fence environmental station lent recorded on the Radiation Center area dosimeters is listed utilized an LiF TLD monitoring packet supplied and processed in Table V.8. Generally, the characters following the Monitor by Mirion Technologies, Inc., Irvine, California. Each packet Radiation Center (MRC) designator show the room number or location.
Routine Radiation and Contamination Surveys contained three LiF TLDs and was exchanged quarterly for a total of 108 samples during the reporting period (9 stations x 3 TLDs per station x 4 quarters). The total number ofTLD **
The Center's program for routine radiation and contamination surveys consists of daily, weekly, and monthly measurements samples for the reporting period was 108. A summary of the TLD data is also shown in Table V.10.
throughout the TRIGA reactor facility and Radiation Center.
From Table V.10 it is concluded that the doses recorded by the The frequency of these surveys is based on the nature of the dosimeters on the TRIGA facility fence can be attributed to radiation work being carried out at a particular location or on natural back-ground radiation, which is about 110 mrem per other factors which indicate that surveillance over a specific area at a defined frequency is desirable.
year for Oregon (Refs. 1, 2).
Off-site Monitoring The primary purpose of the routine radiation and contamina-tion survey program is to assure regularly scheduled surveil-lance over selected work areas in the reactor facility and in the The off-site gamma environmental radiation monitoring program consists of twenty monitoring stations surrounding **
the Radiation Center (see Figure V.1) and six stations located Radiation Center, in order to provide current and characteristic within a 5 mile radius of the Radiation Center.
data on the status ofradiological conditions. A second objec-tive of the program is to assure frequent on-the-spot personal Each monitoring station is located about four feet above the observations (along with recorded data), which will provide ground (MRCTE 21 and MRCTE 22 are mounted on the roof advance warning of needed corrections and thereby help to of the EPA Laboratory and National Forage Seed Laboratory, ensure the safe use and handling ofradiation sources and respectively). These monitors are exchanged and processed radioactive materials. A third objective, which is really derived quarterly, and the total number of TLD samples during the cur-from successful execution of the first two objectives, is to rent one-year reporting period was 240 (20 stations x 3 chips gather and document information which will help to ensure that all phases of the operational and radiation protection programs are meeting the goal of keeping radiation doses to per station per quarter x 4 quarters per year). The total number ofTLD samples for the reporting period was 240. A summary ofTLD data for the off-site monitoring stations is given in personnel and releases of radioactivity to the environment "as low as reasonably achievable" (ALARA).
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- in each category on a annual basis. The program monitors highly unlikely radioactive material releases from either in Table V.14. A similar summary for shipments originating from the Radiation Center's State of Oregon radioactive ma-the TRIGA reactor facility or the OSU Radiation Center, terials license ORE 90005 is shown in Table V.15. A summary and also helps indicate the general trend of the radioactivity of radioactive material shipments exported under Nuclear concentration in each of the various substances sampled. See Regulatory Commission general license 10 CFR 110.23 is
- Figure V.1 for the locations of the sampling stations for grass (G), soil (S), water (W) and rainwater (RW) samples. Most locations are within a 1000 foot radius of the reactor facility shown in Table V.16 .
- and the Radiation Center. In general, samples are collected over a local area having a radius of about ten feet at the posi-tions indicated in Figure V. I.
References
- 1. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, "Estimates
- There are a total of22 sampling locations: four soil loca-tions, four water locations (when water is available), and of Ionizing Radiation Doses in the United States, 1960-2000," ORP/CSD 72-1, Office of Radiation Programs, Rockville, Maryland (1972) .
- fourteen vegetation locations.
The annual concentration of total net beta radioactivity (mi-
- 2. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, "Radiologi-cal Quality of the Environment in the United States,
- nus tritium) for samples collected at each environmental soil, water, and vegetation sampling location (sampling station) is 1977," EPA 520/1-77-009, Office of Radiation Pro-grams; Washington, D.C. 20460 (1977) .
listed in Table V.12. Calculation of the total net beta disinte-gration rate incorporates subtraction of only the counting sys-tem back-ground from the gross beta counting rate, followed
- by application of an appropriate counting system efficiency.
The annual concentrations were calculated using sample
- results which exceeded the lower limit of detection (LLD),
except that sample results which were less than or equal to 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
- µCi per unit volume or unit mass) in a representative sample, which has a 95% probability of being detected.
- Identification of specific radionuclides is not routinely carried out as part of this monitoring program, but would be conducted if unusual radioactivity levels above natural
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Daily/Weekly/Monthly Perform Routing area radiation/contamination monitoring Collect and analyze TRIGA primary, secondary, and make-up water.
Exchange personnel dosimeters and inside area monitoring dosimeters, and review **
Monthly exposure reports.
Inspect laboratories.
Calculate previous month's gaseous effluent discharge. **
Process and record solid waste and liquid effluent discharges. ***
As Required Prepare and record radioactive material shipments.
Survey and record incoming radioactive materials receipts.
Perform and record special radiation surveys. **
Perform thyroid and urinalysis bioassays.
Conduct orientations and training.
Issue radiation work permits and provide health physics coverage for maintenance **
operations.
Prepare, exchange and process environmental TLD packs.
Conduct orientations for classes using radioactive materials.
Quarterly Collect and analyze samples from reactor stack effluent line.
Exchange personnel dosimeters and inside area monitoring dosimeters, and review exposure reports.
Semi-Annual Leak test and inventory sealed sources.
Conduct floor survey of corridors and reactor bay.
I I Calibrate portable radiation monitoring instruments and personnel pocket ion chambers.
I Calibrate reactor stack effluent monitor, continuous air monitors, remote area radiation 11 monitors, and air samplers.
Measure face air velocity in laboratory hoods and exchange dust-stop filters and HEPA j filters as necessary.
Annual Inventory and inspect Radiation Center emergency equipment.
Conduct facility radiation survey of the 6°Co irradiators.
Conduct personnel dosimeter training.
Update dec_ommissioning logbook.
Collect and process environmental soil, water, and vegetation samples. **
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TableV.2 Monthly Summary of Liquid Effluent Release to the Sanitary Sewer<1>
Specific Activity for .
- I Percent of Applicable ~ t Vi Date of Total Detectable E. hD t ac bl R d. Total Quantity of e ecta e a 10-Average
. I o a1 o1ume Quantity of nuc I'd 1em . Each Detectable
. . Concentration Monthly Average . ofL'tqm'd Effi uent Discharge . . . Radtonuchde Of Released Concentration for .
Radioactivity Radtonuchde m the Waste, Where the R . f1ve!Released (Month and . e1eased m . the R ad.10act1ve . M atena . 1 R e1eased R ad.10ac . Includmg Year)
Released the Waste Release Concentration W:aste at th e p om
. t ofRe1ease I M atena . 1 Dtluent I (Curies) Was> 1 x 10-( µCi m}-l) 7 (C . )
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Aug2017 I 2.sox10-5 H-3 H-3, 2.50xlo-s H-3, 3.79x10-s H-3, 0.004 I 174,353 H, 3.96xl0-5 H-3, 1.20x10-7 H-3, 0.0012 5 H-3, Co-60, Jan 2018 4.lOxI0- H-3, 1.20x10- 1 Co-60, 1.32xl 0-6 Co-60, 3.98xl0-8 Co-60, 1.33xl 0-2 87,440 U-235 U-235, l.24x10-1 U-235, 3.74x10- 10 U-235, l.25x10-2 Annual Total H-3, Co-60, H-3, 6.46xl0-5 I for Radiation 6.60xl0- 5 H-3, l.20xl0- 1 Co-60, l.32x10-6 I l.98xl0-7 0.031 261,793 U-235 Center _U-234, l.24x10-1 I (1) The 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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TOTAL 2.72x10*7 l
OSTR and Radiation Center liquid waste is picked up by the Radiation Safety Office for transfer to its waste processing facility for final
- packaging.
TableV.4 Monthly TRIGA Reactor Gaseous Waste Discharges and Analysis Estimated Fraction of the Technical Total Total Atmospheric Diluted l
- Specification Estimated Estimated Quantity of Concentration of Month Annual Average Activity Argon-41 Argon-41 at Point of I
Released (Curies) Released< 1l (Curies) Release
(µCi/cc)
Argon-41 Concentration Limit (%)
July 1.71 1.71 1.33xl0* 7 3.33 I I August 2.07 2.07 I l.62x10*7 4.05
!I l.31x10:7 September 1.63 1.63 3.28 I I October I 2.17 L 2.17 l.70xl0* 7 rI 4.24 November --r--- 1.80 1.80 1.45xl0* 1 I 3.63 I
December 2.14 2.14 l.67xl0* 7 4.19 January 2.35 2.35 l.83xl0* 7 I I
4.58 l.98xl0* 7 II I
February 2.27 2.27 I 4.94 1
March 2.25 2.25 l.76x10* Il 4.39 l.85x10* 7 I April I 2.29 2.29 4.61 May 1.84 1.84 l.44xl0* 7 3.59 l.82xl0*7 June 2.26 2.26 4.55 TOTAL I l.65xl0* 7<2J 4.12
('17-'18) 24.78 24.78 I (I) Routine gamma spectroscopy analysis of the gaseous radioactivity in the OSTR stack discharge indicated the only detectable radionuclide was argon-41. **
(2) Annua!Average.
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!.:e TRIGA Reactor Facility 52.9 Co-60, Zn-65, Sc-46, Co-58, Mn-54, Sb-124, Se-75, Eu-154, Ce-144, Am-243, Ag-llOm, H-3, Cr-51, I I
1.67x10-2 10/31/17 4/24/18 Cs-134, Sr-85
- 6/5/18 I
Pu-239, Am-243, Eu-152, Eu-154, 10/31/17 Radiation Cs-134, Th-228, H-3, Cf-252, Center 34 Th-232, Np-237, U-238, U-235, 5.0lxIQ-4 4/24/18
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86.9 See Above 1.72xl0-2
- (I) OSTR and Radiation Center laboratory waste is picked up by OSU Radiation Safety for transfer to its waste processing facility for final packaging.
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Personnel Group I
I Whole Body Extremities Whole Body (mrem) (mrem) (mrem)
Extremities (mrem)
Whole Body (mrem)
Extremities (mrem) **
Facility Operating I
I 138 I
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234 268 820 1
1,102 I
1,871 Personnel I
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I Ir Laboratory Class I II I I 6 16 248 110 625 369 Students Campus Police and II II I
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(See Figure V.l) XB(y)
(mrem) I Neutron (mrem)
- MRC1NE MRCTSE D104:
D104:
North Badge East Wall South Badge East Wall 196 101 I ND ND
- MRCTSW MRCTNW D104:
D104:
South Badge West Wall North Badge West Wall 641 347 I ND ND
- MRCTWN MRCTEN I D104:
I D104:
West Badge North Wall East Badge North Wall I
574 272 ND ND
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- MRCTHXS I D104A: South Badge HX Room 876 ND
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- MRCD-302 MRCD-302A I D302: Reactor Control Room D302A: Reactor Supervisor's Office 504 114 ND ND
- MRCBPl I Dl04:
ID104:
Beam Port Number 1 I
549 ND
- ND MRCBP2 Beam Port Number 2 202 MRCBP3 D104: Beam Port Number 3 1,364 ND
- MRCBP4 Dl04: Beam Port Number 4 1,353 ND (1) The total recorded dose equivalent values do not include natural background contribution and reflect the summation of the results of
- four quarterly beta-gamma dosimeters or four quarterly fast neutron dosimeters for each location. A total dose equivalent of"ND" in-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 Jess than the vendor's threshold of 10 mrem. "NIA" indicates that there was no neutron
- monitor at that location.
(2) These dose equivalent values do not represent i:adiation exposure through an exterior wall directly into an unrestricted area.
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I (mrem) (mrem)
MRCAIOO I AlOO: Receptionist's Office 0 ND MRCBRF MRCA120 A 102H: Front Personnel Dosimetry Storage Rack A120: Stock Room 0
21 I
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MRCA120A A120A: NAA Temporary Storage 117 ND MRCA126 A126: Radioisotope Research Laboratory 238 ND MRCC0-60 MRCA130 A128:
I A130:
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°Co Irradiator Room Shielded Exposure Room 1,096 12 I ND ND **
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I MRCA138 Health Physics Laboratory 0 I ND MRCA146 MRCBIOO I A146:
BIOO:
Gamma Analyzer Room (Storage Cave)
Gamma Analyzer Room (Storage Cave) i I
86 167 I
ND ND **
I MRCB114 MRCB119-l Bl14:
Bl19:
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MRCB122-2 B122: Radioisotope Hood I ND 187 I MRCB122-3 B122: Radioisotope Research Laboratory 30 ND I
MRCB124-1 MRCB124-2 I B124:
B124:
Radioisotope Research Laboratory (Hood)
Radioisotope Research Laboratory 158 0
ND ND **
MRCB124 -6 B 124. Rad101sotope Research Laboratory 0 ND MRCB128 B 128: Instrument Repair Shop 0 ND MRCB136
_MR Bl36 GammaAnalyzerRoom
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lent of"ND" indicates that each of the dosimeters during the reporting period was less than the vendor's gamma dose report-ing threshold of IO mrem or that each of the fast neutron dosimeters was less than the vendor's threshold of IO mrem. "NIA" indicates that there was no neutron monitor at that location.
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- MRCC106A MRCC106B C106A: Office C106B: Custodian Supply Storage 0
0 ND ND
- MRCC106-H MRCC118 C 106H: East Loading Dock Cl18: Radiochemistry Laboratory 0
0 ND ND
- MRCC120 C120: Student Counting Laboratory 0 ND ND MRCFlOO FlOO: APEX Facility 0 MRCF102 F102: APEX Control Room 0 ND MRCB125N Bl25: Gamma Analyzer Room (Storage Cave) 11 ND MRCN125S B125: Gamma Analyzer Room 0 ND
- MRCC124 MRCC130 C124:
C130:
Classroom Radioisotope Laboratory (Hood) 0 0
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- MRCDlOO MRCD102 DlOO:
D102:
Reactor Support Laboratory Pneumatic Transfer Terminal Laboratory 32 268 I
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- MRCD102-H D 102H: 1st Floor Corridor at D 102 98 ND MRCD106-H D106H: 1st Floor Corridor at D106 496 ND MRCD200 D200: Reactor Administrator's Office 170 ND
- ND MRCD202 D202: Senior Health Physicist's Office 276 MRCBRR D200H: Rear Personnel Dosimetry Storage Rack 12 ND
- MRCD204 MRCATHRL D204:
F104:
Health Physicist Office ATHRL I
424 0
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MRCD300 D300: 3rd Floor Conference Room 165 ND MRCA144 A144: Radioisotope Research Laboratory 0 ND
- (I) The total recorded dose equivalent values do not include natural background contribution and, reflect the summation of the results of four quarterly beta-gamma dosimeters or four quarterly fast neutron dosimeters for each location. A total dose equiva-lent of"ND" indicates that each of the dosimeters during the reporting period was less than the vendor's gamma dose report-
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Radiation Levels (mrem/hr)
LevelsO>
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2
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Reactor Top (D 104)
Reactor 2nd Deck Area (D104) 2.0 7.1 100 35 I <500
<500 1,250
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Reactor Bay SW (DI04)
Reactor Bay NW (D104)
<1
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<500
<500
<500
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Reactor Bay NE (D 104)
Reactor Bay SE (D104)
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<500
<500
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Class Experiments (D104, D302)
Demineralizer Tank & Make Up Water System (D104A)
<l
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60
<500
<500
<500 1,452 **
Particulate Filter--Outside Shielding (D104A)
<l 1.7 <500 <500 Radiation Center:
NAA Counting Rooms (Al 46, BlOO) <1 2.6 <500
<500 **
Health Physics Laboratory (A138) 60 Co Irradiator Room and Calibration Rooms
<l
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<500
<500
<500
<500 **
(A128, Bl 20, Al30)
Radiation Research Labs (A126, Al36)
<l <1 <500 10,536 (Bl08, Bl14, Bl22, B124, Cl26, Cl30,Al44)
Radioactive Source Storage (B119, B119A, A120A, Al32A)
<l 8 <500 <500 ***
Student Chemistry Laboratory (Cll8)
Student Counting Laboratory (C120)
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<500
<500
<500 Operations Counting Room (B 136, B 125)
Pneumatic Transfer Laboratory (Dl02)
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<500
<500
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( 1) <500 dpm/100 cm2 = Less than the lower limit of detection for the portable survey instrument used.
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(mrem)
MRCFE-1 88 +/- 3 MRCFE-2 84+/- 2
- MRCFE-3 MRCFE-4 79+/- 9 87 +/- 4
- MRCFE-5 83 +/- 3
- MRCFE-6 MRCFE-7 82 +/- 3 86 +/- 3
- MRCFE-8 82+/-2 MRCFE-9 79 +/- 3 (I) Average Corvallis area natural background using Mirion TLDs totals 78 +/- 7 mrem for the same period .
(2) +/- values represent the standard deviation of the total value at the 95% confidence level.
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Monitoring Station Based on Mirion TLDs<1, 2l (See Figure V. l)
(mrem)
MRCTE-2 MRCTE-3 82 +/- 3 81 +/- 3 **
MRCTE-4 MRCTE-5 79+/- 2 87 +/- 3 MRCTE-6 78 +/- 3 MRCTE-7 MRCTE-8 84+/- 2 93 +/- 3 **
MRCTE-9 MRCTE-10 85 +/- 2 74+/- 3 **
MRCTE-12 MRCTE-13 93 +/- 1 80 +/- 4 **
MRCTE-14 MRCTE-15 79 +/- 2 75 +/- 3 MRCTE-16 87 +/- 2 78 +/- 3 MRCTE-17 MRCTE-18 81 +/- 3 MRCTE-19 MRCTE-20 83 +/- 3 78 +/- 3 **
MRCTE-21 MRCTE-22 53 +/- 2 74 +/- 3 **
( I) Average Corvalli s area natural background using Miri on TLOs totals 78 +/- 7 mrem fo r the same peri od.
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- 1-W 4-W Water Water NIA NIA
µCi mr-1
µCi mr-1 2 2 11-W Water 5.75xl 0-8( ) 5.75x10-8( l µCi mr-1 2 2 19-RW Water 8.62x I o-8< l 8.62xl 0-8( ) µCi mr-1
- 3-S Soil 3.2Ix10-5 +/- 7.2Ix10-6 l.46xI0* 5 µCi g-1 of dry soil l.32xI0* 5 5-S Soil 6.27x10-5 +/- 7.57x10-6 µCi g-1 of dry soil 2 9.42xI0* 6 20-S Soil 9.42x10-6( l µCi g-1 of dry soil 2 5 21-S Soil 2.7Ix10-5 ( l 2.7Ix10* µCi g-1 of dry soil 2-G Grass 7.00xl0-5 (2l 7.00xI0*5 µCi g-1 of dry ash
- 6-G Grass 6.43x10-5 (2l l.63xI0-4 +/- 2.7Ix10-5 6.43xI0*5 5.18xI0*5
µCi g-1 of dry ash
µCi g-1 of dry ash 7-G Grass 8-G Grass 2.14xI0-4 +/- 2.92x10-5 5.29xI0*5 µCi g-1 of dry ash 5.95xI0*5
- 9-G Grass I 3.16xI0-4 +/- 3.5Ix10-5 µCi g-1 of dry ash 10-G Grass 3.45x10-4 +/- 3.02x10-5 4.67xI0*5 µCi g-1 of dry ash 5
12-G Grass l.40xI0-4 +/- 2.05x10-5 3.78xI0* µCi g-1 of dry ash 5
13-G Grass l.64xI0-4 +/- 2.nx10-5 5.I8xl0* µCi g-1 of dry ash I
- 14-G 15-G Grass Grass 3.43x10-4 +/- 4.14xI0-5 2.34x10-4 +/- 2.89x10-5 7.2Ix10*5 5.07xI0*5
µCi g-1 of dry ash
µCi g-1 of dry ash
- 16-G Grass l.74xI0-4 +/- 2.70x10-5 5.07xI0-5 3.6Ix10-5
µCi g-1 of dry ash 17-G Grass l.67xI0-4 +/- 2.06xI0-5 µCi g-1 of dry ash J
18-G Grass l.69xI0-4 +/- 2.48x10-5 4.58xI0-5 µCi g-1 of dry ash
- 22-G Grass l.32xI0-4 +/- 3.2Ix10-5 6.6Ix10-5 µCi g-1 of dry ash
( 1) +/- values represent the standard deviation of the value at the 95% confidence level.
(2) Less than lower limit of detection value shown .
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Summary The Radiation Center offers a wide variety of resources for teaching, research , and service related to radiation and radioac-tive materials. Some of these are discussed in detail in other parts of this report. The purpose of this section is to sum-marize the teaching, research , and service efforts carried out during the current reporting period.
Teaching An important responsibility of the Radiation Center and the reactor is to support OSU ' s academic programs. Implementa-tion of this support occurs through direct involvement of the Center 's staff and facilities in the teaching programs of various departments and through participation in University research programs. Table 111.2 plus the "Training and Instuction" sec-tion (see next page) provide detailed information on the use of the Radiation Center and reactor for instruction and training.
Research and Service A lm ost all Radiation Center research and service work is VI also highlights major Radiation Center capabilities in research tracked by means of a project database . When a request for and service. These unique Center functions are described in the facility use is received, a project number is assigned and the fo ll owing text.
project is added to the database. The database includes such information as the project number, data about the person and institution requesting the work, information about students in-Neutron Activation Analysis Neutron activation analysis (NAA) stands at the forefront of tech-volved, a description of the project, Radiation Center resources niques for the quantitative multi-element analysis of major, minor, needed, the Radiation Center project manager, status of indi-vidua l runs, billing information , and the funding source.
Table VI. I provides a summary of institutions which used the trace, and rare e lements. The principle involved in NAA consists of first irradiating a sample with neutrons in a nuclear reactor such as the OSTR to produce specific radionuclides . After the irradiation,
- 1 Radiation Center during this reporting period. This table also includes additional information about the number of academic the characteristic gamma rays emitted by the decaying radionu-clides are quantitatively measured by suitable semiconductor radia-tion detectors, and the gamma rays detected at a particular energy personnel involved, the number of students involved, and the number of uses logged for each organization . are usually indicative of a specific radionuclide 's presence. Com -
puterized data reduction of the gamma ray spectra then yields the The major table in this section is Table VI.2 . This table concentrations of the various elements in samples being studied .
provides a Iisting of the research and service projects carried With sequential instrumental NAA it is possible to measure quanti-out during this reporting period and lists information relating tatively about 35 elements in small samples (5 to 100 mg), and for 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 activable elements the lower limit of detection is on the order of parts per million or parts per billion , depending on the element.
48 projects carried out during the current reporting period, Part Annual Report
The Radiation Center's NAA laboratory has analyzed the research reactor management, research reactor radiation major, minor, and trace element content of tens of thousands protection, radiological emergency response, reactor behav-of samples covering essentially the complete spectrum of ior (for nuclear power plant operators), neutron activation
- material types and involving virtually every scientific and technical field.
analysis, nuclear chemistry, and nuclear safety analysis .
Special training programs generally fall into one of several While some researchers perform their own sample counting categories: visiting faculty and research scientists; Interna-on their own or on Radiation Center equipment, the Radia- tional Atomic Energy Agency fellows; special short-term tion Center provides a complete NAA service for researchers courses; or individual reactor operator or health physics
- and others who may require it. This includes sample prepara-tion, sequential irradiation and counting, and data reduction and analysis.
training programs. During this reporting period there were a large number of such people as shown in the People Section .
- Irradiations As has been the practice since 1985, Radiation Center personnel annually present a HAZMAT Response Team Ra-diological Course. This year the course was held at Oregon As described throughout this report, a major capability of the Radiation Center involves the irradiation of a large variety State University.
of substances with gamma rays and neutrons. Detailed data Radiation Protection Services
- on these irradiations and their use are included in Part III as well as in the "Research & Service" text of this section. The primary purpose of the radiation protection program
.,* Radiological Emergency Response Services The Radiation Center has an emergency response team capable of responding to all types of radiological accidents.
at the Radiation Center is to support the instruction and research conducted at the Center. However, due to the high quality of the program and the level of expertise and equip-ment available, the Radiation Center is also able to provide
- This team directly supports the City of Corvallis and Benton County emergency response organizations and medical fa-health physics services in support of OSU Radiation Safety and to assist other state and federal agencies. The Radiation Center does not compete with private industry, but supplies
- cilities. The team can also provide assistance at the scene of any radiological incident anywhere in the state of Oregon on behalf of the Oregon Radiation Protection Services and the health physics services which are not readily available else-where. In the case of support provided to state agencies, this
- Oregon Department of Energy. definitely helps to optimize the utilization of state resources.
The Radiation Center maintains dedicated stocks of radio- The Radiation Center is capable of providing health phys-
- logical emergency response equipment and instrumentation . ics services in any of the areas which are discussed in Part These items are located at the Radiation Center and at the V. These include personnel monitoring, radiation surveys, Good Samaritan Hospital in Corvallis. sealed source leak testing, packaging and shipment of radio-
- During the current reporting period, the Radiation Center emergency response team conducted several training ses-active materials, calibration and repair of radiation monitor-ing instruments (discussed in detail in Part VI), radioactive waste disposal, radioactive material hood flow surveys, and
- sions and exercises, but was not required to respond to any actual incidents .
radiation safety analysis and audits.
The Radiation Center also provides services and technical
- Training and Instruction In addition to the academic laboratory classes and courses support as a radiation laboratory to the State of Oregon Radi-ation Protection Services (RPS) in the event of a radiological emergency within the state of Oregon. In this role, the Radia-discussed in Parts III and VI, and in addition to the routine training needed to meet the requirements of the OSTR Emer- tion Center will provide gamma ray spectrometric analysis of gency Response Plan, Physical Security Plan, and operator water, soil, milk, food products, vegetation, and air samples
- requalification program, the Radiation Center is also used for collected by RPS radiological response field teams. As part special training programs. Radiation Center staff are well ex- of the ongoing preparation for this emergency support, the perienced in conducting these special programs and regularly Radiation Center participates in inter-institution drills .
- offer training in areas such as research reactor operations,
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Radiological Instrument Repair and Calibration Instrument calibrations are performed using radiation sources While repair of nuclear instrumentation is a practical neces-sity, routine calibration of these instruments is a licensing certified by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) or traceable to NIST. **
and regulatory requirement which must be met. As a result, the Radiation Center operates a radiation instrument repair and calibration facility which can accommodate a wide vari-Table VI.3 is a summary of the instruments which were cali-brated in support of the Radiation Center's instructional and **
research programs and the OSTR Emergency Plan, while Table ety of equipment. VI.4 shows instruments calibrated for other OSU departments and non-OSU agencies.
The Center's scientific instrument repair facility performs maintenance and repair on all types ofradiation detectors and other nuclear instrumentation. Since the Radiation Cen-Consultation Radiation Center staff are available to provide consultation ser- **
ter's own programs regularly utilize a wide range of nuclear vices in any of the areas discussed in this Annual Report, but instruments, components for most common repairs are often in particular on the subjects ofresearch reactor operations and on hand and repair time is therefore minimized. use, radiation protection, neutron activation analysis, radiation In addition to the instrument repair capability, the Radia-tion Center has a facility for calibrating essentially all types shielding, radiological emergency response, and radiotracer methods.
of radiation monitoring instruments. This includes typical Records are not normally kept of such consultations, as they portable monitoring instrumentation for the detection and often take the form of telephone conversations with research-measurement of alpha, beta, gamma, and neutron radiation, ers encountering problems or planning the design of experi-ments. Many faculty members housed in the Radiation Center as well as instruments designed for low-level environmental have ongoing professional consulting functions with various monitoring. Higher range instruments for use in radiation organizations, in addition to sitting on numerous committees in accident situations can also be calibrated in most cases.
advisory capacities.
Table Vl.1 Institutions, Agencies and Groups Which Utilized the Radiation Center
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- Arizona State Univeristy 1
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. 3 Tempe, AZ USA J
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1 0 2 Edison, NJ USA Chemical, Bilogical & Environmental Engineering 1 1 12 Corvallis, OR USA
- China University of Petroleum - Beijing Changping, Beijing CHINA College of Veterinary Medicine 1
I-2 Corvallis, OR USA Colorado Gem and Mineral Co.
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Institutions, Agencies and Groups Which Utilized the Radiation Center
- Intuitions, Agencies and Groups Number of Number of Times of Projects Faculty Involvement Number of Uses of Center Fadities
- *Dalhousie University Halifax, Novia Scotia CANADA I
1 2 2 Department of Chemistry 1 1 3 Corvallis, OR USA Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society 1 1 8 Corvallis, OR USA Department of Orthopedic Surgery 1 1 1 Syracuse, NY USA
- *ETH Zurich Zurich, SWITZERLAND 1 1 4 I.*
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- Helmoholtz-Zentrum fur Ozeanforschung Kiel (GEOMAR) 1 0 4 Kiel, GERMANY
1 0 15
- ,.'* *Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration Beijing, CHINA
- INSU-CNRS - Universite d'Orleans Orleans, FRANCE II 1
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1 4 1
- Johnson Crusher International Inc.
- Korea Basic Science Institute 1 0 1 1 1 5 Cheongwon-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do SOUTH KOREA I
- Lanzhou Center of Oil and Gas Resources, CAS t
1 1 1 Lanzhou, CHINA
- Lanzhou University 1 0 2 Lanzhou City, Gansu Province CHINA
- *Lanzhou University Lanzhou, CHINA
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 1 0 I
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- LSCE-CNRS 1
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Institutions, Agencies and Groups Which Utilized the Radiation 'Center INumber of .
Number ofTnnes of U Number of fC Intuitions, Agencies and Groups Nakhla Dog Meteroities I Projects 1
Faculty Involvement 1 I ses o enter F T .
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- Northwest University Xi'An, CHINA 1 0 1 **
- Oregon State UniversityOl 18 37 ! 106 (Z)
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- Polish Academy of Sciences Krakow, POLAND
- Quaternary Dating Laboratory 1
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- Scottish Universities Enfironmental Research Centre 2 I I
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- Syracuse University 1 2 2 I
Syracuse, NY USA I
-- T" Terra Nova Nurseries, Inc. i 1 0 3 Camby, OR USA I I
- The University of Waikato Hamilton, NEW ZEALAND
- Tongji University 1 1 2 1 1 1 Shanghai, CHINA
- Universita' Degli Studi di Padova 1 2 1 Padova ITALIA
- Universitat Postdam Postdam, GERMANY 1 0 1 **
- Table Vl.1 (continued)
Institutions, Agencies and Groups Which
- Utilized the Radiation Center Number of Number ofTtmes of U Number of fC
- Intuitions, Agencies and Groups
- University of Cambridge ProJects Faculty Involvement 0
ses o enter Facilities 2
- Cambridge, MA USA
- *University of Geneva Geneva SWJTZERLAND 8
- *University ofGoettingen Gottingen , GERMANY
- University of Manitoba 2
4 Winnipeg, Manitoba CANADA
- University of Melbourne 6
Melbourne, Victoria AUSTRALIA
- University of Postdam 4 2 0 2 Postdam, GERMANY
- University of Queensland 4
Brisbane, Queensland AUSTRALIA
- *University of Sao Paulo Sao Pau lo BRAZIL
- University of Vermont 2
- University of Wisconsin 4
Madison, WI USA
- UNM 0 4 Albuquerque, NM USA
- Vesta Minerals Inc .
- Victoria University of Wellington
- Wellington, NEW ZEALAND 0 2
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Institutions, Agencies and Groups Which **
Utilized the Radiation Center Number of Number of Times of U
. Number of fC Intuitions, Agencies and Groups ses o enter Projects Faculty Involvement Facilities
- Vrije Universiteit 2
Amsterdam THE NETHERLANDS
- Wayne State University 2 2 Detroit, Ml USA
- Western Australian Argon Isotope Facility Perth, Western Australia AUSTRALJA
- Zhejiang University 0 3 Hangzhou, CHrNA Totals 93 0
82 420 **
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Project which involves the OSTR.
Use by Oregon State University does not include any teaching activities or c lasses accommodated by the Radiation Center. **
(2) Th is 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 in vo lve daily use of the Radiation Center faci liti es.
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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 IUsers I
,-I 0-rg-an-iz-a-ti-on-~-a-m_e____ l Project Title - 1 Description ----*
I f Funding 444 Duncan Oregon State University Ar-40/Ar-39 Dating of Oceanographic Samples Production of Ar-39 from K-39 to measure radiometric ages on basaltic rocks from ocean II OSU Oceanography Department basins.
815 Morrell l Or~gon ~tate Umvers1ty Sterilization of Wood Samples Ste,ilimtion of wood samples to 2.5 M.-ads in Co- , ~U F 60 ma
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- I Berkcley ______ -*-------- Production of Ar-39 from K-39 to determine ages , Berkeley 920 Becker IGeochronology Center Ar-39/Ar-40 Age Dating in various anthroJ:?ologic and g~ol~gic materials. Geochronology Center I
Vrije Universiteit, 1074 Wijbrans Vrije Universiteit Ar/Ar Dating of Rocks and Minerals AriAr dating of rocks and minerals.
Amsterdam 1191 IIVasconcelos IUniversity of I Ar-39/Ar-40Age Dating Production ofAr-39 from K-39 to determine ages Earth Sciences, University of I Queensland in various anthropologic and geologic materials.
Queensland I
Determination of history and timing of denudation The University of Fission Track Thermochronology of of basement terranes in New Zealand and thermal 1353 Kamp University of Waikato Waikato New Zealand history of late Cretaceous-Cenozoic sedimentary 1465 I Singer IUniversity of I Wisconsin Ar-40/Ar-39 Dating ofYoung Geologic Materials basins.
I Irradiation of geological materials such as volcanic Univ~rsity of rocks from sea floor, etc. for Ar-40/Ar-39 dating. Wisconsin I
1504 Teaching and Tours
' Oregon State Umvers1ty-Educational Tours OSU Nuclear Engineering & Radiation alth Physics Department I OSTR tom and reactoc lab. NA
I 1514 Sobel !Universitat Potsdam atite Fission Track Analysis IAge determination
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - ~ - a _ n _ a .1ys1s.
. of apatites by fission trac~* U mvers1* *tat p ot s dam I
1519 Dunk!
IUniversity of Fission Track Analysis of Apatites Fission track dating method on apatites: use of fission tracks from decay ofU-238 and U-235 to Univeersity of Tuebingen
, Goettingen determin e the cooling a~ of~patites.
1523 Zattin 1nivecsita' Degli Studi Fission track analysis of Apatites *1Fission track dating method on apatites by fission diPadova track an alysis. ,NA I
Irradiation to induce U-235 fission for fission track L--------
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Listing of Major Research and Service Projects Preformed or in Progress at the Radiation Center and Their Funding Agencies
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Occidental College! Fission Track Analysis IFissioln track Thermochronology of geological I Occidental College
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Reactor Oregon State Operations support of the reacto~and Operations use of the reactor in support ofreactor NA 1660
- --*---+-0-~ratio_~_§taff Universi~--- facilities testing________ and facilities testing;__ -**----+-------------
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! Oregon Department of to instrument calibration, radiological and Oregon Department of 1-674 J:_ N.iles -
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' This is to build up basic knowledge on 1 the efficacy of a copper based preservative 1692 Estell Lonza Screening Tests of Wood Decay Lonza in preventing decay of wood inhabiting 1717 l
Baldwin I
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Ar/Ar Dating basidiomycetes.
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. dner US National Parks Cl 4 M LSC . f ti Cl US National Parks 1745 I
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- - - -*1 Korlipara Service easurements t"rerra N-~-v-a_N_u_r-se-r-ie_s_,_G_e_n--era Modifications using gamma ana1ys1s o samp1es or 4 measurements.
Use of gamma and fast neutron irradiations for Service 1Terra Nova Nurseries, 176 7
___ i ~ irradiation _ genetic studies in genera. _ _Inc.
1768 IBringman Brush-Wellman Antimony Source Production j Production of Sb-124 sources. Brush-Wellman Quatern;zy_D_a-tm-.-g*---+-Q-u-at_e_rn_ary l
___D_a-ti_n_g__________ Production of Ar-39 from K-39 to determine 1
Quaternary Dating 1777 Storey
*- LaboratOf¥ I radiometric ages of geological materials. Laboratory 1
This project subjects chitosan polymer in 40 and 70% DDA formulations to 9 and 18 Kgy, boundary 1*
1778 I Gislason Genis, Inc Gamma exposure of Chitosan polymer doses for commerical sterilization for the purpose Genis, Inc.
of determine changes in the molecular weight and
+*--------+--------------+-------*---------* _product formulat~roperites. ___________l__________ _
1785 Mine Oregon State Univesity INAA f M * =Frace-element analysis of ancient Maya ceramics j
-*--1--------,---------1 ° aya ceramics from Pultrouser Swamp, Belize. ---L---------
1818 Sabey Brush Wellman Antimony source production (Utah) I Brush-Wellman Fission track tliermochronometry of the 1831 Thomson University of Arizona Fission Track Patagonian Andes and the Northern Apennines, Yale University Italy.
_1_8:,2_ Min University of Florida Ar/Ar Dating I Ar/Ar dating,._.________________ u_n_iv_e_rsity of Florida 1841 Swm . di e I* Umvers1ty
. . ofA nzona. Ar/tAr dating me eron es
't of ordinary chondritic A /A d . f d' h dr' .
, r r atmg o or mary c on 1t1c meterontes.
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- -- - --A--zk--.- . -----JPolish Academy of F' . T k S . ,, 'fi . fAFT d ti . . h d 1* Polish Academy of 1855 11
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Listing of Major Research and Service Projects Preformed or in Progress at the Radiation Center and Their Funding Agencies
-;;~~ I Users _____IOrganization Name j Project Title __I Descript~~~ *--------_-_-:_F~u~n~d-i_n~g---~- ----:~=:-
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University of University of Pro_ductio? ofAr- 39 from ~-4 o to determine 1864 Gans California at Santa
___, Barbara Ar-40/Ar-39 Sample Dating rad1ometnc ages of geologic samples.
California at Santa I Barbara University of IApatite fission track to reveal the exhilmatiof 1865 Carrapa Fission Track Irradiations istory ofrocks from the ID-WY-UY postion U . *ty fW
- Wyoming the Sevier fold and thrust belt, Nepal, and mversi O yommg
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1878 Roden-Tice Plattsburgh State Fission-track research Use of fission tracks to detrmine location of235U, Plattsburgh State
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1882 Bray ,u St t U . 'ty vvayne a e mven
! INAA of Archaeological Ceramic:::Jfrom Trace-element analysis of Inca-period ceramics for S hA . d . . Wayne State University
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The current project is designed to identify the LD50 rate of gamma irradiation so that large 1884 Contreras ____,__O_r-eg-on State Mutation breeding of woody plants seed lots may be irradiated in order to develop OSU Horticulture University novel phenotypes that exhibit reduced fertility or 1 sterility. !
1886 J Coutand __ Dalhousie University IFission Track Irradiation ----IF'issi;n tra.ck irradiations of apatite sample_s *----rDaho~;ie University
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1887 Farsoni
- Umvers1 *ty IXenon Gas Production Production of xenon gas. OSUNERHP
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Use of fission tracks to determine location of Geologisches Institut, 1905 j Fellin ETH Zurich Fission Track Analysis , 235U, 232Th in natural rocks and minerals. ETH Zurich
---:-------:------- Use of neutron activation to determine fission Oregon State Fl*ss1*on Yield Determination Usirig 1913 yields for various fissile and fertile materials using NIA University Gamma Spectroscopy
. __ ~mma s~ectroscopy. -----,----------
I Scottish Universities Scottish Universities 1914 IBarfod Environmental AriAr Age Dating AriAr age dating. Research and Reactor Research Centre Centre 1916 I Shuste~a~
- I Unl*vers1'ty of UC Berkeley Chemistry/NAA
_ _,_C_a_lifornia at Berkeley--<----*-----------
I Introduction ofNAA by activation of human hair UC Berkeley to detect tyace impurities. -*-*----
1927 Seward ~~::;t~nniversity of Fission Track Dating Fission track dating of apatite samples. ~!~~~g~;;:versity of
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Oregon State I Irradiation of different materials to make sources NA 1929 Farsoni Source Activation
+-U_n_1_*v__e_rs-'ity for detection experiments.
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Radiometric age dating of geologic -- University of 0
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1958 Mme
;I UOregon
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State INAA f O C o axaca eram1cs
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. J Trace-element analyses of prehistoric cera~ics fr M
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- om Oaxaca, ex,co, to etermme provenance. JI NSF Collabor.ative
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. . . JIrradiation with fast neutrons to produce Ar-39 . .
1965 Webb _ I Umvers1ty of Vermont Ar/Ar age datmg - * - - - - - - - - - from K- 39 for Ar/Mg~ochro~gy. . Umvers1ty of Vermont 1975 IMcDonaId
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'ty f GI I S J asgow I. amue1 aanne ~ o a~s. t't I
l Use of fissin tracks to determine last heating event School of Geographical an d Earth sc1ence Ip 1979 I au1enova Oregon State University IM' d M tr' E tr f ixe f Multi-element, transition metal salt production for a IX x ac ion 11es mg ~ d matrix extraction testing.
l 1980 Carpenter 1
Radiation Protection Services I_Sample countmg
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- I Sample countmg.
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1995 Camacho University of Manitoba Ar/Ar dating IProduction of Ar- 39 from K- 39 to determine radiometric ages of geological material_s._ _ __
University of Manitoba Alternative Nutrition Look for contamination in Taurine that was -~.---
2000 Kaspar LLC Contamination detection in Taurine
_. _ _ shiJ?ped from Japan. . --------
2004 Sudo I University_of Postd~ Ar/Ar Geochronological Studies Ar/Ar dating ofnatural rocks and minerals for
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2007 Wartho Arizona State U .
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'ty Argon-Argon Geochronology
- -----+'geological studies.
Fast neutron irradiation of mineral and rock I samples for 40 Ar/39Ar dating purposes.
l Ari.zona.State Umvers1ty _ _ __
1 University of Sao l . . . . . I University of Sao I
20-~~ _Helena Hollanda .1Paulo *-*------ Ar/Ar Geological Datmg *-*----- Ar/Ar geologic datmg of matenals. .
Si02 surfaces were silanized (vapor deposition) I Pau~- ----
2016 Schilke
___,_____. I 2017 J Chemical, Biological
& Environmental Engineering W, ster Australian TCVS Silanization for EGAP coating
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Jourdan ____ gon Isotope Facility Age dating of geological material ence Livermore
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I with TCVS to create double bonds on surface.
The surface is incubated in Polyethylene triblocks, E .
once gamma irradiated it will bind the triblocks to the surface.
IAr/Ar Af geochronology. . . I OSU Ch .
~mica ngrneerrng Curtin University Production of neutron induced 39Ar from 39K for ILawrence Livermore 1
2023 Cassata Ar/Ar dating
+---- nal Laboratory _ dating. National Laboratory 2028 IMine 1
~ Or~gon ~tate Umvers1ty INAA of ceramics from the Ancient Near East j Pro~enance determ~ation of ceramics fro~ the l Ancient Near East via trace-element analysis. --1...__
I OSU Anthro olo P gy 2029 I
- - - - - Korea Basic Science !A / A
~ r r geoc ono1ogy hr IAr/ A. r analysis for age dating of geological *
- Korea Basic Science 203 3 nn Chang
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I. Fission
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2034 jMorrell Or~gon ~tytate ~ Sterilization of Wood Products ~rilization of wood to 2.0 Mrad for fungal OSU F tp d t 1 Umvers1 eriments.
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- - ~ C e n t e r of Oil 2035Ln~*-----+-~-n_t_sG_as_R_es_o_u_rces, IFission_T_r_a_c_k________ Fission track dating of rock s._a_m_p_1e_s_.______.!-~.:c;~:..::d..:.:SG_a_s_R_e_s_o_u_rc_e_s,_
2036 Loveland University easuremen o ss1on pro uc various fissile elements.
2037 .Marcum I Oregon State Core parameter Measurements using J
1!-:U..:.:s:..::in..:.:g=..C;:;;;h:..::er..:.:e:.:.n...cko..:.:v=d.:.:et.:.:e::cct-o-rs_t_o_v_a_li-d-at_e_c_o_re----.i-operating history with large changes in reactor I
_Jl University
. Fherenkov Detection
_----- _p_2wer (i.e., s~e wave).
Prevention of Infections Associated with IL_
I 2039 IGombart I
Oregon State University Prevention of Infections Associated with Combat-related Injuries by Local Sustained Co-Delivery Combat-related Injuries by Local Sustained Co-Delivery of Vitamin D3 and Other Immune-Boosting Compounds Award Mechanism. We are preparing nanofiber wound dressings that contain compounds that will be released over time to induce the immune response in wounds to help prevent infection and speed wound healing. The 1 nanofibers must be irradiated so that they are
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-1 sterile. These experiments will be performed in 1cell culture and in animal models.
Use of neutron radiography to view degradation in I
2041 Marcum Oregon State N tr R d" h f ATR C aluminum ATR capsules from endurance testing of University eu on a IOgrap Y O apsu1es these capsules under continuous hydraulic loading I I Lover the course of a y"--e_a_r*-----*----~'- - - - - - - - -
- ty of Oregon ~ INAA ofA nc1en 2042 Walsh .
Umvers1 . t Ceram1cs . fr om K orea Trace-element A . franalyses SE Kof Neolithic and Bronze Uni*versi*ty of Oregon
'--------- ge ceramics om or_e_a_._ _ _ _ _ _ __,__ _ _ _ _ _ __
Helmholtz-Zentrum GEOMAR Helmholtz 2045 van den Bogaard fur Ozeanforschung Kiel (GEOMAR)
GEO MAR Ar/Ar I Ar/Ar dating research of geological samples Centre for Ocean
_,_R_e_se_ar_c_h_ _ _ __
fl Umvers1ty of Sao I l University of Sao 2047 Parra______P_a_ulo -----lf--F_i_ss_i_o_n_Tr_a_c_k_D_a_t1_*n_g_________.l,_F_is_s_io_n_tr_a_c_k_d_a_ti_n_g_o_f_g_e_o_10_g_i_c_m_a_te._n_*_a_ls_.____ _;,_P_a_u_lo________
Archaeological Ceramics fron Juju INAA to determine trace-element signature and National Geographic 2050 Lee University of Oregon 1 Island, Korea provenance ofarchaeological c.:.:er:.:.a:::m:::i.::.c,s:.:.*-----~E;;c.:xe orer Grant Measuring the uptake of strontium by inorganic (IONS IV) and organic (chitosan-based) sorbent N Oregon State 0 2053 Paulenova Measuring the uptake of strontium materials. Kinetics of uptake will also be University I-'
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N * ,-----*----*-------]! Investigation into the effects of low level gam~~
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IGamma irradiation of pollen has been used Isuccessfully by plant geneticists to facilitate I
discovery of genes and chromosomal regions that Icontrol traits of interest in crops and trees like II Gamma rrra* d' t' ia 10n o f P rt Orfi d C d o - or e ar poplar. Geneticists in the US Forest Service have 1'd 'fi d 1 bl
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- p o fi d 2058 Cronn USDA Forest Service pollen to generate chromosomal segment enti e va ua .e smg e gene trait~ m ~rt- r or USDA Forest Service deletions Cedar, an ecologically and economically important conifer native to Oregon. We would like to test whether pollen irradiation can be used to create deletion lines that have modified traits, with the
~-1 go~l of identifying the genes controlling these I traits.
Ishizuka Geological Survey of ArIAr Geochronology I Ar/Ar geochronology of volcanic and igneous rocks associated with subduction initiation of I
I Geological Survey of Japan/AIST Japan
!oceanic island arc.
~i;- Tnv:stigation into the ~plicablity ofne~tron 2061 Weiss Oregon State !~eu eutron Radiography Imaging of rad10graphy for evaluatmg concrete curmg oncrete
!l_u_n_iv_ersity------l-c processes.
I I
~1 Use of PGNAA facility to perform temporal . . . OSU R ad'iaf10n Center 2062 Reese I Oregon State I University 1,emporal M aterials Spectroscopy of Fissile spectr?scopy for the purpose of determmmg fissile ONDO Grant Imatenal content We will be peITonning bench scale microcosm A biotic Dechlorination of chlorinated studies to measure the abiotic dechlorination in 2064 Schaefer ICDM Smith CDM Smith so !vents in soil matrices. different soil matrices. Gamma irradiation will be used to sterilize the s~.!!1.ples. *-
INAA to determine distribution of synthesized 2065 N ason Ju ~eg:* .srate mvers1ty IN anomaterials in Environmental M atrices gold-core, titanium dioxideshell nanoparticles to better understand the environmental fate and I
. transl?_~rt of engineered nanomaterials.
2066 I Loveland UOr~gon ~tytate mvers1 I
1* Ce Tracer Production of Ce tracer.
20
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N eutron Radiography of Long-Term Concrete Curing Use of neutron radiography and omography imaging in long-term studies of concrete curing
~nState ersity CCE used in civil construction.
2068 XU Tongji University I tA patite/zircon fission-track irradiation
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Use of fission-track analysis to determine U content and fission track age constrains low-temperature cooling and exhumation in South
. China .
INSU-CNRS- i Ar/Ar analysis for age dating of geologic samples INSU-CNRS-2069 Scaillet Ipniversite d'Qrleans r/Ar dating of geologic samples
-- ___ J (solid rock chip~and minerals) - - I Universite d'Orleans L_
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- 1 The purpose of this experiment is to determine
- what color a nearly colorless Tourmaline will IFunding I *--
1tum with dosages of 5, 10 and 20 Mr of Gamma I Iirradiation. Two Pakistan Beryl crystals are also I part of this experiment to see the color change as well as 2 pieces of Four Peaks Amethyst that may I C 1 d G d Gamma irradiation induced change of I have been faded by sunlight. For the Tourmaline, "bTf b d
- k Colorado Gema and 2070 Lowell I o ora o em an Mineral Co.
color in Tourmaline from a Pegmatite in I co 1or poss1 1 1 1es are rown, ye11ow, an pm the Oban Massif, Nigeria Ii to red. The commercial value of colorless gem Mineral Co.
I Tourmaline is very low, but other colors of gem ITourmaline, especially pink and red results, would stimulate mining of this material in Nigeria. 20
' I I II Mr is usually a dosage that will saturate the visible color, and lower dosages may be preferable if the I l Gamma rays cause a new color other than pink or J ! red which is the desirable result.
2071 Gall~t - - - - ~ ~ r - - - -__-_-_1 Geoazur Ar/Ar dating - - - - - - ~ Geoazur Ar/Ar dating. _ _ -_-_:::~~--- - - - , ' - - - - - - - -
I We will be receiving shipments of dried blood spot!
I I
!1 cards with bovine blood containing a chemical compound from South Africa in the near future.
I The USDA-APHIS are requiring us to gamma j irradiate the samples before they will be released Trypanosoma Methionly-tRNA University of to our lab at the University of Washington (Se-2072 Buckner synthetase inhibitor development to treat Washington attle, WA). We need to conduct a test to determine neglected tropical diseases.
if the gamma irradiation, 6 Mrad (60 kGy), will degrade the chemical compound in the samples.
IThe sample will be a dried blood spot card spotted L 1
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+---------*-----------' compound sent from our lab Seattle, WA).
This project focuses on the controlled release
'! delivery ofleuprolide from poly(lacticco-glycolic 1 I
1 acid) microspheres. Leuprolide is remotely loaded I II N The Biointerfaces . into preformed microspheres via peptide absorp- 'j The Biointerfaces 0
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-.....I 2073 Schwendeman Institute PLGA microspheres I tion due to interactions between cationic peptides Institute and PLGA. The goal of this study is to use remote N
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M_in_c Organization Name Oregon State
- -- _ _ _ _University
~-I~f Project Title Market Exchange in Ancient Oaxaca, Mexico Description I NAA of archaeological ceramics from the Valley of Oaxaca, Mexico, to trace the origins of market NSF
- Funding I
I
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I Trichloroethylene can diffuse into low permeabil-1ity materials such as clays. When there is a change 1
in chemical gradient, TCE can "back diffuse" Biogeochemical Processes that Control out of the clay into higher permeability materials 2075 Berns University of Texas Natural Attenuation ofTCE in Low Permeability Zones I1 (such as sand) and be transported through the sub-University of Texas 1surface. This project focuses on the biogeochemi-
- 1. I cal interactions influencing the back diffusion of
--+-------t------*-----':-------------------11....tr_i_ch_loroethylene at a sand-clay,_in __te_r_fa_c_e_.- - - - - + - - - - - - - - - -
2076 Helferty ,. Transition metal irradiation It's an experiment in how Frankel vacancy pairs in i
_ dissimiliar joining of transition elements behave. I
-+-------------------+Th-i_s_p_ro--d-e-"-ct~ims to determine the contribu- 1:-----------
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I I tions of biotic and abiotic mechanisms involved with nitrate driven uranium oxidation in natural I
2077 Weber Nitrate Mediated Uranium Mobilization sediments. Experiments will be conducted using Uniersity of Nebraska- in the High Plains Aquifer, Central up-flow columns packed with gamma sterilized I U . . f NnbiverskityL~ In Lincoln Nebraska an d non-sten*1*1zed aqm"tier sed"1ments (from centraI ! e ras a- mco Nebraska) to determine the rate and contributions I I .
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o~ abiotic and biotic uranium oxidation mecha-msms.
j 1--.-k*-._Am 2078 1Qu --r;::-k-.-A---.- ----+-Irr-adiation of PTFE powder mixed with lDifferent levels of irradiation of PTFE powder ____ln _ __
. __J~ m menca 1nc. modifier Iwith different modifiers. l 0 ai m enca c.
2079 _I 1
Albert l Or~g~n ~tate Um~ers~------!.........-
Soil Geochemistry of-Playa Lakes
--JIN_AA to determine geochemical composition of 1'
-*- soils around p_~ya lak~_s of E. Oregon. ----------
. . j INAA to determine traceelement geochemistry of 2080 Na-tion__ Oregon State University ! Trace-element Geochemistry ofBehzean
, Speleothems l
I th fr . B .
sptue1eo *terns om caves m e11ze use as ayan !
n a1 s1 es.
d M I
Mine - - - , Oregon S ~ ~ d a r d Test Method fo~ Antimony -- ,. Round-robin to demonstrate utility of _IN_A_A_fi_o_r-+- - - - - - - - - -
2081 1
, University_ _ _~ t e n t in Plastics _______ characterizing antimony content in plastics. 1 I Oregon State jS i ources tior Detector Eva1uat*10n I
, Production of. rad1oactlve .sources for the purpose Umvers1 I Oregon State
. *ty ONDO 2082 Reese I *
1--Umvers1ty i_
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2083 l Nadel Charlotte Pipe and
____F_o_un_dry_, Co.
IlABS Anfimony 1,esfmg I Testing for trace antimony in ABS via INAA according to ASTM E3063.
Charlotte Pipe &
Foundry.,__C_o_._ _ __
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IABS A f 1, f Testing for trace antimony in ABS compounds via Charlotte Pipe &
1 ____ n Imo~~~~~------*-*-- INAA according to ASTM E3063. - - Foundry Co._____ _
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- escnp"f10n un mg 2085 He I Lanzh~~ Univer:ity Apatite fission track Use of fission track analysis to determine U conte!}t in the sedimentation ofXining Basin.
Lanzhou University
. The goal of this project is to induce mutations in seeds and dormant cuttings of commercially important landscape plants produced by the horti-cultural industry. Based on results by the principle researcher and published literature, it is anticipated Mutation Induction by Radiation in I radiation induced changes to the genome and 2086 Pounders Innovative Plants LLC l
Asexually Propagated Landscape Plants cell cytoplasm of treated material may include Innovative Plants LLC I improved environmental tolerance and/or morpho-logical changes of horticultural importance such as I II flower color, leaf color, dwarfness, branching etc.
Identified mutations of commercial value will be asexually pn>p~gyrtedby p}lrtic}p}ltfilg nurseries.
I Full spectrum irradiation of CaF2 crystals to 2087 2088 I
Hecht Dai UNM China University of Geosciences lCalcuim Fluoride dosimetry studies Tb th 1 e an hr 1
1 I
determine changes in optical properties due to neutron ex2osure.
Baseing on the Jowtemperature t Plat eau Lh asa- Q"mn gt ang t errane , thermochronological
. dating and modeling, project want to explore the plateau uphft and the China University of Geosciences ermoc ono og1ca survey exhumation* amounts, an d prospectmg
- s1gm* "fi cance of mineral deposits. I Oregon State Irradiation of different materials to make check 2089 Jvang Irradiation of Material for check sources NSE University sources for detector characterization.
' I This funding is intended to build a collaborative I effort between faculty and students in biological I
sciences, chemistry, and engineering, investigate the diversity and capability of marine microbial communities to degrade oil constituents 2090 IDuddleston University of Alaska Biodegradation of crude oil in arctic waters and development of dynamic bioremediation responses and respond to chemical remediation tools. We will use this information to develop innovative ap-University of Alaska proaches ( e.g. prescriptive microbial applications N
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--~*--*---+---- -- ------,-T-um-~r cells which succes._sfu_ll_y_p_r-es_e_n_t-an-t-ig_e_n--+-*
IIDepartment of I 1 will result in the activation of tumor-specific 1
CDS T cell responses. In order to measure T cell The Role ofUbiquitin and Ubiquitin-Department of responses in vitro without the confounding effects 2091 Dolan Like Molecules in Direct Antigen Biomedical Sciences of tumor cell growth, we will irradiate tumor Biomedical Sciences Presentation cells with gamma irradiation which will arrest the growth of the cell line and allowing only T cells to I
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- E!.2.!iferate if antigen presentation was successful. 1 Northwest University Fission Track Dating ofQaidam Basin fFission track dating of Qaidam Basin, China to determine its age. 1 Cytoplasmic male sterility (male sterility caused by ~itochondria and/or chloroplasts) poses a I
I 1maJor barrier to crossing many potato varieties I in a potato breeding program. One possible tool I 2094 Sathuvalli OSU Crop and Soil Use of Somatic Cybridization to Remove to eliminate cytoplasmic male sterility is somatic cybridization, where protoplasts of male-sterile IIOSU S .
C rop an dS .
01 1 Science Barrier Cytosplasmic Male Sterility .h . fu d . h c1ence c1ones wit nnportant genes are se wit proto-plasts of cytoplasm donors (protoplasts with cyto-plasmic elements that are known to promote male 1
J fertility, and that have had their nuclear genome
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Gamma Irradiation of Rabbit Tubes Cross linking of polymers i' destroyed using ~amma radiation).
-,Gamma irradiation of PGNAA rabbit tubes to harden them in order to increase tube lifetime:
Cross l~ing polymers by use of gamma adiation.
oject is designed to irradiate liquid donor bovine rum contained in vinyl bags to a minimum level 1
I1 DNDO ARI Grant 1NSE I
2097 Boyt IBoyt Veterinary Lab Donor Bovine Serum Irradiation 25 kGy to inactivate any adventitious agents Boyt Veterinary Lab I !that may be present in 0.2 um sterile filtered I I
_ _J___-+-1--------:-------------------+1"-pr_o__ duct. _ __J Institute of Geology,
. a Earthquake ~ tudying the thermal history oftlle northeast Tibet China Earthquake 2098 I Pang Chm Administration Fission-Track dating
*--*--*--------1------------------1 Use of gamma spectroscopy to verify authentisity lateau by the fission-track dating method. Administration 2099 Wesel Nakhla Dog Meteroites Gamma Spectroscopy of Hiroshima of_watch claimed to have been exposed to the Watch IHiroshima bombing. _ __
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-, This project is a collaboration- with OSU Robotics.
We are investigating the performance of PDMS I
I School of Nuclear materials, which are used to fabricate soft robotics, Id h N t' Soft Robotic Applications for Nuclear .:~o 11owmg
- exposure. w,e wou Id l'k
- rad'iation 1 2100 Palmer Science and i e L ab o t a 10na Safeguards to characterize any changes in hardness, tensile a ora ory Engineering strength, and recovery after exposure to high
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - ;radiation ---- environments.
~Yang ~iang University ___ Fiss I ion-track thermochronometry Fission-track analysis for dating geological Zhejiang University College of Veterinary Gut microbiota modi~tes the interpl~y J material.
To identify microbial taxa andthefr genes th.a_t_ ____,._________ _
2102 Shulzhenko between immunity and glucose affect glucose metabolism and immune response ~~~i~:~erinary Medicine metabolism - - - * - - - - - - - - using mouse model of diet-induced diabetes. -----1,........--------
I The project is SERDP ER-2720, Key Fate and Transport Processes Impacting the Mass Discharge, Attenuation, and Treatment of Poly-and Perfluoroalkyl Substances and Comingled Chlorinated Solvents or Aromatic Hydrocarbons.
The overall goal of this research is to attain improved insight into the fundamental fate and transport processes that control per- and Colorado School of polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) fate and Colorado School of 2103 !Higgins SERDPER-2720 Mines transport as well as comingled chlorinated Mines I solvents and/or fuel hydrocarbons in groundwater at aqueous film forming foam (AFFF)-impacted sites. This research will particularly focus on the release and transformation of polyfluorinated PFASs to the more problematic perfluoroalkyl I
acids (PFAAs) in source zones as well as the I impact of commonly employed remediation
- technologies for co-contaminants on PFAS fate.
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2104 Oest 1 Department of Orthopedic Surgery Shape-memory polymers for repair of complex bone defects accelerated The goal of this project is to explore the use of shape-memory polymer constructs to deliver and retain bioactive agents within complex bone fractures and defect sites. Bioa~sorbable sha~e-memory polymer constructs will be doped with
. . b' d . h anttmicro ta1 an osteogemc agents, t en triggere SUNY Upstate Medical U .
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Evaluation of Moisture Content in Wood Use of neut~on radiography to determin~ the ---+---
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This project seeks to reduce the size, weight and thermal losses from high temperature solar receivers by the application on microchannel heat transfer technology to solar receiver Sch of Mech/Ind/Mfg High-Flux Microchannel Receiver des ign . Our objective is to design and test on-2117 Fronk Engr Development sun a supercritical CO2 microchannel receiver commercial module operating at a fluid exit temperature of 720 °C capable absorbing an average flux of 140 W/cm2 with a receiver efficiency of 90 percent or higher.
Oregon State Use of beam qual ity indicators to categorize the 2118 Reese NRF Beam Purity University NRF beam.
University of fNAA to determine trace-element composition of 2119 Blackmore INAA of Korean Ceramics Cambridge Korean archaeo_!2gical ceramics.
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Publications A. Wakhle, K. Hammerton, Z. Kahley, D.J. Morrissey, K. Stiefel, J. Yurkon, J. Walshe, K. J. Cook, M.
Dasgupta, D.J. Hinde, D.J. Jeung, E.Prasad, D.C.
Cordova, J., Mulcahy, S., Schermer, E., & Webb, L. (n.d.).
Subduction initiation and early evolution of the Easton Metamorphic Suite, Northwest Cascades, Rafferty, C. Simenel, E.C. Simpson,K. Vo-Phuoc, J.
King, W. Loveland, and R. Yanez. (2018). Capture cross sections for the synthesis of new heavy Washington. Lithosphere, Accepted, in revision.
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System Using CdZnTe, an Array of SiPMs, and nuclei using radioactive beams. Phys. Rev. C, 97, a Plastic Scintillator. Journal ofRadioanalytical 021602(R). and Nuclear Chemistry, 313(1), 131-140.
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Chowdhury, S. Zhu, A.D. Ayangeakaa, J.S. Barrett, M.P. Carpenter, C.J. Chiara, J.P. Greene, J.L. Harker, Czyz, S., Alhawsawi, A., Farsoni, A., Ranjbar, L., Gatley, H., & Mannino, M. (2018). A Radioxenon **
Detection System Using PIPS and CZT. Journal R.V.F. Janssens, T. Lauritsen, A.A. Sonzogni, of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, Under W.B.Walters and R. Yanez. (2017). Gamma-ray review.
spectroscopy of209TI. Phys. Rev. C, 95, 014330.
Czyz, S., Farsoni, A., & Ranjbar, L. (2018). A Prototype Baldwin, S., Fitzgerald, P., & Malusa, M. (2018). Crustal Detection System for Atmospheric Monitoring of exhumation ofplutonic and metamorphic rocks:
Xenon Radioisotopes. Nuclear Instruments and Constraints from fission track thermochronology. Methods in Physics Research A, 884, 64-69.
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Engelhardt, J., Sudo, M., Stockhecke, M., & Oberhansli, Fission track thermochronology and its application to geology (pp. 235-257). Springer. R. (2017). Feldspar 40Ar/39Ar dating of ICDP PALEOVAN cores. Geochimica et Bari, E., Sistani, A., Taghiyari, H., Morrell, J., & Cappellazzi, CosmochimicaActa, 217, 144-170.
J. (2017). Influences of test method on biodegradation of bamboo/plastic composites by fungi. Madera Evolution and provenance of the Xuefeng intracontinental tectonic system: constraints from detrital zircon **
Ciencia y Tecnologia, 19(4): 455-462.
fission track thermochronology. (n.d.). Journal of Betsi, T., Ponce, M., Chiaradia, M., Ulianov, A., & Camacho, Asian Earth Sciences, Submitted.
A. (2017). Insights into the gensis of epithermal Au-Faisal, S., Larson, K., Camacho, A., & Coutand, I. (2018).
Ag mineralization at Rio Blanco in the Occidental Cooling, exhumation, and deformation in the Cordillera of southwestern Ecuador: constraints from Hindu Kush, NW Pakistan: new constrains from U-Pb and Ar/Ar geochronology. Journal of South American Earth Sciences, 80, 353-374.
Catto, S., Cavazza, W., Zattin, M., & Okay, A. (2018). No preliminary 40Ar/39Ar and fission track analyses.
Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 15 8, 415-427.
significant Alpine-age tectonic overprint of the Fitzgerald, P., & Malusa, M. (2018). Concept of the Cimmerian Strangja Massif (SE Bulgaria and NW exhumed partial annealing (retention) zone and Turkey). International Geology Review, 60, 513-529. age-elevation profiles in thermochronology. In Cavazza, W., Catto, S., Zattin, M., Okay, A., & Reiners, P.
(2018). The Miocene Arabia-Eurasia collision zone M. Maluda, & P. Fitzgerald (Eds.), Fission track thermochronology and its application to geology (pp. 165-189). Springer. **
of southeastern Turkey. Geosphere, 14/5.
Chang, J., Qiu, N., Zhao, X., & et al. (2018). Mesozoic and Cenozoic tectono-thermal reconstruction of Fitzgerald, P., Malusa, M., & Munoz, J. (2018). Detrital thermochronology using conglomerates and **
the western Bohai Bay Basin (East China) with implications for hydrocarbon generation and cobbles. Chapter 17. In M. Malusa, & P.
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migration. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 160, 380- Springer.
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He, P., Song, C., Wang, Y., & et al. (2017). Cenozoic Sangiorgio, B. Seilhan, F. Tovesson, R.S. Towell, S.
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V. Geppert-Kleinrath, F. Tovesson, N. Bowden, J. Bundgaard, He, P., Wang, X., Song, C., Wang, Q., Deng, L., & Zhong,
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B. Manning, J. Ruz, S. Sangiorgio, B. Seilhan, L.
Snyder, R.S. Towell, and S. Watson. (n.d.). Fission Fragment Angular Anistropy in Neutron-Induced
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Fission of235U Measured with a Time Projection Chamber. Phys. Rev. C, Submitted.
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L. (2017). Aluminum Content of Neonatal Parenteral Nanomedicine, 13(12):1417-1432. doi:10:2217/nnm-Nutrition Solutions: Options for Reducing Aluminum 2017-0011 Exposure. Nutrition in Clinical Practice, 32(2):266-Karo, N., Oberhansli, R., Aqrawi, A., Elias, E., Aswad, K., &
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I.** B. Seilhan, S. Sharma, L. Snyder, S. Stave, A. Tate, G. Tatishvili, R.T. Thornton, F. Tovesson, D. Towell, R. S. Towell, N. Walsh, S. Watson, B. Wendt, L.
Wood, L. Yao, and W. Younes. (2018). Measurement of the normalized 238U(n,f)/235U(n,f) cross section King, J., Loveland, W., Barrett, J., Oscar, B., Fotiadis, N.,
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Larson, K., Camacho, A., Cottle, J., Coutand, I., Buckingham, 147-164). Springer. doi: 10.1007/978-3-3 l 9-89421-H., Ambrose, T., & Rai, S. (2017). Cooling, exhumation and kinematics of the Kanchenjunga Himal, far east Nepal. Tectonics, 36, 1037-1052.
8 8 Mine, L. (2017). Assessing Compositional Variation in Ubaid **
and LC Ceramics from Surezha, Kurdistan. Final Li, C., Xiao, R., Morrell, J., Zhou, X., & Du, G. (2017).
technical report submitted to Dr. Gil Stein, Director, Improving the performance of hemp hurd/
Oriental Institute, Chicago, for chemical analyses polypropylene composites using pectinase pre-treatments. Industrial Crops and Products, 97:465-468.
completed at OSU-RC (9 pp+ 12 figures).
Mine, L. (2017). Early Ceramic Technology, Jeju Island, Korea: Clay Survey and Archaeometric Analyses of Lossada, A., Giambiagi, L., Hoke, G., & Fitzgerald, P. (n.d.).
Modem river sand thermochronology unravels a complex exhumation evolution for the Andes in the Neolithic Ceramics. Final technical report circulated to collaborators for analyses supported by NGS **
Explorer Grant to Gyoung-Ah Kim (23 pp+ figures).
transition between flat slab and normal subduction segment (33* - 33.5* S). Submitted. Mine, L., & Sterba, J. (n.d.). Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis (INAA) in the Study of Archaeological Lossada, A., L. Giambiagi, G. Hoke, P.G. Fitzgerald, C.
Creixell, I. Murillo, D. Mardonez, R. Velasquez and J. Suriano. (2017). The late Eocene constructional Ceramics. In A. Hunt (Ed.), Oxford Handbook of Archaeological Ceramic Analysis. Oxford University **
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361). Singapore: World. Neville, D.R., & Higley, K. A. (2017). Lack of Cesium Bioaccumulation in Gelatinous Marine Life in the Loveland, W., & Yao, L. (2017). Survival mediated heavy Pacific Northwest Pelagic Food-Web. In Resilience:
element capture cross sections. EPJ Web of A New Paradigm of Nuclear Safety (pp. 311-315).
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Loveland, W., Vinodkumar, A., Yanez, R., Yao, L., King, J.,
Lassen, J., & Rojas, A. (n.d.). Sub-barrier fusion of 1 lLi with 208Pb. European Physics Journal A, Rynes, A. (2018). An Assessment of Potential Soft Robotic Applications in Radiation Environments via Mechanical Evaluation of Major Component Accepted.
Malusa, M., & Fitzgerald, P. (2018). Application of Polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS). Nuclear Physics B, Submitted, under review. **
thermochronology to geologic problems: Approaches Palmer, CJ; Oshiro, T; Hollinger, G; Menguc, Y; Palmer, T; and conceptual models. Chapter 10. In M. Malusa, & Courier, T; Yirmibesoglu, OD; Morrell, S; Rynes, A.
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for Safeguard Applications. Proceedings of the 58th Annual Meeting - Institute for Nuclear Materials Management.
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exhumation history of the Qimen Tagh Range, northeastern margins of the Tibetan Plateau: Evidence from apatite fission track analysis. Gondwana
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evolution along the lapetus suture zone in T. Welsh, W. Loveland, R. Yanez, J.S. Barrett, E. A . Newfoundland: Evidence for polyphase Salinic,
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zircon (U-Th)/He and apatite fission track analysis.
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American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting.
Tillotson Peak Complex in Northern Vermont."
(Advisor L. Webb).
- Warfel, T., Fitzgerald, P., Benowitz, J., Ridgway, K., & Alhawsawi, Abdulsalam. PhD Radiation Health Physics Allen, W. (18-20 March 2018). Low-temperature (September 2017), Oregon State University.
thermochronology constraints on exhumation along "Development of a CZT-Silicon Detection System
- and across the east-central Denali Fault, Alaska.
Burlington, Vermont: Geological Society of America Northeastern Section Meeting .
in Support of the Comprehensive Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty." (Advisor A. Farsoni).
Barchers, Faith. BA Anthropology (2018), Oregon State
- Way, D. (n.d.). Moisture transport in wood composites. Wood Science and Engineering Spring 2018 Seminar Series.
University. (Supervisor L. Mine).
Barrientos, Anne. BA Anthropology student, Oregon State
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Caswell, Brandon. MS (2018), University ofldaho .
apparent age spectra. Geological Society of America "40Ar/39Ar Geochronology ofBiotite from Ductile Abstracts with Programs, 49(6). doi:10.1130/ Shear Zones of the Ellesmere-Devon Crystalline abs/2017AM-306106 Terrane, Nunavut, Canadian Arctic." (Advisor J .
- Webb, L. (April 2018). Punctuated melt-enhanced deformation and tectonic reactivation above a long-lived subduction zone, Coastal Andes, Central Chile.
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Chen, Zheng. PhD. "Fission-track analyses for the tectonothermal history of eastern Sichuan basin in
- e Seminar. University of Miami Ohio, Department of Mesozoic." (Advisor C. Xu).
- Geology and Environmental Earth Science seminar series.
Condon, Caitlin. PhD student, Oregon State University.
"Pine Tree Dosimetry: Development of Geometric
- Webb, L., Klepeis, K., & Kim, J. (2018). New Insights on Acadian Deformation and Reactivation in Northern Vermont from Integrated Structural and and Compositionally Specific Sectional Models for Organ Dose Assessment." (Advisor K. Higley) .
Deng, Linzhen. Lanzhou University. "Cenozoic tectonic
- Geochronological Studies. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 50(2).
doi: 10.1130/abs/20 l 8NE-3 l 1032 activity of the West Qinling orogenic belt revealed by apatite fission-track thermochronology of Linxia basin." (Advisor X. Wang) .
White, K. (6 September 2018). Student presentation. Summer Demoncourt, John. MS student, Oregon State University.
Undergraduate Research Program, College of "Assessing Preclassic Ceramic Exchange Networks
- Veterinary Medicine, Oregon State University.
Yu, B., Raman, R., & Schilke, K. (19 January 2017). High-at Pulltrouser Swamp, Belize" (provisional title) .
(Advisor L. Mine) .
density non-fouling bioactive coatings: Development Faisal, S. MSc. (Advisor K. Larson) .
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Genge, Marie Catherine. PhD, University of Padova. Mccaleb, Kyle. MS (2017), Oregon State University.
"Structural evolution of the Central Patagonia: a source-to-sink approach." (Advisor M. Zattin).
"Reaction of I32Xe with 198Pt." (Advisor W.
Loveland).
Ghani, Humaad. PhD student, Universitaet Potsdam. Morrow, Max. BS student, Oregon State University.
"Structural Geology and Thermochronology of (Supervisor W. Loveland).
Kohat-Potwar fold thrust belt, Pakistan." (Advisor Nation, Humberto. MS student, Oregon State University.
E. Sobel).
Gladfelder, Garth. MS student, Oregon State University.
"Speleothems and Maya Cave Ritual in Central Belize" (provisional title). (Advisor L. Mine). **
"Measuring stress response to low level radiation in Neville, Delvan. PhD student, Oregon State University.
Hordeum vulgare using chlorophyll fluorescence" (Advisor K. Higley).
(working title). (Advisor K. Higley).
Oshiro, Tyler. MS, Oregon State University. "Soft Robotics Heidarzadeh, Ghasem. PhD student, Universitaet Potsdam. in Radiation Environments: A Prospective Study of "Fault interactions on different time and length an Emerging Automated Technology for Existing scales, the North-Tehran-Thrust and the Mosha- Nuclear Applications." (Advisor C. Palmer).
Fasham-Fault, Alborz mountains, Northern Iran."
Perotti, Matteo. PhD, University of Siena. "The Antarctic Ice (Advisor M. Strecker).
Sheets dynamics during and after the Last Glacial Homrighausen, Stephan. PhD (June 2018). "Insights into the temporal and geochemical evolution of the Walvis Ridge - a connection between HIMU and EM 1 Maximum revealed by provenance of clasts and sand fraction in Ross embayment glacial tills." (Co-tutor **
M. Zattin).
end members in the South Atlantic." (Supervisor K.
Hoernle).
Hulscher, Julian. PhD student, Frei Universitaet Berlin.
Pink, Jeremias. PhD student, Oregon State University.
(Advisor L. Mine).
Portnoy, Samantha. BS Geology student, University of "Towards the inversion of tectonic signals from Vermont. "Relationship between rapid exhumation deep-marine archives: Competing tectonic signal and fault patterns in Fiordland, New Zealand."
propagation from across the Alps into the marine (Advisor K. Klepeis ).
sink." (Advisors A. Bernhardt, E. Sobel).
Raman, Ram ya. PhD (summer 2018). "Towards a Selectively Hunter, Kye. BS student, Oregon State University.
Bioactive Surface for the Removal of Circulating (Supervisor W. Loveland).
Endotoxin in Blood."
King, Jamie. BA Anthropology student, Oregon State Rodgers, Amaris. BS Geology (2018), University of Dayton University. (Supervisor L. Mine).
King, Jonathan. PhD (2018), Oregon State University. "Fast neutron induced fission of232Th." (Advisor W.
Ohio. "40Ar/39Ar constraints on the exhumation of the East Humboldt mountain range in Elko, Nevada."
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Loveland).
Lamont, Ellen. PhD student, Oregon State University.
"Exhumation of the sub-Himalayan foreland fold-Savignano, Elisa. PhD, University of Padova. "Apatite (U-Th)/He and Fission Track thermochronometry in the **
and-thrust belt." (Advisor A. Meigs).
Li, Xia. PhD, University of Padova. "From bedrock to Northern Patagonian Andes: new insights into the exhumation history of the thrust belt foreland sector."
(Advisor M. Zattin). **
sediments: insights on Ross Sea ice-flow dynamics inferred from detrital data." (Advisor M. Zattin).
Shorten, Chilisa. PhD, Syracuse University. "Post-orogenic Thermal History and Exhumation of the **
Lossada, A. PhD, Instituto Argentino de Nivologia, Northern Appalachian Basin: Low-Temperature Glaciologia, y Ciencias Ambientales. (Advisor L. Thermochronologic Constraints." (Advisor P.
Giambiagi). Fitzgerald).
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" Geochronological Constraints on the Timing of " Survival mediated heavy element capture cross Deformation: An Examination of the Prospect Rock sections. " (Advisor W. Loveland) .
- Fault Footwall in North-Central Vermont." (Advisor L.
Webb).
Victor, Ashley. BS. (Advisor David Dallas) .
Yao, Xiao . MS . "Tectonic-thermal evolution of the Kuqa Depression in the northern Tarim Basin and its implication for hydrocarbon migration ." (Advisors N.
- Warfel , Thomas. MS, Syracuse University. " Low Temperature Qiu, J. Chang).
Theromochronologic Constraints across the East-Central Yu, Bonan. PhD student. " In Situ Polymerization of Highly-
- Denali Fault: Evaluating Vertical Tectonics along a Transpressive Orogen ." (Advisor P. Fitzgerald).
Branched, Bioactive and Non-Fouling Polymer Coatings for Medical Devices, Biosensors, and Other Applications" (provisional title).
Way, Danny. PhD (August 20 I 8), Oregon State University.
" Multi-scale approach to evaluating moisture durability Zapata, Sebastian . PhD student, Universitaet Potsdam. "The of wood-based composites." (Advisor A. Sinha). influence of inherited extensional structures on the
- growth of basement-cored ranges and their fore land basins." (Advisor E. Sobel) .
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