ML19298A441
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| Site: | Oregon State University |
| Issue date: | 10/21/2019 |
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{{#Wiki_filter:- Oregon State Radiation Center V University Oregon State University 100 Radiation Center Corvallis, Oregon 97331 P 541-737-2341 F 541-737-0480 radiationcenter.oregonstate.edu October 21, 2019 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555
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Oregon State University TRIGA Reactor (OSTR) Docket No. 50-243, License No. R-106 In accordance with section 6.7.1 of the OSTR Technical Specifications, we are hereby submitting the Oregon State University Radiation Center and OSTR Annual Report for the period July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019. The Annual Report continues the pattern established over many years by including information about the entire Radiation Center rather than concentrating primarily on the reactor. Because this report addresses a number of different interests, it is rather lengthy, but we have incorporated a short executive summary which highlights the Center's activities and accomplishments over the past year. I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on: /u/'l 1/11 Sincerely,
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Steven R. Reese Director Cc: Michael Balazik, USNRC Dr. lrem Turner, OSU Kevin Roche, USNRC Dan Harlan, OSU Ken Niles, ODOE
** Submitted by:
Steve R. Reese, Director
** Radiation Center Oregon St ate University
** Corvalli s, Orego n 97331-5903 Tele phon e: (5 4 1) 737-234 1
** 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; Subcont ract Award No. 00074510 .
** C. Oregon Department of Energy, OOE Rule No. 345-030-010 .
Con_ten_ts ** 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-Faci lities ** Research Reactor .......................................................................................................................................... 8 Analytical Equipment ..................................................................................................................................9 Radioisotope Irradiation Sources ............................................................................................................ 9 ** 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 lntroducti on ..................................................................................................................................................28 ** Environmental Releases ...........................................................................................................................28 Personnel Doses ..........................................................................................................................................29 Facility Survey Data ....................................................................................................................................30 Environmental Survey Data ....................................................................................................................30 Radioactive Material Sh ipments ...........................................................................................................31 References .....................................................................................................................................................31 ** Part VI-Work Summary .......................................................................................................................................................48 Teaching .........................................................................................................................................................48 Research & Service ............................................................................................................................:........48 ** Part VII-Words Docume nts Published or Accepted .....................................................................................................70 ** Presentations................................................................................................................................................74 Students .........................................................................................................................................................78
** Tables Table Title Page 111.1 Gammacell 220 6°Co lrradiator Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 111.2 Student Enroll ment in Courses at the Radiation Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
** IV.1 IV.2 Present OSTR Operating Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
OSTR Use Time in Terms of Specific Use Categori es. . . . 17 18
** IV.3 IV.4 IV.S OSTR Multiple Use Time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Use of OSTR Reactor Experiments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Unplanned Reactor Shutdowns and Scrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
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** 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 V.8 Annual Summary of Personnel Radiation Doses Received . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. ... . 36 Total Dose Equivalent Recorded Within the TRIGA Reactor Facility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . 37 Total Dose Equivalent Recorded on Area Within the Radiation Center . ..... . .. .. . .. . . .. ... . 38
** V.9 V.10 Annual Summary of Radiation and Contamination Levels Within the Reactor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total Dose Equ ivalent at the TRIGA Reactor Facility Fence .. ... .. .. . ..... .. .. .. . .. . . . . . 40 41
** V. 11 V.12 V.13 Total Dose Equivalent at the Off-Site Gamma Radiation Monitoring Stations ... ... . .. . . .. ... .
Annual Average Concentration of the Total Net Beta Radioactivity . .. . .. . .. .. .. .. ......... Radioactive Material Shipments under NRC General License R-106 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 42 43
** 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
** Vl.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 . . .. . .... . .. . 69
** 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 Form) ........................................................................................23 Annual Surveillance and Maintenance (Sample Form) ...................................................................................................25
** V.1 Vl.1 Monitoring Stations for the OSU TRIGA Reactor .............................................................................................................47 Summary of the Types of Radiological Instrumentation Calibrated ..........................................................................69
Overvie-w ** Executive Summary Introduction The data from this reporting year shows that the use of the The current annual report of the Oregon State University Radiation Center and the Oregon State TRI GA reactor (OSTR) Radiation Center and TRI GA Reactor follows the usual format has continued to grow in many areas. by including information relating to the entire Radiation Center rather than just the reactor. However, the information The Radiation Center supported 54 different courses this year, is still presented in such a manner that data on the reactor may mostly in the School of Nuclear Science and Engineering. About 26% of these courses involved the OSTR. The number ofOSTR hours used for academic courses and training was 16, be examined separately, if desired. It should be noted that all annual data given in this report covers the period from July 1, ** 201 8 through June 30, 2019. Cumulative reactor operating data while 4,069 hours were used for research projects. Fifty-seven in this report relates only to the LEU fueled core. This covers percent (57%) of the OSTR research hours were in support of the period beginning July 1, 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 68 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 5,213. Funded OSTR use hours comprised 91 % of the research use. 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 Commission, the U.S. Department of Energy, and the Oregon Personnel at the Radiation Center conducted 142 tours of the facility, accommodating 1,399 visitors. The visitors included Department of Energy. Because of this, the report is divided into several distinct parts so that the reader may easily find the sections of interest. ** elementary, middle school, high school, and college students; relatives and friends; faculty; current and prospective clients; national laboratory and industrial scientists and engineers; and state, federal and international officials. The Radiation Center is a significant positive attraction on campus because visitors leave with a good impression of the facility and of Oregon Overview of the Radiation Center The Radiation Center is a unique facility which serves the en-tire OSU campus, all other institutions within the Oregon Uni-State University. The Radiation Center projects database continues to provide versity System, and many other universities and organizations throughout the nation and the world. The Center also regularly ** provides special services to state and federal agencies, particu-a useful way of tracking the many different aspects of work larly agencies dealing with law enforcement, energy, health, at the facility. The number of projects supported this year was and environmental quality, and renders assistance to Oregon 161. Reactor related projects comprised 73% of all projects. The total research dollars in some way supported by the Radia-tion Center, as reported by our researchers, was $22.8 mil-industry. In addition, the Radiation Center provides permanent office and laboratory space for the OSU School of Nuclear Science and Engineering, the OSU Institute of Nuclear Science lion. The actual total is likely higher. This year the Radiation and Engineering, and for the OSU nuclear chemistry, radiation Center provided service to 70 different organizations/institu-chemistry, geochemistry and radiochemistry programs. There tions, 43% of which were from other states and 41% of which is no other university facility with the combined capabilities were from outside the U. S. and Canada. So while the Center's of the OSU Radiation Center in the western half of the United primary mission is local , it is also a facility with a national and States. international clientele. The Radiation Center web site provides an easy way for potential users to evaluate the Center's facilities and capabili-Located in the Radiation Center are many items of specialized equipment and unique teaching and research facilities. ** ties as well as to apply for a project and check use charges. The address is: http://radiationcenter.oregonstate.edu. ** 4 Annual Report
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** 60 Co gamma irradiator; a large number of state-of-the art computer-based gamma radiation spectrometers and associat-HTTF can be used to simulate a wide range of accident sce-narios in gas reactors to include the depressurized conduction ed germanium detectors; and a variety of instruments for ra- cooldown and pressurized conduction cooldown events. The diation measurements and monitoring. Specialized facilities HMFTF is a testing facility which will be used to produce a for radiation work include teaching and research laboratories database of hydro-mechanical information to supplement the
** with instrumentation and related equipment for performing neutron activation analysis and radiotracer studies; laborato-ries for plant experiments involving radioactivity; a facility qualification of the prototypic ultrahigh density U-Mo Low Enriched Uranium fuel which will be implemented into the U.S. High Performance Research Reactors upon their conver-
** for repair and calibration of radiation protection instrumenta-tion ; and facilities for packaging radioactive materials for shipment to national and international destinations.
sion to low enriched fuel. This data in tum will be used to verify current theoretical hydro- and thermo-mechanical codes being used during safety analyses. The maximum op-
** Also housed in the Radiation Center is the Advanced Ther-mal Hydrau lics Research Laboratory (ATHRL), which is erational pressure of the HMFTF is 600 psig with a maximum operational temperature of 450°F.
** used for state-of-the-art two-phase flow experiments.
The Multi-Application Light Water Reactor (MASLWR) is The Radiation Center staff regularly provides direct sup-port and assistance to OSU teaching and research programs . 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 stainless steel components and is capable of short-lived radioisotopes, radiation shielding, nuclear instru-operation at full system pressure (1500 psia), and full system mentation, emergency response, transportation of radioactive
** temperature (600F).
All components are 1/3 scale height and 1/254.7 volume materials, instrument calibration, radiation health physics, radioactive waste disposal, and other related areas.
** scale. The current testing program is examining methods for natural circulation startup, helical steam generator heat transfer performance, and a wide range of design basis, and In addition to formal academic and research support, the Center's staff provides a wide variety of other services includ-ing public tours and instructional programs, and professional
** beyond design basis, accident conditions. In addition, the MASLWR Test Facility is currently the focus of an interna-tional collaborative standard problem exploring the operation consultation associated with the feasibility, design, safety, and execution of experiments using radiation and radioactive materials .
and safety of advanced natural circulations reactor concepts. Over 7 international organizations are involved in this stan-dard problem at OSU . The Advanced Nuclear Systems Engineering Laboratory (ANSEL) is the home to two major thermal-hydraulic test facilities- the High Temperature Test Facility (HTTF) and the Hydro-mechanical Fuel Test Facility (HMFTF). The
** HTTF is a I /4 scale model of the Modular High Temperature Gas Reactor. The vessel has a ceramic lined upper head and shroud capable of operation at 850oC (well mixed helium). ** The design will allow for a maximum operating pressure of l.OMPa and a maximum core ceramic temperature of l 600°C. 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 faci l-ity also includes a scaled reactor cavity cooling system, a
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People ** This section contains a listing of all people who were residents of the Radiation Center or who worked a sign ificant 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 infonnation on the number of people involved is given in Table VI. I, whi le 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 ** Jim Nightengale, Business Manager Erica Emerson, Receptionist Leo Bobek UMass Lowell ** S. Todd Keller, Reactor Engineer, Senior Reactor Operator Celia Oney, Reactor Superv isor, Senior Reactor Operator Abi Tavakoli Farsoni OSU School of Scott Menn uclear Science and Engineering Robert Schickler, Reactor Administrator/Assistant Direc-tor, Sen ior Reactor Operator OSU Radiation Center Celia Oney (not voting) ** Scott Menn, Kyle Combs, Senior Health Physic ist Health Physicist OSU Radiation Center Steve Reese (1101 voting) ** OSU Radiation Center Leah Mine, Neutron Activation Analysis Manager Robert Schickler Steve Smith, Development Engineer, OSU Radiation Center Sen ior Reactor Operator Chris Ku/ah , Sen ior Reactor Operator Julie Tucker OSU Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering Erin Cimbri, Custodian Ariana Foley, Reactor Operator (Student) Emory Colvin , Reactor Operator (Student) Haori Yang OSU Schoo l of uclear Science and Engineering Griffen Latimer, Reactor Operator (Student) Jackson Keppen , Reactor Operator (Student) Quinn Miller, Health Phys ics Monitor (Student) Destry Jensen, Health Physics Monitor (Student) Brandon Farjardo, Health Physics Monitor (Student) Taighlor Story, Health Physics Monitor (Student) 6 Annual Report
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** Samuel Briggs Assitant Professor, Nuclear Science and Engineering *Celia Oney
** Tianyi Chen Assistant Professor, Nuclear Science and Engineering Reactor Supervisor, Radiation Center Camille Palmer
** Seth Caddell Assistant Professor, Senior Research, Nuclear Science and Research Faculty and Instructor, Nuclear Science and Engineering Engineering *Todd Palmer
*Abi Farsoni Professor, Nuclear Science and Engineering Associate Professor, Nuclear Science and Engineering *Alena Paulenova
** /zabela Gutowska Assistant Professor, Senior Research, Nuclear Science and Engineering Associate Professor, Nuclear Science and Engineering Dina Pope Office Manager, Radiation Center
*David Hamby Leila Ranjbar Professor, Nuclear Science and Engineering Instructor, Nuclear Science and Engineering
** Lucas Hart Faculty Research Associate, Chemistry
*Kathryn Higley
*Steven Reese Director, Radiation Center Robert Schickler School Head, Professor, Nuclear Science and Engineering Reactor Administrator/Assistant Director, Radiation Center Dan LaBrier Aaron Weiss
** Assistant Professor, Senior Research, Nuclear Science and Engineering
*Todd S. Keller Faculty Research Assistant, Nuclear Science and Engineering Brian Woods Professor, Nuclear Science and Engineering
** Reactor Engineer, Radiation Center
*Walter Loveland Qiao Wu Professor, Nuclear Science and Engineering
** Professor, Chemistry Wade Marcum Associate Professor , Nuclear Science and Engineering Ricardo Yanez Faculty Research Associate, Chemistry Haori Yang
** *Scott Menn Senior Health Physicist, Radiation Center Assistant Professor, Nuclear Science and Engineering
** *Leah Mine Associate Professor, Anthropology Guillaume Mignot
*OSTR users for research and/or teaching
** Assistant Professor, Senior Research, Nuclear Science and Engineering
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Facilities .* , Research Reactor The Oregon State University TR IG A Reactor (OSTR) is a If samples to be irradiated require a large neutron fluence , water-cooled, swimming pool type research reactor which uses uranium/zirconium hydride fuel elements in a circu lar grid array. The reactor core is surrounded by a ring of graphite especiall y from higher energy neutrons, they may be inserted into a dummy fuel element. This device will then be placed ** into one of the core's inner grid positions which would nor-which serves to reflect neutrons back into the core. The core mally be occupied by a fuel element. Similarly samples can be is situated near the bottom of a 22-foot deep water-filled tank, placed in the in-core irradiation tube (ICIT) which can be and the tank is surrounded by a concrete bioshield which acts inserted in the same core location. as a radiation shield and structural support. The reactor is li-censed by the U.S . uclear Regulatory Commission to operate The cadmium-lined in-core irradiation tube (CLICIT) at a maximum steady state power of l. I MW and can also be pulsed up to a peak power of about 2500 MW. enables samples to be irradiated in a high flux region near the center of the core. The cadmium lining in the facility elimi-nates thermal neutrons and thus permits sample exposure to ** The OSTR has a number of different irradiation facilities including a pneumatic transfer tube, a rotating rack, a thermal column , four beam ports, five sample holding (dummy) fuel e lements for specia l in-core irradiations, an in-core irradiation higher energy neutrons only. The cadmium-lined end of this air-fi lied aluminum irradiation tube is inserted into an inner grid position of the reactor core which would normally be oc-cupied by a fuel element. It is the same as the ICIT except for tu be, 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 the presence of the cadmium lining. The two main uses of the OSTR are instruction and research. ** inserted and removed from the core in four to five seconds. Consequently this facil ity 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 samples (e.g., hours). The rack consists of a circular array of 40 tubular positions, each of wh ich can ho ld two sample tubes. Rotation of the rack ensures that each sample wi ll 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 themial column are the rm al neutrons. Graphite blocks are removed from the thermal column to enable samples 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 stream from the core when a beam port's shield plugs are re-moved . The neutron radiography facility uti li zed the tangential beam port (beam port #3) to produce AS'f'M E545 category I radiography capability. The other beam ports are available for a variety of experiments. 8 Annual Report
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** Instructional use of the reactor is twofold. First, it is used sig-nificantly for classes in Nuclear Engineering, Radiation Health for classroom use and an extensive inventory of portable radiation detection instrumentation are also avai lable .
Physics, and Chemistry at both the graduate and undergradu-Radiation Center nuclear instrumentation receives intensive ate leve ls to demonstrate numerous principles which have use in both teaching and research appl ications. In addition, been presented in the classroom . Basic neutron behavior is service projects also use these systems and the combined use the same in small reactors as it is in large power reactors, and often results in 24-hour per day schedules for many of the many demonstrations and instructional experiments can be analytical instruments. Use of Radiation Center equipment performed using the OSTR wh ich cannot be carried out with a
** commercial power reactor. Shorter-term demonstration experi-ments are also performed for many undergraduate students in extends beyond that located at the Center and instrumentation may be made avai lable on a loan basis to OSU researchers in other departments.
Physics, Chemistry, and Biology classes, as well as for visitors from other universities and co ll eges, from high schools, and from public groups .
** The second instructional application of the OSTR involves educating reactor operators, operations managers, and health Radioisotope Irradiation Sources The Radiation Center is equipped with a 10,200 curie (as of June, 20 15) Gammacell 220 6°Co irradiator which is capable physicists. The OSTR is in a unique position to provide such education since curricula must inc lude 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 .
** During this reporting period the OSTR accommodated a number of different OSU academic classes and other academic programs. In addition , portions of classes from other Oregon
** universities were also supported by the OSTR .
Research
** The OSTR is a unique and valuab le tool for a wide variety ofresearch applications and se rves as an excellent source of neutrons and/or gamma radiation. The most commonly used
** experimental technique requiring reactor use is instrumental neutron activation analysis (lNAA). Th is is a particularly sensitive method of elemental analysis which is described in more detail in Part VI.
The OSTR's irradiation facilities provide a wide range of neutron flux levels and neutron flux qualities which are suf-fic ient to meet the needs of most researchers. This is true not
** only for JNAA , but also for other experimental purposes such as the 39 Ar/40 Ar ratio and fission track methods of age dating samples .
- Analytical Equipment The Radiation Center has a large variety of radiation detec-tion instrumentation. Th is equipment is upgraded as necessary, especially the gamma ray spectrometers with their associated
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of delivering high doses of gamma radiation over a range of for graduate classes and thesis examinations. As a service to dose rates to a variety of materials. Typically, the irradiator is used by researchers wishing to the student body, the Radiation Center also provides an office area for the student chapters of the American Nuclear Society ** and the Health Physics Society. perform mutation and other biological effects studies; studies in the area of radiation chemistry; dosimeter testing; steriliza- All of the laboratories and classrooms are used extensively tion of food materials, soils, sediments, biological specimen, during the academic year. A listing of courses accommodated and other media; gamma radiation damage studies; and other at the Radiation Center during this reporting period along with such applications. In addition to the 6°Co irradiator, the Center their enrollments is given in Table IIl.2. is also equipped with a variety of smaller 6°Co, 137Cs, 226 Ra, plutonium-beryllium, and other isotopic sealed sources of Instrument Repair & Calibration various radioactivity levels which are available for use as Facility irradiation sources. During this reporting period there was a diverse group of The Radiation Center has a facility for the repair and calibra-tion of essentially all types ofradiation monitoring instru- ** mentation. This includes instruments for the detection and projects using the 6°Co irradiator. These projects included the measurement of alpha, beta, gamma, and neutron radiation. irradiation ofa variety of biological materials including dif-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 ofradioactivity. media and the evaluation of the radiation effects on different The Center's instrument repair and calibration facility is used materials. Table III. I provides use data for the Gammacell regularly throughout the year and is absolutely essential to the 220 irradiator. continued operation of the many different programs carried Laboratories and Classrooms out at the Center. In 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-The Radiation Center is equipped with a number of different radioactive material laboratories designed to accommodate sentially all radiation detection instruments used by state and federal agencies in the state of Oregon. This includes instru- ** ments used on the OSU campus and all other institutions in the research projects and classes offered by various OSU aca- Oregon University System, plus instruments from the Oregon demic departments or off-campus groups. Health Division's Radiation Protection Services, the Oregon Instructional facilities available at the Center include a labo-ratory especially equipped for teaching radiochemistry and Department of Energy, the Oregon Public Utilities Commis-sion, the Oregon Health and Sciences University, the Army Corps of Engineers, and the U. S. Environmental Protection ** a nuclear instrumentation teaching laboratory equipped with Agency. modular sets of counting equipment which can be configured to accommodate a vari ety 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 The Radiation Center has a library containing a significant col-other research laboratories and pieces of specialized equip- lections of texts, research reports, and videotapes relating to ment are regularly used for teaching. In particular, classes nuclear science, nuclear engineering, and radiation protection. are routinely given access to gamma spectrometry equipment located in Center laboratories. A number of classes also regu-larly use the OSTR and the Reactor Bay as an integral part of The Radiation Center is also a regular recipient of a great vari-ety of publications from commercial publishers in the nuclear ** their instructional coursework. field, from many of the professional nuclear societies, from the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Nuclear Regula-tory Commission, and other federal agencies. Therefore, the ** There are two classrooms in the Radiation Center which are capable of holding about 35 and 18 students. In addition, Center library maintains a current collection of leading nuclear there are two smaller conference rooms and a library suitable research and regulatory documentation. In addition, the Center has a collection of a number of nuclear power reactor Safety 10 Annual Report
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The Center maintains an up-to-date set ofreports from such 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 organizations as the International Commission on Radiologi- reproduced, recorded, and edited by Radiation Center staff, cal Protection, the National Council on Radiation Protection using the Center's videotape equipment and the facilities of and Measurements, and the International Commission on the OSU Communication Media Center. Radiological Units. Sets of the current U.S. Code of Federal Regulations for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, The Radiation Center library is used mainly to provide ref-
** the U.S. Department of Transportation, and other appropriate federal agencies, plus regulations of various state regulatory agencies are also available at the Center.
erence material on an as-needed basis. It receives extensive use during the academic year. In addition, the orientation videotapes are used intensively during the beginning of
** The Radiation Center videotape library has over one hun-dred tapes on nuclear engineering, radiation protection, and each term and periodically thereafter.
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1 28 233 1 I Material Evaluation I tourmaline, peroxide l.2xl0' to l.5x!Ol 4 I 459
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34 NSE 115 NSE234 I 2 4 Introduction to Nuclear Engineering and Radiation IHealth Physics INuclear and Radiation Physics I 44 37 NSE235 NSE236* 4
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!Nuclear Radiation Detection & Instrumentation 38 29 **
NSE 311 NSE 312 NSE 319 4 4 3 Intro to Thermal Fluids IThermodynamics ISocietal Aspects of Nuclear technology 27 I I I 12 30 116 7 NSE 331 NSE 332 I 4 4 Intro to Fluid Mechanics IHeat Transfer 21 2 29 6 32 ** I
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I 3 8 I I 7 30 NSE/MP 405/505/605 NSE/MP 406/506/606 1-16 1-16 IReading and Conference IProjects 3 3 1 1 6 2 8 4 ** NSE/RHP/MP 407/507/607 1 Nuclear Engineering Seminar I ~7 I I 52 72 NSE/MP 410/510/610 1-12 J1ntemship 2 1 NSE 415/515 2 INuclear Rules and Regulations 50 NSE 451/551 .L 4 I IN eutronic Analysis L 30 I r--1 NSE 452/552 4 Neutronic Analysis 36 NSE 455/555** 3 Reactor Operator Training I I I I 23 NSE 456/556** NSE 457/557** 3 3 IReactor Operator Training II Nuclear Reactor Lab I *- I 35 ** NSE 467/567 4 Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics I 52 NSE667 4 Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics I NSE 435/535 3 External Dosimetry & Radiation Shielding 46 NSE 565 NSE 473/573 l 3 3 Applied Thermal Hydraulics Nuclear Reactor Systems Analysis l 41 12 Annual Report
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I CREDIT COURSE TITLE I Number of Students Summer I Fall 2018 . 2018 Winter 2019 Spring 2019
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Nuclear System Design I Nuclear System Design II I I 46 46 NSE 475/575 I NSE479* 1-4 I IIndividual Design Project i I
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NSE499/599 1 INuclear Fuels __j__ I I I 14 I ---r NSE 599 ! JNonproliferation i 38 ,.* II I . NSE 590 4 IInternal Dosrrnetry I I NSE/MP 503/603* I 1 Thesis I 31 l 46 50 49 NSE 516* I 4 1 Radiochemistry I - 54 NSE 519 ! Radiochemical Analysis 10 I i NSE 526 I 3 Numerical Methods for Engineering Analysis I I 7 NSE/MP 531 --~-3__ -- Nuclear Physics for Engineers and Scientists
. I 10 NSE/MP 536* I 3 Advanced Radiation Detection & Measurement 24 II I
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3 Digital Spectrometer Design ! I I MP541 I 3 Diagnostic Imaging Physics I I i NSE 550 I 3 Nuclear Medicine ! I I
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- OSTR used occasionally for demonstration and/or experiments
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Reactor ** Operating Statistics B-1 Activation Analysis of Stone Meteorites, Other Mete-During the operating period between July 1, 2018 and June 30, 2019, the reactor produced 1,144 MWH of thermal power B-2 orites, and Terrestrial Rocks. Measurements of Cd Ratios of Mn, In, and Au in ** during its 1,210 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 5 approved B-6 Measurements ofNeutron Spectra in External Irradia-reactor experiments available for use in reactor-related pro- tion Facilities. grams. They are: B-7 Measurements of Gamma Doses in External Irradia-A-I 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-31 TRIGA Flux Mapping of Uranium and Thorium in Standard OSTR Irradia-tion Facilities. (Discontinued Feb. 28th, 2018) B-36 Irradiation of fissionable materials in the OSTR. B-12 Exploratory Experiments. (Discontinued Feb. 28th, Of these available experiments, three were used during the 2018) reporting period Table IV.4 provides information related to the frequency of use and the general purpose of their use. B-13 B-14 This experiment number was changed toA-7. Detection of Chemically Bound Neutrons. ** Inactive Experiments Presently 39 experiments are in the inactive file. This con-B-15 B-16 This experiment number was changed to C-1. Production and Preparation of 18F. ** sists of experiments which have been performed in the past and may be reactivated. Many of these experiments are now performed under the more general experiments listed in the B-17 B-18 Fission Fragment Gamma Ray Angular Correlations. A Study of Delayed Status (n, y) Produced Nuclei. ** previous section. The following list identifies these inactive experiments. A-2 Measurement of Reactor Power Level via Mn Activa-B-19 B-20 B-21 Instrument Timing via Light Triggering. Sinusoidal Pile Oscillator. Beam Port #3 Neutron Radiography Facility. .,** tion. B-22 Water Flow Measurements Through TRIGA Core. A-3 Measurement of Cd Ratios for Mn, In, and Au in B-23 Studies Using TRIGA Thermal Column. (Discontin-Rotating Rack. A-4 A-5 Neutron Flux Measurements in TRIGA. Copper Wire Irradiation. B-24 ued Feb. 28th, 2018) General Neutron Radiography. A-6 A-7 In-core Irradiation ofLiF Crystals. Investigation of TRIG A's Reactor Bath Water Tem-B-25 B-26 Neutron Flux Monitors. Fast Neutron Spectrum Generator. perature Coefficient and High Power Level Power Fluctuation. B-27 B-28 Neutron Flux Determination Adjacent to the OSTR Core. Gamma Scan of Sodium (TED) Capsule. 14 Annual Report
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** B-32 B-33 Argon Production Facility.
Irradiation of Combustible Liquids in LS. (Discon-this year. They were: 18-06 New Fuel Temperature Channel
** B-34 tinued Feb. 28th, 2018).
Irradiation of Enriched Uranium in the Neutron Ra-Screen for the new fuel element temperature channel readout. This activity screened in (see Evaluation 18-02).
** diography Facility. (Discontinued Feb. 28th, 2018) . 18-07 Revisions to OSTROPs 4, 11, 15, 26 Minor updates and clarifications to the procedures for operating, fuel B-35 Irradiation of Fissile Materials in the Prompt handling, semi-annual surveillance and maintenance, and background Gamma Neutron Activation Analysis (PGNAA) investigations Facility. (Discontinued Feb. 28th, 2018).
18-08 Revisions to OSTROP 10 C-1 Pu0 2 Transient Experiment. Minor updates and revisions to the procedure for operation of experi-
** Unplanned Shutdowns mental facilities .
18-09 Revisions to OSTROP 18 and OSTROP 18 Appendix A
** There were 17 unplanned reactor shutdowns during the cur-rent reporting period. Table IV.5 details these events.
Minor updates and revisions to the procedure for approval and use of experiments and the procedure for requesting a sample irradiation . 18-10 Replacement of Console Recorder Allowed installation of a new Honeywell eZtrend recorder in the reactor console.
** Activities Pursuant tol O CFR 50-59 There were four safety evaluations performed in support of the reactor this year. They were:
18-11 Replacement of Reactor Tank Water Level Meter Allowed the reactor tank water level meter to be replaced with a newer
** 18-02 New Fuel Temperature Channel model.
18-12 Upgrade to Reactor Water Cooling Equipment This evaluation allowed the fuel element temperature channel read- Allowed replacement of the primary and secondary pumps, heat ex-out to be replaced with an Omega CN8PT process meter. changer, cooling tower, and associated piping, and added an automated chemical control system for the secondary water.
** 18-03 Replacement of Water-Air Temperature Console Equipment This evaluation allowed the water and air temperature displays and 18-13 Replacement ofDemineralizer Resin Bed Pre-Filter Housing pump/fan pushbutton switches to be replaced with a programmable Allowed the metal housing on the filter upstream of the resin bed to be logic controller and a touchscreen interface to display temperatures replaced with a plastic spin-on housing.
and control the water systems . 18-14 Upgrading ofDemineralizer System
** 18-04 Replacement of IFE This evaluation allowed Instrumented Fuel Element (IFE) #11630 Allowed upgrades to the demineralizer system: replaced the plastic resin dewatering tub with a stainless steel basin, replaced the make-up tank with a smaller tank, replaced PVC ball valves with stainless steel ball to be removed and replaced with the spare unused IFE, # 11631. valves, and replaced associated pipes with new pipes in an improved Note: this work was completed but then reversed, due to two failed thermocouples in IFE # 11631 . layout.
18-15 Revisions to OSTROPs 26, Background Investigation 18-05 Cancelled Procedures 18-05 Cancelled Updated the designated reviewing official following a staffing change
** 18-06 Revisions to Experiments This evaluation updated experiments B-3 and B-31 to remove men-
- and added an update to the Fair Credit Reporting Act disclosure .
18-16 Revisions to OSTROPs Affected by Secondary Up-
- tions of"sample-holding dummy fuel elements (SHDFEs)," which grade are no longer used. In experiment B-3, changed a reference from Updates to numerous procedures following the upgrade to the secondary "B-11" to "B-36". (Experiment B-11 is no longer in use; it has been water system.
replaced by B-36). In B-31, increased the total irradiation time from 5 to 7 hours and corrected a typo, changing "E08" to "EOB" mean-ing End of Bombardment.
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- Repaired wiring on the secondary pump.
Removed old heat exchanger, primary and secondary pumps, associated piping, and cooling tower. March 2019 August 2018 Cut a hole in the center channel to accommodate wiring Installed new heat exchanger, primary and secondary pumps, and associated piping. for nuclear instrumentation that will be installed later this year. ** Installed new electrical equipment for the water systems. Installed a new Honeywell eZtrend.power recorder in the April 2019 Replaced bearings on the ventilation supply fan. ** console. Installed the touchscreen interface to control water sys-June 2019 Installed new console instrumentation for the safety ** tems and display equipment status and temperatures. channel. 16 Annual Report
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** MWH of energy produced 1,144 14,262
** MWD of energy produced 47.7 594.3*
** Grams 235 U used 65 814
** Number of fuel elements added to (+) or removed(-) from the core 0 92
** Number of pulses 3 325
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** Hours at full power (I MW) 1,142 14,178
** Number of startup and shutdown checks 247 2,425
** Number of irradiation requests processed 338 2,657
** Number of samples irradiated 5,213 22,019
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Table IV.2 OSTR Use Time in Terms of Specific Use Categories OSTR Use Category Annual Values Cumulative Values ** (hours) (hours) Teaching (departmental and others) 16 13,749 I OSU research 1,715 I 23,089 ** Off campus research 2,354 I 55,123 Facility time 21 l 7,557 I Total Reactor Use Time 4,106 99,518 Table IV.3 ** Number of Users Two OSTR Multiple Use Time Annual Values (hours 255 l~ Cumulative Values (hours) 11,147 Three I I 224 i 6,050 Four 181 3,312 Five 181 1,331 I Six 98 II 439 I Seven 49 127 I I Eight 22 25 Total Multiple Use Time 1,010 22,431 18 Annual Report
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** Unplanned Reactor Shutdowns and Scrams
** Type of Event Number of Occurrences Cause of Event
** Fuel Element Temperature Scram 7 Noise spike when switching between thermocouple readings
** Period scram 3 Excessive rod withdrawal on startup Safety Channel Scram 2 Fluctuations at full power due to primary water flow Safety Channel Scram Excessive rod withdrawal on startup
** Manual Shutdown Operator waited too long to start cooling
** Manual Shutdown Secondary pump failed to start due to electrical short Shut down to locate missing hardware from sample Manual Shutdown retrieval tool Manual Scram Scram due to Stack Gas alarm
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OSTROP 16, Rev. LEU-5 Annual Surveillance and Maintenance for 20 DATE NOT REMARKS SU RV EILLAN CE AND MAINTENANCE AS TARGET DATE LIMITS TOB E & [SHADE INDICATES LICENSE REQUIREMENT) FOUND DATE COMPLETED EXCEEDED* INITIALS BIENNIAL fNSPECTION OF FFCRS I OSTROP 12.0 CONTROL RODS: TRANS 2 STA DARD CONTROL ROD DRIVE INSPECTON OSTROP 16.2 NORMAL CONTROL ROD 3 CLICIT CALIBRATION: OSTROP9.0 ICIT/DUMMY TRANS SAFE SHIM REG CONTROL ROD 9 sec SCRAM WITHDRAWAL 4 INSERTION & W/D <50 sec SCRAM TIMES INSERT ~50 sec FUEL ELEMENT INSPECTION FOR SELECTED 2: 20% t t, s mspected. 5 No damage ELEMENTS ;, .. 1tion or rn~II 6 REACTOR POWER CALIBRATION OSTROP8 FUEL ELEMENT TEMPERATURE CHANNEL 7 Per Checklist CALIBRATION CALIBRATION OF REACTOR TANK WATER TEMP 8 OSTROP 16.8 TEMPERATURE METERS CONTfNUOUS Particu late Monitor 9 AIR MONITOR RCHPP 18 CALIBRATION bas Monitor IO CAM OI L/GREAS E MAINTENANC E STACK MONITOR Particulate Monitor RCHPP LI CALIBRATION Gas Monitor 18&26 N 12 STA CK MONITOR OI L/GREAS E MAINTENANC E 0 I-' 00 13 AREA RADIATION MONITOR CALIBRATrON RCHPP 18 N 0 I-'
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Radiation Protection ** Introduction ** The purpose of the radiation protection program is to ensure the safe use of radiation and radioactive material in the Cen-Liquid Effluents Released Liquid Effluents ter's teach ing, research, and service activities, and in a similar manner to the fulfillment of all regu latory requirements of the State of Oregon, the U.S . Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Oregon State Un iversity has implemented a policy to reduce the volu me of radioactive liquid effluents to an absol ute mini- ** mum. For example, water used during the ion exchanger resin and other regu latory agencies. TI, e comprehensive nature of change is now recycled as reactor makeup water. Waste water the program is shown in Table V. I, which li sts the program's from Radiation Center laboratories and the OSTR is collected major radiation protection requirements and the perfom1ance frequency for each item. The radiation protection program is im plemented by a staff at a holdup tank prior to re lease to the sanitary sewer. Liquid effluent are analyzed for radioactivity content at the time it is released to the collection point. For this reporting period, consisting of a Senior Health Physicist, a Health Physicist, and several part-time Hea lth Physics Monitors (see Part II). the Radiation Center and reactor made seven liqu id effluent releases to the sanitary sewer. All Radiation Center and reactor faci lity liquid effluent data pertain ing to this release are con-Assistance is also provided by the reactor operations group, the neutron activation analysis group, the Scientific In strument tained in Table V.2. Techn ic ian, and the Radiation Center Director. Liquid Waste Generated and Transferred The data contained in the following sections hav nb je been prepared to comply with the current requirements of Nuclear Liquid waste generated from glassware and laboratory experi-ments is transferred by the campus Radiation Safety Office to ** Regulatory Commission (NRC) Faci lity License No. R- 106 its waste processing facility. The annual summary of liquid (Docket No. 50-243) and the Technical Specifications con- waste generated and transferred is contained in Table V.3 . tained in that license. The material has also been prepared in compl iance with Oregon Department of Energy Rule No. 345-30-0 10, which requires an annual report of environmental effects due to research reactor operations. Within the scope of Oregon State University 's radiation pro-tection program, it is standard operating policy to maintain all releases of radioactivity to the unrestricted environment and all exposures to radiation and radioactive materials at levels which are consistently "as low as reasonably achievable" (ALARA). Environmental Releases The annual reporting requirements in the OSTR Technical Specificati ons state that the licensee (OSU) shall include "a summary of the nature and amount of radioactive effluents released or discharged to the environs beyond the effective control of the licensee, as measured at, or prior to, the point of such release or discharge." The liquid and gaseous effluents released, and the solid waste generated and transferred are discussed briefly below. Data regarding these effluents are also summarized in detail in the designated tables. 28 Annual Report
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** daughter products, within a range of approximately 3x 10*11 terly TLD film badge and TLD (finger) extremity dosimeters.
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 214 Bi, which is not associated with also monitored with a track-etch/ albedo neutron dosimeter.
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** greater than eight days and therefore the reporting of the aver-age concentration ofradioactive particulates with halflives greater than eight days is not applicable.
ing device. Students attending laboratory classes are issued quarterly 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
** tion Safety. Until this waste is disposed ofby the Radiation Safety Office, it is held along with other campus radioactive waste on the University's State of Oregon radioactive materi-XB(y) TLD badge to be used during their patrols of the Radia-tion Center and reactor facility.
** 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 ofradioac-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 ofthe limits in 10
** The OSTR annual reporting requirements specify that the licensee shall present a summary of the radiation exposure CFR 20 or State of Oregon regulations during the reporting period.
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Area Radiation Dosimeters Area monitoring dosimeters capable of integrating the radia-Environmental Survey Data The annual reporting requirements of the OSTR Technical Specifications include "an annual summary of environmental surveys performed outside the facility." tion dose are located at strategic positions throughout the 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 and for certain Radiation Center laboratories a CR-39 plas-tic track-etch neutron detector has also been included in the On-site Monitoring Monitors used in the on-site gamma environmental radiation ** monitoring package. The total dose equivalent recorded on the various reactor facil-monitoring program at the Radiation Center consist of the re-actor facility stack effluent monitor described in Section V and nine environmental monitoring stations. ity dosimeters is listed in Table V.7 and the total dose equiva-lent recorded on the Radiation Center area dosimeters is listed During this reporting period, each fence environmental station 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 contained three LiF TLDs and was exchanged quarterly for location. a total of 108 samples during the reporting period (9 stations Routine Radiation and Contamination Surveys x 3 TLDs per station x 4 quarters). The total number ofTLD The Center's program for routine radiation and contamination samples for the reporting period was 108. A summary of the surveys consists of daily, weekly, and monthly measurements 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 year for Oregon (Refs. 1, 2). area at a defined frequency is desirable. 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 Off-site Monitoring The off-site gamma environmental radiation monitoring program consists of twenty monitoring stations surrounding ,.' !
- the Radiation Center (see Figure V.l) 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 advance warning of needed corrections and thereby help to ground (MRCTE 21 and MRCTE 22 are mounted on the roof of the EPA Laboratory and National Forage Seed Laboratory, ** ensure the safe use and handling of radiation sources and respectively). These monitors are exchanged and processed radioactive materials. A third objective, which is really derived quarterly, and the total number ofTLD samples during the cur-from successful execution of the first rn:o 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 of TLD data for the off-site monitoring stations is given in personnel and releases of radioactivity to the environment "as low as reasonably achievable" (ALARA). Table V.11. 30 Annual Report
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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 I 000 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.1 .
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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Table V.2 Date of Total Quantlty . of D etectabl e Specific Activity . Each Detectable Radio-nuc l"d 1 em. foj~ Monthly Summary of Liquid Effluent Release to the Sanitary Sewer( 1 l oa1Quan1 E h D t t bl ac e ec fly of a e Average Concentration
\Percent of Applicable
' Monthly Average Total Volume of Liquid Effluent Discharge . . . . . .
- R a d"1onucl"d 1e Of Released I Concentration for Released Including (Month and Year)
Rad10activ1ty 1Rad1onuchde m the Waste, Where the Released (Curies) the Waste Release Concentration Was>l x 10-7 le= e R 1 d . th WasteID (Curies) Radioactive Material released Radioactive at the Point of Release ( µCi mJ-1) Material (%)<2l Diluent (gal) ( µCi ml- 1) _ .
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H-3, Cr-51, H-3, 2.42x10-4 H-3, 3.46x10- 7 I H-3, 3.46x10- 3 Aug 2018 2.43x10-4 H-3, 3.46x10-7 Cr-51, 8.40x10*7 Cr-51, l.20xl0-9 Cr-51, 2.40xl0-5 184,656 U-235 U-235, l.35xl0* 7 U-235, l.93xl0 10 U-235, 6.43xl0-3 I H-3, 5.97x10-4 H-3, 7.02xl0-6 H-3, 7.02xl0-2 f March 2019 5.97x10*4 H-3, Co-60 H-3, 7.02xl0-6 22,454 i Co-60, l .25xl o-s Co-60, l.48x10- 10 Co-60, 2.95xl0*6 7
! H-3, 6.98xl0*5 H-3, l.27xl0- 7 H-3, l.27x10- 3 June2019 7.37xJO-' 3, Co-60 H-3, l.27x10- 145,294 00-60, 3 .86x!O*' . _Co-60, 7.02x!O' Co-60, 1.40xl0-6
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H-3, 9.09xl0-4 Annual Total x _ H-3, Cr-51, Cr-51, 8.40xl0*7 1 for Radiation 9 14 10 4 H-3, 7.49xl0-6 7.50xl0-6 352,404 Center
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Mn-54, Co-58, Co-60, I Zn-65, Cs-134, Eu-152, I Radiation Center f 10/22/18 18.45 Eu-154, Cf-249, Pu-239, 3.00xl0-4 Laboratories I I I Cf-252, Cs-137, U-238, U-235, Np-237, Cl-36 5/2/19 ( 1) TOTAL 18.45 See above 3.00xl0-4 OSTR and Radiation Center liquid waste is picked up by the Radiation Safety Office for transfer to its waste processing facility for final packaging. Table V.4 MonthlyTRIGA Reactor Gaseous Waste Disch!1rges and_A_n_a_...,,ly;_.s_is_ _ __ Total Total I Estimated I Atmospheric Diluted Fraction of the Technical ** Month Estimated Activity Estimated Quantity of Argon-41 1 Concentration of I Argon-41 at Point of Specification Annual Average A 41 ** Released._(_C_u_ri-es_)_,___R_e_l_e_a_se_d_<l_(_C_u_ri_es_)_l,- ___.____r_µ_~e_:c_sc2_ ___-L:_on-~nrra1°_ _---_-_J_ul_y===---+-f _ _ _0_.5_9 0.59 1 4.58x10-s l 0:_-_L_im_i_*t-(o/c_o_)__ 1.14 ** August
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** 10/22/18 TRIGA Co-60, Se-75, Zn-65, Sc-46, Cr-51, Reactor 62.3 Mn-54, Fe-59, Co-58, Sb-124, 5.22x10-5 12/19/18 Facility Eu-152, Eu-154 I 5/2/19
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Personnel Group Whole Body Extremities I Whole Body (mrem) (mrem) (mrem) (mrem) j I Extremities Whole Body (mrem) I I Extremities (mrem) ** Facility Operating 130 234 251 881 ' 1,041 1,868 II! Personnel K~:.:~ty 1-~-4--+---2-2-11 19 I 176 I 61 11. --2-00____ Personnel I I
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** 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 less than the vendor's threshold of IO mrem. "NIA" indicates that there was no neutron
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0 ND ND MRCC120 Cl20: Student Counting Laboratory I 0 ND I I MRCFlOO FIOO: APEX Facility 0 l ND
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ND MRCB125N Bl25: Gamma Analyzer Room (Storage Cave) 0 ND MRCN125S Bl25: Gamma Analyzer Room 0 ND I I I MRCC124 Cl24: Classroom I I 0 I ND MRCC130 I Cl30: Radioisotope Laboratory (Hood) 0 I ND I I MRCDlOO I DIOO: Reactor Support Laboratory 0 I ND MRCD~::::- ---1 D102: Pneumatic Transfer Tenninal Laboratory 253 II ND
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Reactor Top (D104) 2.2 100 <500 1,607 Reactor 2nd Deck Area (D104) 6.9 48 <500 j <500 I Reactor Bay SW (D104) <l I 77 <500 <500
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Class Experiments (D104, D302) <I 6 <500 <500 Demineralizer Tank & Make Up Water System <I 9 <500 <500 (D104A) I Particulate Filter--Outside Shielding (DI04A) I <1 2.7 <500 1,071 Radiation Center: NAACountingRooms(AI46,BIOO) I <1 5 <500 <500 ** Health Physics Laboratory (AI38) 60 Co Irradiator Room and Calibration Rooms I I
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Summary The Radiat ion Center offers a wide variety of resources fo r VI also high lights major Rad iation Center capabilities in research teaching, research , and service related to radiation and radioac-tive materials. Some of these are discussed in detail in other and service. These unique Center functions are described in the following text. ** parts of this report. The purpose of this section is to sum-marize the teaching, research , and service efforts carried out Neutron Activation Analysis during the current reporting period. Neutron activation ana lysis (NAA) stands at the forefront of tech-Teaching niques for the quantitative mu lti-element analysis of major, minor, trace, and rare elements. The principle involved in AA consists of first irradiating a sample with neutrons in a nuclear reactor such as An important responsibility of the Radiation Center and the reactor is to support OSU's academic programs. Implementa-the OSTR to produce specific radionuclides. After the irradiation, the characteristic gamma rays emitted by the decaying radionu-clides are quantitatively measured by suitable semiconductor radia-tion of this support occurs through direct involvement of the Center's staff and fac ilities in the teaching programs of various departments and through participation in University research tion detectors, and the gamma rays detected at a particular energy are usually indicative of a specific rad ionuclide's presence. Com- ** puteri zed data reduction of the gamma ray spectra then yields the programs. Table 111.2 plus the "Training and lnstuction" sec- concentrations of the various e lements in samples be ing studied. tion (see next page) provide detailed information on the use of With sequential instrumental NAA it is possible to measure quanti - the Radiation Center and reactor for instruction and training. tatively about 35 elements in small samp les (5 to I 00 mg), and for activable elements the lower li mit of detection is on the order of parts per mi llion or parts per bi lli on , depe nding on the element. Research and Service Almost all Radiation Center research and service work is tracked by means of a project database . When a request for faci lity use is received, a project number is assigned and the 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- ** volved, a description of the project, Radiation Center resources needed, the Radiation Center project manager, status of indi-vidua l runs, bi lling information, and the funding source. Table VI. I provides a summary of institutions which used the Radiation Center during this reporting period. This table also includes additional information about the number of academic personnel involved, the number of students involved, and the number of uses logged for each organization . The major tab le in this section is Table Vl.2. This table provides a listing of the research and service projects carried out during this reporting period and lists information relating to the personnel and institution involved, the type of project, and the funding agency. Projects which used the reactor are indicated by an asterisk. In addition to identifying specific projects carried out during the current reporting period, Part 48 Annual Report
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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 analysis, nuclear chemistry, and nuclear safety analysis . technical field. 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 at the Radiation Center is to support the instruction and Radiological Emergency Response Services research conducted at the Center. However, due to the high The Radiation Center has an emergency response team quality of the program and the level of expertise and equip-capable of responding to all types of radiological accidents. 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 health physics services which are not readily available else-behalf of the Oregon Radiation Protection Services and the 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-ics services in any of the areas which are discussed in Part
** logical emergency response equipment and instrumentation .
These items are located at the Radiation Center and at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Corvallis. V. These include personnel monitoring, radiation surveys, sealed source leak testing, packaging and shipment ofradio-active materials, calibration and repair of radiation monitor-During the current reporting period, the Radiation Center ing instruments (discussed in detail in Part VI), radioactive emergency response team conducted several training ses- 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-gency Response Plan, Physical Security Plan, and operator .
tion Center will provide gamma ray spectrometric analysis of 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 .
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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 of radiation detectors and other nuclear instrumentation. Since the Radiation Cen-ter's own programs regularly utilize a wide range of nuclear Consultation Radiation Center staff are available to provide consultation ser- ** 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 shielding, radiological emergency response, and radiotracer In addition to the instrument repair capability, the Radia- methods. tion Center has a facility for calibrating essentially all types Records are not normally kept of such consultations, as they of radiation monitoring instruments. This includes typical portable monitoring instrumentation for the detection and often take the form of telephone conversations with research-ers encountering problems or planning the design of experi-measurement of alpha, beta, gamma, and neutron radiation, 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 ** Intuitions, Agencies and Groups IINumber of Number of Tunes of U Projects II Faculty Involvement Number of fC t ses o en er Fa_dlitie_s_
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*Beijing Research Institute of Uranium Geology 2 0 2 Beijing CHINA
*Berkeley Geochronology Center.
1 0 5. Berkeley, CA USA II CDM Smith Edison, NJ USA I 1 II 0 I 1 1~~
*China University of Petroleum - Beijing II Changping, Beijing CHINA College of Veterinary Medicine I
I 1 1 1 2 9 ** Corvallis, OR USA Colorado Gem and Mineral Co. 1 I 0 2 Tempe, AZ USA I I 50 Annual Report
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** Intuitions, Agencies and Groups
*Columbia University Projects Faculty Involvement 1 0 Uses of Center Eac_ilitfos_
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** Palisades, NY USA
*Dalhousie University Halifax, Novia Scotia CANADA I
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** Department of Chemistry Corvallis, OR USA 1 1
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*ETH Zurich 1 1 2 Zurich, SWITZERLAND I
** Genis, Inc.
Reykjavik, ICELAND i I I I 0 I
*Geological Survey of Japan/AIST I I 0 1 Tsukuba, Ibaraki, JAPAN Inertial Wave, Inc. I I I 1 4 Manhattan Beach, CA USA
*Institute of Geology, China Earthquake Administration 1 0 2 Beijing, CHINA
** *Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences 1 0 I
I Beijing, CHINA I
*INSU-CNRS - Universite d'Orleans 1 I 1 4 Orleans, FRANCE I
** *Jensen Hughes Portland, OR USA
*Korea Basic Science Institute 1
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** Cheongwon-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do SOUTH KOREA
*Lanzhou University 1
2 I 0 4 4
** Lanzhou City, Gansu Province CHINA
*Lanzhou University Lanzhou, CHINA 2 0 4
** *LSCE-CNRS Gif-Sur-Yvette Cedex FRANCE 1 0 4
*Materion Brush, Inc.
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*Materion Natural Resources I 0 10 ** Delta, UT USA
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. I Number of Number ofTnnes of U Numberof ses o fC ent er Intuitions, Agencies and Groups New Mexico Bureau of Geology Projects Faculty Involvement 1 I F Tf ai:;.11.1-es_
I I i Socorro, NM USA New Mexico Bureau of Mining & Technology Socorro, NM USA I I 1 0 2 **
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*Occidental College Los Angeles, CA USA II 1 1 I 2 I i
*Oregon State UniversityP>
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*Oregon State University - Educational Tours Corvallis, OR USA I
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*Oregon State University Radiation Center Corvallis, OR USA i
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*Polish Academy of Sciences I 1 I 0 1 Krakow, POLAND I I
*Quaternary Dating Laboratory II [_
I 0 I Roskilde, DENMARK I Radiation Protection Services ! I 0 28 Portland, OR USA I I
*Rutgers Piscataway, NJ USA I
i 1 i 0 1 Sch of Environ & Natural Res I Columbus, OH USA i I 1 I 1 I 1
*School of Nuclear Science an Engineering I I 1 2 1 Corvallis, OR USA I I I
*Scottish Universities Enfironmental Research Centre 1 0 9 I
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*Shmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth J_l 2 1 Moscow, RUSSIA
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*Syracuse University II I
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*U.S. Geological Survey I
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*U.S. Geological Survey Menlo Park, CA USA I 2 I 0 I
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*Universita' Degli Studi di Padova ProJects Faculty Involvement 2
seso ener Facilities 3
** Padova ITALIA
*Universite Rennes I Rennes, FRANCE I 1
** *University at Albany, SUNY Albany, NY USA 4
University of Alaska, Anchorage 6 Anchorage, AK USA
*University of Arizona 2 3 5
** Tucson, AZ USA
*University of Geneva Geneva SWITZERLAND 5
** *University of Innsbruck Innsbruck, AUSTRIA I
** *University of Manitoba Winnipeg, Manitoba CANADA
*University of Melbourne 3
I 2 Melbourne, Victoria AUSTRALIA
*University of Michigan 22 Ann Arbor, MI USA
** *University of Nevada, Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV USA 3
** *University of Postdam Postdam, GERMANY
*University of Queensland 0 I
** Brisbane, Queensland AUSTRALIA
*University of Sao Paulo Sao Paulo BRAZIL I
** University of Texas Austin, TX USA I 2
** *University of Vermont Burlington, VT USA
*University of Wisconsin I
6 Madison, WI USA US National Parks Service 0 3 Crater Lake, OR USA
*Vrije Universiteit 5
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Table Vl.1 (continued) 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 Facu lty Involvement Facilities
*Wayne State University 2 6 Detroit, Ml USA *Western Australian Argon Isotope Facility Perth, Western Australia AUSTRALIA 0 5 *Zhejiang University Hangzhou, CHINA Totals 92 0
90 425 (I) Project which involves the OSTR. Use by Oregon State University does not include any teaching activities or classes accommodated by the ** Radiation Center. (2) This number does not include on goi ng projects being performed by residents of the Radiation Center such as the APEX project, others in the Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics or Department of Chemistry or projects conducted by Dr. Walt Loveland, which involve daily use of the Radiation Center facilities. 54 Annual Report
Table Vl.2 Listing of Major Research and Service Projects Preformed or in Progress at the Radiation Center and Their Funding Agencies Project IUsers IOrganization Name [Proj~~;-~l~--~-=-~- ~~-]~es;;;ti~~---_- - * - - - - - * - - - - - - - - ~nding l!D *--,-Oregon State -- Ar-40/Ar-39 Dating of Oceanographic Production ofAr-39 from K-39 to measure OSU Oceanography 444 uncan U . . radiometric ages on basaltic rocks from ocean
! mvers1ty Samples basins. Department
- 815 Morrell
- Oregon Umvers1 State
*ty Sterilization of Wood Samples Sterilization of wood samples to 2.5 Mrads in Co- OSU F
. d"1ator ,,1or fu nga1eva1uatlons.
60 1rra . - ~_ _ tp d t ores ro uc s rI 20 .
~-reeker Berkeley G::-N/
Geochronology Center_ [ ~ r - 4~ Age Datmg J'
- I Production of Ar-39 from K-39 to determine ages Berkeley LJn various anthrorologic and geologic materials. I Geochronology Center IVrije Universiteit i
1074 Wijbrans Vrije Universiteit Ar/Ar Dating of Rocks and Minerals Ar/Ar datmg ofrocks and mmerals. A t d ' 1191 Vasconcelos ______j______ University of Q~~nslan~_____ IA 391A 40 A D f J__:~_____:__ _ ge ~ mg --------- iroduction ofAr-39 from K-39 to determine ages in~~~~ anth~'.:ologi~~nd !~logic ~~terials. Q~~:~:l~nl_____ Ii~ :~ty:c; j Determination of history and timing of denudation I 1353 Kamp
- The University of vvai"k ato ui Fission Track Thermochronology of N ew zea1and I of basement terranes in New Zealand and thermal U .
h"1story of 1ate Cretaceous- Cenozo1c . sed"1mentary
*ty f'" "k t mvers1 o vvai a o I basins.
1465 ISinger Univers1-_ty_o_f__ Wisconsin lAr-40/Ar-39 Dating-of Young Geologic 1Irradiation of geological materials such as volcanic University of
. Materials rocks from sea floor, etc. for Ar-40/Ar-39 dating.
I Wisconsin j 1Teaching and Oregon State OSU Nuclear Engineering & Radiation 1504 Tours University - OSTR tour and reactor lab. NA 1. Health Physics Department Educational Tours I Age determination of apatites by fission track 1514 1sobel ~niversitat Potsdam Apatite Fission Track Analysis Universitat Potsdam
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - analysis,:. ------------*
I
- Fission track dating method on apatites: use of Univeersity of I
University of 1519 1Dunkl Goettingen Universita' Degli Studi Fission Track Analysis of Apatites l fission tracks from decay ofU-238 and U-235 to
----------- determine the ~ g ag~yfap__at_it_e_s.______ - - - - - - - - -
Fission track dating method on apatites by fission Tuebingen INA 1523 Zattin di Padova Fission track analysis of Apatites
--+-------~:-------~- I track analysis.
--- --------+------------
Irradiation to induce U-235 fission for fission track thermal history dating, especially for hydrocarbon Syracuse University N 1555 (itzgerald -- Syracuse University Fission track the_rm_o_c-hrono*l-o_g_y______,-1:.e~xnp_gloersa. t--1*_o_n._T_h_e_ in particular mainand the uplift thrust is towards formation tectonics, of mountain 0
~
00 ------- --*---- N 1617 ISpikings U * *ty Of G Ar-Ar geochronology and Fission Track Argon dating of Chilean granites. University of Geneva 0
~ . mverni eneva rating *-----------F-is-s-io_n_t_ra __c_k_T_h_e_rm_o-ch_r_o_n_ol-ogy o*-f-ge-o-lo-gical \.D 1623
_ _ _ _1 IBlythe Occidental College Fission Track Analysis ____________~ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - * - - - - - - - - - - - * - - * * - - - - - - - - - sampJes - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Occidental College
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Listing of Major Research and Service Projects Preformed or in Progress QJ at the Radiation Center and Their Funding Agencies
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~roject~rs l Organization Name I Project Title IDescription ----------""'1-F-un_d_i-ng________
0
-~ 660 Reacto. ~ -
- - -
- O~~t10ns St~ff Umvers1ty I Or~gon _State I Op~~a~io;s s~pport of th;;eactor
. fac1ht1es testmg__
Operati??~ use o~the reactor in support ofreactor JNA and--,,, and fac1htJes testm_g_.- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Radiological emergency support ot OOE related 1674 Niles Oregon Department of ! to instrument calibration, radiological and O D rt t f Energy radiological analysis laboratory at the Radiation nergy
*(-1-------i---------*--,------------*---- Center. -
1745 Girdner US National Parks C14 Measurements LSC analysis of samples for C14 measurements. US National Parks Service Service
-------Terra No~a Nurseries, Genera Modifications-usi~g g~mma Use of gam;;,_-; and fast ~~tron irradiatio~s for ___'I,_e_rr_a._N_o_v_a_N_u_r-se-r-ie-s-,-
1767 Korlipara
----,~-------i-l_n_c.___ irradiation **- _genetic studies in genera. Inc. *----
1768 Bringman Brush-Wellman Antimony Source Production Production of Sb-124 sources. Brush-Wellman S --Quaternary D a t i n g - - ~ D f Production ofAr-39 from K-39 t~ determin-;----- Quaternary Dating 1777 _to_r_e_y*--------11--L_a_b_o_ra__to_ry L~~~ a mg radiometric ages of geological materials. I Labora_t_ory_.,_______
--*-1 ------I --------- - This project subjects chitosan polymer in 40 and 1 70% DDA formulations to 9 and 18 Kgy, boundary 1778 Gislason IGenis, Inc Gamma exposure of Chitosan polymer doses for commerical sterilization for the purpose Genis, Inc.
7-85--~-- - - - ---S-t*t--U 1818 me Sabey regon a e mvesi
*------+------------!
Brush Wellman
* -.ty I
o aya ceramics Antimony source production (Utah) r of determine changes in the molecular weight and p It 1 A-A--f-M-----.------~~:~~~~:1!:~n~ :~~l~;l;~;:~~~~ntMaya-c--e-ra._m_ic-s___,,._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ s om u rouser wamp, e 1ze. B 1* I1
~Wellman
_ _ ]_____ - *-*---,
- I Fission track thermochronometry of the ~,
1831 Thomson University of Arizona Fission Track I Patagonian Andes and the Northern Apennines, Yale University
+- .
\832-1 Min ____
!Italy.
Uni~ersity of Florida rAr/Ar Dyrting - - - - -..** *__ . -f!Ardat-ing=--*-*---.--- _ .._____I Unjversity of Florida _184 ~--i Swindle University -~f Ari~~~~I ~~~;o~~~~g of ordin.ary-~hon~~~~~--1~-~~r dat!_~_of ordin~:'. chondritic meterorites. ~iversity of Arizona 18 55 IAnczk1ew1cz
. . Polish
. Academy of Sc1ences F"1ssion
. Track Serv1ces
. "ven"fi cation
. ofAFT data tior 1.11ite-mec
. hte d ata.R Polish. Academy of Sc1ences
----------{--------* - - --------
University of p d t* fA 39 fr K 40 t d t . University of CaI1.tiornia* at Santa IA S Ar-40 r-39 amp 1e atmg D . ro uc 10n o r- om - o e ermme Ca!"ti . at Santa 1864 Gans Barbara d" tr* f 1 . ra 10me 1c ages o geo ogic samp es. 1 J B b 1 ornia
. ar ara
-----":---------+--------- - *r;patite fission track to reveal the exhumation ,.~----*-----
University of . . . . history of rocks from the ID-WY-UY postion . . . 1865 Carrapa Wyommg . F1ss10n Track Irradmt10ns I ~1f the Sev1er 1
. tioId an d thrus t belt, Nepa1, and I Umversity of Wyommg
~
1878 R d T" o en- ice IPlattsburgh-State *-J*F--:--:--t--k--* h
. . iss10n- rac researc
----1A!:_gentina.
1use of fission tracks to det~ine loc~f235U~- Plattsburgh State 1 h*
-~ _______. __ Umversrty ------ ____ ------------------- 232T__ m natura1 roe s an __ mmera1s.**------..-*- Umver~ty k d * *
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Listing of Major Research and Service Projects Preformed or in Progress
,__________ at the Radiation Center and Their Funding Agencies l I Project Users _ _ _ _!_organization Nam__:__ j Project Title ---* ____ Description ____ I Funding *.
W: St t U . 'ty INAA of Archaeological Ceramics from Trace-element analysis of Inca-period ceramics for IW: St t U . 'ty
~Bray ayne a e mven South America provenance determination. L ayne a e mversi E=l j- The current project is designed to identify the o St t I LD50 rate of gamma irradiation so that large 1884 Contr Ur~gon 'tya e I Mutation breeding of woody plants seed lots may be irradiated in order to develop OSU Horticulture mversi I novel phenotypes that exhibit reduced fertility or I __ l - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - sterility. _
1886 I Coutand Dalhousie University__LFission Track Irradiation !Fission track irradiations of apa~ite sa~les. IDahousie University 1887-~arsom. Oregon Umvers1
. State
*ty ~
- X enon Gas p ro duct1on * ~Q ro ductlon
- of xenon gas. Iosu .NERHP ________
1905 Jl Fellin
----1 ETH z :-;---
-----+I-I unc J-;. .
T kA ission rac na1ysis
- - - - Use of fission tracks to determine location of 1 235U, 232Th in natural rocks and
. - * - - - ] Use of neutron activation to determine fission minerals.
Geologisches Institllt, ETH Zurich 1913 Reese Oregon
- State
*ty F1ss1on GammaYield Spee tDetermmat1on Usmg , Ids 1or y1e c
- vanous fi ss1-1e an d 1e c rt'!
1 e matena
- Is usmg
- NIA
-- ------*---------- I Umvers1 roscopy
--*** ____ gammay~oscopy.
tr Scottish Universities Scottish Universities 1914 Barfod Environmental Ar/Ar Age Dating Ar/Ar age dating. Research and Reactor Research Centre -*-----------**-----i....cC:...;e.:..n.c:..tr..c.e_ _ _ _ __ 1927 Sewa rd ~t~ltl~riatUniverJty of Fis~io;~rack Datin;----*---- ]Fission*~;ack ~ating of apatite sample~. Vitoria University of
- - - . . . . - - . . ! vve mg on Welling<--to_n_ _ _ __
1929 Farsoni IOregon State S A t' t' 'I Irradiation of different materials to make sources 4u . . ____ _ mversrty ource c 1va 10n . -----l 1or c detect10n
. expenments . .. NA 1939 Wang------, Lanzhou University , Lanzhou Universityfassion Track ----1 Fission Track dating. I Lanzhou University 1955 IHigl~y Oregon Umvers1
. State
*ty IUptake of red'1onucI'des m. pIants _ J D. erermme. concentration. ratios. m. pIants. .
I *1 OSU NERHP 1957 I Phillips University of Melbourne
. Isamples Radiometric ag;-dating of geologi~ J Ar/Ar age dating. *---
IUniversity of Melbourne 1958 !Mine
----*-<,*-o-r-eg_o_n-Stat_e___
IINAA ofO axaca Ceram1cs - . --- ITrace-element analyses of prehistoric ceramics J from. O~xaca'. Mex1co,
- to determme
- provenance.
NSF Collaborative Researc h p roJ"-e_c
- t_ __
Umvers1ty 1965 lwebb . Umvers1ty. of"vermont ArIA r age dat'mg
- I Irradiation fr K with c A IA fast neutronsh to produce Ar-39 ~ Umvers1I . *ty of"vermont 1975 McD onald . , f GI u mvers1ty o S J asgow amue 1 aanne J om -39 1or r r geoc rono 1ogy.,...:*-------4-------
of apatites. I Use of fissin tracks t~ determine last heating event School of Geographical and Earth Science N 0 1979 I Paulenova
*----:1'--o-rego;-St~t~----*-I M-~ M~~~~: ~ f IUniversity ixe a nx x rac ion es mg
* [ Mclti:;lement, transition metatsalt production for j mixed matrix extraction testing,__._ _ __
f ----- 00 I N 1980 !carpenter --RSadi~ti~Protection erv1ces Sample ~ountin~------------.1 Sample counting. - - - State of Oregon RPS _J.Umvers1ty * -.----. -- . ---*-----*-uProduction 0 I.D of Ar-39 f;om K-39 to determine ~ . . . 1995__lcam acho ofMamtoba Ar/Ar datmg d' t. f. . t . Umvers1ty ofMamtoba
--- --------- ---------------------- ra 10me nc ag~geo 1_(}g;ca1ma ena1s_.- - -
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Project /Users IOrganization Name I Project Title Description I Funding
;:I.
l umvers1
* *ty of p ostdam 2004 l Sudo
- - - -[ '" rth '! Arizona State j;Ar/Ar Geochrono Iog1ca* I Stud"1es JAr/Ar dating I
of natural rocks and minerals for
. 1 stud" geo 1og1ca 1es.
- - - - - - - - - - Fast neutron irradiation of mine.ral and rock Arizona State -
200 7 vva o Argon-Argon Geochronology
- - - : - - - - - - - University____ I samples for 40 Ar/39Ar dat~1!..g..E_1:!_fJ)OSes. University 2010 University of Sao Helena Hollanda Paulo Ar/Ar Geological Dating j Ar/Ar geologic datmg of matenals.
. I University of Sao Paulo I
-~- . ! ---- Si02 surfaces were silanized (vapor deposition) I Chemical, Biological with TCVS to create double bonds on surface. [ OSU Ch .
2016 Schilke I & Environmental TCVS Silanization for EGAP coating The surface is incubated in Polyethylene triblocks, E . ~mica1 I 2017 Jourdan IEngineering L
- - , Wester Australian -
Argon. so tope Fac1.11.ty 1 I Lawrence Livermore A --d--_- f I -* I ge atmg o geo ogica matena [A /A d t*
- I l
Ithe surface. l_A_/.Af 1* r hr I geoc ono ogy.
- t-*
once gamma irradiated it will bind the triblocks to
.I ngmeermg
-U-.--.----
urtm mvers1ty Production of neutron induced 39Ar from 39K for Lawrence Livermore 2023 re assata I .
-------*-*-***---- Nat10na1La oratory b r r a mg A /A d
- 1 r r atmg. _ --*----
- N
- IL b at10na a oratory 2028 ~inc Or~gon ~tate
----------***r--*-----
Umvers1ty I INAA of ceramics from the Ancient Near East 1Pro~enance determi~ation of ceramics fro~ the ___ .,_________ i'1. Ancient Near East via trace-element analysis. OSU Anthro olo
.,______ - - - - - P gy 2029 Kim Kor~a Basic Science I Ar/Ar eochronolo IAr/Ar analysis for age dating of geological Kor~a Basic Science Institute L g gy ~mples. IInstitute
-~ I ci:~-*---,1-'.CPhtrina] UniveBrsi~ of
- F : : ~ - - - - - - - - - - - - , Fi~~i~n tra~;~:n~~~~;~~;:~------rpchtina]*u~e-Brsi~-~--
1* L! e o eum - e1Jmg ~e ro eum - e1Jmg
- 1;-M- - - - l Oregon State ---, St . . t* f W--d-P d -t- I Sterilization of wood to 2.0 Mrad for fungal OSU-F- t P d t
-2034 L ~11 ____ __J University _______J en1iza wn o oo_~~ uc s ----- I experim~nts. ---~es-~o uc_s_
Lanzhou Center of Oil '[ I I Lanzhou Center of Oil 20 Wang and Gas Resources, Fission Track I Fission track dating ofrock samples. ! and Gas Resources, CAS I ICAS
-* -+--L_d_____ Oregon State_ _ _ _ l_M - - - t ffi . *-* d t TKEI Measurement offissio~ prod~~t kinetic e~ergy for ] ------
2036 1Lovelan 1 U . *ty easuremen o ss1on pro uc I . fi .1 1 t I 1 ___ 1 -----~ mvers1 - - - - - * - - - - - _ .. vanous ss1 e e emen s. '----------- 1 I . l Using Cherenkov detecto,s to validate core --J _2037frcum -------~~~~ate _____1~:~!~~~g=~e~~:~urements usmg I~~~::~~e~i:~;;!~~:)~e changes in reactor _ I __ 1* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
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Listing of Major Research and Service Projects Preformed or in Progress at the Radiation Center and Their Funding Agencies _P_r_oj_e_ct~Iu_s_e_rs________ :10,ganimtion Nam~1P,.;;t Title ____[_Description - - -
- ______,_F_un_d_in_g________
Prevention of Infections Associated with Combat-related Injuries by Local Sustained I Co-Delivery of Vitamin D3 and Other Immune-Boosting Compounds Award Mechanism. We are Prevention of Infections Associated preparing nanofiber wound dressings that contain Oregon State 2039 Gombart with Combat-related Injuries by Local compounds that will be released over time to 1 University Sustained Co-Delivery induce the immune response in wounds to help prevent infection and speed wound healing. The J I nanofibers must be irradiated so that they are sterile. These experiments will be performed in
---**--*------+---*-------- I* :=1c~J~ ~~l~::t:o~ :~:!:~:~::tw 1 degradation in ~ -
2041 1 M arcum Oregon State University N tr R d. I eu on a wgrap Y h Of ATR C aluminum ATR capsules from endurance testing of apsu 1es these capsules under continuous hydraulic loading
----------- _ - - - - ~ - - - - - -..--*-----------------4 over the course o~ear.
2042 l 1 Walsh
- I University of OregoHINAA of Ancient Cer_amics from Korea ATrace-elem.entfranalySsEesKofNeolithic and Bronze
__ . . ge ceramics om orea. University of Oregon Helmholtz-Zentrum GEOMAR Helmholtz 2045 van den Bogaard fur Ozeanforschung GEO MAR Ar/Ar Ar/Ar dating research of geological samples. Centre for Ocean Kiel (GEOMAR) I ----*-----1 Research I l :JMeasuring the uptake of strontium by inorganic 2053 ___ __)______ Paulenova J o mversi St t Ur~gon *tya e Measuring the uptake of strontium (IONSIV) and organic (chitosan-based) sorbent materials. Kinetics of uptake will also be evaluated. Natural strontium will be used as a carrier, and S.!-85 will serve as a tracer. Gamma irradiation of pollen has been used successfully by plant geneticists to facilitate discovery of genes and chromosomal regions that control traits of interest in crops and trees like Gamma irradiation of Port-Orford Cedar poplar. Geneticists in the US Forest Service have
*ce II t 0 t hr t identified valuable single gene traits in Port-Orford USDA Forest Service 2058 Cronn USDA Forest Servl ~
0
~? genera e c omosoma1 segmen Cedar, an ecologically and economically important 1
l e e wns conifer native to Oregon. We would like to test I whether pollen irradiation can be used to create N ! I deletion lines that have modified traits, with the 0 _______J__________~----*---------*----- .______!fi.~~;s~f identifying the genes controlling t_hes~e 00 N 0 2060 Ish1zuka
. S Geo1og1ca1 urvey o Ja an/AIST f
h ArIAr Geoc rono Iogy _J Ar/Ar geochronology of volcanic and igneous k . d . h bd . . .. . roe s ~s~ociate wit su uct10n m1tiation o f G 1 . 1S eo og1ca urvey o Ja an f I.D
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Project / User~____IOrgan_i__za_t_io_n_N __ am_e__--+-P*_r_oJ_*e_c_t_T_it_Ie______________.l._D_e_s_cr_ip_t_io_n_________________,I_F_u__n_d_in__g_ _ _ _ __ I ~Oregon State Neutron Radiography Imaging of I Investigation into the applicablity of neutron 2061 I Weiss . . Umvers1ty Concrete radiography for evaluating concrete curing 1 _ _ _ *_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1 1*_--------~------------------',*_processes. _ --*----,----*------- Oregon State ~ poral Spectroscopy of Fissile Use ofPGNAA facility to perform temporal OSU Radiation Center,
----1--------1ci:~-=-----,
2062 2064 Reese Schaefer University CDM Smith erl
.als Abiotic Dechlorination of chlorinated solvents in soil matrices.
spectroscopy for the purpose of determining fissile material content DNDO Grant
----~-Wi-e-w-il-1b-e-pe_r_fo_rm_in_g--b-en_c_h-sc_a_le-m-icr_o_c_os-m--*+-----------
studies to measure the abiotic dechlorination in different soil matrices. Gamma irradiation will be CDM Smith
- - - - * - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- _ u s e d to st~rilize the samples.
I INAA to determine distribution of synthesized Oregon State Nanomaterials in Environmental j gold-core, titanium dioxideshell nanoparticles 2065 Nason University Matrices j to better understand the environmental fate and
*- ___ :ji:_ansport of engineered nanomaterials.
II Oregon State N eutron Rad1ograp . hyo f Long-1erm
'T' Use
. of
. neutron
. radiography . and omography . ~-0 regon State 2067 Reese C t C . 1magmg m long-term studies of concrete cunng U . *ty CCE
. University
---i-----------+------*-------r-*
oncre e urmg I * /* used in civil construction. 1Use of fission-track analysis to determine U--J-* ---------- mvers1 2068 I XU Tongi1 Umvers1ty fi . k . d" .
,, Apatite zircon ss10n-trac ma iat10n content and fission track age constrains low-temperat ure coo1mg . an d exh umat*10n m . South 2
-11 t cm-JSU-CNRS- - ~ A /A d t* --f--I--:--
e- - - - - Umver~_!)ans
. . d'O 1 r r a mg_o geo og1c samp1es (so J"d
{::1:*analysis for age dating of geologic s;mpl~ INSU-CNRS- _ o~s 1 roek -~h"1ps an d mmera
. 1s) Umvers1te
. . d'Or1eans _
I 1 r I The purpose of this experiment is to determine what color a nearly colorless Tourmaline will I I turn with dosages of 5, IO and 20 Mr of Gamma irradiation. Two Pakistan Beryl crystals are also 1 part of this experiment to see the color change as well as 2 pieces of Four Peaks Amethyst that may have been faded by sunlight. For the Tourmaline, Gamma irradiation induced change of Colorado Gem and color possibilities are brown, yellow, and pink Colorado Gema and 2070 Lowell color in Tourmaline from a Pegmatite in Mineral Co. to red. The commercial value of colorless gem Mineral Co. the Ohan Massif, Nigeria Tourmaline is very low, but other colors of gem Tourmaline, especially pink and red results, would stimulate mining of this material in Nigeria. 20 Mr is usually a dosage that will saturate the visible color, and lower dosages may be preferable if the I Gamma rays cause a new color other than pink or
*- ____!_________........_______________,_ __________ _ red which is the desirable result.
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! We will be receiving shipments of dried blood spot I I cards with bovine blood containing a chemical
, compound from South Africa in the near future.
1The USDA-APHIS are requiring us to gamma
. l A irradiate the samples before they will be released Trypanosoma Meth10n y-tRN 1 h * *
- University of
- h"b"t d t t t t to our lab at t e Umvers1ty of Washmgton (Se-2072 Buckner synth et ase m i i or eve1opmen o rea .
Washington neglected tropical diseases. attle, WA). We_ nee~ to conduct a test to dete~me if the gamma Irradiation, 6 Mrad (60 kGy), will degrade the chemical compound in the samples. I The sample will be a dried blood spot card spottedj _J_ with bovine blood (US origin) with our chemical
- - -
- _ _ __, compound sent from our lab (Seattle, WA). ---------
fToi~ p;oject focuses on the controlled relea~-e---
. delivery ofleuprolide from poly(lacticco-glycolic acid) microspheres. Leuprolide is remotely loaded The Biointerfaces into preformed microspheres via peptide absorp- The Biointerfaces 2073 Schwendeman PLGA microspheres Institute tion due to interactions between cationic peptides Institute and PLGA. The goal of this study is to use remote loading to achieve high peptide encapsulation and
_continuOU,! 12._eptiderelease with low initial burst. _ I NAA of archaeological ceramics from the Valley Oregon State Market Exchange in Ancient Oaxaca, of Oaxaca, Mexico, to trace the origins of market NSF University Mexico exchange. _ _ _.,_IT-richlor'-o-et_h_y_le_n_e-can diffuse into low permeabil--, ity materials such as clays. When there is a change 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 University of Texas i Permeability Zones (such as sand) and be transported through the sub- _J surface. This project focuses on the biogeochemi-c--* t cal interactions influencing the back diffusion of e: rty T *t* t
- d" -
.Jtrichloroethylene at a sand-clay interface. ______
I It's an experiment in how Frankel vacancy pairs in N 0 I-' 2076
--~ I H el1 e rans11on me a1 1rra ia110n
, d" . T ..
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~ iss1m1 lWJ5?1I1mg O transition e1ements e ave. --<---------
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. *ty fN b k INitrate Mediated Uranium Mobilization
.mers1 o e ras a- m 1n
. th e 8 1g N b k
. A qm"tier, C entra1
. h Plams sediments. Experiments will be conducted using up-fl ow co 1umns pac k ed wit d .. d .ti
. h gamma sten.11ze d" (fr
. d Umvers1ty N b k L"o f
e ras a- mco 1n e ras a an non-sten11ze aqm er se Iments om centra1 Nebraska) to determine the rate and contributions I o~ abiotic and biotic uranium oxidation mecha-
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2079 2080 Albert ____,,__ _______,__U_m Nation Ore~n
. .St.ate
__v_ers1ty _________ Oregon State U mvers1
*ty I
1 Trace-element Geochemistry of Behzean S th pe 1eo ems
. 4
_l_s 01.1 G eoch em1s. try of Pl aya L akes - INAA . to determi~e d geochemical composition of soi1s aroun]?;1ayalak:es ofE.Oreg~o_n_._____----+------------- INAA to determine traceelement geochemistry of
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spe1eo ems om caves m e11ze use as ayan d M
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I ____1._ Standard Test Method for Antimony
~r_i_a_s_r j Round-robin to demonstrate utility oflNAA for /
L_ ________ 1characterizing antimony co~tent ll!_plastics. 2082 2083 2084 Reese Nadel Nadel l Oregon State Umvers1ty J Charlotte Pipe and Foundry Co. Charlott.e Pipe and 1 S ABS A f ti D t t E ources or e ec or va1ua 10n ABS Antimon Testin V f n rmony es mg t* IIProduction l!
. ofradioactive sources for the purpose IOUr~gon ~tytaDteNDO according to ASTM E3063.
oftestmg radrat10n detection systems. Testing for trace antimony in ABS via INAA
.G t mvers1 tt-~a-a~-lo_tt_e_P_i-pe--&---
I Foundry Co. j Testing for tr~ce antimony in ABS compounds via Charlotte Pipe & Foundry Co. Y g [.!NAA accordmg to ASTM E3063. I Foundry Co. 2085 He
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Lanzhou Umversrty Apatite fiss10n track
-----------1 Use offission tr~ck analysis to determine U ~
I cont ent.m th e sed"Iment af10n ofX"mmg. B asm.. Lanzhou Umvers1ty _ _ ______ - ~ ________I _ 1 I
! J The goal of this project is to induce mutations I
. in seeds and dormant cuttings of commercially important landscape plants produced by the horti-i I cultural industry. Based on results by the principle researcher and published literature, it is anticipated 2086 Pounders Innovative Plants LLC Mutation Induction by Radiation in radiation induced changes to the genome and Innovative Plants LLC Asexually Propagated Landscape Plants cell cytoplasm of treated material may include improved environmental tolerance and/or morpho-logical changes of horticultural importance such as I flower color, leaf color, dwarfness, branching etc.
I i Identified mutations of commercial value will be
- _,______________ j _______~ ______ I___________________ , _____________ lasexuall~P!~}lg}lted b~e.artin~g nurseries._----*---------
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Project I Users IOrganization Name I Project Title IDescription I Funding I JI j Full spectrum irradiation of CaF2 crystals to l - 2087 2088 It IHecht UNM China University of Geosciences l
- Calcuim Fluoride dosimetry studies Tibetan Plateau Lhasa-Qiangtang terrane h h .
t ermoc rono 1og1ca1survey I~:~~:nine:c~::;:s in optical properties due to I
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. t tt proJec wan o exp1ore e pa th I t l'ft d eau up i an ex uma 10n amoun s, an prospec mg sigm cance eosc1ences h t* t d t' . 'fi
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Chma Umversity of 2089 Yang
~regon St;hl----,-.*I-d'- tf .
Umvers1ty M-t-~-l-fi h k rra ia 10n o a ena or c ec sources
~~!:~:;;:~ !id~::~~nt materials to make check sources for detector charactenzat10n.
. . NSE 2092 Jianaiqng N rth o wes mvers1 I
t u * -- *ty F'
- T k D t' iss10n rac f Q 'd B .
a mg o ai am asm Fission track -d-at_in_g_o_f_Q_ai_*d_a_m_B--as-in_,_C_h_i_n_a-to--;------ d t . 't
. e ermme Is age. -------+---------
2095 *1 Reese UOr~gon ~tate
- - - - , - - - - - - - - mvers1ty
,~amma Irradiation of Rabbit Tubes l hGamdmahirradJationd of PC:iNAA rabbbit tl~fibe~ to ar en t em m or er to mcrease tu e I et_lID_e_*--,"--
DNDO ARI Grant
!0 Oregon St~----- C I' k' f - - --,Cross linking polymers by use of g~ma I NSE M
2096 _cl Reese yniversity________ ross __ m mg o po ymer~--------- 1 I irradia!i_<?~---*-*-- Project is designed to irradiate liquid donor bovine I serum contained in vinyl bags to a minimum level 2097 Boyt Boyt Veterinary Lab Donor Bovine Serum Irradiation I of25 kGy to inactivate any adventitious agents Boyt Veterinary Lab 1
-+-------- --------~~~~:::. be present in 0.2 um ster_n_e_fi_lt_er_e_d---1-------
~;!itu~ ~hGeo~ogy, j F' . T k d t. Studying the thermal history of the northeast Tibet China Earthquake 2098
_ _ _ _ _ Pang _____1I A~fnis~rat!~ e ____[_iss:on- rac _ a mg - - - - - - - - - !lateau by the fission-track dating method. Administrat._io_n_ __
!-I ~ . Gamma spee troscopy ofH'1rosh'1ma Use of gamma . spectroscopy to verify authentisity I 2099 Wesel khla Dog Meteroites Watch . o~wat~h claimed_ to have been exposed to the Hiroshima bombmg. I This project is a collaboration with OSU R-o-b-ot-ic-s-.+ - - - - - - - - -
We are investigating the performance of PDMS 2100 ( Palmer
!Science School of Nuclear
. an d Soft Robotic Applications for Nuclear materials, which are used to fabricate soft robotics, Id h N t' 1 fio11 owmg
. rad'tatlon
. exposure. n, vve wou Id like Laabora o t a 10na Safeguards ory Engineering Ito characterize any changes in hardness, tensile N
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2101 vc rang I. ZheJrnng 1
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F1ss10n-track t hermochronometry Gut microbiota mediates the interplay J I strength, and recovery after exposure to high
. radiation environments. _____________,
~ission-track t .
maena.1 analysis for dating geological To identify microbial taxa and their genes-that lzheJrnng I OSU ¥ t . Umversi
. 'ty 0 2102 Shulzhenko Mo d~g~ e ermary between immunity and glucose affect glucose metabolism and immune response M d' .e ermary 1--'
I.D _____ e icme __ metab o1*ism ___________usmg . mou~e m~de1 of d'iet-m . duce d d'~abetes. _1 e icme _ _ _ _ __
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Listing of Major Research and Service Projects Preformed or in Progress CJ at the Radiation Center and Their Funding Agencies
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~ h e 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 SERDP ER-2720 Mines transport as well as comingled chlorinated Mines 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 ofpolyfluorinated PFASs to the more problematic perfluoroalkyl Iacids (PFAAs) in source zones as well as the impact of commonly employed remediation I
! Itechnologies for co-contaminants on PFAS fate.
*-rThegoal of this project i~ to explore the use o{____________
i shape-memory polymer constructs to deliver Department of Shape-memory polymers for accelerated IIand retain bioactive agents within complex bone fractures and defect sites. Bioabsorbable shape-Iymer const rue ts wt.11 be doped w1"th SUNY Upstate Medical 2104 l Oes t h d" S Ort ope 1c urgery . f b d ti repair o comp Iex one e ects memory ant*1m1cro po
. b"ta1 an d os teogemc U .
. agent s, then tr"1ggered mvers1ty 21 05 J
_ _ _ __________________ __J____ I Wa - - , Or~gon _State I _______J by a local temperature change to conform to the bone defect site, effectively containing the bioa~tive agents within the area_to be repaired;_ Evaluation of Moisture Content in Wood Us~ of neutron radiogr~phy to determine t~e -i-2106 1 R enau d 1-~ Y __J Umvers1ty M" --!-~ es a mera s nc. Products P~E Dete~ina~i-on moisture content of various wood composites. __]_ _____ INAA to determine concentrations of PGE and REE in mineral ores. [---------
*--*- -------~ --This proj~~t is--a-c-ol_l_a_b_o_ra_t-io-n--w-it_h_O_S_U_R_o_b_o_ti-cs-.-+------------
. We are investigating the performance of PDMS School of Nuclear Soft Robotic Applications ofr Nuclear materials, which are used to fabricate soft_ robotics, Idaho National 2107 Palmer Science and Safegaurds following radiation exposure. We would like Engineering to characterize any changes in hardness, tensile Laboratory strength, and recovery after exposure to high radiation environments.
~ o n Crushers
- t* fZ" d-----T0etermination ofRa-228 in Zircon sand used for Johnson Crushers 2108 Walker Charactenza ton o ircon san --------~ welding flux. *-** - International Intematinal Inc
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!******************************************** Table Vl.2 (continued) Listing of Major Research and Service Projects Preformed or in Progress
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Project Title Alternative Techniques for Ensuring Description Objective is to determine the effects of five treatments on reduction of bacteria and viruses and on the activity of milk digestive enzymes,
-c; I Funding S h f B. A d p 001 0 10 2109 Dallas Sciences I and Population health Microbiological Safety of Donor Breast particularly bile salt-stimulated lipase. The Milk treatments being tested are HTST and LTLT Sc.
ciences n op _Jc pasteurization, high pressure processing, gamma
,___________ _j _____ cell irradiation, and UV-C exp_o_sur_e_._ _ _ ___._
2110 I St rt s... :t~ ..
- 1 ls I f Determination of different isotopes in variable I
--~--~wa ~~----- __:1mp ~~oun Ill~- sampl~Il-*- ______
2111 Turrin -----1 Rutgers---------- Ar/Ar Geochro~gy _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Lunar/solar s&m chrm101c}gy. _ NASA _ _ _ __ ITTni * * * . . ~ INAA to determine provenance of pottery from the 2112 I Carpenter ~vers1ty ofM1ch1gan INAA of Formative Zapotec Ceramics _y_~lley of Oaxaca. - - - - - - - - - - ----- - - - - -
-~13 Mi'Ils ILLC Greenberry Industrial B echte I- Specrn . fD ev1ces
. 1R e11e . R ad'rnt'10n agmg
. t est'mg
- LLC Greenberry Industrial Department of Forest
----------**---rs do a great deal of work with sterile plant tissue cultures, mostly needing to use non-sterile plants 2114 Strauss Ecosys t ems an d Sterl*11*zati*on of Plant ti*ssue cultures for experiments. Determine if would it be possible to do a time/dose series where we see at what Society doses we get all microbial contaminants killed but I
_______,II_LSCE-CNRS I l A d t' f . l_the plants are still viable. t . * * - - - ,Ar/Ar analysis for age-dating of_G_e-ol-o-g1-*c----1-L-SC_E_C_N_R_S_____ _2115 cao S- . ge a mg o geo 1og1c ma ena1s Imaterials. -
--------1 We would like to determine if the oligomerization -----
of uranyl peroxide can be driven by radiation, in solution. We will prepare solutions of lithium 2116 INyman 1 IChemistry Department of Determine if the oligomerization of uranyl peroxide can be driven by uranyl triperoxide monomers and apply different radiation doses (time ofradiation) until change is DChepemarti*smtryent of radiation observed by visual inspection and spectroscopic characterization. We estimate 3 samples, irradiated ____ r'I ___ I for one day, and TBD for the other two samples.
-1 Irradiation of all will start simultaneously.
!This project seeks to reduce the size, weight and thermal losses from high temperature solar receivers by the application on microchannel I
J N heat transfer technology to solar receiver 0 2117 Fronk Sch of Mech/Ind/Mfg j High-Flux Microchannel Receiver design. Our objective is to design and test on-00 Engr I Development 'I sun a supercritical CO2 microchannel receiver N 0 II 1* commercial module operating at a fluid exit temperature of720 °C capable absorbing an
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- - ~;~anization Name Oregon St~te 2118 1Reese --*--+-U_n_i_v_e~si~----*-
[ Project Title
*1 NR_F_B_ _ P___ty________
earn un I Description IUse of beam quality indicators to categorize the
---i~R!"- beam.__
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~2119 I Bla~_~ore Ucnivber~dity of am n ge j INAA of Korean Ceramics I INAA to determine trace-element composition of
_______ _l Korean archaeol~gjcalceramics. _
,- 1* Using the in situ TEM ion irradiation f._a_c_il-ity-----+-
1 at Argonne National Laboratory, we already II observed He ions (simulating alpha-particles) IInstitute of Tibetan Plateau Research, I! induced annealing effects on 80 MeV ion tracks (simulating fission tracks) in apatite. For the next Alpha-particle induced annealing effects step, we are planning to use chemical etching to Chinese Academy of 2120 Li Chinese Academy of
- of fission tracks in apatite 1 further confirm the alpha-annealing effects on Sciences Sciences i real fission tracks. Neutron-induced fission tracks i are essential to the etching experiments because j j neutron-induced fission tracks, as compared to
. I naturally occurring fission tracks, have no thermal -------**--------*------.....,.~-
Beijing Research LIp* . -*----------""'""--~----*--------~** k . d . U 1 history (or thermal annealing effects).
--------------------- Beijing Research 2121 Jia Institue of Uranium 1 rsst'°~ ~a~ a~a i~~s to etermme 1 I Fis ion track dating of areas of South China. lnstitue of Uranium 2122 I
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___ - - - - - - - Geology t"tu fU . 1ns r e o ranmm
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1) f --1*-.--. 1-- GeologL_____ _ r- r ana ysrs 1or age atmg o geo ogre r- r ana ysrs 1or age atmg o geo ogre matena s r-- I I I This research will test the effect of three
!different soil textures and mineralogy on the bioavailability of aminomethylphosphonic acid to soil microorganisms. Different concentrations Sch of Environ & I 1 Effect of soil type on bioavailability of AMPA will be applied to soil, and chemical 2123 IDick Natural Res I ofaminomethylphosphonic acid to
!microorganisms I extractions and microbial properties will be measured at different time intervals. Chemical Sch of Environ &
Natural Res I extractions from sterilized and unsterilized soil samples will be compared at each time interval to I determine the chemical vs. biological degradation _:_~I
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--*---------------~l_effi_ec_t_s.______
__I~_a_g_e_s~:Ba_I_an_c_e ~alve l Multiple images of c-a-rb_o_n-st-ee_l_b_a_la_n_c_e_v_a_lv_e_w_i-th-r----*--*-- EPDM rubber O-rings. Jensen Hughes
Table Vl.2 (continued) Listing of Major Research and Service Projects Preformed or in Progress at the Radiation Center and Their Funding Agencies i Project i Users I f iliganization ~ame Pcoject lltle Desc,iption Funding The main objective of the project is to induce random mutations in elite diploid cool season 2126 Hunde _II Barenburg Cool Season Grasses Mutatuion grass varieties. It is anticipated that some of these random mutations could have economic value Barenbrug USA Breeding Project and could be commercialized. The species used in the project will be Annual Ryegrass, Perennial
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* - - - - - - - - - Ryezrass, Italian Ryegra._s_s_a_nd_M_e_a_d_o_w_F,_e_sc_u_e_.-
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2129 ~rres *****-ro~egon State IEI t I A I . fM . s d" t. INAA to determine elemental concentrations in losu CEOAS ER .i.: . -.- 11 _ _ _.._. - - - - ~ersity emen a na ysrs o anne e rmen s marine sediments from S. America. 2130 erez od. nguez Unive,sity SUNY atAI bany, rG h . . f eoc _emfrrca1 an a1ysrs O cIays an d _l
.. INAAto de~rmine chemical ~;ition of I natural clays and ceramics from the Mixteca Alta, I
ceramics om 0 axaca M
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Developing radiation hardened electronics integrated with inertial II 2132 Popp lnertialWave In C. Hardened Electronics Testing . sensors (i.e. gyroscopes Inert"ra lW:ave Inc. and accelerometers) m support of NASA
* - - - - * - * - - - - - - - - - - - - - - inte lanetary ~pac~ missions. '--*-------
We are studying the effects of northern climate 2133 Briggs University of A lask a, Anchorage Th a, t rcro es fR t F h t J! on the attenuation time ofRotenone as well as M_e E ub*ec s O . 0 enone on res wa er the effects Rotenone has on freshwater microbes. University of Alaska
- p Ians to determme
- 1"f th ere rs
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--envirosure Solu- - - - * - - - - - * - . .. degradation occurring with Rotenone. ____
2134 Twaddell tions, IIsotopic Determination of Material rDet~rm:e isolope and activity of materials from
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--+-*----*- . .. i_ receive sampys._________________ envirosure Solutions, University of
*f LLC 2135 Pomella . Apatite Fission T r ~ - Apatite fission trac~~ standards for zeta calibration. ~versity oflnnsbruck
-f' Innsbruck 2136 Higley I Oregon State INAA ofMinin Site Soils Soil analy~is by INAA for Uranium/Thorium I I
Univ.<::EJl!Y___ g I concentratron assessment. 1 2137 IKelle New Mexico B~-~~ and R~~-;~SF -----*---l"Fission~track analysis of apatite fr:om mou~tain--~N-e_w__M_e_x_i-co Tech __ Y_ ofGeol_2.g_y__ ltlas g *--- !ranges m southwestern New Mexico. *---+--
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This project will result in new geological age determinations by the 40Ar/39Ar method for N potassium-bearing silicate minerals (including 0 . f . hornblende, muscovite, biotite and orthoclase), I-" . . 40A r/39Ar dat mg o mmera1 samp1es
- h b asaIt wh oIe roek samp Ies, m*
00 2138 Hames Aubum Umversrty ~ . b It d . d *t
- a1ong wrt Auburn University 11 rom orogemc e s an mmera1 eposr s th A b N bl t M A l
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0 I-" I.O II Laboratory (ANIMAL). This project is for 1 scientific investigation of Earth's history, and has L . -----*---**--*****-*-----J applications to miningjndustries. ------~----
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C: CJ at the Radiation Center and Their Funding Agencies
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2139 G rove St ti d U *
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*ty 1A IA Th h r -~- ermoc rono_ ~gy 1 (IRR:9 6X) Ar/Ar samples.
Thermochronology of Hawaiian lava S ,, d U .
*----****-------------+*_ta_n_1o_r__n_1._v_er_s_11y____
2140 Weiss o St t r~gon. a e IJIu O f t d1* h tO s neuron ra ?grap Y examme Neutron radiography will be used to examine coupons of stainless steal alloys that have be exposed to a hydrogen environment on one Umvers1ty hydrogen content m steal alloys ~sur1ace. " The content an d depth profil e ofth e hydrogen will be determined. ------+---*----
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. 1er 1Oregon University New Mexico Instltue
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1magmg O a ery d" t* f Irra m1ono sampes1or v IIN;;:;_tron radiography imaging ofNiCd battery t o t obtain data on its construction.
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1 ,, 40 Ar139A r Fast neutron irradiation of geological samples to primarily transmute 39K to 39Ar for the of roek an d mmera
. Idatmg.
Samp 1es are NMB ureau ofG eo1ogy 2142 He1z Technology I hr geoc ono 1ogy or
£ NM ec h purposes for academic geological investigations requiring
-*-~ - - - - - - - - * =lknwledg~ofa~d/or thermal history.. *----------
Oregon State INAA fR C . Elemental composition of ceramics from Rome OSU Crop and Soil 2143 Noller University____ --~--- oman eramics .~t~~---------*- Science - - - - - - - We analyze a variety of geological samples for
. U . *ty Ar Geochronology for the Earth their 40Ar/39Ar ages, including samples for 2144 Hemming C0 Iumb m mversi Columbia Univeristy 2145 Morgan
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- eo ogica Sciences (AGES)
I40 Ar/39Ar Geochronology _____ external collaborators and for internal grant-t~e:e.~~~se~rch. - INeutron irradiation requested for 40Ar/39Ar geochronology. Will use 39K (n,p) 39Ar reaction IUSGS A G h rg~n urvey , to determine ages on rocks and minerals. eoc rono ogy
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IMenlo Park Geochronology J 1 uses 40Ar/39Ar I 2146 Calv::rt _ _ U.S. Survey Geological A A G h 40 r139 r eoc rono1ogy Itechniques to date materials for geologic hazards, mapping, tectonic and mineral resource proj~cts. The method requires fast-neutron irradiation of Menlo Park Geochronology 1 I 'separates from volcanic, plutonic, sedimentary and 1 metamorph~ rocks to convert 39K to__3_9A_r.___________ The main aim of this project is the complex study Iof the Siberian Traps Large Igneous Province (LIP), the typical example ofLIPs. Investigation of such provinces is of both fundamental 2147 Veselovskiy Shmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth I Thermal history of Siberian platform scientific and applied importance, due to needs for understanding of reasons of the intraplate Shmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth magmatic activity, revealing the possible influence
' of the intense volcanism to the biotic hazards, and 2148 Reese Oregon State Jf 1 PGNAA fN t fl .d o eona aI m rys a1 C t explanation of the origin of the unique Pt-Cu-Ni
*-----_J~osits related to the Siberian Trap._s_._ _ _ _"'""*_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __
IUsing PGNAA to determine low Z elements found 1* -
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** Summary of the Types of Radiological Instrumentation Calibrated to Support the OSU
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** Calibrated to Support Other Agencies Agency . . INumber of Calibrations Columbia Steel Casting 3
** Table Vl.3 Summary of Radiological Instrumentation Dave Stuart-Smith Doug Evans, DVM 2
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Fire Marshall/Hazmat Grand Ronde Hospital 112 5
** Radiation Safety Office Total 18 18 Health Division Knife River 77 4
** NETL, Albany ODOT 4
11
** Oregon Health and Sciences University PSU 49 7 ** Republic Services River Bend Sand & Gravel 1
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** Salem Hospital Samaritan Health 19 36 ** Murphy Plywood Total 1
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Publications ** Almeida, M., Nascimento, R., Macambira, M., Vasconcelos, P., & da Silva Pinheiro, S. (submitted, under Brombin, V; Bonadiman, C; Jourdan, F; Roghl, G; ** Coltori, M; Webb, LE; Callegaro, S; Bellieni, review). Proterozoic crustal evolution of the Rio G; De Vecchi, G; Sedea, R; Marzoli, A. (2019). Negro Province, NW Amazon Craton: constraints lntraplate magmatism at a convergent plate from geological mapping, geochemistry and boundary: the case of the Cenozoic northern geochronology (U-Pb, Pb-Pb, Ar-Ar and Sm-Nd). Adria magmatism. Earth-Science Reviews, 162, International Geology Review. 355-378. Anderson, R. B., Long, S. P., Horton, B. K., Thomson, S. N., Calle, A. Z., & Stockli, D. F. (2018). Conceic;:ao, F. T., Godoy, L. H., Navarro, G. R., & Vasconcelos, P. M. (submitted, under review). ** Orogenic wedge evolution of the central 40Ar/39Ar geochronological evidence Andes, Bolivia (21 °S): Implications for for multiple magmatic events during the Cordilleran cyclicity. Tectonics, 37, 3577-3609. emplacement ofTapira alkaline-carbonatite doi: 10.1029/2018TC005132 Belousov, A., Belousova, M., Khin, Z., Streck, M. J., complex, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Journal of South American Earth Sciences. Bindeman, I., Meffre, S., & Vasconcelos, P. M. Corti, G. et al. (2019). Aborted propagation of the (2018). Holocene eruptions of Mt. Popa, Myanmar: Ethiopian rift caused by linkage with the Kenyan Volcanological evidence of the ongoing subduction rift. Nature Communications. doi: 10.1038/ of Indian Plate alongArakan Trench. Journal of s41467-0l 9-09335-2 Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 360, 126- Crossingham, T. J ., Ubide, T., Vasconcelos, P. M., & 138. Mallmann, G. (2018). Parallel plum bing systems Betka, P. M., Seeber, L., Thomson, S. N., Steckler, M. S., Sincavage, R. S., & Zoramthara, C. (2018). Slip feeding a pair of coeval volcanoes in eastern Australia. Journal of Petrology, 1-31. doi:https:// ** partitioning above a shallow, weak decollement doi-org.ezproxy.library.uq.edu.au/10.1093/ beneath the Indo-Burman accretionary prism. petrology/egy054 Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 503, 17-28. Crossingham, T. J., Ubide, T., Vasconcelos, P. M., doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2018.09.003 Biagio Giaccio Niklas Leicher, Giorgio Mannella, Lorenzo Knesel, K. M., & Mallmann, K. M. (2018). Temporal constraints on magma generation ** Monaco, Eleonora Regattieri, Bernd, Wagner and differentiation in a continental volcano: Giovanni Zanchetta, Mario Gaeta Fabrizio Marra, Buckland, eastern Australia. Lithos, 302-303, Sebastien Nomade, Danilo M. Palladino, Alison 341-358. Pereira, Stephanie Scheidt, Gianluca Sottili, Thomas Wonik, Sabine Wulf, Christian Zeeden, Daniel Ariztegui, Gian Paolo Cavinato, Jonathan Darin, M. H., Umhoefer, P. J., & Thomson, S. N. (2018). Rapid late Eocene exhumation of the Sivas Basin ( central Anatolia) driven by initial Arabia-R. Dean, Fabio Florindo, Melanie J. Len, Patrizia Macri, Elizabeth Niespolo Paul Renne, Christian Rolf, Laura Sadori, Camille Thoma, Polychronis, Eurasia collision. Tectonics, 37, 3805-3833. doi: 10.1029/20 l 7TC004954 ** C. Tzedakis. (submitted). Extending the tephra DeLucia, M. S., Guenthner, W. R., Marshak, S., Thomson, and palaeoenvironmental record of the Central S. N., & Ault, A. K. (2018). Thermochronology Mediterranean back to 430 ka:* A new core from links denudation of the Great Unconformity Fucino Basin, central Italy. Quaternary Science surface to the supercontinent cycle and snowball Review. Earth. Geology, 46, 167-170. doi: 10.1130/ G39525.1 I 70 Annual Report
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** G; Hota, S S; Reed, MW; Watanabe, H; Zhu, S; Auranen, K; Ayangeakaa, AD; Carpenter, MP; S., & Weiss, W. J. (accepted, 2019). Quantifying Fluid Filling of the Air Voids in Air Entrained Greene, J P; Kondev, F G; Sewerniak, D; Janssens, Concrete Using Neutron Radiography. Cement and R; Copp, P. (2019). The 136Xe + 198Pt reaction: A Concrete Composites .
test of models of multi-nucleon transfer reactions. Khanzadeh Moradllo, M., Qiao, C., lsgor, 0. B., Reese, S., &
** Physical Review C, 99, 044604 .
Fairey, B. J., Timmerman, M. J., Sudo, M., & Tsikos, H. Weiss, W. J. (2018). Relating the Formation Factor of Concrete to Water Absorption. ACI Materials Journal, (2019). The Role of Hydrothermal Activity in the 115(6), 887-898. Formation of Karst-Hosted Manganese Deposits of Khanzadeh Moradllo, M., Reese, S., & Weiss, W. J. (2018). the Postmasburg Mn Field, Northern Cape Province, Using Neutron Radiography to Quantify the
** South Africa. Minerals, 9, 408. doi:doi.org/10.3390/
min9070408 Ghantous, R. M., Madland, H., Kwong, J., & Weiss, W. J. Settlement of Fresh Concrete. Advances in Civil Engineering Materials, 8( 1) .
** (2019). Examining the Influence of the Degree of Saturation on Length Change and Freeze Thaw Klepels, K. A., Webb, L. E., Blatchford, H. J., Jongens, R.,
Turnbull, R., & Schwartz, J. J. (in press, 2019). The age and origin of Miocene-Pliocene fault
** Damage. Advances in Civil Engineering Materials, June, 8(1), 365-374. doi:10.1520/ACEM20190001 Gomes, C. B., Azzone, R. G., Ruberti, E., Vasconcelos, reactivations in the upper plate of an incipient subduction zone, Puysegur Margin, New Zealand .
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** P. M., Sato, K., & Rojas, G. E. (2018). New age determinations for the Banhadao and Itapirapua Klepels, K. A., Webb, L. E., Blatchford, H., Schwartz, J.,
Jongens, R., Turnbill, R., & Stowell, H. (in press) . complexes in the Ribeira Valley, southern Brazil. Deep slab collision during Miocene subduction Brazilian Journal of Geology, 48(2), 403-414. causes uplift along crustal-scale reverse faults in Jensen, J. L., Siddoway, C. S., Reiners, P. W., Ault, A. K., Fiordland, New Zealand. GSA Today. I.* Thomson, S. N., & Steele-Macinnis, M. (2017). Klotz, T., Pomella, H., Reiser, M., Fugenschuh, B., & Zattin, Single-crystal hematite (U-Th)/He dates and fluid M. (2019). Differential uplift on hte boundary inclusions document widespread Cryogenian between the Eastern and the Southern European Alps: sand injection in crystalline basement. Earth thermochronologic constraints from the Brenner Base and Planetary Science Letters, 500, 145-155. Tunnel. Terra Nova, 31, 281-294 . doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2018.08.021 Li, X., Zattin, M., & Olivetti, V. (2019). A detrital apatite Khanzadeh Moradllo, M., Chung, C., Keys, M., Choudhary, fission-track study of the CIROS-2 sedimentary A., Reese, S., & Weiss, W. J. (submitted, 2019). record: tracing ice pathways in the Ross Sea area Use of Borosilicate Glass Powder in Concrete: over the last 5 million years. Terra Nova, 271-280 . Pozzolanic Reactivity and Neutron Shielding Long, S. P., Heizler, M. T., Thomson, S. N., Reiners, P. Properties. Cement and Concrete Composites. W., & Fryxell, J.E. (2018). Rapid Oligocene to Khanzadeh Moradllo, M., Hall, H., Reese, S., & Weiss, W. J. early Miocene extension along the Grant Range ( accepted, 2019). Quantifying Fluid Absorption in brittle detachment system, Nevada, U.S.A.: Air-Entrained Concrete Using Neutron Radiography. insights from multi-part cooling histories of ACI Materials Journal. footwall rocks. Tectonics, 37, 4752-4779 .
** Khanzadeh Moradllo, M., Montanari, L., Suraneni, P.,
Reese, S., & Weiss, W. J. (2018). Examining Curing Efficiency Using Neutron Radiography. doi: 10.1029/20 l 8TC005073 Loveland, W. (2019). The synthesis of new neutron-rich nuclei. Frontiers in Physics, 7(23). Transportation Research Board, 0361198118773 571 . (Received TRB Best Paper Award for 2018, Loveland, W., & Yao, L. (accepted). PCN calculations for Concrete Materials section) . Z=ll l to Z=ll 8. CNR* 18 Proceedings .
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& Whipple, K. X. (2019). The thermochronologic Wood, L. Yao, and W. Younes. (2018). Measurement record of erosion and magmatism in the of the normalized 238U(n,f)/235U(n,f) cross section Canyonlands region of the Colorado Plateau. ratio from threshold to 30 MeV with the fission Time American Journal of Sciences, 319, 339-380. Projection Chamber. Physical Review C, 97, 034618.
doi: 10.2475/05.2019.01 Mutin, B., & Mine, L. D. (2019). The Formative Phase of the Sacek, V., Morais Neto, J.M., Vasconcelos, P. M., & Carmo, I. 0. (2019). Numerical Modelling of ** Helmand Civilization, Iran and Afghanistan: New Weathering, Erosion, Sedimentation and Uplift in Data from Compositional Analysis of Ceramics a Triple Junction Divergent Margin. Geochemistry, from Shahr-i Sokhta, Iran. Journal of Archaeological Geophysics, Geosystems, 20. doi:https://doi. Science: Reports, 23, 881-899. Peng, H., Wang, J., Liu, C., Zhang, S., Zattin, M., Peng, org/10.1029/20 l 8GC008124 Schoettle-Greene, P., Duvall, A. R., Blythe, A., Morley, ** H., & Zhang, S. (2019). Thermochronological E., Matthews, W., & LaHusen, S. R. (accepted, in Constraints on the Mesa-Cenozoic Tectonic revision). Minor upper plate exhumation driven by Evolution of the Haiyuan-Liupanshan Region, induced subduction initiation offshore Haida Gwaii, Northeastern Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 103966. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j. jseaes.2019.103966 Canada. Geology. Shen, Y., Li, W., & Zhou, Y. (pending). A method to in situ observe fission track etching, patent No: 201811465111.4. 72 Annual Report
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Fontein anorogenic complex, South Africa, and its relationship to the regional timing of magmatism and breakup along the South Atlantic rifted margin. South
** Shulzhenko, N; Dong, X; Vyshenska, D; Greer, R L; Gurung, M; Vasquez-Perez, S; Peremyslova, E; African Journal of Geology, 122, 69-78. doi:doi.
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** Sosnovtsev, S; Quezado M; Yao, M; Montgomery-Recht, K; Strober, W; Fuss, I J; Morgun, A. (2018).
CVID enteropathy is characterized by exceeding V. Geppert-Kleinrath, F. Tovesson, J.S. Barrett, N. Bowden, J. Bundgaard, R. Casperson, D.A. Cebra, T. Claussen, M. Cunningham, D. L. Duke, J. Gearhart, U. Greife,
** low mucosa! IgA levels and interferon-driven inflammation possibly related to the presence ofa pathobiont. Clin Immunol, 197, 139-153.
E. Guardincerri, C. Hagemann, M. Heffner, D . Hensle,D. Higgins, L. D. Isenhower, J. King, J.L. Klay, W. Loveland, J.A. Magee, B. Manning, M.P. doi: 10.1016/j.clim.2018.09.008 Mendenhall, J. Ruz, S. Sangiorgio, K. T. Schmitt, Snyder, L; Manning, B; Bowden, NS; Bundgaard, J; B. Seilhan, L. Snyder, A.C. Tate, R.S. Towell, N .
** Casperson, R; Cebra, D A; Classen, T; Gearheart, J; Greife, U; Hagemann, C; Hefner, M; Hensle, D; Higgins, D; Isenhower, D; King, J; Klay, J Walsh, S. Watson , L. Yao, and W. Younes and H.
Leeb. (2019). Fission fragment angular anisotropy in neutron-induced fission of235U measured with
** L; Loveland, W; Magee, J A; Mendenhall, M P; Sangiorgio, S; Seilhan, B; Tovesson, F; Towell, R S; a time projection chamber. Physical Review C, 99, 064619.
Watson, S; Yao, L; Younes, W. (2018). Performance Vasconcelos, P. M., & Carmo, I. 0. (2018). Calibrating of a MICROMEGAS-based TPC in a high-flux denudation chronology through 40Ar/39Ar high-energy neutron beam. Nuclear Instruments and weathering Geochronology. Earth-Science Reviews,
** Methods A, 881 (I).
Sokol, K. R., Halama, R., Meliksetian, K., Savov, I. P., 179,411-435 . Vasconcelos, P. M., Farley, K. A., Stone, J., Piacentini, T. L., Navasardyan, G., & Sudo, M. (2018). Alkaline & Fifield, K. (2019). Stranded Landscapes in the magmas in zones of continental convergence: The Humid Tropics: Earth's Oldest Land Surfaces. Earth Tezhsar volcano-intrusive ring complex, Armenia. and Planetary Sciences Letters, 519, 152-164 . Lithos, 320-321, 172-191. doi:doi.org/10.1016/j. Veselovskiy, R; Thomson, S N; Arzamastsev, A; Botsyun, S;
. lithos.2018.08.028 Travin, A; Yudin, D; Samsonov, A; Stephanova, A .
Stickroth, S. F., Carrapa, B., DeCelles, P. G., Gehrels, (2019). Thermochronology and exhumation history G. E., & Thomson, S. N. (2019). Tracking the of the northeastern Fennoscandian Shield since 1.9 growth of the Himalayan fold-and-thrust belt Ga: evidence from Ar/Ar and apatite fission track
** from lower Miocene foreland basin strata:
Dumri Formation, western Nepal. Tectonics. doi: 10.1029/2018TC005390 data from the Kola Peninsula. Tectonics, 38, 2317-2337. doi:10.1029/2018TC005250 Vlach, S., Ulbrich, H. I., Ulbrich, M. C., & Vasconcelos, P. M.
** Sui, Jixiang et al. (2018). 40Ar/39Ar and U-Pb constraints on the age of the Zaozigou disseminated gold deposit, (2018). Melanite-bearing nepheline syenite fragments and 40Ar/39Ar age ofphlogopite megacrysts in Xiahe-Hezuo district, West Qinling orogen, China: conduit breccia from the Po~os de Caldas Alkaline Implications for the early Triassic reduced intrusion- Massif (MG/SP), and implications. Brazilian Journal related gold metallogeny. Ore Geology Reviews. of Geology, 48(2), 391-402. doi: 1O.l 590/23 l 7- ** doi: I 0.1016/j.oregeorev.2018.08.014 4889201820170095
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& Lee, H. Y. (2018). The total kinetic energy release Victoria Land, Antarctica: decoding the geodynamic in the fast neutron induced fission of235U. Nucl. evolution of the NE termination of the Transantarctic Phys. A, 970(65).
Yao, L., & Loveland, W. (2018). Survival mediated capture Mountains. Quedlinberg, Germany: 16th International Conference on Thermochronology. and fusion cross sections for heavy element synthesis. Physical Review C, 97, 014608. 74 Annual Report
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Betka, P. M., Seeber, L., Thomson, S. N., Sincavage, R., Beneficial Microbes Meeting. Klepels, K. A., Schwartz, J. J., Miranda, E. A., Webb, L. E., Steckler, M. S., Zoramthara, C., & Gahalaut, V. Stowell, H. H., & Lindquist, P. (2019). Initiation (2018). New geologic map, cross sections, and and growth of steep transpressional shear zones structural models of the IndoBurman accretionary through a 65 km thick section of continental crust in
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SW New Zealand. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 51(5). doi:10.1130/ abs/20I9AM-338375 Bray, T. L., & Mine, L. (April 2019). Comparative Analysis of Imperial Inca Pottery from Ecuador using Li, X., Zattin, M., & Olivetti, V. (16-21 September 2018). Ice INAA. Albuquerque: "Alfareros deste Inga: Pottery sheet dynamics in the Ross Sea in the last 5 million
** production, distribution and exchange in the Tawantinsuyu" symposium, 84th Annual Meeting, Society for American Archaeology.
years: a detrital fission-track study of the CIROS-2 sedimentary record. Quedlinberg, Germany: 16th International Conference on Thermochronology.
** Carmo, I. 0., Souza, R. S., Queiroz Neto, J. V., &
Vasconcelos, P. M. (2018). Geocronologia Logan, I. E. (14-16 August 2019). The Role of Intestinal Microbiota in High-Fat Diet Induced Obesity. Oregon
** 40Ar/39Ar do magmatismo da sec;ao pre-sale de processos hidrotermais da Bacia de Santos. 2018 Simp6sio de Geologia da PETROBRAS.
State University, Corvallis, OR: LPI International Conference 2019, Bioactives, Botanicals, and Redox Mechanisms.
** Cooper Boemmels, J., Crespi, J., & Webb, L. E. (2019).
Early Cretaceous postrift evolution of the eastern McGrew, A. J., Rodgers, A., Metcalf, J. R., Mesiner, C. B., & Webb, L. E. (2018). Tracking the escalator ride from North American margin: Insights from the New mid-crustal depths to the surface: New constraints on England-Quebec igneous province. Geological the pace and episodicity of late Eocene to Miocene Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 51 (5). exhumation from the southern east Humboldt Range
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N., Reiners, P. W., & Van de Flierdt, T. (2019) . metamorphic core complex, Elko County, Nevada. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 50(6). doi:10.ll30/abs/20I8AM-318419
** Thermochronology of Antarctic-derived pebbles for ice sheet and geologic history. Goldschmidt Monaco, L; Giaccio, B; Palladino, D; Gaeta, M; Sottili, G; Marra, F; Castorina, F; Nomade, S; Pereira, A; Albert, ** Conference Abstracts .
Ghignone, S; Sudo, M; Gattiglio, M; Borghi, A; Balestro, G; Ferrero, S; van Schijndel, V; Groppo, C. (4-6 PG. (11-13 September 2019). Early explosive activity at Vico volcano, central Italy: a new perspective from proximal and distal sedimentary archives. 34th IAS
** September 2019). New structural, petrological, and geochronological constraints from the Susa meeting of Sedimentology.
Monteiro, H. S., Vasconcelos, P. M., & Farley, K. A. (2019). Shear Zone (Susa Valley, Western Alps). Sion, Amazon relic landscapes: evidence from cosmogenic Switzerland: Emile Argand Conference on Alpine 3He in paleoriver hematite pebbles. Barcelona, Spain: Geological Studies . Goldschmidt 2019.
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en C ** 0 ~ Q: Rezaei, L., Timmerman, M. J., Moazzen, M., Schleicher, Olivetti, V., Godard, V., Bellier, 0., Gautheron, C., Balestrieri, M. L., Valla, P., & Zattin, M. (16- A. M., Wilke, F. D., & Sudo, M. (10-14 December 21 September 2018). Cenozoic uplift of an old 2018). Petrology and calc-alkaline geochemistry of orogeny: insights into the French Massif Central gabbros and gabbroic cumulates in the Gasht-Masuleh from low-temperature thermochronology and area, Alborz Range, N Iran. Washington, D.C.: AGU thermo-topographic modeling. Quedlinberg, Fall Meeting 2018. Germany: 16th International Conference on Thermochronology. Rodriguez, Richard R; Li, Zhipeng; Gurung, Manoj; Vasquez-Perez, Stephany; You, Hannah; Dzutsev, Amiran; ** Olivetti, V; Zattin, M; Balestrieri, ML; Talarico, F; Morgun, Andrey; Shulzhenko, Natalia. (April 2019). Rossetti, F; Andreucci, B; Perotti, M; Pace, D; Microbiota dependent and independent effects Li, X. (12-14 September 2018). Contribution of of western diet. Poster. Vancouver, BC, Canada: thermochronology to marine sediments study in Antarctica: insights into mountain uplift, basin history and ice-flow patterns. Catania, Italy: Keystone Symposium on Immunometabolism, Metabolic Syndrome and Diabetes. Savignano, E., Genge, M., Mazzoli, S., Zattin, M., Franchini, Congresso SGI - SIMP. M., & Gautheron, C. (16-21 September 2018). Patrick, S., Valentino, C., Blythe, A., McQuarrie, N., & Meso-Cenozoic exhumation history of the North Robinson, D. (October 2018). Documenting variation in exhumation patterns within Central and Far Western Nepal's Greater Himalaya with Patagonian Andes constrained by Apatite (U-Th)/ He thermochronology. Quedlinberg, Germany: 16th International Conference on Thermochronology. ** detrital apatite fission track analyses: A preliminary study. GSA Abstracts with Programs. Indianapolis, Indiana: GSA Annual Meeting. Shen, Y., & Li, W. (27-30 October 2019, abstract accepted). Discovery of the minimal diameter and delayed ** etching at fission site of a fission track. Annual Peng, H., Wang, J., Liu, C., & Zhang, S. (2018). Mesozoic meeting of Chinese Geo science Union. and Cenozoic tectonics of the southwest margin Shinjoe, H., Shibata, T., Yoshikawa, M., Orihashi, Y., & Sudo, of Ordos Basin: constrained by apatite fission-track and U-Th/He analysis. 16th International Conference on Thermochronology. M. (12-17 August 2018). Near-trench alkaline basaltic magmatism in Miocene SW Japan. Boston, USA: ** Golschmidt 2018. Pomella, H., Klotz, T., Reiser, M., & Zattin, M. (16-21 Shulzhenko, N. (February 2019). Transkingdom Network September 2018). Differential uplift on the boundary Reveals Bacterial Players Associated with Cervical between the Eastern and the Southern European Alps: thermochronological constraints from the Brenner Base Tunnel. Quedlinberg, Germany: 16th Cancer Gene Expression Program. Seminar. Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center. International Conference on Thermochronology. Portenga, E W; Murray, K E; Bhattarai, S; Bird, M I; Corbett, Shulzhenko, N. (May 2019). The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of the Microbiome in Type 2 Diabetes. Seminar. Corvallis, Oregon: OSU College of Pharmacy. ** LB; Bierman, PR; Caffee, MW; Thomson, S N; Fu, X; Li, B;. (2018). Investigating landscape Shulzhenko, N. (October 2019). Using transkingdom networks response to human arrival to Australia and as a tool to uncover host-microbiota interaction. Paris: anthropogenic fire using cosmogenic isotopes and Conference on Modelling of Host Microbiota using low-temperature thermochronometers. Geological mouse models. Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 50(6). Sincavage, R., Betka, P. M., Blum, M. D., Thomson, S. N., doi: 10.1130/abs/20 l 8AM-3 l 85 l 4 Ren, Z., & Vasconcelos, P. (2018). Me~hanisms of argon Seeber, L., Steckler, M. S., & Zoramthara, C. (2018). Miocene-Pliocene facies and provenance of the ** release and rates of argon diffusion in hypo gene ancestral Brahmaputra River of the Indo-Burman and supergene alunites. Boston, USA: Goldschmidt Ranges and associated deep water deposits of the 2018. Bengal and Nicobar Fans. (Abstract #T23C-0387). American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting. 76 Annual Report
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** Smith, I., & Blythe, A. (October 2018). Tectonic and Wang, J., Liu, C., Zattin, M., Zhang, D., & Zhao, H. (16-0
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** geometric constraints for the Wind Canyon Block on the southeastern side of the Garlock fault from 21 September 2018). Rapid Cenozoic cooling and exhumation of the Ordos Basin documented apatite fission track analyses. GSA Abstracts with by apatite fission track dating from boreholes.
Programs. Indianapolis Indiana: GSA Annual Quedlinberg, Germany: 16th International Meeting. Conference on Thermochronology.
** Sudo, M., Strecker, M. R., Hahne, K., Riedl, S., Lopeyok, T., & Mibei, G. (2-6 September 2018). Tectono-Wang, J., Liu, C., Zattin, M., Zhang, D., & Zhao, H.
(2018). Rapid Cenozoic Cooling and exhumation magmatic evolution of Paka volcano, northern of the Ordos Basin documented by apatite fission Kenya Rift: new insights from magma chemistry track dating from boreholes. 16th International and systematic Ar/Ar dating. Bonn, Germany: Conference on Thermochronology.
** Geobonn 2018.
Tadayon, M., Rossetti, F., Zattin, M., & Francois, T. (16-21 Wang, X., Li, J., Zattin, M., & Danisik, M. (16-21 September 2018). Tectonic activity/inactivity cycles governing September 2018). Thermochronological comparison the growth of the northeastern Tibetan Plateau between evolution of hinterland near field and far during Cenozoic era. Quedlinberg, Germany: 16th field of Zagros convergence margin. Quedlinberg, International Conference on Thermochronology.
** Germany: 16th International Conference on Thermochronology.
Thomson, S. N., Reiners, P. W., Licht, K. J., Hemming, S. R., Webb, L. E., Karabinos, P., & Klepels, K. A. (2019) . Geochronologic evidence for Salinic thrusting and Acadian reactivation of external basement
** & Kassab, C. M. (2018). A new thermochronometric evaluation of central Transantarctic Mountain massifs in western New England and overprinting of the Ordovician Taconic thrust belt. Geological formation. Davos, Switzerland: SCAR/IASC Open Society of America Abstracts with Programs, 51 (5) .
Science Conference at POLAR2018. doi: 10. l 130/abs/2019AM-334274 Vasconcelos, P. M. (2019). Single and Multiple Weathering- Webb, L. (November 2018). Insights into polyphase
** Erosion Cycles in Supergene Ore Genesis. Glasgow, Scotland: SGA 2019 15th Biannual Meeting.
deformation and fault reactivation from 40Ar/39Ar geochronology. Seminar. Johns Hopkins University.
** Vasconcelos, P. M., & Carmo, I. 0. (2018). 40Ar/39Ar geochronology ofmafic magmatism: problems, solutions, and applications. Rio de Janeiro:
White, K., Gurung, M., You, H., Vasquez-Perez, S., Morgun, A., & Shulzhenko, N. (October 2018). Germfree/ Gnotobiotic Mouse Models of Metabolic Disease
** Congresso Brasileiro de Geologia, Simp6sio de Vulcanismo.
and Immunodeficiency. Poster. Portland, Oregon: Northwest ASM Conference . Vasconcelos, P. M., Farley, K., & Stone, J. (2019) . Willner, A. P., Anczkiewcz, R., Glodny, J., Pohlner, J. E., Combining Weathering Geochronology and Sudo, M., Van Staal, C.R., & Vujovich, G. I. (24-27 Cosmogenic Nuclides in Landscape Evolution. June 2019). PTt-paths of high pressure metamorphic
** Barcelona, Spain: Goldschmidt 2019.
von Eynatten, H., Dunk!, I., Brix, M., Raab, M., Thomson, rocks in the Sierra Pie Palo CW-Argentina): evolution of a flat exhumation wedge during a continent-arc collision. Petrozavodsk, Karelia,
** S. N., Voigt, T., & Hoffman, V. E. (2018). The timing and magnitude of the Late Cretaceous exhumation of the Harz Mountains constrained Russia: The 13th International Ecologite Conference. ** by thermochronology and syntectonic sediments.
Quedlinburg, Germany: 16th International Conference on Thermochronology (Thermo2018). Zhang, Y. (14-16 August 2019). TXN - a Bioactive Xanthohumol Derivative - Prevents Diet-Induced Dyslipidema Possibly by Promoting Cholesterol
** Efflux: An Alternative to Statins? Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon: LPI International Conference 2019, Bioactives, Botanicals, and Redox Mechanisms .
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Zhou, Y., & Li, W. (27-30 October 2019, abstract accepted). Faehnrich, Karol. PhD student, Dartmouth College. "The Simulation of fission track annealing by 90 MeV Br Kaltag-Porcupine fault system ofYukon and Alaska." ions and neutron induced fission. Annual meeting of (Advisor Justin Strauss). Chinese Geoscience Union. Franceschini, Z. PhD student. "Magmatic and tectonic evolution of the Mid-Ethiopean Rift since the Late Neogene." (Advisors R. Cioni, S. Scaillet). Students Genge, Marie Catherine. PhD, University of Padova.
"Structural evolution of the Central Patagonia: a **
Afonso, Walter. MS student, University of Arizona. source-to-sink approach." (Advisor Massimiliano Zattin). Gomes, Allan. Student, University of Queensland. "High-
"The exhumation of the Gros Ventre Range and resolution chemostratigraphy and 40Ar/39Ar implications for models ofLaramide tectonics geochronology of basic volcanic rocks from the in Wyoming" (Advisors Barbara Carrapa, Peter Pararni Igneous Province, Brazil." (Principal DeCelles, Stuart Thomson). supervisor Paulo Vasconcelos).
Bessiere, E. PhD (2018). "Alboran - Betiques - Rif - Jewison, E. PhD (2018). "Evolution structurale et thermique reconstruction et modelisation, terrain dans les zones internes." (Advisors R. Augiet, L. Jolivet). des Caledonides d'Ecosse." (Advisors N. Ballahsen, S. Scaillet). ** Collins, Eryka. BS, University of Vermont. "Microstructural analyses and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology of the Rattlesnake Thrust." With J. Sawyer Shaw. Legeay, A. PhD student. "Experimental investigation of deformation effects on the Ar retention behavior of muscovite." (Advisor S. Scaillet). (Advisor Laura Webb). Connolly, Madeleine. BA Honors Anthropology (2019). Levett, Alan. PhD student. "Development offerruginous duricrusts (canga) in tropical iron ore systems." **
"An Analysis of Post-Medieval Ceramics from the (Assoc. supervisor Paulo Vasconcelos).
Pendle Hill Witches Archaeological Excavation." Li, Xia. PhD, University of Padova. "From bedrock to Completed using instruments in the OSU Radiation sediments: insights on Ross Sea ice-flow dynamics Center Archaeometry Lab. inferred from detrital data." (Advisor Massimiliano Cooper Boemmels, Jennifer. PhD student, University of Zattin). Connecticut. "Insights from the New England-Mannella, Giorgio. PhD, University of Pisa. "Paleoclimate Quebec igneous province." (Advisor Jean Crespi). multiproxy record from Fucino Basin (central Italy)." Corbe, Marion. PhD, University of Poitier. "Reconstruction (Advisor Giovanni Zanchetta). ofpliocene and pleistocene paleoenvironments of the Shungura formation, Ethiopia." (Advisor Jean Miller, Hayden. PhD (2018), California Institute of Technology. "Stable and Radiogenic Isotope Studies ** Renaud Boisserie). of Iron oxides as Paleoenvironmental and Tectonic Darin, Michael. PhD student, Northern Arizona University. Archives." (Int'] co-supervisor Paulo Vasconcelos).
"Late Eocene inversion and exhumation of the Monaco, Lorenzo. PhD, Sapienza University of Rome. "Early Sivas basin (central Anatolia) based on low-explosive activity of the peri-Tyrrhenian and insular temperature thermochronometry: implications for volcanic districts." (Advisor Biagio Giaccio).
diachronous initiation of Arabia-Eurasia collision." (Advisors Paul Umhoefer, Stuart Thomson, Ernest Duebendorfer, Nancy Riggs). Nation, Humberto. MS Anthropology (2019), Oregon State University. "Analysis of Culturally Derived ** Speleothems by INAA and ICP-MS, A Multi-Engelhardt, Jonathan Franz. PhD student, University of Analytical Approach." Completed using Instrumental Potsdam. "40Ar/39Ar geochronology oflCDP Neutron Activation Analysis. PALEOVAN Drilling Cores." (Advisors Roland Oberhiinsli, Masafumi Sudo). 78 Annual Report
** Nteme, J. PhD student. "Experimental calibration of Ar Tapu, Al Tamini. Student, University of Queensland. "High
** diffusion in micas. Application to high-resolution thermochronologic reconstructions." (Advisor S.
resolution petrology and geochronology of the Tweed volcano: new insight into volcanic history." Scaillet). (Assoc. supervisor Paulo Vasconcelos) . Odon, Will. PhD student. "Dating the Cenozoic Incision Terbishalieva, Baiansuluu. MS student, University of History of the Tennessee and Shenandoah Rivers Potsdam. "Geodynamic evolution of Big Naryn
** with Cosmogenic Nuclides and 40Ar/39Ar in Manganese Oxides." (Assoc. supervisor Paulo Complex, Middle Tienshan." (Advisors Uwe Altenberger, Sarah Cichy) .
Vasconcelos). Waldner, M. PhD (2019). "Evolution structurale, thermique, Patrick, Spencer. Senior thesis (2019), Occidental College. rheologique de la zone axiale des Pyrenees."
"Documenting variation in exhumation patterns (Advisors N. Bellahsen & S. Scaillet).
** within Central and far Western Nepal's greater Himalaya with detrital apatite fission track analyses."
Wang, M. Bachelor thesis (2019), Northwest University, Xi'an, China. "Late Cretaceous-Cenozoic Uplift
** Perinne, Tyler. PhD Student. "The Mesoarchean sulphur isotope record as preserved in paleosol-hosted and Denudation of the Southeastern Ordos Basin, evidence from apatite Fission Track data." (Advisor Jianqiang Wang).
** sulphur minerals." (Assoc. supervisor Paulo Vasconcelos).
White, Llyam. PhD student. "The enrichment of banded iron-formations: tectonism, metamorphism and hypogene Pica, Ashley. PhD student, Oregon State University. (Advisor processes through time." (Principal supervisor Paulo Walt Loveland). Vasconcelos) . Ribacki, Enrico. MS student, University of Potsdam. Xin, Z. PhD student. "A Study on the Late Paleozoic -
** "Characterization of Native Silver and Associated Minerals in the Vinoren Area, Kongsberg Silver Early Mesozoic Kinematics and Dynamics of the Southwest part of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt."
District." (Advisors Uwe Altenberger, Kare (Advisors Y. Chen, M. Faure, S. Scaillet) . Kullerud). Yang, Chaoqun. PhD, China University of Geosciences, Roche, V. PhD (2018). "Role de la subduction dans la Wuhan. "Provenances of Cenozoic sediments in the
** localisation de gisements geothermaux en Anatolie."
(Advisors L. Jolivet, S. Scaillet). J ianghan Basin and implications for the formation of the Three Gorges." (Co-advisor Massimiliano Zattin).
** Sawyer Shaw, John. BS, University of Vermont.
"Microstructural analyses and 40Ar/39Ar geochronology of the Rattlesnake Thrust." With E.
Yen, C. PhD (2018). "The Neoproterozoic and Early Paleozoic tectonic evolution of Western Jiangnan
** Collins. (Advisor Laura Webb.)
Shen, Yahui. PhD student, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Orogen: Insights from field geology, structural deformation, magnetic fabric, petrological, geochronological and geochemical evidence." Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences. "Etched length analysis of fission track via delayed etching at (Advisors Y. Chen, M. Faure, S. Scaillet). fission site." (Advisor Weixing Li). You, Hyekyoung. MS Comparative Health Sciences (2019),
** Smith, Iris. Senior thesis (2019), Occidental College.
"Tectonic and geometric constraints for the Wind Oregon State University. "Establishing a Humanized Microbiota Mouse model ofCVID-Enteropathy."
(Advisor Natalia Shulzhenko). Canyon Block on the southeastern side of the Garlock fault from apatite fission track analysis." Yu, M.L. MS (2019), Northwest University, Xi'an, China. Stickroth, Simon. Undergraduate student, University of " Cenozoic tectonic uplift and sedimentary response
** Arizona. "Tracking the growth of the Himalayan fold-and-thrust belt from lower Miocene foreland basin strata: Dumri Formation, western Nepal."
in the western part of the Northern Qaidam Basin." (Advisor Jianqiang Wang).
** (Advisors Barbara Carrapa, Peter Decelles) .
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" Simulation offission track annealing by 90 MeV Br **
area, NW China." (Advisor Chiyang Liu). Zhe, Ren. PhD (2018), University of Queensland. "The ions and neutron induced fission. " (Advisor Weixing Li). diffusivity of noble gases in alunite-group minerals ." (Principal supervisor Paulo Vasconcelos). Zucolan Carvas, Karine. PhD student, University of Queensland . " lntrusoes tolefticas do Cretaceo Superior e do Paleogeno da Regiao dos Lagos (RJ ): inversao de dados termocronol6gicos 40Ar/39Ar e natureza das fontes mantelicas." (Assoc. supervisor Paulo Vasconcelos). 80 Annual Report
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