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| From: | Feltz D TEXAS A&M UNIV., COLLEGE STATION, TX |
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1 25 March 1985 NUCLEAR SCIENCE CENTER 409.'845-7551 Mr. Robert D. Martin Regional Administrator Office of Inspection and Enforcement U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Region IV 611 Ryan Plaza Drive, Suite 1000 l
Arlington, Texas 76012
Reference:
Docket 50-128
Dear Mr. Martin:
In accordance with the reporting requirements of Technical Specifications 6.6.1 for the Texas A&M University Nuclear Science Center Reactor, we hereby submit 3 copies of our annual report for the period of January 1, 1984 -
December 31, 1984.
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TWENTY-FIRST PR0GRESS REP 0RT of the TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
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January 1,
1984 - December 31, 1984 i
Prepared by I
J.
Krohn J.
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Petesch R.
D.
Rogers P. Sandel I
G. S. Sts. v i
and the Nuclear Science Center Staff Submitted to U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission 2
and U.S. Department of Energy and The Texas A&M University System By j
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Feltz, Director Nuclear Science Center Texas Engineering Experiment Station I
College Station, Texas March, 1985 Tuft l
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Page I.
Introduction.
1 II.
Reactor Utilization 3
A.
Utilization Summary 3
B.
Utilization by the Texas A&M University System 6
C.
Utilization by Other Educational Institutions 9
D.
Utilization by Non-University Institutions 10 III.
Facility Operations 13 A.
Facility Safety and Operational Improvements 13 New Emergency Lighting 13 Loading Dock Modification 13 Guardrail for West End of Pool 13 B.
Improvements to Reactor Systems and Experimental Facilities 13 Facility Air Monitor System Improvements 13 CTC and Shell Labs Pneumatic Controller 15 Rod Drive Magnet Coil Replacement 15 Fume Hood Installed in Lab 4 15 Console Rod Drop Timer (MA-30) 15 Long Tube Rotisserie Storage Rack Enlargement 15 Area Radiation Monitor Improvements (MA-29) 16 Pulse Instrumentation Update (MA-31) 16 Reflector and Water Shutter Changes to Beam Port 4 16 Shim Safety " Rod Down" Indication 16
7 Page Secondary Treatment System Improvements 16 Thermocouple Lead Repair on I.F.
- 7526 19 C.
Operational Problems 19 Reportable Occurrences 19 Reportable Occurrence No. 84-1 Failure to Perform Ventillation and Security Systems Surveillance Requirements 19 Reportable Occurrence No. 84-2 Loss of Linear Channel Indication at Power 19 Reportable Occurrence No. 84-3 Reactor Safety System Malfunction (Safety Channel #2) 20 Reportable Occurrence No. 84-4 I
Reactor Safety System Malfunction (Fuel Element Temperature Channel) 20 Secondary Pump Failure 20 D.
Changes in Operating Procedures 21 E.
Unscheduled Shutdowns 22 F.
Reactor Maintenance and Surveillance 22 IV.
Facility Administration 25 A.
Organization 25 I
B.
Personnel 25 C.
Reactor Safety Board 28 Appendix I Description of Projects Utilizing the NSCR Appendix II I
Publications, Theses, and Papers Which Involved Use of NSC Facilities From 1976 to Date ii
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i Appendix III Environmental Survey Program and Effluent Release Summary and Personnel Exposure Summary Appendix IV Universities, Colleges, Industrial Organi-I zations, Government and State Agencies Served by the NSC During Twenty-Two Years of Operation Appendix V Texas A&M University Departments Served by the I
NSC During Twenty-Two Years of Operation I
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List of Tables and Figures Page Table I Reactor Utilization Summary 4
Table II Academic Use of the Reactor 8
Figure 1
Yearly Reactor Operation 5
2 Overall View of Facility Air Monitoring System 14 3
Pulse Instrumentation 17 4
Water Shutter and Reflector Layout 18 5
Nuclear Science Center Reactor Operations Organizational Chart 26
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INTRODUCTION The Nuclear Science Center is operated by the Texas Engineering Experiment Station as a service to the Texas A&M University System and the State of Texas.
The facility is available to the University, other educational institutions, governmental agencies, and private I
organizations and individuals.
The facility operating license was renewed in March, 1983 and extends through March, 2003 This report has been prepared by the staff of the Nuclear Science Center of the Texas Engineering Experiment Station to satisfy the re-porting requirements of USDOE Contract Number DE-AC05-76ER04207 (formerly EY-76-C-05-4207) and of 10CFR50.59 The report covers the period from January 1,
1984 through December 31, 1984.
Reactor utilization decreased from 1983 as indicated by a slightly smaller number of samples irradiated and of total irra-diations.
In addition there was a decrease in megawatt-days of reactor operation and the number of hours at steady state.
There was, however, a slight increase in the total number of experiment hours.
The observed trend in reactor utilization appears to be a re-sult of the reduced operating schedule begun in September, 1983 and the economic slowdown of 1984.
Core VIII, established in December 1982, was used throughout 1984.
Pulse operations were reinitiated in February 1983 for the first time since 1976, and a total of 64 pulses ($96.44 total pulse reactivity) were executed in 1984.
Several major facility projects modifications, and improvements were completed during the past year.
The main loading dock for shield transfers to and from experimenters was modified, and the Facility Air Monitoring system was upgraded to a state-of-the art system.
The Area Radiation Monitoring system also received an electronics update for better calibration and response.
In an effort to reduce maintenance time, a console rod drop timer was installed, and improved " rod down" switches / indicators were developed for use on reactor control rods.
Experimentally the Beam Port #4 reflector and shutter was im-proved, the pulsing instrumentation is being expanded, and the pneumatic system controller developed for Lab #4 is now in use in the Center for Trace Characterization (CTC) and Shell Development labs.
Several operational problems occurred in 1984 but did not result in a significant loss of reactor operating time.
The secondary cooling pump motor had to be repaired, and instrumentation age also was a factor in some repair down-time.
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During this reporting period there were no changes made to the site area; however, there has been made a proposal to extend the run-way at nearby Easterwood Airport such that larger aircraft can be accommodated.
This extension should occur in 1985 and should have no affect on the air traffic patterns relative to the NSC.
Administratively during 1984 efforts have been made to stabilize the reactor operations staff following the mid year resignations of I
both a Reactor Supervisor and Manager of Reactor Operations.
A long term replacement has been hired to fill the vacated Reactor Supervisor position; however, the manager position has not yet been I
filled and those duties have been assumed by the Assistant Director.
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3 II.
REACTOR UTILIZATION l
A.
Utilization Summary i
Utilization of the NSCR during the reporting period is shown in Figure 1 and Table I.
Figure 1 presents reactor operation'from January 1972 through December 1984.
During the present reporting period the NSCR was used by approximately l
1500 students (includes 1475 involved in tours or lab work L
and 26 student researchers) and 39 faculty and staff members I
representing 16 departments at Texas-A&M University.
In addi-tion, more than 300 faculty and students from 11 other educa-tional institutions used the facilities, and 4278 visitors were registered during 1984, including several public and private school groups.
A total of 15 non-university organi-zations had programs that were dependent upon the NSCR.
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On numerous occasions throughout the year the NSCR was toured by a total of 183 visiting military officers from virtually every free world country.
These officers have been receiving training and indoctrination at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas.
Fifteen potential power plant reactor operators from Gulf
-States Utilities were trained in 1984.
Each candidate performed 10 reactor startups, and attended lectures and labs in Reactor
' Theory,' Reactor Design, Console Manipulations, Power Calibrations, and Health-Physics procedures.
During twenty two years of operation, the NSC has provided services to 41 departments at Texas A&M University, 107 other
' colleges and universities, 81 industrial organizations, and f
20 federal and state agencies.
(See Appendix IV and V for listings).
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4 TABLE I REACTOR UTILIZATION
SUMMARY
1984 Annual Total CNumber of Days Reactor Operated 238 Reactor Operation (MW-Days) 80.099 Number of Hours at Steady State 2103 98 Average Number of Operating Hours Per Week 42.08 Total Number of Pulses 64 Total' Pulse Reactivity Insertion
$96.44 Number of Irradiations 716 Number;of Samples Irradiated 11378 Sample Irradiation Hours 64304.817 Average Number of Irradiations per Operating Day 3 008 Irradiation Experiment-Hours.
14979 24 Beam Port Experiment-Hours 71 369
~ Irradiation Cell Experiment Hours 10.0
. Total Experiment Hours 15050.609 t
Fraction of Utilization Attributable to Commercial Work
.43 Number of Visitors 4278
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Utilization by the Texas A&M University System During 1984 the following personnel from various depart-ments;at Texas A&M_ University used the NSCR for research.
Appendix I describes some of the projects completed.
Chemistry Department Faculty and Staff:
Dr. M. W.
Rowe, Associate Professor Dr.
A. Clearfield, Professor Dr.
R. Zingaro, Professor Students:
M. Tobey D. Ilger L.-Divis J. Jaganathan Biochemistry / Biophysics Faculty and Staff: Dr. J. Nagyvary, Professor Dr. K.
Aufterheide, Assistant Professor Center for Trace Characterization Staff:
Dr. D. James, Research Chemist T. Woods, Technician Dr. V. Ogugbuaja, Research Assistant Nuclear Engineering Department.
s Faculty:
Dr. C.
A.
Erdman, Professor and Head Dr.
R.
R.-Hart, Professor Dr.
T.
A. Parish, Associate Professor Dr.
G.
A. Schlapper, Assistant Professor Dr.
R.
D. Neff, Professor
-Students:
M. Schuller H. Giap S. Vrana J.
Pina D. Goodman S. Lee E.
Parma D.
Rhodes D. Carpenter A. Morillon M. Whiteacre
7 Department of Horticulture Faculty and Staff:
Dr. E. L. McWilliams, Professor Student:
F.
Bennett Department of Oceanography Faculty and Staff:
Dr.
J. S. Schofield, Research Associate Dr. P. Boothe, Asst. Research Scientist Dr. J. M. Brooks, Lecturer Nuclear Science Center Staff:
R. D.
Rogers, Assistant Director Y. Contreras, Health Physicist J. Head, Manager of Technical Services K.
Head, Research Associate N. Khalil, Student Technician J. Krohn, Engineering Research Associate J.
Petesch, Reactor Supervisor Animal Science Department Faculty and Staff:
Dr.
W.
C.
Ellis, Professor Students:
D. Delaney A. Lastovica R. Worley L.
Roth
' Radiological Safety Office Staff:
Dr. R. D. Neff, Radiological Safety Officer i
J. Simek, Assistant Radiological Safety Officer P. Sandel, Senior Health Physicist Small Animal Medicine and Surgery Faculty:
Dr.
R. Green, Assistant Professor Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology Faculty:
Dr.
R. Green, Assistant Professor Dr. D. Hightower, Professor
'In addition to the research performed by the above per-sonnel,.the NSCR was used as an educational aid in numerous academic courses offered by the University.
Table II indicates t
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8 TABLE II Academic Use of the Reactor No. of Students Department Course No.
Instructor and Purpose Animal Science Ellis 4-Lab Chemistry 116 Kolar 1,323-Tour Chemistry Rowe 1-Dissertation Horticulture Science McWilliams 1-Thesis Industrial Education 144 Marshall 24-Tour Nuclear Engineering 408 Buchanan 15-Lab / Class 405 Hart 78-Lab / Class 402 James 19-Lab / Class 606 Schlapper 15-Lab 479 Schlapper 25-Tour Oceanography Presley 11-Tour Physics 350 Ham 11-Tour l
Recreation and Parks 375 Kaiser 38-Tour Petroleum Engineering Rozgonyi 1-Thesis Wildlife and Fisheries 485 Grant 1-Undergraduate Project EDCI 406 Frank 21-Tour l
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C.
Utilization by Other Educational Institutions In addition to Texas A&M University, sarvices were provided to the following educational institutions through the Department of Eenergy Reactor Sharing Program.
A description of some of the projects utilizing the reactor is presented in Appendix I.
McNeese State University -- Lake Charles, Louisiana Experimenter:
Dr. Jim Beck -- Physics Department Students:
C. Webre McLennan Community College -- Waco, Texas Faculty:
Mr. Don Tatum -- Physics Department Students:
Physics Classes Sam Houston State University -- Huntsville, Texas Faculty:
Dr. Charles Manka -- Physics Department Dr.
B. Covington Dr. C. Fitzpatrick Dr. Grun Students:
Physics Classes J. Minton J.
Kainer Baylor University -- Waco, Texas Faculty:
Dr. Robert McLaurin Dr. Wang Students:
Physics Classes Texas State Technical Institute -- Waco, Texas Faculty:
Mr. Carl Kee -- Chairman Nuclear Technology Students:
Nuclear Technology Classes Texas State Technical Institute -- Harlingen, Texas Faculty:
Mr. Pedro Jimenez -- Chairman Nuclear Technology Students:
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Dr.
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Dr.
C.
R.
Richardson -- Animal Science Student:
Mike Conner, Ph.D. Dissertation Public and Private School Tours
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University Medical School--San Antonio, i
TX 14 Texas Women's University--Denton, TX 7
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Breckenridge High School--Breckenridge, TX 36 McAllen High School--McAllen, TX 13 Allen Academy--Bryan, TX 11 h
Jets Chapter--Houston, TX 11
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A&M Consolidated--College Station, TX 571 r
Terry High School--Rosenberg, TX 31 I
Montgomery High School--Montgomery, TX 21 h
St. Joseph School--Bryan, TX 60
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Caldwell High School--Caldwell, TX 31 Beaumont High School--Beaumont, TX 34 Iola High School--Iola, TX 11 e
g Lamar Jr. High--Bryan, TX 35 All Saints School--Lubbock, TX 14 o
E Sweetwater High School--Sweetwater, TX 8
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Royal Middle School--Brookshire, TX 44 Others:
Career Day, Various 150 SFA Energy Workshop, Nacogdoches, TX 20 High School Computer Camp, Various 18 Pre-College PE Students, Various 22 Math Scholars, Various 6
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Utilization by Non-University Institutions E
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J.
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L.
H.' Griffin L.
Papajohn E. L. Woody Texas Instruments -- Dallas, Texas Experimenters:
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Halfacre B. Gnade
- Gulf Nuclear -- Houston, Texas l
Experimenters:
,A.
Payne R. Sallee Teledyne Isotopes -
Westwood, New Jersey-Experimenter:
D. Schutz Catalytic, Inc. -- Wilsonville, Alabama Experimenter:
M.
Turgeon
. Gulf States' Utilities -- St. Francisville, Louisiana Experimenter:
D.
Grimes Halliburton' Services -- Laurel, Mississippi' Experimenters:
R.
Leonardi G. Cormier M.
D.
Anderson Hospital (University of Texas Medical Center)'
Experimenter:
Dr. J. Cundiff
- Hughes Research Labs -- Malibu, California Experimenters:
Mr.
E.
Wesel Dr.
R.
Hart Hughes Aircraft -- Carlsbad, California Experimenter:
Mr. D. Bell
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12 Tracerco -- Houston, Texas Experimenters:
W.
Ramage Dr. Ferguson J.
Landry R.
Gilman White Sands (U.S. Army) -- White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico Experimenter:
Capt.
J.
Bliss Jim Beck, Consultant -- Lake Charles, Louisiana Experimenter:
Dr. J. Beck Exxon Production Research Company -- Dallas, Texas Experimenter:
W.
Lowry Radian Corporation -- Austin, Texas Experimenter:
B. Mann Andrychuck Gemstones -- Richardson, Texas Experimenter:
J.
Head American Hoechst Corporation -- Baton Rouge, Louisiana Experimenter:
K.
Head Gulf Science and Technology Company -- Pittsburg, Pennsylvania Experimenter:
E.
G. Miller
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III.
FACILITY OPERATIONS E
A.
Facility Safety and Operational Improvements New Emergency Lighting g
Replacement emergency lighting units with low maintenance gel-l cell batteries were installed throughout the facility.
The in-creased reliability of the new units will result in greater safety i
in the event a power failure requires building evacuation.
Loading Dock Modification The outside loading dock adjacent to the Material Handling Area was modified to include a hydraulic adjustable lift platform.
This feature allows for greater ease in the transfer of shipping shields to and from transport vehicles.
Guardrail for West-End of Pool f
For increased safety during tours and facility operations, a guardrail spanning the entire west end of the main pool was installed.
A handrail adjacent to the steps leading to the area above the irradiation cell was also installed.
B.
Improvements to Reactor Systems and Experimental Facilities Facility Air Monitoring Systems Improvements The facility air monitoring equipment was replaced with new electronics and detectors as part of an upgrade to a state-of-the-I art system.
The changes include new analyzers, amplifiers, and power supplies, along with a TRS-80 computer for collection and storage of data.
The detectors for all channels are now located in the tunnel, with all electronic systems housed in a separate room within the mechanical equipment room (see Figure 2).
These locations will allow access to all monitoring equipment regardless of confinement building condition.
These changes will result in greatly increased reliability and performance with decreased maintenance.
An increase in detector efficiency with a decrease in maintenance was achieved by installing a cover over the detectors for FAM channels 1,
2, and 4.
This c er will provide a better environment for the collection paper drives and the particulate detectors.
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Center for Trace Characterization (CTC) and Shell Labs Pneumatic Controller
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The compact pneumatic system controller first used in Lab 4 has l
been duplicated and is now in use in CTC and Shell Development labs.
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control room.
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Rod Drive Magnet Coil Replacement Due to a lack of replacement magnet coils from the manufacturer 7
of the shim safety drive units, a magnet coil replacement was
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Valu'es for impedance and current t
matched original specifications and the holding power was increased i
over the original units.
Approval by the Reactor Safety Board for r
these units was granted after extensive testing showed complete h
compatibility with other existing components.
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Fume Hood Installed in Lab 4 t
The ability to handle certain samples in Lab 4 was hampered by the lack of a fume hood surrounding the pneumatic receiver.
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was alleviated in November by the relocation of the pneumatic l
receiver into an enclosed fume hood.
Equipped with its own exhaust
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fan, the hood allows for the safe handling of certain hazardous i
materials during pneumatic irradiations.
A transparent access door i
is used to allow sample handling in such a way as to contain any gases released from the sample.
I Console Rod Drop Timer (MA-30)
I In September a console-installed rod drop timer was tested and y
approved for measuring the elapsed time between the activation of a high fuel temperature scram and the activation of the rod bottom
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light when the control rod is dropped from its " full out" position.
I The new timer will replace the previous method of using an oscillos-cope for the measurement.
The oscilloscope will still be used periodically to verify the accuracy and reliability of the console h
timer.
2 Long Tube Rotisserie Storage Rack Enlargement E
E Due to increased usage of long tube thermal rotisseries for I
irradiations, an enlarged storage rack and four additional rotis-series were built.
The underwater storage table along the north edge e[
of the main pool was moved westward to make room for the eight rotis-serie storage rack.
These changes will allow for the required decay time necessary for certain samples, while providing the sufficient
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number of rotisseries for overall volume of irradiations of this type.
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.Due to partial obsolescence of the detector circuitry in the ARM system, a modification ofLthe amplifier circuit was.necessary to make it compatible 1with modern replacement detectors.
With these changes an amplifier gain adjustment method of calibration has replaced the previous method of varying the detector high voltage.
These changes have provided a.more accurate and reliable system.
-Pulse Instrumentation Update (MA-31)
The pulse instrumentation currently in use at the NSC provides linear and integrated outputs in a reading of megawatt-seconds.
Currently in testing is a replacement pulse integrator (see Figure 3) having the same outputs, with an additional logic signal at the point
-of. maximum reactor power.
A shielded pair input cable will serve to
-further reduce electronic noise in the system.
The new de-sign incorporates an enable / disable timer serving to turn the integrator on and off.
The improvements'in the new unit will increase the information and accuracy required by future experi--
menters.
Reflector and Uater Shutter Changes to-Beam Port 4 The reflector and water. shutter previously used in Beam Port 4 were replaced with a new reflector and water shutter system (see Figure'4).
The new reflector allows for a more intense neutron beam, while the new water shutter provides for reduced radiation levels and improved operation during filling and evacuation.
Shim Safety " Rod Down" Indication-The reed switch that actuates when the control rod is in its full down position =is mounted below the normal water level in the reactor pool.
To allow for easier maintenance the previous one-piece switch and bracket was replaced with a stationary switch positioner and a slip-in replacement switch.
This will enable maintenance or replace-ment to.be done quickly without the need for working underwater.
Secondary Treatment System Improvements An-improvement to the secondary cooling treatment system was
' accomplished through the construction of a new amplifier system for the pH controller and.the installation'of a single electrode probe with an internal reference.
These changes will increase the accuracy
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TIMER FUNCTIONS:
O TR SCRAM <l5 SECONDS AFTER PULSE.
DORIC THERMOCOUPLE INDICATOR SWITCHED TO PEAK RETENTION $ 2.5 SECONDS AFTER PULSE BY INTERNAL TIMER.
8 4 INTEGRATION START AT PULSE INITIATION; STOP BY TIMER.
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Instrumented fuel element #7526 developed problems in the thermocouple output due to the breakdown of the insulation at the connection of extension wires to the thermocouples.
Repairs were undertaken to ready the I.F.
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The method of repair used was by capacitance welding new extension leads to the I.F.
thermocouples.
Measurements taken after work was completed indicate two of the three connections were successfully
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Requirements l
On 19 March 1984 it was discovered that a weekly surveillance check that serves to verify proper operation of the confinement building ventilation system had not been performed during the previous week.
This requirement is specified in Section 4.4 of the Technical Specifications of License R-83 The apparent weekly
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operating period of non-compliance was 12 March through 16 March
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1984.
Additionally, a weekly check of the facility intrusion alarms was not performed as is specified by the NSC physical security operating procedure.
The NSC currently provides physical protection of SNM in accordance with 10CFR73.67(f), (Physical Pro-e
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tection of SNM of Low Strategic Significance).
t Reportable Occurrence No. 84-2 c
Loss of Linear Channel Indication at Power On May 28, 1984, during normal reactor operations the nightshift g
senior reactor operator received a servo fault alarm and noted that f
the linear power channel indication had failed low.
The SRO commenced a shutdown of the reactor in accordance with the standard f
operating procedures S0P III-C.
Subsequent investigation revealed y
that the high voltage supply for the linear detector was de-energized and it appears that this occured as the operator was
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taking log readings by brushing against the power supply switch.
A pre-startup check perforced May 29 indicated that the channel was functioning correctly.
Although the staff of the Nuclear Science Center felt that the operator acted properly and in accordance with standard operating procedures, Technical Specifications Section 3.2.1 specify that the reactor will not be operated without this
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This incident then was felt to constitute a reportable occurrence.
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l Reportable Occurrence No. 84-3 Reactor Safety System Malfunction (Safety Channel #2)
On June 4, 1984, during startup of the NSCR at 1109 hours0.0128 days <br />0.308 hours <br />0.00183 weeks <br />4.219745e-4 months <br /> it was observed that Safety Channel #2 was not indicating.
This was ob-l served in the power range where this channel should initially re-spond (30 KW - 100 KW).
Indications were normal on all other measuring channels.
The reactor was shut down and the problem traced to a faulty connector in the signal cable to the safety channel #2 detector.
The connector was replaced and instrument checks were performed.
During startup of the reactor at approxi-mately 1300 hours0.015 days <br />0.361 hours <br />0.00215 weeks <br />4.9465e-4 months <br />, safety channel #2 responded properly.
The reactor was returned to normal operations.
Reportable Occurrence No. 84-4 Reactor Safety System Malfunction (Fuel Element Temperature Channel)
On 26 June 1984 at 1310, following the return to a reactor power of 950 KW it was noted by the reactor operator that the fuel element temperature recorder had apparently failed to respond during the preceding power transient.
This failure occurred following a temporary reduction in reactor power to load an experi-i ment.
The operator observed proper response on all reactor power level instruments in addition to a normal temperature indication on the Digital Temperature Instrument (DORIC) that was selected to the same fuel element thermocouple as the temperature recorder.
The senior reactor operator and manager of reactor operations were in-formed and the reactor was shut down in accordance with standard operating procedure III-B.
There was no indication that a safety limit or the limiting safety system setting were exceeded during the incident.
Troubleshooting and repair of the temperature recorder was accomplished and the instrument was verified operational by NSC Management prior to returning to normal reactor operation.
Secondary Pump Failure The secondary pump used in the cooling system at the NSC failed on October 29, 1984 due to motor winding failure.
During the time of repair a pumper truck was placed on line to provide the cooling necessary during operation for previously scheduled reactor experi-ments.
The pump was returned to service November 5, 1985
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D.
Changes in Operating Procedures
. Changes to the following SOP's were reviewed and approved by the
.RSB during the reporting period:
SOP's II-A General Organization and Responsibilities
.II-B Operations Records (NSC Form 539)
'II-C Reactor Startup
-II-G.
Movement'of Reactor Bridge II-H Fuel Manipulations II-I Reactor Core Manipulations II-M Response to Alarms
-II-N Response to Abnormal Reactivity Changes II-0 Reactor Operator and Senior Reactor Operator Requalification Program III-A General (Reactor Maintenance and Surveillance)
III-B Fuel Element Temperature Measuring Channel Maintenance'and Surveillance III-D Log-N Measuring Channel Maintenance and Surveillance III-E.
Safety Power Measuring Channel Maintenance and Surveillance III-F Pulse Power Measuring Channel Maintenance and Surveillance III-I-Scram Circuit Surveillance
-III-J Transient Rod Drive Maintenance and-Surveillance III-K Control Rod Inspection III-L Control Rod Drive Maintenance III-M Annual Control Rod Calibration and Determination of Shutdown Margin III-N Reactor Bridge and Pool Light Maintenance
.III-0 Reactor Pool Surveillance III-Q Special Nuclear Materials Accountability-III-R Evacuation Horn System Surveillance
-IV-B Sample Handling Procedures IV-C
-Pneumatic Systems Operation
' IV-D Beam Port Experiments IV-F Neutron Radiography Beam Port #4 IV-G.
In-Pool-Irradiations
.VI-A' General (Maintenance and Surveillance of Support Systems)
VII-B13, B17 Health Physics Maintenance and Surveillance VII-C Radioactive Materials Control VII-D Health Physics Training VII-E Personnel Dosimetry
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Unscheduled Shutdowns A total of seventeen unscheduled shutdowns occurred during 1984.
Several were electronic in nature due to equipment age.
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unscheduled shutdowns can be arranged in the following categotries:
Cause of Shutdowns Number of Shutdowns Building power loss 5
Operator error 2
Electronics 10 F.
Reactor Maintenance and Surveillance 1.
A calibration of the fuel temperature measuring channel was completed on 1-6-84.
The LSSS was set at 525 C (975 F).
2.
A channel check of the fuel element temperature measuring j
channel was made daily by recording and comparing the fuel element temperature and the pool water temperature prior to reactor startup.
3 Control rod calibrations for 1984 were as follows:
Core VIII (1-6-84)
Control Rod Rod Worth SS #1
$2.52 SS #2 1.80 SS #3 2 37 SS #4 4.27 RR 94 TR 2.73 Shutdown Margin 3 92 4.
The reactivity worth of all experiments was either estimated or ceasured, as appropriate before reactor operation with the experiment.
The most reactive experiment irradiated had a worth of $0.22.
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The scram times of the control rods were measured for annual maintenance.
The results are as follows:
'Date Control Rod Time in Seconds 1-5-84 SS #1
.700 1-6-84 SS #3
.652 1-5 SS #4-748 All rod scram time checks performed as required throughout the year resulted in times less than the 1.2 second limit set by-Technical Specifications.
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A channel test of each of the reactor safety system channels l
for the intended mode of operation was performed prior to each day's operation.
The pool level alarm was tested weekly.
.7 Channel calibrations were made of the power level monitoring channels by the calorimetric method as follows:
Indicated Actual Core Date Power (Kw)
Power (Kw)
%. Error Loading 1-20-84 400 434.4
+8.6%
VIII 8.
The ventilation system was verified to be operable by con-ducting a test.of the system each week throughout the year.
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' Emergency evacuation drills were conducted on 1-27-84 and 8-3-84.
- 10. Weekly checks were performed throughout the year to verify that the NSC security alarm system was operable.
- 11. Calibration dates for facility air monitors and area radiation monitors were as follows:
Monitoring System Date of Calibration Ch #1 - Stack Particulate 8-30-84 Ch #2 - Fission Product 9-13-84 Ch #3 - Stack Gas 9-5-84 Ch #4 - Building Particulate 8-31-84 Ch #6 - Building Gas 9-9-84 Area Radiation Monitors 9-28-84 f
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- 12. A review of the NSC security plan was conducted by the NSC staff and the Reactor Safety Board on February 15, 1984.
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FACILITY ADMINISTRATION A.
Organization The organization chart for reactor operations at the Nuclear Science Center is presented in Figure 5 During this reporting year Terry Rolon resigned as Reactor Supervisor and Barry Willits resigned as Manager of Reactor Operations.
Greg Stasny was hired to replace Rolon, and Willits' position has not yet been filled.
The Assistant Director, Dale Rogers, has assumed these duties.
Bob Clements was hired as a part-time reactor operator, and both he and Scott Thomas received SRO licenses during the year.
The problem of personnel turnover continues to exist primarily due to the loss of student workers who are employed on a part-time basis when full time help is not available.
B.
Personnel The following is a list of personnel at the Nuclear Science Center for the period of January 1,
1984 - December 31, 1984.
Facility Administration and Reactor Operations Staff
+Clements, R.
H.
- Reactor Operator
+Feltz, D.
E.
- Director
+Petesch, J.
E.
- Reactor Supervisor
+ Rogers, R.
D.
- Assistant Director
+Rolon, T.
R.
- Reactor Supervisor (Terminated)
+Sims, W. W.
- Reactor Operator Stasny, G.
S.
- Reactor Supervisor
+ Thomas, S.
R.
- Reactor Operator
+Willits, B.
L.
- Manager, Reactor Operations (Terminated)
Technical Service and Maintenance Brookshire, G.
- Student Worker
- Fisher, T.
H.
- Scientific Instrument Maker II
DIRECTOR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR SUPPORT MANAGER OF GROUP HEACTOR OPERATIONS I
1 REACTOR l
SUPERVISOR (S) l l
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SENIOR REACTOR OPERATORS REACTOR OPERATORS Figure 5.
Nuclear Science Center Reactor Operations Organization Chart
27 Technical Service and Maintenance (Cont'd)
- Goodman, D.
P.
- Student Technician
+ Head, J. G.
- Manager, Technical Services
- Head, K. M.
- Engineering Research Associate Horn, C.
R.
- Mechanical Equipment Foreman Jimba, B. W.
- Research Assistant (Terminated)
Johnson, G.
A.
- Student Worker I Khalil, N.
S.
- Co-op Research Aide Krohn, J.
L.
- Engineering Research Associate Mattern, J.
- Co-op Research Aide
- Restivo, A.
L.
- Engineering Research Associate Schneider, L.
F.
- Student Worker I Sjoden, G.
E.
- Student Technician (Terminated)
Thompson, J.
C.
- Reactor Maintenance Technician Whitworth, D.
W.
- Draftsman Yupari, R.
B.
- Student Technician (Terminated)
- Licensed Reactor Operator
+ Licensed Senior Reactor Operator Clerical
- Beck, K. D.
- Receptionist Castleberry, M.
K.
- Receptionist (Terminated)
Mitchell, Y.
- Secretary Ribardo, J.
E.
- Bookkeeper Smith, D.
J.
- Bookkeeper (Terminated)
Health Physics Staff
- Sandel, P. S.
- Senior Health Physicist Contreras, Y.
- Health Physicist (Terminated)
Deigl, H.
J.
- Senior Health Physicist (Terminated)
Rodriguez, L.
- Health Physicist Vasquez, G.
M.
- Health Physicist
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Buchanan, R. J.
- Training Specialist
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Reactor Safety' Board
-Committee Composition Chairman F. Jennings, Director, Office of University Research (January;1, 1984 December 31, 1984)-
Voting Members R. Green, Assistant Professor, Small Animal Clinic-(January 1, 1984 - December 31, 1984)
R.
R. Hart, Professor of. Nuclear Engineering (January 1, 1984'- December 31, 1984)
J. Hiebert, Professor of Physics (September'1, 1984 - December 31, 1984)
R.
A. Kenefick, Professor of Physics (January-1, 1984 - August 31,-1984)
E.
A.;Schweikert, Professor of Chemistry (January 1, 1984 - December 31, 1984)
F. Sicilio, Professor of. Chemistry (January 1, 1984 -' December 31, 1984)
K. L. Wolf, Professor of Chemistry (January 1,-1984 - December 31, 1984)
Ex-Officio Members C.
A. Erdman, Professor and Head of Nuclear Engineering (January 1, 1984 - December 31, 1984)
-D.
E. Feltz,. Director of Nuclear Science Center (1 January 1984 - December 31, 1984)
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R. D.-Neff, Professor and University Radiological Safety-Officer (January 1, 1984 - April 1984) s
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J. Simek, Acting-University Radiological Safety Officer (April 1984 - December-1984)
- Meeting Frequency The Reactor Safety Board (RSB)' met on the following dates
- during the calendar year 1984:- 1/30/84,,1/30/84'(Subcommittee)
- 2/15/84, 4/20/84, 4/30/84, 5/8/84 (Subcommittee), 7/31/84 (Subcommittee), 8/10/84, 9/13/84 (Subcommittee), 10/1/84, 10/31/84, 11/30/84 (Subcommittee).
.RSB Audits
'During the reporting period RSB audits of.NSC activities were conducted on'the following dates:
1/20/84, 4/30/84, 7/20/84, 10/29/84.
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APPENDIX I Description of Projects Utilizing the NSCR
I-1 DESCRIPTION OF PROJECTS UTILIZING THE NSCR A.
Texas A&M University Nuclear Engineering SORBER PERFORMANCE FOR URANIUM AND STRATEGIC ELEMENT RECOVERY FROM SEAWATER l
Personnel' Dr. Frederick R. Best.-- Assistant Professor Matt Whiteacre -- Graduate Assistant
~ Jose Pina -- Graduate Assistant Studies were made into the relative performance of a variety of corbers for use in the recovery of Uranium and other strategic olements from natural seawater.
Both fixed and fluidized bed filters wore tested.
The Uranium and other element concentrations thus recovered were determined by activation analysis at the NSC.
NEUTRON TRANSMUTATION DOPING OF SEMICONDUCTORS Personnel Dr. Ron R. Hart -- Professor Steve Lee -- Graduate Assistant Ed Parma -- Graduate Assistant Investigations continued into the neutron transmutation doping of semiconductor materials for use in infra-red detectors.
The investigation included studies of the self-annealing effects in the materials and the effects and levels of impurities such as indium in GaAs.
FUSION REACTOR BLANKET RESEARCH Personnel Dr. T. A. Parish -- Associate Professor Mike Schuller -- Graduate Assistant Further studies in fusion reactor blanket research were performed.
In these experiments, tritium was produced by irradiating lithium fluoride wafers.
Measurements of tritium content were then made'and compared to calculated values.
The goal of this project is to determine the feasibility of a LiF and water slurry as a fusion reactor blanket.
[I I-2 AEROSOL DILUTION AND DISPERSION AT THE NUCLEAR SCIENCE CENTER
'Porsonnel Dr.
G.
A. Schlapper -- Assistant Professor Yenny Contreras Gonzalez -- Graduate Assistant A study was made of the dilution and dispersion of an aerosol in the NSC to better characterize the potential personnel exposures in the event of a release of airborne contaminants.
The results will aid in estimating potential exposure and in assessing and controlling the spread of contamination.
NUCLEAR ENGINEERING GRADUATE LAB IN REACTOR EXPERIMENTATION Personnel Dr. G.
A. Schlapper -- Assistant Professor NE 606 Graduate Students (15 Students)
Experiments performed included measurement of the neutron energy spectrum with threshold reaction foils in the Lab 4 pneumatic roceiver, measuring the neutron energy spectrum through different filters in a beam port using Bonner spheres, attempting to find the prompt neutron lifetime in the NSCR by measuring the transfer function, measuring the gamma heating rate in samples in the pool and the irradiation cell, and attempting to develop a prompt gamma analysis facility using one of the beam ports.
Animal Science DYNAMICS OF RUMINANT DIGESTION Personnel Dr. W. C.
Ellis -- Professor Roger Worley -- Graduate Assistant Abban Lastovica -- Student The investigation aims to measure the contributing dynamic processes in cattle fed a number of different roughage and roughage /
ch:mical treatments and to integrate the results into models describing the animals' intake and digestibility as functions of b: sic attributes.
The approach involves use of marker elements added to individual meals of the animals and involves neutron activation analysis of these markers.
I-3 Biochemistry and Biophysics INVESTIGATION OF HISTORY OF WOOD OF CLASSIC VIOLINS Personnel Dr. Joseph Nagyvary -- Professor An investigation of the composition of the wood from some classic violins was carried out by neutron activation analysis.
The investigation attempted to determine the wood's history or possible treatment that produced the classic tonal quality that the violins are famous for.
The suspected treatment was then to be tried on new wood violins to attempt to produce a modern " classic" violin.
Center for-Trace Characterization DETERMINATION OF SHORT LIVED NUCLIDES 1
Personnel Dr. W. D. James -- CTC Dr.
J.
A. Oyedele -- CTC This investigation determined the presence of short lived nuclides present in samples following irradiation with thermal and epithermal neutrons.
These measurements were performed to establish the enhancement of activation with epithermal neutrons for some olements.
BI0 ASSAY OF TRACE ELEMENTS IN RAT TISSUE Personnel Dr. V. O. Ogugbuaja -- CTC Dr. W. D. James -- CTC Biouptake of trace elements, particularly arsenic, by rats exposed to coal fly ash was determined.
The investigation included exhaustive survey of trace elements in tissues, blood and animal oxcrements by neutron activation analysis.
TRACE ELEMENT CHARACTERIZATION OF FLY ASH Personnel Dr. A.
R. McFarland -- Civil Engineering The trace element composition of size fractionated fly ash was determined in an attempt to characterizing the combustion products of Texas lignites.
I-4 TRACE-ELEMENTS IN MHD EFFLUENTS
-Personnel Dr.
R. C. Attig -- University of Tennessee Space: Institute Dr. W. D. James -- CTC This investigation involved the determination of trace elements in effluents from a magnetohydrodynamic coal combustion pilot plant.
Efforts have been directed towards characterization of the trace element partitioning pattern for this alternative combustion
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DETERMINATION OF ELEMENTS IN REACTION PRODUCTS Personnel Dr. F. A. Cotton -- Chemistry Dr.'J. H. Lunsford -- Chemistry
'These investigations attempted to determine the presence of soveral elements in chemical reaction products.
Some of the elements included Zn, Cr, C1, La, Na and Pd.
ELEMENTAL UPTAKE STUDIES OF RAT TISSUE Personnel Dr.pJ. A. Oyedele -- CTC Dr.
W..D. James -- CTC The trace element composition of biological-samples was determined and the resulting data analyzed to' establish the degree of similarities of elemental uptake.
MECCA QUARRY SHALE REFERENCE MATERIAL STUDY Personnel Dr. M. D. Glascock -- University of Missouri Dr. W. D.
James -- CTC This involved a collaborative study of Mecca Quarry shale.to attempt to establish a well characterized reference material.
I-5 RARE EARTH DIGESTION MARKERS
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Personnel Dr. K.
R. Pond -- North Carolina State This presence of rare earth digestion markers was determined in fccal_and digesta sampleq.
Chemistry ANALYSIS OF MAYAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL CHERT Personnel Dr. Marvin Rowe -- Associate Professor Mark Tcbey -- Graduate Assistant The study attempted to locate and characterize the sources of the chert.used in constructing Mayan artifacts in Belize by use of neutron activation analysis of samples from possible sources.
ANALYSIS OF IRALIAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL CERAMICS Parsonnel Dr. Marvin W.
Howe -- Associate Professor Mark Tobey -- Graduate Assistant This study attempted to determine if the large archaeological site at Murlo, Italy was a ceramics factory providing ceramics for a wider area.
The analysis involves trace analysis of the samples by NAA and fingerprinting the source of pottery frort various outlying areas.
TRACE ELEMENT CHARACTERIZATION IN SOLID FOSSIL FUELS Personnel Dr. Ralph A.
Zingaro -- Professor Drew Ilger -- Graduate Assistant James Jaganathan -- Graduate Assistant Researchers investigated the trace element characterization of several types of coal.
The study hopes to identify the analytical concentration of several coals to predict the possible environmental impact of using them as fuel.
I-6 Oceanography CHARACTERIZATION OF GULF OF MEXICO OILS, TARS AND SEA BOTTOM BITUMENS Parsonnel Dr. James M. Brooks -- Lecturer Mahlon Kennicutt, II -- Assistant Research Scientist The investigation attempted to characterize oils by trace element onalysis.
This characterization may indicate different sources for
.vorious oil deposits and possibly help in the exploration for oil.
DISSOLUTION KINETICS OF DRILL MUD BARITE IN SEAWATER.
Personnel Dr. B. J. Presley -- Professor Dr. P. N. Boothe -- Assistant Research Scientist Gordon Smith -- Graduate Assistant This research used activated drill mud barite to determine the m gnitude and rate of barium release to seawater.
The work involved inboratory dissolution experiments and some work was done in cooperation with the Center for Trace Characterization.
Petroleum Engineering ANALYSIS OF RELATION OF URANIUM AND THORIUM CONTENT TO SAMPLE MESH SIZE Personnel Dr. Tibor Rozgonyi -- Professor Clay Carney -- Graduate Assistant The investigation studied environmental radiation levels in s mples sifted through various size meshes to study the correlation bstween sample' particle size and uranium and radium (thorium) content.
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I-7 Veterinary Physiology and' Pharmacology DETERMINATION.0F EXCHANGEABLE POTASSIUM:IN THE CANINE Personnel-Dr. Dan Hightower -- Professor
' Brian Copeutt -- Graduate Assistant David Followill -- Graduate Assistant Comparisons were'made between exchangeable potassium levels determined by counting of urine samples and whole body counting to determineLthe accuracy of whole body counting.
Several dogs were
' injected'with a solution containing potassium-42 to study the accuracy of.whole body counting of canines.
Wildlife and Fisheries Science IODINE LEVELS IN THYROID GLANDS OF COLLARED PECCARIES FED DIFFERENT DIETS Personnel-Dr. W. E. Grant -- Associate Professor
- Chris Carney -- Student IodineLlevels.in the thyroid glands of a total of 7 peccaries (Tayassu tajacu) fed two different diets were determined by neutron activation analysis.
The use of the iodine. levels as physiological-indicators.of. animal condition was explored.
1B.. 0ther Universities Louisiana State University
- AN ARTIFICIAL SOIL HORIZON MARKER IN AN ACCRETING LOUISIANA GULF COAST MARSH Personnel-Dr. R. Knaus -- Associate Professor,, Nuclear-Science The project involved attempting to establish methodology for the absolute measurement of accretion rates in marshlands by placing
' stable markers-in the marsh.
The marked sediment is easily
-identified later by neutron activation of the originally stable i
marker' isotopes,.thus giving a measure of the accretion of soil in the: marsh.
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I-8 McNeese State University DETERMINATION OF THE CONCENTRATIONS OF HEAVY METALS IN ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES Personnel lhr. James N. Beck -- Professor, Chemistry Carol Webre -- Graduate Assistant The concentration of heavy metals in environmental samples from around Lake Charles, Louisiana was determined by neutron activation
~ analysis.
Biological samples were also taken in the same area and studies have been made into lichens as heavy metal scavengers and the possible contamination of residents living near hazardous waste sites.
Sam Houston State University NEUTRON TRANSMUTATION DOPING OF SEMICONDUCTORS Personnel-Dr. B. Covington -- Assistant Professor, Physics John Kainer -- Graduate Student Continued studies were performed in the doping of semiconductor material by neutron transmutation of the original crystal material.
The studies also included measuring the radiation damage induced in the crystal by.the neutron bombardment.
ANALYSIS OF TECTITE SAMPLES FROM CENTRAL TEXAS
-Personnel Dr. Colleen Fitzpatrick -- Lecturer,' Division of Chemistry and Physics John Minton, III -- Gesduate Assistant
-The metal content of several samples of tectite from central Texas and some iron meteorites was determined by neutron activation analysis.
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I-9 Sul Ross State University ANALYSIS OF GEOLOGIC SAMPLES Personnel Dr. Dennis 0.
Nelson -- Associate Professor and Chairman, Geology Dr. G. David Mattison -- Associate Professor, Geology Dr. David Rohs -- Assistant Professor, Geology Various Graduate Students The studies performed include the determination of trace element contents of various rocks and minerals.
The analysis is performed by neutron activation analysis of the geologic samples.
Several projects are ongoing involving both faculty and a number of graduate students, and the results are incorporated into theses, papers and reported at many meetings and seminars.
Texas State Technical Institute - Harlingen Personnel Mr. Pedro Jimenez -- Chairman, Nuclear Technology During 1984, 8 students in the Nuclear Technology program at TSTI-Harlingen participated in health physics and neutron activation ang-lysin labs at the NSC providing the students a hands-on experience and lab work that would not be possible at the Harlingen campus.
Texas State Technical Institute - Waco Personnel Mr. Carl Kee -- Chairman, Nuclear Technology During 1984, 45 students participated in several labs at the NSC including health physics, neutron activation analysis, and reactor operations to provide them with hands-on experience and training to supplement their classroom instruction in the Nuclear Technology program.
The total time spent at the NSC by each student was approximately 164 hours0.0019 days <br />0.0456 hours <br />2.71164e-4 weeks <br />6.2402e-5 months <br />.
I-10 University of Texas System Cancer Center - M.
D.
Anderson Hospital
'IN VITRO THERMAL NEUTRON TREATMENT OF LEUKEMIC CELLS
' Personnel Dr. Roy Tilbury -- Nuclear Medicine Christopher H. Poynton, M.D.
-- Fellow in Clinical Oncology Michelle Glasky -- Graduate Assistant Studies were carried out to determine the effects of a thermal
-neutron beam on boron tagged leukemic cells in vitro.
The research was aimed at possibly developing a treatment method for leukemia.
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Non-University Institutions Texas Instruments QUALITY ASSURANCE TEST OF SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS USING NAA Personnel Bruce Gnade -- Texas Instruments Sandra Halfacre -- Texas Instruments Samples of semiconductor raaterial were activated at the NSC and
' shipped to Dallas where Texas Instruments personnel analyze them for
~ trace impurities that might affect the performance of the material in a semiconductor device.-
The program is part of Texas Instrument's
-quality control and improvement effort.
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D.
Anderson Hospital PRODUCTION OF RADI0 ISOTOPES FOR RESEARCH AND TREATMENT Personnel Jack Cundiff -- M. D.
Anderson The NSC' produces medical radioisotopes for use in research and treatment at the M.D.
Anderson Hospital and Tumor-Center.
Several
'different isotopes have been produced for various types of research and treatment at the hospital.
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I-11 Shell Development Company 1Porsonnel Leonard Griffin -- Shell Development This ongoing project involves neutron activation analysis of various oil, petrochemical and related materials.
The analysis is usually aimed at identifying one or more trace elements in the NASA ANALYSIS OF TERRESTIAL AND LUNAR ROCK SAMPLES Personnel Jerry Wagstaff -- NASA The NSC activates rock samples from various locales and returns them to Houston where they are analyzed for elemental composition.
This-is an ongoing project with the Space Administration.
RADIOISOTOPE PRODUCTION During 1984, the NSC produced radioisotopes for several commercial users.
These isotopes were used for a variety of work including well logging, gamma radiography, and various tracer studies.
Some of the isotopes produced included:
Co-60, Ir-192, Fe-59, Br-82, Ar-41, and Au-198.
A list of some of the companies for which these radioisotopes were produced is given below.
Gulf Nuclear Corporation Tracerco Incorporated Teledyne Isotopes Nuclear-Sources and Services Incorporated Gulf States Utilities REACTOR OPERATOR TRAINING During 1984, 15 employees of Gulf States Utilities went through a
~one week training course at the NSC as part of their training to becomeJreactor operators for Gulf States.
This training program helps these personnel to become familiar with reactor operations and
-helps fulfil'a phrt-of the training required by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission for candidates for Reactor Operator positions at power plants.
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APPENDIX II Publications, Theses, and Papers Which Involved Use of !{SC Facilities From 1976 to Date t
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II-1 Publications, Theses, and Papers Which Involved Use of
'NSC Facilities From 1976 to Date
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Endahl, Gilbert R., " Techniques for Determining Intake by Grazing Animals", Ph.D. Dissertation in Animal Science, Texas A&M University, 1976.
2.
O. F. Zeck, G. P. Genarro, Y. Y. Su and Y.
-N.
- Tang, "Effect of Additives on the Reaction of Monomeric Silicon Difluoride with 1, 3-Butadiene",
J. Amer. Chem. Soc., 98, 3474 (1976).
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. Conner, Michael C., "Lanthanides as Particulate Flow Markers in Ruminants", M. S. Thesis in Animal Science, Texas A&M University, 1977 4.
R.-A.
Ferrieri, E. E. Siefert, M. J. Griffin, O. F. Zeck and
-Y.
-N.
Tang, " Relative Reactivities of Conjugated Dienes towards Silicon Difluoride", J.C.S. Chem. Comm., 6 (1977).
5 M. D. Devous, Sr., "A Radiation-Induced Model of Chronic Congestive Heart Failure", Scott and White Hospital,
, Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, May 1977 6.
M. D. Devous, Sr.,
"A Canine Model of Congestive Heart Failure", University of Florida, Department of Radiology and Departmentuor Cardiology, November 1977 7.
D.
E. Feltz, J. D. Randall, and'R. F. Schumacher, " Report on Damaged FLIP TRIGA Fuel", Fifth Triga Owner's Conference, Tucson, Arizona, March 1977.
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J. D.
Randall, " Forensic Activation Analysis", NSCR Tech-nical Report No. 36, November 1977.
'9 Skinner, N.
G.,
" Nuclear Engineering Aspects of Neutron Transmutation Doping of Silicon", Master's Project in Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1977
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R.
R. Hart, L. D.
Albert, " Measurement of P-31 Concentra-tions Produced by Neutron Transmutation Doping of Silicon",
Presented at International Conference on Neutron Transmu-l tation Doping, University of Mo., April 1978.
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- D. Wootan, " Measurement of Neutron Flux in Thermal l
Retisserie",' Master's Thesis in Nuclear Engineering, November 1978.
12.
Huang, W.,
J. Chatham, " Uranium in Lignite:
I Geological
-Occurrence in' Texas", Tenth International Congress on
.Sedimentology, Volume 1,
A-L, pp. 317, 1978.
l
II-2 13 Huang,.W., S. Parks, " Uranium Resources in Some Tertiary Sediments of Texas Gulf' Coastal Plain:
I Geologic Occur-rences in the Lower Miocene Sediments", Tenth International Congress on Sedimentology, Vol.
1, A-L, pp. 318, 1978.
14.
Huang, W.,
K. Pickett, " Factors Controlling In-Situ Leaching of Uranium from. Sandstone and Lignite Deposits in South Texas", Proceedings of Uranium Mining Technology, Update 78, Reno, Nevada, November 1978.
15
- Presley, R.
J.,
R. Pflaum, J. Trefry, " Fallout and Natural Radionuclides in Mississippi Delta Sediments", Environmental Oceanographic Science, Vol. 59, No. 4, April 1978.
16.
Fishman, P.
H.,
"Minerological Analysis and Uranium Distri-bution of the Sediments from the Upper Jackson Formation Karnes County, Texas",' Masters' Thesis in Geology, December 1978.
17.
- Prasse, E.
M.,
" Uranium and Its Relationship to Host Rock Minerology in an Unoxidized Roll Front in the Jackson Group, South Texas", Masters' Thesis in Geology, December 1978.
18.
Ellis,-W.
C.,
Mathis, J.
H.,
and Lascano, C.
E.,
"Quantita-ting Ruminal Turnover", Fed. Proc., Vol. 38, 1979 19
- Lescano, C., W. C.
Ellis, "An Evaluation of Lanthanides as Particulate Matter Markers", American Society of Animal Science (abstract), Tucson, Arizona, 1979 s
20.
Bachinski, S.
W. and Scott, R.
B.,
1979, " Rare-Earth and Other Trace Elements Contents and the Origin of Mineetes:
Grochim. Cosmochim. Acta", Vol. 43, 93 21.
Scott, R.
B.,. Temple, D.
G.,
and Peron, P.,
1979, " Nature of
. Hydrothermal Exchange Between Oceanic Crust and Seawater at 26oN. Lat., Mid-Atlantic Ridge:
In Benthic Boundary Layer Processes", an 70GC Symposium on the Benthic Boundary Layer.
22.
Tiezzi, L.
J.,
d Scott, R.
B.,
1979, " Crystal Fractiona-tion'in a Cumulate Gabbro, Mid-Atlantic Ridge, 26 N, Lat.:
' Jour. Geophys. Research".
.23 McGoldrick, P.
J.,
Keays, R.
R. and Scott, R.
B.,
- 1979,
" Thallium:
A Sensitive Indicator of Rock / Seawater Inter-action of Sulfur Sa,turation of Silicate Melts:
Geochim.
Cosmochim. Acta".
t
II-3 c24.
Zakoriadze, G.,
Scott, R.
B.,
and Lilly, D.
H.,
- 1979,
" Petrology and Geochemistry of the Palao-Kyushu Remnant Arc, Site 448, DSDP Leg 59:
Trans American Geophys. Union",
v.
50, 94.
25 Scott, R.
B.,
1979, " Petrology and Geochemistry of Ocean Plateaus", A TAMU Symposium on Ocean Plateaus.
26.
Clearfield, A.,
and L. Kullberg, "On the Mechanism of Ion-Exchange in_ Zirconium Phosphates:
An-Equilibrium Study of Sodium-Potassium-Hydrogen Exchange on Crystalling Zirconium Phosphates",-Jour.oof Inorganic and Nuclear Chem., 1979 27.
O. F. Zeck, R.
A. Ferrieri, C.
A. Copp, G.
P. Gennaro and Y.
-N.
Tang, " Gas Phase Recoil Phosphorus Reactions IV-Effect of Moderators-on Abstraction Reactions", J.
Inorg.
Nucl. Chem., 41, 785 (1979).
28.
Chatham, J.
R.,
"A Study of Uranium Distribution in an. Upper Jackson Lignite - Sandstone Ore Body, South Texas", Masters Thesis in Geology, May 1979 29 Parks, S.
L.,
" Distribution and Possible Mechanism of Uranium Accumulation in the Catahoula Tuff, Live Oak County, Texas", Masters' Thesis in Geology, May 1979 e
30.
Miller, M.
E.,
" Uranium Roll Front Study in the Upper Jackson Group Alascosa County, Texas", Masters' Thesis in Geology, December 1979 31.
Ellis, W.
C.,
J. H. Matis, and Carlos Lascano, "A Method for
- Determining In-Vivo Rates of Particle Size Degradation, Genesis, and Passage from the Rumea", Proc. of 15th Con-ference on Romen Function, 1979 32.
Ellis, W.
C.,
J.
H. Matis, and Carlos Lascano, " Sites Con-tributing to Compartmental-Flow for Forage Residues", Ann.
Res. Vet, 1979 33 Lescano, Carlos, " Determination of Grazed Forage Voluntary E
Intake", Ph.D. Dissertation in Animal Nutrition, December 1979 l
l 34.
Pond,-Kevin, "Fffect of Monensin on Intake Digestibility, Gastrointestinal Fill and Flow in Cattle Grazing Coastal Bermuda Pasture", Masters' Thesis in Animal Nutrition, August 1979
II-4 L35.
Loza. Hector, "Effect of Protein Defficiency on Forage In-take and Digestibilty", Masters' Thesis in Animal Nutrition,
'May 1979 36.
_Tenhet, Vicki L., " Penetration Mechanism an'd Distribution Gradients ef. Sodium-Tripoly-Phosphate in Peeled and Deveined Shrimp", Masters' Thesis in Animal Science, December 1979 37
'Ellis, W. C. and Lippke, Hagen, "A Continuous Infusion and Pulse Dose Marker Method for Determining Fecal Output", Pro-ceedings of Southern Pasture and Forage Crop Improvement Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, May 1980.
38.
Delaney, David S.,
" Effects of Monensin on Intake, Digesti-bility, and Turnover of Organic Matter and Bacterial Protein in Grazing Cattle", M. S. Thesis in Animal Science, Texas A&M University, 1980.
39 Telford, James P.,
" Factors Affecting Intake and Digesti-bility of Grazed Forages", Ph.D. Dissertation.in Animal.
Science, Texas A&M University, 1980.
40.
E.
E. Siefert, K. L. Loh, R.
A. Ferricri, and Y.
-N.
- Tang,
~
" Formation of 1-Silacyclopenta-2, 4-diene through Recoil Silicon Atom Reactions", J.
Am. Chem. Soc., 102, 2285 (1980).
~
41.
Howe, M. W.,
E. W. Filberth, and H. J. Shaeffer, " Uranium in Huero and Guadalupe Mountain Indian Ceramics", Archaeometry Great Britain, 1980.
i 42.
Ledger, E.
B., T.
T. Tieh, and.M.
W. Howe, " Delayed Neutron Activation Determination of Uranium in Thirteen French Rock Reference Samples", Geostandards Newsletters, 1980.
43 Tieh, T.
T.,
E. B. Ledger, M. W.
Howe, " Release of Uranium
-from Granitic Rocks During In Situ Weathering and Initial Erosion (Central Texas)", Chemical Geology, 1980.
44.
" Core Modification of the Texas A&M Nuclear Science Center l-
. Reactor for Improved Commercial Utilization", J.
P.
Taft with John D.
Randall and K. Walker, (March 1980).
45
" Organization and Management of Health Physics Support for L
a'Hesearch heactor", E.
F.
Bates with R.
D.
Neff and J. D.
Randall, (March 1980).
I-
'L
II-5 46.
" Analysis of Uranium in Ore Samples by Delayed Neutron
-Activation Analysis", Radiochemical and Radioanalytical Letters, by K. L. Walker, October 1980.
47
" Formation of 1-Silacyclopenta-2, 4 diene Through Recoil Silicon Atom Reactions", E. E. Siefert, K. L. Loh, R. A.
Ferrieri, and Y.-N.
- Tang, J. Am. Chem. Soc., 102, 2285, (1980).
-48.
" Fluoride Atom Shift in 1, 2-Difluoroethyl Radicals",
J.C.S. Chem. Comm., 814-(1980).
I' 49 E.
B'.
Ledger, T.
T. Tieh, and M. W.
Howe, " Delayed Neutron Activation Determination of Uranium in Twelve Rock Reference Standards", Geostandard Newsletter, 4, 153-155, (1980).
50.
Pond, K.
R.,
and Ellis, W.
C.,
" Effects of Monensin on Fecal Output and Voluntary Intake of Grazed Coastal Bermudagrass",
Beer Cattle Research in Texas, 1981.
51.
- Ellis, W.-C.,
Matis, J.
H.,
and Pond, K.
R.,
"Effect of' Monensin on Gastrointestinal Fill and Turnover of Undigested Forage. Residues in Animals Grazing Coastal Bermuda", Beef Cattle Research in Texas, 1981.
+
52.
Delaney, D.
S.,
Pond,'K.
R.,
Lascano, C.
E.,
and Ellis, W.
C., " Comparison of_ Fecal Output as Estimated by Two Marker Methods", Beef Cattle Research in Texas, 1981.
=53 Delaney, D. S.
and Ellis, W.
C.,
"Effect-of Monensin on
-Rumen Microbial Turnover", Beef Cattle Research in Texas, 1981.
54.4 Dr. Dan Hightower,'"Whole Body Counting", Southwest Chapter of Society of Nuclear Medicine, 1981.
55 Jeff-Watson and Billy Covington, " Neutron Transmutation Doped Silicon", American Association of Physics Teachers, i
1981.
i-56.
Lennart Kullberg and Abraham Clearfield, " Mechanism of Ion Exchange in Zirconium Phosphates - 31.
Therniodynamics cf Alkali Metal Ion Exchange on Amorphous Z-P",
J.
Phys. Chem.,
-1981.
l' 57
'Lennart Kullberg and Abraham Clearfield, " Mechanism of Ion Exchange in Zirconium Phosphates 32.
Thermodynamics of l
Alkali Metal Ion Exchange on Crystalline
-ZrP", J.
Phys.
Chem., 1981.
t
4
,i II-6 "5 8.
Dennis Nelson, William McDonough, and David Mattison, " Trace Element-Geochemistry of the Sawtooth Mountain Syenites, Transpecos Magmatic-Belt of West Texas", Trans Pecos i
"i Volcanism Symposium, 1981.
~59
" Reactions of Monomeric Difluorosilylene with' Ethylene",
- E.
E. Siefert, S. D. Witt, and Y.-N.
Tang, J. Chem. Soc.,
Chem. Comm., 217-218'(1981).
i
~ 60.
" Unusual Compounds Synthesized via Nuclear Recoil Methods",
Y.-N.
Tang, Advances in Chemistry Series, No. 197, "Short-Lived Radionuclides in Chemistry and Biology",
K.
A.
Krohn and J. W.
Root (eds.), American Chemical Society, pp. 53-66 (19'1).
J 61.
Parma, E.
J.,'" Gamma-Abundance of Silicon-31", Master's Thesis in Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1981.
62.
Theriot, L.
R.,
- Daley, L.,
" Matrix Effect in Atomic Absorp-tion Determination of Copper in Fraction I Protein:
Possible Role of Copper in Light Sensitive Control of Ribulose Biphosphate Carboxyglase Activity", Texas Journal of Science, December 1981.
63 Ellis, W.
C.,
Lascano,.C.
E.,
Teeter, R. and 0 wen, F.
N.,
t
'" Solute and Particulate Flow Markers", Proceedings of Symposium on Ruminant Protein Nutrition,-Oklanoma State University, 1982.
6
-Telford~
J.
P. and Ellis, W.
C.,
" Duration of Grazing
- 42~
Effects:on Gastrointestinal' Fill, Turnover, Digestibility and Voluntary-Intake of: Grazed Oak Pasture", Beer Cattle 1i Research in Texas, 19d2.
65 Pond, Kevin R.,
"The Fragmentation and Flow of Forage Resi-L
. dues Through the Gastrointestinal Tract of Cattle", Ph. D.
Dissertation in Animal Science, Texas A&M University, 1982.
56.
Pond, K.
R.,
- Deswysen, A. G; Matis, J. H. and Ellis, W'. C.,
" Chromium-mordanted'and Rare Earth Marker Fiber for Particu-
. late Flow Measurement", Beer Cattle Research in Texas, 1982.
U
'67
- Pond, K.'R.,
Deswysen, A. G. Matis, J. H.
and Ellis, W.
C.,
l" Rate of Passage Measurements as Affected by Dosing at c
^
Beginning or End of a Meal", Beer Cattle Research in Texas ~,
.1982.
. ~,
.---,,,.-._,_,..-.,.m.__-,,_-
m
,e-.
Y II-7
-68.
Pond, K.
R.,.Deswysen, A.
G.,
Matis, J. H. and Ellis, W.
C.,
" Marker Technique - ~ A Two Marker, Two Dose Method for Esti-mating Fecal Output, Fill and Flow", Beef Cattle Research-in Texa 1982.
,6 9..
" Characterization of Uranium-Rich Organic Material Obtained from.a South Texas. Lignite", M. S. Mohan, R.
A. Zingaro, R. D..Macfarlane and K.
J.
Irgolic, 1982, and Pittsburgh Energy Technology Center, May 18, 1982 by R.
A. Zingaro.
70.
" Biological Attributes of the West Hackberry Brine Disposal Site, Oceans 82", 4, 285 (1982) with D. Casserly, M.
Vecchiono, R. Maples, R.
Ilg, Caston, D.
Weston and L.
Dervoen.
71.
" Quick Separation of Manganese from Brine Solutions Radio-chem Radioanal Letters 51, 65 (1982) with G.
L. Grout and
_C.
L.
Webre.
17 2.
- Annealing. Studies of Transmutation Doped Silicon", paper presented at Texas' Academy of Science Meeting in San Angelo
'in March 1982 by Jeff Watson and Billy Covington.
73
" Annealing Study of NTD Silicon:
Boron", paper presented at Fourth International NTD Conference in Washington, D.
C.,
in' June'1982 by Jeff Watson and Billy Covington.
>74.
." Annealing Study of NTD Silicon:
Boron", to be published in the proceedings of the Fourth International NTD Conference in~1982 by Jeff Watson and Billy Covington.
75
" Implications of Fission Track Ages from the Kaplan Geo-thermal Geopressure Zone, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana",
R. K. Dokka, Transactions of Gulf Coast Association of Geological Societies, Vol. 32, pages 465-468 (1982).
.~
? William F. McDonough, Dennis 0. Nelson, and G. David
'7'.
6 l
Mattison, " Major and Trace Element Variation in a Dynamically l Evolving Silicon Magma Char.ber", Trans-Pecos Volcanism, March 1982.
h
+77.i John' H. Schieffer, G.
David Mattison and Dennis 0.
- Nelson, "The Mineralogy and Geochemistry of the Igneous Rocks of the Terlingua District, Brewster County, Texas", Trans-Pecos L
Volcanism,_ March 1982.
E
Z II-8
- 78.
John H. Schieffer and G. David Mattison, " Nature and Origin of Alkalic and Calcic Veinlets in Xenoliths from the Terlingua District, West Texas.
Geological Society of America, October 1982.
79
'C.
Conrad, " Uranium in the Oatman Creek' Granite and Its Economic Impact", Masters Thesis in Geology, 1982.
80.
W. Schaftenaar, " Uranium in Igneous Rock of the Central Davis Mountains of West Texas", Masters Thesis in Geology, 1982.
81.
- H. Deigl and D.
E.
Feltz, " Antiquity, Man and Machine".
Paper presented at Eighth TRIGA User's Conference, Idaho
' Falls, Idaho, March 1982.
82.
D. Rogers and J. D.
Randall, "In-Pool Neutron' Radiography of Damaged FLIP Fuel".
Paper presented at Eighth TRIGA User's Conference, Idaho Falls, Idaho, March 1982.
834 Beasley, C. W.,'" Perfusion Measurement with Rubidium 81 to
. Krypton 81m Ratio",
Ph.D., Dissertation in Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology, Texas-A&M University, 1982.
84.
Brady, M.
C.,
" Radiation Field Measurements-in the TAMU Nuclear Science' Center Irradiation Cell", Master's Thesis
'in Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1982.
85.'
Parma, E. J. and Hart, R.
R.,." Measurements of the Gamma Abundance of Si",
Proceedings.of the Fourth International Conference on Neutron Transmutation Doping of Semi-co'nductors, Gaithersburg, Maryland, June 1982.
. 86.
Young, M. H. and Hart, R.
R.,
" Neutron Transmutation Doping of p-Type Czochralski-Grown GaAs", Proceedings of the Fourth-International Conference on-Neutron Transmutation Doping of_ Semiconductors, Gaithersburg, Maryland, June 1982.
87 Pond, K.
R.,
Ellis, W.
C. and Matis, J.-H.,
"Digesta Flow L '
Through the Ruminant's Digestive Tract", Beer Cattle Research in Texas, 1983 8 8 '.
Pond,.K.~B., Ellis,LW.
C.,
James, W. D. and Otte, M.
G.,-
i
" Analysis of. Multiple Markers Used in Nutrition Research",
g
[
Beef Cattle'Research in Texas,'1983 I
L
~ - -
l i
3' II-9 i-f89 Welch,>K.
L., " Fluence Monitor' Calibration of the Multiple
- Rotisserie Irradiation Device for Neutron Transmutation Doping", Master's Project in Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1983 190.
'Pgzoniski, L.,
- Hanna, A.
N.,
- Suschny, 0.,
" Report on Inter-comparisons S-14,_S-15,-S-16 of the Determination of Uranium and Thorium in Thorium Ores", IAEA Report IAEA/
RL/101, 1983
]
91.
Schieffer, J.
H.,
Nelson, D.
O.,
" Petrology and Geochemistry
.of Megacrysts, Xenoliths, and.their Host Basalts from the Terlingua Mercury District of West Texas", Geological Society of America, Abstracts with Program, V.
13, 1983
- 92. ~ 'of Cibolo Creek I:
Evaluation of Element-Distribution in Nelson, D.
O.,
Oct, K. L. and Tolley, R.
D.,
" Geochemistry
- Stream Sediments", Earth Sciences, 1983 93
- Rudnick, R.
L.,
" Geochemistry and Tectonic Affinities of a Proterozoic Bimodal Igenous Suite, West Texas", Geology, 1983 94.
McDonough, W.
G.,
"The Geochemistry and Petrology of a Trachyte Comendite Suite from the Oligocene Paisano Volcano, West-Texas", Master's Thesis in Geology, Sul Ross State University, 1983 195 Kennicutt II, M.
C.,
Keeney-Kennicut, W.
L.,
Presley, B.
J.,
~
and Fenner, F.,
"The Use of Pyrolysis and Barium Distribu-tions to Assess the Areal Extent of Drilling Fluids in Sur-ficial Marine Sediments", Environ. Geol. 4, pp. 239-249 4
' (1983).
96.
- Presley, B.
J.,
Sheu, D.
D.,
"Orea Basin:
Recent Deep-Sea Black Mud", Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of
. America, Indianapolis, Indiana (1983);
97 Whiteacre, M..
"Sorber Performance Data on the Recovery of b
- Strategic Elenar.ts from Seawater", Master's Project in Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University, 1983 7
98.
Best,.F.
R. and Whiteacre, M.,
"Sorber Performance Data on the Recovery of Strategic Elements from Seawater", Inter-
' national bheting on Recovery of Uranium from Seawater, 2
Tokyo, Japan, 1983
II-10 99
.'Best, F.
R., _" Interpretation'and Analysis of Sorber-Per-formance Data on Recovery of Uranium from-Seawater - II",
International Meeting on Recovery of Uranium from Seawater,
. Tokyo,' Japan,. October 1983
'100.
~ James,'W.
D.,
" Multiple Stable Isotope Markers Used in Nutrition Research", Annual American Nuclear Society Meeting, Detroit, Michigan, 1983 101.
Akanni, M.
S.,
Ogugbuaja, V.
O.,
James, W.
D.,
" Trace Element Content of Magnetohydrodynamic Coal Combustion Effluents", Journal of Radioanalytical Chemistry, V. 79, No. 2, pp. 197-205, 1983 102.
Budnick, R.
L.,
" Petrology and Geochemistry of the Carrizo Mountain Group", Geology, Spring 1983 103
-Simpkins, T.
H.,
"The Geology and Geochemistry of the Agua-chili Mountain Fluorspar-Beryllium District".
Presented at the Geology Society of America Meeting, Fall, 1983
- 104..Schlapper, G.
A.,
Neff,.R.
D.,
Davis, D.
R.,
and Sandel, P.
S.,
" Measurement of Routinely Encountered Neutron Doses in Research Facilities", Radiation Protection Management, 0ctober 1983 05.
- Khalil, N.,
"A Test of the Efficiency'of the Raw Water 1
Stirring System Installed in Liquid Waste Holdup Tank 1",
Technical' Report Number 44, (1983).
106.
Goodman, D.
G.,
" Motor Driven Flux Wire Counter", Technical Report Number 45, 1983 107
~0'Donnell,-J., " Determination of the Neutron Flux in the TAMU Nuclear Science Center Reactor During Pulse and Steady
. State. Operation", Master's Thesis in Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University,1983 108.
Followill, D.
S.,
" Determination of Exchangeable Potassium in the Canine by Means-of Whole-Body Counting", Master's
-Project in Nuclear Engine'ering, Texas A&M University, 1983
' 109 Mohan, M.
S.,
and *Zingaro, R.
A.,
" Trace Element Characteri-zation of Deep Basin Lignites of Texas", Final Report to
-Texas Energy and Natural' Resources Advisory Council, 1983 t
110.
Ilger, W.
A.,
"A Study of Uranium in South Texas Lignite",
f' Master's-Thesis in Chemistry, Texas A&M University, 1983 i
i
II-11 111.
- Daley, L.
S.,
"ESR of Transition Metal 'Chromophores' in RuBP Case Supporting Neutron Activation and Optical Data Concepts of UV Light Activation Through Transition Metal Chromophores" in Blue Light Syndrome, 2 Horst Senger, ed.,
Springer-Verlay, 1984.
112.
- Ilger, J.
D.,
- Ilger, W.
A.,
Mohan, M. S.
and Zingaro, R.
A.,
" Characterization of Uranium in a South Texas Lignite",
Eleventh Annual Meeting of Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies, Philadelphia, September?1984.
113 Ellis, W.
C.,
- Matis, J.
H.,
Pond, K.
R.,
Lascano, C.
E. and
- Telford, J.
P.,
" Dietary Influences on Flow Rate and Diges-tive Capacity", Proceedings of Sympositim on Herbivore Nutri-tion in the Sub-Tropics and Tropics, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1984.
114.
Roth, L.
D.,
Ellis, W.
C. and Rouquette, F. M.
Jr.,
" Sward Attributes and Nutritive Value of Coastal Bermudagrass as Influenced by Grazing Pressure", Proceedings of Forage and Grasslands Conference, Houston, 1984.
115 Machem, Richard V.,
" Effects of Physiological Status, Supplementation and Monensin on Fortge Intake, Digestibility and Digesta Turnover",
M. S.
Thesis, Texas A&M University, 1984.
116.
Roth,. Larry R.,
" Effects of Grazing upon Sward Attributes and Utilization of Coastal Bermudagrass by Cattle", M. S.
Thesis in Animal Science, Texas A&M University, 1984.
117 Whiteacre, Matt, " Experimental Determination of Elemental Recovery from Natural Seawater Achieved by Ion Exchange Resins", Master of Engineering project report, Texas A&M University, December 1984.
118.
Tobey, M.
H.,
- Shafer, H.
J.
and Rowe, M.
W.,
" Trace Element Investigations of Mayan Chert from Belize", International Symposium on Archaeometry, May 1984.
119 Tobey, M.
H.,
- Nielsen, E. O.
and Rowe, M.
W.,
" Elemental Analysis of' Etruscan Ceranics from Murlo, Italy", Inter-national Symposium on Archaeometry, May'1984.
120.
Charles, Martha, "The Application of a Scintillation Flask Technique for the Measurement of Endon Emanation",
M. S.
Thesis in Nuclear Engineering, Texas A&M University, May 1984.
L __
y Il-12 121.
Gonzalez, Yenny C.,
" Aerosol Dilution and Dispersion at the Nuclear Sci ~ence Center Confinement Building", M. S.
Thesis in HealthiPhysics, Texas A&M University, December 1984.
122.
Poynton, C.
H.,
- Tilbury, R.
S.,
- Head, J.
G.,
- Tindle, S.,
Dicke, K.
A.,
Peters, L. and Reading, C.
L.,
" Boron Slow Heutron Capture with Colloidal Cobalt Boride Conjugated to Monoclonal Antibody", Conference on Advances in the i Application of Mono-Clonal Antibodies in Clinical Oncology, London, UK, June 1984.
.123 Oguybuaja, V.
O.,>" Bioaccumulation of Trace Elements From Coal Fly Ash in Rats", Ph.D. Dissertation, Texas A&M Uni-versity, 1984.
124.
Clevenger, T.
E.,
Hinderberger, E.
J.,
- Yates, D.
A. and James, W.
D., " Analysis for Trace Elements in Magnetohydro-dynamic (MHD) Pilot Plant Effluents", Environmental Science and Technology, 18, 253-257, 1984.
125 James, W.
D.,
Arnold, F.
F.,
Pond, K.
R.,
Glascock, M.
D.,
and Spalding, T.
G.,
" Application of Prompt Gamma Activa-tion Analysis and Neutron Activation Analysis to the Use of Samarium as an Intestinal Marker", Journal of Radio-analytical Chemistry, 83, 209-214, 1984.
126.
McDonough, W. F. and Nelson, D.
O., " Geochemical Constraints on Magma Processes in a Peralkaline System:
The Paisano Volcano, West Texas", Geochemica] et Cosmochimica Acta,
, Vol. 48, pp. 2243-2455, 1984.
127 Nelson, D.
O.,
Nelson, K.
Z.,
and Mattison, G.
D.,
"Impli-cations of Trace Element and Isotopic Composition for the Origins'of Silicic Rocks of the East-Central Trans-Pecos Magnatic Belt of West Texas", GSA Abstracts, Vol. 16, No. 4,
- 1984, 128.
Nelson, D.
O.,
- Nelson, K.
L.,
and Mattison, G.
D.,
"Re-connaissance Geochemistry of Rocks of the Trans-Pecos Magmatic Belt", Geological Society of America Abstracts, L
Vol. 16, No. 2, 1934.
129 R. T.
Perry, W. B. Wilson, and T.
A.
- Parish, "A 14 MeV Neutron Source", Sixth Topical Meeting cn the Technology of Fusion Energy, San Francisco, California, March 1985 l
r APPENDIX-III Summaries of Health Physics Support Effluent Releases Environmental Survey Program Radiation and Contamination Control Program and Personnel Exposures l
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III-1 Summary of Health Physics f'
Support for the Operation of the Nuclear Science Center Reactor 1984 1:
Provided health physics monitoring support for processing 716 irradiations containing over 11,378 samples and approximately 1300 curiesfor radioactivity.
Certified 414 shipments ~of radioactive materials to_off-site industry.
[
Certified 68 shipments of radioactive. materials to other campus laboratories.
Provided monitoring support for processing and handling over 7,000 experimental samples retained at the Nuclear Science Center laboratories.
Conducted environmental. survey program in cooperation with the Texas State Department of Health.
This program consists of in-situ TLD monitors and the collection, analyses and evaluation of 57. soil, water, vegetation, and milk ~ samples.
Provided personnel monitoring support for ~ 35 persons on a daily basis and 4278 visitors as required.
Performed radionuclide identification and determi-ned radio-activity concentrations for 48 releases of radioactive liquid effluents totaling 1,877,000 gallons including fresh water diluent.
Performed surveys'of the Nuclear Science Center facilities for radiation levels and radioactive contamination including the collection, analyses, and evaluation of approximately 300 smear samples on a-monthly basis.
Conducted radiation safety training for 71 NSC employees and experimental personnel using NSC facilities.
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III-2 EFFLUENT RELEASE
SUMMARY
Introduction
. Summaries of radioactive effluents released from the Nuclear Science Center for 1984 are included in this Appendix.
These data I-are presented in tabular form and include atmospheric, liquid and solid waste releases.
Particulate Releases Radioactive particulates are monitored at the base of the central exhaust stack and summarized on a monthly basis.
The annual ~ average release rate was 1.43 x 10-22 pCi/cc.
Total radioactivity released for the year was 1.06 x 10-8 curies.
These data are presented in Table 1.
~ Gaseous Releases Argon-41-is the major gaseous effluent produced and released at the Nuclear Science Center.
This effluent is measured by counting the Argon-41 photopeak in the gaseous discharges of the central exhaust stack.. Total Argon-41 released during 1984 was 1.75 curies.
This results in an annual average release rate of 2 35 x 10-8 pCi/cc as measured in the central exhaust stack with no. dilution factors applied.
Applying the dilution factor of 5 0 E-03. allowed at the site boundary (as determined, SAR,-pages 116-119, June 1980) results in radioactivity concentrations of <1%
of the limits specified in 10CFR20, Appendix B, Table II, Column
- 1. These data are summarized on a monthly basis and presented in Table.2.
Liquid Waste Releases Radioactive liquid effleunts are collected in liquid waste i
holdup tanks prior to release from the confines of the Nuclear
. Science Center.- Sample analyses for radioisotope identification
.and. radioactivity concentrations were determined for each release.
l-There were 48 liquid waste releases totaling 2.84 E 06 gallons in-cluding diluents from the Nuclear Science Center during 1984.
The total radioactivity released for 1964 was 8.76 E-03 Ci with an average concentration of 1.23 E-06 pCi/ml.
Summaries of the
-radioisotope data are presented in Table 3 through 15 Radio-activity concentrations for each isotope were below the limits specified"in 10CFR20, Appendix B.
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TABLE 1 PARTICULATE EFFLUENT RELEASES ANNUAL
SUMMARY
1984 4*
l Exhaust Concentration
. Total Radioactivity Month-
-Volume-(cc)
(pCi/cc)
(pCi)
(Ci)
~ January 6 31 E12 2.81 E-11 177 1.77 E-04 February 5 91 E12 4.09 E-12 24.1 2.4 E-05 March.
6.31 E12 3.91 E-11 246 2.46 E-04 April 6.12 E12 5.9 E-12 36.1 3.61 E-05 May 6.31 E12.
9 3 E-12 58.6 5.86 E-05 June 6.12 E12 1.79 E-11 109.5 1.09 E-04
. July-6.31 E1;2
'1.88 E-11 118.2 1.18 E-04' August 6.31 E12 1.38 E-11 87.1 8.71 E.Septemb'er 6.12 E12 6.8 E-13 4.1 4.1~E-06 10ctober 6.31 E12 23:E-11 145.7 1.45 E-05 November 6.12 E12.
5.6 E-12 34.3 3.43 E-05
' December' 6 31 E12 5.1 E-12
-32.2 3 22 E-05 Total' Volume:
7.45 E 13cc
-Annual Average Release:
1.43 E-11 pC1/cc LTotal~ Radioactivity Released:
1.06 E-03 Ci I
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III-4 TABLE 2 i-GASEOUS EFFLUENT RELEASES AR00N-41 a
ANNUAL
SUMMARY
1984 Exhaust Concentration
- Concentration **
Ratio Total' Volume (cc)
(pCi/cc)
(pCi/cc)
MPC Radioactivity Xonth (Ci)*
fonuary 6 31 E12 1.86 E-08 9 3 E-11 2 32E-03 1.17E-01 February 5 91 E12, 1 92'E-08 9.6 E-11 2.4E-03 1.13E-01 Durch 6 31'E12' 5.13 E-08 2.56 E-10 6.4E-03 3 23E-01 2pril 6.12 E12 1.63 E-08 8.1 E-11 2.0E-03 9.9E-02 qcy 6 31 E12 9.03 E-08 4.5 E-10
.1.12E-02 5.69E-01
~
6.12 E12 1.09 E-08 5.4 E-11 1.3E-03 6.6E-02 fune Fuly 6.31 E12 2.48 E-08 1.24 E-10 3 1E-03 1.56E-01 2ugust 6 31 E12 3 06 E-08 1.53 E-10 3.8E 1 93E-01
@ep*, ember 6.12 E12 2.6 E-09 1 3 E-11 3 2E-04 1.59E-02 retober
-6.31 E12 6.1 E-10 3 0 E-12 7.5E-05 3.85E-03
.ovember 6.12 E12 1.53 E-09 7.6 E-12 1 9E-04 9 36E-03 jocember 6.31 E12 1.47 E-08 7.3 E-11 1.82E-03 9 2E-02 l
Rotal Volume:
7.45 E13 cc nnual Average Release:#
2 35 x 10 'pCi/cc gotal Radioactivity Released:'
1 75 Ci DAs measured in the central exhaust stack OAc determined at 100 meters, approximate boundary of exclusion area, with 200/1 dilution factor (SAR, pp. 117-119, June 1979).
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TABLE 3 RADIOACTIVE LIQUID EFFLUENT RELEASES J-
SUMMARY
1984 No. of Volume Conc.
MPC MPC Activity Isotope, Releases-mL pCi/cc pCi/cc Percent Curies
'Ar 41.
.1' 1.1E+08 2.09091E 3E-06 6.9697 2 3E-05 Co-57.
12 1.832E+09 1.'32129E-07 4E-04
.0330322 2.4206E-04 Co-58 13 2.144E+09 2.34095E-07 9E-05
.260106 5.019E-04
'Co-60 30 4.158E+09 3 867E-07' 3E-05 1.289 1.6079E-03 Au-198 1
1.1E+08 7 18182E-08 5E-05 143636 7 9E-06 Ir-192 4
5.22E+08 2.36399E-07 4E-05
.590996 1.234E-04 Mn 23 3.306E+09 4.6951E-07 1E-04
.46951 1.5522E.
NO-22 2
3 9E+08 2.13846E-06' 3E-05 7 12821 8.34E-04
.NQ-24 2
2.59E+08 9 30502E-08 3E-05 310167 2.41E :Zn 34 4.592E+09 9 33428E-07 1E-04 933428
_4.2863E-03 IK 40' 2
2E+08 2.865E-07 3E-06 9 55 5.73E-05 2
i iTotal Number of Releases:
48 iTotal Volume Including Dilution:
7 104E+09 mL l Total. Activity:
8.76E-03 Curies l Average Concentration Including Dilution:
1.23311E-06 pCi/cc i
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III-6 TABLE 4 NUCLEAR SCIENCE CENTER RADIOACTIVE LIQUID EFFLUENT RELEASES MONTHLY
SUMMARY
January 1984 No. of Volume Conc.
MPC MPC Activity
>sotope Releases mL PCi/cc UCi/cc Percent Curies o-57 1
1.55E+08 3 11613E-08 4E-04 7.79032E-03 4.83E-06' o-58 2
3.68E+08 9.88859E-08 9E-05
.109873 3.639E-05 o-60 4
5.92E+08.2.87382E-07 3E-05 957939 1.7013E-04 n-54 2.
3.68E+08 2.6948E-07 1E-04
.269484 9.917E-05 n-65 3
4.82E+08 8.69502E-07 1E-04
.869502 4.191E-04
@otal Number of deleases:
4
@otal Volume Released (with dilution):
5.92E+08 mL
.verage Concentration (with dilution):
1.2335E-06 pCi/cc gotal Radioactivity:
7 3023E-04 Curies.
III-7 TABLE 5 NUCLEAR SCIENCE CENTER RADIOACTIVE LIQUID EFFLUENT RELEASES MONTHLY
SUMMARY
February 1984 tio. of Volume Conc.
MPC MPC Activity sotope Releases
.mL pCi/cc pCi/cc Percent Curies o-57 1
3 07E+08 5.57003E-07 4E-04
.139251 1 71E-04 o-58
- 1 3 07E+08 1.66775E-07 9E-05
.185306 5.12E-05 o-60 4
7 53E+08 3 16189E-07 3E-05 1.05396 2 3809E-04 en-54 1
3 07E+08 4.98371E-07 1E-04
.498371 1.53E-04
-22 1
3 07E+08 2.6645E-06 3E-05 8.88165 8.18E-04 n-65 4-7.53E+08 6.49801E-07 1E-04
.649801 4.893E-04 otal Number of' Releases:
4 i
otal' Volume Released.(with dilution):
7.53E+08 mL verage Concentration-(with dilution):
1.46547E-06 pCi/cc dotal Radioactivity:
1.1035E-03 Curies l
4 i
m-.m
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SUMMARY
March 1984 No. of Volume Conc.
MPC MPC Activity
<sotopa Releases mL' UCi/cc UCi/cc Percent-Curies o-58 1
1.8E+08 4.96111E 9E-05 551235 8.93E-05 o-60 2
3.98E+08 5.09774E-07 3E-05 1.69925 2.0289E-04
'r-192 1
1.8E+08 1.17778E-07 4E-05
.294444 2.12E-05 2 3 98E+08 4.90879E-07 1E-04
.490879 1 9537E-04 n-65 3
5.65E+08 1.06673E-06 1E-04 1.06673 6.027E-04 otal Number of Releases:
3
>otal Volume Released (with dilution):
5.65E+08 mL veraga Concentration (with dilution):
1.97858E-06 pCi/cc gotal Radioactivity:
1.1179E-03 Curies
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TABLE 7 NUCLEAR SCIENCE CENTER RADIOACTIVE LIQUID EFFLUENT RELEASES MONTHLY
SUMMARY
April 1984 l
l No. of
-Volume Conc.
MPC MPC Activity
+actopa Releases mL pCi/cc pCi/cc Percent Curies o-57 1
1.08E+08 2.05556E-08 4E-04 5.13889E-03 2.22E-06 o-60' 1
1.08E+08
'2 39815E-07 3E-05 799383 2.59E-05
-54 1
.1.08E+08 1.59259E-07 1E-04
.159259 1.72E-05 yn265 1
1.08E+08 5.21296E-07 1E-04 521296 5.63E-05 otal Number of Releases:
1 t
otaluVolume Released (with dilution):
1.08E+08 mL voraga Concentration (with dilution):
9.44445E-07 pCi/cc
,otal' Radioactivity:
1.02E-04 Curies 5
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III-10 TABLE 8 NUCLEAR SCIENCE CENTER RADIOACTIVE LIQUID EFFLUENT RELEASES MONTHLY
SUMMARY
May 1984 No. of-Volume Conc.
MPC MPC Activity totops Releases mL pCi/cc pC1/cc Percent Curies
- o-57' 2-2.37E+08 8.74262E-08 4E-04
.0218565 2.072E-05
- o-58 1
1.29E+08 5.4031E-07 9E-05
.600345 6.97E-05
- o-60 3
3 66E+08 6.7541E-07 3E-05 2.25137 2.472E-04 tr-192 1'
1.29E+08 3 11628E-07 4E-05
.77907 4.02E-05 in-54 2:
2 37E+08 6.79325E-07 1E-04
.679325 1.61E-04 cu-24 1
1.29E+08 1.78295E-07 3E-05
.594315 2 3E-05 kn-65 4
4.95E+08 2.02283E-06 1E-04 2.02283 1.0013E-03 otal Number of Releases:
4 Fotal Volume Released (with dilution):
4.95E+08 mL verage Concentration (with dilution):
3.15657E-06 pCi/cc gotal Radioactivity:
1.5625E-03 Curies
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TABLE 9 NUCLEAR SCIENCE CENTER
. RADIOACTIVE LIQUID EFFLUENT RELEASES MONTHLY
SUMMARY
June 1984 No. of Volume Conc.
MPC MPC Activity icotope Releases mL
-pC1/cc pCi/cc Percent Curies c
1 1.82E+08 4.62088E-08 4E-04
.0115522 8.41E-06
[o-57 co-58 3
4.23E+08 1.39551E-07 9E-05
.155056 5.903E-05 co-5 7.09E+08 2.73724E-07 3E-05 912412 1 9407E-04 I
'60' Lin-54 3
4.23E+08 3.97187E-07 1E-04 397187 1.6801E-04 jn-65 5
7.09E+08 7.65416E-07 1E-04 765416 5.4268E-04 iotal Number of. Releases:
5-
!Jotal-Volume Released (with dilution):
8.38E+08 mL.
)veraga Concentration (with dilution):
1.17088E-06 pCi/cc fotel. Radioactivity:
9.812E-04 Curies l
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TABLE 10 NUCLEAR SCIENCE CENTER RADIOACTIVE LIQUID EFFLUENT RELEASES MONTHLY
SUMMARY
July 1984 No.Hof Volume Conc.
MPC MPC Activity Scotopo Releases mL pCi/cc pCi/cc Percent Curies
@o-57 1'
1 3E+08 1.07692E-07 4E-04
.0269231 1.4E-05
@o-58 1
1 3E+08 4.38462E-07 9E-05
.48718 5.7E-05
@o-60 3
3.6E+08 4 35833E-07 -3E-05 1.45278 1.569E-04
%n-54' 2
2.5E+08 5.908E-07 1E-04 5908 1.477E-04 Zn-65 3
3.6E+08 1.25E-06 1E-04 1.25 4.5E-04 Sotcl Number.of Releases:
3 Total. Volume Released (with dilution):
3 6E+08 mL dvor:go Concentration (with dilution):
2.28889E-06 pCi/cc Sotal' Radioactivity:
8.24E-04 Curies L
III-13 TABLE 11 NUCLEAR SCIENCE CENTER RADI0 ACTIVE LIQUID EFFLUENT RELEASES MONTHLY
SUMMARY
August 1984 No. of Volume Conc.
MPC-MPC Activity Icotopo Releases mL pCi/cc Ci/cc Percent Curies Co-57 3
5.08E+08 4.5E-08 4E-04
.01125 2.286E-05 Co-58 2
3 98E+08 2.04774E-07 9E-05
.227526 8.15E-05 Co 3 4.96E+08 9.59274E-08 3E 319758 4.758E-05 Ir-192 1
1.29E+08 2.1783E-07 4E-05 544574 2.81E-05 Mn-54 4
6.61E+08 2.82632E-07 1E-04
.282632 1.8682E-04 Zn-65 4
6.61E+08 7.48866E-07 1E-04'
.748866 4 95E-04 Totnl. Number of Releases:
5 Tot:1 olume Released (with dilution):
7.78E+08 mL Average Concentration (with dilution):
1.2905E-06 pCi/cc Totcl Radioactivity:
1.00401E-03 Curies
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. TABLE 12 NUCLEAR SCIENCE CENTER 2
RADIOACTIVE LIQUID-EFFLUENT ~ RELEASES MONTHLY
SUMMARY
September 1984 1
No. 'of Volume
. Conc.
MPC MPC Activity
_ Isotope Releases mL pCi/cc uCi/cc
' Percent Curies.
Co-60 2
1.27E+08 7.00787E-07 3E-05 2.33596 8.9E-05 Mn-54
'2 1.27E+08 '1.03937E-06 1E-04 1.03937 1 32E-04 Zn-65 4
2.18E+08-1.16697E-06 1E-04 1.16697 2.544E-04 Total. Number of Releases:
4
, Total Volume Released (with' dilution):
2.18E+08 mL
~ Average Concentration (with dilution):
2.13945E-06 pC1/cc
- Total Radioactivity
4.664E-04 Curies
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TABLE 13 NUCLEAR. SCIENCE CENTER RADI0 ACTIVE; LIQUID EFFLUENT RELEASES
- MONTHLY
SUMMARY
October 1984 No. of Volume Conc.
- Isotope Releases.
mL pCi/cc pCi/cc Percent Curies co-60:
2 2.08E+08 3.07692E-07 3E-05 1.02564 6.4E-05.
Mn-54 2
.2.08E+08 3.46154E-07 1E-04 346154 7.2E-05 Zn-65
.2 2.08E+08 6.49039E-07 1E-04
.649039 1.35E-04 Total Number of Releases:
3 Total Volume Released (with dilution):
3 07E+08 mL Average Concentration (with dilution):
8.79479E-07 pCi/cc Total Radioactivity:
2.7E-04 Curies
=..
l.
m m.
III-16 TABLE 14 NUCLEAR SCIENCE CENTER
. RADIOACTIVE LIQUID EFFLUENT RELEASES MONTHLY
SUMMARY
November 1984 No. of Volume Conc.
MPC MPC Activity sotope Releases mL pCi/cc pCi/cc Percent Curies o-57 1
7E+07 5.57143E-08 4E-04
.0139286 3 9E-06 Fo-58 1
8.3E+07 6.38554E-07 9E 709505 5.3E-05 Fo-60
.1 8.3E+07 1 92771E-06 3E-05 6.4257 1.6E-04 3r-192 1
8.3E+07 4.09639E-07 4E-05 1.0241 3.4E-05 in 1 8.3E+07 2.40964E-06
.1E-04 2.40964 2E-04 Ba-22 1
8.3E+07 1 92771E-07 3E-05
.64257 1.6E-05 Zn-65 1
8.3E+07 3.61446E-06 1E-04 3.61446 3E-04 2-40 1
7E+07 6.14286E-07 3E-06 20.4762
_4.3E Total Number.of Releases:
3 Total Volume Released (with dilution):
2.52E+08 mL
. Average Concentration-(with dilution):
3 24206E-06 pCi/cc Totsl Radioactivity:
8.17E-04 Curies i
III-17 TABLE 15 NUCLEAR SCIENCE CENTER RADIOACTIVE EFFLUENT RELEASES MONTHLY
SUMMARY
December 1984 No. of
. Volume' Conc.
MPC MPC Activity notope Releases mL pCi/cc pCi/cc
. Percent Curies r-41 1
1.1E+08 2.09091E-07 3E-06 6.9697 2.3E-05 o-57 1
1 3E+08 1.23077E-08 4E-04 3 07692E-03 1.6E-06 co-58 1
1.3E+08 5.84615E-08 9E-05
.0649573 7.6E-06 o-60 1
1.3E+08 1.15385E-07 3E-05 384615 1.5E u-198 1
1.1E+08 7.27273E-08 SE-05
.145455 8E-06 n-54 1
1 3E+08 1.46154E-07 1E-04
.146154 1.9E-05 a-24 1
1 3E+08 8.46154E-09 3E-05
.0282051 1.1E-06 n 1 1 3E+08 1.46154E-07 1E-04
.146154 1.'9E-05
-40 1
1 3E+08 4.07692E-07 3E-06 13 5897 5.3E-05
@otal Number of Releases:
3 Fotal Volume Released (with dilution):
3 7E+08 mL Averago_ Concentration (with dilution):
3 97297E-07 pCi/cc Total' Radioactivity:
1.47E-04 Curies u
III-18 ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEY PROGRAM Introduction The environmental survey samples were collected in accordance with-the schedules of the cooperative surveillance program between the Texas State Department of Health and the Texas A&M University.
These samples were analyzed for gross gamma and beta activities and isotope identification.
Data from these samples remained basically unchanged from 1984 and reflect the continued use of retention facilities -and sample analysis for laboratory effluents prior to their release.
Sample analyses indicate that the activities are remaining at normal background levels in the unrestricted environment.
The environmental survey program was expanded in 1977 to include the in-situ measurement of' integrated radiation exposures at the site boundaries.
These measurements are made for a period of approximately 90 days using commercially available thermoluminescent dosimeters (TLD's) of lithium fluoride chips in glass encapsulated bulbs.
These dosimeters are provided and processed by Texas Department of Health, Division of Occupational Health and Radiation Control.
Ambient background for these measurements is determined from a control dosimeter located southeast of Easterwood Airport approximately 800 maters east of the Nuclear Science Center site.
This location is at a right angle to the prevailing southeasterly winds which occur a large majority of the time on an annual basis.
Table 16 lists the average exposure rate above ambient background for a number of locations-at the site boundary.
The highest exposure points at the north and west location of the site boundary.
Additionally, a dosimeter is located adjacent to the radioactive waste storage building and the instrument calibration range.
Exposure data from this dosimeter is not considered as a result of reactor operations but does reflect the maximum site boundary exposure of 128 mR per year.
This site boundary location is further protected from free access to the general public for an additional 100 meters of fenced Texas A&M University property.
Summaries of the environmental survey program for the last quarter of 1983 and the first two quarters of 1984 are presented in Tables 17-19 for gross beta activity.
Summaries for the last two quarters of 1984 are not yet available and will be included in the 1985 annual report.
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TABLE 16 ENVIRONMENTAL RADIATION MONITORING PROGRAM INTEGRATED RADIATION EXPOSURE 29 October 1983 to 16 November 1984 Calculated Calculated Dose Rate Dose Rate Site'#
Location (micro R/hr)
(mR/yr) 1.
Southeast.of airport - fence by 7
59 large oak tree at Fireman Training Center entrance -
background 2
-NSC back fence, northwest corner 10 92 by gate 3
NSC back fence - middle, south 11 96 of TLD #2
'4 NSC north fence - corner - at 12 106 calibration range fence 5
NSC front gate - fence corner 8
68 6
NSC northeast fence corner on 15 128 calibration range fence 7-East of calibration range barbed 7
62 o
wire fence on small tree across drainage ditch
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Easterwood airport fence north 7
62 of stock tank 9
In evergreen tree in open field 7
61 west of calibrator fence 10 South fence by trailers - east 8
66 of reactor building 11 Scuts; fence - at corner 7
63 e.
III-20 TABLE 17 ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEY PROGRAM FCURTH QUARTER
SUMMARY
1983 VEGETATION Number Location-Samples (pC1/gm)
White Creek 2
14
'NSC Creek 4
21.5 NSC Site 8
13 3 WATER (pCi/mL)
NSC Creek 4
0.046 White Creek 2
Not available Easterwood Fish Pond 2
<.040 li S0IL (pCi/gm)
NSC Northwest Corner 2
10
-NSC North 2
7.2 NSC Northeast 2
7.2
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III-21 TABLE 18 ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEY PROGRAM FIRST QUARTER
SUMMARY
1984 VEGETATION Number Location Samples (pCi/gm)
~NSC Creek 1
31 White Creek 1
33 NSC'Outside 2
37
-TAMU Landfill 1
33
'TAMU-Dairy 1
15 WATER (pCi/mL)
NSCLCreek 2
0.035 Whit'e Creek 2
<0.004
-Airport: Fish Pond 2
0.018 S0IL (pCi/gm)
NSC Northwest 1
8.7 NSC North 1
99 NSC: Northeast 1
5.5
'0utside NSC 1
7.7
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III-22 TABLE 19 ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEY PROGRAM SECOND QUARTER
SUMMARY
1984 VEGETATION Number Location Samples (pCi/gm)
White Creek 1
28.8 NSC Creek 1
16.0 NSC'Inside 1
30.0 WATER Radioactivity (pCi/mL)
(pCi/mL)
Easterwood Airport 1
<0.015.
White Creek.
1
<0.015 NSC Creek 1
<0.015 S0IL (pCi/gm)
-NSC Northwest 1
63 NSC North 1
56 NSC Northeast' 1
40 Outside NSC 1
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III-23 PERSONNEL EXPOSURES Radiation exposures to personnel at the Nuclear Science Center for 1984 were well' below the limits of 10CFR20.
The maximum exposure received by an individual for the year was 260 mrem.
A total of approximately 3 13 MANREM was received for 1984.
More important, the exposures reflect an extended effort by all personnel to minimize and climinate radiation exposures whenever practicable.
These exposure
'dnta become more significant.when one considers that in addition to routine reactor operations, over 11,378 samples containing approxi-m tely 1300 curies of radioactivity were produced and processed at ths Nuclear Science Center in 1984.
Tho whole-body exposure data for NSC employees and experimental psrsonnel are presented in Table 20.
These data are presented in grcded divisions as required under 10CFR20.202(a).
The access control procedures for visiting personnel were effective in preventing exposure to radiation.
There were 4278 visitors to the Nuclear Science Center during 1984.
The maximum exposure to any visitor as determined by film badges was less than the minimum mcasurable quantities.
These values are 10 millirems for X or gamma,
~40 millirems for hard beta, 20 millirems for fast neutrons and 10 millirems for thermal neutron radiations.
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TABLE 20
SUMMARY
OF'WHOLE BODY EXPOSURES 1984
'Whole Body' Exposure Range Number of Persons (Rem)
In Range No~ Measurable Exposure 11 Less than 0.100 28 0.100 - 0.249 3
'O.250 - 0.499 1
0.500 -- 0.749 0
-0.750 - 0.999 0
~1.000 - 1.999-0
'2.000 - 2.999 0
3 000 - 3 999 0
4.000 -- 4.999 0
5.000 0
Greater than 5.000 0
Total Number _of Individuals Reported:
43
III-25 SOLID RADIOACTIVE WASTE 3
There was a total of.56 ft of dry solid waste material packaged in plastic bags for disposal during 1984.
These materials are transferred to the Radiological Safety Office, Texas License G-448, for disposal.
This material consisted of laboratory glassware, irradiation containers, decontamination materials, and expendable protective clothing and equipment, e.g.,
paper, shoe covers, plastic begs and gloves.
This material contained Co-60, Ir-192, Zn-65, and Mn-54 with the total radioactivity being 2.8 E-2 Ci.
These data are in Table 21.
III-26 TABLE 21 SOLID. RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL ANNUAL
SUMMARY
1984 Radioisotope Radioactivity (pCi)
'Co-60' 26381
.Ir-192 284
.Zn-65 1487 Mn-54 284 Total Volume:
56 ft' contained in plastic bags.
' Total Radioactivity:
2.8 E-2 Ci
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y III-27 RADIATION AND CONTAMINATION CONTROL PROGRAM Introduction The detection and elimination of radiation hazards is an integral part of the Radiation Safety Program at the Nuclear Science Center.
The radiation and smear survey programs contribute to the control and elimination of these health hazards.
This program is ofrective in preventing the spread of radioactive contamination, improper storage of radioactive materials, and unwarranted exposures to radiation.
Rediation Survey The Nuclear Science Center uses an area radiation monitoring systems consisting of nine (9) detector channels located throughout the Reactor and Laboratory Buildings.
This system is equipped with clarm settings and remote readouts in the control and reception rooms.
Radiation levels and operational checks are recorded on a dnily basis.
This system functions as a radiation safety monitor for the early detection of impending radiation hazards.
The Nuclear Science Center facilities and site boundaries are surveyed monthly with beta-gamma sensitive instruments.
These measurements are taken to determine proper storage and identification of radioactive materials and that visitor and routine work areas are free of rcdiation hazards.
Additionally, radiation monitoring support is provided for the reactor operations and experimenter groups to insure the safe handling of radioactive materials and control of personnel exposures.
There were no unexpected radiation levels or improper exposures of radioactive materials detected during 1984.
These curveys revealed only background radiations at the site perimeter fence.
I Contamination Survey The Nuclear Science Center is routinely surveyed for radioactive contamination every month.
This program includes the collection, analysis and evaluation of approximately 250 smear samples and the decontamination of' areas and stored materials with removable beta-gamma radioactivities of greater than 200 dpm/100 cm2, t
APPENDIX-IV Universities, Colleges,. Industrial Organizations, Government and State Agencies Served by the NSC During Twenty Two-Years of Operation 4
IV-1 Other Universities and Colleges (Baylor. University Sam Houston State Baylor, College of Medicine University of'New Hampshire University of Texas Catholic College for Women LToxos Women's University Taft College Univers'ity California, Los Angeles Bluefield College Lcnar State College of Technology Potomac St. College N w Mexico State University Thames Valley St. Tech. College Rios University Victoria College Austin College Tennessee Tech. University Southern' Methodist University Wharton County Jr. College
- California State Poly. College Grayson County College Washington University West Virginia Inst. of Tech.
Hastings College Galveston College Winona State College Arkansas Poly College Wisconsin State University Eastern Kentucky University Milwaukee' Institute of. Technology Sue Bennett College
' Arkansas State College Cheyney St. College Ball State Teachers College University of Genova Taxas Southmost College _
University of Southern Louisiana Stephen F.' Austin College University of Oklahoma Louisiana State University Somerset Community College Xavier University Grove City' College
-Temple University Penn.
Louisiana Tech.
B:midgi State College Abraham Baldwin College Chedran State College Kent St. University
-State 1 University of Ohio Pan American College Alfred St. College Tarleton St. College Com unity College of the Finger Columbus College Lakes Nsbraska Weslyan University Texas Tech University Lock Haven St. College Howard Payne College
IV-2 Other Universities and Colleges (Cont'd)
. S2n'Bernadino Valley College Prairie View A&M College North Park College and Theolo-Longwood College gicel Seminary-College Fort Valley State College S. D. School of Mines Dsnison University North Shore Community College State University College, N.Y.
University of Wisconsin Auburn University Hill Jr. College Clerion State College McLennan Community College University of Alaska Southeast Missouri St. College University of Arkansas Southwestern State College University of Houston Mary Hardin Baylor Southwest Texas State College Texas State Technical Inst.
Iowa State. University North Texas State University Blinn College University of Arizona State College of Arkansas McNeese State University Tha Defiance College Texas Eastern University San Antonio College Henderson County Jr. College LLarsdo Jr. College Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of Corpus Christi University of Texas at Dallas South Dakota State Moody College i
Arapahoe Jr. College Sul Ross University California St. College East Texas State University University of Texas-Tyler University of Pittsburgh
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Industrial Organizations Statos Marine Lines Comfaco Southwest Research Institute Rivera Foods Hu2ble Oil and Refining Co.
North American Aviation Institute of Research and Gulf Research Inctrumentation Estrada Incorporated Xomox Shs11 Chemical Company Texas Nuclear Mobil Oil Company Bio Assay Lab-Bio Nuclear Toxes Instruments, Inc.
NAPKO Corp.
i Todd Shipyards Corp.
D.W. Mueller, Consultant Sholl Development Co.
General Nuclear Corp.
Tonnossee Gas Transmission Co.
Nuclear Enginmental Eng. Corp.
L2no Well Co.
Shell Development, Oakland Calif.
Patro-Tex Chemical Corp.
Nuclear Sources and Services Babcock and Wilcox Co.
Exx-an M: dical Arts Atomic Energy Industrial Texaco, Inc.
Hughes Research Lab Monsento Co.
TRAC 0 Inc.
Hnatings Radiochemical Works Lloyd Barber and Associates E.I. DuPont DeNemours and Co.
Temple Industries Mission Engineering Chemtrol Inc.
ESSO Research and Engineering Jet Research Ditmond Alkali Co.
Resource Engineering Dow Chemical Co.
Ranger Engineering Colenese Co.
-Turbine Lab Independent Exploration Co.
Gulf Nuclear W:stinghouse Electric Gulf Science and Technology Avory 011 Company Tech-Sil B ll Helicopeter Universal Technology Corporation Spectronics Eastern Whipstock LGL, LTD.
Catalytic, Inc.
IV-4 Industrial Organizations (Cont'd)
E-Systems Halliburton Services Monsento, Inc.
Morris Engineering Company l 'Ridian Corp.
Nuclear Laboratory Services Cora Laboratories Pacific Gas and Electric HouDton Lighting and Power Broz Labs Balcones Research
! LGanoral Electric Company
-Gulf States Utilities Kences Gas and Electric Tolodyne B:ndix Roscarch Concepts
'Amarican Hoechst Engineers / Designers, Inc.
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'D511as County, District Attorney
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,Dapertment of Biochemistry and Biophysics
-Dipartment of Nuclear Engineering Department of Oceanography Activation Analysis Research Laboratory
.D;partment of Physics Dsp rtment of Petroleum-Engineering
'Dsptrtment of Animal' Science D;partment of Range Science Dhpartment of Mechanical Engineering Dspertment of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences D:ptrtmentlof Chemistry Dspartment of Large Animal Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Radiological Safety Office Cyclotron Institute-Dsp:rtment of Plant Sciences
-Nuclear Science Center Dcpertment of Veterinary Physiology and Pharmacology Dspartment of Radiation Biology Center for Trace Characterization ~
Bioengineering Program, College of Engineering Taxes Engineering Extension Service, Electronic Training Dspnrtment of Geology Dapartment of Forest Science D;psrtment of Soil and Crop Sciences College of Medicine D;partment of Health and Physical Education D;partment of Architecture D3partment of Building Cosntruction D p3rtment of Industrial Engineering D3partment of Industrial Education D3partment of Aerospace Engineering l
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Dspnrtment of Engineering Technology Dspartment of Civil: Engineering Firaman's Training School
-Dspartment of Archaeology Dspartment of Entomology Dspertment of-Recreation and Parks 1 spertment of Engineering Design Graphics D
College of Architecture and Environmental Design
- Csnter for Energy and Mineral Resources
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