ML20116C996

Forwards Annual Rept of Oregon State Univ Radiation Center & Triga Reactor for Jul 1991 - June 1992

ML20116C996
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Site:	Oregon State University
Issue date:	10/29/1992
From:	Andrea Johnson Oregon State University, CORVALLIS, OR
To:	NRC OFFICE OF INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT (IRM)
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!l R9ference: Oregon State University TRIGA Reactor (OSTR), Docket No.

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. p in accordance with section 6.7.e of the CSTR Techt,ical Specifications, we are hereby submitting the nnnual Report of the Oregon State University OurcoN Radiation Center and TRIGA Reactor for the period July 1,1991 through ir m 1 June 30,1992. Please note that we are also using this letter of transmittal

". to send copies of the current report to Mr. Al Adams, Project Manager,

! USNRC, Washington, D.C.: to Mr. Don Carlson, Division of Reactor

, inspection & Safeguards, USNRC, Washington, D.C.; and to the USNRC's Region V office.

H . di: tion Center A100 C""'""0""" , - Tnis year's annual report continues to include significantly more information

"""" about the sntire Radiation Center rather than concentrating primarily on the l

I reactor. Because the report addresses a number of d,fferent interests, it is rather lengthy, but we have incorporated a short executive summary which highlights the Center's activities and accomplishments over the past year.

I hope you will find this summary helpful.

As a brief introduction to this year's annual report, I am most pleased to point out that the Radiation Center experienced another busy and successful year.

The reactor continued to be a focal point of our operation as reflected by the i fact that it was used approximately 90% of the available 45-hcur work week.

Efforts to increase the availability of .he recitor within the limits of our present operating schedule resulted in 6 34% increase in the number of haurs

- when two users were being supported by a single reactor run and a 33%

l' increase in t% number of hours when three users were accommodated simultaneou - The net result of this overall i ;rease in use was a 6%

growth in " v reactor operating hours.

T ele p ho n., , 10 add tion to the reactor, many other aspects of the Radiation Center's sorm mi  ; program expanded during the past year. For example,74 OSU classes were m accommodated in Center teaching facilities, which represents an all-time high 3g.minun and an 18% increase over last year.

, Scholarly publications involving a contribution by the Radiation Center l continued to total over 100, and there was a record 77 presentations at professional meetings where the Center supported the development of the research data being reported.

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• :The new cobalt-60 irradiator highlighted in last year's report continued to be heavily used and i y enabled. us to perform considerably higher dose gamma irradiations in much shorter time

--intervals. As_in previous years, the Radiation Center hosted a large number of visitors ( over 1000) and continued to provide diversified technical support to a number of state agencies.

= in summing up the past year's accomplishments, we are all very grateful that our program has ,

gone_well and that we have been able to make a positive contribution to many of OSU's goals.

- Along with this. we view our continued assistance to other universities within (and outside) 4 the Oregon State t.Tstem of Higher Education, and to a number of state and federal agencies, as an indication of the university's reputation for scholarly and technical excellance.

We hone you will find our report to be of interest. Should there be any questions, please let

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in Enclosure cc w/ enclosure:

Mr. Al Adams,'Non-Power Reactor, Decommissioning, and Environmental Projects Directorate, USNRC, MS OWFN 11-B-20, Washington, D.C 20555 (1 ccpy)

Mr. Donald Carlson, Division of Reactor inspection & Safeguards, USNRC, t

Washington, D.C., 20555 (1 copy)

Regional Administrator, USNRC, Region V,1450 Maria Lane, Suite 210, Walnut Creek,_CA 94596 5360- (1 copy)

Mr. Phil Qualls, USNRC, Region V, Walnut. Creek, CA (1 copy);

Mr. Leroy Norderhaug, USNRC, Region V, Walnut Creek, CA (1 copy)

cc w/out enclosure:

D. Stewart-Smith, Oregon Department of Energy T. V. Anderson, OSTR Reactor Supervisor, OSU S. E. Binney, Chairman, OSTR Reactor Operations Committee B. Dodd, OSTR Reactor Administrator, OSU J. F. Higginbotham, Seaior Health Physicist, OSU D. S. Pratt, Health Physicist, OSU

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