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

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

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

Submitted by: Steve R. Reese, Director

Radiation Center Oregon State University

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Part I—Overview Executive Summary ..................................................................................................................................... 4 Introduction.................................................................................................................................................... 4 Overview of the Radiation Center .......................................................................................................... 4

Part II—People Radiation Center Staff ................................................................................................................................. 6

Reactor Operations Committee .............................................................................................................. 6Professional & Research Faculty .............................................................................................................. 7

Part III—Facilities Research Reactor .......................................................................................................................................... 8 Analytical Equipment .................................................................................................................................. 9 Radioisotope Irradiation Sources ............................................................................................................ 9 Laboratories & Classrooms ......................................................................................................................10 Instrument Repair & Calibration ............................................................................................................10 Library .............................................................................................................................................................10

Part IV—Reactor Operating Statistics ....................................................................................................................................14 Experiments Performed ...........................................................................................................................14 Unplanned Shutdowns.............................................................................................................................15 Changes Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.59 ......................................................................................................15

Surveillance & Maintenance ...................................................................................................................16

Part V—Radiation Protection Introduction..................................................................................................................................................28 Environmental Releases ...........................................................................................................................28 Personnel Doses ..........................................................................................................................................29 Facility Survey Data ....................................................................................................................................30 Environmental Survey Data ....................................................................................................................30 Radioactive Material Shipments ...........................................................................................................31 References .....................................................................................................................................................31

Part VI—Work Summary .......................................................................................................................................................50 Teaching .........................................................................................................................................................50 Research & Service .....................................................................................................................................50

Part VII—Words Documents Published or Accepted .....................................................................................................72

Presentations................................................................................................................................................74 Students .........................................................................................................................................................77

Contents

TablesTable Title Page

III.1 Gammacell 220 60Co Irradiator Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11III.2 Student Enrollment in Courses at the Radiation Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12IV.1 Present OSTR Operating Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17IV.2 OSTR Use Time in Terms of Specifi c Use Categories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18IV.3 OSTR Multiple Use Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18IV.4 Use of OSTR Reactor Experiments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19IV.5 Unplanned Reactor Shutdowns and Scrams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19V.1 Radiation Protection Program Requirements a nd Frequencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32V.2 Monthly Summary of Liquid Effl uent Releases to the Sanitary Sewer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33V.3 Annual Summary of Liquid Waste Generated and Transferred . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34V.4 Monthly Summary of Gaseous Effl uent Releases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35V.5 Annual Summary of Solid Waste Generated and Transferred. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36V.6 Annual Summary of Personnel Radiation Doses Received . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37V.7 Total Dose Equivalent Recorded Within the TRIGA Reactor Facility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38V.8 Total Dose Equivalent Recorded on Area Within the Radiation Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 V.9 Annual Summary of Radiation and Contamination Levels Within the Reactor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41V.10 Total Dose Equivalent at the TRIGA Reactor Facility Fence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42V.11 Total Dose Equivalent at the Off -Site Gamma Radiation Monitoring Stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43V.12 Annual Average Concentration of the Total Net Beta Radioactivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44V.13 Beta-Gamma Concentration and Range of LLD Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45V.14 Radioactive Material Shipments under NRC General License R-106 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46V.15 Radioactive Material Shipments under Oregon License ORE 90005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47V.16 Radioactive Material Shipments Under NRC General License 10 CFR 110.23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47VI.1 Institutions and Agencies Which Utilized the Radiation Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52VI.2 Listing of Major Research & Service Projects Performed and Their Funding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 VI.3 Summary of Radiological Instrumentation Calibrated to Support OSU Departments . . . . . . . . . . . . 70VI.4 Summary of Radiological Instrumentation Calibrated to Support Other Agencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

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IV.1 Monthly Surveillance and Maintenance (Sample Form) .................................................................................................20IV.2 Quarterly Surveillance and Maintenance (Sample Form) ...............................................................................................21IV.3 Semi-Annual Surveillance and Maintenance (Sample Form) ........................................................................................23 IV.4 Annual Surveillance and Maintenance (Sample Form) ...................................................................................................25V.1 Monitoring Stations for the OSU TRIGA Reactor .............................................................................................................49 VI.1 Summary of the Types of Radiological Instrumentation Calibrated ..........................................................................70

4 16-17 Annual Report

Executive SummaryThe data from this reporting year shows that the use of theRadiation Center and the Oregon State TRIGA reactor (OSTR) has continued to grow in many areas.

The Radiation Center supported 69 different courses this year, mostly in the School of Nuclear Science and Engineering. About 26% of these courses involved the OSTR. The num-ber of OSTR hours used for academic courses and training was 20, while 3,262 hours were used for research projects. Seventy-nine percent (79%) of the OSTR research hours were in support of off-campus research projects, refl ecting the use of the OSTR nationally and internationally. Radiation Center users published or submitted 38 articles this year, and made 58 presentations on work that involved the OSTR or Radiation Center. The number of samples irradiated in the reactor during this reporting period was 1,143. Funded OSTR use hours com-prised 90% of the research use.

Personnel at the Radiation Center conducted 148 tours of the facility, accommodating 3,709 visitors. The visitors included elementary, middle school, high school, and college students; relatives and friends; faculty; current and prospective clients; national laboratory and industrial scientists and engineers; and state, federal and international offi cials. The Radiation Center is a signifi cant positive attraction on campus because visitors leave with a good impression of the facility and of Oregon State University.

The Radiation Center projects database continues to provide a useful way of tracking the many different aspects of work at the facility. The number of projects supported this year was 169. Reactor related projects comprised 70% of all projects. The total research dollars in some way supported by the Radia-tion Center, as reported by our researchers, was $24.4 million. The actual total is likely considerably higher. This year the Ra-diation Center provided service to 65 different organizations/institutions, 43% of which were from other states and 40% of which were from outside the U. S. and Canada. So while the Center’s primary mission is local, it is also a facility with a national and international clientele.

The Radiation Center web site provides an easy way for potential users to evaluate the Center’s facilities and capabili-ties as well as to apply for a project and check use charges. The address is: http://radiationcenter.oregonstate.edu.

IntroductionThe current annual report of the Oregon State University Radiation Center and TRIGA Reactor follows the usual format by including information relating to the entire Radiation Center rather than just the reactor. However, the information is still presented in such a manner that data on the reactor may be examined separately, if desired. It should be noted that all annual data given in this report covers the period from July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017. Cumulative reactor operating data in this report relates only to the LEU fueled core. This covers the period beginning July 1, 2008 to the present date. For a summary of data on the reactor’s two other cores, the reader is referred to previous annual reports.

In addition to providing general information about the activi-ties of the Radiation Center, this report is designed to meet the reporting requirements of the U. S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the U. S. Department of Energy, and the Oregon Department of Energy. Because of this, the report is divided into several distinct parts so that the reader may easily fi nd the sections of interest.

Overview of the Radiation CenterThe Radiation Center is a unique facility which serves the en-tire OSU campus, all other institutions within the Oregon Uni-versity System, and many other universities and organizations throughout the nation and the world. The Center also regularly provides special services to state and federal agencies, particu-larly agencies dealing with law enforcement, energy, health, and environmental quality, and renders assistance to Oregon industry. In addition, the Radiation Center provides permanent offi ce and laboratory space for the OSU School of Nuclear Science and Engineering, the OSU Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering, and for the OSU nuclear chemistry, radiation chemistry, geochemistry and radiochemistry programs. There is no other university facility with the combined capabilities of the OSU Radiation Center in the western half of the United States.

Located in the Radiation Center are many items of specialized equipment and unique teaching and research facilities.

Overview

516-17 Annual Report

Overview

They include a TRIGA Mark II research nuclear reactor; a 60Co gamma irradiator; a large number of state-of-the art computer-based gamma radiation spectrometers and associat-ed germanium detectors; and a variety of instruments for ra-diation measurements and monitoring. Specialized facilities for radiation work include teaching and research laboratories with instrumentation and related equipment for performing neutron activation analysis and radiotracer studies; laborato-ries for plant experiments involving radioactivity; a facility for repair and calibration of radiation protection instrumenta-tion; and facilities for packaging radioactive materials for shipment to national and international destinations.

A major non-nuclear facility housed in the Radiation Center is the one-quarter scale thermal hydraulic advanced plant ex-perimental (APEX) test facility for the Westinghouse AP600 and AP1000 reactor designs. The AP600 and AP1000 are next-generation nuclear reactor designs which incorporate many passive safety features as well as considerably simpli-fi ed plant systems and equipment. APEX operates at pres-sures up to 400 psia and temperatures up to 450°F using elec-trical heaters instead of nuclear fuel. All major components of the AP600 and AP1000 are included in APEX and all systems are appropriately scaled to enable the experimental measurements to be used for safety evaluations and licensing of the full scale plant. This world-class facility meets exact-ing quality assurance criteria to provide assurance of safety as well as validity of the test results.

Also housed in the Radiation Center is the Advanced Ther-mal Hydraulics Research Laboratory (ATHRL), which is used for state-of-the-art two-phase fl ow experiments.

The Multi-Application Light Water Reactor (MASLWR) is a nuclear power plant test facility that is instrumental in the development of next generation commercial nuclear reactors currently seeking NRC certifi cation. The Test Facility is con-structed of all stainless steel components and is capable of operation at full system pressure (1500 psia), and full system temperature (600F).

All components are 1/3 scale height and 1/254.7 volume scale. The current testing program is examining methods for natural circulation startup, helical steam generator heat transfer performance, and a wide range of design basis, and beyond design basis, accident conditions. In addition, the MASLWR Test Facility is currently the focus of an interna-tional collaborative standard problem exploring the operation and safety of advanced natural circulations reactor concepts.

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

The Advanced Nuclear Systems Engineering Laboratory (ANSEL) is the home to two major thermal-hydraulic test facilities—the High Temperature Test Facility (HTTF) and the Hydro-mechanical Fuel Test Facility (HMFTF). The HTTF is a 1/4 scale model of the Modular High Temperature Gas Reactor. The vessel has a ceramic lined upper head and shroud capable of operation at 850oC (well mixed helium). The design will allow for a maximum operating pressure of 1.0MPa and a maximum core ceramic temperature of 1600°C. The nominal working fl uid will be helium with a core power of approximately 600 kW (note that electrical heaters are used to simulate the core power). The test facility also includes a scaled reactor cavity cooling system, a circulator and a heat sink in order to complete the cycle. The HTTF can be used to simulate a wide range of accident scenarios in gas reac-tors to include the depressurized conduction cooldown and pressurized conduction cooldown events. The HMFTF is a testing facility which will be used to produce a database of hydro-mechanical information to supplement the qualifi ca-tion of the prototypic ultrahigh density U-Mo Low Enriched Uranium fuel which will be implemented into the U.S. High Performance Research Reactors upon their conversion to low enriched fuel. This data in turn will be used to verify current theoretical hydro- and thermo-mechanical codes being used during safety analyses. The maximum operational pressure of the HMFTF is 600 psig with a maximum operational tem-perature of 450°F.

The Radiation Center staff regularly provides direct sup-port and assistance to OSU teaching and research programs. Areas of expertise commonly involved in such efforts include nuclear engineering, nuclear and radiation chemistry, neutron activation analysis, radiation effects on biological systems, ra-diation dosimetry, environmental radioactivity, production of short-lived radioisotopes, radiation shielding, nuclear instru-mentation, emergency response, transportation of radioactive materials, instrument calibration, radiation health physics, radioactive waste disposal, and other related areas.

In addition to formal academic and research support, the Center’s staff provides a wide variety of other services includ-ing public tours and instructional programs, and professional consultation associated with the feasibility, design, safety, and execution of experiments using radiation and radioactive materials.


Radiation Center Staff

Steve Reese, Director

Dina Pope, Offi ce Manager

Tara DiSante, Business Manager

Erica Emerson, Receptionist

S. Todd Keller, Reactor Administrator

Celia Oney, Reactor Supervisor, Senior Reactor Operator

Robert Schickler, Reactor Engineer,Senior Reactor Operator

Scott Menn, Senior Health Physicist

Kyle Combs, Health Physicist

Leah Minc, Neutron Activation Analysis Manager

Steve Smith, Development Engineer, Senior Reactor Operator

Chris Kulah, Senior Reactor Operator

Erin Cimbri, Custodian

Joshua Graves, Reactor Operator (Student)

Trevor Howard, Reactor Operator (Student)

Griffen Latimer, Reactor Operator (Student)

Quinn Miller, Health Physics Monitor (Student)

Destry Jensen, Health Physics Monitor (Student)

Sophia Uchiyama, Health Physics Monitor (Student)

Reactor Operations Committee

Dan Harlan, ChairOSU Radiation Safety

Abi Tavakoli FarsoniOSU Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics

S. Todd KellerOSU Radiation Center

Scott Menn OSU Radiation Center

Celia Oney (not voting)OSU Radiation Center

Steve Reese (not voting)OSU Radiation Center

Julie TuckerOSU Mechanical, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

Haori YangOSU Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics

This section contains a listing of all people who were residents of the Radiation Center or who worked a signifi cant amount of time at the Center during this reporting period.

It should be noted that not all of the faculty and students who used the Radiation Center for their teaching and research are listed. Summary information on the number of people involved is given in Table VI.1, while individual names and projects are listed in Table VI.2.

People


People

Professional and Research Faculty

Farsoni, AbiAssociate Professor, Nuclear Engineering & Radiation Health PhysicsJohn DeNomaResearch Assistant*Hamby, DavidProfessor, Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics Hart, Lucas P.Faculty Research Associate, Chemistry *Higley, Kathryn A.Department Head, Professor, Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics*Keller, S. ToddReactor Administrator, Radiation CenterKlein, Andrew C.Professor, Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics *Krane, Kenneth S.Professor Emeritus, Physics*Loveland, Walter D.Professor, ChemistryMarcum, WadeAssistant Professor Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics*Menn, Scott A. Senior Health Physicist, Radiation Center*Minc, LeahAssociate Professor, AnthropologyPalmer, CamilleResearch Faculty and Instructor

*Palmer, Todd S.Professor, Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics *Paulenova, AlenaAssociate Professor, Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health PhysicsPope, DinaOffi ce Manager, Radiation CenterRanjbar, LeilaInstructor*Reese, Steven R. Director, Radiation Center Reyes, Jr., José N.Professor, Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health PhysicsTack, KrystinaAssistant Professor, Medical Physics Program Director*Celia OneyReactor Supervisor, Radiation Center Aaron WeissFaculty Research AssistantWoods, BrianProfessor, Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics Wu, QiaoProfessor, Nuclear Engineer and Radiation Health PhysicsYanez, RicardoFaculty Research Associate, ChemistryYang, HaoriAssistant Professor, Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics*OSTR users for research and/or teaching


Research ReactorThe Oregon State University TRIGA Reactor (OSTR) is a water-cooled, swimming pool type research reactor which uses uranium/zirconium hydride fuel elements in a circular grid array. The reactor core is surrounded by a ring of graphite which serves to refl ect neutrons back into the core. The core is situated near the bottom of a 22-foot deep water-fi lled tank, and the tank is surrounded by a concrete bioshield which acts as a radiation shield and structural support. The reactor is li-censed by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission to operate at a maximum steady state power of 1.1 MW and can also be pulsed up to a peak power of about 2500 MW.

The OSTR has a number of different irradiation facilities including a pneumatic transfer tube, a rotating rack, a thermal column, four beam ports, fi ve sample holding (dummy) fuel elements for special in-core irradiations, an in-core irradiation tube, and a cadmium-lined in-core irradiation tube for experi-ments requiring a high energy neutron fl ux.

The pneumatic transfer facility enables samples to be inserted and removed from the core in four to fi ve seconds.

Consequently this facility is normally used for neutron activa-tion analysis involving short-lived radionuclides. On the other hand, the rotating rack is used for much longer irradiation of samples (e.g., hours). The rack consists of a circular array of 40 tubular positions, each of which can hold two sample tubes. Rotation of the rack ensures that each sample will receive an identical irradiation.

The reactor’s thermal column consists of a large stack of graphite blocks which slows down neutrons from the reactor core in order to increase thermal neutron activation of samples. Over 99% of the neutrons in the thermal column are thermal neutrons. Graphite blocks are removed from the thermal col-umn to enable samples to be positioned inside for irradiation.

The beam ports are tubular penetrations in the reactor’s main concrete shield which enable neutron and gamma radiation to stream from the core when a beam port’s shield plugs are removed. The neutron radiography facility utilized the tangen-tial beam port (beam port #3) to produce ASTM E545 category I radiography capability. The other beam ports are available for a variety of experiments.

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If samples to be irradiated require a large neutron fl uence, especially from higher energy neutrons, they may be inserted into a dummy fuel element. This device will then be placed into one of the core’s inner grid positions which would nor-mally be occupied by a fuel element. Similarly samples can be placed in the in-core irradiation tube (ICIT) which can be inserted in the same core location.

The cadmium-lined in-core irradiation tube (CLICIT) enables samples to be irradiated in a high fl ux region near the center of the core. The cadmium lining in the facility elimi-nates thermal neutrons and thus permits sample exposure to higher energy neutrons only. The cadmium-lined end of this air-fi lled aluminum irradiation tube is inserted into an inner grid position of the reactor core which would normally be oc-cupied by a fuel element. It is the same as the ICIT except for the presence of the cadmium lining.

The two main uses of the OSTR are instruction and research.

InstructionInstructional use of the reactor is twofold. First, it is used sig-nifi cantly for classes in Nuclear Engineering, Radiation Health Physics, and Chemistry at both the graduate and undergradu-ate levels to demonstrate numerous principles which have been presented in the classroom. Basic neutron behavior is the same in small reactors as it is in large power reactors, and many demonstrations and instructional experiments can be performed using the OSTR which cannot be carried out with a commercial power reactor. Shorter-term demonstration experi-ments are also performed for many undergraduate students in Physics, Chemistry, and Biology classes, as well as for visitors from other universities and colleges, from high schools, and from public groups.

The second instructional application of the OSTR involves educating reactor operators, operations managers, and health physicists. The OSTR is in a unique position to provide such education since curricula must include hands-on experience at an operating reactor and in associated laboratories. The many types of educational programs that the Radiation Center pro-vides are more fully described in Part VI of this report.

During this reporting period the OSTR accommodated a number of different OSU academic classes and other aca-demic programs. In addition, portions of classes from other Oregon universities were also supported by the OSTR.

ResearchThe OSTR is a unique and valuable tool for a wide variety of research applications and serves as an excellent source of neutrons and/or gamma radiation. The most commonly used experimental technique requiring reactor use is instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA). This is a particularly sensitive method of elemental analysis which is described in more detail in Part VI.

The OSTR’s irradiation facilities provide a wide range of neutron fl ux levels and neutron fl ux qualities which are suf-fi cient to meet the needs of most researchers. This is true not only for INAA, but also for other experimental purposes such as the 39Ar/40Ar ratio and fi ssion track methods of age dat-ing samples.

Analytical EquipmentThe Radiation Center has a large variety of radiation detec-tion instrumentation. This equipment is upgraded as neces-sary, especially the gamma ray spectrometers with their associated computers and germanium detectors. Additional equipment for classroom use and an extensive inventory of portable radiation detection instrumentation are also avail-able.

Radiation Center nuclear instrumentation receives intensive use in both teaching and research applications. In addition, service projects also use these systems and the combined use often results in 24-hour per day schedules for many of the analytical instruments. Use of Radiation Center equipment extends beyond that located at the Center and instrumentation may be made available on a loan basis to OSU researchers in other departments.

Radioisotope Irradiation SourcesThe Radiation Center is equipped with a 10,200 curie (as of June, 2015) Gammacell 220 60Co irradiator which is capable of delivering high doses of gamma radiation over a range of dose rates to a variety of materials.

Typically, the irradiator is used by researchers wishing to perform mutation and other biological effects studies; studies in the area of radiation chemistry; dosimeter testing; steril-ization of food materials, soils, sediments, biological speci-men, and other media; gamma radiation damage studies; and


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other such applications. In addition to the 60Co irradiator, the Center is also equipped with a variety of smaller 60Co, 137Cs, 226Ra, plutonium-beryllium, and other isotopic sealed sources of various radioactivity levels which are available for use as irradiation sources.

During this reporting period there was a diverse group of projects using the 60Co irradiator. These projects included the irradiation of a variety of biological materials including dif-ferent types of seeds.

In addition, the irradiator was used for sterilization of several media and the evaluation of the radiation effects on different materials. Table III.1 provides use data for the Gammacell 220 irradiator.

Laboratories and Classrooms

The Radiation Center is equipped with a number of different radioactive material laboratories designed to accommodate research projects and classes offered by various OSU aca-demic departments or off-campus groups.

Instructional facilities available at the Center include a labo-ratory especially equipped for teaching radiochemistry and a nuclear instrumentation teaching laboratory equipped with modular sets of counting equipment which can be confi gured to accommodate a variety of experiments involving the mea-surement of many types of radiation. The Center also has two student computer rooms.

In addition to these dedicated instructional facilities, many other research laboratories and pieces of specialized equip-ment are regularly used for teaching. In particular, classes are routinely given access to gamma spectrometry equipment located in Center laboratories. A number of classes also regu-larly use the OSTR and the Reactor Bay as an integral part of their instructional coursework.

There are two classrooms in the Radiation Center which are capable of holding about 35 and 18 students. In addition, there are two smaller conference rooms and a library suitable for graduate classes and thesis examinations. As a service to the student body, the Radiation Center also provides an offi ce area for the student chapters of the American Nuclear Society and the Health Physics Society.

All of the laboratories and classrooms are used extensively during the academic year. A listing of courses accommodated at the Radiation Center during this reporting period along with their enrollments is given in Table III.2.

Instrument Repair & Calibration FacilityThe Radiation Center has a facility for the repair and calibra-tion of essentially all types of radiation monitoring instru-mentation. This includes instruments for the detection and measurement of alpha, beta, gamma, and neutron radiation. It encompasses both high range instruments for measuring intense radiation fi elds and low range instruments used to measure environmental levels of radioactivity.

The Center’s instrument repair and calibration facility is used regularly throughout the year and is absolutely essential to the continued operation of the many different programs carried out at the Center. In addition, the absence of any comparable facility in the state has led to a greatly expanded instrument calibration program for the Center, including calibration of es-sentially all radiation detection instruments used by state and federal agencies in the state of Oregon. This includes instru-ments used on the OSU campus and all other institutions in the Oregon University System, plus instruments from the Oregon Health Division’s Radiation Protection Services, the Oregon Department of Energy, the Oregon Public Utilities Commis-sion, the Oregon Health and Sciences University, the Army Corps of Engineers, and the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency.

LibraryThe Radiation Center has a library containing a signifi cant col-lections of texts, research reports, and videotapes relating to nuclear science, nuclear engineering, and radiation protection.

The Radiation Center is also a regular recipient of a great vari-ety of publications from commercial publishers in the nuclear fi eld, from many of the professional nuclear societies, from the U. S. Department of Energy, the U. S. Nuclear Regula-tory Commission, and other federal agencies. Therefore, the Center library maintains a current collection of leading nuclear research and regulatory documentation. In addition, the Center has a collection of a number of nuclear power reactor Safety Analysis Reports and Environmental Reports specifi cally prepared by utilities for their facilities.


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The Center maintains an up-to-date set of reports from such organizations as the International Commission on Radiologi-cal Protection, the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, and the International Commission on Radiological Units. Sets of the current U.S. Code of Federal Regulations for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the U.S. Department of Transportation, and other appropriate federal agencies, plus regulations of various state regulatory agencies are also available at the Center.

The Radiation Center videotape library has over one hundred tapes on nuclear engineering, radiation protection, and radio-logical emergency response topics. In addition, the Radiation

Table III.1Gammacell 220 60Co Irradiator Use

Purpose of Irradiation Samples Dose Range(rads)

Number ofIrradiations

Use Time(hours)

Sterilization

wood, soil, nanofi bers, blood, bone cement, mouse diet, PLGA mi-crospheres, water

1.5x106 to 6.0x106 48 236

Material Evaluationsilicon polymers,polymers, crystals, met-als

3.0x105 to 1.8x108 13 352

Botanical Studies pollen, hops, cuttings, potatoes, seeds 2.0x102 to 4.5x104 36 0.30

Biological Studies biological sample 1.0x104 to 3.0x104 3 0.10

Totals 100 588

Center uses videotapes for most of the technical orienta-tions which are required for personnel working with radia-tion and radioactive materials. These tapes are reproduced, recorded, and edited by Radiation Center staff, using the Center’s videotape equipment and the facilities of the OSU Communication Media Center.

The Radiation Center library is used mainly to provide ref-erence material on an as-needed basis. It receives extensive use during the academic year. In addition, the orientation videotapes are used intensively during the beginning of each term and periodically thereafter.


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Table III.2

Student Enrollment in Courses Which are Taught or

Partially Taught at the Radiation Center

Course # CREDIT COURSE TITLENumber of Students

Summer 2016

Fall 2016

Winter 2017

Spring 2017

NSE 114* 2 Introduction to Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics 51

NSE 115 2 Introduction to Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics 44

NSE 234 4 Nuclear and Radiation Physics I 73 NSE 235 4 Nuclear and Radiation Physics II 73 NSE 236* 4 Nuclear Radiation Detection & Instrumentation 63NSE 311 4 Intro to Thermal Fluids 10 29 14NSE 312 4 Thermodynamics 21 17NSE 319 3 Societal Aspects of Nuclear technology 96 NSE 331 4 Intro to Fluid Mechanics 3 23 14NSE 332 4 Heat Transfer 1 2 20NSE 233 3 Mathematical methods for NE/RHP 65

NSE/MP 401/501/601 1-16 Research 14 27 28 30

NSE/MP 405/505/605 1-16 Reading and Conference 1 9 9 11

NSE/MP 406/506/606 1-16 Projects 1

NSE/RHP/MP 407/507/607 1 Nuclear Engineering Seminar 43 98 77

NSE/MP 410/510/610 1-12 Internship 2 2

NSE 415/515 2 Nuclear Rules and Regulations 50 NSE 451/551 4 Neutronic Analysis 67 NSE 452/552 4 Neutronic Analysis 65 NSE 455/555** 3 Reactor Operator Training I 32NSE 456/556** 3 Reactor Operator Training II 4NSE 457/557** 3 Neuclear Reactor Lab 52NSE 467/567 4 Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics 36 NSE 667 4 Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics 10NSE 435/535 3 External Dosimetry & Radiation Shielding 52NSE 565 3 Applied Thermal HydraulicsNSE 473/573 3 Nuclear Reactor Systems Analysis 26


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Table III.2 (continued)

Student Enrollment in Courses Which are Taught or

Partially Taught at the Radiation Center

Number of Students

Course # CREDIT COURSE TITLE Summer 2016

Fall 2016

Winter 2017

Spring 2017

NSE 474/574 4 Nuclear System Design I 39

NSE 475/575 4 Nuclear System Design II 38

NSE 479* 1-4 Individual Design Project

NSE 481* 4 Radiation Protection 45

NSE 582* 4 Applied Radiation Safety 12

NSE 483/583 4 Radiation Biology 19

NSE 488/588* 3 Radioecology 16

NSE 590 4 Internal Dosimetry 5

NSE/MP 503/603* 1 Thesis 25 47 42 43NSE 516* 4 Radiochemistry 9NSE 526 3 Numerical Methods for Engineering Analysis 36 NSE/MP 531 3 Nuclear Physics for Engineers and Scientists 15NSE/MP 536* 3 Advanced Radiation Detection & Measurement 18 26NSE/RHP 537 3 Digital Spectrometer DesignMP 541 3 Diagnostic Imaging Physics NSE 550 3 Nuclear MedicineNSE 553 3 Advanced Nuclear Reactor Physics 23MP 563 4 Applied Medical Physics 4NSE 468/568 3 Nuclear Reactor SafetyNSE/MP 599 Special Topics 32 17

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CH 233* 5 General Chemistry 118 848CH 233H* 5 Honors General Chemistry 32CH 462* 3 Experimental Chemistry II Laboratory 19ENGR 111* 3 Engineering Orientation 254 24ENGR 212H* 3 Honors Engineering 19

ST Special Topics* OSTR used occasionally for demonstration and/or experiments** OSTR used heavily

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Operating Statistics

During the operating period between July 1, 2016 and June 30, 2017, the reactor produced 1438 MWH of thermal power during its 1579 critical hours.

Experiments PerformedDuring the current reporting period there were ten approved reactor experiments available for use in reactor-related pro-grams. They are:

A-1 Normal TRIGA Operation (No Sample Irradiation).

B-3 Irradiation of Materials in the Standard OSTR Ir-radiation Facilities.

B-11 Irradiation of Materials Involving Specifi c Quanti-ties of Uranium and Thorium in the Standard OSTR Irradiation Facilities.

B-12 Exploratory Experiments.

B-23 Studies Using TRIGA Thermal Column.

B-29 Reactivity Worth of Fuel.

B-31 TRIGA Flux Mapping.

B-33 Irradiation of Combustible Liquids in LS.

B-34 Irradiation of Enriched Uranium in the Neutron Radi-ography Facility.

B-35 Irradiation of Fissile Materials in the Prompt Gamma Neutron Activation Analysis (PGNAA) Facility.

Of these available experiments, three were used during the reporting period. Table IV.4 provides information related to the frequency of use and the general purpose of their use.

Inactive Experiments

Presently 33 experiments are in the inactive fi le. This con-sists of experiments which have been performed in the past

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A-2 Measurement of Reactor Power Level via Mn Activa-tion.

A-3 Measurement of Cd Ratios for Mn, In, and Au in Rotating Rack.

A-4 Neutron Flux Measurements in TRIGA.

A-5 Copper Wire Irradiation.

A-6 In-core Irradiation of LiF Crystals.

A-7 Investigation of TRIGA’s Reactor Bath Water Tem-perature Coeffi cient and High Power Level Power Fluctuation.

B-1 Activation Analysis of Stone Meteorites, Other Mete-orites, and Terrestrial Rocks.

B-2 Measurements of Cd Ratios of Mn, In, and Au in Thermal Column.

B-4 Flux Mapping.

B-5 In-core Irradiation of Foils for Neutron Spectral Mea-surements.

B-6 Measurements of Neutron Spectra in External Irradia-tion Facilities.

B-7 Measurements of Gamma Doses in External Irradia-tion Facilities.

B-8 Isotope Production.

B-9 Neutron Radiography.

B-10 Neutron Diffraction.

B-13 This experiment number was changed to A-7.

B-14 Detection of Chemically Bound Neutrons.

B-15 This experiment number was changed to C-1.

B-16 Production and Preparation of 18F.

B-17 Fission Fragment Gamma Ray Angular Correlations.

B-18 A Study of Delayed Status (n, γ) Produced Nuclei.


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B-19 Instrument Timing via Light Triggering.

B-20 Sinusoidal Pile Oscillator.

B-21 Beam Port #3 Neutron Radiography Facility.

B-22 Water Flow Measurements Through TRIGA Core.

B-24 General Neutron Radiography.

B-25 Neutron Flux Monitors.

B-26 Fast Neutron Spectrum Generator.

B-27 Neutron Flux Determination Adjacent to the OSTR Core.

B-28 Gamma Scan of Sodium (TED) Capsule.

B-30 NAA of Jet, Diesel, and Furnace Fuels.

B-32 Argon Production Facility

C-1 PuO2 Transient Experiment.

Unplanned ShutdownsThere were 14 unplanned reactor shutdowns during the cur-rent reporting period. Table IV.5 details these events.

Changes Pursuant to10 CFR 50-59There was one safety evaluation performed in support of the reactor this year. It was:

17-01, Core Reconfi guration

This allows for the reconfi guration of the reactor core to allow placement of a second CLICIT in position F20. Under this evaluation, the G-ring ICIT will be moved to position F12, two new fuel elements will be added to the core, and additional fuel will be moved to optimize the fl ux to various experimental facilities.

There were 13 new screens performed in support of the reac-tor this year. They were:

16-04, Changes to OSTROP 8

Updated to allow power calibration in the most conservative core confi guration that is in use, rather than requiring it to be performed in the NORMAL core.

16-05 Changes to OSTROPs 13 and 23

Added a crane inspection to the monthly checklist. Added daily and monthly checks to the crane procedure.


Minor updates and clarifi cations to the procedures for operations and record keeping.

16-08 Reactor Bay Wall Penetrations

Allows two holes to be drilled in the heat exchanger room walls to accommodate cables going to the emergency generator.


Added an audit of operating procedures, to be performed by li-censed operators, to the quarterly checklist. Removed procedure audits from the ROC’s responsibilities.

17-02 OSTROP 1 Changes

Completely reformatted OSTROP 1 and re-titled it “Annunciator Response Procedures”.

17-03 Reactor Bay Wall Penetrations

Allows a hole to be drilled in the reactor bay east wall to accom-modate electrical and signal cables for an IT upgrade.

17-04 Transient Blowdown Valve

Relocated the blowdown valve for the transient rod air supply. The new valve is several feet lower in the same piping run.

17-05 Modifi cation of Fission Chamber Connectors and Preamp

Allows connectors associated with the fi ssion chamber to be replaced with better components.

17-06 Changes to OSTROP 2

Minor updates and clarifi cations to the startup checklist proce-dures.


Minor updates and clarifi cations to the Special Nuclear Material control and accounting procedures.


Minor updates and clarifi cations to background investigation procedures.

17-09 PGNAA Rabbit Controller Modifi cation

Allows the Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) for the PGNAA pneumatic system to be replaced with a Field Program-mable Gate Array (FPGA).


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January 2017

- Replaced the UP button for the shim control rod.

February 2017

- Replaced the rate meter for ARM #5 and the detector for ARM #11.

April 2017

- Stopped a slight coolant leak on the emergency generator by tightening a clamp on a hose.

May 2017

- Installed a new blowdown valve for the transient rod air supply.

Surveillance and Maintenance

Non-Routine Maintenance

September 2016

- Replaced GM detector in rabbit system ARM.

- Replaced connectors on Safety Channel.

- Replaced readout and controls for the primary inlet tem-perature monitor.

- Replaced secondary pump seal and bearings.

October 2016

- Repaired a relay controlling the linear channel input on the console recorder.

November 2016

- Installed new piping to the liquid waste hold-up tank..

December 2016

- Replaced both fi lters on the bulk shield tank purifi cation system.

- Installed a new uncompensated ion chamber for the safety channel.

Table IV.1Present OSTR Operating Statistics

Operational Data For LEU Core Annual Values(2016/2017) Cumulative Values

MWH of energy produced 1,438 11,576

MWD of energy produced 59.9 473.2

Grams 235U used 81 662

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

Number of pulses 49 300

Hours reactor critical 1,579 12,492

Hours at full power (1 MW) 1,410 11,518

Number of startup and shutdown checks 245 1,931

Number of irradiation requests processed 232 2,047

Number of samples irradiated 1,143 14,491


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Table IV.2OSTR Use Time in Terms of Specifi c Use Categories

OSTR Use Category Annual Values(hours)

Cumulative Values(hours)

Teaching (departmental and others) 20 13,713

OSU research 645 20,316

Off campus research 2,617 50,083

Facility time 36 7,354

Total Reactor Use Time 3,318 91,466

Table IV.3OSTR Multiple Use Time

Number of Users Annual Values (hours) Cumulative Values(hours)

Two 438 10,449

Three 333 5,536

Four 172 2,924

Five 54 1,043

Six 23 279

Seven 1 71

Eight 0 3

Total Multiple Use Time 1,021 20,305


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Table IV.4Use of OSTR Reactor Experiments

ExperimentNumber Research Teaching Facility Use Total

A-1 2 7 6 15

B-3 202 9 5 216

B-35 1 0 0 1

Total 205 16 11 232

Table IV.5Unplanned Reactor Shutdowns and Scrams

Type of Event Number of Occurrences Cause of Event

Safety channel high power 6 Operator error while stabilizing at full power

Safety channel high power 3 Failure of channel components

Safety channel high power and high voltage

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IntroductionThe purpose of the radiation protection program is to ensure the safe use of radiation and radioactive material in the Cen-ter’s teaching, research, and service activities, and in a similar manner to the fulfi llment of all regulatory requirements of the State of Oregon, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and other regulatory agencies. The comprehensive nature of the program is shown in Table V.1, which lists the program’s major radiation protection requirements and the performance frequency for each item.

The radiation protection program is implemented by a staff consisting of a Senior Health Physicist, a Health Physicist, and several part-time Health Physics Monitors (see Part II). Assistance is also provided by the reactor operations group, the neutron activation analysis group, the Scientifi c Instrument Technician, and the Radiation Center Director.

The data contained in the following sections hav nb je been prepared to comply with the current requirements of Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Facility License No. R-106 (Docket No. 50-243) and the Technical Specifi cations con-tained in that license. The material has also been prepared in compliance with Oregon Department of Energy Rule No. 345-30-010, which requires an annual report of environmental effects due to research reactor operations.

Within the scope of Oregon State University’s radiation pro-tection program, it is standard operating policy to maintain all releases of radioactivity to the unrestricted environment and all exposures to radiation and radioactive materials at levels which are consistently “as low as reasonably achievable” (ALARA).

Environmental ReleasesThe annual reporting requirements in the OSTR Technical Specifi cations state that the licensee (OSU) shall include “a summary of the nature and amount of radioactive effl uents released or discharged to the environs beyond the effective control of the licensee, as measured at, or prior to, the point of such release or discharge.” The liquid and gaseous effl uents released, and the solid waste generated and transferred are discussed briefl y below. Data regarding these effl uents are also summarized in detail in the designated tables.

Liquid Effl uents ReleasedLiquid Effl uents Oregon State University has implemented a policy to reduce the volume of radioactive liquid effl uents to an absolute mini-mum. For example, water used during the ion exchanger resin change is now recycled as reactor makeup water. Waste water from Radiation Center laboratories and the OSTR is collected at a holdup tank prior to release to the sanitary sewer. Liquid effl uent are analyzed for radioactivity content at the time it is released to the collection point. For this reporting period, the Radiation Center and reactor made seven liquid effl uent releases to the sanitary sewer. All Radiation Center and reactor facility liquid effl uent data pertaining to this release are con-tained in Table V.2.

Liquid Waste Generated and Transferred Liquid waste generated from glassware and laboratory experi-ments is transferred by the campus Radiation Safety Offi ce to its waste processing facility. The annual summary of liquid waste generated and transferred is contained in Table V.3.


Radiation Protection

Airborne Effl uents ReleasedAirborne effl uents are discussed in terms of the gaseous com-ponent and the particulate component.

Gaseous Effl uents Gaseous effl uents from the reactor facility are monitored by the reactor stack effl uent monitor. Monitoring is continuous, i.e., prior to, during, and after reactor operations. It is normal for the reactor facility stack effl uent monitor to begin opera-tion as one of the fi rst systems in the morning and to cease operation as one of the last systems at the end of the day. All gaseous effl uent data for this reporting period are summarized in Table V.4.

Particulate effl uents from the reactor facility are also moni-tored by the reactor facility stack effl uent monitor.

Particulate Effl uents Evaluation of the detectable particulate radioactivity in the stack effl uent confi rmed its origin as naturally-occurring radon daughter products, within a range of approximately 3x10-11 μCi/ml to 1 x 10-9 μCi/ml. This particulate radioactivity is predominantly 214Pb and 214Bi, which is not associated with reactor operations.

There was no release of particulate effl uents with a half life greater than eight days and therefore the reporting of the aver-age concentration of radioactive particulates with half lives greater than eight days is not applicable.

Solid Waste ReleasedData for the radioactive material in the solid waste generated and transferred during this reporting period are summarized in Table V.5 for both the reactor facility and the Radiation Center. Solid radioactive waste is routinely transferred to OSU Radia-tion Safety. Until this waste is disposed of by the Radiation Safety Offi ce, it is held along with other campus radioactive waste on the University’s State of Oregon radioactive materi-als license.

Solid radioactive waste is disposed of by OSU Radiation Safety by transfer to the University’s radioactive waste dis-posal vendor.

Personnel DoseThe OSTR annual reporting requirements specify that the licensee shall present a summary of the radiation exposure received by facility personnel and visitors. The summary in-cludes all Radiation Center personnel who may have received exposure to radiation. These personnel have been categorized into six groups: facility operating personnel, key facility research personnel, facilities services maintenance personnel, students in laboratory classes, police and security personnel, and visitors.

Facility operating personnel include the reactor operations and health physics staff. The dosimeters used to monitor these in-dividuals include quarterly TLD badges, quarterly track-etch/albedo neutron dosimeters, monthly TLD (fi nger) extremity dosimeters, pocket ion chambers, electronic dosimetry.

Key facility research personnel consist of Radiation Center staff, faculty, and graduate students who perform research using the reactor, reactor-activated materials, or using other research facilities present at the Center. The individual dosim-etry requirements for these personnel will vary with the type of research being conducted, but will generally include a quar-terly TLD fi lm badge and TLD (fi nger) extremity dosimeters. If the possibility of neutron exposure exists, researchers are also monitored with a track-etch/ albedo neutron dosimeter.

Facilities Services maintenance personnel are normally issued a gamma sensitive electronic dosimeter as their basic monitor-ing device.

Students attending laboratory classes are issued quarterly Xß(γ) TLD badges, TLD (fi nger) extremity dosimeters, and track-etch/albedo or other neutron dosimeters, as appropriate.

Students or small groups of students who attend a one-time lab demonstration and do not handle radioactive materials are usually issued a gamma sensitive electronic dosimeter. These results are not included with the laboratory class students.

OSU police and security personnel are issued a quarterly Xß(γ) TLD badge to be used during their patrols of the Radia-tion Center and reactor facility.

Visitors, depending on the locations visited, may be issued gamma sensitive electronic dosimeters. OSU Radiation Center policy does not normally allow people in the visitor category to become actively involved in the use or handling of radioac-tive materials.



An annual summary of the radiation doses received by each of the above six groups is shown in Table V.6. There were no personnel radiation exposures in excess of the limits in 10 CFR 20 or State of Oregon regulations during the reporting period.

Facility Survey DataThe OSTR Technical Specifi cations require an annual sum-mary of the radiation levels and levels of contamination observed during routine surveys performed at the facility. The Center’s comprehensive area radiation monitoring program encompasses the Radiation Center as well as the OSTR, and therefore monitoring results for both facilities are reported.

Area Radiation Dosimeters Area monitoring dosimeters capable of integrating the radia-tion dose are located at strategic positions throughout the reactor facility and Radiation Center. All of these dosimeters contain at least a standard personnel-type beta-gamma fi lm or TLD pack. In addition, for key locations in the reactor facility and for certain Radiation Center laboratories a CR-39 plas-tic track-etch neutron detector has also been included in the monitoring package.

The total dose equivalent recorded on the various reactor facil-ity dosimeters is listed in Table V.7 and the total dose equiva-lent recorded on the Radiation Center area dosimeters is listed in Table V.8. Generally, the characters following the Monitor Radiation Center (MRC) designator show the room number or location.

Routine Radiation and Contamination Surveys The Center’s program for routine radiation and contamination surveys consists of daily, weekly, and monthly measurements throughout the TRIGA reactor facility and Radiation Center. The frequency of these surveys is based on the nature of the radiation work being carried out at a particular location or on other factors which indicate that surveillance over a specifi c area at a defi ned frequency is desirable.

The primary purpose of the routine radiation and contamina-tion survey program is to assure regularly scheduled surveil-lance over selected work areas in the reactor facility and in the Radiation Center, in order to provide current and characteristic data on the status of radiological conditions. A second objec-tive of the program is to assure frequent on-the-spot personal observations (along with recorded data), which will provide

advance warning of needed corrections and thereby help to ensure the safe use and handling of radiation sources and radioactive materials. A third objective, which is really derived from successful execution of the fi rst two objectives, is to gath-er and document information which will help to ensure that all phases of the operational and radiation protection programs are meeting the goal of keeping radiation doses to personnel and releases of radioactivity to the environment “as low as reason-ably achievable” (ALARA).

The annual summary of radiation and contamination levels measured during routine facility surveys for the applicable reporting period is given in Table V.9.

Environmental Survey DataThe annual reporting requirements of the OSTR Technical Specifi cations include “an annual summary of environmental surveys performed outside the facility.”

Gamma Radiation MonitoringOn-site Monitoring Monitors used in the on-site gamma environmental radiation monitoring program at the Radiation Center consist of the re-actor facility stack effl uent monitor described in Section V and nine environmental monitoring stations.

During this reporting period, each fence environmental station utilized an LiF TLD monitoring packet supplied and processed by Mirion Technologies, Inc., Irvine, California. Each packet contained three LiF TLDs and was exchanged quarterly for a total of 108 samples during the reporting period (9 stations x 3 TLDs per station x 4 quarters). The total number of TLD samples for the reporting period was 108. A summary of the TLD data is also shown in Table V.10.

From Table V.10 it is concluded that the doses recorded by the dosimeters on the TRIGA facility fence can be attributed to natural back-ground radiation, which is about 110 mrem per year for Oregon (Refs. 1, 2).

Off-site Monitoring The off-site gamma environmental radiation monitoring program consists of twenty monitoring stations surrounding the Radiation Center (see Figure V.1) and six stations located within a 5 mile radius of the Radiation Center.



Each monitoring station is located about four feet above the ground (MRCTE 21 and MRCTE 22 are mounted on the roof of the EPA Laboratory and National Forage Seed Laboratory, respectively). These monitors are exchanged and processed quarterly, and the total number of TLD samples during the current one-year reporting period was 240 (20 stations x 3 chips per station per quarter x 4 quarters per year). The total number of TLD samples for the reporting period was 240. A summary of TLD data for the off-site monitoring stations is given in Table V.11.

After a review of the data in Table V.11, it is concluded that, like the dosimeters on the TRIGA facility fence, all of the doses recorded by the off-site dosimeters can be attributed to natural background radiation, which is about 110 mrem per year for Oregon (Refs. 1, 2).

Soil, Water, and Vegetation SurveysThe soil, water, and vegetation monitoring program consists of the collection and analysis of a limited number of samples in each category on a annual basis. The program monitors highly unlikely radioactive material releases from either the TRIGA reactor facility or the OSU Radiation Center, and also helps indicate the general trend of the radioactivity concentration in each of the various substances sampled. See Figure V.1 for the locations of the sampling stations for grass (G), soil (S), water (W) and rainwater (RW) samples. Most locations are within a 1000 foot radius of the reactor facility and the Radiation Center. In general, samples are collected over a local area having a radius of about ten feet at the posi-tions indicated in Figure V.1.

There are a total of 22 sampling locations: four soil loca-tions, four water locations (when water is available), and fourteen vegetation locations.

The annual concentration of total net beta radioactivity (mi-nus tritium) for samples collected at each environmental soil, water, and vegetation sampling location (sampling station) is listed in Table V.12. Calculation of the total net beta disinte-gration rate incorporates subtraction of only the counting sys-tem back-ground from the gross beta counting rate, followed by application of an appropriate counting system effi ciency.

The annual concentrations were calculated using sample results which exceeded the lower limit of detection (LLD), except that sample results which were less than or equal to the LLD were averaged in at the corresponding LLD con-centration. Table V.13 gives the concentration and the range

of values for each sample category for the current reporting period.

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

Identifi cation of specifi c radionuclides is not routinely carried out as part of this monitoring program, but would be conduct-ed if unusual radioactivity levels above natural background were detected. However, from Table V.12 it can be seen that the levels of radioactivity detected were consistent with naturally occurring radioactivity and comparable to values reported in previous years.

Radioactive Materials ShipmentsA summary of the radioactive material shipments originating from the TRIGA reactor facility, NRC license R-106, is shown in Table V.14. A similar summary for shipments originating from the Radiation Center’s State of Oregon radioactive ma-terials license ORE 90005 is shown in Table V.15. A summary of radioactive material shipments exported under Nuclear Regulatory Commission general license 10 CFR 110.23 is shown in Table V.16.

References1. U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, “Estimates

of Ionizing Radiation Doses in the United States, 1960-2000,” ORP/CSD 72-1, Offi ce of Radiation Programs, Rockville, Maryland (1972).

2. U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, “Radiologi-cal Quality of the Environment in the United States, 1977,” EPA 520/1-77-009, Offi ce of Radiation Pro-grams; Washington, D.C. 20460 (1977).



Table V.1

Radiation Protection Program Requirements and Frequencies

Frequency Radiation Protection Requirement

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

Monthly

Collect and analyze TRIGA primary, secondary, and make-up water.Exchange personnel dosimeters and inside area monitoring dosimeters, and review exposure reports.Inspect laboratories.Calculate previous month’s gaseous effl uent discharge.

As Required

Process and record solid waste and liquid effl uent discharges.Prepare and record radioactive material shipments.Survey and record incoming radioactive materials receipts.Perform and record special radiation surveys.Perform thyroid and urinalysis bioassays.Conduct orientations and training.Issue radiation work permits and provide health physics coverage for maintenanceoperations.

Quarterly

Prepare, exchange and process environmental TLD packs.Conduct orientations for classes using radioactive materials.Collect and analyze samples from reactor stack effl uent line.Exchange personnel dosimeters and inside area monitoring dosimeters, and review exposure reports.

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

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Annual Summary of Liquid Waste Generated and Transferred

Origin of Liquid Waste

Volume of Liquid Waste Packaged(1)

(gallons)

DetectableRadionuclidesin the Waste

Total Quantity ofRadioactivity in the

Waste (Curies)

Dates of Waste Pickup for Transfer to theWaste Processing

Facility

Radiation CenterLaboratories 5.0 Pu-239 3.0x10-7 2/1/17

TOTAL 5.0 See above 3.0x10-7

(1) OSTR and Radiation Center liquid waste is picked up by the Radiation Safety Offi ce for transfer to its waste processing facility for fi nal packaging.





Table V.4

Monthly TRIGA Reactor Gaseous Waste Discharges and Analysis

Month

TotalEstimatedActivity

Released (Curies)

TotalEstimated Quantity of

Argon-41Released(1) (Curies)

Estimated Atmospheric Diluted

Concentration ofArgon-41 at Point of

Release(μCi/cc)

Fraction of the TechnicalSpecifi cation

Annual AverageArgon-41

Concentration Limit (%)

July 1.24 1.24 9.72x10-8 2.43

August 1.33 1.33 1.04x10-7 2.60

September 1.08 1.08 8.69x10-8 2.17

October 1.41 1.41 1.10x10-7 2.75

November 1.44 1.44 1.16x10-7 2.90

December 1.62 1.62 1.27x10-7 3.17

January 1.59 1.59 1.24x10-7 3.10

February 1.67 1.67 1.45x10-7 3.63

March 1.74 1.74 1.36x10-7 3.39

April 1.63 1.63 1.32x10-7 3.30

May 1.65 1.65 1.29x10-7 3.23

June 1.67 1.67 1.35x10-7 3.37

TOTAL(‘16-‘17) 18.07 18.07 1.20x10-7(2) 3.00

(1) Routine gamma spectroscopy analysis of the gaseous radioactivity in the OSTR stack discharge indicated the only detectable radionuclide was argon-41.

(2) Annual Average.



Table V.5

Annual Summary of Solid Waste Generated and Transferred

Origin ofSolid Waste

Volume ofSolid WastePackaged(1)

(Cubic Feet)

DetectableRadionuclidesin the Waste

Total Quantityof Radioactivityin Solid Waste

(Curies)

Dates of Waste Pickup for Transfer to the OSU

Waste ProcessingFacility

TRIGAReactorFacility

8Co-60, Zn-65, Sc-46, Fe-59, Co-58,

As-74, Mn-54, Sb-124, Se-75, Hf-181, Ta-182

4.67x10-6 2/1/17

RadiationCenter

Laboratories10

Pu-239, Am-243, Eu-152, Eu-154, Cs-134, Ra-226, Th-228, H-3,

Cf-2527.70x10-5 2/1/17

TOTAL 18 See Above 8.17x10-5

(1) OSTR and Radiation Center laboratory waste is picked up by OSU Radiation Safety for transfer to its waste processing facility for fi nal packaging.



Table V.6

Annual Summary of Personnel Radiation Doses Received

Average AnnualDose(1)

Greatest IndividualDose(1)

Total Person-mremfor the Group(1)

Personnel Group Whole Body(mrem)

Extremities(mrem)

Whole Body(mrem)

Extremities(mrem)

Whole Body(mrem)

Extremities(mrem)

Facility OperatingPersonnel 109 410 220 1,197 984 3,688

Key FacilityResearchPersonnel

ND 3 ND 25 ND 25

Facilities ServicesMaintenance

PersonnelND N/A ND N/A ND N/A

Laboratory ClassStudents 3 15 49 86 300 416

Campus Police andSecurity Personnel 1 N/A 12 N/A 46 N/A

Visitors <1 N/A 6 N/A 113 N/A

(1) “N/A” indicates that there was no extremity monitoring conducted or required for the group.



Table V.7

Total Dose Equivalent Recorded on Area Dosimeters Located

Within the TRIGA Reactor Facility

MonitorI.D.

TRIGA ReactorFacility Location(See Figure V.1)

TotalRecorded Dose Equivalent(1)(2)

Xß(γ)(mrem)

Neutron(mrem)

MRCTNE D104: North Badge East Wall 246 ND

MRCTSE D104: South Badge East Wall 156 NDMRCTSW D104: South Badge West Wall 530 ND

MRCTNW D104: North Badge West Wall 441 ND

MRCTWN D104: West Badge North Wall 617 ND

MRCTEN D104: East Badge North Wall 303 ND

MRCTES D104: East Badge South Wall 1,741 ND

MRCTWS D104: West Badge South Wall 589 ND

MRCTTOP D104: Reactor Top Badge 1,304 ND

MRCTHXS D104A: South Badge HX Room 800 ND

MRCTHXW D104A: West Badge HX Room 270 ND

MRCD-302 D302: Reactor Control Room 504 ND

MRCD-302A D302A: Reactor Supervisor’s Offi ce 114 ND

MRCBP1 D104: Beam Port Number 1 544 ND

MRCBP2 D104: Beam Port Number 2 230 ND

MRCBP3 D104: Beam Port Number 3 1,087 ND

MRCBP4 D104: Beam Port Number 4 1,118 ND

(1) The total recorded dose equivalent values do not include natural background contribution and refl ect the summation of the results of four quarterly beta-gamma dosimeters or four quarterly fast neutron dosimeters for each location. A total dose equivalent of “ND” in-dicates that each of the dosimeters during the reporting period was less than the vendor’s gamma dose reporting threshold of 10 mrem or that each of the fast neutron dosimeters was less than the vendor’s threshold of 10 mrem. “N/A” indicates that there was no neutron monitor at that location.

(2) These dose equivalent values do not represent radiation exposure through an exterior wall directly into an unrestricted area.



Table V.8

Total Dose Equivalent Recorded on Area Dosimeters

Located Within the Radiation Center

MonitorI.D.

Radiation CenterFacility Location(See Figure V.1)

Total RecordedDose Equivalent(1)

Xß(γ )(mrem)

Neutron(mrem)

MRCA100 A100: Receptionist’s Offi ce 0 NDMRCBRF A102H: Front Personnel Dosimetry Storage Rack 0 NDMRCA120 A120: Stock Room 0 NDMRCA120A A120A: NAA Temporary Storage 116 NDMRCA126 A126: Radioisotope Research Laboratory 296 NDMRCCO-60 A128: 60Co Irradiator Room 1,239 NDMRCA130 A130: Shielded Exposure Room 0 NDMRCA132 A132: TLD Equipment Room 0 NDMRCA138 A138: Health Physics Laboratory 0 NDMRCA146 A146: Gamma Analyzer Room (Storage Cave) 147 NDMRCB100 B100: Gamma Analyzer Room (Storage Cave) 167 NDMRCB114 B114: Lab (226Ra Storage Facility) 579 ND

MRCB119-1 B119: Source Storage Room 42 ND

MRCB119-2 B119: Source Storage Room 813 NDMRCB119A B119A: Sealed Source Storage Room 2,982 10

MRCB120 B120: Instrument Calibration Facility 226 NDMRCB122-2 B122: Radioisotope Hood 281 ND

MRCB122-3 B122: Radioisotope Research Laboratory 34 ND

MRCB124-1 B124: Radioisotope Research Laboratory (Hood) 39 NDMRCB124-2 B124: Radioisotope Research Laboratory 0 NDMRCB124-6 B124: Radioisotope Research Laboratory 0 ND

MRCB128 B128: Instrument Repair Shop 0 ND

MRCB136 B136 Gamma Analyzer Room 0 ND

MRCC100 C100: Radiation Center Director’s Offi ce 0 ND(1) The total recorded dose equivalent values do not include natural background contribution and, refl ect the summation of the

results of four quarterly beta-gamma dosimeters or four quarterly fast neutron dosimeters for each location. A total dose equiva-lent of “ND” indicates that each of the dosimeters during the reporting period was less than the vendor’s gamma dose report-ing threshold of 10 mrem or that each of the fast neutron dosimeters was less than the vendor’s threshold of 10 mrem. “N/A” indicates that there was no neutron monitor at that location.



Table V.8 (continued)

Total Dose Equivalent Recorded on Area Dosimeters

Located Within the Radiation Center

MonitorI.D.

Radiation CenterFacility Location(See Figure V.1)

Total RecordedDose Equivalent(1)

Xß(γ )(mrem)

Neutron(mrem)

MRCC106A C106A: Offi ce 0 ND

MRCC106B C106B: Custodian Supply Storage 22 ND

MRCC106-H C106H: East Loading Dock 0 ND

MRCC118 C118: Radiochemistry Laboratory 0 ND

MRCC120 C120: Student Counting Laboratory 0 ND

MRCF100 F100: APEX Facility 0 ND

MRCF102 F102: APEX Control Room 0 ND

MRCB125N B125: Gamma Analyzer Room (Storage Cave) 36 ND

MRCN125S B125: Gamma Analyzer Room 0 ND

MRCC124 C124: Classroom 0 ND

MRCC130 C130: Radioisotope Laboratory (Hood) 0 ND

MRCD100 D100: Reactor Support Laboratory 0 ND

MRCD102 D102: Pneumatic Transfer Terminal Laboratory 224 ND

MRCD102-H D102H: 1st Floor Corridor at D102 84 ND

MRCD106-H D106H: 1st Floor Corridor at D106 380 NDMRCD200 D200: Reactor Administrator’s Offi ce 150 NDMRCD202 D202: Senior Health Physicist’s Offi ce 232 ND

MRCBRR D200H: Rear Personnel Dosimetry Storage Rack 11 ND

MRCD204 D204: Health Physicist Offi ce 344 ND

MRCATHRL F104: ATHRL 0 ND

MRCD300 D300: 3rd Floor Conference Room 164 ND

MRCA144 A144: Radioisotope Research Laboratory 0 ND

(1) The total recorded dose equivalent values do not include natural background contribution and, refl ect the summation of the results of four quarterly beta-gamma dosimeters or four quarterly fast neutron dosimeters for each location. A total dose equiva-lent of “ND” indicates that each of the dosimeters during the reporting period was less than the vendor’s gamma dose report-ing threshold of 10 mrem or that each of the fast neutron dosimeters was less than the vendor’s threshold of 10 mrem. “N/A” indicates that there was no neutron monitor at that location.



Table V.9

Annual Summary of Radiation and Contamination Levels

Observed Within the Reactor Facility and Radiation Center

During Routine Radiation Surveys

Accessible Location(See Figure V.1)

Whole BodyRadiation Levels

(mrem/hr)

ContaminationLevels(1)

(dpm/cm2)

Average Maximum Average Maximum

TRIGA Reactor Facility:

Reactor Top (D104) 2.0 100 <500 1,731Reactor 2nd Deck Area (D104) 6.5 60 <500 <500Reactor Bay SW (D104) <1 10 <500 <500Reactor Bay NW (D104) <1 14 <500 1,129Reactor Bay NE (D104) <1 30 <500 2,581Reactor Bay SE (D104) <1 10 <500 6,290Class Experiments (D104, D302) <1 6 <500 <500Demineralizer Tank & Make Up Water System (D104A) <1 10 <500 <500

Particulate Filter--Outside Shielding (D104A) <1 3.8 <500 <500

Radiation Center:

NAA Counting Rooms (A146, B100) <1 1.3 <500 <500Health Physics Laboratory (A138) <1 <1 <500 <50060Co Irradiator Room and Calibration Rooms (A128, B120, A130) <1 9 <500 <500

Radiation Research Labs (A126, A136)(B108, B114, B122, B124, C126, C130, A144) <1 6 <500 <500

Radioactive Source Storage (B119, B119A, A120A, A132A) <1 20 <500 <500

Student Chemistry Laboratory (C118) <1 <1 <500 <500Student Counting Laboratory (C120) <1 <1 <500 <500Operations Counting Room (B136, B125) <1 <1 <500 <500Pneumatic Transfer Laboratory (D102) <1 1.2 <500 <500RX support Room (D100) <1 <1 <500 <500

(1) <500 dpm/100 cm2 = Less than the lower limit of detection for the portable survey instrument used.



Table V.10

Total Dose Equivalent at the TRIGA Reactor Facility Fence

FenceEnvironmental Monitoring Station

(See Figure V.1)

Total Recorded Dose Equivalent(Including Background)

Based on Mirion TLDs(1, 2)

(mrem)

MRCFE-1 78 ± 3

MRCFE-2 73 ± 2

MRCFE-3 71 ± 1

MRCFE-4 79 ± 4

MRCFE-5 79 ± 2

MRCFE-6 78 ± 3

MRCFE-7 79 ± 2

MRCFE-8 75 ± 3

MRCFE-9 74 ± 2

(1) Average Corvallis area natural background using Mirion TLDs totals 73 ± 5 mrem for the same period.(2) ± values represent the standard deviation of the total value at the 95% confi dence level.



Table V.11

Total Dose Equivalent at the Off -Site Gamma Radiation

Monitoring Stations

Off-Site RadiationMonitoring Station

(See Figure V.1)

Total Recorded Dose Equivalent(Including Background)

Based on Mirion TLDs(1, 2)

(mrem)

MRCTE-2 75 ± 1

MRCTE-3 75 ± 2

MRCTE-4 73 ± 3

MRCTE-5 85 ± 3

MRCTE-6 77 ± 2

MRCTE-7 79 ± 2

MRCTE-8 90 ± 3

MRCTE-9 81 ± 3

MRCTE-10 67 ± 2

MRCTE-12 82 ± 3

MRCTE-13 73 ± 3

MRCTE-14 74 ± 3

MRCTE-15 70 ± 3

MRCTE-16 79 ± 1

MRCTE-17 71 ± 2

MRCTE-18 76 ± 3

MRCTE-19 78 ± 4

MRCTE-20 74 ± 2

MRCTE-21 65 ± 2

MRCTE-22 72 ± 2

(1) Average Corvallis area natural background using Mirion TLDs totals 73 ± 5 mrem for the same period.(2) ± values represent the standard deviation of the total value at the 95% confi dence level.



Table V.12

Annual Average Concentration of the Total Net Beta

Radioactivity (minus 3H) for Environmental Soil, Water,

and Vegetation Samples

SampleLocation

(See Fig. V.1)

SampleType

Annual Average ConcentrationOf the Total Net Beta (Minus 3H)

Radioactivity(1)

ReportingUnits

1-W Water N/A μCi ml-1

4-W Water N/A μCi ml-1

11-W Water 1.60x10-7(2) μCi ml-1

19-RW Water 2.88x10-6(2) μCi ml-1

3-S Soil 3.83x10-5 ± 8.61x10-6 μCi g-1 of dry soil

5-S Soil 6.50x10-5 ± 7.85x10-6 μCi g-1 of dry soil

20-S Soil 5.04x10-5(2) μCi g-1 of dry soil

21-S Soil 1.33x10-5 (2) μCi g-1 of dry soil

2-G Grass 4.36x10-5 (2) μCi g-1 of dry ash

6-G Grass 4.36x10-5 (2) μCi g-1 of dry ash

7-G Grass 1.78x10-4 ± 2.97x10-5 μCi g-1 of dry ash











22-G Grass 1.55x10-4 ± 3.79x10-5 μCi g-1 of dry ash(1) ± values represent the standard deviation of the value at the 95% confi dence level.(2) Less than lower limit of detection value shown.



Table V.13

Beta-Gamma Concentration and Range of LLD Values for Soil, Water, and

Vegetation Samples

SampleType

AverageValue Range of Values Reporting Units

Soil 3.19x10-5 1.33x10-5 to 5.04x10-5 μCi g-1 of dry soil

Water 1.52x10-6 (1) 1.60x10-7 to 2.88x10-6 (1) μCi ml-1

Vegetation 2.28x10-4 1.78x10-4 to 2.99x10-4 μCi g-1 of dry ash

(1) Less than lower limit of detection value shown.



Table V.14Annual Summary of Radioactive Material Shipments Originating

From the TRIGA Reactor Facility’s NRC License R-106Number of Shipments

Shipped To Total Activity (TBq) Exempt Limited

QuantityYellow

IIYellow

III Total

Arizona State UniversityTucson, AZ USA

8.42x10-7 0 1 0 0 1

Berkeley Geochronology CenterBerkeley, CA USA

9.81x10-7 8 1 0 0 9

Lawrence Livermore National LabLivermore, CA USA 6.59x10-8 1 0 0 0 1

Materion Corporation Elmore, OH USA

4.81x10-2 0 0 0 5 5

Materion Natural ResourcesDelta, UT USA

8.31x10-2 0 0 0 19 19

Occidental CollegeLos Angeles, CA USA 2.55x10-9 1 0 0 0 1

Oregon State UniversityCorvallis, OR USA

2.72x10-6 4 3 1 0 8

Reed CollegePortland, OR USA 1.79x10-9 1 0 0 0 1

Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, NY USA 3.78x10-8 2 0 0 0 2

University of Arizona Tucson, AZ USA

1.10x10-7 7 0 0 0 7

University of California at BerkeleyBerkeley, CA USA 3.24x10-7 0 0 1 0 1

University of California at Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, CA USA 1.08x10-6 0 0 1 0 1

University of FloridaGainesville, FL USA 1.22x10-7 0 1 0 0 1

University of Nevada Las VegasLas Vegas, NV USA 2.88x10-6 0 0 1 0 1

University of New MexicoAlbuquerque, NM USA 3.61x10-6 1 0 2 0 3

University of VermontBurlington, VT USA 4.78x10-8 1 0 0 0 1

University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, WI USA 1.22x10-5 0 2 2 0 4

Totals 1.31x10-1 26 8 8 24 66



Table V.15Annual Summary of Radioactive Material Shipments

Originating From the Radiation Center’s State of Oregon License ORE 90005

Shipped To Total Activity (TBq)

Number of Shipments

Exempt LimitedQuantity White I Yellow III Total

Argonne National labArgonne, IL USA

3.70x10-4 0 0 0 1 1

Idaho National LaboratoryIdaho Falls, ID USA

1.90x10-5 0 1 0 0 1

Los Alamos National LabLos Alamos, NM USA

3.28x10-6 3 8 2 0 13

University of Tennesse, KnoxvilleKnoxville, TN USA

1.11x10-5 0 0 1 0 1

Totals 4.03x10-4 3 9 3 1 16

Table V.16Annual Summary of Radioactive Material Shipments Exported

Under NRC General License 10 CFR 110.23Number of Shipments


QuantityYellow

II Total

China University of PetroleumBeijing, CHINA 2.35x10-8 3 0 0 3

Curtin University of TechnologyBently Western Australia AUSTRALIA 1.27x10-5 0 0 3 3

Dalhousie UniversityHalifax, Nova Scotia CANADA 1.63x10-8 1 0 0 1

GeoazurValbonne, FRANCE 7.82x10-8 0 1 0 1

Geological Survey of japanIbaraki, JAPAN 1.76x10-7 1 0 0 1

Geomar Helmholtz Center for Ocean ResearchKiel, GERMANY 3.00x10-8 1 0 0 1

Glasgow UniversityGlasgow SCOTLAND 1.80x10-8 1 0 0 1

ISTOOrleans, FANCE 1.09x10-6 0 2 0 2



Table V.16Annual Summary of Radioactive Material Shipments Exported

Under NRC General License 10 CFR 110.23Number of Shipments


QuantityYellow

II Total

Korean Baskic Science InstituteCheongju-si, Chungcheongbuk-do KOREA 9.59x10-8 5 0 0 5

Lanzhou Center of Oil and Gas ResourcesLanzhou, CHINA 1.66x10-8 1 0 0 1

Lanzhou UniversityLanzhou, Gansu CHINA 2.13x10-8 1 0 0 1

Northwest UniversityXiAn, CHINA 9.10x10-9 1 0 0 1

Polish Academy of SciencesKrakow, POLAND 4.44x10-8 2 0 0 2

QUAD-Lab, Natural Histoyr Museum of DenmarkCopenhagen, DEMARK 1.60x10-8 2 0 0 2

Scottish Universities Research & Reactor CentreEast Kilbride, SCOTLAND 1.76x10-6 1 3 0 4

Tongji UniversityShanghai, CHINA 1.95x10-8 1 0 0 1

Universidade de Sao PauloSan Paulo, BRAZIL 1.67x10-7 3 0 0 3

Universitat Potsdam Postdam, GERMANY 3.40x10-8 1 0 0 1

University of Geneva Geneva, SWITZERLAND 4.78x10-6 3 2 1 6

University of ManitobaWinnipeg, CANADA 2.19x10-6 2 2 0 4

University of MelbourneParkville, Victoria AUSTRALIA 2.15x10-6 2 3 0 5

University of PadovaPadova, ITALY 7.66x10-9 2 0 0 2

University of Queensland Brisbane, Queensland AUSTRALIA 2.26x10-6 1 0 1 2

University of WaikatoHamilton, NEW ZEALAND 6.80x10-9 1 0 0 1

Victoria University of WellingtonWellington, NEW ZELAND 6.13x10-8 2 0 0 2

Vrijc UniversiteitAmsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS 1.94x10-6 1 1 1 3

Totals 2.97x10-5 39 14 6 59

(continued)



Figure V.1

Monitoring Stations for the OSU TRIGA Reactor


SummaryThe Radiation Center offers a wide variety of resources for teaching, research, and service related to radiation and radioac-tive materials. Some of these are discussed in detail in other parts of this report. The purpose of this section is to sum-marize the teaching, research, and service efforts carried out during the current reporting period.

TeachingAn important responsibility of the Radiation Center and the reactor is to support OSU’s academic programs. Implementa-tion of this support occurs through direct involvement of the Center’s staff and facilities in the teaching programs of various departments and through participation in University research programs. Table III.2 plus the “Training and Instuction” sec-tion (see next page) provide detailed information on the use of the Radiation Center and reactor for instruction and training.

Research and ServiceAlmost all Radiation Center research and service work is tracked by means of a project database. When a request for facility use is received, a project number is assigned and the project is added to the database. The database includes such information as the project number, data about the person and institution requesting the work, information about students in-volved, a description of the project, Radiation Center resources needed, the Radiation Center project manager, status of indi-vidual runs, billing information, and the funding source.

Table VI.1 provides a summary of institutions which used the Radiation Center during this reporting period. This table also includes additional information about the number of academic personnel involved, the number of students involved, and the number of uses logged for each organization.

The major table in this section is Table VI.2. This table provides a listing of the research and service projects carried out during this reporting period and lists information relating to the personnel and institution involved, the type of project, and the funding agency. Projects which used the reactor are indicated by an asterisk. In addition to identifying specifi c projects carried out during the current reporting period, Part VI

also highlights major Radiation Center capabilities in research and service. These unique Center functions are described in the following text.

Neutron Activation Analysis

Neutron activation analysis (NAA) stands at the forefront of techniques for the quantitative multi-element analysis of major, minor, trace, and rare elements. The principle involved in NAA

consists of fi rst irradiating a sample with neutrons in a nuclear reactor such as the OSTR to produce specifi c radionuclides. Af-ter the irradiation, the characteristic gamma rays emitted by the decaying radionuclides are quantitatively measured by suitable semiconductor radiation detectors, and the gamma rays de-tected at a particular energy are usually indicative of a specifi c radionuclide’s presence. Computerized data reduction of the gamma ray spectra then yields the concentrations of the various elements in samples being studied. With sequential instrumental NAA it is possible to measure quantitatively about 35 elements in small samples (5 to 100 mg), and for activable elements the lower limit of detection is on the order of parts per million or parts per billion, depending on the element.

Work


Work

The Radiation Center’s NAA laboratory has analyzed the major, minor, and trace element content of tens of thousands of samples covering essentially the complete spectrum of material types and involving virtually every scientifi c and technical fi eld.

While some researchers perform their own sample counting on their own or on Radiation Center equipment, the Radia-tion Center provides a complete NAA service for researchers and others who may require it. This includes sample prepara-tion, sequential irradiation and counting, and data reduction and analysis.

Irradiations

As described throughout this report, a major capability of the Radiation Center involves the irradiation of a large variety of substances with gamma rays and neutrons. Detailed data on these irradiations and their use are included in Part III as well as in the “Research & Service” text of this section.

Radiological Emergency Response Services The Radiation Center has an emergency response team capable of responding to all types of radiological accidents. This team directly supports the City of Corvallis and Benton County emergency response organizations and medical fa-cilities. The team can also provide assistance at the scene of any radiological incident anywhere in the state of Oregon on behalf of the Oregon Radiation Protection Services and the Oregon Department of Energy.

The Radiation Center maintains dedicated stocks of radio-logical emergency response equipment and instrumentation. These items are located at the Radiation Center and at the Good Samaritan Hospital in Corvallis.

During the current reporting period, the Radiation Center emergency response team conducted several training ses-sions and exercises, but was not required to respond to any actual incidents.

Training and Instruction In addition to the academic laboratory classes and courses discussed in Parts III and VI, and in addition to the routine training needed to meet the requirements of the OSTR Emer-gency Response Plan, Physical Security Plan, and operator requalifi cation program, the Radiation Center is also used for special training programs. Radiation Center staff are well ex-perienced in conducting these special programs and regularly offer training in areas such as research reactor operations,

research reactor management, research reactor radiation protection, radiological emergency response, reactor behav-ior (for nuclear power plant operators), neutron activation analysis, nuclear chemistry, and nuclear safety analysis.

Special training programs generally fall into one of several categories: visiting faculty and research scientists; Interna-tional Atomic Energy Agency fellows; special short-term courses; or individual reactor operator or health physics training programs. During this reporting period there were a large number of such people as shown in the People Section.

As has been the practice since 1985, Radiation Center personnel annually present a HAZMAT Response Team Ra-diological Course. This year the course was held at Oregon State University.

Radiation Protection Services The primary purpose of the radiation protection program at the Radiation Center is to support the instruction and research conducted at the Center. However, due to the high quality of the program and the level of expertise and equip-ment available, the Radiation Center is also able to provide health physics services in support of OSU Radiation Safety and to assist other state and federal agencies. The Radiation Center does not compete with private industry, but supplies health physics services which are not readily available else-where. In the case of support provided to state agencies, this defi nitely helps to optimize the utilization of state resources.

The Radiation Center is capable of providing health phys-ics services in any of the areas which are discussed in Part V. These include personnel monitoring, radiation surveys, sealed source leak testing, packaging and shipment of radio-active materials, calibration and repair of radiation monitor-ing instruments (discussed in detail in Part VI), radioactive waste disposal, radioactive material hood fl ow surveys, and radiation safety analysis and audits.

The Radiation Center also provides services and technical support as a radiation laboratory to the State of Oregon Radi-ation Protection Services (RPS) in the event of a radiological emergency within the state of Oregon. In this role, the Radia-tion Center will provide gamma ray spectrometric analysis of water, soil, milk, food products, vegetation, and air samples collected by RPS radiological response fi eld teams. As part of the ongoing preparation for this emergency support, the Radiation Center participates in inter-institution drills.


Work

Radiological Instrument Repair and Calibration While repair of nuclear instrumentation is a practical neces-sity, routine calibration of these instruments is a licensing and regulatory requirement which must be met. As a result, the Radiation Center operates a radiation instrument repair and calibration facility which can accommodate a wide vari-ety of equipment.

The Center’s scientifi c instrument repair facility performs maintenance and repair on all types of radiation detectors and other nuclear instrumentation. Since the Radiation Cen-ter’s own programs regularly utilize a wide range of nuclear instruments, components for most common repairs are often on hand and repair time is therefore minimized.

In addition to the instrument repair capability, the Radia-tion Center has a facility for calibrating essentially all types of radiation monitoring instruments. This includes typical portable monitoring instrumentation for the detection and measurement of alpha, beta, gamma, and neutron radiation, as well as instruments designed for low-level environmental monitoring. Higher range instruments for use in radiation accident situations can also be calibrated in most cases.

Instrument calibrations are performed using radiation sources certifi ed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) or traceable to NIST.

Table VI.3 is a summary of the instruments which were cali-brated in support of the Radiation Center’s instructional and research programs and the OSTR Emergency Plan, while Table VI.4 shows instruments calibrated for other OSU departments and non-OSU agencies.

Consultation Radiation Center staff are available to provide consultation ser-vices in any of the areas discussed in this Annual Report, but in particular on the subjects of research reactor operations and use, radiation protection, neutron activation analysis, radiation shielding, radiological emergency response, and radiotracer methods.

Records are not normally kept of such consultations, as they often take the form of telephone conversations with research-ers encountering problems or planning the design of experi-ments. Many faculty members housed in the Radiation Center have ongoing professional consulting functions with various organizations, in addition to sitting on numerous committees in advisory capacities.

Table VI.1 (continued)

Institutions, Agencies and Groups WhichUtilized the Radiation Center

Intuitions, Agencies and Groups Number of Projects

Number of Times of Faculty Involvement

Number of Uses of Center

FacilitiesAlternative Nutrition LLCCasa Grande, AZ USA

1 0 1

*Arizona State UniversityTempe, AZ USA

1 0 1

*Berkeley Geochronology CenterBerkeley, CA USA

1 0 14

CDM SmithEdison, NJ USA

1 0 6

*Charlotte Pipe and Foundry Co.Monroe, NC USA

1 0 1

Chemical Bilogical &Environmental EngineeringCorvallis, OR USA

1 1 7

*China University of GeosciencesBeijing, CHINA

1 0 1

*Chinga University of Petroleum - BeijingChangping, Beijing CHINA

1 1 2

Colorado Gem and Mineral Co.Tempe, AZ USA

1 0 5

Table VI.1


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Facilities*Dalhousie UniversityHalifax, Novia Scotia CANADA

1 2 1

Department of Biomedical SciencesCorvallis, OR USA

1 1 3

Genis, Inc.Reykjavik, ICELAND

1 0 4

*GeoazurValbonne, FRANCE

1 0 1

*Geological Survey of Japan/AISTTsukuba, Ibaraki, JAPAN

1 0 1

*Helmoholtz-Zentrum fur Ozeanforschung Kiel (GEOMAR)Kiel, GERMANY

1 0 2

Innovative Plants LLCDecatur, AL USA

1 0 13

*INSU-CNRS - Universite d’OrleansOrleans, FRANCE

1 1 3

*Korea Basic Science InstituteCheongwon-gun, Chungcheongbuk-do SOUTH KOREA

1 1 5

*Lanzhou Center of Oil and Gas Resources, CASLanzhou, CHINA

1 1 1

*Lanzhou UniversityLanzhou City, Gansu Province CHINA

1 0 1

*Lanzhou UniversityLanzhou, CHINA

1 0 1

*Lawrence Livermore National LaboratoryLivermore, CA USA

1 0 2

LonzaAlpharetta, GA USA

1 1 5

*Materion Brush, Inc.Elmore, OH USA 1 0 7

*Materion Natural ResourcesDelta, UT USA 1 0 14

*Northwest UniversityXi’An, CHINA 1 0 1

*Occidental CollegeLos Angeles, CA USA 1 1 1

*Oregon State University(1)

Corvallis, OR USA22 58 95 (2)

*Oregon State University - Educational ToursCorvallis, OR USA

1 0 16


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Facilities*Oregon State University Radiation CenterCorvallis, OR USA 1 1 11

OSU Crop and Soil ScienceHermiston, OR USA 1 1 1

*Polish Academy of SciencesKrakow, POLAND 1 0 2

*Quaternary Dating LaboratoryRoskilde, DENMARK 1 0 4

Radiation Protection ServicesPortland, OR USA

1 0 2

*Scottish Universities Enfi ronmental Research CentreEast Kilbride UK

1 0 8

*Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, NY USA 2 2 2

Terra Nova Nurseries, Inc.Camby, OR USA 1 0 4

The Biointerfaces InstituteAnn Arbor, MI USA 1 1 6

*The University of WaikatoHamilton, NEW ZEALAND 1 1 2

*Tongji UniversityShanghai, CHINA 1 1 2

*Universita’ Degli Studi di PadovaPadova ITALIA 1 2 2

University of AlaskaAnchorage, AK USA 1 2 3

University of ArizonaTucson, AZ USA 2 3 7

*University of California at BerkeleySanta Barbara, CA USA 1 0 1

*University of FloridaGainesville, FL USA 1 0 1

*University of GenevaGeneva SWITZERLAND 1 1 8

*University of GlasgowGlasgow SCOTLAND 1 0 1

*University of ManitobaWinnipeg, Manitoba CANADA 1 1 5

*University of MelbourneMelbourne, Victoria AUSTRALIA 1 1 6


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FacilitiesUniversity of Nebraska-LincolnLincoln, NE USA 1 1 1

*University of Nevada Las VegasLas Vegas, NV USA 1 1 1

*University of OregonEugene, OR USA 1 4 4

*University of QueenslandBrisbane, Queensland AUSTRALIA 1 1 1

*University of Sao PauloSao Paulo BRAZIL 2 1 3

University of TexasAustin, TX USA 1 1 2

*University of VermontBurlington, VT USA 1 1 1

University of WashingtonSeattle, WA USA 1 0 1

*University of WisconsinMadison, WI USA 1 1 5

UNMAlbuquerque, NM USA 1 0 4

US National Parks ServiceCrater Lake, OR USA 1 0 3

USDA Forest ServiceCrater Lake, OR USA 1 0 1

*Victoria University of WellingtonWellington, NEW ZEALAND 1 0 4

*Vrije UniversiteitAmsterdam THE NETHERLANDS 1 1 3

*Wayne State UniversityDetroit, MI USA 1 2 4

*Western Australian Argon Isotope FacilityPerth, Western Australia AUSTRALIA 1 0 6

Totals 89 99 337* Project which involves the OSTR.(1) Use by Oregon State University does not include any teaching activities or classes accommodated by the

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

APEX project, others in the Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics or Department of Chemistry or projects conducted by Dr. Walt Loveland, which involve daily use of the Radiation Center facilities.

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radi

atio

ns

Apa

tite fi s

sion

trac

k to

reve

al th

e ex

hum

atio

n hi

stor

y of

rock

s fro

m th

e ID

-WY-

UY

pos

tion

of th

e Se

vier

fold

and

thru

st b

elt,

Nep

al, a

nd

Arg

entin

a.

Uni

vers

ity o

f Wyo

min

g

1878

Rod

en-T

ice

Plat

tsbu

rgh

Stat

e U

nive

rsity

Fiss

ion-

track

rese

arch

Use

of fi

ssi

on tr

acks

to d

etrm

ine

loca

tion

of 2

35U

, 23

2Th

in n

atur

al ro

cks a

nd m

iner

als.

Plat

tsbu

rgh

Stat

e U

nive

rsity

1882

Bra

yW

ayne

Sta

te U

nive

rity

INA

A o

f Arc

haeo

logi

cal C

eram

ics f

rom

So

uth

Am

eric

aTr

ace-

elem

ent a

naly

sis o

f Inc

a-pe

riod

cera

mic

s for

pr

oven

ance

det

erm

inat

ion.

Way

ne S

tate

Uni

vers

ity

1886

Cou

tand

Dal

hous

ie U

nive

rsity

Fiss

ion

Trac

k Ir

radi

atio

nFi

ssio

n tra

ck ir

radi

atio

ns o

f apa

tite

sam

ples

.D

ahou

sie

Uni

vers

ity

1887

Fars

oni

Ore

gon

Stat

e U

nive

rsity

Xen

on G

as P

rodu

ctio

nPr

oduc

tion

of x

enon

gas

.O

SU N

ERH

P

1904

Min

cO

rego

n St

ate

Uni

vers

ityIN

AA

of A

rcha

eolo

gica

l Cer

amic

s fro

m

Ecua

dor

Trac

e-el

emen

t ana

lyse

s of c

eram

ics f

rom

Ecu

ador

fo

r pro

vena

nce

dete

rmin

atio

n.N

/A

1905

Felli

nET

H Z

uric

hFi

ssio

n Tr

ack

Ana

lysi

sU

se o

f fi s

sion

trac

ks to

det

erm

ine

loca

tion

of

235U

, 232

Th in

nat

ural

rock

s and

min

eral

s.G

eolo

gisc

hes I

nstit

ut,

ETH

Zur

ich

1907

Tang

uay

Ore

gon

Stat

e U

nive

rsity

Nan

opar

ticle

Upt

ake

in Z

ebrafi s

h Em

bryo

sIN

AA

to d

eter

min

e th

e up

take

by

zebr

afi s

h em

bryo

s of v

ario

us m

etal

s in

nano

parti

cle

form

.

OSU

Env

ironm

enta

l an

d M

olec

ular

To

xico

logy


Work

Ta

ble

VI.

2 (

con

tin

ue

d)

Lis

tin

g o

f M

ajo

r R

ese

arc

h a

nd

Se

rvic

e P

roje

cts

Pre

form

ed

or

in P

rog

ress

at

the

Ra

dia

tio

n C

en

ter

an

d T

he

ir F

un

din

g A

ge

nc

ies

Proj

ect

Use

rsO

rgan

izat

ion

Nam

ePr

ojec

t Titl

eD

escr

iptio

nFu

ndin

g

1913

Ree

seO

rego

n St

ate

Uni

vers

ityFi

ssio

n Y

ield

Det

erm

inat

ion

Usi

ng

Gam

ma

Spec

trosc

opy

Use

of n

eutro

n ac

tivat

ion

to d

eter

min

e fi s

sion

yi

elds

for v

ario

us fi

ssile

and

ferti

le m

ater

ials

usi

ng

gam

ma

spec

trosc

opy.

N/A

1914

Bar

fod

Scot

tish

Uni

vers

ities

En

viro

nmen

tal

Res

earc

h C

entre

Ar/A

r Age

Dat

ing

Ar/A

r age

dat

ing.

Scot

tish

Uni

vers

ities

R

esea

rch

and

Rea

ctor

C

entre

1916

Shus

term

anU

nive

rsity

of

Cal

iforn

ia a

t Ber

kele

yU

C B

erke

ley

Che

mis

try/N

AA

Intro

duct

ion

of N

AA

by

activ

atio

n of

hum

an h

air

to d

etec

t tra

ce im

purit

ies.

UC

Ber

kele

y

1927

Sew

ard

Vic

toria

Uni

vers

ity o

f W

ellin

gton

Fiss

ion

Trac

k D

atin

gFi

ssio

n tra

ck d

atin

g of

apa

tite

sam

ples

.V

itoria

Uni

vers

ity o

f W

ellin

gton

1929

Fars

oni

Ore

gon

Stat

e U

nive

rsity

Sour

ce A

ctiv

atio

nIr

radi

atio

n of

diff

eren

t mat

eria

ls to

mak

e so

urce

s fo

r det

ectio

n ex

perim

ents

.N

A

1933

Love

land

Ore

gon

Stat

e U

nive

rsity

Pt ra

dioc

hem

istry

Prod

uctio

n of

trac

er fo

r tes

ting

chem

ical

se

para

tion

of P

t fro

m P

b.19

39W

ang

Lanz

hou

Uni

vers

ityLa

nzho

u U

nive

rsity

Fis

sion

Tra

ckFi

ssio

n Tr

ack

datin

g.La

nzho

u U

nive

rsity

1957

Phill

ips

Uni

vers

ity o

f M

elbo

urne

Rad

iom

etric

age

dat

ing

of g

eolo

gic

sam

ples

Ar/A

r age

dat

ing.

Uni

vers

ity o

f M

elbo

urne

1958

Min

cO

rego

n St

ate

Uni

vers

ityIN

AA

of O

axac

a C

eram

ics

Trac

e-el

emen

t ana

lyse

s of p

rehi

stor

ic c

eram

ics

from

Oax

aca,

Mex

ico,

to d

eter

min

e pr

oven

ance

.N

SF C

olla

bora

tive

Res

earc

h Pr

ojec

t

1965

Web

bU

nive

rsity

of V

erm

ont

Ar/A

r age

dat

ing

Irra

diat

ion

with

fast

neu

trons

to p

rodu

ce A

r-39

from

K-3

9 fo

r Ar/A

r geo

chro

nolo

gy.

Uni

vers

ity o

f Ver

mon

t

1975

McD

onal

dU

nive

rsity

of G

lasg

owSa

mue

l Jaa

nne

Use

of fi

ssi

n tra

cks t

o de

term

ine

last

hea

ting

even

t of

apa

tites

.Sc

hool

of G

eogr

aphi

cal

and

Earth

Sci

ence

1979

Paul

enov

aO

rego

n St

ate

Uni

vers

ityM

ixed

Mat

rix E

xtra

ctio

n Te

stin

gM

ulti-

elem

ent,

trans

ition

met

al sa

lt pr

oduc

tion

for

mix

ed m

atrix

ext

ract

ion

test

ing.

1980

Car

pent

erR

adia

tion

Prot

ectio

n Se

rvic

esSa

mpl

e co

untin

gSa

mpl

e co

untin

g.St

ate

of O

rego

n R

PS

1990

Tow

nsen

dO

rego

n St

ate

Uni

vers

ityH

op ir

radi

atio

n

The

indu

ctio

n of

gen

etic

mut

atio

ns in

hop

(H

umul

us lu

pulu

s L.)

will

be

atte

mpt

ed u

sing

ra

diat

ion

treat

men

t. G

ener

ated

stab

le m

utat

ions

m

ay le

ad to

new

hop

var

ietie

s and

ass

ist w

ith

gene

tic re

sear

ch.

OSU

Cro

p an

d So

il Sc

ienc

e

1991

Enje

lman

nU

nive

rsity

of

Cin

cinn

ati

Fiss

ion

Trac

k D

atin

gA

patit

e fi s

sion

trac

k da

ting,

stud

y of

Yuk

on a

nd

sout

heas

tern

Ala

ska

geol

ogic

al e

volu

tion.

Uni

vers

ity o

f C

inci

nnat

i

1995

Cam

acho

Uni

vers

ity o

f Man

itoba

Ar/A

r dat

ing

Prod

uctio

n of

Ar-3

9 fr

om K

-39

to d

eter

min

e ra

diom

etric

age

s of g

eolo

gica

l mat

eria

ls.

Uni

vers

ity o

f Man

itoba

2000

Kas

par

Alte

rnat

ive

Nut

ritio

n LL

CC

onta

min

atio

n de

tect

ion

in T

aurin

eLo

ok fo

r con

tam

inat

ion

in T

aurin

e th

at w

as

ship

ped

from

Japa

n.20

01D

erric

kB

ranc

h En

gine

erin

gD

ensi

tom

eter

Lea

k Te

stW

ip c

ount

s for

leak

test

of d

ensi

tom

eter

sour

ces.

Bra

nch

Engi

neer

ing


Work

Ta

ble

VI.

2 (

con

tin

ue

d)

Lis

tin

g o

f M

ajo

r R

ese

arc

h a

nd

Se

rvic

e P

roje

cts

Pre

form

ed

or

in P

rog

ress

at

the

Ra

dia

tio

n C

en

ter

an

d T

he

ir F

un

din

g A

ge

nc

ies

Proj

ect

Use

rsO

rgan

izat

ion

Nam

ePr

ojec

t Titl

eD

escr

iptio

nFu

ndin

g

2002

Sosa

Uni

vers

idad

de

Gra

nada

Irid

ium

in S

oil S

ampl

esEp

ither

mal

INA

A to

det

erm

ine

Ir c

onte

nt in

soils

at

the

K-T

bou

ndar

y.

2003

Paul

Ore

gon

Stat

e U

nive

rsity

Effe

ct o

f gam

ma

irrat

iatio

n on

m

ass t

rans

port

and

mec

h pr

op o

f po

lyac

rylo

nitri

le c

opol

ymer

mem

bran

e

The

mem

bran

e (p

olya

cryl

onitr

ile o

r PA

N) w

hich

I a

m g

oing

to ir

radi

ate

is u

sed

in k

idne

y di

alyz

er.

At p

rese

nt M

edic

al a

genc

ies u

se E

TO to

ster

ilize

th

e m

embr

ane.

The

oth

er te

chni

que

to st

erili

ze

is b

y us

ing

gam

ma

irrad

iatio

n. R

ecen

tly so

me

rese

arch

ers u

sed

low

dos

age

of g

amm

a irr

adia

tion

to c

ross

link

this

mem

bran

e w

ith o

ther

org

anic

co

mpo

und

whi

ch m

akes

mem

bran

e b

ioco

mpa

tible

an

d re

pel p

rote

in to

mak

e it

mor

e ef

fect

ive

in

bloo

d pu

rifi c

atio

n. S

o ou

r res

earc

h qu

estio

n is

w

heth

er w

e ca

n bo

th st

erili

ze a

nd g

raft

the

orga

nic

com

poun

d I n

the

mem

bran

e at

the

sam

e tim

e?

Ther

efor

e I w

ould

be

test

the

mem

bran

e fo

r its

m

ass t

rans

fer a

nd m

echa

nica

l pro

perti

es fo

r our

re

sear

ch o

bjec

tive.

OSU

Indu

stria

l &

Man

ufac

turin

g En

gine

erin

g

2005

Stew

art-S

mith

Rad

on D

augh

eter

Det

ectio

nD

eter

min

atio

n of

rado

n co

ncen

tratio

n fr

om

daug

hter

pro

duct

s fro

m sa

mpl

es c

olle

cted

aro

und

Ore

gon.

2007

War

tho

Ariz

ona

Stat

e U

nive

rsity

Arg

on-A

rgon

Geo

chro

nolo

gyFa

st n

eutro

n irr

adia

tion

of m

iner

al a

nd ro

ck

sam

ples

for 4

0 A

r/39A

r dat

ing

purp

oses

.A

rizon

a St

ate

Uni

vers

ity

2010

Hel

ena

Hol

land

aU

nive

rsity

of S

ao

Paul

oA

r/Ar G

eolo

gica

l Dat

ing

Ar/A

r geo

logi

c da

ting

of m

ater

ials

.U

nive

rsity

of S

ao

Paul

o

2011

Min

cO

rego

n St

ate

Uni

vers

ityIN

AA

of A

rcha

eolo

gica

l Cer

amic

s fro

m

Jalie

za, O

axac

a

Trac

e-el

emen

t ana

lyse

s of a

ncie

nt c

eram

ics a

nd

clay

s fro

m Ja

lieza

, Oax

aca

to e

xam

ine

cera

mic

te

chol

ogy

and

trade

.N

/A

2014

Leon

ard

Ore

gon

Stat

e U

nive

rsity

Bar

ley

Irra

diat

ion

Bar

ley

irrad

iatio

n to

det

erm

ine

grow

th p

oten

tial.

OSU

Cro

p an

d So

il Sc

ienc

e

2015

Mat

osev

icA

kron

Bio

tech

Inve

stig

atio

n of

irra

diat

ion

on b

iolo

gica

l ac

tivity

of h

uman

pla

sma-

deriv

ed

fi bro

nect

in.

A so

lutio

n of

pur

ifi ed

fi br

onec

tin in

PB

S an

d ly

ophi

lized

pow

der s

ampe

of fi

bro

nect

in w

ill b

e irr

adia

ted

and

the

activ

ity te

sted

.A

kron

Bio

tech

2016

Schi

lke

Che

mic

al, B

iolo

gica

l &

Env

ironm

enta

l En

gine

erin

gTC

VS

Sila

niza

tion

for E

GA

P co

atin

g

Si02

surf

aces

wer

e si

lani

zed

(vap

or d

epos

ition

) w

ith T

CV

S to

cre

ate

doub

le b

onds

on

surf

ace.

Th

e su

rfac

e is

incu

bate

d in

Pol

yeth

ylen

e tri

bloc

ks,

once

gam

ma

irrad

iate

d it

will

bin

d th

e tri

bloc

ks to

th

e su

rfac

e.

OSU

Che

mic

al

Engi

neer

ing

2017

Jour

dan

Wes

ter A

ustra

lian

Arg

on Is

otop

e Fa

cilit

yA

ge d

atin

g of

geo

logi

cal m

ater

ial

Ar/A

f geo

chro

nolo

gy.

Cur

tin U

nive

rsity


Work

Ta

ble

VI.

2 (

con

tin

ue

d)

Lis

tin

g o

f M

ajo

r R

ese

arc

h a

nd

Se

rvic

e P

roje

cts

Pre

form

ed

or

in P

rog

ress

at

the

Ra

dia

tio

n C

en

ter

an

d T

he

ir F

un

din

g A

ge

nc

ies

Proj

ect

Use

rsO

rgan

izat

ion

Nam

ePr

ojec

t Titl

eD

escr

iptio

nFu

ndin

g

2021

Ree

seO

rego

n St

ate

Uni

vers

ityN

eutro

n ra

diog

raph

y of

hea

ter r

ods

Use

of n

eutro

n ra

diog

raph

y to

det

erm

ine

prec

ise

loca

tion

of th

e in

tern

al c

ompo

nent

s of h

eate

r rod

s.O

SU N

ERH

P

2022

Sim

onia

nC

ypre

ss G

rove

Che

vre

Dill

pol

len

irrad

iatio

nG

amm

a irr

adia

tion

of d

ill p

olle

n to

ster

lize

yeas

t.La

wre

nce

Live

rmor

e N

atio

nal L

abor

ator

y

2023

Cas

sata

Law

renc

e Li

verm

ore

Nat

iona

l Lab

orat

ory

Ar/A

r dat

ing

Prod

uctio

n of

neu

tron

indu

ced

39A

r fro

m 3

9K fo

r A

r/Ar d

atin

g.La

wre

nce

Live

rmor

e N

atio

nal L

abor

ator

y

2024

Iwan

iec

Ore

gon

Stat

e U

nive

rsity

Rol

e of

bon

e m

arro

w a

dipo

cyte

s in

bone

lo

ss d

urin

g si

mul

ated

spac

efl ig

ht

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stud

y in

volv

es b

one

mar

row

tran

spla

ntat

ion

follo

wed

by

hind

limb-

unlo

adin

g (a

gro

und-

base

d m

odel

of s

pacefl i

ght).

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r gro

ups o

f mic

e w

ill b

e st

udie

d: (1

) wei

ght-b

earin

g W

T m

ice

trans

plan

ted

with

WT

bone

mar

row

der

ived

hem

atop

oiet

ic st

em

cells

, (2)

hin

dlim

b un

load

ed W

T m

ice

trans

plan

ted

with

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bone

mar

row

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ived

hem

atop

oiet

ic

stem

cel

ls, (

3) w

eigh

t-bea

ring

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/w-v

mic

e tra

nspl

ante

d w

ith W

T bo

ne m

arro

w d

eriv

ed

hem

atop

oiet

ic st

em c

ells

, and

(4) h

indl

imb

unlo

aded

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/w-v

mic

e tra

nspl

ante

d w

ith b

one

mar

row

der

ived

hem

atop

oiet

ic st

em c

ells

; the

m

ice

will

be

hind

limb

unlo

aded

for 1

4 da

ys a

nd

sacr

ifi ce

d.

OSU

Nut

ritio

n an

d Ex

erci

se S

cien

ces

2025

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erO

rego

n St

ate

Uni

vers

ityIN

AA

of N

iobi

umN

eutro

n ac

tivat

ion

anal

ysis

of N

iobi

um fo

r ch

arac

teriz

atio

n of

impu

ritie

s.

OSU

Mec

hani

cal

Indu

stria

l and

M

anuf

actu

ring

Engi

neer

ing

2026

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wn

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A, U

SAR

NO

RTH

Sour

ce p

rodu

ctio

n fo

r tra

inin

g pu

rpos

esSo

urce

pro

duct

ion

to b

e us

ed fo

r tra

inin

g pu

rpos

es

for r

espo

nse

team

s.U

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rmy

2027

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seO

rego

n St

ate

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vers

ityN

eutro

n R

adio

grap

hy o

f Ant

enna

eN

eutro

n ra

diog

raph

y of

radi

o an

tenn

ae.

N/A

2028

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cO

rego

n St

ate

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vers

ityIN

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the A

ncie

nt

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r Eas

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oven

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det

erm

inat

ion

of c

eram

ics f

rom

the

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ient

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r Eas

t via

trac

e-el

emen

t ana

lysi

s.O

SU A

nthr

opol

ogy

2029

Kim

Kor

ea B

asic

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ence

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stitu

teA

r/Ar g

eoch

rono

logy

Ar/A

r ana

lysi

s for

age

dat

ing

of g

eolo

gica

l sa

mpl

es.

Kor

ea B

asic

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ence

In

stitu

te

2030

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shm

anN

orth

star

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ssw

orks

, In

c.U

rani

um g

lass

test

ing

for a

lpha

, bet

a,

gam

ma

radi

atio

n

Det

erm

inat

ion

of a

lpha

, bet

a, g

amm

a co

ntam

inat

ion,

dos

e an

d ac

tivity

of u

rani

um g

lass

sa

mpl

e.

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thst

ar G

lass

wor

ks,

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2031

Mal

usa

Uni

vers

ity o

f Mila

no-

Bic

occa

Fiss

ion

track

dat

ing

Use

of fi

ssi

on tr

acks

from

U-2

35 to

det

erm

ine

age

of ro

cks.

Uni

vers

ita d

egli

Stud

i di

Mila

no-B

icoc

ca

2032

Parh

amPE

CO

, Inc

., an

A

stro

nics

Com

pany

Leak

test

of P

o-21

0 so

urce

sLe

akte

st o

f Po-

210

sour

ces u

sed

for s

tatic

di

scha

rge.


Work

Ta

ble

VI.

2 (

con

tin

ue

d)

Lis

tin

g o

f M

ajo

r R

ese

arc

h a

nd

Se

rvic

e P

roje

cts

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form

ed

or

in P

rog

ress

at

the

Ra

dia

tio

n C

en

ter

an

d T

he

ir F

un

din

g A

ge

nc

ies

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ect

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rgan

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ion

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ePr

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t Titl

eD

escr

iptio

nFu

ndin

g

2033

Cha

ngC

hina

Uni

vers

ity o

f Pe

trole

um -

Bei

jing

Fiss

ion

Trac

kFi

ssio

n tra

ck d

atin

g of

rock

sam

ples

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hina

Uni

vers

ity o

f Pe

trole

um -

Bei

jing

2034

Mor

rell

Ore

gon

Stat

e U

nive

rsity

Ster

iliza

tion

of W

ood

Prod

ucts

Ster

iliza

tion

of w

ood

to 2

.0 M

rad

for f

unga

l ex

perim

ents

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SU F

ores

t Pro

duct

s

2035

Wan

gLa

nzho

u C

ente

r of O

il an

d G

as R

esou

rces

, C

AS

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ion

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kFi

ssio

n tra

ck d

atin

g of

rock

sam

ples

.La

nzho

u C

ente

r of O

il an

d G

as R

esou

rces

, C

AS

2036

Love

land

Ore

gon

Stat

e U

nive

rsity

Mea

sure

men

t of fi

ssi

on p

rodu

ct T

KE

Mea

sure

men

t of fi

ssi

on p

rodu

ct k

inet

ic e

nerg

y fo

r va

rious

fi ss

ile e

lem

ents

.

2037

Mar

cum

Ore

gon

Stat

e U

nive

rsity

Cor

e pa

ram

eter

Mea

sure

men

ts u

sing

C

here

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ectio

n

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ng C

here

nkov

det

ecto

rs to

val

idat

e co

re

oper

atin

g hi

stor

y w

ith la

rge

chan

ges i

n re

acto

r po

wer

(i.e

., sq

uare

wav

e).

2038

Bla

kest

adM

as O

roPG

E de

term

inat

ion

of p

lace

r sam

ples

PGE

dete

rmin

atio

n of

pla

cer s

ampl

es v

ia IN

AA

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/A

2039

Gom

bart

Ore

gon

Stat

e U

nive

rsity

Prev

entio

n of

Infe

ctio

ns A

ssoc

iate

d w

ith C

omba

t-rel

ated

Inju

ries b

y Lo

cal

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aine

d C

o-D

eliv

ery

Prev

entio

n of

Infe

ctio

ns A

ssoc

iate

d w

ith

Com

bat-r

elat

ed In

jurie

s by

Loca

l Sus

tain

ed

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Del

iver

y of

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min

D3

and

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er Im

mun

e-B

oost

ing

Com

poun

ds A

war

d M

echa

nism

. W

e ar

e pr

epar

ing

nanofi b

er w

ound

dre

ssin

gs th

at c

onta

in

com

poun

ds th

at w

ill b

e re

leas

ed o

ver t

ime

to

indu

ce th

e im

mun

e re

spon

se in

wou

nds t

o he

lp

prev

ent i

nfec

tion

and

spee

d w

ound

hea

ling.

The

na

nofi b

ers m

ust b

e irr

adia

ted

so th

at th

ey a

re

ster

ile. T

hese

exp

erim

ents

will

be

perf

orm

ed in

ce

ll cu

lture

and

in a

nim

al m

odel

s.

2040

Tuck

erO

rego

n St

ate

Uni

vers

ityN

iobi

um Im

purit

y D

eter

min

atio

n

PGN

AA

of N

iobi

um fo

r cha

ract

eriz

atio

n of

im

purit

ies.

Thi

s tec

hniq

ue w

ill b

e ev

alua

ted

agai

nst c

urre

nt st

anda

rd m

etho

ds fo

r im

purit

y de

term

inat

ion.

2041

Mar

cum

Ore

gon

Stat

e U

nive

rsity

Neu

tron

Rad

iogr

aphy

of A

TR C

apsu

les

Use

of n

eutro

n ra

diog

raph

y to

vie

w d

egra

datio

n in

al

umin

um A

TR c

apsu

les f

rom

end

uran

ce te

stin

g of

th

ese

caps

ules

und

er c

ontin

uous

hyd

raul

ic lo

adin

g ov

er th

e co

urse

of a

yea

r.

2042

Wal

shU

nive

rsity

of O

rego

nIN

AA

of A

ncie

nt C

eram

ics f

rom

Kor

eaTr

ace-

elem

ent a

naly

ses o

f Neo

lithi

c an

d B

ronz

e A

ge c

eram

ics f

rom

SE

Kor

ea.

Uni

vers

ity o

f Ore

gon

2044

Ols

onU

nive

rsity

of M

ichi

gan

poin

t-of-

use

devi

ces a

s inc

ubat

ors o

f ha

loge

nate

d ph

enol

-med

iate

d an

tibio

tic

resi

stan

t bac

teria

This

pro

ject

inve

stig

ates

the

bact

eria

l col

oniz

atio

n,

chan

ges o

f bac

teria

l com

mun

ity st

ruct

ures

, and

de

velo

pmen

t of a

ntib

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resi

stan

ce in

a d

rinki

ng

wat

er p

oint

-of-

use fi l

tratio

n de

vice

.

Uni

vers

ity o

f Mic

higa

n


Work

Ta

ble

VI.

2 (

con

tin

ue

d)

Lis

tin

g o

f M

ajo

r R

ese

arc

h a

nd

Se

rvic

e P

roje

cts

Pre

form

ed

or

in P

rog

ress

at

the

Ra

dia

tio

n C

en

ter

an

d T

he

ir F

un

din

g A

ge

nc

ies

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ect

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ePr

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t Titl

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ndin

g

2045

van

den

Bog

aard

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mho

ltz-Z

entru

m

fur O

zean

fors

chun

g K

iel (

GEO

MA

R)

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MA

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r/Ar

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r dat

ing

rese

arch

of g

eolo

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l sam

ples

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EOM

AR

Hel

mho

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r Oce

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h

2046

Can

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rego

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vers

ityD

eter

min

atio

n of

oxy

gen

cont

ent i

n m

etal

allo

ysIn

vest

igat

ion

into

PG

NA

A to

det

erm

ine

oxyg

en

cont

ent i

n B

aTiO

3.

2047

Parr

aU

nive

rsity

of S

ao

Paul

oFi

ssio

n Tr

ack

Dat

ing

Fiss

ion

track

dat

ing

of g

eolo

gic

mat

eria

ls.

Uni

vers

ity o

f Sao

Pa

ulo

2048

Chr

iste

nsen

Ore

gon

Stat

e U

nive

rsity

INA

A o

f IV

Flu

ids

INA

A to

det

erm

ine

trace

met

al in

TPN

and

ad

ditiv

es.

OSU

Col

lege

of

Phar

mac

y

2050

Lee

Uni

vers

ity o

f Ore

gon

Arc

haeo

logi

cal C

eram

ics f

ron

Juju

Is

land

, Kor

eaIN

AA

to d

eter

min

e tra

ce-e

lem

ent s

igna

ture

and

pr

oven

ance

ofa

rcha

eolo

gica

l cer

amic

s.N

atio

nal G

eogr

aphi

c Ex

plor

er G

rant

2051

Pere

z R

odrig

uez

Uni

vers

ity a

t Alb

any,

SU

NY

Arc

haeo

logi

cal C

eram

ics f

rom

Cer

ro

Jazm

in

INA

A to

det

erm

ine

trace

-ele

men

t com

posi

tion

and

prov

enan

ce o

f cer

amic

s fro

m C

erro

Jazm

in,

Oax

aca.

2052

Ston

e-Su

ndbe

rgC

ryst

al S

olut

ions

, LLC

Dop

ants

in S

ynth

etic

Sap

phire

INA

A to

ver

ify tr

ace-

elem

ent c

onte

nt o

f syn

thet

ic

sapp

hire

s.C

ryst

al S

olut

ions

, LLC

2053

Paul

enov

aO

rego

n St

ate

Uni

vers

ityM

easu

ring

the

upta

ke o

f stro

ntiu

m

Mea

surin

g th

e up

take

of s

tront

ium

by

inor

gani

c (I

ON

SIV

) and

org

anic

(chi

tosa

n-ba

sed)

sorb

ent

mat

eria

ls. K

inet

ics o

f upt

ake

will

als

o be

ev

alua

ted.

Nat

ural

stro

ntiu

m w

ill b

e us

ed a

s a

carr

ier,

and

Sr-8

5 w

ill se

rve

as a

trac

er.

2054

Buffi n

gton

Ore

gon

Stat

e U

nive

rsity

137-

Cs a

ctiv

ity in

coa

stal

sedi

men

ts13

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s act

ivity

in c

oast

al se

dim

ents

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SU

2055

Love

land

Ore

gon

Stat

e U

nive

rsity

Gam

ma

Irra

ditio

n Ef

fect

s on

HLW

Sl

udge

Eval

uatio

n of

the

effe

cts o

f hig

h le

vels

of g

amm

a ra

diat

ion

on si

mul

ated

Han

dord

was

te ta

nk sl

udge

.

2056

Love

land

Ore

gon

Stat

e U

nive

rsity

Rea

ctor

Irra

diat

ion

of H

LW S

ludg

eIn

vest

igat

ion

into

the

effe

cts o

f low

leve

l gam

ma

and

sour

ce n

eutro

ns o

n si

mul

ated

Han

ford

was

te

tank

slud

ge.

2057

Dre

iling

erN

eura

Med

ica

Dur

al C

lip D

evel

opm

ent

We’

re d

evel

opin

g a

reso

rbab

le p

olym

er su

rgic

al

clip

and

app

licat

or fo

r dur

otom

y cl

osur

e (c

losu

re

of in

cisi

ons o

f the

dur

a m

ater

, mem

bran

e co

verin

g br

ain

and

spin

al c

ord)

.

Neu

raM

edic

a


Work

Ta

ble

VI.

2 (

con

tin

ue

d)

Lis

tin

g o

f M

ajo

r R

ese

arc

h a

nd

Se

rvic

e P

roje

cts

Pre

form

ed

or

in P

rog

ress

at

the

Ra

dia

tio

n C

en

ter

an

d T

he

ir F

un

din

g A

ge

nc

ies

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ect

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2058

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nnU

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For

est S

ervi

ceG

amm

a irr

adia

tion

of P

ort-O

rfor

d C

edar

po

llen

to g

ener

ate

chro

mos

omal

segm

ent

dele

tions

Gam

ma

irrad

iatio

n of

pol

len

has b

een

used

su

cces

sful

ly b

y pl

ant g

enet

icis

ts to

faci

litat

e di

scov

ery

of g

enes

and

chr

omos

omal

regi

ons t

hat

cont

rol t

raits

of i

nter

est i

n cr

ops a

nd tr

ees l

ike

popl

ar.

Gen

etic

ists

in th

e U

S Fo

rest

Ser

vice

hav

e id

entifi

ed

valu

able

sing

le g

ene

traits

in P

ort-O

rfor

d C

edar

, an

ecol

ogic

ally

and

eco

nom

ical

ly im

porta

nt

coni

fer n

ativ

e to

Ore

gon.

We

wou

ld li

ke to

test

w

heth

er p

olle

n irr

adia

tion

can

be u

sed

to c

reat

e de

letio

n lin

es th

at h

ave

mod

ifi ed

trai

ts, w

ith th

e go

al o

f ide

ntify

ing

the

gene

s con

trolli

ng th

ese

traits

.

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ores

t Ser

vice

2059

Ala

nko

ATI

Det

ectio

n of

Bor

on in

Nio

bium

Met

alU

se o

f neu

tron

radi

ogra

phy

to d

eter

min

e th

e pr

esen

se o

f bor

on m

iner

als i

n ni

obiu

m m

etal

in

gots

sam

ples

2060

Ishi

zuka

Geo

logi

cal S

urve

y of

Ja

pan/

AIS

TA

r/Ar G

eoch

rono

logy

Ar/A

r geo

chro

nolo

gy o

f vol

cani

c an

d ig

neou

s ro

cks a

ssoc

iate

d w

ith su

bduc

tion

initi

atio

n of

oc

eani

c is

land

arc

.

Geo

logi

cal S

urve

y of

Ja

pan

2061

Wei

ssO

rego

n St

ate

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vers

ityN

eutro

n R

adio

grap

hy Im

agin

g of

C

oncr

ete

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stig

atio

n in

to th

e ap

plic

ablit

y of

neu

tron

radi

ogra

phy

for e

valu

atin

g co

ncre

te c

urin

g pr

oces

ses.

2062

Ree

seO

rego

n St

ate

Uni

vers

ityTe

mpo

ral S

pect

rosc

opy

of F

issi

le

Mat

eria

ls

Use

of P

GN

AA

faci

lity

to p

erfo

rm te

mpo

ral

spec

trosc

opy

for t

he p

urpo

se o

f det

erm

inin

g fi s

sile

m

ater

ial c

onte

nt

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Rad

iatio

n C

ente

r, D

ND

O G

rant

2063

Boh

anan

Uni

vers

ity o

f Ore

gon

Mic

robi

al In

herit

ance

in S

eeds

The

plan

t mic

robi

ome

is c

ompo

sed

of b

acte

ria

and

fung

i tha

t are

ver

tical

ly tr

ansm

itted

via

the

seed

and

hor

izon

tally

tran

smitt

ed v

ia th

e so

il. T

he

goal

of t

his p

roje

ct it

to u

nder

stan

d th

e re

lativ

e co

ntrib

utio

n of

seed

born

e ve

rsus

soilb

orne

m

icro

bes i

n pr

oduc

ing

the

corn

mic

robi

ome.

Uni

vers

ity o

f Ore

gon

2064

Scha

efer

CD

M S

mith

Abi

otic

Dec

hlor

inat

ion

of c

hlor

inat

ed

solv

ents

in so

il m

atric

es.

We

will

be

perf

orm

ing

benc

h sc

ale

mic

roco

sm

stud

ies t

o m

easu

re th

e ab

iotic

dec

hlor

inat

ion

in

diffe

rent

soil

mat

rices

. Gam

ma

irrad

iatio

n w

ill b

e us

ed to

ster

ilize

the

sam

ples

.

CD

M S

mith

2065

Nas

onO

rego

n St

ate

Uni

vers

ityN

anom

ater

ials

in E

nviro

nmen

tal

Mat

rices

INA

A to

det

erm

ine

dist

ribut

ion

of s

ynth

esiz

ed

gold

-cor

e, ti

tani

um d

ioxi

desh

ell n

anop

artic

les

to b

ette

r und

erst

and

the

envi

ronm

enta

l fat

e an

d tra

nspo

rt of

eng

inee

red

nano

mat

eria

ls.


Work

Ta

ble

VI.

2 (

con

tin

ue

d)

Lis

tin

g o

f M

ajo

r R

ese

arc

h a

nd

Se

rvic

e P

roje

cts

Pre

form

ed

or

in P

rog

ress

at

the

Ra

dia

tio

n C

en

ter

an

d T

he

ir F

un

din

g A

ge

nc

ies

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ect

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2066

Love

land

Ore

gon

Stat

e U

nive

rsity

Ce

Trac

erPr

oduc

tion

of C

e tra

cer.

2067

Ree

seO

rego

n St

ate

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vers

ityN

eutro

n R

adio

grap

hy o

f Lon

g-Te

rm

Con

cret

e C

urin

g

Use

of n

eutro

n ra

diog

raph

y an

d o

mog

raph

y im

agin

g in

long

-term

stud

ies o

f con

cret

e cu

ring

used

in c

ivil

cons

truct

ion.

Ore

gon

Stat

e U

nive

rsity

CC

E

2068

XU

Tong

ji U

nive

rsity

Apa

tite/

zirc

on fi

ssio

n-tra

ck ir

radi

atio

n

Use

of fi

ssi

on-tr

ack

anal

ysis

to d

eter

min

e U

co

nten

t and

fi ss

ion

track

age

con

stra

ins l

ow-

tem

pera

ture

coo

ling

and

exhu

mat

ion

in S

outh

C

hina

.

2069

Scai

llet

INSU

-CN

RS-

Uni

vers

ite d

’Orle

ans

Ar/A

r dat

ing

of g

eolo

gic

sam

ples

Ar/A

r ana

lysi

s for

age

dat

ing

of g

eolo

gic

sam

ples

(s

olid

rock

chi

ps a

nd m

iner

als)

INSU

-CN

RS-

Uni

vers

ite d

’Orle

ans

2070

Low

ell

Col

orad

o G

em a

nd

Min

eral

Co.

Gam

ma

irrad

iatio

n in

duce

d ch

ange

of

colo

r in

Tour

mal

ine

from

a P

egm

atite

in

the

Oba

n M

assi

f, N

iger

ia

The

purp

ose

of th

is e

xper

imen

t is t

o de

term

ine

wha

t col

or a

nea

rly c

olor

less

Tou

rmal

ine

will

tu

rn w

ith d

osag

es o

f 5, 1

0 an

d 20

Mr o

f Gam

ma

irrad

iatio

n. T

wo

Paki

stan

Ber

yl c

ryst

als a

re a

lso

part

of th

is e

xper

imen

t to

see

the

colo

r cha

nge

as

wel

l as 2

pie

ces o

f Fou

r Pea

ks A

met

hyst

that

may

ha

ve b

een

fade

d by

sunl

ight

. Fo

r the

Tou

rmal

ine,

co

lor p

ossi

bilit

ies a

re b

row

n, y

ello

w, a

nd p

ink

to re

d. T

he c

omm

erci

al v

alue

of c

olor

less

gem

To

urm

alin

e is

ver

y lo

w, b

ut o

ther

col

ors o

f gem

To

urm

alin

e, e

spec

ially

pin

k an

d re

d re

sults

, wou

ld

stim

ulat

e m

inin

g of

this

mat

eria

l in

Nig

eria

. 20

Mr i

s usu

ally

a d

osag

e th

at w

ill sa

tura

te th

e vi

sibl

e co

lor,

and

low

er d

osag

es m

ay b

e pr

efer

able

if th

e G

amm

a ra

ys c

ause

a n

ew c

olor

oth

er th

an p

ink

or

red

whi

ch is

the

desi

rabl

e re

sult.

Col

orad

o G

ema

and

Min

eral

Co.

2071

Gal

let

Geo

azur

Geo

azur

Ar/A

r dat

ing

Geo

azur

Ar/A

r dat

ing.


Work

Ta

ble

VI.

2 (

con

tin

ue

d)

Lis

tin

g o

f M

ajo

r R

ese

arc

h a

nd

Se

rvic

e P

roje

cts

Pre

form

ed

or

in P

rog

ress

at

the

Ra

dia

tio

n C

en

ter

an

d T

he

ir F

un

din

g A

ge

nc

ies

Proj

ect

Use

rsO

rgan

izat

ion

Nam

ePr

ojec

t Titl

eD

escr

iptio

nFu

ndin

g

2072

Buc

kner

Uni

vers

ity o

f W

ashi

ngto

n

Tryp

anos

oma

Met

hion

ly-tR

NA

sy

nthe

tase

inhi

bito

r dev

elop

men

t to

treat

ne

glec

ted

tropi

cal d

isea

ses.

We

will

be

rece

ivin

g sh

ipm

ents

of d

ried

bloo

d sp

ot

card

s with

bov

ine

bloo

d co

ntai

ning

a c

hem

ical

co

mpo

und

from

Sou

th A

fric

a in

the

near

futu

re.

The

USD

A-A

PHIS

are

requ

iring

us t

o ga

mm

a irr

adia

te th

e sa

mpl

es b

efor

e th

ey w

ill b

e re

leas

ed

to o

ur la

b at

the

Uni

vers

ity o

f Was

hing

ton

(Se-

attle

, WA

). W

e ne

ed to

con

duct

a te

st to

det

erm

ine

if th

e ga

mm

a irr

adia

tion,

6 M

rad

(60

kGy)

, will

de

grad

e th

e ch

emic

al c

ompo

und

in th

e sa

mpl

es.

The

sam

ple

will

be

a dr

ied

bloo

d sp

ot c

ard

spot

ted

with

bov

ine

bloo

d (U

S or

igin

) with

our

che

mic

al

com

poun

d se

nt fr

om o

ur la

b (S

eattl

e, W

A).

2073

Schw

ende

man

The

Bio

inte

rfac

es

Inst

itute

PLG

A m

icro

sphe

res

This

pro

ject

focu

ses o

n th

e co

ntro

lled

rele

ase

deliv

ery

of le

upro

lide

from

pol

y(la

ctic

co-g

lyco

lic

acid

) mic

rosp

here

s. Le

upro

lide

is re

mot

ely

load

ed

into

pre

form

ed m

icro

sphe

res v

ia p

eptid

e ab

sorp

-tio

n du

e to

inte

ract

ions

bet

wee

n ca

tioni

c pe

ptid

es

and

PLG

A. T

he g

oal o

f thi

s stu

dy is

to u

se re

mot

e lo

adin

g to

ach

ieve

hig

h pe

ptid

e en

caps

ulat

ion

and

cont

inuo

us p

eptid

e re

leas

e w

ith lo

w in

itial

bur

st.

The

Bio

inte

rfac

es

Inst

itute

2074

Min

cO

rego

n St

ate

Uni

vers

ityM

arke

t Exc

hang

e in

Anc

ient

Oax

aca,

M

exic

o

I NA

A o

f arc

haeo

logi

cal c

eram

ics f

rom

the

Valle

y of

Oax

aca,

Mex

ico,

to tr

ace

the

orig

ins o

f mar

ket

exch

ange

.N

SF

2075

Ber

nsU

nive

rsity

of T

exas

Bio

geoc

hem

ical

Pro

cess

es th

at C

ontro

l N

atur

al A

ttenu

atio

n of

TC

E in

Low

Pe

rmea

bilit

y Zo

nes

Tric

hlor

oeth

ylen

e ca

n di

ffuse

into

low

per

mea

bil-

ity m

ater

ials

such

as c

lays

. Whe

n th

ere

is a

cha

nge

in c

hem

ical

gra

dien

t, TC

E ca

n “b

ack

diffu

se”

out o

f the

cla

y in

to h

ighe

r per

mea

bilit

y m

ater

ials

(s

uch

as sa

nd) a

nd b

e tra

nspo

rted

thro

ugh

the

sub-

surf

ace.

Thi

s pro

ject

focu

ses o

n th

e bi

ogeo

chem

i-ca

l int

erac

tions

infl u

enci

ng th

e ba

ck d

iffus

ion

of

trich

loro

ethy

lene

at a

sand

-cla

y in

terf

ace.

Uni

vers

ity o

f Tex

as

2076

Hel

ferty

Tran

sitio

n m

etal

irra

diat

ion

It’s a

n ex

perim

ent i

n ho

w F

rank

el v

acan

cy p

airs

in

diss

imili

ar jo

inin

g of

tran

sitio

n el

emen

ts b

ehav

e.


Work

Ta

ble

VI.

2 (

con

tin

ue

d)

Lis

tin

g o

f M

ajo

r R

ese

arc

h a

nd

Se

rvic

e P

roje

cts

Pre

form

ed

or

in P

rog

ress

at

the

Ra

dia

tio

n C

en

ter

an

d T

he

ir F

un

din

g A

ge

nc

ies

Proj

ect

Use

rsO

rgan

izat

ion

Nam

ePr

ojec

t Titl

eD

escr

iptio

nFu

ndin

g

2077

Web

erU

nier

sity

of N

ebra

ska-

Linc

oln

Nitr

ate

Med

iate

d U

rani

um M

obili

zatio

n in

the

Hig

h Pl

ains

Aqu

ifer,

Cen

tral

Neb

rask

a

This

pro

ject

aim

s to

dete

rmin

e th

e co

ntrib

u-tio

ns o

f bio

tic a

nd a

biot

ic m

echa

nism

s inv

olve

d w

ith n

itrat

e dr

iven

ura

nium

oxi

datio

n in

nat

ural

se

dim

ents

. Exp

erim

ents

will

be

cond

ucte

d us

ing

up-fl

ow c

olum

ns p

acke

d w

ith g

amm

a st

erili

zed

and

non-

ster

ilize

d aq

uife

r sed

imen

ts (f

rom

cen

tral

Neb

rask

a) to

det

erm

ine

the

rate

and

con

tribu

tions

of

abi

otic

and

bio

tic u

rani

um o

xida

tion

mec

ha-

nism

s.

Uni

vers

ity o

f N

ebra

ska-

Linc

oln

2078

Qu

Dai

kin

Am

eric

a In

c.Ir

radi

atio

n of

PTF

E po

wde

r mix

ed w

ith

mod

ifi er

Diff

eren

t lev

els o

f irr

adia

tion

of P

TFE

pow

der

with

diff

eren

t mod

ifi er

s.D

aiki

n A

mer

ica

Inc.

2079

Alb

ert

Ore

gon

Stat

e U

nive

rsity

Soil

Geo

chem

istry

of P

laya

Lak

esIN

AA

to d

eter

min

e ge

oche

mic

al c

ompo

sitio

n of

so

ils a

roun

d pl

aya

lake

s of E

. Ore

gon.

2080

Nat

ion

Ore

gon

Stat

e U

nive

rsity

Trac

e-el

emen

t Geo

chem

istry

of B

eliz

ean

Spel

eoth

ems

INA

A to

det

erm

ine

trace

elem

ent g

eoch

emis

try o

f sp

eleo

them

s fro

m c

aves

in B

eliz

e us

ed a

s May

an

ritua

l site

s.

2081

Min

cO

rego

n St

ate

Uni

vers

itySt

anda

rd T

est M

etho

d fo

r Ant

imon

y C

onte

nt in

Pla

stic

sR

ound

-rob

in to

dem

onst

rate

util

ity o

f IN

AA

for

char

acte

rizin

g an

timon

y co

nten

t in

plas

tics.

2082

Ree

seO

rego

n St

ate

Uni

vers

itySo

urce

s for

Det

ecto

r Eva

luat

ion

Prod

uctio

n of

radi

oact

ive

sour

ces f

or th

e pu

rpos

e of

test

ing

radi

atio

n de

tect

ion

syst

ems.

Ore

gon

Stat

e U

nive

rsity

DN

DO

G

rant

2083

Nad

elC

harlo

tte P

ipe

and

Foun

dry

Co.

AB

S A

ntim

ony

Test

ing

Test

ing

for t

race

ant

imon

y in

AB

S vi

a IN

AA

ac

cord

ing

to A

STM

E30

63.

Cha

rlotte

Pip

e &

Fo

undr

y C

o.

2084

Nad

elC

harlo

tte P

ipe

and

Foun

dry

Co.

AB

S A

ntim

ony

Test

ing

Test

ing

for t

race

ant

imon

y in

AB

S co

mpo

unds

via

IN

AA

acc

ordi

ng to

AST

M E

3063

.C

harlo

tte P

ipe

&

Foun

dry

Co.

2085

He

Lanz

hou

Uni

vers

ityA

patit

e fi s

sion

trac

kU

se o

f fi s

sion

trac

k an

alys

is to

det

erm

ine

U

cont

ent i

n th

e se

dim

enta

tion

of X

inin

g B

asin

.La

nzho

u U

nive

rsity


Work

Ta

ble

VI.

2 (

con

tin

ue

d)

Lis

tin

g o

f M

ajo

r R

ese

arc

h a

nd

Se

rvic

e P

roje

cts

Pre

form

ed

or

in P

rog

ress

at

the

Ra

dia

tio

n C

en

ter

an

d T

he

ir F

un

din

g A

ge

nc

ies

Proj

ect

Use

rsO

rgan

izat

ion

Nam

ePr

ojec

t Titl

eD

escr

iptio

nFu

ndin

g

2086

Poun

ders

Inno

vativ

e Pl

ants

LLC

Mut

atio

n In

duct

ion

by R

adia

tion

in

Ase

xual

ly P

ropa

gate

d La

ndsc

ape

Plan

ts

The

goal

of t

his p

roje

ct is

to in

duce

mut

atio

ns

in se

eds a

nd d

orm

ant c

uttin

gs o

f com

mer

cial

ly

impo

rtant

land

scap

e pl

ants

pro

duce

d by

the

horti

-cu

ltura

l ind

ustry

. Bas

ed o

n re

sults

by

the

prin

cipl

e re

sear

cher

and

pub

lishe

d lit

erat

ure,

it is

ant

icip

ated

ra

diat

ion

indu

ced

chan

ges t

o th

e ge

nom

e an

d ce

ll cy

topl

asm

of t

reat

ed m

ater

ial m

ay in

clud

e im

prov

ed e

nviro

nmen

tal t

oler

ance

and

/or m

orph

o-lo

gica

l cha

nges

of h

ortic

ultu

ral i

mpo

rtanc

e su

ch a

s fl o

wer

col

or, l

eaf c

olor

, dw

arfn

ess,

bran

chin

g et

c.

Iden

tifi e

d m

utat

ions

of c

omm

erci

al v

alue

will

be

asex

ually

pro

paga

ted

by p

artic

ipat

ing

nurs

erie

s.

Inno

vativ

e Pl

ants

LLC

2087

Hec

htU

NM

Cal

cuim

Flu

orid

e do

sim

etry

stud

ies

Full

spec

trum

irra

diat

ion

of C

aF2

crys

tals

to

dete

rmin

e ch

ange

s in

optic

al p

rope

rties

due

to

neut

ron

expo

sure

.

2088

Dai

Chi

na U

nive

rsity

of

Geo

scie

nces

Tibe

tan

Plat

eau

Lhas

a-Q

iang

tang

terr

ane

ther

moc

hron

olog

ical

surv

ey

Bas

eing

on

the

low

tem

pera

ture

th

erm

ochr

onol

ogic

al d

atin

g an

d m

odel

ing,

the

proj

ect w

ant t

o ex

plor

e th

e pl

atea

u up

lift a

nd

exhu

mat

ion

amou

nts,

and

pros

pect

ing

sign

ifi ca

nce

of m

iner

al d

epos

its.

Chi

na U

nive

rsity

of

Geo

scie

nces

2089

Yang

Ore

gon

Stat

e U

nive

rsity

Irra

diat

ion

of M

ater

ial f

or c

heck

sour

ces

Irra

diat

ion

of d

iffer

ent m

ater

ials

to m

ake

chec

k so

urce

s for

det

ecto

r cha

ract

eriz

atio

n.N

SE

2090

Dud

dles

ton

Uni

vers

ity o

f Ala

ska

Bio

degr

adat

ion

of c

rude

oil

in a

rctic

w

ater

s and

dev

elop

men

t of d

ynam

ic

bior

emed

iatio

n re

spon

ses

This

fund

ing

is in

tend

ed to

bui

ld a

col

labo

rativ

e ef

fort

betw

een

facu

lty a

nd st

uden

ts in

bio

logi

cal

scie

nces

, che

mis

try, a

nd e

ngin

eerin

g,in

vest

igat

e th

e di

vers

ity a

nd c

apab

ility

of m

arin

e m

icro

bial

com

mun

ities

to d

egra

de o

il co

nstit

uent

s an

d re

spon

d to

che

mic

al re

med

iatio

n to

ols.

We

will

use

this

info

rmat

ion

to d

evel

op in

nova

tive

ap-

proa

ches

(e.g

. pre

scrip

tive

mic

robi

al a

pplic

atio

ns

and

met

hods

, mod

els o

f res

pons

e an

d de

grad

atio

n,

rapi

d m

onito

ring

stra

tegi

es) f

or a

ppro

pria

te o

il sp

ill re

spon

se in

arc

tic w

ater

s.

Uni

vers

ity o

f Ala

ska


Work

Ta

ble

VI.

2 (

con

tin

ue

d)

Lis

tin

g o

f M

ajo

r R

ese

arc

h a

nd

Se

rvic

e P

roje

cts

Pre

form

ed

or

in P

rog

ress

at

the

Ra

dia

tio

n C

en

ter

an

d T

he

ir F

un

din

g A

ge

nc

ies

Proj

ect

Use

rsO

rgan

izat

ion

Nam

ePr

ojec

t Titl

eD

escr

iptio

nFu

ndin

g

2091

Dol

anD

epar

tmen

t of

Bio

med

ical

Sci

ence

s

The

Rol

e of

Ubi

quiti

n an

d U

biqu

itin-

Like

Mol

ecul

es in

Dire

ct A

ntig

en

Pres

enta

tion

Tum

or c

ells

whi

ch su

cces

sful

ly p

rese

nt a

ntig

en

will

resu

lt in

the

activ

atio

n of

tum

or-s

pecifi c

C

D8

T ce

ll re

spon

ses.

In o

rder

to m

easu

re T

cel

l re

spon

ses i

n vi

tro w

ithou

t the

con

foun

ding

effe

cts

of tu

mor

cel

l gro

wth

, we

will

irra

diat

e tu

mor

ce

lls w

ith g

amm

a irr

adia

tion

whi

ch w

ill a

rres

t the

gr

owth

of t

he c

ell l

ine

and

allo

win

g on

ly T

cel

ls to

pr

olife

rate

if a

ntig

en p

rese

ntat

ion

was

succ

essf

ul.

Dep

artm

ent o

f B

iom

edic

al S

cien

ces

2092

Jian

aiqn

gN

orth

wes

t Uni

vers

ityFi

ssio

n Tr

ack

Dat

ing

of Q

aida

m B

asin

Fiss

ion

track

dat

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Total 291


Publications

Amro, B.M.S.; C.J. Lister, E.A. McCutchan, W. Loveland, P. Chowdhury, S. Zhu, A.D. Ayangeakaa, J.S. Barrett, M.P. Carpenter, C.J. Chiara, J.P. Greene, J.L. Harker, R.V.F. Janssens, T. Lauritsen, A.A. Sonzogni, W.B.Walters and R. Yanez. (2017). -ray Spectroscopy of 209Tl. Physical Review C, 95, 014330.

Carrapa, B., Robert, X., DeCelles, P., Orme, D., Thomson, S., & Schoenbohm, L. (2016). Asymmetric exhumation of the Mount Everest region: Implications for the tectono-topographic evolution of the Himalaya. Geology, 44, 611-614. doi:10.1130/G37756.1

Casperson, R.J.; D. M. Asner, J. Baker, R. G. Baker, J. S.Barrett, N. S. Bowden, C. Brune, J. Bundgaard, E. Burgett, D. A. Cebra, T. Classen, M. Cunningham, J. Deaven, D. L. Duke, I. Ferguson, J. Gearhart, V. Geppert-Kleinrath, U. Greife, S. Grimes, E. Guardincerri, U. Hager, C. Hagmann, M. Heffner, D. Hensle, N. Hertel, D. Higgins, T. Hill, D. Isenhower, J. King, J. L. Klay, N. Kornilov, R. Kudo, A. B. Laptev, W. Loveland, M. Lynch, S. Lynn, J. A. Magee, B. Manning, T. N. Massey, C. McGrath, R. Meharchand, M. P. Mendenhall, L. Montoya, N. Pickle, H. Qu, J. Ruz, S. Sangiorgio, K. T. Schmitt, B. Seilhan, S. Sharma, L. Snyder, S. Stave, A. Tate, G. Tatishvili, R.T. Thornton, F. Tovesson, D. Towell, R. S. Towell, N. Walsh, S. Watson, B. Wendt, L. Wood, L. Yao, and W. Younes. (n.d.). Measurement of the normalized 238U(n,f)/235U(n,f) cross section ratio from threshold to 30 MeV with the fi ssion Time Projection Chamber. Physical Review C (submitted).

Castelluccio, A., Andreucci, B., Jankowski, L., Mazzoli, S., Szaniawski, R., & Zattin, M. (2016). Building and exhumation of the Western Carpathians: new constraints from sequentially restored, balanced cross-sections and low-temperature thermochronometry. Tectonics, 35, 2698-2733.

DeLucia, M., Guenthner, W., Marshak, S., Thomson, S., & Ault, A. (2017). Thermochronology links denudation of the Great Unconformity surface to the supercontinent cycle and snowball Earth. Geology (submitted).

Fitzgerald, P. G., Malusà, M. G., & Munoz, J. A. (2018). Detrital thermochronology using conglomerates and cobbles (Chapter 16). In M. G. Malusà, & P. G. Fitzgerald (Eds.), Fission track thermochronology and its application to geology (accepted). Springer.

Hansman, R., Ring, U., Thomson, S., den Brok, B., & Stübner, K. (2017). Late Eocene to Miocene uplift of the Al Hajar Mountains, Oman, recorded by fi ssion track and (U-Th)/He thermochronology. Tectonics (accepted, in revision).

Heberer, B.; Reverman, R.L.; Fellin, M.G.; Neubauer, F.; Dunkl, I.; Zattin, M.; Seward, D.; Genser, J.; Brack, P. (2017). Postcollisional cooling history of the Eastern and Southern Alps and its linkage to Adria indentation. International Journal of Earth Science, 106, 1557-1580.

Heberer, B; Reverman, R L; Fellin, M G; Neubauer, F; Dunkl, I; Zattin, M; Seward, D; Brack, P; Genser, J. (2016). Postcollisional cooling history of the Eastern and Southern Alps and its linkage to Adria indentation. International Journal of Earth Sciences. doi:10.1007/s00531-016-1367-3

Jiao, R., Herman, F., & Seward, D. (2017). Late Cenozoic exhumation of New Zealand: impacts from Tectonics and climate. Earth Science Reviews. doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2017.01.003

Lithow, J., Kamp, P. J., Musaka, S. B., Kleber, M., Lister, F., Gohl, K., & Spiegel, C. (2016). Exhumation history of the Amundsen Sea sector, West Antarctica, revealed by low-temperature thermochronology. Tectonics. doi:10.1002/2016TC004236

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Lossada, A; Giambiagi, L; Hoke, G; Fitzgerald, P G; Creixell, C; Murillo, I; Mardonez, D; Velásquez, R; Suriano, J. (n.d.). The late Eocene constructional phase in the Andes at 30°S: evidence from thermochronology. Tectonics (in revision after review).

Loveland, W. (2016). Characterizing the mechanism(s) of heavy element synthesis reactions. EPJA Web of Conferences, 131, 04003.

Loveland, W. (2016). High Quality Actinide Targets. Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry, 307, 1591.

Loveland, W., & King, J. (n.d.). Total kinetic energy release in the fast neutron induced fi ssion of 232Th and 235U. Proceedings of the Sanibel Island Conference (accepted).

Loveland, W., & Yao, L. (n.d.). Survival mediated heavy element capture cross sections. Fusion 17 Proceedings (accepted).

Loveland, W., Morrisey, D. J., & Seaborg, G. T. (2017). Modern Nuclear Chemistry (2nd ed.). New York: Wiley.

Malusà, M. G., & Fitzgerald, P. G. (2018). Application of thermochronology to geologic problems: Approaches and conceptual models (Chapter 10). In M. G. Malusà, & P. G. Fitzgerald (Eds.), Fission track thermochronology and its application to geology (accepted). Springer.

Malusà, M. G., & Fitzgerald, P. G. (2018). From cooling to exhumation: setting the reference frame for the interpretation of thermochronologic data (Chapter 8). In M. G. Malusà, & P. G. Fitzgerald (Eds.), Fission track thermochronology and its application to geology (accepted). Springer.

Mulhern, J. S., & Johnson, C. L. (2017). Time-space variability of paralic strata deposited in a high accommodation, high sediment supply setting: example from the Cretaceous of Utah. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 444(1), 349-392.

Perotti, M., Andreucci, B., Talarico, F., Zattin, M., & Langone, A. (2017). Multi analytical provenance analysis of Eastern Ross Sea LGM till sediments (Antarctica): petrography, geochronology and thermochronology detrital data. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 18, 2275-2304.

Piotraschke, R., Cashman, S. M., Furlong, K., Kamp, P. J., Danišík, M., & Ganqing, X. (2015). Unroofi ng the Klamaths - blame it on Siletzia. Lithosphere. doi:10.1130/L418.1

Ring, U., Gessner, K., & Thomson, S. (2017). South Menderes Monocline: low temperature thermochronology constrains role of crustal extension in structural evolution of southwest Turkey. Tectonophysics, 712-713, 455-463. doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2017.06.019

Ring, U., Gessner, K., Thomson, S., & Markwitz, V. (2017). Variations in fault-slip data and cooling history reveal corridor of heterogenous backarc extension in the eastern Aegean Sea region. Tectonophysics, 700-701, 108-130. doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2017.02.013

Ring, U., Uysal, T., Glodny, J., Cox, S., Little, T., Thomson, S., & Stübner, K. (2017). Fault-gouge dating in the Southern Alps, New Zealand. Tectonophysics (in press).

Sagar, M. W., Browne, G. H., Seward, D., Bland, K. J., & Strogen, D. P. (2017). Refi ned depositional history and dating of the Tongaporutuan reference section, north 1 Taranki, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics (submitted).

Savignano, E., Mazzoli, S., Arce, M., Franchini, M., Gautheron, C., Paolini, M., & Zattin, M. (2016). (Un)Coupled thrust belt-foreland deformation in the northern Patagonian Andes: new insights from the Esqual-Gastre sector (41°30’-43° S). Tectonics, 35, 2636-2656.

Schito, A.; Andreucci, B.; Aldega, L.; Corrado, S.; Di Paolo, L.; Zattin, M.; Szaniawski, R.; Janikowski, L.; Mazzoli, S. (2017). Burial and exhumation of the western border of the Ukrainian Shield (Podolia). Basin Research, 1-18.

Snyder, L.; B. Manning, N.S. Bowden, J. Bundgaard, R. Casperson, D.A. Cebra, T. Classen, J. Gearhart, U. Greife, C. Hagemann, M. Hefner, D. Hensle, D. Higgins, D. Isenhower, J. King, J.L. Klay, W. Loveland, J.A. Magee, M.P. Mendenhall, S. Sangiorgio, B. Seilhan, F. Tovesson, R.S. Towell, S. Watson, L. Yao, and W. Younes. (n.d.). Performance of a MICROMEGAS-based TPC in a high-fl ux high-energy neutron beam. Nuclear Instruments and Methods A (submitted).


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Spiegel, C; Lindow, J; Kamp, P J. J; Meisel, O; Musaka, S; Lisker, F; Kuhn, G; Gohl, K. (2015). Tectonomorphic evolution of Marie Byrd Land - Implications for Cenozoic rifting activity and onset of West Antarctic glaciation. Global and Planetary Change. doi:10.1016/j.glopacha.2016.08.013

Tang, D; Wilson, C J W; Sewell, R; Seward, D; Chan, L S; Ireland, T R; Wooden, J L. (2017). Tracking the evolution of late Mesozoic arc-related magmatic systems in Hong Kong using in-situ U-Pb dating and trace element analyses in zircons. American Minerologist (in press).

Thomson, S. (2016). Fission Track Analysis. In W. White (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Geochemistry: A Comprehensive Reference Source on the Chemistry of the Earth. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-39193-9_290-1

Vonta, N.; Souliotis, G A; Loveland, W; Kwon, Y K; Tshoo, K; Jeong, S C; Veselsky, M; Bonasera, A; Botvina, A;. (2016). Neutron-rich rare-isotope production from projectile fi ssion of heavy nuclei near 20 MeV/nucleon beam energy. Physical Review C, 94, 064611.

Wang, X., Song, C., Zattin, M., He, P., Song, A., Li, J., & Wang, Q. (2016). Cenozoic pulsed deformation history of northeastern Tibetan Plateau reconstructed from fi ssion-track thermochronology. Tectonophysics, 672, 212-227.

Warren-Smith, E., Lamb, S., Seward, D., Smith, E., Hermann, F., & Stern, T. (2016). Thermochronological evidence of a low-angle, mid-crustal detachment plane beneath the central South Island, New Zealand. Gcubed. doi:10.1002/2016GC006402

Welsh, T.; W. Loveland, R. Yanez, J.S. Barrett, E. A. McCutchan, A. A. Sonzogni, T. Johnson, S. Zhu, J. P. Greene, A.D. Ayangekaa, M.P. Carpenter, T. Lauritsen, J.L. Harker, W. B. Walters, B.A. Amro, and P. Copp. (2017). Modeling Multi-Nucleon Transfer in Symmetric Collisions of Massive Nuclei. Physics Letters B, 779, 119.

Yang, R., Seward, D., Zhou, Z., & Dumitru, T. (2017). U-Pb detrital zircon ages from the Changjiang (Yangtze River) - a test for provenance studies. Basin Research (submitted).

Zattin, M., Andreucci, B., De Toffoli, B., Grigo, D., & Tsikalas, F. (2016). Thermochronological constraints to late Cenozoic exhumation of the Barents Sea Shelf. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 73, 97-104.

Presentations

Anderson, R. B., Long, S. P., Thomson, S. N., Calle, A. Z., Horton, B. K., & Stockli, D. F. (2017). Deformation history and wedge dynamics in the central Andean retroarc of southern Bolivia (~21°S): Insights from apatite (U-Th)/He, apatite fi ssion track, and zircon (U-Th)/He ages. Abstracts with Programs. Geological Society of America.

Balestrieri, M., Olivetti, V., Pace, D., Rossetti, F., Talarico, F., & Zattin, M. (18-23 September 2016). Interplays between the West and the East Antarctica ice sheets: hints from bedrock and detrital thermochronology and other technique. Maresias, Brazil: 15th International Conference on Thermochronology.

Betka, P. M., Thomson, S. N., Seeber, L., Steckler, M. S., Zoramthara, C., & Sincavage, R. (2016). The Indo-Burma Ranges: Eocene-Pliocene coevolution of the paleo-Brahmaputra fl uvial-deltaic system and Indo-Burma accretionary prism. Eos Transactions AGU (T22A-06). AGU Fall Meeting.

Betka, P., Seeber, L., Buck, W., Steckler, M., Thomson, S., Sincavage, R., & Zoramthara, C. (2017). Mechanical stratifi cation during the extreme sediment accretion in the Indo-Burman Ranges: geological and theoretical constraints on the megathrust geometry. Eos Transactions AGU. AGU Fall Meeting.

Brombin, V., Webb, L., Bonadiman, C., Marzoli, A., & Coltorti, M. (2017). A geochronological study of mafi c and acidic lavas from Veneto Volcanic province (North-East Italy). Geophysical Research Abstracts, 19 (EGU2017-6410). Vienna, Austria: EGU General Assembly 2017.

Darin, M. & the CD-CAT [Continental Dynamics - Central Anatolia Tectonics] Team. (2017). Geodynamic Evolution of Subduction to Collision to Escape in Central Anatolia from Surface to Mantle - Results from the CD-CAT Project. Geophysical Research Abstracts, 19 (EGU2017-18120).


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Darin, M. H., Umhoefer, P. J., Thomson, S. N., & Lefebvre, C. (2016). Orogen-parallel variations in structural style and tectonic exhumation during the Miocene collision-escape transition in Anatolia. Abstracts with Programs. 48:7. Geological Society of America. doi:10.1130/abs/2016AM-283585

Darin, M., Umhoefer, P., Thomson, S., & Schleiffarth, W. K. (2017). Late Eocene inversion and exhumation of the Sivas basin (central Anatolia) based on low-temperature thermochronometry: implications for diachronous initiation of Arabia-Eurasia collision. Eos Transactions AGU. AGU Fall Meeting.

Gass, E.; E.A. McCutchan, A.A. Sonzogni, J.S. Barrett, W. Loveland, R. Yanez, S. Zhu, A.D. Ayangeakaa, M.P. Carpenter, J.P. Greene, R.V. F. Janssens, T. Lauritsen, C.J. Chiara, J.L. Harker, and W.B. Walters. (14 October 2016). Nuclear structure studies of 202Hg and 203Tl using deep-inelastic collisions. Vancouver, BC: APS DNP Meeting.

Fitzgerald, P. G. (2016). How did North America’s highest mountains form? Department of Geological Sciences seminar series. Christchurch, New Zealand: University of Canterbury.

Fitzgerald, P. G. (2016). Long-term erosion rates and uplift: Thermochronology applied to Tectonics. Christchurch, New Zealand: Department of Geological Sciences, University of Canterbury.

Guenthner, W R; DeLucia, M S; Marshak, S; Reiners, P W; Drake, H; Thomson, S N; Ault, A K; Tillberg, M. (2017). Zircon (U-Th)/He data reveals deep-time thermal histories of cratons and the Great Unconformity surface. Abstracts with Programs. Geological Society of America.

Guenthner, W.R.; DeLucia, M.S.; Marshak, S.; Reiners, P.W.; Drake, H.; Thomson, S.N.; Ault, A.K.; Tillberg, M. (2017). Radiation damage-He diffusivity models applied to deep-time thermochronology: Zircon and titanite (U-Th)/He datasets from cratonic settings. Eos Transactions AGU. AGU Fall Meeting.

Hansman, R., Ring, U., Thomson, S. N., Albert, R., Gerdes, A., den Brok, B., & Stübner, K. (2017). Late Eocene uplift of the Al Hajar Mountains, Oman, recorded by low-temperature thermochronology and absolute ages of brittle structures by U-Pb dating of calcite fi bers. Abstracts with Programs. Geological Society of America.

Hansman, R., Ring, U., Thomson, S. N., den Brok, B., Reiners, P. W., & Stübner, K. (2016). Constraining the uplift history of the Jabal Akhdar and Saih Hatat Culminations, Al Hajar Mountains, Oman, with fi ssion track and (U-Th)/He ages. Eos Transactions AGU (EP53B-0940). AGU Fall Meeting.

Heberer, B; Reverman, R L; Fellin, M G; Neubauer, F; Dunkl, I; Zattin, M; Seward, D; Brack, P; Genser, J. (2016). Postcollisional cooling history of the Eastern and Southern Alps and its linkage to Adria indentation. Vienna: EGU.

JIao, R., Herman, F., & Seward, D. (2016). Late Cenozoic exhumation of New Zealand: inversion from bedrock thermochronological ages. Vienna: EGU.

Lossada, A C; Mardónez, D; Suriano, J; Hoke, G D; Fitzgerald, P G; Mahoney, J D; Giambiagi, L; Aragon, E. (14-18 December 2015). Uplift sequence of the main morphostructural units of the south central Andes at 30°S: Insights from a multidisciplinary approach. (T23A-2931). San Francisco, CA: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting.

Loveland, W. (19 July 2016). Multi-Nucleon Transfer Reactions: Pathways to new Neutron-Rich Heavy Nuclei. Vancouver, BC: EMMA Symposium, TRIUMF.

Loveland, W. (April 2017). Total kinetic energy release and fi ssion product mass distributions for the fast neutron induced fi ssion of 232Th, 233U, 235U, and 239Pu. San Francisco: 253rd ACS National Meeting.

Loveland, W. (April 2017). Total kinetic energy release in fi ssion. Naperville, IL: SSAA Symposium.

Loveland, W. (February 2017). Survival mediated heavy element capture cross sections. Hobart, Tasmania: FUSION17.

Loveland, W. (June 2016). Characterizing the mechanism(s) of heavy element synthesis reactions. Lund, Sweden: Proceedings of the 160th Nobel Symposium.

Loveland, W. (March 2017). Target Preparation. Livermore, CA: TPC Meeting.

Loveland, W. (May 2016). Fission Product Yields and Nuclear Forensics. Corvallis, OR: OSU Nuclear Forensics Program.


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Loveland, W., & Yanez, R. (14 October 2016). Total Kinetic Energy Release in the Fast Neutron Induced Fission of 235U. Vancouver, BC: APS DNP Meeting.

Mazzoli, S., Castelluccio, A., Andreucci, B., Jankowski, L., Ketcham, R., Szaniawski, R., & Zattin, M. (23-28 April 2017). The Western Carpathians fold and thrust belt and its relationships with the inner zone of the orogen: constraints from sequentially restored, balanced cross-sections integrated with low-temperature thermochronometry. Wien: EGU General Assembly.

McCaleb, K., Yanez, R., & Loveland, W. (15 October 2016). Tests of Multi-Nucleon Transfer Models Using Gamma Ray Spectroscopy. Vancouver, BC: APS DNP Meeting.

McDermott, R. G., Ault, A. K., Caine, P. W., Reiners, P. W., & Thomson, S. N. (2017). Abstracts with Programs. Geological Society of America.

Murray, K. E., Reiners, P. W., Robert, X., Thomson, S. N., & Whipple, K. X. (2016). Oligocene rock cooling of the north-central Colorado Plateau region: Erosion or a variable geothermal gradient? Abstracts with Programs. 48:7. Geological Society of America. doi:10.1130/abs/2016AM-286613

Oesterle, J., Seward, D., Little, T., & Stockli, D. (2016). Dating an actively exhuming metamorphic core complex, the Suckling Dayman Massif in SE Papua New Guinea. San Francisco: AGU.

Oesterle, J., Seward, D., Little, T., Norton, K., & Stockli, D. (2016). Dating an actively exhuming metamorphic core complex, the Suckling Dayman Massif in SE Papua New Guinea. Brazil: International Thermochronology Conference.

Perotti, M., Andreucci, B., Talarico, F., & Zattin, M. (12-16 December 2016). Detrital thermochronology, geochronology and petrography of the LGM Eastern Ross Sea (Antarctica), with implications for tectonic evolution of Marie Byrd Land. San Francisco, CA: AGU Fall Meeting.

Pidgeon, E. (n.d.). Geochronology and microstructures of the Tillotson peak complex in Lowell, Vermont. The Green Mountain Geologist 6. 44(1-2). Vermont Geological Society Spring Meeting.

Ring, U., Thomson, S. N., & Gessner, K. (2017). Thermochronology across tectonic contacts in southwest Turkey defi nes extensional South Menderes Monocline. Geophysical Research Abstracts. 19. EGU.

Sagar, M. W., Seward, D., & Norton, K. P. (2016). Thermochronology, Uplift, and Erosion at the Australian-Pacifi c Plate Boundary Alpine Fault “Big Bend”, New Zealand. San Francisco: AGU.

Savignano, E., Mazzoli, S., Zattin, M., Franchini, M., & Gautheron, C. (18-23 September 2016). Apatite (U-Th)/He thermochronometry in the Northern Patagonian Andes: new insights into the exhumation history of the thrust belt foreland sector. Maresias, Brazil: 15th International Conference on Thermochronology.

Savignano, E., Mazzoli, S., Zattin, M., Gautheron, C., & Franchini, M. (23-28 April 2017). Uncoupled vs. coupled thrust belt-foreland deformation: a model for nothern Patagonia inferred from U-Th/He and apatite fi ssion track dating. Wien: EGU General Assembly.

Savignano, E., Mazzoli, S., Zattin, M., Gautheron, C., & Franchini, M. (7-9 September 2016). Uncoupled vs. coupled thrust belt-foreland deformation: a model for Northern Patagonia inferred from U-Th/He dating. Naples, Italy: 88th Meeting of the Italian Geological Society.

Sullivan, P. (n.d.). Characterizing pseudotachylyte veins in the Arrowhead Thrust fault zone, Vermont. The Green Mountain Geologist 6. 44(1-2). Vermont Geological Society Spring Meeting.

Thomson, S. N., Lefebvre, C., Umhoefer, P. J., Darin, M. H., Whitney, D. L., & Teyssier, C. (2016). Late Cenozoic thermochronology and exhumation history of central Anatolia: Implications for the timing and nature of transition from collision to escape tectonics. Eos Transactions AGU (T53B-04). AGU Fall Meeting.

Thomson, S. N., Soreghan, G. S., Reiners, P. W., Peyton, S. L., & Murray, K. E. (2016). A defi nitive 6 Ma start date for carving of the Northeastern Colorado Plateau Canyonlands. Abstracts with Programs. 48:7. Geological Society of America. doi:10.1130/abs/2016AM-287583


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Tsai, C.-H., Liu, C., Webb, L., & Keyser, W. (2016). New P-T and Geochronological Constraints on High-Pressure Garnet-Bearing Paragonite-Epidote Amphibolite in the Yuli Belt, Eastern Taiwan. Yokohama, Japan: Goldschmidt Conference.

Walker, K. L., Carrapa, B., Thomson, S. N., & Stevens, A. L. (2016). Climatic and tectonic control on erosion across the alpine fault, South Island, New Zealand. Abstracts with Programs. 48:7. Geological Society of America. doi:10.1130/abs/2016AM-280410

Webb, L. (October 2016). Structural and isotopic constraints on the development of a major Phanerozoic intraplate fault zone. Invited lecture, University of Iowa.

Whitney, D. L., Meijers, M. J., Lefebvre, C., Cosca, M. A., Thomson, S. N., & Mulch, A. (2016). Tracking Anatolian Lithosphere Evolution with “Tectonochemistry”. Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts, 3409.

Whitney, D.L. and the CD-CAT Team. (2017). Mantle to surface dynamics across subduction-collision transitions in space and time: results from the CD-CAT project in Anatolia. Eos Transactions AGU. AGU Fall Meeting.

Zhang, Y., Wang, H., Le, M. N., Indra, G., Indra, A., Xie, J., & Gombart, A. F. (28-31 March, 2017). Local sustained delivery of 125(OH)2D3 by nanofi ber wound dressings induces human cathelidicin antimicrobial peptide expression both in vitro and in vivo. Orlando, FL: 20th Workshop on Vitamin D.

Students

Aiken, Cheyne. MS student, University of Vermont. “Exhumation of the Tillotson Peak Complex in Northern Vermont.” (Advisor L. Webb).

Anderson, Ryan. PhD student, Washington State University. “Deformation history and wedge dynamics in the central Andean retroarc of southern Bolivia (~21°S): Insights from apatite (U-Th)/He, apatite fi ssion track, and zircon (U-Th)/He ages.” (Advisor S. Long).

Barrett, J.S. PhD (2016), Oregon State University. “Multinucleon Transfer in 136Xe + 208Pb.” (Advisor W. Loveland).

Beaudoin, A. PhD (2017), Institut des Sciences de la Terre d’Orléans. “Relations déformation-âge 40Ar/39Ar. Application aux processus de localisation de la déformation dans les détachements cristaux.” (Advisors S. Scaillet and L. Jolivet).

Bessière, E. PhD student, Institut des Sciences de la Terre d’Orléans. “Alboran – Bétiques – Rif – reconstruction et modélisation, terrain dans les zones internes.” (Advisors R. Augier and L. Jolivet).

Bezard, M. MS (2017), Institut des Sciences de la Terre d’Orléans. “Structural geology coupled with Raman geothermometry and 39Ar/40Ar dating in the South of the Menderes Massif, Turkey.” (Advisors V. Roche and S. Scaillet).

Cordova, Jeremy. MS student, Western Washington University. “Pressure-temperature-time evolution of the Easton terrane, North Cascades, Washington State: the record of subduction initiation.” (Advisors L. Schermer and S. Mulcahy).

Darin, Michael. PhD student, Northern Arizona University. “Late Eocene inversion and exhumation of the Sivas basin (central Anatolia) based on low-temperature thermochronometry: implications for diachronous initiation of Arabia-Eurasia collision.” (Advisor P. Umhoefer).

DeLucia, Michael. PhD student, University of Illinois. “Thermochronology links denudation of the Great Unconformity surface to the supercontinent cycle and snowball Earth.” (Advisor W. Guenthner).

DeReuil, Aubrey. PhD candidate, University of Utah. “Bentonite dating of the Lower Mancos Shale.” (Advisor L. Birgenheier).

Franceschini, Z. MS student, Institut des Sciences de la Terre d’Orléans. (Advisors S. Scaillet, G. Corti, and R. Cioni).

Han, Xu. BS student, China University of Geosciences (Beijing). “The sedimentary process and exhumation history of Upper Cretaceous Jingzhushan Formation, northwestern Lhasa terrane: Constraints from basin analysis and detrital thermochronology.” (Advisor J. Dai).

Hansman, Reuben. PhD student, University of Stockholm. “Constraining the uplift history of the Jabal Akhdar and Saih Hatat Culminations, Al Hajar Mountains, Oman, with fi ssion track and (U-Th)/He ages.” (Advisor U. Ring).


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Hines, Ben. PhD student. “Cretaceous-Paleogene palinspastic reconstruction of the east coast basin, New Zealand.” (Advisor D. Seward).

Jensen, Jordan. MS student, University of Arizona. “Age and origin of Sturtian (Neoproterozoic) basement-hosted clastic injectites, Colorado, USA.” (Advisor P. Reiners).

Jewison, E. PhD student, Institut des Sciences de la Terre d’Orléans. “Evolution structural et thermique des Calédonides d’Ecosse.” (Advisors N. Bellahsen and S. Scaillet).

King, J. PhD student, Oregon State University. “TKE release in 232Th(n,f).” (Advisor W. Loveland).

Laurent, V. PhD (2017), Institut des Sciences de la Terre d’Orléans. “Localisation de la déformation au sein de zones de cisaillement haute-pression basse-température et enregistrement isotopique 40Ar/39Ar.” (Advisors S. Scaillet and L. Jolivet).

Li, Xia. PhD student, University of Padova. “From bedrock to sediments: insights on Ross Sea ice-fl ow dynamics inferred from detrital data.” (Advisor Prof. M. Zattin).

McCaleb, K. MS (2017), Oregon State University. “Multinucleon Transfer in 136Xe + 198Pt.” (Advisor W. Loveland).

McDermott, Rob. MS student, Utah State University. “Evolution of exhumation from multi-method thermochronometry in the eastern Kluane Ranges, Yukon, Canada.” (Advisor A. Ault).

Mora, N. MS (2017), Institut des Sciences de la Terre d’Orléans. “Interprétation des âges 39Ar/40Ar sur micas blancs et feldspaths potassiques dans le massif de Tende (Corse, France) et l’île d’Ikaria (Cyclades, Grèce).” (Advisors S. Scaillet and A. Beaudoin).

Murray, Kendra. PhD student, University of Arizona. “Low-temperature thermochronology from laccolith aureoles constrains laccolith aureoles constrains late Cenozoic exhumation in the north-central Colorado Plateau.” (Advisor P. Reiners).

Nteme, J. PhD student, Institut des Sciences de la Terre d’Orléans. “Experimental calibration of Ar diffusion in micas. Application to high-resolution thermochronologic reconstructions.” (Advisor S. Scaillet).

Oerstele, Juergen. PhD student. “Timing and evolution of the Suckling-Dayman metamorphic core complex, Papua New Guinea.” (Advisor D. Seward).

Perotti, Matteo. PhD student, University of Siena. “The Antarctic Ice Sheets dynamics during and after the Last Glacial Maximum revealed by provenance of clasts and sand fraction in Ross embayment glacial tills.” (Co-tutor Prof. M. Zattin).

Pidgeon, Elizabeth. BS student (Geology), University of Vermont. “Pressure-temperature-time-deformation path of blueschists in the Tillotson peak complex, Vermont.” (Advisor L. Webb).

Roche, V. PhD student, Institut des Sciences de la Terre d’Orléans. “Rôle de la subduction dans la localisation de gisements géothermaux en Anatolie.” (Advisors L. Jolivet and S. Scaillet).

Ruohong, Jiao. PhD. “Thermo-tectonic studies of Mesozoic basement rock, North Island, New Zealand.” (Advisor D. Seward).

Savignano, Elisa. PhD student, University of Padova. “Investigation of the structurally-controlled Navidad mineralization (Argentina): an integrated approach.” (Advisor Prof. M. Zattin).

Shorten, Chili. PhD. “Thermal history, hydrocarbon potential and tectonic evolution of the Northern Appalachian Basin constrained through low-temperature thermochronology.” (Advisor P. Fitzgerald).

Sullivan, Patrick. BS student (Geology), University of Vermont. “Structural analysis and geochronology of pseudotachylyte in the Taconic Arrowhead Mountain thrust fault zone.” (Advisor L. Webb).

Tam, Evan. MS student, University of Vermont. “Role of the Prospect Rock Thrust in the exhumation of high-pressure rocks in the Tillotson Peak area, Vermont.” (Advisor L. Webb).

Tang, Denise. PhD student. “Aspects of the tectono-magmatic evolution of late Mesozoic magmatic systems in Hong Kong.” (Advisor D. Seward).

Valentino, Cole. BS (2017), Occidental College. “Low-temperature exhumation along the main central Thrust in Central Nepal: Evidence from apatite fi ssion track thermochronology.” (Advisor A. Blythe).


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Waldner, M. PhD student, Institut des Sciences de la Terre d’Orléans. “Evolution structural, thermique, rhéologique de la zone axiale des Pyrénées.” (Advisors N. Bellahsen and S. Scaillet).

Warfel, Thomas. MS. “Applying Low Temperature Thermochronology to Constrain Exhumation Patterns along the Eastern Denali Fault Corner, Alaska.” (Advisor P. Fitzgerald).

Warren Smith, Emily. PhD student. “Lithospheric deformation in the Southern Lakes, New Zealand.” (Advisor D. Seward).

Xin, Z. PhD student, Institut des Sciences de la Terre d’Orléans. “A Study on the Late Paleozoic – Early Mesozoic Kinematics and Dynamics of the Southwest part of the Central Asian Orogenic Belt.” (Advisors Y. Chen, M. Faure, and S. Scaillet).

Yao, L. PhD student, Oregon State University. “Spin mediated survival probability.” (Advisor W. Loveland).

Yen, C. PhD student, Institut des Sciences de la Terre d’Orléans. “The Neoproterozoic and Early Paleozoic tectonic evolution of Western Jiangnan Orogen: Insights from fi eld geology, structural deformation, magnetic fabric, petrological, geochronological and geochemical evidence.” (Advisors Y. Chen, M. Faure, and S. Scaillet).

Zheng, Chen. PhD student. “Fission track thermochronology: constraints on tectonothermal evolution of East Sichuan belt.” (Advisor C. Xu).

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