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Oregon State University Triga Reactor (Ostr), Radiation Center and OSTR Annual Report for the Period July 1, 2007 Through June 30, 2008
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OSU Oregon State UNIVERSITY Radiation Center Oregon State University, 100 Radiation Center, Corvallis, Oregon 97331-5903 T 541-737-2341 1 F 541-737-0480 1 http://ne.oregonstate.edu/facilities/radiation-center October 27, 2008 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Document Control Desk Washington, DC 20555

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Oregon State University TRIGA Reactor (OSTR)

Docket No. 50-243, License No. R-106 In accordance with section 6.7.e of the OSTR Technical Specifications we are hereby submitting the Oregon State University Radiation Center and OSTR Annual Report for the period July 1, 2007 through June 30, 2008.

The Annual Report continues the pattern established over the past few years by including information about the entire Radiation Center rather than concentrating primarily on the reactor. Because this report addresses a number of different interests, it is rather lengthy, but we have incorporated a short executive summary which highlights the Center's activities and accomplishments over the past year.

I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.

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0 Radiation Center Oregon State University Corvallis, Oregon 97331-5903 Telephone: (541) 737-2341 Fax: (541) 737-0480 To satisy the requirements of :

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

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

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

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Contents Part I-Overview Executive Summary..................

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Introduction......................

6 Overview of the Radiation Center..........

7 Part Il-People Radiation Center Staff.................

8 Reactor Operations Committee..........

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9 OSU Graduate Students..............

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Research Reactor..................

14 Analytical Equipment................

.15 Radioisotope Irradiation Sources........

15 Laboratories & Classrooms............

16 Instrument Repair & Calibration.........

17 Library..........................

17 Part IV-Reactor Operating Statistics.................

20 Experiments Performed..............

.20 Unplanned Shutdowns..............

.22 Changes Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.59.......

22 Surveillance & Maintenance...........

22 Part V-Radiation Protection Introduction.....................

40 Environmental Releases..............

40 Personnel Doses...................

41 Facility Survey Data.................

42 Environmental Survey Data............

42 Radioactive Material Shipments.........

43 References......................

43 Part VI-Work Summary........................

62 Teaching.........................

62 Research & Service.................

62 Part VII-Words Documents Published or Accepted.......

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106 Students.......................

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List of Tables Table 111.1 111.2 IV.1 IV.2 IV.3 IV.4 IV.5 IV.6 IV.7 V.1 V.2 V.3 V.4 V.5 V.6 V.7 V.8 V.9 V.10 V.11 V.12 V.13 V.14 V.15 V.16 VI.1 VI.2 VI.3 VI.4 VI.5 V1.6 Title Gam macell 220 6°Co Irradiator Use..............................

Student Enrollment in Courses at the Radiation Center.................

OSTR Operating Statistics (Using the FLIP Fuel Core)...................

OSTR Operating Statistics with the Original Standard TRIGA Fuel Core.......

Present OSTR Operating Statistics..............................

OSTR Use Time in Terms of Specific Use Categories....................

OSTR Multiple UseTime.......................................

Use of OSTR Reactor Experiments................................

Unplanned Reactor Shutdowns and Scrams........................

Radiation Protection Program Requirements and Frequencies............

Monthly Summary of Liquid Effluent Releases to the Sanitary Sewer........

Annual Summary of Liquid Waste Generated and Transferred.............

Monthly Summary of Gaseous Effluent Releases.....................

Annual Summary of Solid Waste Generated and Transferred..............

Annual Summary of Personnel Radiation Doses Received................

Total Dose Equivalent Recorded Within the TRIGA Reactor Facility.........

Total Dose Equivalent Recorded on Area Within the Radiation Center........

Annual Summary of Radiation and Contamination Levels Within the Reactor...

Total Dose Equivalent at the TRIGA Reactor Facility Fence...............

Total.Dose Equivalent at the Off-Site Gamma Radiation Monitoring Stations...

Annual Average Concentration of the Total Net Beta Radioactivity..........

Beta-Gamma Concentration and Range of LLD Values..................

Radioactive Material Shipments under NRC General License R-106..........

Radioactive Material Shipments under Oregon License ORE 90005..........

Radioactive Material Shipments Under NRC General License 10 CFR 110.23...

Institutions and Agencies Which Utilized the Radiation Center.............

Graduate Student Research Which Utilized the Radiation Center...........

Listing of Major Research & Service Projects Performed and Their Funding....

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Summary of Radiological Instrumentation Calibrated to Support Other Agencies..

Summary of Visitors to the Radiation Center............................

List of Figures Table IV.1 IV.2 IV.3 IV.4 V.1 VI. 1 Title Monthly Surveillance and Maintenance (Sample Form)........

Quarterly Surveillance and Maintenance (Sample Form).......

Semi-Annual Surveillance and Maintenance (Sample Form).....

Annual Surveillance and Maintenance (Sample Form).........

Monitoring Stations for the OSU TRIGA Reactor............

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Last year, over 200 major research and service projects were performed at the Radiation Center. High School Chemistry classes held half-life experiments; Flink Ink conducted analysis of pigment samples; Terra Nova Nurseries used the facility for plant genetic studies; Provi-dence Hospital used it to irradiate cardiac stents; and universities from all over the world came to the Radiation Center to age-date everything from Aztec pottery to meteorites.

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0 This has been my third year as Director of the Radiation Center.

I would like to acknowledge the entire Radiation Center staff for their patience as I learn the nuances of leading such a group of knowledgeable, yet diverse people. Although I haven't quite fig-ured out how to balance everything yet, I am slowly learning to not sweat the small stuff and concentrate on what is important.

This group has been so very supportive of my efforts, even when it may have at times been a bit frustrating, and challenging, to do so. Particularly with all the changes takeing place over the year.

In the coming year, I want to concentrate on returning the favor.

The past year has indeed proven to be a very busy one: two national meetings, the 2007 Health Physics Society Professional Development School (Radiological Assessment: Detection, Identification, and Evaluation) along with the 2007 Annual Meeting of the Organization of Test, Research, and Train-ing Reactors. Both were organized, and largely hosted, by the Radiation Center last summer. A tip-of-the-hat is extended to Dina Pope for her extraordinary skill and patience in organiz-ing these events. Additionally, significant efforts were expended in supporting the analysis for the 20 year license renewal and the conversion of the reactor fuel to a lower enrichment. Todd Keller needs to be recognized for his ability and willingness to jump into the spot of Reactor Administrator. He also needs to be commended for his significant contribution to the analysis effort.

On a personal note, I think I speak for everyone when I extend a warm handshake to Robert Schickler who joined the Radia-tion Center Staff as a Reactor Operator. We could not be more pleased with him coming on board. Welcome!

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Part I-Overview TIhe data from this reporting year shows that the use of the Radiation Center and the Oregon State TRIGA reactor (OSTR) has continued to grow in many areas.

'The Radiation Center supported 43 different courses this year, mostly in the Department of Nuclear Engineering and Radia-tion Health Physics. About 37% of these courses involved the OSTR. The number of OSTR hours used for academic courses and training was 48, while 3,377 hours0.00436 days 0.105 hours 6.233466e-4 weeks 1.434485e-4 months were used for research projects. Fifty-five percent of the OSTR research hours were in support of off-campus research projects, reflecting the use of the OSTR nationally and internationally. Radiation Center users published or submitted 133 articles this year, and made 119 pre-sentations on work that involved the OSTR or Radiation Center.

The number of samples irradiated in the reactor during this reporting period was 3797. Funded OSTR use hours comprised 97% of the research use.

Personnel at the Radiation Center conducted 146 tours of the facility, accommodating 2,504 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 officials. The Radiation Center is a significant positive attraction on campus because visitors leave with a good impression of the facility and of Oregon State University.

TIhe 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 237.

Reactor related projects comprised 73% of all projects. The total research supported by the Radiation Center, as reported by our researchers, was $4,385,324. The actual total is likely consider-ably higher. This year the Radiation Center provided service to 66 different organizations/institutions, 41% of which were from other states and 15% 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 poten-tial users to evaluate the Center's facilities and capabilities as well as to apply for a project and check use charges. The address is:

http://radiationcenter.oregonstate.edu.

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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 find the sections of interest.

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0 The Radiation Center is a unique facility which serves the entire 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 office and laboratory space for the OSU Department of Nuclear Engineer-ing and Radiation Health Physics, 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 capabili-ties 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. They in-clude 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 associated germanium de-tectors; and a variety of instruments for radiation measurements and monitoring. Specialized facilities for radiation work include teaching and research laboratories with instrumentation and re-lated equipment for performing neutron activation analysis and radiotracer studies; laboratories for plant experiments involving radioactivity; a facility for repair and calibration of radiation pro-tection instrumentation; 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 experi-mental (APEX) test facility for the Westinghouse AP600 and AP1000 reactor designs. The AP600 and AP1000 are next-gen-eration nuclear reactor designs which incorporate many passive safety features as well as considerably simplified plant systems and equipment. APEX operates at pressures up to 400 psia and temperatures up to 450TF using electrical 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 0

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evaluations and licensing of the fuill scale plant. This world-class facility meets exacting quality assurance criteria to provide assur-ance of safety as well as validity of the test results.

Also housed in the Radiation Center are the Advanced Thermal Hydraulics Research Laboratory (ATHRL), which is used for state-of-the-art two-phase flow experiments, and the Nuclear Engineering Scientific Computing Laboratory.

The Radiation Center staff regularly provides direct support and assistance to OSU teaching and research programs. Areas of expertise commonly involved in such efforts include nuclear engineering, nuclear and radiation chemistry, neutron activa-tion analysis, radiation effects on biological systems, radiation dosimetry, environmental radioactivity, production of short-lived radioisotopes, radiation shielding, nuclear instrumentation, emergency response, transportation of radioactive materials, in-strument 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 including public tours and instructional programs, and professional consul-tation associated with the feasibility, design, safety, and execution of experiments using radiation and radioactive materials.

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Part il-People

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

It should be noted that not all of the faculty and students who-used the Radiation Center for their teaching and research are listed.

Summary information on the number of people involved is given in Table VI.1, while individual names and projects are listed in Tables VI.2 and VI.3.

Steve Reese, Director Dina Pope, Office Manager Shirley Campbell, Business Manager Beth Lucason, Receptionist S. Todd Keller, Reactor Administrator Gary Wachs, Reactor Supervisor, Senior Reactor Operator Robert Schickler, Reactor Operator Scott Menn, Senior Health Physicist Jim Darrough, Health Physicist Leah Minc, Neutron Activation Analysis Manager Alena Paulenova, Radiochemistry Research Manager Steve Smith, Scientific Instrument Technician, Senior Reactor Operator Erin Cimbri, Custodian Peter Tkac, Research Associate (Post Doc)

JoayoungJeong, Faculty Research Assistant Alison Arnold, Health Physics Monitor (Student)

Marcus Arnold, Health Physics Monitor (Student)

DavidHorn, Health Physics Monitor (Student)

JoelMoreno, Health Physics Monitor (Student)

Nara Shin, Student Lab Assistant Todd Palmer, Chair OSU Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics Rainier Farmer OSU Radiation Safety David Hamby OSU Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics Michael Hartman University of Michigan Todd Keller OSU Radiation Center Mario Magana OSU Electrical Engineering Scott Menn OSU Radiation Center Wade Richards National Institute of Standards and Techology Steve Reese OSU Radiation Center Gary Wachs OSU Radiation Center Bill Warnes OSU Mechanical Engineering 0

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Director Emeritus, Radiation Center, Professor Emeritus, Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics Craig, A. Morrie Professor, College of Veterinary Medicine Daniels, Malcolm Professor Emeritus, Chemistry DuringerJennifer Research Associate, College of Veterinary Medicine Groome, John T Faculty Research Assistant, ATHRL Facility Operations Man-ager, Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics

Hamby, David Professor, Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics Hart, Lucas P Faculty Research Associate, Chemistry

Higginbotham, Jack E Director, Oregon Space Grant, Professor, Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics

Higley, Kathryn A.

Professor, Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics

Jeong, Joayoung, Faculty Research Assistant Johnson, Arthur G.

Director Emeritus, Radiation Center, Professor Emeritus, Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics Keller, S. Todd Reactor Administrator, Radiation Center Klein, Andrew C.

Professor, Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics

Krane, Kenneth S.

Professor Emeritus, Physics Camille Lodwick Assistant Professor, Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics

Loveland, Walter D.

Professor, Chemistry

Menn, ScottA.

Senior Health Physicist, Radiation Center

Minc, Leah Assistant Professor Senior Research, Radiation Center

Palmer, Todd S.

Associate Professor, Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics

Paulenova, Alena Assistant Professor, Senior Research, Radiation Center Pope, Dina Office Manager, Radiation Center Popovich, Milosh Vice President Emeritus, Oregon State University

Reese, Steven R.

Director, Radiation Center Reyes, Jr., Josi N.

Department Head, Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics, ATHRL Principal Investigator Ringle, John C.

Professor Emeritus, Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics Robinson, Alan H.

Department Head, Emeritus, Nuclear Engineering and Radia-tion Health Physics

Schmitt, Roman A.

Professor Emeritus, Chemistry

Tkac, Peter Research Associate (Post Doc)

Wachs, Gary Reactor Supervisor, Radiation Center Walker, Karen Research Assistant, College of Veterinary Medicine Woods, Brian Assistant Professor, Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics Wu, Qiao Associate Professor, Nuclear Engineer and Radiation Health Physics Young, Roy A.

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Part Ill-Facilities The 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 reflect neutrons back into the core. The core is situated near the bottom of a 22-foot deep water-filled tank, and the tank is surrounded by a concrete bioshield which acts as a radiation shield and structural support. The reactor is licensed 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, five sample holding (dummy) fuel ele-ments for special in-core irradiations, an in-core irradiation tube, and a cadmium-lined in-core irradiation tube for experiments requiring a high energy neutron flux.

The pneumatic transfer facility enables samples to be inserted and removed from the core in four to five seconds. Conse-quently this facility is normally used for neutron activation 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 graph-ite 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 neu-trons. Graphite blocks are removed from the thermal column to enable samples to be positioned inside for irradiation.

The beam ports are tubular penetrations in the reactor's main concrete shield which enable neutron and gamma radiation to stream from the core when a beam port's shield plugs are removed. The neutron radiography facility utilized the tangential 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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The cadmium-lined in-core irradiation tube (CLICIT) enables samples to be irradiated in a high flux region near the center of the core. The cadmium lining in the facility eliminates thermal neutrons and thus permits sample exposure to higher energy neutrons only. The cadmium-lined end of this air-filled alumi-num irradiation tube is inserted into an inner grid position of the reactor core which would normally be occupied by a fuel element.

It is the same as the ICIT except for the presence of the cad-mium lining.

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

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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 experiments are also performed for many undergraduate students in Physics, Chemis-try, and Biology classes, as well as for visitors from other univer-sities 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 ed-ucation 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 provides are more fully described in Part VI of this report.

During this reporting period the OSTR accommodated a number of different OSU academic classes and other academic programs. In addition, portions of classes from other Oregon universities were also supported by the OSTR. Table 111.2, pro-vides detailed information on the use of the OSTR for instruc-tion and training.

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

The OSTR's irradiation facilities provide a wide range of neutron flux levels and neutron flux qualities which are suf-ficient to meet the needs of most researchers. This is true not only for INAA, but also for other experimental purposes such as the 3 9Ar/4 0Ar ratio and fission track methods of age dating samples.

'The Radiation Center has a large variety of radiation detec-tion instrumentation. This equipment is upgraded as necessary, especially the gamma ray spectrometers with their associated 0 0 0 0 0 computers and germanium detectors. Additional equipment for classroom use and an extensive inventory of portable radiation detection instrumentation are also available.

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 analyti-cal 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.

The Radiation Center is equipped with a 1,644 curie (as of 7/27/01) 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; sterilization of food materials, soils, sediments, biological specimen, and other media; gamma radiation damage studies; and other such applications. In addition to the 60Co irradiator, the Center is also equipped with a variety of smaller 60Co, 13 7Cs, 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 61Co irradiator. These projects included the irradiation of a variety of biological materials including different 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 111.1 provides use data for the Gammacell 220 irradiator.

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

Instructional facilities available at the Center include a laborato-ry especially equipped for teaching radiochemistry and a nuclear instrumentation teaching laboratory equipped with modular sets of counting equipment which can be configured to accom-modate a variety of experiments involving the measurement of many types of radiation. The Center also has two student com-puter rooms equipped with a large number of personal comput-ers and UNIX workstations.

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

There are two classrooms in the Radiation Center which are capable of holding about 35 and 18 students, respectively. 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 office area for the student chapters of the American Nuclear Society and the Health Physics Society.

This reporting period saw continued high utilization of the Radiation Center's thermal hydraulics laboratory. This labora-tory is being used by Nuclear Engineering faculty members to accommodate a one-quarter scale model of the Palisades Nuclear Power reactor. The multi-million dollar advanced plant experimental (APEX) facility was fully utilized by the U. S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission to provide licensing data and to test safety systems in "beyond design basis" accidents. The fully scaled, integral model APEX facility uses electrical heating elements to simulate the fuel elements, operates at 450'F and 400 psia, and responds at twice real time. It is the only facility of its type in the world and is owned by the U. S. Department of Energy and operated by OSU. In addition, a new building, the Air-water Test Loop for Advanced Thermal-hydraulics Studies (ATLATS), was constructed next to the Reactor Building in 1998.

Two-phase flow experiments are conducted in the ATLATS. Togeth-er APEX and ATLATS comprise the Advanced Thermal Hydraulics Research Laboratory (ATHRL).

All of the laboratories and classrooms are used extensively during the 0 academic year. A listing of courses accommodated at the Radiation Center during this reporting period along with their enrollments is given in Table 111.2.

The Radiation Center has a facility for the repair and calibration of

essentially all types of radiation monitoring instrumentation. This includes instruments for the detection and measurement of alpha, beta, gamma, and neutron radiation. It encompasses both high range S instruments for measuring intense radiation fields and low range instruments used to measure environmental levels of radioactivity.

The Center's instrument repair and calibration facility is used regu-

larly 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 0 to a greatly expanded instrument calibration program for the Center,

including calibration of essentially all radiation detection instru-ments used by state and federal agencies in the state of Oregon.This includes instruments used on the OSU campus and all other institu-tions 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 Commission, the S Oregon Health Sciences University, the Army Corps of Engineers, 5 and the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency.

The Radiation Center has a library containing a significant collec-0 tions of texts, research reports, and videotapes relating to nuclear science, nuclear engineering, and radiation protection.

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The Center maintains an up-to-date set of reports from such organizations as the International Commission on Radiological Protection, the National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements, and the International Commission on Radiolog-ical Units. Sets of the current U.S. Code of Federal Regulations for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the U.S. Depart-ment 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 radiolog-ical emergency response topics. In addition, the Radiation Cen-ter uses videotapes for most of the technical orientations which are required for personnel working with radiation and radioac-tive materials. These tapes 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 reference 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 periodi-cally thereafter.

of Irradiation Samples Dose Range Number of Use Time Purpose (rads)

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Sterilization chitosan, soil, wood 2.0X106 to 2.5x10 6 25 1541 Biological Studies mammalian cells 1.5X103 to 1.5x10 3 1

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II [ [u iU li S]I TablI 1.1 eS]I 111.2'U*1I UIE II IIL i

S Studen Enolmn in Core Whc ar Tagh or Number of Students Course #

CREDIT COURSE TITLE Summer Fall Winter 2008 Spring 2008 ZUU/

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2 Introduction to Nuclear Engineering and 30 Radiation Health Physics NE/ RHP 115 2

Introduction to Nuclear Engineering and 30 Radiation Health Physics NE/ RHP 116*

2 Introduction to Nuclear Engineering and 27 Radiation Health Physics NE/ RHP 234 4

Nuclear and Radiation Physics I 49 NE/ RHP 235 4

Nuclear and Radiation Physics II 45 Nuclear Radiation Detection &

Instrumentation NE 311 4

Intro to 'Thermal Fluids 10 2

NE 312 4

Thermodynamics 2

6 NE 319 3

Societal Aspects of Nuclear technology 81 NE 331 4

Intro to Fluid Mechanics 8

3 NE 332 4

Heat Transfer 1

9 NE/RHP 401/501/601 1-16 Research 3

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NE/RHP 405/505/605 1-16 Reading and Conference 1

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24 NE/RHP 406/506/606 1-16 Projects 1

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11 NE/RHP 407/507/607 1

Nuclear Engineering Seminar 42 52 61 NE/ RHP 410/510/610 1-12 Internship 2

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Nuclear Rules and Regulations 55 NE/ RHP 516*

4 Radiochemistry 11 10 NE 451/551**

4 Neutronic Analysis and Lab I 16 NE 452/552**

4 Neutronic Analysis and Lab II 15 NE 553*

3 Neutronic Analysis and Lab III 6

NE 467/567 4

Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics 15 NE 667 4

Nuclear Reactor Thermal Hydraulics 5

NE 474/574 4

Nuclear System Design I 15 NE 475/575 4

Nuclear System Design II 13 NE/RHP 479 1-4 Individual Design Project NE/RHP 481 4

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4 Applied Radiation Safety 17 RHP 483/583 4

Radiation Biology 39 RHP 488/588*

3 Radioecology 26 NE/RHP 490/590 4

Radiation Dosimetry 13 32 RHP 493 3

Non Reactor Radiation Protection NE/RHP 499 1-16 St/Environmental Aspects Nuclear Systems NE/RHP 503/603 1

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31 31 33 NE 526 3

Computational Methods for Nuclear Reactors NE/RHP 535 3

Nuclear Radiation Shielding 33 NE/RHP 531 3

Nuclear Physics for Engineers and Scientists 40 NE 550 3

Nuclear Medicine ST/Nuclear Reactor Analysis: Criticality NE 5,99 1

25 Safety NE 568 3

Nuclear Reactor Safety 5

RHP 593 3

Non-Reactor Radiation Protection Course From Other OSU Departments CH 123*

General Chemistry 615 CH 222*

5 General Chemistry (Science Majors) 540 CH 225H*

5 Honors General Chemistry 24 CH 462*

3 Experimental Chemistry II Laboratory 13 GEO 330*

3 Environmental Conservation 24 PH 202 5

General Physics 373 Courses from Other Institutions GS 105*

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Part IV-Reactor Reactor power generation for the operating period between July 1, 2007 and June 30, 2008 totaled 1037 MWH of thermal power.

This is equal to 43.2 MWD of generation, and results in a cumu-lative thermal output by the OSTR FLIP core of 1254 MVTD from August 1976 through June 30, 2008.

Table IV.1 provides information related to the OSTR an-nual energy production, fuel usage and use requests. Table IV.2 summarizes statistics for the original 20% enriched fuel loading.

The productivity of the reactor irradiation facilities is based on reactor operation in relation to use categories.

Greater productivity is achieved by utilizing a greater number of irradiation facilities at the same time. Tables IV.3 through 5 provide this year's detail on reactor use and other tracked data.

A normal nine-hour, five-day per week schedule sets the total available reactor operating hours. Critical reactor op-eration averaged 60% of each day. Of the 2295 total avail-able annual operating hours, 1018 hours0.0118 days 0.283 hours 0.00168 weeks 3.87349e-4 months were at full power, 500 hours0.00579 days 0.139 hours 8.267196e-4 weeks 1.9025e-4 months were spent conducting facility startup and shut-down operation, 478 hours0.00553 days 0.133 hours 7.903439e-4 weeks 1.81879e-4 months were expended for maintenance and sample decay delays and 83 hours9.606481e-4 days 0.0231 hours 1.372354e-4 weeks 3.15815e-5 months the reactor was not operating for reasons other than listed above.

During the current reporting period there were nine approved reactor experiments available for use in reactor-related programs.'Ihey are:

A-1 Normal TRIGA Operation (No Sample Irradia-tion).

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

B-11 Irradiation of Materials Involving Specific Quan-tities of Uranium and Thorium in the Standard OSTR Irradiation Facilities.

B-12 Exploratory Experiments.

B-23 Studies Using TRIGA Thermal Column.

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B-31 TRIGA Flux Mapping.

B-33 Irradiation of Combustible Liquids in Rotating Rack.

B-34 Irradiation of enriched uranium in the Neutron Radiography Facility.

Of these available experiments, four were used during the reporting period. Table IV.6 provides information related to the frequency of use and the general purpose of their use.

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A-2 Measurement of Reactor Power Level via Mn Activation.

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 Temperature Coefficient and High Power Level Power Fluctuation.

B-1 Activation Analysis of Stone Meteorites, Other Meteorites, 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 Measurements.

B-6 Measurements of Neutron Spectra in External Ir-radiation Facilities.

B-7 Measurements of Gamma Doses in External Ir-radiation 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 "F.

B-17 Fission Fragment Gamma Ray Angular Correla-tions.

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Instrument Timing via Light Triggering.

Sinusoidal Pile Oscillator.

Beam Port #3 Neutron Radiography Facility.

Water Flow Measurements Through TRIGA Core.

General Neutron Radiography.

Neutron Flux Monitors.

Fast Neutron Spectrum Generator.

Neutron Flux Determination Adjacent to the OSTR Core.

Gamma Scan of Sodium (TED) Capsule.

NAA of Jet, Diesel, and Furnace Fuels.

Argon Production Facility PuO 2Transient Experiment.

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There were eight unplanned reactor shutdowns during the current reporting period as detailed in Table IV.7.

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08-01, Xenon Production Experiment Description A new experiment was proposed and approved for the production of fission product xenon using 235U foils. The resultant gas will be used to determine the capabilities of detection equipment. This experiment is currently desig-nated as B-34.

08-02, OSTROP 28 Procedure for Receipt of New Fuel Description This is a new procedure developed for the receipt, unpack-ing, and storage of LEU fuel.

Surefflance an ateac Non-Routine Maintenance July 2007

... Replaced the demineralizer purification system pump with a generic replacement.

August 2007 000 Facility Services repaired overheated wiring from the primary collant pump breaker to the distribution bus work. Later Facility Services replaced the contact as-sembly with a fused disconnect.

November 2007 000 Repaired broken dropping resistor in the Stack Particulate channel ventilation system, shutdown circuitry blocked operation of the pneumatic transfer system. Stack Gas and Primary Water monitor cir-cuitry exhibited similar conditions and were repaired.

.00 Facility Services replaced ballasts and broken bulb holders in reactor bay.

December 2007 000 New paperless Trendview recorder installed in left hand cabinet to display CAM/Stack and weather displays.

February 2008

... Repaired leaking emergency diesel exhaust line.

March 2008 000 Installed initial portion os the prompt gamma neu-tron beam collimator in Beam Port #4.

SIT fabricated and installed locking cover for Bulk Shield tank in preparation for conversion.

April 2008

... SIT replaced Shim rod console up switch due to wear or dirt buildup causing erratic operation.

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With the public expressing concern about global warming and the skyrocketing price of oil, policy makers are looking at alter-natives to fossil fuel -including a fresh look at nuclear energy. Using the different facilities housed in the Radiation Cen-ter, OSU and other research institutions are developing safer, cleaner and cheaper reactors.

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TItleIV 0ST Oprain Sttstc (UigteFIPFe oe Operational Data for FLIP Core August 1, 1976 through June 30,1977 July 1, 1977 through June 30,1978 July 1, 1978 through June 30, 1979 July 1, 1979 through June 30,1980 July 1,1980 through June 30,1981 July 1, 1981 through June 30,1982 July 1, 1982 through June 30,1983 July 1, 1983 through June 30, 1984 Operating Hours 875 819 458 875 1255 1192 1095 1205 (critical)

Megawatt Hours 451 496 255 571 1005 999 931 943 Megawatt Days 19.0 20.6 10.6 23.8 41.9 41.6 38.8 39.3 Grams 235U Used 24.0 25.9 13.4 29.8 52.5 52.4 48.6 49.3 HoursatFull 401 481 218 552 998 973 890 929 Power Number of Fuel Elements 85 0

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Number of Irradiation 44 375 329 372 348 408 396 469 Requests

mabl Iv (coninud 0ST Opraing Sttstc (Uin thLPFeoe Operational Data for FLIP Core July 1,1984 through June 30,1985 July 1, 1985 through June 30, 1986 July 1, 1986 through June 30, 1987 July 1,1987 through June 30, 1988 July 1,1988 through June 30,1989 July 1, 1989 through June 30, 1990 July 1, 1990 through June 30, 1991 July 1, 1991 through June 30, 1992 Operating Hours 1205 1208 1172 1352 1170 1136 1094 1158 (critical)

Megawatt Hours 946 1042 993 1001 1025 1013 928 1002 Megawatt Days 39.4 43.4 41.4 41.7 42.7 42.2 38.6 41.8 Grams 235U Used 49.5 54.4 51.9 52.3 53.6 53.0 48.5 52.4 Hours at Full 904 1024 980 987 1021 1009 909 992 Power Number of Fuel Elements 0

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Megawatt Hours 1026 1122 1117 1105 985 927 1115 852 Megawatt Days 42.7 46.7 46.6 46.0 41.0 38.6 46.5 35.5 Grams 235U Used 53.6 58.6 58.4 57.8 51.5 48.5 58.3 44.6 Hours at Full Powr 1000 1109 1110 1101 980 921 1109 843 Power Number of Fuel Elements 0

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Operational Data for FLIP Core July 1,2000 through June 30,2001 July 1,2001 through June 30,2002 July 1,2002 through June 30,2003 July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2004 July 1,2004 through June 30,2005 July 1, 2005 through June 30,2006 July 1,2006 through June 30,2007 July 1,2007 through June 30,2008 Operating Hours 983 1029 1100 977 1084 1348 1368 1378 (critical)

Megawatt Hours 896 917 1025 944 973 1152 1328 1037 Megawatt Days 37.3 38.0 42.7 40.2 40.1 48.0 55.0 43.2 Grams 235U Used 46.8 47.7 50.5 48.0 55.7 65.9 76 52 Hours atFull 890 912 1025 965 972 1156 1211 1018 Power Number of Fuel Elements 0

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Number of Irradiation 210 239 215 207 279 201 252 344 Requests

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Megawatt Hours 117.2 102.5 138.1 223.8 195.1 497.8 335.9 321.5 408.0 213.0 2,553.0 Megawatt Days 4.9 4.3 5.8 9.3 8.1 20.7 14.1 13.4 17.0 9.0 106.4 Grams 235U Used 6.1 5.4 7.2 11.7 10.2 26.0 17.6 16.8 21.4 10.7 133.0 Hours at Full 856 Power (250KW)

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Cumulative Values for FLIP Core MIWH of energy produced 1,037 30,142 MWD of energy produced 43.2 1,254.5 Grams 235U used 52 1578 Number of fuel elements added to (+) or removed(-) from 0

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the core Number of pulses 19 1,465 Hours reactor critical 1,378 30,498 Hours at full power (1 MW) 1,018 29,587 Number of startup and shutdown checks 255 8,656 Number of irradiation requests processed 344 10,051 Number of samples irradiated 3,797 121,872 (1) Fuel Follower Control Rod. These numbers represent the core loading at the end of this reporting period.

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Manual Reactor Scram 1

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Safe Channel High Power Scram 3

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Safe and percent Channel High 1

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Part V-Radiation Protection

'The 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 ensure the fulfillment of all regulatory requirements of the State of Oregon, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commis-sion, 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 Scientific Instrument Technician, and the Radiation Center Director.

The data contained in the following sections have been pre-pared to comply with the current requirements of Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Facility License No. R-106 (Docket No. 50-243) and the Technical Specifications contained in that license. The material has also been prepared in compli-ance 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 protec-tion 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).

The annual reporting requirements in the OSTR Technical Specifications state that the licensee (OSU) shall include "a summary of the nature and amount of radioactive effluents re-leased or discharged to the environs beyond the effective control of the licensee, as measured at, or prior to, the point of such release or discharge." The liquid and gaseous effluents released, and the solid waste generated and transferred are discussed briefly below. Data regarding these effluents are also summa-rized in detail in the designated tables.

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For this reporting period, the Radiation Center and reactor made three liquid effluent releases to the sanitary sewer. All Radiation Center and reactor facility liquid effluent data pertaining to this release are contained 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 Office to its waste processing facility. The annual summary of liquid waste generated and transferred is contained in Table V.3.

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AkborneEfflunts MeDased Airborne effluents are discussed in terms of the gaseous compo-nent and the particulate component.

Gaseous Effluents Gaseous effluents from the reactor facility are monitored by the reactor stack effluent monitor. Monitoring is continuous, i.e.,

prior to, during, and after reactor operations. It is normal for the reactor facility stack effluent monitor to begin operation as one of the first systems in the morning and to cease operation as one of the last systems at the end of the day. All gaseous effluent data for this reporting period are summarized in Table V.4.

Particulate effluents from the reactor facility are also monitored by the reactor facility stack effluent monitor.

Particulate Effluents Evaluation of the detectable particulate radioactivity in the stack effluent confirmed its origin as naturally-occurring radon daugh-ter products, within a range of approximately 3x10-11 pCi/ml to 1 x 10- pCi/ml. This particulate radioactivity is predominantly 214Pb and 214Bi, which is not associated with reactor operations.

T-here was no release of particulate effluents 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.

Sofd1 Waste Mease Data 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 Safe-ty Office, it is held along with other campus radioactive waste on the University's State of Oregon radioactive materials license.

Solid radioactive waste is disposed of by OSU Radiation Safety by transfer to the University's radioactive waste disposal ven-dor, Thomas Gray Associates, Inc., for burial at its installation located near Richland, Washington.

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Facility operating personnel include the reactor operations and health physics staff. The dosimeters used to monitor these individuals include quarterly TLD badges, quarterly track-etch/

albedo neutron dosimeters, monthly TLD (finger) extremity dosimeters, and pocket ion chambers.

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 dosimetry require-ments for these personnel will vary with the type of research being conducted, but will generally include a quarterly TLD film badge and TLD (finger) 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. A few Facilities Services personnel who routinely perform maintenance on mechanical or refrigeration equipment are issued a quarterly XM(y) TLD badge and other dosimeters as appropriate for the work being performed.

Students attending laboratory classes are issued quarterly Xf(ly)

TLD badges, TLD (finger) extremity dosimeters, and track-etch/albedo or other neutron dosimeters, as appropriate.

Students or small groups of students who attend a one-time laboratory demonstration and do not handle radioactive materi-als 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 XM*(y)

TLD badge to be used during their patrols of the Radiation Center and reactor facility.

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policy does not normally allow people in the visitor category to become actively involved in the use or handling of radioactive 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 per-sonnel radiation exposures in excess of the limits in 10 CFR 20 or State of Oregon regulations during the reporting period.

'The OSTR Technical Specifications 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 moni-toring results for both facilities are reported.

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

'The total dose equivalent recorded on the various reactor facility dosimeters is listed in Table V.7 and the total dose equivalent re-corded 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 specific area at a defined frequency is desirable.

The primary purpose of the routine radiation and contamination survey program is to assure regularly scheduled surveillance 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 objective 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 first two objectives, is to gather and document information which will help to ensure that all phases of the operational and radiation protection programs are meeting the goal of keeping radiation doses to personnel and releases of radioactivity to the environment "as low as reasonably achievable" (ALARA).

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

The annual reporting requirements of the OSTR Technical Specifications include "an annual summary of environmental surveys performed outside the facility."

On-site Monitoring Monitors used in the on-site gamma environmental radiation monitoring program at the Radiation Center consist of the reactor facility stack effluent 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 Global Dosimetry Solutions, Inc. (GDS), Irvine, California.

Each GDS packet contained three LiF TLDs and was ex-changed quarterly for a total of 108 samples during the reporting period (9 stations x 3 TLDs per station x 4 quarters). Ihe total number of GDS TLD samples for the reporting period was 108.

A summary of the GDS 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).

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'The off-site gamma environmental radiation monitoring pro-gram 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 quar-terly, and the total number of TLD samples during the current one-year reporting period was 240 (20 stations x 3 chips per sta-tion per quarter x 4 quarters per year).The total number of GDS TLD samples for the reporting period was 204. A summary of GDS 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).

The 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 positions indicated in Figure V.1.

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

The annual concentration of total net beta radioactivity (minus 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 disintegration rate 0 0 0 0 0 incorporates subtraction of only the counting system back-ground from the gross beta counting rate, followed by applica-tion of an appropriate counting system efficiency.

The annual concentrations were calculated using sample results which exceeded the lower limit of detection (LLD), except that sample results which were less than or equal to the LLD were averaged in at the corresponding LLD concentration. Table V.13 gives the concentration and the range of values for each sample category for the current reporting period.

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

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

Radcoaae MameuDs Wpmet~s A 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 materi-als license ORE 90005 is shown in Table V.15. A summary of radioactive material shipments exported under Nuclear Regula-tory Commission general license 10 CFR 110.23 is shown in Table V.16.

IReferences

1. U. S. Environmental Protection Agency, "Estimates of Ionizing Radiation Doses in the United States, 1960-2000," ORP/CSD 72-1, Office 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, Office of Radiation Pro-grams; Washington, D.C. 20460 (1977).

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Tale Raito Proeto Prga Reurmnsan rqece Frequency Radiation Protection Requirement Daily/Weekly/Monthly Perform Routing area radiation/contamination monitoring 0

Collect and analyze TRIGA primary, secondary, and make-up water.

Exchange personnel dosimeters and inside area monitoring dosimeters, and review exposure Monthly reports.

Inspect laboratories.

Calculate previous month's gaseous effluent discharge.

Process and record solid waste and liquid effluent discharges.

0 Prepare and record radioactive material shipments.

0 Survey and record incoming radioactive materials receipts.

Perform and record special radiation surveys.

As Required Perform thyroid and urinalysis bioassays.

0 Conduct orientations and training.

Issue radiation work permits and provide health physics coverage for maintenance operations.

Prepare, exchange and process environmental TLD packs.

0 Conduct orientations for classes using radioactive materials.

Quarterly Collect and analyze samples from reactor stack effluent line.

Exchange personnel dosimeters and inside area monitoring dosimeters, and review exposure 0

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0 Semi-Annual Leak test and inventory sealed sources.

0 Conduct floor survey of corridors and reactor bay.

0 Calibrate portable radiation monitoring instruments and personnel pocket ion chambers.

Calibrate reactor stack effluent monitor, continuous air monitors, remote area radiation monitors, and air samplers.

Measure face air velocity in laboratory hoods and exchange dust-stop filters and HEPA 5

Annual filters as necessary.

Inventory and inspect Radiation Center emergency equipment.

Conduct facility radiation survey of the 60Co irradiators.

0 Conduct personnel dosimeter training.

5 Update decommissioning logbook.

Collect and process environmental soil, water, and vegetation samples.

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Motl Sumr of Liui Eflun Reeset heSntayS02 (ST Cotrbuio Shw in

) an Bod rit Date of Discharge (Month and Year)

Total Quantity of Radioactivity Released (Curies)

Detectable Radio-Nuclides in the Waste Specific Activity For Each Detectable Radionuclide in the Waste, Where The Release Concentration Was>1 x 10-7

( pCi ml-')

Total Quantity of Each Detectable Radionuclide Released in the Waste (Curies)

Average Concentration Of Released Radioactive Material at the Point of Release (1pCi m1-1)

Percent of Applicable Monthly Average Concentration for Released Radioactive Material

(%)(3)

Total Volume of Liquid Effluent Released Including Diluent (4)

(gal)

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OSU has implemented a policy to reduce the absolute minimum radioactive wastes disposed to the sanitary sewer. There were no liquid effluent released during months not listed.

The OSU operational policy is to subtract only detector background from the water analysis data and not background radioactivity in the Corvallis city water.

Based on values listed in 10 CFR 20, Appendix B to 20.1001 - 10.2401, Table 3, which are applicable to sewer disposal.

The total volume of liquid effluent plus diluent does not take into consideration the additional mixing with the over 250,000 gallons per year of liquids. And sewage normally discharged by the Radiation Center complex into the same sanitary sewer system.

Tale Anua Sumr of Liui Wat Geeae an Transferre Origin of Liquid Waste Volume of Liquid Waste Packaged)

(gallons)

Detectable Radionuclides in the Waste Total Quantity of Radioactivity in the Waste (Curies)

Dates of Waste Pickup for Transfer to the Waste Processing Facility TRIGA 75 Fe-59, Co-60, Eu-152, 1.80x109 Reactory Sb-124, Se-75, H-3 9/18/07 Facility Radiation Center T1-208, Pb-210, Pb-214, 9/18/07 Laboratories 8

Bi-214, Ra-226, H-3, 1.33x10-4 U-238, Mn-54, Co-60 5/16/08 TOTAL 15.5 1.51xlO-4 0

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Total Estimated Quantity of Argon-41 Released(2' (Curies)

Estimated Atmospheric Diluted Concentration of Argon-41 at Point of Release (pCi/cc)

Fraction of the Technical Specification Annual Average Argon-41 Concentration Limit (%)

July 0.15 0.15 1.25x10- 8 0.31 August 0.23 0.23 1.91x10- 8 0.48 September 0.13 0.13 1.17x10- 8 0.29 October 0.13 0.13 1.09x10- 8 0.27 November 0.12 0.12 1.04x10- 8 0.26 December 0.17 0.17 1.47x10- 8 0.37 January 0.35 0.35 2.95x10- 8 0.74 February 0.27 0.27 2.45x10- 8 0.61 March 0.33 0.33 2.79x10-8 0.70 April 0.25 0.25 2.15x10- 8 0.54 May 0.28 0.28 2.38x10- 8 0.59 June 0.29 0.29 2.56x10- 8 0.64 TOTAL

('07-'08) 2.70 2.70 1.93x0-_8131 0.48(3)

(1) Airborne effluents from, the OSTR contained no detectable particulate radioactivity resulting fro, reactor operations, and there were no releases of any radioisotopes in airborne effluents in concentrations greater than 20% of the applicable effluent concentration. (20% is a value taken from the OSTR Technical Specifications.

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

(3) Annual Average.

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Tale Anna Sumr of Soi Wat Geeae an Transferre Origin of Solid Waste Volume of Solid Waste Packaged()

(Cubic Feet)

Detectable Radionuclides in the Waste Total Quantity of Radioactivity in Solid Waste (Curies)

Dates of Waste Pickup for Transfer to the 0 SU Waste Processing Facility TRIGA Sc-46, Cr-51, Mn-54, Fe-59, 9/18/07 Reactor 22 Co-58, Co-60, Zn-65, As-74, 2.62x10-4 Facility Hf-181, Sb-124, Se-75, 3/5/08 Eu-152, Cs-134 Radiation U-238, Sr-90, Co-60, Eu-152, 9/18/07 Center 12 H-3, Pu-239, Sr-85, Np-237, 6.21x10_6 Laboratories Hf-181, Hg-203, Sc-46, Pu-3/5/08 242, Yb-169,Tb-160 TOTAL 34 See Above 2.68x10-4 0

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Greatest Individual DoseM' Total Person-mrem For the GroupM Personnel Group Whole Body Extremities Whole Body Extremities Whole Body Extremities (mrem)

(mrem)

Facility Operating 106.2 311.9 227 566 850 2495 Personnel Key Facility Research 0

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204 Personnel Facilities Services Maintenance

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<1 N/A Personnel Laboratory Class 2.2 7.8 94 128 327 396 Students Campus Police and 1.2 N/A 22 N/A 33 N/A Security Personnel Visitors

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N/A 59.1 N/A (1) "N/A"indicates that there was no extremity monitoring conducted or required for the group.

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EqiaetI Recorded on AreaT~

Dos.~imetersT Locted Wihi th TG Reco Failt Monitor I.D.

TRIGA Reactor Facility Location (See Figure V.1)

Total Recorded Dose Equivalent(1//2)

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Neutron (mrem)

MRCTNE D104:

North Badge East Wall 224 ND MRCTSE D104:

South Badge East Wall 137 ND MRCTSW D104:

South Badge West Wall 529 ND MRCTNW D104:

North Badge West Wall 153 ND MRCTWN D104:

West Badge North Wall 239 ND MRCTEN D104:

East Badge North Wall 372 ND MRCTES D104:

East Badge South Wall 1758 ND MRCTWS D104:

West Badge South Wall 569 ND MRCTTOP D104:

Reactor Top Badge 456 ND MRCTHXS D104A: South Badge HX Room 537 ND MRCTHXW D104A: West Badge HX Room 241 ND MRCD-302 D302:

Reactor Control Room 351 ND MRCD-302A D302A: Reactor Supervisor's Office 131 N/A MRCBP1 D104: Beam Port Number 1 159 ND MRCBP2 D104: Beam Port Number 2 229 ND MRCBP3 D104: Beam Port Number 3 897 ND MRCBP4 D104: Beam Port Number 4 894 ND 0

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(2)

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Radiation Center Facility Location (See Figure V.1)

Total Recorded Dose Equivalent(')

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Neutron (mrem)

(mrem)

MRCA100 A100:

Receptionist's Office 19 N/A MRCBRF A102H: Front Personnel Dosimetry Storage Rack 66 N/A MRCA120 A120:

Stock Room 76 N/A MRCA120A A120A: NAA Temporary Storage 0

N/A MRCA126 A126:

Radioisotope Research Lab 117 N/A MRCCO-60 A128:

6°Co Irradiator Room 418 N/A MRCA130 A130:

Shielded Exposure Room 52 N/A MRCA132 A132:

TLD Equipment Room 56 N/A MRCA138 A138:

Health Physics Laboratory 54 N/A MRCA146 A146:

Gamma Analyzer Room (Storage Cave) 171 N/A MRCB100 B100:

Gamma Analyzer Room (Storage Cave) 44 N/A MRCB114 B114:

Lab (226Ra Storage Facility) 1642 ND MRCB119-1 B119:

Source Storage Room 273 N/A MRCB119-2 B119:

Source Storage Room 434 N/A MRCB119A B119A: Sealed Source Storage Room 5491 3,410 MRCB120 B120:

Instrument Calibration Facility 216 N/A MRCB122-2 B122:

Radioisotope Hood 167 N/A MRCB122-3 B122:

Radioisotope Research Laboratory 92 N/A MRCB124-1 B124:

Radioisotope Research Lab (Hood) 58 N/A MRCB124-2 B124:

Radioisotope Research Laboratory 92 N/A MRCB124-6 B124:

Radioisotope Research Laboratory 66 N/A MRCB136 B136 Gamma Analyzer Room 40 N/A MRCB128 B128:

Instrument Repair Shop 54 N/A MRCC100 C100:

Radiation Center Director's Office 50 N/A (1) The total recorded dose equivalent values do not include natural background contribution and, reflect the summation of the results of four quarterly beta-gamma dosimeters or four quarterly fast neutron dosimeters for each location. A total dose equivalent of "ND" indicates 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.

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Dos Eqialn ReoddoraDsmtr Soae Wihi th Raditio Cete Monitor I.D.

Radiation Center Facility Location (See Figure V.1)

Total Recorded Dose Equivalent(')

X8(7)

(mrem)

Neutron (mrem)

MRCC106A C106A: Office 64 N/A MRCC106B C106B: Custodian Supply Storage 78 N/A MRCC106-H C106H: East Loading Dock 122 N/A MRCC118 C118:

Radiochemistry Laboratory 13 N/A MRCC120 C120:

Student Counting Laboratory 28 N/A MRCF100 F100:

APEX Facility 21 N/A MRCF102 F102:

APEX Control Room 25 N/A MRCB125N B125:

Gamma Analyzer Room (Storage Cave) 59 N/A MRCN125S B125:

Gamma Analyzer Room 57 N/A MRCC124 C124:

Classroom 99 N/A MRCC130 C130:

Radioisotope Laboratory (Hood) 48 N/A MRCD100 D100:

Reactor Support Laboratory 84 ND MRCD102 D102:

Pneumatic Transfer Terminal Lab' 257 ND MRCD102-H D102H:

1st Floor Corridor at D102 108 ND MRCD106-H D106H:

1st Floor Corridor at D106 241 N/A MRCD200 D200:

Reactor Administrator's Office 250 25 MRCD202 D202:

Senior Health Physicist's Office 240 ND MRCBRR D200H: Rear Personnel Dosimetry Storage Rack 71 N/A MRCD204 D204:

Health Physicist Office 254 ND MRCATHRL F104:

ATHRL 58 N/A MRCD300 D300:

3rd Floor Conference Room 164 ND 0

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<500 12,884 Reactor Bay NW (D104)

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<500 22,885 Reactor Bay NE (D104)

<1 15 559 26,730 Reactor Bay SE (D104)

<1 36

<500 34,423 Class Experiments (D104, D302)

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<500 Demineralizer Tank & Make Up Water System

<1 12

<500 1,153 (D104A)

Particulate Filter--Outside Shielding (D104A)

< 1 3

<500 2,115 Radiation Center:

NAA Counting Rooms (A146, B100)

< 1 2.2

<500

<500 Health Physics Laboratory (A138)

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<500 (A128, B120, A130)

Radiation Research Labs (A126, A136)

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Radioactive Source Storage (B119, B119A,

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(See Figure V.1)

Based on GSD TLDs(,2)

(mrem)

MRCFE-1 85 +/- 3 MRCFE-2 84 +/- 6 MRCFE-3 80 +/- 4 MRCFE-4 88 +/- 5 MRCFE-5 78 +/- 4 MRCFE-6 87 +/- 6 MRCFE-7 84 +/- 4 MRCFE-8 81 +/- 5 MRCFE-9 79 +/- 5 (1)

Average Corvallis area natural background using GDS TLDs totals 72 _ 8 mrem for the same period.

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Monitoring Station Bae>nGS Ls12 (See Figure V.1)

Based on GDS TLD(S12 (miremn)

MRCTE-2 80 +/- 4 MRCTE-3 86 +/- 4 MRCTE-4 80 +/- 4 MRCTE-5 90 +/- 7 MRCTE-6 78 +/- 5 MRCTE-7 77 +/- 3 MRCTE-8 93 +/- 5 MRCTE-9 87 +/- 4 MRCTE-10 69 +/- 5 MRCTE-12 87 +/- 4 MRCTE-13 86 +/- 5 MRCTE-14 81 +/- 6 MRCTE-15 76 +/- 4 MRCTE-16 88 +/- 5 MRCTE-17 77 +/- 8 MRCTE-18(3) 59 +/- 5 MRCTE-19 87 +/- 5 MRCTE-20 82 +/- 5 MRCTE-21 72 +/- 4 MRCTE-22 75 +/- 4 (1)

Average Corvallis area natural background using GDS TLDs totals 72 + 8 mrem for the same period.

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Only three quarters are reported.

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Sample Type Annual Average Concentration Of the Total Net Beta (Minus 3H)

Radioactivity")

Reporting Units 1-W Water 5.75x10-82 )

pCi m1-1 4-W Water 7.09x10-8(21 PCi m1-V 11-W Water 5.75x10-8(2)

PCi m1-1 19-RW Water 6.53x10-8("

PCi mV1-3-S Soil 2.93x10-5 + 5.84x10- 6 aCi g-1 of dry soil 5-S Soil 6.33x10-5 +/- 8.32x10- 6 PCi g-1 of dry soil 20-S Soil 2.99x10-5 _ 6.05x10- 6 pCi g-1 of dry soil 21-S Soil 1.24x10-5 + 4.51x10- 6 PCi g-1 of dry soil 2-G Grass 1.25x10 1.17x10- 5 PCi g-1 of dry ash 6-G Grass 1.13x10- 4 _ 1.32x10- 5 fiCi g-1 of dry ash 7-G Grass 1.37x10- 4, 1.14x10- 5 aCi g-1 of dry ash 8-G Grass 1.29x10 1.27x10- 5 VtCi g-1 of dry ash 9-G Grass 1.44x10-4, 1.31x10- 5 aCi g-1 of dry ash 10-G Grass 1.37x10-4, 1.30x10- 5 PCi g-1 of dry ash 12-G Grass 1.88x10-4, 1.37x10- 5 PCi g-1 of dry ash 13-G Grass 1.14x10-4, 1.34x10- 5 I

pCi g-1 of dry ash 14-G Grass 1.04x10- 4, 1.14x10- 5 pCi g-1 of dry ash 15-G Grass 7.34x10-5, 9.71x10-6 pCi g-1 of dry ash 16-G Grass 1.06x10- 4, 8.84x10-6 PCi g-1 of dry ash 17-G Grass 1.73x10- 4 + 1.40x10-5 pCi g-1 of dry ash 18-G Grass 1.38x10- 4 + 1.27x10- 5 pCi g-1 of dry ash 22-G Grass 1.09x10- 4 + 1.32x10- 5 pCi g-1 of dry ash (1) values represent the standard deviation of the value at the 95% confidence level.

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

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PCi m1-1 Vegetation 1.74x10- 5 1.16x10- 5 to 2.07x10- 5

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Number of Shipments Orgiatn Shipped To Total Activity Exempt Limited (TBq)

Quantity Y

YellowI Berkeley Geochronology Center 1.64 X10 6 5

0 2

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Berkeley, CA USA Brush Resources Inc.

Delta, UT USA 1.04 x10-0 0

0 22 22 Brush Wellman Inc.

1.84 X10 2 0

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Elmore, OH USA BWXT Y-12 Oak Ridge,TN USA 0.00 x10° 0

0 0

Cal State Fullerton Fullerton, CA USA 2.51 x108 2

0 0

0 2

Columbia University 2.76 xl0'-

2 0

0 0

2 Palisades, NY USA Idaho State University 1.18 x10-,

0 0

6 0

6 Pocatello, ID USA Nu-Trek, Inc 1.61 x10-7 3

0 0

0 3

Poway, CA USA Occidental College 1.91 xl0-3 1

0 0

0 1

Los Angeles, CA USA Oregon Health and Science University 3.44 x10-'

0 1

1 0

2 Portland, OR USA Oregon State University 3.94 x10-6 0

1 1

0 2

Corvallis, OR USA Oregon State University Oceanography Department 5.10 x10-6 0

0 1

Corvallis, OR USA Plattsburgh State University 2.81 xl0-7 2

0 0

0 2

Plattsburgh, NY USA Rutgers Piscataway, NJ USA 3.15 x107 2

0 0

0 2

Syracuse University 1.35 x10-7 3

0 0

0 3

Syracuse, NY USA Union College 2.80 xl0-8 2

0 0

0 2

Schenectady, NY USA University of Arizona 1.61 X10 6 0

0 1

Tucson, AZ USA 1

0 1

1 1

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Quantity Yellow II Yellow III Total University of California at Berkeley 1.72 x10-6 1

0 1

0 2

Berkeley, CA USA University of California at Santa Barbara 1.62 X10-7 2

0 0

0 2

Santa Barbara, CA USA University of Florida 1.29 x10-7 4

0 0

0 4

Gainesville, FL USA University of Michigan 8.78 x10 8 1

0 0

0 1

Ann Arbor, MI USA University of Nevada Las Vegas 1.32 x10-'

1 1

2 0

4 Las Vegas, NV USA University of Nevada Reno 1.30 x10-9 1

0 0

0 1

Reno, NV University of Wisconsin-Madison 4.81 x10-6 1

2 1

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Madison, WI USA Yale University New 1.36 x10-7 4

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Haven, CT USA Totals 1.25 xl01-37 5

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Limited Quantity Exempt Total Idaho National Laboratory 5.00 xl0-2 0

1 1

Idaho Falls, ID USA Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 2.30 xl0-"

0 1

1 Berkeley, CA USA University of Oregon 6.84 x10-9 0

3 3

Eugene, OR USA Totals 6.87 x10-9 0

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Quantity QUAD-Lab, Roskilde University 1.53 xl0-8 4

0 0

4 Roskilde, Denmark Universita' Degli Studi di Bologna 2.03 xl0-8 3

0 0

3 Bologna, Italy Universitat Potsdam 1.40 x108 3

0 0

3 Postdam, Germany University of Geneva 2.55 x10-4 0

0 4

Geneva, Switzerland University of Lausanne 2

0 0

2 Lausanne, Switzerland University of Manchester 1.12 x108 1

0 0

1 Manchester, UK University of Montpellier 3.16 xl0-8 2

0 0

2 Montpellier, France University of Queensland 2.51 xl0-6 0

0 2

2 Brisbane, Queensland Australia University of Zurich 1.32 x107 7

0 0

7 Zurich, Switzerland Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands Totals 3.23 xl0-6 27 0

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Part VI-Work The Radiation Center offers a wide variety of resources for teaching, research, and service related to radiation and radioac-tive materials. Some of these are discussed in detail in other parts of this report. The purpose of this part is to summarize the teaching, research, and service efforts carried out during the cur-rent reporting period.

An important responsibility of the Radiation Center and the reactor is to support OSU's academic programs. Implementa-tion of this support occurs through direct involvement of the Center's staff and facilities in the teaching programs of various departments and through participation in University research programs. Table 111.2 plus the "Training and Instuction" section (see next page) provide detailed information on the use of the Radiation Center and reactor for instruction and training.

Rsearch~ and Sevwk9D Almost all Radiation Center research and service work is tracked by means of a project database. When a request for facil-ity use is received, a project number is assigned and the project is added to the database. The database includes such informa-tion as the project number, data about the person and institu-tion requesting the work, information about students involved, a description of the project, Radiation Center resources needed, the Radiation Center project manager, status of individual 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. Details on gradu-ate student research which used the Radiation Center are given in Table VI.2.

The major table in this section is Table VI.3.This table provides a listing of the research and service projects carried out dur-ing 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 0

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an asterisk. In addition to identifying specific 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 first irradiating a sample with neutrons in a nuclear reactor such as the OSTR to produce specific 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 detected at a particular energy are usually indicative of a specific radionu-clide'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.

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'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 scientific and technical field.

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

Data on NAA research and service performed during this re-porting period are included in Table VI.3.

Forensic Studies Neutron activation analysis can also be advantageously used in criminal investigations. The principle underlying such applica-tion usually involves matching trace element profiles in objects or substances by NAA. This in turn can help identify materials or products (e.g., identify the manufacturer of a given object),

and in some cases can match bullets and other materials recov-ered from a victim to similar materials obtained from suspects.

Materials which have been analyzed by the Radiation Center for forensic purposes include bullets, metals, paint, fuses, coats, glass, meat, and salts.

Forensic studies performed in this reporting period are included in the listings in Tables VIA1 and VI.3.

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 facilities. The team can also provide assistance at the scene of any radiologi-cal incident anywhere in the state of Oregon on behalf of the Oregon Radiation Protection Services and the Oregon Depart-ment of Energy.

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00 Thbe Radiation Center maintains dedicated stocks of radiological emergency response equipment and instrumentation.T'hese 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 sessions and exercises, but was not required to respond to any actual incidents.

Training and Instruction In addition to the academic laboratory classes and courses dis-cussed in Parts 111, and VII, and in addition to the routine train-ing needed to meet the requirements of the OSTR Emergency Response Plan, Physical Security Plan, and operator requali-fication program, the Radiation Center is also used for special training programs. Radiation Center staff are well experienced in conducting these special programs and regularly offer train-ing in areas such as research reactor operations, research reactor management, research reactor radiation protection, radiological emergency response, reactor behavior (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; International 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 Part 11.

As has been the practice since 1985, Radiation Center person-nel annually present a HAZMAT Response Team Radiologi-cal Course.TIhis year the course was held at the Oregon State University Radiation Center.

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 equipment 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 elsewhere. In the case of support provided to state agencies, this definitely helps to optimize the utilization of state resources.

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The Radiation Center is capable of providing health physics ser-vices in any of the areas which are discussed in Part V. Ihese in-clude personnel monitoring, radiation surveys, sealed source leak testing, packaging and shipment of radioactive materials, calibra-tion and repair of radiation monitoring instruments (discussed in detail in Part VI), radioactive waste disposal, radioactive material hood flow surveys, and radiation safety analysis and audits.

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

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

The Center's scientific instrument repair facility performs maintenance and repair on all types of radiation detectors and other nuclear instrumentation. Since the Radiation Center'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 instru-ments 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 per-formed using radiation sources certified by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) or traceable to NIST.

Table VIA 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.5 shows instruments calibrated for other OSU departments and non-OSU agencies.

Consultation Radiation Center staff are available to provide consultation services 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 researchers encountering problems or planning the design of experiments.

Many faculty members housed in the Radiation Center have on-going professional consulting functions with various organiza-tions, in addition to sitting on numerous committees in advisory capacities.

Public Relations Tlhe continued interest of the general public in the OSTR is evident by the number of people who have toured the facility.

See Table VI.6 for statistics on scheduled visitors.

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Oregon State University")

Corvallis, OR USA CH2M Hill Inc Corvallis, OR USA Eugene Sand & Gravel, Inc Eugene, OR USA

Linn Benton Community College Albany, OR USA

Marist High School Eugene, OR USA

North Eugene High School Eugene, OR USA Oregon Department of Energy Salem, OR USA Oregon State Fire Marshal Salem, OR USA

Oregon State University - Educational Tours Corvallis, OR USA

Saturday Academy Corvallis, OR USA USDOE Albany Research Center Albany, OR USA Empiricos LLC Gresham, OR USA ESCO Corporation Portland, OR USA

Jefferson High School Jefferson, OR USA Lebanon Community Hospital Lebanon, OR USA

Lebanon High School Lebanon, OR USA Marquess & Associates Inc.

Medford, OR USA Nunhems USA, Inc.

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Oregon Health Sciences University Portland, OR USA Radiation Protection Services Portland, OR USA

Reed College Portland, OR USA Rogue Community College Grants Pass, OR USA Tuality Healthcare Hillsboro, OR USA US National Parks Service Crater Lake, OR USA Veterinary Diagnostic Imaging & Cytopathology Clackamas, OR USA Weyerhaeuser Sweet Home, OR USA

Idaho National Laboratory Idaho Falls, ID USA

Idaho State University Pocatello, ID USA

Berkeley Geochronology Center Berkeley, CA USA

California State University at Fullerton Fullerton, CA USA Genis, Inc.

Petaluma, CA USA

Nu-Trek, Inc Poway, CA USA

Nu-Trek, Inc San Diego, CA USA

Occidental College Los Angeles, CA USA

Sonoma State University Rohnert Park, CA USA Number of Uses of Center Facilities 11 33 2

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University of California at Berkeley 1

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2 Berkeley, CA USA

University of California at Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA USA 1

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2

University of Nevada Las Vegas 1

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Las Vegas, NV USA

Brush Wellman UT USA 1

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21 CH2M Hill Inc Denver, CO USA 1

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University of Arizona 2

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7 Tucson, AZ USA

Argonne National Laboratory 1

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1 Argonne, IL USA

University of Chicago 2

2 0

22 Chicago, IL USA

University of Wisconsin 2

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7 Madison, WI USA

University of Michigan 4

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14 Ann Arbor, MI USA

Brush-Wellman OH USA 1

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Columbia University 1

2 3

2 Palisades, NY USA

North Carolina State University 1

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2 Raleigh, NC USA

Plattsburgh State University 1

2 2

2 Plattsburgh, NY USA

Roswell Park Cancer Institute Buffalo, NY USA 1

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Syracuse University 1

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3 Syracuse, NY USA

Union College 1

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3 Schenectady, NY USA

Rutgers 2

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Cheshire, CT USA 1

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Brown University 2

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5 Providence, RI USA

University of Florida 2

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4 Gainesville, FL USA

Quaternary Dating Laboratory 1

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Roskilde, DENMARK

University of Manchester 1

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3 Manchester, UK

Universite Montpellier II 1

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1 Montpellier, FRANCE

Vrije Universiteit 1

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1 Amsterdam, THE NETHERLANDS

Geologisches Institut 1

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Zurich, SWITZERLAND

Universita' di Bologna 1

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Universitat Potsdam

Postdam, GERMANY 1

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University of Geneva 1

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University of Queensland 1

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104 119 79 604 Project which involves the OSTR.

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Use by Oregon State University does not include any teaching activities or classes accommodated by the Radiation Center.

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Thesis Topic Berkeley Geochronology Center Application of 39Ar/4OAr Brownlee, Sarah PhD Geology Renne 920 GeochronologyThermochronology and Paleomagnetism of the Ecstall and related plutons in British Columbia Application of 39Ar/40Ar Geochronology Chang, Su-chin PhD Geology Renne 920 Permo-Triassic Boundry

,PhD Renne 920 Neogene Tectonics of Sierra Nevada, Hagan Jeanette, PCalifornia Jarboe, Nick PhD Renne 920 Geochronology and Paleomagnetism of Columbia River Basalts Letcher Alice, MIS Renne 920 Deformation History of Puna Plateau, NW Argentina Morgan, Leah PhD Geology Renne 920 Application of 39Ar/40Ar Geochronology Paine, Jeffery NS Geology Renne 920 Experimental Studies of 39Ar Recoil and Isotope Fractionation Verdel, Charlie PhD Renne 920 Core complexes of Saghand region, Iran Columbia University Downing, Greg PhD Hemming 1705 Application of 39Ar/40Ar Geochronology Walker Chris, PhD Anders 1705 Application of 39Ar/4OAr Geochronology North Carolina State University

Marine, Intrusion-related gold systems: petrological Haynes, Elizabeth PhD Earth, and Fodor 1684 and fluid geochemical characteristics of gold-Atmospheric hosted granite plutons.

Sciences Oregon State University Bytwerk, David PhD NERHP Higley 1847 Bytwerk, David PhD NERHP Higley 1835 Mobility and uptake of CI-36 Dorsett, Skye MS Physics Krane 1564 0

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Academic Facultyr Student's Name Degree Department Advisor Thesis Topic Funatake, Castle PhD Environmental and Molecular Toxicology Kerkvliet 1725

'he Effects of 2,3, 7,8-Molecular Toxicology Ex-vivo Suppressive Mechanisms Used by Marshall, Nikki MS Kerkvliet 1725 CD4+ T Cells exposed to TCDD during Graft-vs-Host disease Matteson, Brent PhD Chemistry Paulenova 1751 Actinide Chemistry Wood Science 1The effect of additives on copper Mitushashi, June MS

&Egneig Morell 815Enierg

& Engineering Engineering Naik, Radhika PhD Chemistry Loveland 1751 Nuclear Chemistry Age and Composition of Two Large Igneous Sinton, Christopher PhD Oceanography Duncan 44 Provinces: The Sprunger, Peter PhD Chemistry Loveland 1751 Nuclear Chemistry VanHorn-Sealy, Jama MA NERHP Higley 1842 Gel Decontamination Yan, Michelle MS Nutrition and Ho 1757 Prostate Cell Zinc Deficiency Study. Science Exercise Rutgers Braun, Dave PhD Geological Turrin 1707 Dating of Plio-Pleistiocene Homid Sites, Sciences Kanjera, Kenya Mollel, Godwin PhD Geological Turrin 1707 Statigraphy and Chronolgy of the Plio-Sciences Plaeistocene Ngorongoro Volcanic Highland Price, Rachel MS Geological Turrin 1708 Age of metamorphism in the New Jersey Sciences Highland Quinn, Rhonda PhD eological Turin 1707 Dating of Plio-Pleistiocene Homid Sites, Sciences Koobi Fora, Kenya Syracuse University Noble Gas Monteleone, Brian PhD Isotopic Baldwin 1555 Timing and Conditions of the Formation of Research the D'Entrecasteaux Laboratory Low Temperature Thermochronologic Studies in the Adirondack Highlands Taylor, Josh MS Fitzgerald 1555 Teroroogyadecnisf thermochronology and Tectonics of intraplate deformation in SE Mongolia 0

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Late Cenozoic uplift and deformation of Mora, Andrds PhD 1514 the eastern flank of the Columbian Eastern Cordillera.

Cenozoic tectonic evolution of the Parra, Mauricio PhD Strecker 1514 northeastern Andean foreland basin, Colombia University of California at Berkeley Herbison, Sarah PhD Department of Nitsche 1468 Applications of NAA Chemistry University of Cincinnati Decompressional Melting as a Mechanism Davidson, Michelle PhD Geology Kitlinc 1738 for Differentiation in Columbia River Basalts Petrology and Geochemistry of the Kula Solpuker, Utku PhD Geology Killinc 1738 Volcanic Province, WVestern Turkey University of Florida Pb-Pb Geochronology and Coyner, Samuel PhD Foster 1621 Thermochronology of Titanite Using MC-ICP-MS Gifford,Jennifer MS Foster 1621 Quantifying Eocene and Miocene Extension in the Sevier Hinterland, NE Nevada 0

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Project Users Organization Project Title Description Funding ProectTiteeDscName 321 Murphy University of Fission Track Dating Thermal column irradiations of apatite and zircon samples for University of Wyoming 321_MurphyWyomin_

fission track production todetermine rock age.

Brigham Young Fission Track Dating Dating of natural rocks and minerals via fission track National Science 335 Kowallis Fisoerciaigmethodology.

Foundation 444 Duncan Oregon State Ar-40/Ar-39 Dating of Oceanographic Production of Ar-39 from K39 to measure radiometric ages OSU Oceanography University Samples on basaltic rocks from ocean basins.

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t Calibration It t calibration Oregon Health Sciences University Sciences University 488 Farmer Oregon State Instrument Calibration Instrument calibration.

OSU - various University departments 519 Martin US Environmental Instrument Calibration Instrument calibration.

USEPA-Corvalis Protection Agency US Environmental USEPA Cincinnati, 547 Boese Protection Agency Survey Instrument Calibration Instrument calibration.

OH 664 Reese Oregon State Good Samaritan Hospital Instrument Instrument calibration.

OSU Radiation Center University Calibration 815 Morrell Oregon State Sterilization of Wood Samples Sterilization of wood samples to 2.5 Mrads in Co-60 OSU Forest Products 8University irradiator for fungal evaluations.

Berkeley Production of Ar-39 from K-39 to determine ages in various Berkeley Becker Geochronology Ar-39/Ar-40 Age Dating anthropologic and geologic materials.

Geochronology Center 920 Center Stanford University 930 McWilliams Stanford University Ar-40/Ar-39 Dating of Geological Irradiation of mineral grain samples for specified times to Geological &

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Environmental Sci Thermal column irradiation of geological samples for Stanford University 932 Dumitru Stanford University Fission Track Dating fissiontrack age-dating.

GooyDprmn fissontrck ae-daing.Geology Department 1018 Gashwiler Occupational Health Calibration of Nuclear Instruments Instrument calibration.

Occupational Health Lab Laboratory Vrije Universiteit, 1074 Wijbrans Vrije Universiteit 40Ar-39 Ar Dating of Rocks and Minerals 40Ar-39Ar dating of rocks and minerals Amsterdam Teaching and University of Activation Analysis Experiment for NE Activation Analysis Experiment for NE Class. Irradiation University of California 1075 Tours California at Class of small, stainless steel discs for use in a nuclear engineering at Berkeley Berkeley radiation measurements laboratory.

1177 Garver Union College Fission Track Analysis of Rock Ages Use of thermal column irradiations to perform fission track Union College, NY analysis to determine rock ages.

Rogue Community Photoplankton Growth in Southern C-14 liquid scintillation counting of radiotracers produced Rogue Community 1188 Salinas RLake in a photoplankton study of southern Oregon lakes: Miller College College Oregon Lake, Lake of the Woods, Diamond Lake, and Waldo Lake.

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Radiation Protection Services Determination of geological samples via Ar-Ar radiometric Universite Paris Sud 1366 Quidelleur Universite Paris Sud Ar-Ar Geochronology dating.

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Geological Sciences 1431 Patterson AVI Bio Pharma Instrument Calibrations Instrument calibration AVI Bio Pharma 1464 Slavens USDOE Albany Instrument Calibration Instrument calibration.

USDOE Albany Research Center Research Center 1465 Singer University of Ar-40/Ar-39 Dating of Young Geologic Irradiation of geological materials such as volcanic rocks from University of Wisconsin Wisconsin Materials sea floor, etc. for Ar-40/Ar-39 dating 1467 Kirner Kirner Consulting, Instrument Calibration Instrument calibration.

Kirner Consulting Inc University of University of California 1468 Nitsche California at Chemistry 146 Experiment NAA Laboratory experiment.

Berkeley Berkeley 1470 Bolken SIGA Technologies, Instrument Calibration Instrument calibration.

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OSU Radiation Center Tours Tours Teachingtand USDOE Reactor Teaching and UniverState OSU Nuclear Engineering & Radiation OSTR tour and reactor lab.

1504 Tours Educational Tours Health Physics Department Sharing OEguatona STates Teaching Oregon State USDOE Reactor 1505 Tours University -

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_________Educational Tours Teaching Oregon State USDOE Reactor 1506 Tours University -

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Energy Tours Educational Tours Teaching and Oregon State Science and Mathematics Investigative OSTR tour and half-life ExperimentReactor 1510 Tours Educational Tours Learning Experience Sharing 1511 Un itOregon State Reactor operation required for conduct of operations testing, OSU Radiation Center 1511 Toursous Reactor Staff Use operator training, calibration runs, encapsulation tests.

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USDOE Reactor 1512 Tours Community College Experiments Sharing 1514 Sobel Universitat Apatite Fission Track Analysis Age determination of apatites by fission track analysis.

Universitat Potsdam University of Fission track dating method on apatites: use of fission tracks University of 1519 Dunkl Goettingen Fission Track Analysis of Apatites from decay of U-238 and U-235 to determine the cooling age Tuebingen of apatites.

1520 Teaching and Western Oregon Western Oregon University OSTR tour and half-life Experiment Sharing Tours University Shateng 1522 Wachs Oregon State General Reactor Operation Reactor operation when no other project is involved.

OSU Radiation Centei University Teaching and Life Gate High USDOE Reactor 1525 Tours School Life Gate High School OSTR tour and half-life experiment.

Sharing 1526 Crawford Hot Cell Services Instrument calibration Instrument calibration.

Hot Cell Services Teaching and Oregon State USDOE Reactor 1527 Tours University -

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USDOE Reactor 1530 Tours District Sharing 1531 Teaching and Central Oregon Central Oregon Community College OSTR tour for Engineering USDOE Reactor 1531 Tours Community College Engineering Sharing 1535 Teaching and Corvallis School Corvallis School District OSTR tour.

USDOE Reactor Tours District Sharing Nuclear Oregon State Gamma Irradiations for NE/RHP Irradiation of samples for Introduction to Nuclear OSU Radiation 1536 Engineering University -

114/115/116 Engineering and Radiation Health Physics courscs NE/RHP Center Faculty Educational Tours 114/115/116 Teaching and Oregon State USDOE Reactor 1537 Tours University -

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Sharing Irradiation to induce U-235 fission for fission track thermal 1555 Fitzgerald Syracuse Fission track thermochronology history dating, especially for hydrocarbon exploration. The main thrust is towards tectonics, in particular the uplift and Syracuse University formation of mountain ranges.

1564 Krane Oregon State Measurement of neutron capture cross Measurement of neutron capture cross sections USDOE Reactor University sections Sharing University of Nevada Irradiation of rocks and minerals for Ar/Ar dating to University of Nevada 1568 Spell Las Vegas Ar/Ar dating of rocks and minerals determine eruption ages, emplacement histories, and Las Vegas provenances studies.

Us Reac 1583 iTeaching and Neahkahnie High Neahkahnie High School OSTR tour.

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Manchester 1594 Teaching and Jefferson High Jefferson High School OSTR tour and half-life experiment USDOE Reactor Tours School Sharing 1601 Crutchley Josephine County Instrument Calibrations Instrument calibration.

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Project Users Organization Name Project Title Description Funding 1603 Teaching and Thurston High 7hurston High School Chemistry OSTR tour and half-life experiment for Chemistry Class USDOE Reactor Tours School Sharing 1612 Singer University of Determination of age 6f Eocene and Determination of age of Eocene and Quaternary volcanic USDOE Reactor Wisconsin Quaternary volcanic rocks rocks by production of Ar-39 from K-39.

Sharing 1613 Teaching and Silver Falls School Silver Falls School District OSTR tour.

USDOE Reactor Tours District Sharing 164 Teaching and USDOE Reactor 1614 Tours Marist High School Marist High School OSTR tour and half-life experiment sharing Teaching and Liberty Christian Liberty Christian High School OSTR tour and half-life experiment.

USDOE Reactor 1615 Tours High School Sharing Evanite Fiber Evanite Fiber 1616 Doyle Corporation Instrument Calibration Instrument calibration.

Corporation 1617 Spikings University of Geneva Ar-Ar geochronology Argon dating of Chilean granites.

University of Geneva 1618 Teaching and Falls City High Fall City High School OSTR tour and half-life experiment USDOE Reactor TahgaTours School Sharing 1619 Teaching and Sheridan High Sheridan High School OSTR tour and half-life experiment USDOE Reactor 169 Tours School Sharing Teaching and Eddyville High Eddyville High School OSTR tour.

USDOE Reactor Tours School Sharing 1621 Foster University of Florida Irradiation for Ar/Ar Analysis Ar/Ar analysis of geological samples.

University of Florida 1622 Reese Oregon State Flux Measurements of OSTR Measurement of neutron flux in various irradiation facilities.

OSU Radiation Center University 1623 Blythe Occidental College Fission Track Analysis Fission track Thermochronology of Tibetian Geology.

University of Southern California California State Measurement of fission track ages to determine erosion USDOE Reactor 1625 Armstrong University at Fission Track Irradiations asunt of finerso SDar eco Fullerton amounts and timing.

Sharing The primary project is the use of tracks to study the leaching out of imbedded radionuclides from alpha-activity in materials. The radionuclide could be a decay product of Fleischer Union College Fission Track Irradiations U-238 or Th-232 in studying the geochemistry of natural USDOE Reactor materials, or of Rn-222 in dealing with environmental Sharing materials that are used to assess radon exposures. Here we will use an analogue case -- the embedding in the laboratory of U-235 recoils from the alpha activity of Pu-239.

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(D USDOE Reactor 1628 Garver Union College Fission Track Irradiations Use of fission track to determine age dating of apatites.

Sharing 1634 Tollo George Washington REE Geochemistry of Meta-Igneous NAA of apatite samples to determine metal composition in USDOE Reactor University Rocks using INAA (TBC) ingneous rocks.

Sharing University of Age dating of rock samplesfrom Sierra Nevada, Sonora USDOE Reactor 1640 Gans California at Santa Age dating of Neogene volcanism Mexico, and Chilean Andes Sharing Barbara 1641 Hughes Idaho State Independent Study of NAA Development of NAA for Thesis Research USDOE Reactor University Sharing University of Fission-track Dating of Zircon from the Exhumation of University of 1648 Stewart Washington Fission-track Dating of Zircon Avaloatz Mountians in California Washington Teaching and Madison High Madison High School OSTR tour for Senior Science Class USDOE Reactor 1653 Tours School Sharing 1655 Teaching and Future Farmers of OSTRTour OSTR tour USDOE Reactor Tours America Sharing 1657 Teaching and Richland High Richland High School OSTR tour.

USDOE Reactor Tours School Sharing Oregon State Isotope and Container Testing Testing of containers and source materials OSU Radiation Center 1660 Reese

~UniversityUDEReco Teaching and Douglas High Douglas High School AP Physics Class OSTR tour and half-life experiment USDOE Reactor 1666 Tours School

__Sharing 1670 Teaching and Toledo High School Toledo High School OSTR tour and half-life experiment USDOE Reactor Tours Sharing 1671 Roden-Tice Plattsburgh State Fission Track Dating Use of fission tracks to determine location of U-235 and USDOE Reactor University Th232 in natural rocks and minerals Sharing 1673 Teaching and Heal College Heal College Physics Department OSTR tour.

USDOE Reactor Tours Sharing Radiological emergency support ot OOE related to Oregon Department Radiological Emergency Support instrument calibration, radiological and RAM transport Oregon Department of 1674 Niles fE consulting, and maintenance of radiological analysis Energy laboratory at the Radiation Center.

1676 Minc Oregon State NAA of labelled antibodies Au labelled antibodies are used use in cancer studies. NAA University of Michigan University tracks the presence of the antibodies in various organs.

1677 Zuffa Universita' di Fission Track Dating Use of fission track from U-235 to determine uranium Universita'di Bologna Bologna content in rock 1680 Danisik Unversity of Fission Track Dating Low-temperature geochronology using He and fission track University of Tubingen dating.

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Project Title Description Funding 1683 Teaching and Idaho State Nuclear Engineering Pulsing Lab Reactor Pulsing laboratory for ISU NE students USDOE Reactor 163 Tours University Sharing North Carolina State USDOE Reactor 1684 Fodor University Geochemical Investigation NAA to determine rare earth composition.

Sharing Production of haploid and dihaploid Irradiated melon pollen will be used to polliate female melon 1686 Miller Nunhems USA, Inc. melon plants induced with irradiated plants to induce parthenogenetic embryos. These embryos Sunseeds Tpollen will be rescued and cultured for plant production.

1687 Tours Inavale Grade School Reactor Tour General reactor tour Sharing

______Tours Sharing Northwest Northwest 1688 Moore Construction Instrument Calibration Instrument calibration Construction Surveying &Testing Surveymg & Testing 1690 Teaching and Wilson High School Reactor Tour D300 Reactor Tour USDOE Reactor 160 Tours Sharing 1691 Teaching and Lost River High Reactor Tour D300 Reactor Tour USDOE Reactor Tours School Sharing This is to build up basic knowledge on the efficacy of a copper 1692 Choi Arch Chemicals Inc. Screening Tests of Wood Decay based preservative in preventing decay of wood inhabiting Arch Chemical Inc.

basidiomycetes.

Teaching and Transitional USDOE Reactor 1695 Tours Learning Reactor Tour Reactor Tour in D300 only Sharing 1696 Sayer Marquess &

Instrument Calibration Instrument calibration Marquess & Associates Associates Inc.

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This project supports the advanced placement physics class 1697 Teaching and Crescent Valley High Crescent Valley High School AP Physics at Cresent Valley High School. It will utilize the reactor in USDOE Reactor Tours School Class ongoing research projects sponsored by Radiation Center Sharing staff.

16'99 Teaching and Philomath High Reactor Tour Tour of NAA and gas chromatograph capabilities in the USDOE Reactor Tours School Radiation Center Sharing 1700 Frantz Reed College Instrument calibration Instrument calibration Reed College 1705 Hemming Columbia University Geochronology by Ar/Ar Methods Geochronology by Ar/Ar methods USDOE Reactor Sharing 1707 Turrin Rutgers Ar/Ar Chronology Analysis Statigraphy and Chronology refining the age of the Monon USDOE Reactor Lake and Laschamp geomagnetic polarity events.

Sharing 1708 Turrin Rutgers Ar/Ar Chronology Analysis Preliminary analysis on refining the age of the Monon Lake USDOE Reactor 1

and Laschamp geomagnetic polarity events Sharing Lebanon Instrument Calibration Lebanon Community Community Hospital Hospital

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Irradiate elastin coated cardio stent devices to reduce Providence NW Vincent Hospital thrombic reaction.

Hospital 1717 Webb Syracuse Ar/Ar Dating Ar/Ar Dating Syracuse University Teaching and Portland Community Upward Bound OSTR Tour for Upward Bound USDOE Reactor 1719 Tours College Sharing Teaching and Saturday Academy OSTR Tour OSTRTour USDOE Reactor 1720 Tours Sharing nof Mesoproterozoic

'The petrologic relationships between granitoids and gneisses George Washington Petrologic Evolution of the Mesoproterozoic Basement in the Blue Ridge Province, USDOE Reactor 1722 olloBasement Rocks, Blue Ridge Province University Virginia are contrained through trace element geochemistry, Sharing Virginia petrology and detailed field studies.

1724 Stebbins-Boaz Willamette Instrument Calibration Instrument calibration Willamette University University T he basic goal of this project is to understand the cellulr and OSU Environmental 1725 Kerkvliet Oregon State Consequences of AhR-mediated signaling molecular basis for the immune suppression induced by Ah and Molecular University in T lymphocytes.

receptor (AhR) ligands Toxicology Teaching Oregon State USDOE Reactor 1726 Tours University -

Academic Learning Services Cohort Class 199 Sharing 1726 Tours Educational ToursShrn Geological Survey of Study of interactions of the onshore and offshore parts of the Geological Survey of 1729 Hendriks Norway Recycling of an Orogen Norwegian continental margin near Lofoten and Vesteralen Norway Islands Norway 1730 Reese Oregon State Neutron Radiography Neutron Radiography using the real-time and film imaging OSU Radiation Center University methods 1735 Minc Oregon State INAA of SRMs INAA to determine inter-lab calibration based on New Ohio OSU Radiation Cente University Red Clay and NIST SRMs.

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1737 Roullet Oregon Health Silver Activation for Radiolabel Production of Ag-ll0m for Radiolabeled Molecules Oregon Health Sciences University Sciences University University of INAA of geological samples.

Geochemical analysis of rock and mineral samples for USDOE Reactor 1738 Kilinc Cincinnati graduate student projects Sharing Teaching and Daly Middle School Reactor Tour Reactor Tour USDOE Reactor 1739 Tours Sharing 1741 Higley Oregon State SIRAD Evaluation Determination of neutron response for SIRAD dosimeter.

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'1748 Hamby Oregon State Black Bean Nutritional Study Activation of black bean powder for nutritional study. The OSU Radiation Center University chief isotopes are zinc, iron, and sodium.

Grant is focused upon nitrogen cycling in soil at the small Oregon State Hot Spots of Nitrogen Cycling in Soil scale. We are trying to understand how physical and OSU Crop and Soil 1749 Bottomley University biological parameters control the fate of ammonium and Science nitrate in soil.

The Environmental Radiotracers (ERT) Project employs Great Lakes natural and artificial radionuclides to identify and model 1750 Robbins Environmental INAA of Great Lakes Sediments important particle transport processes in diverse systems NOAA-GLERL Research Lab including the Laurentian and other Great Lakes, smaller freshwater bodies, wetlands and coastal marine environments 1751 Loveland Oregon State Tracer Preparation Tracer preparation for chemistry.

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Loveland DOE 1753 Rosencrans Flnk Ink INAA of pigment samples INAA of organic-based pigment samples for halogen(CI, Br, Flint Ink I) content.

The goal of this study is to determine how zinc deficiency 1757 Ho Oregon State Prostate Cell Zinc Deficiency Study modulates the ability of normal healthy cells to respond to OSU HHS University DNA damage Teaching and Oregon State USDOE Reactor 1758 Tours University Kids Spirit OSTR tour Sharing

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Organization PrjcTil Projct ser Name Proec Til Dsritonj un 0g 1761 Ho Oregon State University Suppression of Prostate Cancer in Xenograft Model by Histone Deacetylase Inhibitors Une new area in both prevention and treatment involves the use of histone deacetylate inhibitors to turn on tumor suppressor genes. Tumor suppression genes can supress and reverse caincer cell o-rnwth OSU HHS 1762 Day CH2M Hill Inc Sr-90 Column Studies Column studies to look at Sr-90 sorption in Hanford soils.

CH2M Hill Academy of Sciences Academy of Sciences 1763 Svojtka of the Czech Fission Track Fission Track of the Czech Republic Republic dt he goal of this project is the development of radioavtive O764 KellyUnieresita Nanpartio e dnanoparticles with surfacefuctionalization that will result in OSU Radiation Center Unierityraiatonlocalization at tumor sites.

1765 Beaver Weyerhaeuser Instrument Calibration Calibration of radiological instruments.

Weyerhaeuser Foster Universite de Universite de Lausanne 1766 Cosca LasneAr/Ar GeochronologyHues Lausanne Humense Terra Nova Genera Modifications using gamma Use of gamma and fastneutron irradiations for genetic studies Terra Nova Nurseries, 1767 Korlipara Nurseries, Inc Irradiation in genera.

Inc 1768 Bringman Brush-Wellman Antimony Source Production Production of Sb-124 sources Brush-Wellman Oregon State Cerium Study Production of Ce-141/143.

OSU Radiation Center 1769 Paulenova U~niversity Pauleno_______a 1sioPr ma, Analyze lab swipes for contamination using liquid AVI Bio Pharma 1770 Iverson AVI Bio Pharma, Inc Lab Swipes scintillation counter.

1771 Otjen Oregon State Fire Instrument calibration Calibration of radiological response kits Oregon State Fire Marshal Marshall Eagl~ichr Eagle Picher 1773 Utley EaglePicher Impurities of Boro-Silicate Matrix INAA to determine trace impurities of Boro-silicate matrix Technologies 173 UlyTechnologies Tcnlge 1774 Cohen University of New Age dating of meteorites using the Ar/Ar dating method University of New Mexico Mexico SIGA Technologies isattempting to develop a safe effective subunit vaccine delivery system using the bacterial commensal vector Streptococcus gordonii. The proposed studies will 1776 Hruby SIGA Technologies, Development of S. gordonii examine the immune response after vaccination of mice with SIGA Technologies Inc.

the bacterial vector. For these studies it will be necessary to irradiate mouse-derived cells or cell lines to use as antigen Vresenting cells in T cell assays.

1777 Storey uaternary Dating Q uaternary Dating roduction of Ar-39 from K-39 to determine radiometric Quaternary Dating 1 Laborato narages of geological materials Laboratory

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Sharing Wayne State INAA of Inca-period archaeological ceramics from South USDOE Reactor 1780 Bray University INAA of Archaeological Ceramics America.

Sharing Roswll Prk ance in Department of Roswell Park Cancer INAA to determine biodistribution Au nanocomposites in Defense, Roswell Park 1781 Balogh Institute INAA of Au nanocomposites mouse tissue samples.

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1813 Turrin Rutgers Ar/Ar Cretaceus Tektite Pre-proposal irradiations of cretaceus tektite, geochronology US DOE Reactor Share studies student research 1814 Minc Oregon State Trace-element analysis ofAztec pottery to determine US DOE Reactor Share University provenance.

1815 Hamby Oregon State Proof of Concept for Beta/Gamma Cobalt source for simultaneous beta/gamma spectroscopy.

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Tuality Healthcare 1842 Higley Oregon State Isotope production for decontamination Study of removal of various isotopes from various surfaces OSU NERHP University studies by gel decontaminant.

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Adventures in Learning 7/19/2007 16 Adventures in Learning 7/19/2007 15 Adventures in Learning 7/25/2007 10 Wade Marcum 7/26/2007 24 Saturday Academy 8/1/2007 1

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Seminar Speakers 10/26/2007 11 Linn Benton Community College 10/29/2007 26 Engineering 111 - Sec 16 10/30/2007 26 Engineering 111 - Sec 15 10/30/2007 25 Engineering 111 - Sec 18 10/30/2007 18 Engineering 111 - Sec 14 11/1/2007 22 Engineering 111 - Sec 10 11/1/2007 25 Engineering 111 - Sec 11 11/1/2007 24 Engineering 111 - Sec 12 11/1/2007 23 Engineering 111 - Sec 19 11/9/2007 2

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Western Oregon University Nuclear Chemistry Course -

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Philomath Middle School 1/10/2008 14 Chemistry 462 1/15/2008 7

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Part VII-Words Alyapyshev, M.Yu., Paulenova, A., Cleveland, M., Tkac, P. Kinetics of Hydrolysis of Acetohydroxamic acid; In:

GLOBAL 2007, Advanced Nuclear Fuel Cycles and Systems, American Nuclear Society Transactions, 1861-1864.

Balogh, L.P., Minc, L.D., Berka, M. Novel synthesis of radioactive gold /dendrimer composite nanoparticles for the treatment of cancer, Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine 3 (2007) 351.

Balogh, Lajos, Nigavekar, Shraddha S., Nair, Bindu M.,

Lesniak, Wojciech, Zhang, Chunxin, Sung, Lok Yun, Kariapper, Muhammed S.T., El-Jawahri, Areej, Llanes, Mikel, Bolton, Brian, Mamou, Fatema, Minc, Leah, and Khan, Mohamed K. Significant Effect of Size on the in vivo Biodistribution of Gold Composite Nanodevices in Mouse Tumor Models, Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology and Medicine (2007), 3(4), 281-296,2007.

Balogh, L., Nigavekar, S.S., Nair, B.M., Lesniak, W., Zhang, C., Sung, L.Y., Kariapper, M.S.T., El-Jawahri, A., Llanes, M., Bolton, B., Mamou, F., Tan, W., Hutson, A., Minc, L., and Khan., M.K. Significant effect of size of the in-vivo biodistribution of gold composite nanodevices in mouse tumor models. Nanomedicine 3:281-296.

Beardsley, A.G., Sisson, V.B., Av6 Lallemant, H.G., Roden-Tice, M.K., and Blythe, A.E. Shallow level Exhumation history of the Leeward Antilles, Offshore Venezuela.

Submitted, after revision to the Geological Society of America Bulletin, May, 2008.

Berger, Aj., Spotila,J.A., Chapman, J.B., Pavlis, T.L., Enkel-mann, E., Buscher,J.T. 2007. Architecture, Kinematics, and Exhumation of a Glaciated Orogenic Wedge: 'The Central St. Elias Orogen, Alaska. GSA Meeting, Denver, Colorado.

Berger, AJ., Spotila,J.A., Chapman,J.B., Pavlis, T.L., En-kelmann, E., BuscherJ.T 2007. Erosional Reduction of an Orogenic Wedge: Structural Response to Neogene Climate Change within the St. Elias Orogen, Alaska.

AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA.

Berger, AJ., Spotila,J.A., ChapmanJ., Pavlis, T.L., Enkel-mann, E., Ruppert, N.A. and Buscher,J.T. 2008. Ar-chitecture, kinematics, and exhumation of a convergent orogenic wedge: A thermochronological Investigation of tectonic-climatic interactions within the central St. Elias Orogen, Alaska: Earth and Planetary Science Letters 270,13-24, doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2008.02.034.

Brichau, S., Thomson, S.N. & Ring, U. (2008). Thermochro-nometric constraints on the Serifos detachment evolu-tion, Aegean Sea, Greece. International Journal of Earth Sciences. Accepted, in revision.

Bytwerk, D., & Higley, K. A. (2008). CL-36 Transfer to Plants and Consequences for Environmental Modeling, Extended Abstract for the International Conference on Radioecology & Environmental Radioactivity. Bergen, Norway. Presented June 25-26th; Bergen Norway. ISBN 978-82-90362-26-8; Paper with the same title submitted for publication in proceedings.

Cavazza W., Okay A.I. & Zattin M. - Oligocene-Miocene structuring and rapid exhumation of the Kazdag Massif (southern Biga Peninsula, Western Anatolia). Interna-tional Journal of Earth Science, in press.

Chang, S.-C., Zhang, H., Renne, P.R., and Fang, Y., 2008, High-precision 40Ar/39Ar age constraints on the basal Lanqi Formation and its implications for the origin of angiosperm plants: Earth and Planetary Science Letters, in review.

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Cherry,J.F., Faro, E.Z., and Minc, L. Field Exploration and Instrumental Neutron Activation Analysis of the Obsid-ian Sources in Southern Armenia. IAOS Bulletin 39:

3-6.

Cohen, B.E., Knesel M.K., Vasconcelos, P.M.,'Ihiede, D., and HergtJ.M. (2007) 40Ar/39Ar constraints on the timing and origin of Miocene leucitite volcanism in southeastern Australia. Aust.J. Earth Sci., 55, 407-418.

Cohen, B.E., Vasconcelos, PM. & Knesel, K.M. (2007) 40Ar/39Ar constraints on the timing of intraplate volca-nism in southeastern Queensland, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences. v. 54, p. 105-125.

Eastman, M. C. and Krane, K. S. Neutron Capture Cross Sec-tions of Even-Mass Tellurium Isotopes,? Phys. Rev. C 77, 024303 (2008).

Ege, H., Sobel, E.R., Scheuber, E., and Jacobshagen, V.,

2007, Exhumation history of the southern Altiplano plateau (southern Bolivia) constrained by apatite fission-track thermochronology: Tectonics, v. 26, p. TC1004,

10. 1029/2005TC001 869.

Enkelmann, E., Garver, J.I., and Pavlis, T.L., 2008. Detrital thermochronology in the Chugach-St. Elias Orogen, SE Alaska. In: Garver, J.I., and Montario, M.J., (eds.)

Proceedings from the 11th International Conference on thermochronometry, Anchorage Alaska, Sept. 2008,

p. 6 8 -7 0.

Enkelmann, E., Garver, J.I., Pavlis, T.L. Rapid exhumation of ice-covered rocks of the Chugach-St. Elias orogen, SE-Alaska. Geology in press.

Enkelmann, E., Garver, J.I., Pavlis, T.L., Bruhn, R.L., Chap-man,J.B. 2007. Detrital zircon fission track analysis reveals the thermotectonic history of ice-covered rocks of the Chugach - St. Elias orogen, SE-Alaska. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA.

Feinberg, J.M., Renne, P.R., Arroyo-Cabrales,J., Waters, M.R., Ochoa-Castillo, P, and Perez-Campa, M., 2008, Age Constraints on Alleged 'Footprints' Preserved in the Xalnene Tuff near Puebla, Mexico: Geology, in press.

Feng, Y.X. and Vasconcelos, PM. (2007) Chronology of Pleistocene Weathering Processes, Southeast Queen-sland, Australia. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v.

263,275-287.

Flude S., Burgess R. and McGarvie D.W. (2008) Silicic volcanism at Lj6sufl11, Iceland: insights into evolution and eruptive history from Ar-Ar dating. J. Volcanol.

Geotherm. Res, 169, 154-175.

Flude, S., McGarvie, D.W. and Burgess, R. Rhyolites at Ker-lingarf6ll, Iceland: the evolution and lifespan of silicic central volcanoes. Bull. Volcanol. (submitted).

Fodor, R.V. Diorite segregations in continental and oceanic gabbros: geochemical characteristics, conditions for origins, and MELTS modeling. Submitted to Journal of Geology, April, 2008.

Foreman, B.Z., Rogers, R.R., Deino, A.L., Wirth, K.R.,

and Thole, J.T., 2008, Geochemical characterization of bentonite beds in the Two Medicine Formation (Cam-panian, Montana), including a new 40Ar/39Ar age:

Cretaceous Research 29: 373-385.

Foster, D.A., Doughty, PT., Kalakay, T.J., Fanning, C.M.,

Coyner, S., Grice, W.C. and Vogl, JJ. 2007, Kinemat-ics and timing of exhumation of Eocene metamorphic core complexes along the Lewis and Clark fault zone, northern Rocky Mountains, USA, in Till, A., Roeske, S., Sample,J., and Foster, D.A., eds., Exhumation along major continental strike-slip systems: Geological Society of America Special Paper 434, p. 205-229, doi:

10.1130/2007.2343(10).

Foster, D.A., and Gray, D.R. 2007, Strain rate in Paleozoic thrust sheets, the western Lachlan Orogen, Australia:

strain analysis and fabric geochronology, in Sears, J.W.,

Harms, T., and Evenchick, C.A., eds., Whence the Mountains? Enquiries into the Evolution of Orogenic Systems: A Volume in Honor of Raymond Price: Geo-logical Society of America Special Paper 433, p. 349-368, doi: 10.1130/2007.2433(17).

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Foster, D.A., Goscombe, B.D., Gray, D.R., Grice Jr., WC.

and Coyner, S.J. Rapid Exhumation of Deep Crustal Rocks in an Obliquely Convergent Orogen: the Pan-African Kaoko Belt of the Damara Orogen, Namibia:

Tectonics (submitted April, 2008).

Francis, A.H., Av6 Lallemant, H.G., Sisson, V.B., Harlow, G.B., Donnelly, TW., Chiquin, M., Roden-Tice, M.K.,

Hemming, S.R., Brueckner, H.K. Interaction of the North American and Caribbean plates in Guatemala:

Part 1. Deformation history and consequences for the exhumation of HP/LT metamorphic rocks. Submitted to Geological Society of America Bulletin, September 2007.

Garver,J.I. and Montario, MJ., 2008. Detrital fission-track ages from the Upper Cambrian Potsdam Formation, New York: implications for the low-temperature ther-mal history of the Grenville terrane. In: GarverJ.I., and Montario, MJ. (eds.) Proceedings from the 11th Inter-national Conference on thermochronometry, Anchorage Alaska, Sept. 2008, p.8 7-8 9.

Gattacceca,J., Deino, A., Rizzo, R.,Jones, D.S., Henry, B.,

Beaudoin, B., and Vadeboin, F., 2007, Miocene rotation of Sardinia: New paleomagnetic and geochronologi-cal constraints and geodynamic implications: Earth and Planetary Science Letters 258: 359-377.

Gombosi, DJ., and Barbeau, D.L, Jr., 2008, Integration of hinterland low-temperature thermochronology with flexural modeling: A new tool for foreland basin analysis:

AAPG Student Expo, Abstracts.

Gombosi, DJ., Barbeau, D.L,Jr., GarverJ.I., and Reiners, PW., 2008, Ceonozoic Thermal Evolution of the Darwin Complex and Related Terranes in Tierra del Fuego: Geo-logical Society of America, Abstracts with Programs.

Higley, K.A., Bytwerk, D., Gerieric Approaches to Transfer, J.

Environ. Radioactivity, 98(2007) 4-23.

Higley, K. A., & Bytwerk, D. (2008). Invariant Scaling Relationships and their Possible Application in Predict-ing Radionuclide Uptake in Plants, Extended Abstract for the International Conference on Radioecology &

Environmental Radioactivity. Bergen, Norway. Presented June 26th, Bergen Norway. ISBN 978-82-90362-25-1; Paper with the same title submitted for publication in proceedings.

Iannace A., Vitale S., Derrico M., Mazzoli S.,'Di Staso A.,

Macaione E., Messina A., Reddy S.M., Somma R.,

Zamparelli V., Zattin M. & Bonardi G. (2007) - The carbonate units of northern Calabria (Italy): A record of Apulian paleomargin evolution and Miocene conver-gence, continental crust subduction, and exhumation of HP-LT rocks.Journal of Geological Society of London, 164, 1-22.

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Zattin M., Massari F. &_ Dieni I. - Thermochronological evidence for Mesozoic-Tertiary tectonic evolution in the eastern Sardinia. Terra Nova, in press.

Zhou, M.F., Yan, D.P., Vasconcelos, P.M., Li,J.W. and Hu, R.Z. (2008) Structural and geochronological consyraints on the tectono-thermal evoluiton of the Danba domal terrane, eastern margin of the Tibetan plateau. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, in press.

Alyapyshev, M.Yu., Paulenova, A., Babain V.A., Investigation of lanthanide and actinide complexes with diamides of dipicolinic acid, Boston, August 19-23,2007. NUCL 75.

Archanjo, CJ., Hollanda, M.H.B.M., Macedo,J.W.P, Armstrong, R., Nutman, A. P., Vasconcelos, P.M.P 2007.

Geocronologia (U/Pb SHRIMP, Ar/Ar) e anisotropia de suscetibilidade magndtica (ASM) do bat6lito de Teixeira

- PB, Provincia Borborema. In: XI Simp6sio Nacional de Estudos Tect6nicos/V International Symposium on Tectonics of the SBG, Natal, Anais, p. 3 4 8-3 4 9.

Balestrieri M.L. & Zattin M. (2008) - Thermochronologi-cal Evolution of the Northern Apennines. 70th EAGE Conference, Rome, 9-12 June 2008, A003.

Balogh, Lajos Composite Nanodevices in Imaging and Treat-ment of Cancer, Composites at Lake Louise Conference Series, (CALL) 2007, October 28-November 2nd 2007, Lake Louise, CANADA.

Balogh, Lajos P. Dendrimers and Nanocomposites in Imag-ing and Treatment of Cancer, Seventh World Congress on NANOCOMPOSITES 2007, September 5-7, 2007, Las Vegas, NV.

Balogh, L.P., Minc, L.D., Berka, M. Novel synthesis of radioactive gold /dendrimer composite nanoparticles for the treatment of cancer, Third Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Nanomedicine, September 8-10, 2007, San Diego, CA.

Beardsley, A.G.; Sisson, V. B.; Av6 Lallemant, H.G.; Roden-Tice, M. K.; and Blythe, A. E. Exhumation history of the Leeward Antilles coeval with regional deformation and island arc accretion. Accepted for Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs for 2008 Joint Annual Meeting in Houston, TX in November 2008.

Brito, R.S.C., de, Dantas, E.J., Vasconcelos, P.M., Pimen-tel, M.M., Macambira, MJ.B., and Armstrong, R.

2008. U-Pb, Pb-Pb and Sm-Nd dating for the southern Alagoas Zone - Sergipano Belt - basis for the Brazil-Cameroon Neoproterozoic correlation. In: VI SSAGI, San Carlos de Bariloche.

Brito, R.S.C., de, Vasconcelos, P.M., Dantas, E.J., Pimentel, M.M, and Macambira, MJ.B. 2008. Ar-Ar dating for the Braziliano orogeny in the southern Alagoas Zone -

Sergipano Belt. In: VI SSAGI, San Carlos de Bariloche.

Brix, M.R., Thomson, S.N. & St6ckhert, B. (2008). Shallow subduction erosion at a retreating convergent margin the thermochronometric record of the "Uppermost Unit" on Crete, Greece. FT 2008 - The 11th International Con-ference on Thermochronometry, Anchorage, USA.

Brownlee, SJ., Renne, P.R., Feinberg,J.M., and Scott, G.R.,

2008, 40Ar/39Ar thermochronology of the Ecstall pluton, British Columbia: Refined thermal history and implications for paleomagnetism: Geochimica et Cos-mochimica Acta 72: Al17 (Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts).

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AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract GP24A-04.

Bytwerk, D, Higley, K.A., "'The Transfer of CI-36 from Soil to Plant and the Potential for Phytoremediation" 53nd Annual Meeting of the Health Physics Society, July 13th

- 17th, 2008, Pittsburgh, PA; published in Health Phys.

95(1) July 2008 Supplement, s36.

Bytwerk, D., & Higley, K. A. (2008). CL-36 Transfer to Plants and Consequences for Environmental Modeling, International Conference on Radioecology & Environ-mental Radioactivity. Bergen, Norway. Presented June 25-26th; Bergen Norway.

Carmo, I. and Vasconcelos, R (2008). Calibrating Denudation Chronology through 40Ar/39Ar Weathering Geo-chronology. 33rd IGC, Oslo, in press.

Carmo I., Vasconcelos, P.M., and Porto, C.G. (2008).

40Ar/39Ar geochronology of weathering and landscape evolution in the equatorial Brazilian Amazon region.

44th Brazilian Geological Congress, Curitiba, in press.

Cadsata, W.S., Renne, P.R., and Shuster, D.L., 2008, 37Ar and 39Ar diffusion in plagioclase: Geochimica et Cos-mochimica Acta 72: A142 (Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts).

Chang, S., Renne, PR., and Mundil, R., 2007, Status Re-port on the 40Ar/39Ar and U/Pb Dating of Tuffs in the Dewey Lake Formation of West Texas Towards Constraining the Permo-Triassic Magnetostratigraphic Time Scale, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl.,

Abstract V23B-1442.

Cox, S. E., Reiners, P. W.,Thomson, S. N., Gehrels, G. E., Ni-colescu, S., Hemming, S. R., van de Flierdt, T., Goldstein, S. L., and Brachfeld, S. A., 2008, Triple-dating of detrital apatites and zircons from Prydz Bay, East Antarctica, Goldschmidt Conference, Vancouver, July 2008.

Cox, S. E., Reiners, P. W., Thomson, S. N., Gehrels, G.

E., Nicolescu, S., Hemming, S. R., van de Flierdt, T.,

Goldstein, S. L., and Brachfeld, S. A., 2008, Hints about the formation of the Gamburtsev Subglacial Mountains from triple-dating detrital apatite and zircon, SCAR, St.

Petersburg Russia, July 2008.

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Nicolescu, S., Hemming, S.R., Van De Flierdt, T., Gold-stein, S.L. & Brachfeld, S.A. (2008). Triple-dating of detrital apatites and zircons from Prydz Bay, East Ant-arctica. Goldschmidt Conference, Vancouver, Abstracts,

p. A187.

Cox, S.E., Hemming, S.R., Reiners, P.W., Nicolescu, S.,

Thomson, S.N., Gehrels G.E., van de Flierdt, T., Gold-stein, S.L. & Brachfeld, S.A. (2007). Isotopic and ther-mochronological evidence for origin and erosion history of the Gamburtsev Mountains, East Antarctica. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Eos Transactions AGU, 88(52), Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract T23C-1543.

Cox, S.E., Hemming, S.R., Reiners, PVV., Nicolescu, S.,

Thomson, S.N., Gehrels, G.E, van de Flierdt, T., Gold-stein, S.L. & Brachfeld, S.A. (2007). Detrital apatite and zircon (U-Th)/He evidence for early formation and slow erosion of the Gamburtsev Mountains, East Antarctica.

10th International Symposium on Antarctic Earth Sci-ences, Santa Barbara, USA.

Cunha, F.S.S., Silva, F.C.A., Souza, Z.S., Vasconcelos, P.M.P.

2007. Caracterizagdo estrutural da zona de cisalhamento Pogo Cercado, Dominio CearAi Central (NE do Brasil):

evidencias de reativaqdo faneroz6ica. In: XI Simp6sio Nacional de Estudos Tect6nicos/V International Sympo-sium on Tectonics of the SBG, Natal, Anais, p. 20 5 -2 08.

Deeken, A., Hourigan, J.K., Sobel, E.R., Strecker, M. (2008)

Cenozoic cooling history of the Puna Plateau and East-ern Cordillera, NW-Argentina: Constraints from apatite fission-track geochronology and (U-Th)/He analyses, 11th International Conference on Thermochronometry, 15-19 September, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, in: Abstract Volume, p. 5 8.

Farley, K.A., Amidon, W.H., Renne, P.R., Simon,J.I., and Burbank, D.W., 2007, Intercalibration of 3He and Other Cosmogenic Nuclide Production Rates In Mul-tiple Mineral Phases, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet.

Suppl., Abstract V32B-03.

Fanning, C.M., Pankhurst, RJ., Herv6., F., Klepeis, K.A.,

Sanchez, A. &'Thomson, S.N. (2007). Detrital zircon ages from the cover rocks of the northern flank of Cordillera Darwin: further evidence for an extended pre-Middle Jurassic hiatus in the magmatic record of southern Patagonia. Geosur 2007 International Geologi-cal Congress on the Southern Hemisphere, Santiago, Chile.

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Fernandes, V.A., Becker, TA., Renne, P.R., and Burgess, R.,

2008, Preliminary Ar-Ar studies of lunar basaltic mete-orite Dhofar 287-A: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 72: A264 (Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts).

Fodor, R.V., and Vetter, Scott. Mid-cenozoic magmatism of central Arizona: petrology of basaltic lavas in the goldfield-superstition volcanic province. Geologic So-ciety of America Annual meeting, Denver, CO, October 28-30,2007.

Foster, D.A., Goscombe, B.D., Gray, D.R., and Grice, W.C.,

Jr., 2007,Transtensional exhumation of middle and lower crustal rocks in a transpressional orogen: the Kaoko Belt, Damara Orogen, Namibia: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, 28-31 October, 2007, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs

v. 39, p. 231.

Garrick-Bethel, I., Fernandes, V.A., Weiss, B.P, Shuster, D.L.,

and Becker, TA., 2008, 4.2 billion year old ages from Apollo 16, 17, and the Lunar farside: Age of the South Pole-Aitken Basin?, 39th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference.

Gifford, J., Newman, V., Foster, D.A., Howard, K.A.,

Donelick, R., 2007, Quantifying Eocene and Miocene extension in the Sevier hinterland with implications for mineral and energy resources in northeastern Nevada:

Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, 28-31 October, 2007, Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, v. 39, p. 226.

Heister, L.E., Lesher, C.E., and Renne, P.R., 2007, The Paleo-cene-Eocene Thermal Maximum-central east Greenland flood basalts Connection?, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract PP11A-0228.

Higley, K. A., & Bytwerk, D. (2008). Invariant Scaling Re-lationships and their Possible Application in Predicting Radionuclide Uptake in Plants, International Conference on Radioecology & Environmental Radioactivity. Bergen, Norway. Presented June 26th, Bergen Norway.

Hollanda, M.H., Archanjo, Cj., Vasconcelos, P.M. et al.

(2008). Magmatismo Bimodal Cambriano na Provinica Borborema. 44th Brazilian Geological Congress, Cu-ritiba, in press.

Horton, B., M. Parra, and A. Mora, 2008, A comparison of orogenic architecture and foreland basin evolution in Colombia (northern Andes) and Bolivia (central Andes),

/American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Conventions, Abstracts/, Vol. 90078.

Invernizzi C., Aldega L., Corrado S., Giampaolo C., D'errico M., Mazzoli S., Schiattarella M. & Zattin M. (2008) -

Thermal and thermo-chronological constraints to the Southern Apennines Evolution, Italy. 70th EAGE Con-ference, Rome, 9-12 June 2008, A001.

Jarboe, N.A., Coe, R.S., Glen, J.M., and Renne, P.R., 2007, Establishing the Limits of Yellowstone Hotspot Volca-nism at the Time of the Steens Mountain Reversal, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract V23B-1438.

Jourdan, E, Renne, P.R., and Reimold, U.W., 2007, High-precision 40Ar/39Ar Age of the Janisjgrvi Impact Struc-ture (Russia), Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl.,

Abstract U23A-0855.

Khan Mohamed K., and Balogh, Lajos P.: In vivo biodistri-bution and radiation therapy with radioactive composite nanodevices, Third Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Nanomedicine, September 8-10, 2007, San Diego, CA.

Khan, Mohamed K., Kariapper, Muhammed S.T., Kas-turirangan, Venugopalan, Lesniak, Wojciech, Balogh, Lajos P.. 'In vivo tumor localization of angiogenic micro-vascular targeted gold-dendrimer composite nanodevices (CNDs) 2, 99th Annual meeting of the American As-sociation of Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, April 12-16,2008 (#5607).

Khan, Mohamed K., Kariapper, Muhammed S.T, Kas-turirangan, Venugopalan, Nair, Bindu M., Eranki, Annu, Seggio, Marion N., Lesniak Wojciech G. and Balogh, Lajos P. Characterization of multifunctional tumor an-giogenic microvascular targeted gold PAMAM compos-ite nanodevices, Third Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Nanomedicine, September 8-10, 2007, San Diego, CA.

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Khatchadourian, L. "An Archaeology of Power and Author-ity in the Achaemenid Empire: A Case Study from the Armenian Highlands, ca. 600-300 BC." Paper presented at the 3rd University of Chicago Eurasian Archaeology Conference.

Lesniak, Wojciech G., Kariapper, Muhammed S. T., Nair, Bindu M., Khan, Mohamed K. and Balogh, Lajos P. Syn-thesis and Characterization of Nanodevices for Targeted Tumor Detection and Therapy, 2nd European Confer-ence on Chemistry for Life Sciences, September 4-8, 2007, Wroclaw, PL.

Letcher, Aj., Hilley, G.E., Strecker, M., Renne, P.R., and Sudo, M., 2007, Deformation History of the Susques Basin (-23°S, 66°W), Puna Plateau, NW Argentina: New Constraints by Apatite (U-Th)/He Thermochronology and 40Ar-39Ar Geochronology, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52),

Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract T33A-1139.

Lima, M. G., Vasconcelos, P. M., Farley, K. A., and Jardim de SA., E. F. (2007) Datagdo do intemperismo imp6e limites na idade da Formaý5o Barreiras, Bacia Potiguar, nordeste do Brasil. In XI Conferencia da Associacao Brasileira de Estudos do Quaternario, Belkm, Abstract CD.

Lima M.G., Vasconcelos, P.M., Farley, K.,Jardim, de Sd E.F.

(2008). Datagdo do Intemperismo do Nordeste Oriental do Brasil. 44th Brazilian Geological Congress, Curitiba, in press.

Lima, M.G., Vasconcelos, P.M., Farley, K.,Jardim, de Sd E.F.

(2008). Datagdo de Intemperismo Delimita a Idade da Formagdo Barreiras, Nordeste do Brasil. 44th Brazilian Geological Congress, Curitiba, in press.

Lindsay, I. Fuzzy Borders?: Investigating Political Bound-ary Formation among South Caucasian LBA Fortress Polities. Society for American Archaeology 73rd Annual Meeting, Vancouver, B.C.

Matteson, B. S., Tkac, P., Paulenova, A. Neptunium Specia-tion in Solutions Relevant to High Level Waste Process-ing, 52nd Annual Meeting of the Health Physics Society, Portland, OR, July 9,2007.

Mazzoli S., Ascione A., Derrico M., Aldega L., Corrado S, Invernizzi C., Pignalosa A., Zattin M. & Shiner P.

(2008) - Structural, morphotectonic and thermochrono-logical constraints to the Late Miocene-Q~uaternary tectonic evolution and exhumation in the Southern Apennines, Italy. 70th EAGE Conference, Rome, 9-12 June 2008, A002.

Mora, A., Parra, M., Strecker, M.R., Sobel, E.R., Hooghiem-stra, H., Torres, V., VallejoJ., 2008, Climatic forcing of asymmetric orogenic evolution in the Eastern Cordillera of Colombia, /Geological Society of America/ v. 120, p.

930-949.

Morais Neto,J.M. and Vasconcelos, P.M. (2008) Significance of 40Ar/39Ar cooling rates following the Brasiliano-Panafrican Orogeny in the eastern Borborema Province, northeastern Brazil. 44th Brazilian Geological Congress, Curitiba, in press.

Morgan, L.E., Renne, P.R., and Watkins,J.M., 2007, 40Ar/39Ar Dating of Volcanic Glass, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract V31G-05.

Mulcahy, S.R., Roeske, S.M., McClelland, W.C.,Jourdan, F.,

Renne, P.R., and Vervoort,J.D., 2007, Dating Ductile Deformation With Combined Lu-Hf and Ar-Ar Geo-chronology, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl.,

Abstract V33E-07.

Palmer, E. R., Licht, K.J., and Hemming, S. R., 2008, Tracing glacial material into the Ross Sea using U/Pb and Ar40/

Ar39 and petrographic analyses of detritus, SCAR, St.

Petersburg Russia, July 2008.

Pankhurst, R.J., Fanning, C.M., Herv6, F., Klepeis, K.A.,

Thomson, S.N. & Sanchez, A. (2007). Coeval Middle to Late Jurassic plutonism and silicic volcanism in the Cor-dillera Darwin area: pre-subduction magmatism? Geosur 2007 International Geological Congress on the Southern Hemisphere, Santiago, Chile.

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E.R., Quiroz, L., Rueda, M., Torres, V., 2008, Orogenic wedge advance in the northern Andes: Evidence from the Oligocene-Miocene sedimentary record of the Medina basin, Eastern Cordillera, Colombia, /Geological Society of America Bulletin/, in press.

Parra, M., A. Mora, E.R. Sobel, C.Jaramillo, M.R. Strecker, P.B.O'Sullivan, and R. GonzAlez, 2008, Cenozoic oro-genic growth of the northern Andes revealed *through basin analysis and low-temperature thermochronology in the Eastern Cordillera of Colombia, /American As-sociation of Petroleum Geologists Annual Convention, Abstracts/, Vol. 90078.

Paulenova, A., Tkac, R. Complexation and Reduction of Plutonium in the Presence of Acetohyroxamic Acid Int. Conf. Plutonium Futures'2008: The Science, Dijon, France, 2008.

Paulenova, A., Alyapyshev, M. Yu., Babain, V.A., Herbst, R.S.,

Law, J.D.. Extraction of Actinides and Lanthanides with Diamides of Dipicolinic Acid from Nitric Acid Solu-tions, Int. Conf. Plutonium Futures'2008: The Science, Dijon, France, 2008.

Paulenova, A., Alyapyshev, M. Yu., Babain, V.A., Herbst, R.S.,

Law,J.D.. Extraction of Lanthanides with Diamides Modified UNEX Process. 32nd Symposium on Actinide Separations, Park City (Utah), 12-14 May, 2008.

Paulenova, A., Alyapyshev, M. Yu., Babain, V.A., Herbst, R.S.,

Law,J.D.. Extraction of Lanthanides with Diamides Modified UNEX Process. 2nd International Congress of Nuclear Chemistry, Cancun, April, 2008.

Paulenova, A., Alyapyshev, M.Yu., Babain, V.A., Herbst, R.S.,

Law,J.D. Extraction of Lanthanides with Diamides Modified UNEX Process, 17th Separation Science and Technology, Gattlinburg, October 2007.

Paulenova A. CRWM Fellowship Program and Radiochem-istry at OSU, Las Vegas, September 25-26, 2007.

Paulenova, A., Tkac, P, Matteson, B. S. Speciation of Plu-tonium and Other Metals under UREX Process Condi-tions, GLOBAL 2007, Int. Conference on Advanced Nuclear Fuel Cycles and Systems, Boise, September 9-13, 2007.

Paulenova, A., Cleveland, M., Tkac, P. Kinetics of Hydrolysis of Acetohydroxamic acid, GLOBAL 2007, Int. Confer-ence on Advanced Nuclear Fuel Cycles and Systems, Boise, September 9-13, 2007.

Paulenova, A., Alyapyshev, M.Yu., Babain, V.A. Evaluation of group actinide separation using a modified UNEX solvent, Boston, August 19-23,2007. NUCL: 64.

Paulenova, A., Tkac P., Speciation of Plutonium and Other Metals under UREX Process Conditions, NORM, NW Regional ACS meeting, Boise, June 17-20,2007.

Pierce, E. L., Williams, T., van de Flierdt, T., Hemming, S.

R., Goldstein, S. L., and Brachfeld, S. A., 2008, Ar-Ar ages of glacially transported hornblende, Wilkes Land, Antarctica, SCAR, St. Petersburg RussiaJuly 2008.

Pierce, E. L., Williams, T., van de Flierdt, T., Hemming, S. R.,

Goldstein, S. L., and Brachfeld, S. A., 2008, Ar-Ar ages of glacially transported hornblende, Wilkes Land, Ant-arctica, Goldschmidt Conference, Vancouver, July 2008.

Pignalosa A., Zattin M., Cavazza W., Massironi M. & Rein-ers P. (2007) Thermochronologic evidences for a late-Pliocene exhumation event in the Lepontine area. 8th Workshop on Alpine Geological Studies, Davos 10-12 October 2007, Abstract Volume, 62.

Ramos, R., Avila, C., Vasconcelos, PM. et al. (2008). Magma-tismo Meso-Cenoz6ico na Regido da Bacia de Resende.

44th Brazilian Geological Congress, Curitiba, in press.

Reiners, P.W.,'Thomson, S.N., Tipple, BJ., Peyton, S.L., Rahl, J.M. & Mulch, A. (2008). Secondary weathering phases and apatite (U-Th)/He ages. Goldschmidt Conference, Vancouver, Abstracts, p. A784.

Reiners, P.W., Thomson, S.N., & Min, K. (2007). Nonmono-tonic (reheating) thermal histories from contrasting kinetics of multiple thermochronometers and examples.

AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, Eos Transactions AGU, 88(52), Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract V32B-01 Invited.

Renne, P.R., Mundil, R., Cassata,W.S., Feinberg,J.M., and Merkle, R.K.W., 2008, Thermochronology of the Bush-veld Complex: Rapid cooling confirmed: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 72: A787 (Goldschmidt Confer-ence Abstracts).

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Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs 40: 24. Northeastern Section Meeting, Buffalo, NY, March 27-29, 2008.

Roden-Tice, M.K., and Tremblay, A. Post-Jurassic uplift and faulting along the St. Lawrence rift system - Evidence from apatite fission-track dating in the Quebec City and Charlevoix areas, Quebec. Presented at the Geologi-cal Association of Canada - Mineralogical Association of Canada Joint Annual Meeting in Quebec City, May 26-28, 2008.

Sadi, S., Paulenova, A., Loveland, W.D., Watson, P. Micro-structure Damage ofThin Aluminum Films by Ir-radiation with Alpha Particles and Fission Fragments, GLOBAL 2007, Int. Conference on Advanced Nuclear Fuel Cycles and Systems, Boise, September 9-13, 2007.

Sant'Anna, L., Cordani, U., Vasconcelos, P., Riccomini, C, Vel~zquez, V., Mancini, L., Onoe, A. (2008) Datagdo 40Ar/39Ar de argilominerais iliticos diagendticos asso-ciados ao vulcanismo Serra Geral. 44th Brazilian Geo-logical Congress, Curitiba, in press.

Sant'Anna, L., Cordani U., Vasconcelos, P, Riccomini, C, Vellzquez, V., Mancini, L., Onoe, A. (2008) Datagdo 40Ar/39Ar de argilominerais iliticos diagen6ticos as-sociados ao vulcanismo Serra Geral. IV Simp6sio de Vulcanismo e Ambientes Associados, SBG.

Silva, G.m., Vasconcelos, P.M. et al. (2008) Idades Ar-Ar em Dep6sitos Auriferos da Provincia Aurifera Juruena-Teles Pires: Evidencia da Participagdo do SW do Mato Grosso na Amalgamagdo Rond6nica/San Ign~.cio? 44th Brazilian Geological Congress, Curitiba, in press.

Simon,J.I., Vazquez,J.A., Renne, P.R., Reid, M.R., and Schmitt, A.K., 2007, Radioisotopic Age Constraints on Crystallization, Crystal Inheritance, and Eruption of Coso's Pleistocene Rhyolites: Tracking the Evolution of a Silicic Magma System, Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract V53F-02.

Singer, Kaitlin I and Fodor, R.V. Applying Google earth to geologic studies: stratigraphy and petrology of a basalt field in central Arizona. Geological Society of America Southeastern Section meeting, Charlotte, NC, April 10-11,2008.

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and Francis, A. (2007). Geochronologic constraints on the exhumation of the Chortis and Maya blocks, central Guatemala. Geological Society of America Abstracts with Programs, National Meeting, Denver, CO, October 29, 2007.

Smith, A.T. "Prometheus Unbound: Geographies of Trans-gression and Archaeologies of Authority in the South Caucasus." Lecture Presented to the University of Il-linois, Chicago Anthropology Department.

Sobel, E., lihiede, R., Schoenbohm, L., Chen,J., 2007, A Cli-matic Trigger for Enhanced Late Cenozoic Exhumation of the Chinese Pamir?, AGU Fall meeting: Eos, Trans.

AGU: San Francisco.

Souza, Z., Dantas, E., Vasconcelos, P.M. and Silveira, F.V.

(2008). Astenosfera e litosfera como fontes de magmas basAlticos Cenoz6icos no NE do Brasil. 44th Brazilian Geological Congress, Curitiba, in press.

Souza, Z., Knesel, K., Vasconcelos, P.M. and Silveira, F.V.

(2008). 40Ar/39Ar geochronology reveals the youngest continental intraplate volcanism in Brazil. 44th Brazilian Geological Congress, Curitiba, in press.

Souza, Z., Vasconcelos, P.M. et al. (2008). 0 magmatismo alcalino Oligoceno-Mioceno Cabugi, NE do Brasil. 44th Brazilian Geological Congress, Curitiba, in press.

Spell, T.L., Wooton, K., Nastanski, N.M., Smith, E.I. and Bennett, K.M., 2008, The Role of Basalt in Eruption of Quaternary Rhyolites North of the Yellowstone Caldera, Geol. Soc. Am. Abstr. w/ Prog., v. 40, no. 1, p. 62.

Steponaitis, E., Gehrels, G. E., Hemming, S. R., Goldstein, S.

L., van de Flierdt, T., and Brachfeld, S. A., 2008, Horn-blende Ar-Ar and zircon U-Pb evidence for provenance of eastern Weddell Sea glaciogenic sediments, Antarctica, Goldschmidt Conference, Vancouver, July 2008.

Ta, Cindy, Kariapper, Muhammed, Kasturirangan, Venugo-palan, Lesniak, Wojciech, Balogh, Lajos, Khan, Mo-hamed. Toxicology studies of cRGD-Gold-Biotinylated Composite Nanodevices, 18th Annual Meeting of ACRO, February 21-23 2008, Miami, FL.

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Thiede, D. and Vasconcelos, P.M. (2008). Parand Flood Basalts: Rapid Extrusion Hypothesis Supported by New 40Ar/39Ar Results. 44th Brazilian Geological Congress, Curitiba, in press.

Thomson, S. N., Brandon, M.T., Reiners, P.W., Vdsquez, C.

& Tomkin, J.H. (2008). Thermochronologic evidence for a poleward transition from destructive to constructive glacial control on mountain building: an example from the Patagonian Andes. FT 2008 - The 11th International Conference on Thermochronometry, Anchorage, USA.

Thomson, S.N., Brandon, M.T., Reiners, P.W., Tomkin, J.H.,

WVsquez, C., &Wilson, NJ. (2007). A poleward change from destructive to-constructive glacial control on moun-tain building. AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco. Eos Transactions AGU, 88(52), Fall Meeting Supplement, Abstract C41A-0051.

Thomson, S. N., Brandon, M.T., VWsquez, C., Reiners, P.W. &

Tomkin, J.H. (2007). Testing the efficiency of long-term glacial erosion and its influence on mountain develop-ment: an example from the Patagonian Andes. Geosur 2007 International Geological Congress on the Southern Hemisphere, Santiago, Chile.

Tipple, BJ., Reiners, PW., Thomson, S.N., Wing, S.L. &

Stewart, RJ. (2007). U-Th/He and fission-track detrital grain double dating as a paleo-wildfire indicator: trials and tribulations from two western interior basins and im-plications to the PETM, GSA Annual Meeting, Denver, Abstracts with Programs, Vol. 39, No. 6.

Tkac, P., Paulenova, A. Extraction modeling of Pu(IV) from Aqueous Phase Containing HNO3, LiNO3 and Ac-etohydroxamic Acid by 30% Tributyl Phosphate, 32nd Symposium on Actinide Separations, Park City (Utah),

12-14 May, 2008.

Tkac, P., Paulenova, A. Extraction modeling of Pu(IV) from Aqueous Phase Containing HNO3, LiNO3 and Acetohydroxamic Acid by 30% Tributyl Phosphate, 2nd International Congress of Nuclear Chemistry, Cancun, April, 2008.

Tkac, R, Paulenova, A. Speciation of Molybdenum (VI) in Aqueous and Organic Phases of Selected Extraction Sys-tems, 17th Separation Science and Technology, Gatlin-burg, October 2007.

Tkac, P., Paulenova, A. The Effect of Acetohydroxamic Acid on Extraction and Speciation of Plutonium, 17th Separa-tion Science and Technology, Gatlinburg, TN, October 2007.

Tkac, P Paulenova, A. Speciation of Plutonium in the extrac-tion organic phase of urex, ACS Fall Annual Meeting, Boston, August 19-23,2007 NUCL: 107.

Tkac, P., Paulenova, A. Speciation of Molybdenum under UREX Process Conditions, GLOBAL 2007, Int. Con-ference on Advanced Nuclear Fuel Cycles and Systems, Boise, September 9-13, 2007.

Tkac, P, Paulenova, A., Matteson B. S. Speciation of Plu-tonium and Other Actinides Under UREX Process Conditions, 52nd Annual Meeting of the Health Physics Society, Portland, OR, July 9, 2007.

Valli, E, Arnaud, N., Leloup, P.H., Sobel, E.R., Maheo, G., Lacassin, R., Guillot, S., Li, H., and Tapponnier, P., 2007, Twenty million years of continuous defor-mation along the Karakorum fault, western Tibet:

A thermochronological analysis: Tectonics, v. 26, p.

doi:10.1029/2005TC001913.

Van de Flierdt, T., Hemming, S. R., Gehrels, G. E., Cox, S.

E., and Goldstein, S. L., 2008, Sedimentary Provenance Evidence for the Origin of the Gamburtsev Mountains, Goldschmidt Conference, Vancouver, July 2008.

Vasconcelos, P.M. (2008) 40Ar/39Ar Geochronology of Celadonite: Constraining Timing of Alteration and Am-ethyst Mineralization in the ParanA Continental Flood Basalt. 44th Brazilian Geological Congress, Curitiba, in press.

Vasconcelos, P.M. and Carmo, 1.0. (2008). Numerical Calibration of Denudation Chronology. 44th Brazilian Geological Congress, Curitiba, in press.

Vasconcelos, P., Monteiro, H., Farley, K., Spier, C. (2008).

Cangas: self-healing protective covers that inhibit the erosion of deeply weathered banded iron-formations. VI VII SINAGEO, Belo Horizonte, in press.

Vasconcelos, P., Kirk, J., Farley, K., Perlingeiro, G., Ruiz, J.,

and Eastern, S. (2008). Orogenic Deposits: the Gold Comes from the Mantle. 33rd IGC, Oslo, in press.

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Vasconcelos, PV. (2007) 'The relative tempo of weathering and erosion controls supergene metal accumulation. Gold-schmidt Conference, Cologne.

Vassallo, R., Ritz, J-F., Braucher R.,Jolivet, M., Carretier, S.,

Larroque, C., Todbileg, M., Arzhannikova, A., Arzhan-nikov,S. and D. Bourks, D., 2007, Incision of fluvial terraces within an uplifting massif in the Gobi-Altay mountain range (Mongolia): Deciphering between tec-tonic and climatic processes. EGU, Vienna.

Walker, A., Burgess, R., McGarvie, D.W. (2008) Field, Geo-chemical and Age Studies of Rhyolite Glaciovolcanism at Oraefajokull Volcano, S.E. Iceland, International Asso-ciation of Volcanology and Geochemistry of the Earth's Interior, General Assembly, Reykjavik, Iceland.

Williams, T., van de Flierdt, T, Hemming, S., Brachfeld, S.,

Pierce, E., Roy, M., and Goldstein, S. L., 2008, Prove-nance of ice-rafted debris offshore of East Antarctica and delimination of source areas, IGC Norway, Aug. 2008.

Willner, A., Massonne, H.-J., Sudo, M., &`Thomson, S.N.

(2008). Heterogeneous thermal overprint of a late Pa-leozoic forearc system in north-central Chile (321-31'S) as reflected by small scale equilibration and age domains (Ar-Ar; fission track). 7th International Symposium on Andean Geodynamics (Nice, France), Extended Ab-stracts.

Barnard, Nellie Q. BA, Middlebury College, David West, Jr.,

(U-Th)/He dating in the northern Appalachians, Under-graduate thesis.

Beardsley, Amanda Ph.D., Rice University, Hans Av6 Lalle-mant, Shallow level Exhumation history of the Leeward Antilles, Offshore Venezuela, Doctoral dissertation.

Boisgrollier, Th. De, PhD,, Structure et 6volution de la chaine Baikal-Patom, Sibdrie, et de son bassin d'avant pays : implications sur l'origine des reliefs de la chaine et le potentiel pdtrolier du fore-deep,. (Structure and evolution of the Baikal Patom range, Siberia and of its foreland basin: implications for the origin of the relief and oil resources in the fore-deep).

Brown, M. Alex, BS (ChE), Graduate Research Assistant; MS (RHP/radiochemistry) Adviser: A. Paulenova.

Brownlee, Sarah J. Advisor: Paul Renne, U.C. Berkeley, Topic: Thermochronology and Paleomagnetism of the Ecstall and related plutons in British Columbia. PhD expected 2009.

Cassata, William S. Advisor: Paul Renne, U.C. Berkeley, Topic: Argon diffusion in plagioclase. PhD expected 2010.

Chang, Su-chin Advisor: Paul Renne, U.C. Berkeley, Topic:

Permo-Triassic Boundary and Jurassic-Cretaceous of NE China. PhD expected 2008.

Cohen, B. Supervisor: Paulo Vasconcelos (50%) PhD (awarded).

Converse, Kristin (M.A. in progress, Sonoma State Univer-sity, CA). RC project: 1849: Trace-element analysis of bricks from historic Fort Vancouver to determine prov-enance; 75 samples to date.

Cox, Stephen - advisor Sidney Hemming, Columbia College undergraduate (will be writing his senior thesis on some of the results).

Dale, Cathleen - advisor Stefanie Brachfeld, Montclair State University MS student-project ongoing.

Deeken, Anke (Diploma, Freie Universitaet, Berlin, 2007):

Age of initiation and growth pattern of the Puna Plateau, NW-Argentina, constrained by AFT thermochronology; Advisor Dr. Ekkehard Scheuber Dinsdale, Wilson, Undergraduate Student, Advisor: A. Pau-lenova.

Enkelmann, Eva, Post-doctoral researcher (at Lehigh, Garver collaborates). General focus: exhumation of orogenic belts as record by zircon FT analysis.

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Federici, Ilaria: "Termotectonic evolution of the Marmara re-gion (Turkey)". PhD project at the University of Bologna.

Advisor: Prof. Massimiliano Zattin.

Francis, Ashley Ph.D., Rice University, Hans Av6 Lallemant, Interaction of the North American and Caribbean plates in Guatemala: Part 1. Deformation history and con-sequences for the exhumation of HP/LT metamorphic rocks, Doctoral dissertation.

Foley, Courtney N. BS expected 5/09, SUNY Plattsburgh, Mary Roden-Tice, Apatite fission-track dating across ter-rane boundaries in New England, Independent study.

Garrick-Bethel, Ian Advisor: David Shuster (Principal advi-sor: Benjamin Weiss, MIT), Topic: Early Lunar History.

PhD expected 2010.

Gibson, David, Undergraduate Student, Advisor: A. Paule-nova.

Gifford, Jennifer N. (Masters 2008; advisor David Foster),

Quantifying Eocene and Miocene Extension in the Sevier Hinterland, NE Nevada.

Greene, Alan (U Chicago).

Gombosi, David (Current degrees, BSc and MSc). MSc The-sis (at University of South Carolina): Testing the Polar Gateway Hypothesis: An Integrated Record of Drake Passage Opening & Antarctic Glaciation (NSF grant ANT-0732995).

Hagan,Jeanette C. Advisor: Paul Renne (Principal advisor:

Cathy Busby, U.C. Santa Barbara), Topic: Neogene Tec-tonics of Sierra Nevada, California. PhD expected 2008.

HaleJessica (M.A., Anthropology, OSU)jhesis title: Se-crets of North Staffordshire Pottery Recipes: Identifying Chemical Variability and Uniformity using an Archaeo-metric Approach (complete 6/08).RC project 1804:

Trace-element analysis of 19th century European ceram-ics using INAA; 150 samples.

Heim,J, Supervisor-Paulo Vasconcelos (100%) PhD (award-ed).

Heyworth, Zarah Supervisor: Paulo Vasconcelos (20%) PhD (ongoing).

Jarboe, Nick A. Advisor: Paul Renne (Principal advisor:

Robert Coe, U.C. Santa Cruz), Topic: Geochronology and Paleomagnetism of Columbia River Basalts. PhD expected 2008.

Khatchadourian, Lori (U Michigan).

Lapka,Joseph L., (BS, Chemistry), Graduate Research As-sistant; PhD (Chemistry/radiochemistry) Adviser: A.

Paulenova.

Letcher, Alice J. Advisor: Paul Renne (Principal advisor:

George Hilley, Stanford), Topic: Deformation History of Puna Plateau, NW Argentina. MSc 2007.

Lima, Maria da Guia Supervisor: Paulo Vasconcelos (100%)

PhD (awarded).

Lindsay, Ian (UC Santa Barbara).

Marselllos, Antonios. Current degrees B.S., M.S., Seek-ing PhD (at Univefisry at Albany, Gaver co-supervises).

Title of project: Deformaiton and exhumation related to arc-parallel extension in the Hellenic forearc.

Matteson, Brent S., MA (Ch), Graduate Research Assistant; PhD (Chemistry/radiochemistry Adviser: A. Paulenova.

M~resse, F., PhD, -Cin~matique de la d6nudation d'un prisme orogdnique continental: exemple des Pyrdn6es.,

(Kinematic of denudation of a continental orogenic prism: example of the Pyrenees).

Merket, Douglas. Seeking BSc. at Union College. Working thesis title: Provenaence of the Chickaloon Formation, South Central Alaska.

Montario, Matt R. Current degrees B.S., M.S., Seeking PhD (At Univeristy at Albany - Garver is supervisor) Title of project: High-density fission-track dating of radiation-damaged zircon from Cambrian rocks of New York State.

Mora, Andr~s Dr. (PhD 2007): Late Cenozoic uplift and de-formation of the eastern flank of the Columbian Eastern Cordillera; Advisor Prof Manfred Strecker Morais Neto, M. Supervisor: Paulo Vasconcelos (100%) PhD (ongoing).

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Geochronology of the Middle Stone Age in Ethiopia.

PhD expected 2009.

Mulcahy, Sean R. Advisor: Paul Renne (Principal advisor:

Sarah Roeske, U.C. Davis), Topic: Tectonics of Sierras Pampeanas, Argentina. PhD 2008.

Newman, Virginia (Masters 2008; advisor David Foster)

Exhumation of the Ruby Mountains metamorphic core complex.

Nyers, Alex (M.A. in progress, Anthropology, OSU) RC project 1806: Trace-element analysis of geological and artifactual chert from the Lower Salmon River Canyon, Idaho; 50 samples to date.

Padmore, Penny. Terry Spell advisor, M.S. degree in progress, The Canovas Canyon Rhyolite,Jemez Volcanic Field, New Mexico: Multiple discrete source magmas, or a potentially caldera forming magma system?

Perlingeiro, Gabriela. Supervisor: Paulo Vasconcelos (50%)

Honours (ongoing).

Perry, Stephanie. E., Current degrees B.S., M.S., Seeking PhD (at Syracuse University - Carver on commit-tee) THESIS: Thermotectonic Evolution of the Alaska Range: Low-temperature Thermochronologic Con-straints.

Peterson, Ella (M.A. in progress, Anthropology, OSU) RC project 1825: Trace-element analysis to determine prov-enance of historic Oregon pottery; 50 samples.

Pick, Michael Supervisor: Paulo Vasconcelos (70%) Honours (ongoing).

Pierce, Elizabeth - advisor Sidney Hemming, Columbia first-year graduate student (will be writing her masters paper on some of the results).

Pignalosa, Antonio: "Thermochronologic evolution of the Simplon Massif". PhD project at the University of Bolo-gna. Advisor: Prof. Massimiliano Zattin.

Potter, Jaime K. BA, SUNY Plattsburgh, Mary Roden-Tice, Apatite fission-track and (U-Th)/He dating in the north-ern Appalachians, Independent study.

Precek, Martin, MS (N-ChE), Graduate Research Assistant; PhD (Chemistry/radiochemistry) Adviser: A. Paulenova.

Pyenson, Nicholas D. Advisor: Paul Renne (Principle advi-sors A. Barnosky and D. Lindbergh, U.C. Berkeley),

Topic: Paleobiology of Cetaceans. PhD expected 2008.

Queirolo, Rosalba. Degree: BSc. Conferred at Union Col-lege. Thesis

Title:

Zircon Fission-Track Thermochronol-ogy of the Lepontine Dome, Swiss Alps. Department of Geology, Union College, Schenectady, New York, June 2008.

Riffel, Silvana Supervisor: Paulo Vasconcelos (70%) PhD (ongoing).

Sadi,Supriyadi, MS (ChE), Graduate Research Assistant; PhD (RHP/radiochemistry) Adviser: A. Paulenova.

Samaritis, Cosmas, Undergraduate Student, Advisor: A.

Paulenova.

Shaw, Chris "Exposure of Ionic Hyper-regulated Artemia to Chlorine - 36 in a Marine System" M.S. Radiation Health Physics (exp Fall 08).

Smyth, Kevin Barry, Undergraduate Student, Advisor: A.

Paulenova.

Sobel, Edward: Habilitation (Dr. rer. nat. habil.) This is a de-gree after the PhD 11/2007 Universitit Potsdam, Pots-dam, Germany.

Title:

Interactions between deforma-tion, exhumation, and climate in arid regions constrained by apatite fission-track analysis.

Steponaitis, Elena - advisor Sidney Hemming, Barnard Col-lege undergraduate (will continue to work on the project this year, her junior year).

Swanger, Kate - advisor David Marchant, Ph.D. Student at Boston University.

Takahashi, Ken BS in Physics (June 2008).

Title:

Neutron Capture Cross Sections and Resonance Integrals of Cad-mium Isotopes; Advisor: K. S. Krane.

VanHorne-Sealy, Jama, "Evaluating the Efficiency of Decon Gel 11011 on Removal of Cs-137, Co-60, and Eu-154 on Common Commercial Materials, M.S. Radiation Health Physics.

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Waltenberg, Kathryn Supervisor: Paulo Vasconcelos (90%)

PhD (ongoing).

Wooton, Katie. Terry Spell advisor, M.S. degree in progress, Petrogenesis of the most recent rhyolitic volcanism, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming: Implications for future volcanism?

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