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8/3/2019 Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics at Oregon State University
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Nuclear Engineering andRadiation Health Physics
at Oregon State University
Kathryn Higley, PhD, CHP
Professor, Acting Department Head
Preface
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Oregon
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Background
Long tradition of nuclear relatedresearch: Nuclear Engineering at OSU for 50 years
TRIGA reactor at OSU for ~ 40 yearsResearch spans decades & disciplines: Fundamental nuclear science
Nuclear power plant design
Radiation safety
Medical applications
Environmental protection
National security and defense
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A Brief History of the RadiationCenter and the Department
Nuclear Engineering graduateprogram established in 1959 (inMechanical Engineering)
Included theAGN-201
(A smalltraining
reactor) The first
nuclearreactor in
Oregon.
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A Brief History, continued
OSU among the firstin nation to offerundergraduatecurriculum in nuclear
engineering
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NERHP and the RC
RC provides to NERHP and others: Specialized facilities for research Instructional faculty Radiation safety support Emergency response support & training
NERHP: Academic entity within Engineering Focus on teaching and research
Emergency response support to Oregonand elsewhere
Complementary & symbiotic - butdistinct missions and objectives
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NERHP Research
Generates nearly ~50% of ouroperating budget through fundedresearch and other sources from
agencies such as: United Nations (IAEA)
US NRC
US DOE
NASA National Laboratories (LLNL, INL, PNNL)
University Consortia
Private Industry
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RC Research & Support
Service organizationNeutron provider for educationalinstitutions and others: Geochronology
Archaeology Radioecology Others fundamental science support
DHSPNNL
US NRCUS DOEOregon Emergency Response SupportOregon Nuclear Instrumentation
Calibration
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NE/RHP at OSU
Today One of 8 US institutions to offer
complete suite of B.S., M.S., and
Ph.D. degrees in both NuclearEngineering & Radiation HealthPhysics
Added Medical Physics Graduate
Program, 2009 Plan to add Radiochemistry option
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Facilities
1.1 MWth TRIGAReactorAdvanced ThermalHydraulic Testing
Laboratory90Sr-90Y irradiatorSubcritical assemblyRadiochemistry labs
RadioecologyGreenhouseand more..
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RadiationHealthPhysics
NuclearEngineering
MedicalPhysics
Organizational StructureNuclear Engineering & Radiation HealthPhysics
Radio-chemistr
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Thematic & Research Areas
Nuclear EngineeringThermal Hydraulics /Computational Fluid DynamicsReactor/Computational PhysicsRadiochemistry of actinides &lanthanidesTherapeutic Radiologic Physics
Nuclear Instrumentation DesignEnvironmental Health PhysicsRadioecology
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Radiation Center Today
Supports research & development in nuclearscience and engineering, radiation protection, andrelated disciplines.
Provides a place for use and handling ofradioisotopes and other sources of ionizing
radiation.
Research projects include:
Neutron activation analysis
Neutron depth profiling for hydrogen storage
Medical isotope development and production Geological age dating (fission track and Ar/Ar
age dating)
Neutron radiography
Radiation sterilization
Radiation dosimeter testing
Steve Reese,RC Director
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Radiation Detector Design
New designs in electronics are applied tolong standing issues in radiation detection.
A 3rd generation triple-layer phoswichdetector employs digital signal processing.
This innovative approach uses a devotedalgorithm for simultaneous detection ofgamma and beta particles.
Applications for beta spectroscopy anddosimetry arise in a variety of situations
ranging from medical to national security.
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Radiochemistry
Evaluate the chemistry of actinides andlanthanides with man-made and naturallyoccurring ligands;
Examine redox chemistry of actinides and kineticsand thermodynamics of radiochemical processes.
Develop radioanalytical and separation methodsfor applications in waste processing,radiochemical sensors, medical imaging and
radiotherapy.
Study speciation and mobility of radionuclides innatural biogeochemical systems.
AlenaPaulenova
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ComputationalMethods/Reactor Physics
Advanced methods for neutral and chargedparticle transport,
Application of simulation tools for analysis ofsystems containing radiation or radioactivematerials.
Ongoing work:
Advanced deterministic transport algorithms forradiation detector simulation,
Deterministic radiation dose calculations for cancertreatment,
3-D simulations of radiation through stochasticmixtures,
Hybrid Monte Carlo/deterministic transport forreactor physics and thermal radiative transfer, and
Design of reactor cores for research reactors and
small, innovative commercial power reactors.
Todd Palmer
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Thermal Hydraulics
OSUs research is instrumental in designand licensing of new reactors.
U.S. NRC and U.S. DOE chose OSU forthermal hydraulic testing of nuclear powerplant designs.
Qiao WuBrian WoodsJose Reyes
Designed, constructed, and operate large-scale, state-of the- art, integral thermalhydraulic test facilities for reactor safetytests.
OSU an integral part of the certificationtesting program for the Westinghouse
AP600 and AP1000, which received NRCdesign approval.
Additional facilities for testing
performance of high temperature gasreactors will come online in 2010.
APEX
MASLWR
THTF
VHTGR
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Nuclear Engineering Issues
Nuclear Energy Policy
Advanced Reactor Systems
Space Energy Systems Isotope alternatives
Fission reactorsAndy KleinJack Higginbotha
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Environmental HealthPhysics / Radioecology
Research on the migration ofradionuclides throughenvironmental media,
Statistical approaches toremediating contaminatedwaste sites, and
Application of scaling functions
to predict radionuclide uptakein the biosphere.
Kathryn Higle
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TherapeuticRadiologic Physics
Application of radiationdose calculations for
cancer treatmentDevelopment andtesting of in vivodosimetry for clinical
applications(bracytherapy)
Image guided
radiotherapy
Camille Lodwiok
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Students
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Educational Facilities
Enhanced classrooms Laboratories (instrumentation,
radiochemistry, other) Library
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Distance Education (e-Campus)
Web streaming
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The student population has grown consistently over thelast decade, from ~80 in 1997 to more than 270 today.
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For information, please contact:Kathryn A. Higley, PhD, CHP
ProfessorActing HeadDept. of Nuclear Engineering & Radiation Health PhysicsOregon State UniversityCorvallis, Oregon 97331541.737.0675 (work)
541.737.0480 (fax)[email protected]
Steve ReeseDirectorRadiation Center
Oregon State UniversityCorvallis, Oregon 97331541-737-2341 (work)541.737.0480 (fax)[email protected]
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