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| [[Image:OSU Radiation Center.JPG|thumb|300px|Entrance to the Radiation Center]]
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| The '''Oregon State University Radiation Center''' (OSURC) is a research facility that houses a [[nuclear reactor]] at [[Oregon State University]] (OSU) in [[Corvallis, Oregon]], [[United States]]. The '''Oregon State [[TRIGA]] Reactor''' (OSTR) serves the research needs of the OSU [[nuclear engineering]] department along with other departments (notably medical applications). The University harnesses power in other creative ways: the student recreation center is one of the first in the country to have retrofitted elliptical exercise machines that collect the power generated by students.<ref>{{cite news | title = Student-Generated Power | publisher = Parade Magazine | date = April 29, 2009 | url = http://www.parade.com/askmarilyn/archive/Student-Generated-Power.html }}</ref>
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| About 70% of the research projects at the OSU Radiation Center use the reactor.
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| ==Reactor overview==
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| [[Image:OSU reactor.JPG|thumb|Exterior of reactor]]
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| The radiation center is located on the west side of the OSU campus, across the street from the [[United States Environmental Protection Agency|Environmental Protection Agency]] (EPA) offices and about half a mile from [[Reser Stadium]].<ref name="ABC">[http://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/LooseNukes/story?id=988636 ABC News: Oregon State University<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
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| The reactor is a Mark II [[TRIGA]] reactor with a maximum thermal output of 1.1 MW and can be pulsed up to a power of 3000 MW for a very short time.<ref name=TRTR>{{cite web
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| | coauthors = S.R. Reese, and D.S. Pratt
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| | title = University Research Reactors: Contributing to the National Scientific and Engineering Infrastructure from 1953 to 2000 and Beyond
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| | publisher = National Organization of Test, Research and Training Reactors
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| | date = February 22, 2000
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| | url = http://www.trtr.org/Links/TRTR_February.html
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| | accessdate = 2007-04-07 }}</ref> The fuel is low enriched uranium.<ref>http://www.rertr.anl.gov/RERTR31/pdf/S4-P2%20_Keller.pdf</ref> Operation began in 1967.<ref name=ABC/><ref name=TRTR/>
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| The reactor supported 96 academic courses in 1999. These courses were in [[chemistry]], [[civil engineering]], [[chemical engineering]], [[Earth science|geosciences]], [[oceanography]] and [[atmospheric sciences]], [[bioresource engineering]], honors college and [[Marine propulsion|naval engineering]] disciplines.<ref name=TRTR/>
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| The OSU Radiation center supported 126 projects in 2000 with 69% directly involving use of the OSTR.<ref name=TRTR/> Contracts supporting these projects in 2000 totaled $3 million.<ref name=TRTR/>
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| The mission statement of the center is
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| To serve as the campus wide teaching, research, and service facility for programs involving the use of ionizing radiation and radioactive materials.<ref>[http://ne.oregonstate.edu/research/ Building On A Vision: Research, Testing Facilities & Labs<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
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| </blockquote>
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| ===Thermal neutron column===
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| There is a large [[graphite]] slab that serves the purpose of diffusing [[neutron]]s from the reactor which can then be used in [[Boron Neutron Capture Therapy]] (BNCT).<ref>[http://radiationcenter.oregonstate.edu/Irrad%20Facilities/Thermal%20Column.html Radiation Center<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
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| ===Radioisotope production===
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| The OSURC has a special gas irradiation facility where the reactor can produce [[Argon|Ar]]-41 gas and ship it to anywhere within 24 hours.<ref name=TRTR/>
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| The OSTR has beamports available with fluxes of 1.8 x 10<sup>7</sup> to 1.5 x 10<sup>8</sup> <math>\frac{n}{cm^2*s}</math>.<ref>[http://radiationcenter.oregonstate.edu/Irrad%20Facilities/Beam%20Ports.html Radiation Center<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
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| ==Safety==
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| [[Oregon Department of Energy]] has coordinated the [[Hazardous material|HAZMAT]] Radiological Training Courses at the center for HAZMAT response teams throughout the state of Oregon for the last 15 years.<ref name=TRTR/>
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| Further, instead of only having a Public Safety force on campus and/or local Police, OSU's primary security force are [[Oregon State Police]], making Oregon State University the only known University to employ State Troopers for round clock security.{{citation needed|date=December 2011}}
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| ==Forensic analysis==
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| The reactor has also used [[Neutron activation]] analysis to help with the [[forensic]] analysis in a high profile [[serial killer]] case (the [[Randall Woodfield|I-5 Bandit]]) and several other cases,<ref>[http://oregonstate.edu/dept/ncs/newsarch/1998/Apr98/tv.htm 4-07-98 TV detective series to dust off old technology<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> including one where a local [[district attorney]] used the center's services to help solve a high profile triple homicide case.<ref name=TRTR/>
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| ==Research==
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| The following are some ongoing projects in conjunction with the reactor:
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| * [[Neutron activation]] analysis
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| * [[Radiotracer]] techniques
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| * Medical isotope development and production
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| * Geological age dating
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| * [[Neutron radiography]]
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| * [[Thermal hydraulics]] of nuclear steam systems
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| * Radiation sterilization
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| * Radiation dosimeter testing
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| * [[Boron Neutron Capture Therapy]]
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| * Radiochemical methodologies
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| ==References==
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| ==External links==
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| *[http://radiationcenter.oregonstate.edu/ OSU Radiation Center] (official site)
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| *[http://ne.oregonstate.edu/ OSU Nuclear Engineering and Radiation Health Physics]
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| *[http://abcnews.go.com/Primetime/LooseNukes/story?id=988636 ABC's Radioactive Roadtrip Security Review]
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Alyson Meagher is the name her parents gave her but she doesn't like when people use her full name. Distributing manufacturing has been his occupation for some time. Some time ago she selected to reside in Alaska and her parents live nearby. She is really fond of caving but she doesn't have the time recently.
Look at my homepage; spirit messages; cspl.postech.ac.kr,