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Design, fabrication, and characterization of the laser-imaged natural circulation (LINC) facility

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Goodrich, Sam S.

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Currently there is a great amount of interest in the phenomena of natural circulation as a cooling mechanism for normal operation as well as emergency conditions in nuclear reactors and spent fuel pools. In order to better understand this phenomena for the specific geometry of vertical, heated rods in water,...

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Masters Thesis

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facility was designed and constructed at Oregon State University. This facility, named the Laser-Imaged
Comparison of HEU and LEU neutron spectra in irradiation facilities at the Oregon State TRIGA® reactor

Creator:

Schickler, Robert

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In 2008, the Oregon State TRIGA® Reactor (OSTR) was converted from highly-enriched uranium (HEU) fuel lifetime improvement plan (FLIP) fuel to low-enriched uranium (LEU) fuel. This effort was driven and supported by the Department of Energy's (DoE's) Reduced Enrichment for Research and Test Reactors (RERTR) program. The basis behind the...

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Masters Thesis

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Facilities at the Oregon State TRIGA Reactor AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Robert Schickler for
A thermal hydraulics analysis of a molybdenum production element for implementation in TRIGA reactors

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Byfield, Patrick

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The metastable isotope of technetium-99 (Tc-99m) is an important diagnostic tool used in the field of nuclear medicine due to the isotope's 6.0 hour half-life, 140.5 keV γ-decay mechanism, and multiple oxidation states [1,2]. Approximately 70% of the world’s nuclear medicine procedures involve the use of Tc-99m [3]. The conventional...

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Masters Thesis

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world susceptible to Tc-99m shortages in the event of multiple reactor shutdowns [5]. Oregon