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Creator:: Boozer, David L.
Abstract:: The lens dose equivalent (LDE) is a regulatory limit set to protect radiation workers. Current methods for estimating the LDE are specific to beam sources in a vacuum and require interpolating data from tables. A new set of deterministic equations for photon and electron point sources has been developed. These...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: committee. I would like to express my sincere appreciation to Dr. Reese, Dr. Krane, Dr. Minc, Dr. Farsoni

Creator:: Holschuh, Thomas V.
Abstract:: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is the leading organization for monitoring nuclear facilities worldwide, and the Agency’s methods are constantly developing and improving in an effort to more effectively safeguard nuclear material. As such, the IAEA addresses near and long term risks in order to advance the capabilities of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Matthews, Christopher
Abstract:: The need for cheap reliable energy, while simultaneously avoiding uranium supply constraints makes uranium carbide (UC) fueled Gas Fast Reactors offer an attractive nuclear reactor design. In order to qualify the fuel, an enhanced understanding of the behavior of uranium carbide during operation is paramount. Due to a reduced re-solution...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Egan, Alexander J.
Abstract:: Monte Carlo (MC) algorithms are widely accepted as the most accurate method to calculate dose in a patient geometry. For this work the EGSnrc MC code was used as a benchmark for the identification of dose calculation errors produced by the widely implemented analytical anisotropic algorithm (AAA). By correlating the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: extend my appreciation to Dr. Ken Krane for taking the time to serve on my doctoral committee. I

Creator:: Makinson, Kevin A.
Abstract:: The Run-Ahead Predictive Simulation Software (RAPSS) is an architecture designed for faster-than-real-time decision support for operators of complex networks. To enable further development of the RAPSS methodology, the necessary proof of principle is illustrated in two applications: decision support for shift technical advisors in nuclear power plant control rooms (RAPSS-STA),...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: process. To my other committee members, Drs. Kathryn Higley, Qiao Wu, Henri Jansen, and Ken Krane

Creator:: Zacate, Matthew O.
Abstract:: In order to understand better the defect structure and dynamics associated with lower valent dopants complexed with native defects in group IV oxides, In/Cd perturbed angular correlation spectroscopy was performed in ceria and zirconia. Examining the orientation symmetry axis of defects in ceria single crystals at low temperature has allowed...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: . Karopetrova. I wish to thank my committee members, Dr. Henri Jansen, Dr. Ken Krane, Dr. William Warren, Dr

Creator:: Robinson, Joshua A.
Abstract:: In this work, Neutron Depth Profiling (NDP) analysis capability has been added to the Oregon State University TRIGA® Reactor Prompt Gamma Neutron Activation Analysis Facility (PGNAA). This system has been implemented with an advanced digital spectroscopy system and is capable of rise time pulse shape analysis as well as coincidence...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Creator:: Sprunger, Peter Hayden
Abstract:: The process of de-excitation of the actinides is a very important question in both pure and applied science. In this dissertation the process was studied using the neutrons emitted in coincidence with fission induced by the bombardment of ²³⁸U with 14.85 MeV deuterons. Neutrons can be emitted at multiple stages...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: group includes Albert Stetz, Ken Krane, Henri Jansen, Todd Palmer, and Douglas Warrick. I would also

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