Today I was exposed to less than 0.1 millirems of radiation. That isn't unusual, of course, but I don't usually spend the day wearing a digital dosimeter, touring a nuclear reactor.
Huh, this was running at 1Mw and the readings above the core were far less than that. Do you remember how deep the pool there is? This one was 25 feet.
Their website says the pool is 20 feet deep, and according to my notes, the top of the core is about 15 below the surface. That may be the difference. OSU's reactor is pretty old, so perhaps those conventions changed with time...
(Looking at WSU's site)
Oh, it's a Triga... Quite a bit bigger pool... OSU's pool could be more accurately described as a "cement tank" as it's only about 4 feet across. I can't seem to find the age of the WSU reactor. OSU's reactor is basically a one-off Lockheed design (okay, two-off, as there's a sister reactor at Purdue, but it's licensed for much less power).
The OSU lab's site is here: http://www-nrl.eng.ohio-state.edu/
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(Looking at WSU's site)
Oh, it's a Triga... Quite a bit bigger pool... OSU's pool could be more accurately described as a "cement tank" as it's only about 4 feet across. I can't seem to find the age of the WSU reactor. OSU's reactor is basically a one-off Lockheed design (okay, two-off, as there's a sister reactor at Purdue, but it's licensed for much less power).
The OSU lab's site is here: http://www-nrl.eng.ohio-state.edu/