The OSU School of Nuclear Science and Engineering was responsible for hosting the Undergraduate Summer School in Radiochemistry. Conducted together with Department of Chemistry, the six-week laboratory-intense school focused on the back-end of the nuclear fuel cycle. The curriculum covered fundamentals of nuclear science, radiochemistry, detection, chemical properties of radionuclides, separations and actinide speciation in solution, radiation chemistry, reactor and fuel design, fuel cycle stages, different fuel cycle options and international efforts in used fuel management. Hanford site tour was the most appreciated event by students. For their own small research projects, students joined the research groups of Prof. W. Loveland, M. Nyman, A. Paulenova and A. Farsoni. For student professional development a visit from our graduate school and discussions hours with guest speakers with the aim to inform students about career opportunities in radiochemistry, improve their understanding of how to find and apply for graduate school, and boost their self-confidence to develop their own personal career path goals were organized.

2016 Class of the DOE Radiochemistry Summer School in Oregon State University

253rd National Meeting (2017)

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