Reed College, TRIGA

[Lester Slaback <Lester.Slaback@NIST.GOV>]

Reed College is probably one of the smallest organizations to own and 
operate a TRIGA research reactor.  And that is saying a lot in the face of 
the many larger organizations with graduate programs that are closing their 
research reactor facilities. Basically it is operated and maintained by 
students, all of which are of course licensed by NRC.  And from a talk I 
heard recently, a large fraction of the student body ends up with some 
familiarity with the facility.
While this does not say anything about a particular graduate as a group I 
would expect Reed graduates to be a notch above most universities in terms 
of the interests of the RADSAFE community.
And I think Ruth statement that their reputation is 'solid' is an 
understatement (from second hand info I have seen).

Disclaimer:  the above are the personal musings of the author, and do not 
represent any past, present, or future position of NIST, the U.S. 
government, or anyone else who might think that they are in a position of 
authority.
Lester Slaback, Jr.  [Lester.Slaback@NIST.GOV]
NBSR Health Physics
Center for Neutron Research
NIST
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