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Leak at Reed
reactor under
investigation
r () K T L A N D
(AIM Reed Col
lege may have to
release more radioactive gas
into the .or to find lho souri o of
.1 I oak in 11 nurloar reactor, a
spokesman for tin- federal Nu
t lo.ir Regulatory- Commission,
s.od Monday
Creg Cook said spot iallsts
from the federal agency ran
tests Mondav at Heed, a private
liberal arts college in residen
tial southeast 1‘ortland The
two-person NRC team was
working to estimate the amount
of radioactiv e gas released dur
ing .1 weekend act ident
"We know that the numbers
are going to wind up in the ex -
tremolv low radiation levels."
( uiik said "We're confident -(if
that, but we have to run the
numbers anvwav
He said Saturday afternoon's
accident posed no threat to the
public.
Experts bcl ieve rad mat live
gases leaked through a micro
scope hole in one ol the real
tor's fit) fuel rods The reat tor is
immersed in a 2f>-foot-deep
pool of vv ater in a i arnpus
building
The gases bubbled to the sur
far e and esi aped into the reac
tor room, setting olf alarms A
ventilation system automatical
ly sealed the building, but not
before some radioactive gases
leaked into the air
The student operators imme
diately shut down the reactor
Radiation levels in the realtor
room returned to normal levels
Sunday afternoon
Cook said radioactive gases
accumulate under normal oper
ating conditions inside the fuel
rods To pinpoint which fuel
rud leaked, the school may
have to restart the reactor, gen
erating more radioactive gas. he
Through a process of elimi
nation. experts then would zero
in un the leaking fuel rixl In
the meantime. Cook said, min
ute amounts of radiation proba
hlv would he vented into the
air
Cook said the college would
Itxik into alternatives to restart
ing the reai tor to trai k the leak
; he lirial plan will lx- submit
ted to the NRC before tests go
forw ard. be said
A college spokeswoman. Har
riet Watson, said neighbors bad
expressed some corn urn about
the aii ident but did not appear
overwrought
"They appret late that we are
being appropriately concerned
as well," she said
The 23 year-old reactor is
about the size of a washing mu
i hlne Its output is 250,000
watts, far less than the .13 mil
lion watts generated by a typi
cal i ommert tal reat tor
Cook said the highest radi
ation levels measured in the re
actor room were a tenth of a
milltrem per hour Airline pas
sengers are exposed to three
millirems on a cross-country
flight, he said
Reed is the only undergradu
ate college in the country with
its own reat tor Known us a
I RICA Mark I, the reactor is
used lor research and educa
tion.
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