Public Outreach

In April, assorted glassware and laboratory equipment that was no longer used in USTUR processes was donated to Delta High School, a public Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics high school serving the Tri-Cities. 

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WSU’s Office of Marketing and Creative Services identified the USTUR Laboratory as a unique facility that is available to the students at WSU. We expect to be included on the College Board website in a few months.

To view the College Board's listing of the unique WSU facilities,

1. Go to www.collegeboard.org.

2. Click in the "College Search" field and search for Washington State University. A multi-page profile will appear.

3. Click on the "Housing & Campus Life" link. Unique facilities are listed under the "Campus" subheading.

USTUR director, Dr. Tolmachev, discussed the USTUR program with Dr. Kate Brown of the University of Maryland, Department of History for her current book: “A Tale of Two Nuclear Cities.” Following their conversation, Dr. Tolmachev provided her with a tour of the USTUR laboratory.  Dr. Brown was WSU’s Columbia Plateau Seminar Speaker on November 4, 2010.

Columbia Plateau Seminar Speaker Series

The USTUR made the Tri-City Herald's front page on Sunday, October 24 in an article titled, "Radiation Research: U.S. Transuranium, Uranium Registries in Richland provides clues to how radiation affects human body."

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Following a WSU News Media interview with Dr. James, Science Daily published "Human Tissue, Organs Help Scientists Learn from Plutonium and Uranium Workers"

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Twenty-one delegates (science fiction writers) from the annual RadCon Convention held in Pasco toured the USTUR laboratory to learn about our research program (and ask lots of questions)! The laboratory tour (an annual event) was arranged by PNNL.  USTUR was selected as this year’s representative of “Hanford Science.”

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At the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology’s (KIT) Energy Center, Karlsruhe, Germany entitled "United States Transuranium and Uranium Registries: The Fifth Decade of Nuclear Worker Follow-up"

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At the UK’s Health Protection Agency – Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards entitles "The U.S. Transuranium and Uranium Registries: The Fifth Decade of Worker Follow-up"

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Dr. James presented an invited tutorial to the Hanford Advisory Board’s Joint Meeting of the River and Plateau Committee (RAP) and Health, Safety and Environmental Protection Committee (HSEP) entitled “Plutonium Exposure in Perspective: A Dose of Reality”

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USTUR’s director, Dr. James, was appointed as an Alternate Member of the Hanford Advisory Board (HAB), representing Benton and Franklin Counties Public Health.