Oak Ridge Associated Universities 2006 Annual Report
Oak Ridge Associated Universities 2006 Annual Report
Oak Ridge Associated Universities 2006 Annual Report
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Key Accomplishments:<br />
• Placed 5,000 participants from more than 900<br />
colleges and universities in more than 150 science<br />
education and research programs with more than<br />
200 national laboratories and federal agencies<br />
• Provided continuing hands-on medical education<br />
at 20 different locations worldwide to more than<br />
1,000 pre-hospital emergency response personnel,<br />
hospital health care personnel, emergency planners,<br />
and public health personnel on handling the<br />
medical aspects of radiation emergencies.<br />
• Supported the planning and execution of 28<br />
homeland security and emergency preparedness<br />
exercises and readiness events preparing federal,<br />
state and local agencies in dealing with incidents<br />
involving weapons of mass destruction and<br />
resulting in mass casualties<br />
• Conducted eight pandemic flu exercises at U.S.<br />
international airports and land-locked ports<br />
of entry to prevent introduction of flu. More than<br />
600 representatives from U.S. Customs and Border<br />
Protection, quarantine stations, hospitals, airlines,<br />
and airport authorities participated.<br />
• Analyzed more than 700 samples from 13 aging<br />
U.S. nuclear power plants for the Nuclear<br />
Regulatory Commission to determine whether<br />
unacceptable levels of tritium had been<br />
inadvertently released into nearby ground water,<br />
potentially contaminating drinking water supplies<br />
• Won $3 million contract to conduct scientific and<br />
technical reviews of work related to the proposed<br />
nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain<br />
• Completed more than 42 scientific peer reviews of<br />
2,203 research proposals, asset types, health risk<br />
assessments, or projects involving nearly 1,220<br />
select reviewers from 350 universities in 49<br />
states<br />
• Assisted DOE during first phase of the DOE<br />
Scholars Program, designed to funnel top<br />
students into the employment pipeline by providing<br />
internships in DOE’s national laboratories and<br />
other facilities nationwide<br />
Web Site:<br />
http://orise.orau.gov<br />
ORISE<br />
Expenditures for<br />
FY01-06*<br />
FY01 $93.6 million<br />
FY02 $94.2 million<br />
FY03 $110.9 million<br />
FY04 $124 million<br />
FY05 $152.1 million<br />
FY06 $152.3 million<br />
$152.1 $152.3<br />
$124<br />
$93.6 $94.2<br />
$110.9<br />
FY01 FY02 FY03 FY04 FY05 FY06
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