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At the end of this month, a two
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USC Engineering Department to
study nuclear energy will end.
The grant for $3,261 from the
Department of Energy came on a
request from the Department of
Engineering to develop a computer
program which
mathematically describes the
Voloxidizer.
"THE VOLOXIDIZER removes
the volatile fission products from
spent nuclear reactor fuel," said
Thomas Stanford, USC professor of
Chemical Engineering and chief
investigator on the project.
Stanford said these volatile
fission products are Tritium
Crypton and Xenon. If they are nol
removed thev are released into the
atmosphere.
"All these products ar<
radioactive and if they were
released the level of worldwide
radiation would increase, but onh
very slightly," Stanford said.
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studies to better design the
voloxidizer," Stanford said.
The voloxidizer is a long cylinder,
positioned at an angle and
rotates 12 times per minute. Solids
are put into the voloxidizer and go
from one end to the other. The
voloxidizer is heated to an
extremely high temperature in
order to oxidize the solids and
release the volatile fission
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past few years as "protection for inld
mediocrity," said USC Provost Francis
lessors sometimes speak and write unis,
tenure was devised to protect them from
ares and interferences, he said.
)LICIES protect the academic freedom of a
lowing him to research and publish his views
to his job, the provost said.
mured faculty who can be dismissed without
cause, tenured faculty can only be dismissed
?asons listed in the Faculty Manual, said
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ental or physical incapacity to perform the
d for the position; lapse or withdrawal of
actice in the state of South Carolina or withLmitting
privileges to affiliated teaching
respect to clinical faculty in the School of
loss of licensure in any other professional
i be considered as a cause for termination;
iction in staff ; curtailment or discontinuance
it or school; Gross misconduct detrimental to
the University."
JAL states, "Any faculty member whose
may be terminated for cause under the
tiis paragraph shall be notified in writing. The
nclude a statement, made with reasonable
of the grounds thereof, and also a statement
lat he has a right to a hearing, with counsel,
icutive Committee of the Board of Trustees, if
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oxidized spent fuel is sent to a K
dissolver where the reprocessed |H Jpy
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waste.
"THE WORK is comDlete."
Stanford said. "No further work | """""
will be done until the rate
processes during voloxidization
are better understood." r
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wanted," he said. "We got a U?
mathematical model for the 1
voloxidization process."
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The manual also states that the same rights and |
procedures do not apply to non-tenured faculty or those
serving the probationary period. <
The probationary period, according to Associate Provost
Steve Ackerman, is four years for full professors and six
years for assistant professors.
PRETTY SAID the probationary period for assistant
professors will be seven years after the Faculty Manual,
currently undergoing revision, is complete.
A professor who desires tenure first acknowledges to his
departmental head or dean that he is interested in being
tenured, Ackerman said. The dean then recommends the
professor to the university president. If the professor is
eligible for tenure, Ackerman said, he then begins his
probation.
Teachers may be ineligible if they are lecturers, on
assignment in the armed forces, or part-time personnel.
DURING THE four or six year probation period, a
professor must "prove himself" to both his constituents and
to his dean. He proves himself by the way he conveys his
material to his students in the classroom situation, according
to Ackerman.
"Upon completion of the probation period, the individual
is assessed Dy nis aean ana tnen tne decision 01 tenure goes
to the president and board of trustees. The final decision is
made here." Ackerman said.
A controversial aspect of tenure is that it provides not
only academic freedom for the professor but also job
security. Once tenured at a university, a professor is
assured of a job.
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