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Transuranium Analytical Laboratory Records, 1983-1993Location: Active:
Originating Office: Analytical Chemistry Division, Transuranium Analytical Laboratory Finding Aids: Records Center "BLUREC" Database Disposition AuthorityUnscheduled Series Description: This record series consists of analytical requests, reports, and related materials for analyses conducted by the Analytical Chemistry Division Transuranium Analytical Laboratory. Request numbers range from 4186 to 13127. Most of the analyses conducted by the laboratory measure levels of gross alpha and gross beta activity, cobalt-60, and cesium-137, as well as several other nuclides. Most samples are marked "tank farm" although the location of the tank farm is not specified. Documents include "Request for Control Analysis" or "Request for Analytical Services" for samples with less than 50 milligrams concentration of fissionable material; "Control Worksheet-1"; "Control Worksheet-2"; "Tank Farm Analysis" worksheet; "Tank Farm Data Sheet"; "Counting Data Sheet"; and a computer printout of results. Information includes the request number; the name, building, and phone number of the requestor; submission and completion date; the charge number; the sample code; series number; original sample size; the desired analysis; analyst's name or initials; supervisor's approval; an estimation of the concentration; the nature and estimation of activity; concentration of all constituents of the sample; dilution information; aliquot size; solvents added; titre information; pH; Ludlum and Tennelec counter readings; time; scale; counts; nuclide information; detectors used; sensitivity levels; and comments. Results are expressed in becquerels/liter (Bq/l); parts per million (ppm); milligrams per milliliter (mg/ml); counts/minute/milliliter (c/m/ml); counts/minute (cpm); "BKG"; "CCB"; and becquerels/milliliter (Bq/ml). Files for lower request numbers may include a "Department of Environmental Management Charcoal Collection Data Sheet" providing information such as sample location, integrator, and date and time. Some files include graphs of the results.
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