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Finding Aids
Epidemiologic Studies
Rala, Iodine-131 & Cesium-137
Section A:
Central Management Office
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Director's Subject Files, 1946-1989
Location:
Active:
Inactive: ORNL, Building 4500N, Rm. H204
Access Restrictions: Unclassified ; this room is a security classified area
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Volume:
375 lin. ft. on 125 open shelves; 165 cu. ft. in boxes
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Accession or Other ID Number:
Schedule 3200-11-1
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Condition: Fair
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Container Number
1979: 2442-2458 1980: 2459-2466, 2468-2471, 2473-2476,
2478-2479
1981-1982: 1967-1992
1983: 1717-1720, 1722-1725, 1727-1730
1984: 1492, 1497-1498, 1502-1505,
1507-1510, 1514, 1993
1985: 2077-2091
1986-1987: 3315-3345
1988: 3347-3349, 3351-3354, 3356-3361,
3365-3366, 3370
1989: 1477-1479, 1482-1484, 1493-1496,
1499-1501, 1506, 1511, 1515-1516
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Medium:
Paper
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Scanning Suitability: Not entirely suitable;
contains poor copies, illustrations, and
bound items
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Duplication: Microfiche copies are located in Building 4500N, Rm. H205, container X-66171 2 drawers, circa 1940-1957, 1983-1985
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Arrangement: Chronologically, then alphabetically by subject
Originating Office: Central Management Office, Director's Office
Finding Aids: Director's Files Indexes 1946-1994
Disposition AuthorityUnscheduled
Series Description: The Director's Subject Files are the record copies of incoming and outgoing correspondence of the Director and Associate Directors from 1946 to 1989. Active files are maintained in the office for three years prior to being sent into storage. Currently, the records for 1990 are being processed for transfer to storage. All records prior to 1980 are stored in file folders on open shelving in the H204 vault. Records dated 1980 and later are stored in cubic-foot boxes in the H204 vault. This series is arranged first by date, then alphabetically by subject until 1977 when a numeric filing scheme was instituted. File indexes exist for 1946-1950, 1960, 1964, 1966, 1977, and 1994. The only way to access the information in these files is to use the filing guide for the appropriate time period to identify filing designations of interest and then search the shelves and boxes for the appropriate material. The files for the 1940s through the mid 1950s are not in order due to misfiling after copying on microfiche. The microfiche may be found in the Lab Records vault, Rm. H205.
Subseries pertinent to research on isotope use and production at ORNL are:
Operations/RaLa 1948-1956
This subseries consists of five file folders titled Operations Division/RaLa that contain records documenting the production of RaLa at ORNL. Topics covered include problems with sealing concrete floors in work areas, descriptions and flowsheets of the processes used, correspondence between Oak Ridge and the AEC concerning continuing RaLa production at ORNL versus transfer to another facility, status reports of production runs (most written by E.J. Whitkowski), and transportation and shipment of RaLa. Correspondence and internal memorandums form the bulk of the subseries.
Publications/Isotopes 1946-1953
The Publications/Isotopes subseries consists of approximately one-half cubic foot of material pertaining to ORNL's sale of isotopes to scientific, industrial, and medical concerns. It includes copies of reports written under contract to ORNL concerning the manufacturing and marketing of isotopes for commercial uses. Also included are catalogs and price lists of stable and radioactive isotopes produced during 1951-1952 containing information on the frequency that individual isotopes were shipped. Similar material, such as information and work requests for lithium from 1962-1963, can be found under the heading Isotopes/Sales and Distribution.
Special Materials/Lithium and Cesium
The approximately six cubic feet of files that make up the Special Materials subseries contain information on a variety of radioactive substances. Document types included in this subseries are correspondence, procurement requests, and inventories. Information concerning new methods of production, cost estimates, pricing for outside sales, and requests for special work can be found. Folders concerning lithium appear in the 1940s and 1950s while those dealing with cesium appear in the 1960s. Similar files can be found under the SS (Source and Special) Materials heading. The file designation changed in the 1970s to Nuclear Materials (NM)/Services and NM/Isotopes R&D (Research and Development).
Waste Disposal, see also Health Physics/Waste Disposal
The Waste disposal subseries consists of approximately five cubic feet of records pertaining to the disposal of both radioactive and nonradioactive wastes produced at ORNL. The documents span the collection and can be found under several different headings. Initially filed under Waste Disposal and Decontamination, the subseries subsequently bore the names Health Physics/Waste Disposal, Waste Disposal-General, and Nuclear Materials/ORNL Waste Storage and Disposal. Recommendations, correspondence, proposals, meeting minutes, and reports make up the bulk of the subseries. Topics covered include "Disposal of High Level Radioactive Liquid Wastes in Terrestrial Pits - a Sequel" circa 1958, the hydrofracture pilot plant, the evaluation of radioactive sludge in ORNL central waste tanks, and information concerning the shipment of radioactive waste to ORNL.
Data Elements: 6, 88-89, 103, 115, 117, 120
 
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