Epidemiologic Studies

Rala, Iodine-131 & Cesium-137

James H. Lum's Subject Files, 1946-1947

Location:

Active:
Inactive: ORNL, Building 4500N, Rm. A224

Originating Office: Central Management Office, Director's Office

Finding Aids: Records Center "BLUREC" Database

Disposition AuthorityUnscheduled

Series Description: This record series contains unorganized material from James H. Lum, Martin D. Whitaker, and Gregory Brent. Most of the documents appear to be Lum's personal files sent to storage. They contain correspondence, memoranda, progress reports, shipping records, and meeting minutes. Topics include general administrative matters, personnel issues, batch numbers of "product" sent to Los Alamos, and radioisotopes. Box 496 contains documents relating to the shipment of isotopes, including lists of isotopes sent to date and comments on shipping regulations, and a 1946 copy of a "Cost Estimate for Production of Radioactive Isotopes," addressing the underlying production costs including sections on iodine-131 and lanthanum-140. These records also contain internal correspondence and correspondence between Clinton Laboratory and Holabird and Root, the architectural firm providing architect/engineer services for the design of the new Radio-Isotopes Building (706-E). The correspondence addresses issues such as cost, facility requirements, number of people working in the building, and revisions and design changes. There are no actual construction records, such as blueprints, drawings, or accounting records, in this collection. The correspondence may be found in boxes 493 and 495.

Data Elements: 6, 88, 115