Y-12 Mercury Task Force Files: Mercury Accountability Records

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Y-12 Mercury Task Force Files

Mercury Accountability Records

Mercury Shipment Data, 1955-1982

Location:

Active:
Inactive: Y-12 Records Center, Building 9711-5, Room 106

Access Restrictions: Unclassified,Confidential/RD,Secret/RD	*Volume*: 66 File Folders; 2.75 linear feet
Accession or Other ID Number: M40-M49,M51-55,M64-68, M74, M76, M78-79, M81, M212, M326-328, M331-333, M335, M351, M354-355, M368, M374-381, M385-388, M394-396, M398-401, M403, M405-407, M415, M423-424, M426-430, M513, M818	Condition: Good
Container Number Drawers 1-4, 6-8, 10, 13	Medium: Paper
Scanning Suitability: Suitable	*Duplication*: May be part of the unclassified collection, see statement on page 12

Arrangement: Numerical by file code

Originating Office: Processing Department and Manufacturing Division

Finding Aids: Y-12 Mercury Task Force Database Printout; Mercury at Y-12 (Y/EX-24) Bibliography

Disposition AuthorityPermanent Collection

Series Description: This record series contains mercury shipment data documenting the incoming and outgoing amounts of mercury used in the production of lithium deuteride at Y-12. The majority of the documents are inventory lists and logbooks of mercury and solvents from the Alpha and Beta processing facilities. Records include shipping and receiving receipts for mercury between Y-12 and the General Services Administration (GSA) stockpile and other organizations. Interspersed throughout the files is correspondence and internal memoranda regarding the mercury shipments and procedural statements from Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), Energy Research and Development Administration (ERDA), Department of Energy (DOE), GSA, and Y-12.

Data Elements: 88, 114-115, 120