Y-12 Mercury Task Force Files: Progress Reports

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Y-12 Mercury Task Force Files

Progress Reports

Technical Reports, 1953-1982

Location:

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

Access Restrictions: Unclassified, Confidential/RD, Secret/RD	*Volume*: 45 File Folders; 1.875 linear feet
Accession or Other ID Number: M17-18, M23, M54,M59, M69, M70, M80-81, M85, M90-93, M105, M118, M120, M154-155, M158-159, M207, M239, M442, M458, M740, M742-744, M754-755, M757, M760, M763, M770-772, M778, M786, M788, M790-791, M794-795, M799	Condition: Good
Container Number Drawers 1-5, 8, 11, 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: Various Y-12 departments and divisions

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 consists of technical reports that cover various topics relating to the lithium isotope separation and enrichment processes and the monitoring of mercury contamination. This series contains two subseries based on the following topics:
1) Instructions, procedures, and instrumentation for the Colex, Orex, and Elex processes and instruments and chronologies of lithium separation in buildings 9201-4 and 9201-5: This subseries contains reports on lithium amalgams; reports on the properties of lithium isotopes including a refrigeration system; reports on physical properties of mercury at various temperatures; status and final reports on the isotope separation process in buildings 9201-4 and 9201-5; reports on experiments involving lithium isotope separation and purification in buildings 9201-4 and 9201-5; specifications for mercury storage flasks; reports on chemical inventories; and, inspection reports of lithium processing facilities.

2) Monitoring of mercury contamination: This subseries includes reports on mercury discharges into the rivers and streams surrounding Y-12 and the East Fork Poplar Creek; reports on personnel exposed to mercury at various work locations in buildings 9201-4 and 9201-5; reports on design and development of instruments used in the lithium processing and monitoring for mercury contamination; reports on decontamination of buildings involved in lithium processing; incident reports involving mercury; reports on the portable mercury vapor detector; reports on mercury levels in the New Hope Pond; ecological and environmental reports on mercury; and, reports on deuterium and heavy water.

Data Elements: 1, 3, 88, 114, 115, 117, 120, 124