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Introduction

Policies, Plans, and Procedures

Environmental Monitoring (Onsite)

Environmental Monitoring (Offsite)

General

Appendices

Alphabetical Listing of Series Titles

RECORDS RELATING TO CESIUM AT THE K-25 PLANT:
A GUIDE TO RECORD SERIES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
AND ITS CONTRACTORS

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION
HISTORY OF OAK RIDGE
INFORMATION FOR ACCESSING RECORDS
METHODOLOGY
PRODUCTION AND USE OF THE GUIDE
SCOPE OF THE GUIDE
ARRANGEMENT OF THE GUIDE

RECORD SERIES DESCRIPTIONS

I: POLICIES, PLANS, AND PROCEDURES

Action Plan for the Management of K-1407-B and -C Ponds Waste at the Oak Ridge K-25 Site, January 31, 1991
Amended Closure Plans for the K-1407-B Holding Pond and K-1407-C Retention Basin at the Oak Ridge K-25 Site, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, October 1992
[Report on] Contaminated Soil Storage on the Oak Ridge Reservation, June 7, 1993
Environmental Monitoring and Inspection Plans for the K-1417 Drum Storage Yard at Oak Ridge K-25 Site, March 31, 1991
Environmental Monitoring Plan for the Oak Ridge Reservation, November 12, 1991
Environmental Monitoring Plan for Waste Area Grouping 6 [WAG-6] at Oak Ridge National Laboratory [ORNL], Oak Ridge, Tennessee, September 1993
Field Work Guide for Groundwater Sampling for Analytical Analysis at Waste Area Grouping 5 [WAG-5], January 19, 1993
Groundwater Quality Sampling and Analysis Plan for Environmental Monitoring in Waste Area Group 6 [WAG-6], March 1994
Groundwater Sampling and Analysis Plans for Environmental Surveillance Monitoring at the Oak Ridge K-25 Site, January 1990, September 1991
[Plan Regarding the] Inventory, Behavior, and Fate of Transuranics and Fission Products in the Clinch River, White Oak Creek Drainage, and Poplar Creek Drainage, February 24, 1976
K-25 Quality Assurance Program Plan for the Pond Waste Management Project, [1991]
K-1407-B and -C Ponds, Drums, and Bulk Storage Remedial Action Plan, October 3, 1990
Low-Level Radioactive Waste and Mixed Waste Management Plan, December 1987
A Manual of the Radiochemical Determination of Fission Products Activities, June 30, 1945
Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant [ORGDP] Groundwater Protection Program Management Plans, 1989-1993 (noninclusive)
Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant [ORGDP] Long-Range Environmental and Waste Management Plan, September 1989
Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant [ORGDP] Radioactive Waste Management Implementation Plan, April 1989
Oak Ridge K-25 Site Annual Groundwater Monitoring Plans, FY1991, FY1993
Oak Ridge K-25 Site Monitoring Program: Surface Water, Soil, and Sediment Sampling and Analysis Plan, February 1994
Oak Ridge Operations Radioactive Contamination Control Policy, June 1989
Phase 2 Remedial Investigation Work Plan for the K-1070-C/D Classified Burial Ground, June 1991
Plan for the Management of K-1407-B and -C Ponds Waste at the Oak Ridge K-25 Site, August 16, 1991
Plans and Procedures for Shipments, 1989-1991
Policy for Management and Review of Radiologically and Chemically Contaminated Soil Generated for Construction/ Excavation Activities, March 1993
Pond Waste Management Project [PWMP] Environmental Monitoring and Inspection Plans for the K-1417 Drum Storage Yard at the Oak Ridge K-25 Site, March 7, 1994
Proposed Plan for the K-1407-B/C Ponds, K-25 Site, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, August 1992
Remedial Design Report for the K-1407-B Holding Pond and the K-1407-C Retention Basin at the Oak Ridge K-25 Site, March 1994; Remedial Design Work Plan, February 1994
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act [RCRA] Closure Plan for the K-1417 Concrete Block Casting and Storage Yard and the K-1419 Sludge Fixation Facility, September 1992
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act [RCRA] Facility Investigation Plans, 1987-1989
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act [RCRA] Health and Safety Plan for the K-1417 Concrete Block Casting and Storage Yard and the K-1419 Sludge Treatment Facility, September 1992
Surveillance Monitoring Plan for Inactive Environmental Restoration Remedial Action Sites at the Oak Ridge K-25 Site, December 7, 1993
Waste Management Plan for Pond Waste Management Enhanced Surveillance and Maintenance, August 1993
Waste Management Plan for the Remedial Investigation of Waste Area Grouping 2 [WAG-2] at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, June 1993

II: ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING (ONSITE)

BMAP
Biological Monitoring and Abatement Program [BMAP] Reports,1986-1994 (noninclusive)
K-1407
Annual Groundwater Reports: K-1407-B and C Interim Status Units at the Oak Ridge K-25 Site, 1988-1993 (noninclusive)
[Report on] Concentrations of Radionuclides Found Outside of the K-1407-C Retention Basin as Determined from Samples Collected During June, 1974, June 1974
Data Analysis Approach Report for the K-1407-B Holding Pond and the K-1407-C Retention Basin, March 1990
Exposure Information Report: K-1407-B Retention Basin, October 9, 1985
Groundwater Data from Resampling of K-1407-B Pond Wells, July 9, 1991
Groundwater Monitoring Well Data for K-1407-B and -C, [no date],1986-1990 (noninclusive)
[List of] K-1407-B Pond Sediments, [no date]
K-1407-C Pond Sampling Results, 1972-1979
Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant [ORGDP] Groundwater Monitoring Well Data for K-1407-B, [1985-1988]
Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant [ORGDP] Resource Conservation and Recovery Act [RCRA] Groundwater Monitoring Data for K-1407-B and -C, May 12, 1986
Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant [ORGDP] "RFI" Sites' Groundwater Monitoring Well Data, Sites K-1407-B and K-1407-C,[1987-1988]
Phase 1 Hazard Screening Analysis for Facilities K-1407-B and K-1407-C Holding Pond and Retention Basin, January 1992
Radioactivity Analysis Reports, 1974-1980
[Record of] Radionuclide Concentration in Soil, Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant [ORGDP], K-1407-C, [no date]
[Memorandum on] Sediment Removal, K-1407-B Holding Pond,September 21, 1961
Soil Sample Analysis [for K-1407-C], [no date]
K-1417
Categorization of Drums, July 24, 1990
Characterization of the K-1407-B and -C Ponds Raw Sludge and Laboratory Cured Concrete Cubes, March 1992
Description of Stabilized Pond Sludges Stored in Drums on the K-1417 Yard, August 1991
[Report on] K-1407-B and K-1407-C Ponds Drums and Bulk Storage, vol. 1-2, July 31, 1990
K-1417 Drum Storage Yard Inspection Reports, 1993-1994 (noninclusive)
[Report on the] K-1417 Investigation, 1990
K-1417 Solidified Drums Draft Radionuclide Analysis, July 17, 1990
Part B Permit Application for Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant [ORGDP], K-1417 Concrete Block Casting and Storage Area,September 1988
Phase 1 Hazard Screening Analysis for Building K-1417 Concrete Block Casting Shed and K-1417-A/B Drum Storage Yards, April 1992
White Oak Creek Embayment
Annual Summary of Hydrologic Data for the White Oak Creek [WOC] Watershed, August 31,1987
[Report on the] Association of Radionuclides with Streambed Sediments in White Oak Creek Watershed, September 1979
Hydrologic Data Summary for the White Oak Creek Watershed at Oak Ridge National Laboratory [ORNL], 1990-1992
Information Update: White Oak Creek Embayment, October 5, 1990
Inventory of Oak Ridge National Laboratory Removal Action Sites: 4. White Oak Creek Watershed, July 1986
[Report on] Piezometer Sampling and Testing in the White Oak Creek Flood Plain, July 31, 1987
Specifications for Sediment Control Structure--White Oak Creek Embayment [WOCE], X-10 Facility, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, [1991?]
Water Quality Monitoring Report for the White Oak Creek Embayment [WOCE], January 1993
White Oak Creek Embayment [WOCE] Site Characterization and Contaminant Screening Analysis, January 1993
White Oak Creek Embayment [WOCE] Time-Critical Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act [CERCLA] Removal Action Emergency Contingency Plan, June 19, 1991
White Oak Creek Embayment [WOCE] Time-Critical Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act [CERCLA] Removal Action Sediment-Retention Structure, September 1992
White Oak Creek Embayment [WOCE] Time-Critical Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act [CERCLA] Removal Action Water Quality Monitoring Plan, May 23, 1991
White Oak Creek Embayment [WOCE] Time-Critical Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act [CERCLA] Removal Action Water Quality Removal Plan, May 23, 1991
White Oak Creek Embayment [WOCE] Time-Critical Removal Action Administrative Records, [1990-1991]
General, ongoing
Active Sites Environmental Monitoring Program: Fiscal Year Reports,October 1991
Discharge Monitoring Report and National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System [NPDES] Effluent Data for the Oak Ridge K-25 Site, February 1992
Environmental Levels of Radioactivity for the Oak Ridge Area Reports, 1959-1968
Environmental Monitoring Reports: US ERDA Oak Ridge Facilities,1971-1984
Groundwater Monitoring at Three Oak Ridge National Laboratory [ORNL] Inactive Waste Impoundments Reports, October 1986, March 1989
Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant [ORGDP] Monitoring Reports, 1973, 1975,1981(noninclusive)
Oak Ridge Reservation Environmental Report, 1992
Radioactive Effluent and Onsite Discharge Reports, 1985-1988
Report of Health Physics Activities, 1947-1948
Second Annual Report of the Environmental Restoration Monitoring and Assessment Program at Oak Ridge National Laboratory [ORNL], 1992-1993
General, one-time Characterization of Selected Liquid and Solid Waste Effluents at the ORGDP, January 10, 1979
[Listing of] Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act [CERCLA] Reportable Quantity Exceedances for Radiological Effluents, November 1989
Data Evaluation Technical Memorandum on K-1070-A Contaminated Burial Ground, Oak Ridge K-25 Site, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, April 1991
Evaluation of 1985-1986 Corrective Actions at Oak Ridge National Laboratory [ORNL] Liquid Waste Disposal Trench 7,April1991
[Report on] Groundwater Quality at the ORGDP, October 1989
Laboratory Division Monthly Activities Report for June 1975
Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant [ORGDP] Health Physics Monthly Activities Report for September 1975
Radioactive Effluent Data,March6,1983
Radioactivity Analysis Results, January-May, 1992
Radiochemical Quality of Groundwater at the Oak Ridge K-25 Site, May 1993
A Ranking of Contaminant Sources in the White Oak Creek Drainage, April 28, 1986 109
Results of the Mobile Gamma Scanning Survey of the Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant [ORGDP], August 1990 110
[Report on the] Sampling and Analysis of Solid Waste Storage Area 6 [SWSA-6] Trench Leachates and Groundwater, December 1988
Solid Waste Storage Area 6 [SWSA-6] Interim Corrective Measures [ICM] Environmental Monitoring Reports, November 1989, July,1991
[Report on] Surface Radiological Investigations at Pits 2, 3, 4 and Environs, December 1989
Surface Water and Sediment Sampling for the Oak Ridge National Laboratory [ORNL] Waste Area Grouping 6 [WAG-6] "RFI" (Phase I, Activity 2) Technical Memorandum, January 15, 1991

III: ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING (OFFSITE)

[Letter on] Cesium-137 Contamination, June 26, 1986
Letter on an] Offsite Residential Drinking Water Program, October 19, 1988
[Report on the] Preliminary Screening of Contaminants in the Off-Site Surface Water Environment Downstream of the U.S. Department of Energy Oak Ridge Reservation, November 1991
[Report on] Radiation Exposures from a Cesium-Contaminated Field, June 17, 1988
[Data on] Radioactivity in Clinch River Water, March-May 1962
Removal Action Work Plan for the CSX Railroad Site in Oak Ridge,Tennessee, November 1993
Survey Report for the Characterization of Radiological Contamination of the CSX Railroad Tracks, September 1990

IV: GENERAL

Historical
[Compilation of] Historical Background on Oak Ridge National Laboratory [ORNL] Pits and Trenches: 1. Liquid Waste Disposal at ORNL, [no date]
[Report on] Historical Radionuclide Releases from Current Department of Energy Oak Ridge Operations Office Facilities, 1988; 1991
Inventory of Oak Ridge National Laboratory [ORNL] Remedial Action Sites: Low-Level Waste [LLW] Seepage Pits and Trenches, June 1986
Inventory of Radioactivity Released to Onsite and Offsite Environments, January 17, 1974
Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant [ORGDP] Historical Uranium and Radionuclide Release Report, February 28, 1986
[Report on] Oak Ridge National Laboratory [ORNL] Radioactive Liquid Waste Disposal Pits and Trenches: History, Status, and Closure Characterization Needs, September 1985
[Report on] Radioactive Waste Disposal Areas and Associated Environmental Surveillance Data at ORNL [Oak Ridge National Laboratory], December 1979
Waste Activities
Annual Report of Hazardous Waste Activities for the Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant [ORGDP], 1986-1993 (noninclusive)
[Report on] Inactive Hazardous Waste Disposal Sites, 1984 131K-25 Burial Ground [Inventory], 1971
[Chart on] K-25 Site Environmental Restoration Program Waste Disposal Status Report, [1991]
[K-25 Source Inventory Summary], [1991]
[Correspondence on] Land Burial of Radioactive Wastes, 1962-1973
Report on] Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant [ORGDP] Estimated Volumes of Hazardous Wastes Destined for Fixation and/or Landfarm/Landfill for the 15-Year Period Following 1982
Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant [ORGDP] Quarterly Reports, 1950-1975 (noninclusive)
Radioactive Liquid and Gaseous Waste Disposal Operations and Effluent Monitoring Reports, October-November 1982
Radioactive Waste Disposal Reports, 1961-1962
Radioactive Waste Disposal Operations Reports, 1969-1971
"Request for Disposal/Storage of Waste Materials and Equipment" [RFD] Records, 1977-Present
Site Characterization Summary: K-1070-C/D Classified Burial Ground, ORGDP, November 1989
Site Descriptions of Environmental Restoration Units at the Oak Ridge K-25 Site, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, October 1991
A Study of Low-Level Radioactive Solid Waste Disposal and Storage Areas at the Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant [ORGDP], April 22, 1977
Waste Manifests, 1984-Present
General
An Aerial Radiological Survey of the White Oak Creek Floodplain, Oak Ridge Reservation, June 1987
[Report on] The Behavior of Strontium-90 and Cesium-137 in Seepage Pits at ORNL [Oak Ridge National Laboratory], January 17, 1967
Chemistry Division Summary Report for May 1945
The Clinch River-Watts Bar Reservoir Remedial Investigation [Background Information], November1991
[Report on] Contamination of White Oak Creek with Active Wastes from Clinton Laboratories, September 22, 1944
[Memorandum on] Corrosion Tests on 7075-T6 Aluminum Alloy: Cesium Chloride Exposures, June 14,1963
[Report on] Development of Cementitious Grout for the Incorporation of Radioactive Wastes, Parts 1 and 2, April 1975-September 1976
[Report on] The Distribution of Cobalt-60, Ruthenium-106, and Cesium-137 Among Suspended and Dissolved Particles, October 3, 1968
Leachability Studies of Hydrofracture Grouts, November 1986
[Report on] Low-Level Liquid Waste Decontamination by Ion- Exchange, December 1991
[Report on] A Modified Method of Radiochemical Activity Analysis, February 13, 1951
Preliminary Assessment Reports on Environmental Restoration Units at the Oak Ridge K-25 Site, [1991]
[Memorandum of] Project HA-14: Distribution of Activity in Supernatant and Solid Phases of Synthetic Waste, December 21, 1949
[Memorandum on] Project HA-17 Removal of Cesium from Waste,December 15, 1949
Publications of the Radioactive Waste Disposal Section, Health Physics Division, February 1971
Raccoon Biomonitoring Data Records, June-December 1992
[Report on] The Recovery of Cesium-137 From Oak Ridge National Laboratory [ORNL] Radiochemical Waste, October 12, 1950
[Report on] Removal of Low-Level Radioactive Wastes by a Sanitary Waste Treatment Process, April 12, 1966
[Report on] Requirements for Groundwater Monitoring at 39 Waste Management Sites at the Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant [ORGDP], September 1987
Resource Conservation and Recovery [RCRA] Logs, 1989-Present
[Report on] Separation of Cesium from Sodium by Means of Fuller's Earth, July 15, 1949
[Report on] The Transport of Contaminants During Storms in the White Oak Creek and Melton Branch Watersheds, January 1991
Treatment Studies at the Process Waste Treatment Plant [PWTP] at ORNL [Oak Ridge National Laboratory], March 1991

APPENDICES

A. INTERVIEW LIST
B. INFORMATION REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY FOR EPIDEMIOLOGIC AND HEALTH STUDIES

ALPHABETICAL LIST OF SERIES TITLES

A.Alphabetical List of Series Titles