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Records Relating to Cesium at the K-25 Plant

Environmental Monitoring (Offsite)

[Letter on] Cesium-137 Contamination, June 26, 1986

Location:

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K-1200, K-25 Site Document Response Center

Access Restrictions: No classification level is assigned. is assigned. . See Site Access section on page 4 for document center access restrictions.

Volume: 2 pages

Accession or Other ID Number: (300659)

 Condition: Good

Container Number None

Medium: Paper
Scanning Suitability: Suitable

 Duplication: Unknown

Arrangement: Numerical by file code

Originating Office: Radiological Survey Activities Group

Finding Aids: Document center database

Disposition AuthorityUnscheduled

Series Description: This letter from R.D. Foley to G.E. Kemp reports on a preliminary investigation for cesium contamination along the railroad tracks at Scarborough Road near Y-12. The nature of area gravel is commented on, as is the 120-yard section where cesium contamination was found, with cesium readings given in picocuries per gram (pCi/g) and gamma exposure in milliRoentgen per hour (mR/h). The letter concludes with general recommendations for further investigation and possible remedial action. .

Data Elements: 103, 118,122


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