Oak Ridge Reservation: Rala, Iodine-131 & Cesium-137: Section A: Chemical Technology Division

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Rala, Iodine-131 & Cesium-137

Section A:

Chemical Technology Division

Isotopes Project Technical Research Notebooks, 1955-1988

Location:

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

Access Restrictions: Unclassified ; arrangements must be made for access to room.	*Volume*: 5 cu. ft.
Accession or Other ID Number: Schedule 3604-2-3	Condition: Fair
Container Number 2729-2730, 2732-2734	Medium: Paper
Scanning Suitability: Not suitable; contains bound notebooks with handwritten entries	*Duplication*: No

Arrangement: Numerical by notebook number

Originating Office: Chemical Technology Division

Finding Aids: Records Center "BLUREC" Database

Disposition AuthorityUnscheduled

Series Description: The Isotopes Project Technical Research Notebooks, numbered 1 to 100, document research at ORNL from 1955 to 1988. The notebooks usually indicate the user's name, building, laboratory location, and activities. Information includes experiment notes, run notes, run dates, quantities of isotopes produced, drawings of apparatus, quantities of chemicals used, analytical reports, graphs, and radioisotope sample information as well as records concerning equipment calibration, maintenance, and repair. Notebook 003 includes a section on iodine-131 off-gas and the use of Hanford slugs. Other chemicals mentioned in the notebooks include lead, krypton-85, argon, and carbon.

Data Elements: 8, 31, 88-89, 114-116