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Epidemiologic Studies

Rala, Iodine-131 & Cesium-137

Section A:
Health Physics Division

Health Physics General Correspondence, 1943-1958

Location:

Active:
Inactive: ORNL, Building 4500N, Rm. H205 vault

Access Restrictions: Unclassified; vault is a security classified area

 Volume: 11.5 lin. in.

Accession or Other ID Number: Schedule 3191-1-18

Condition: Good

Container Number 530-541

Medium: Paper

Scanning Suitability: Suitable

 Duplication: Unknown

Arrangement: Chronologically and then alphabetically by subject and/or author and custodian; and numerically by incomplete filing system

Originating Office: Health Physics Division

Finding Aids: Records Center "BLUREC" Database

Disposition AuthorityUnscheduled

Series Description: This record series contains correspondence, memoranda, and survey reports relating to the radiation monitoring and protection function of the Health Physics Division. Information includes "Activity Hazard Incident Reports," which identify employees involved in radiological incidents, including several for building 706 during 1948-1949; correspondence concerning incidents and personnel exposures in isotope production and handling areas; problems with shipping radioactive material, circa 1948-1949, and monitoring of containers received from Hanford; monitoring of rail cars on the K-25 siding, circa 1950; radiation survey results for building 9204-1 at Y-12 from January 1949; practice evacuations from the isotope area during 1951; and area background monitoring through the 1950s.

Data Elements: 8, 16, 31, 38, 120


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