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Epidemiologic Studies

Rala, Iodine-131 & Cesium-137

Section A:
Operations Division

Operations Division Annual Reports, 1948-1955

Location:

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

Access Restrictions: Unclassified; vault is a security classified area

 Volume: 3 lin. in.

Accession or Other ID Number: ORNL 10,288, 584, 1680, 1861, 2064

 Condition: Good

Container Number: Open shelves

Medium: Paper

Scanning Suitability: Not entirely suitable;contains charts, graphs, and photographs

 Duplication: Unknown

Arrangement: Numerical by ORNL number

Originating Office: Operations Division

Finding Aids: ORNL Register 1-4397, 1948-1969

Disposition AuthorityUnscheduled

Series Description: These Operations Division annual reports are organized according to the following topics: reactor operations, radioisotope production and sales, radioisotope development, radioactive-waste disposal, RaLa, SF material control, and miscellaneous. The section on radioisotope development provides information on iodine-131 and cesium-137, such as the total curies produced and shipped from ORNL. The section on waste disposal provides the total volume in gallons of discharges into White Oak Creek, and the total beta level activity in curies of samples from the Settling Basin and from the retention pond. The reports describe incidents involving spills and leaks of liquid waste. The section on RaLa reveals the total curies produced and shipped to Los Alamos, with a brief narrative describing each run.

Data Elements: 88, 103, 118, 124


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