Epidemiologic Studies

Rala, Iodine-131 & Cesium-137

Requests for Storage or Disposal of Radioactive Solid Waste or Special Materials, 1962-1994

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Inactive: ORNL, Building 3001

Originating Office:Waste Management and Remedial Action Division, Waste Management Operations Section, Metals and Ceramics Division

Finding Aids: Solid Waste Information Management Systems (SWIMS) Database

Disposition AuthorityUnscheduled

Series Description: This series consists of records relating to the transfer, disposal, tracking, and destruction of radioactive solid waste. The Waste Management Operations Section Document Management Center tracks the movement of the waste identified in these records using the Solid Waste Information Management System (SWIMS) database. Files are arranged chronologically by year and then month for the period 1962-1970, chronologically by year 1965-1977, numerically by well 1969-1972, and numerically by file code and then by form number 1987 to the present. Documentation within each file consists of requests for storage or disposal (form UNC-2822), log-in data sheets, health physics worksheets, and tracking updates (form UNC-2822B). The requests identify the requestor's name, employee number, building, and phone number; the charge number; the origin of the waste to be transferred and its weight, volume, and total estimated curies; the waste classification; type of waste; container type; best estimate, in curies or grams, of the principle isotopes contained in the waste; the health physics technician's reading of external contamination of the filled container; and the storage area foreman's record of actions taken. Log-in data sheets for low-level waste stored in containers provide information on the packet number within each container; the date; the original location of the waste; radiation, in millirem per hour; the estimated curies; the predominant radionuclides; and the physical and chemical form of the waste. Health physics worksheets identify the type of measurements taken, the equipment used, and the activity levels detected for wastes prior to storage. Changes in location or storage container are indicated on waste tracking updates. Correspondence, "Requests for Nuclear Safety Reviews" (form UNC-5917), and maps showing burial locations may appear in some files. Radioisotopes mentioned in this series include cesium-137, plutonium-239, and americium 241.

Data Elements: 8, 16, 31, 89, 120