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General and Hazards Information Study Records, 1948-1956

Location:

Active:
Inactive: ORISE, CER Vault, Room 129

Access Restrictions: Records are unclassified
and may be a Privacy Act System of Records;
ORISE is an access-restricted facility.

Volume: 5 cu. ft.

Accession or Other ID Number: None

 Condition: Fair
Container Number: FC-20-1, FC-20-4, FC-21-2

Medium: Paper

Scanning Suitability: Series contains
handwritten forms, blueprints, and
mathematical tables.

 Duplication: Unknown
Arrangement: Numerical by building number

Originating Office: Health and Safety Department, Uranium Division, Mallinckrodt Chemical Works

Finding Aids: Vault Inventory Database

Disposition Authority: Unscheduled

Series Description: This record series contains correspondence, reports, proposals and other documentation pertaining to radiation and nonradiation studies conducted at the Mallinckrodt Chemical Works, Plants 4, 6, 6E, 7, 7E, and 7W. The radiation studies provide beta measurements in millireps per hour for each work location, daily dust exposure levels in millireps per hour, and alpha concentrations in disintegrations per minute per cubic meter. The series also contains reports concerning nonradiation hazards and correspondence pertaining to monitoring equipment.

For related records, see IV. Analysis Files, Uranium Dust Lung Cancer Study Exposure Data: Mallinckrodt, 1942-1966.

Data Elements: 6, 81, 83, 85, 88, 89, 102, 107, 117, 119, 121, 123, 124

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