Rocky Flats Plant: Employee Occupational Exposure and Health

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Finding Aids

Finding Aids

Epidemiologic Studies

Rocky Flats Plant Site

Employee Occupational Exposure and Health

Alpha Analysis Logs, 1973-1985

Location:

Active:
Inactive: RF-Building 123, Hall Area outside of Rooms 126 and 127

Access Restrictions: Records are unclassified and may be a Privacy Act System of Records; building is in an access-controlled area	*Volume*: 0.1 cu. ft.
Accession or Other ID Number: None	Condition: Fair
Container Number: 1146	Medium: Paper
Scanning Suitability: Series consists of handwritten logs.	*Duplication*: Unknown

Arrangement: Log entries are numerical by sample number

Originating Office: Dow Chemical Company and Rockwell International

Finding Aids: Each log has an index page which lists the names of the deceased, their employee numbers, and the log pages with relevant autopsy information.

Disposition Authority: Unscheduled

Series Description: This series consists of the results of radiochemical analyses of autopsy tissues of former Rocky Flats employees. The records may have been used for a special study. Data include sample numbers, tissue types (liver, kidneys, vertebrae, lymph nodes, etc.), weights, volumes, aliquots analyzed, spike volumes, and chemical recovery rates. The results provide radiation levels of plutonium, americium, and other radionuclides found in the samples.

For records which may be related, see Volume VII. Research Project Case Files, 1952-1975, 1991-1992.

Data Elements: 7-8, 16-17, 20-22, 35, 39, 42, 69, 71