Epidemiologic Studies

Rocky Flats Plant Site

October 1965 Fire Records, 1965-Current

Location:

Active: RF-Building 122; Room 167
Inactive: DFRC

Arrangement: None

Originating Office: Health Effects Organization of Dow Chemical Company, Rockwell International, and EG&G

Finding Aids: 1) None; 2) NARA Standard Form 135

Disposition Authority: 1) Unscheduled; 2) DOE (1988) 1.5f

Series Description: This series pertains to employees who were involved in the October 1965 glovebox fire in the plutonium fabrication area in Building 776/777. The series consists primarily of logs of bioassay results for every employee who was in the building during the fire. The logs provide employee names, identification and social security numbers, genders, ages, external exposure rates, body and lung burden counts, and subsequent work histories (i.e., when employees were terminated, retired, or returned to work). Also included are binders of graphs which illustrate radiation levels in blood, urine, and fecal samples. These records are being used for a study of radiation exposure limits and the half-life of plutonium.

Data Elements: 7-8, 16-17, 20, 25, 62, 69, 71, 81, 103, 122, 124