Rocky Flats Plant: Production and Materials Handling

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Epidemiologic Studies

Rocky Flats Plant Site

Production and Materials Handling

Beryllium Processing Files, 1947-1968

Location:

Active:
Inactive: RF-881 Archives, Room 214

Access Restrictions: Records are classified up to Confidential/RD; 881 Archives is a security-controlled area.	*Volume*: 0.5 cu. ft.
Accession or Other ID Number: H264	Condition: Fair
Container Number: H264	Medium: Paper and photographs
Scanning Suitability: Series contains photographs, faded photocopies, thermal facsimile paper, and handwritten notes.	*Duplication*: Unknown

Arrangement: Loosely chronological

Originating Office: General Fabrication Research and Development Group, Dow Chemical Company

Finding Aids: Records Storage Receipt

Disposition Authority: Records schedule under revision

Series Description: This series consists of memoranda, correspondence, reports, black-and-white photographs, bibliographies, meeting minutes, and manufacturing and shipping data pertaining to beryllium production. Of particular interest are a copy of a 1961 report of an explosion in a Building 444 vacuum furnace and similar incidents at other sites; beryllium fabrication and forging process reports; pit data; general industry information; and feasibility studies for processing and storing components, pits, and scrap.

Data Elements: 88-89, 122