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Rocky Flats Plant Site

Workplace and Environmental Monitoring

May 1969 Fire Correspondence, 1965-1969

Location:

Active:
Inactive: RF-881 Archives, Room 214
Access Restrictions: Records are classified as Secret/RD; 881 Archives is a security-controlled area.

 Volume: 1 cu. ft.

Accession or Other ID Number: H313

 Condition: Good
Container Number: H313

 Medium: Paper and photographs
Scanning Suitability: Series contains photographs. Duplication: Records are also available in the 881 Archives under Accession Number MF-RF-PHPR, Reel 4.

Arrangement: Subject file classification system

Originating Office: Product and Health Physics Research Organization, Dow Chemical Company

Finding Aids: Records Storage Receipt

Disposition Authority: Indefinite

Series Description: This series consists largely of correspondence generated in the aftermath of the May 11, 1969, fire in Buildings 776/777. The correspondence primarily focuses on the ability of Benelex (a plexiglass substance used in gloveboxes) to withstand fire. Also included in the files are press releases, reports regarding onsite and offsite monitoring, and maps indicating the location of air sampling devices.

For related records, see Volume II. General Manager's May 1969 Fire Correspondence, 1969-1970 and General Manager's May 1969 Fire Records, 1969-1970.

Data Elements: 62, 65, 69, 71, 88-89, 103, 118-119, 122, 124

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