Savannah River Site: Personal Dosimetry

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Epidemiologic Studies

Savannah River Site

Personal Dosimetry

Contamination Incident and Bioassay Ledgers, 1972-1986, 1991

Location: Active:
Inactive: SRS, Buildings 713A

*Access Restrictions*: Records are unclassified and may be a Privacy Act System of Records; Building 713A is in an access-controlled area.	*Volume*: 0.12 cu. ft.
*Accession or Other ID Number*: SRS, Building 713A: 1) QH331-0034-92-011; 2) QH3821-1438-94-014	*Condition*: Fair
*Container Number*: 1) C04-75-07; 2) S04-04-05	*Medium*: Paper
*Scanning Suitability*: Series contains bound log with handwritten entries.	*Duplication*: Unknown

Arrangement: By subject, thereafter chronological entries under heading

Originating Office: Health Physics Section and Health Protection Department of E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company and Westinghouse Savannah River Company

Finding Aids: RETN Database

Disposition Authority: 1-2) DOE 1.5d

Series Description: This series consists of log books of nasal, skin, and clothing contamination incidents. Information provides date, employee name, payroll and department number, and description of event. Descriptions of nasal and skin contamination events include location of incident, degree of contamination, alpha measurements from both nostrils in disintegrations per minute, bioassay request dates, and initial and resampling results in disintegrations per minute per 1.5 liters (d/m/1.5l). Information regarding clothing contaminations include item, level of alpha contamination in disintegrations per minute, and disposition. Series also contains special bioassay requests, which describe the incident and provide resample results in d/m/1.5l.

Data Elements: 7-8, 16, 31, 38-39, 65, 68, 81, 122