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Epidemiologic Studies

Savannah River Site

Incidents and Occurrences

Contamination Incident Reports, 1951-1955, 1958, 1971-Current

Location:
Active: SRS, Buildings 299H and 717-5N
Inactive: SRS, Buildings 713A and 773-52A; WNRC
Access Restrictions: Records are classified up to S/RD and may be a Privacy Act System of Records; Buildings 299H, 717-5N, and 773-52A are in security-controlled areas; Building 713A is in access-controlled area; WNRC is an access-controlled facility.

 Volume: 5.56 cu. ft.
Accession or Other ID Number:
SRS, Building 299H, Maintenance Shop:
1) None
SRS, Building 717-5N, Room N302:
2) None
SRS, Building 713A:
3) M270-11309-090
4) M270-11309-245
5) M270-11809-001
6) M270-11927-014
7) QH131-0034-92-011
8) QH131-0034-92-013
9) QH131-0034-92-016
SRS, Building 773-52A:
10) QH123-0476-93-002
11) QH133-0574-93-002
12) Medical Misc Records
WNRC:
13) 326-82-001
14) 326-86-033
15) 326-91-004
16) 326-91-006
17) 430-88-005
18) 434-88-018

 Container Number:
1) Records are in Drawer 1 of the second of two adjacent 4-drawer file cabinets.
2) Records are in Drawer 3 of a single 4-drawer file cabinet.
3) C05-58-02
4) C05-24-04
5) C04-07-03
6) C01-07-04
7) C04-75-07
8) C04-75-08
9) C04-10-08
10) N09-04-02
11) N56-04-01
12) N21-08-08
13) 410
14) 8/44 16-2
15) 1
16) 5170
17) 1285
18) 1
Medium: Paper

 Condition: Good to fair
Scanning Suitability: Series contains handwritten forms, mimeographs, photocopies, and photographs.

 Duplication: Unknown
Arrangement: Chronological

Originating Office: Health Physics Section, and Health Protection and Radiological Control and Health Physics departments of E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company and Westinghouse Savannah River Company; Savannah River Operations Office

Finding Aids: 1-2) None; 3-12) RETN Database; 13-18) NARA Accession Number Master List (01) and Standard Form 135

Disposition Authority: 1) DOE 1.5d; 2-3) Unscheduled; 4) DOE 1.9b; 5) DOE 1.6e(1); 6-10) DOE 1.5d; 11) DOE 1.5a(1); 12-18) Unscheduled

Series Description: This series contains reports, data sheets, surveys, and logsheets regarding contamination incidents. Information provides employee name, payroll number, job title, work location and building, and supervisor's name; date, time, and cause of contamination incident; length of exposure and level of contamination in microcuries (FCi), millirads, or millirems per hour. Airborne radioactivity is reported in FCi; saliva, skin, nasal, and wound contaminations are reported in alpha, beta-gamma, or neutron disintegrations per minute. Also included are medical response and decontamination activities, chelation, environmental impact, and the use of protective clothing and other equipment.

Data Elements: 7-8, 16, 28, 31, 33-34, 38-39, 61-62, 65, 68-69, 71, 77, 81, 85, 89, 102, 107, 122, 124


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