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Records Series Descriptions
Argonne National Laboratory
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Argonne National Laboratory SERIES TITLE Radiation Protection Records: Bioassay Subseries INCLUSIVE DATES ca. 1945 ca. 1987 ARRANGEMENT Chronological (logbooks) Alphabetical by name (cards) VOLUME 20 cubic feet DESCRIPTION These records consist of approximately 80 logbooks from the bioassay programs of the Metallurgical Laboratory and Argonne National Laboratory plus record cards which summarize the data in the logbooks. These records give the type and amount of radioactivity in biological samples from the employees and other persons for which sample analyses were requested, as part of the radiation protection or assay programs of the Met Lab, Argonne, or the requesting institution. The logbook entries identify the sample type; the person submitting it; the type of radioactivity, radioisotope, or radioelement for which the radiochemical analysis is being carried out; and raw data on the results of measurements made. There may be some brief explanatory information on the reason for the analysis, and codes were generally used to distinguish routine, special request, repeat samples, etc., from one another. Notebook Number 1, also marked as Metallurgical Laboratory Notebook 596C, contains the data for the plutonium ingestion experiment that was initiated May 13, 1946, at the Metallurgical Laboratory. The notebooks also contain information on exposures to employees that occurred through routine and accidental operations. It is unknown whether the notebooks provide analyses for samples, other than those already noted, that are from subjects in human experiments. The summary record cards provide duplicate information on the May 13, 1946, experiment and other samples. RESTRICTIONS This series contains privacy material. LOCATION OF RECORDS Argonne National Laboratory Records Holding Center, Building 4 Argonne, IL 60439 |