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Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL) SERIES TITLE Phillips Petroleum Company Health Physics and Reactor Background Radiation Logs and Reports INCLUSIVE DATES 1951 1964 ARRANGEMENT Within the logs, chronological; otherwise none VOLUME 5 cubic feet DESCRIPTION The bulk of these records are logs kept by the Materials Test Reactor, Health Physics Section. Since 1951, a continuous survey of background radiation was kept at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory by the Health Physics section or the Health and Safety Division of the Phillips Petroleum Company. The survey was maintained in these logbooks. Start-up logs appear to be the first logs kept of a reactor. The logs record the background radiation day by day. Information includes the location, date, time of day the reading was taken, the background radiation count, and narrative comments. Health Physics logs were also recorded by date and shift, and include the work done by employees, and the names of employees in each area of the reactor. They also include records of isotopes acquired. There is some mention of System for Nuclear Auxiliary Power (SNAP) tests. Also included are Radioactivity Incident Reports which include the supervisor's name, the names of personnel involved, the date and time of the incident, the material involved, narratives of the incidents, graphs, records of medical examinations conducted, and tissue or excreta samples collected and examined. These reports include thyroid exposure data for the iodine exposure incident in 1958. There are also logbooks of hot-waste-water storage tank samples and safe work permits. LOCATION OF RECORDS Federal Records Center Seattle, WA 98115 |