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Declassified record · U.S. Department of Energy

Project Health Committee Meeting of March 6 and 8, 1946

Dated
Mar 6, 1946
Document type
Conference
Length
9 pages
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(2)zer ' in it id nuf responsibilities. Proposed mgsnization of Health Radiation Department , Discussion of alternative proposals and of- space

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The pernaaent r.e:-.aex cf the Corn it tee are, besides the The Cci:.-.Lttee Kill DS free t o call up02 vtizious

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but, siace .J-Ui il2G - Xtian iridicates a tolerance of one riicroyrun i n use in h czi can Uior-S, Dr, #ieil agreed to obtain wre infornation a the subject.In the r,eantiine the CorLittea ageed tc; a uniform tolerance for all Alpha e m - t ions per niuut e/cu. mtre of air, Certain cL + h e toleranoes appearing in the attached list have been. oalCyjaEed on a basis specified by tbe u eet iq and viill rcqut-e o caf imation at the next neeting of the t This *,.a3 placed on the agenda attho request of the Nuclear 1,hysics Division, They propose t o operate Z,g,B.P, on a 24 hour Pasis far the next few months a t pavers which, bit h present shieldin;, will give radiation exposurea greater than 0.05 r/d hours. The Cocmfttee reoomended a s io llws: 1, The wee.sl7 exposures to personnel in this building skoulti not exoeed 0.3 r of Gam 2, .,;here a %roup sf viorkers a r e working above the accepted tc lerm ce rate, tkefr hours of vfc;rs shall br: acjustcd aocordingly and the rst i ation r~-,,=d uri q that pried should be 3. i - rote c tion equivaldnt t o one foot of concrete shoxld be placd a:uund the operating position in ordez t o pcc-..-it ; hour shifts with less than Zoleranc:. exp sure. 1% as pointed out t h a t personnel, shsuld. they receive tSeir kee x Ly tolerance cf radiation, may be ersployed at other work v.iiezc Giere is no exposure hazard for the

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ncutron cali bz a tim. The present progress a i dust collection by olectrostd tic prc c ip it ation or filtration as reoommended by t h e Chemiod ,.arfcre Laboratories was described. (c) This itct, ?-as left to be workcd out between the Health Radiation Departneat and t h e Chemistry and Technical Physics Divisions of :3,R,C,

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periDd. It i s :'8cudlAenCied tibat this bray be of the knee joint f.xt h e ?urpoae ;lf exardining the uppor end It will Le necessary i n ::iany zases to carry aut for : ac ical check-ups 1.; 1dft agcn until the x com end at ions

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