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Percent o f Enrpfoyacm Mo. of Cxporurrte A new cont8min8ted urrta dirposal pitV8a camp k ted4t the 25ft. deep. This i r the largest of five much pits. Indiana and per8onnrl fran the auteau o f Tndisn A ff nir s. The 8*r1Cs canrarted of 7 rereions, with a t3t.1 af In addition,the ram lecture wu qi vento a group of A visit v8n mnfle trr the fntcratstc Larindrv at Santa ?e. Thin laundry h8n been warhinq radioart i v e contaminated clothinq far the 1,abaratory for about two ya rrr. So fur our awparicnrc haD bemn good, and we are satinfitd uith the u by cIo thin q is beinq rc turn td. A bete ray detector has been asmenbled far urn. JLa rufphur used for countinq eulphur and gold foils in our criticality dosimeters.
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When the prototype of the ncw film b8dgam wfts put tnto umc in the plutonium arabs a discrepancy between l t and the old badqe 'war the don correctly within + 10% when expared to unfiltered ~ OUrCe b of ph toni um. When any of thee. acurccr are filtered, am by glove box walls or windarm, the rot t component (e60 kev) is ov treat i mated. The Old badqe undmrcstimatas the dome for both filtered and unfi)terrd Appraprirtc facrnrm habe bemn worked art to obtain the The 400-channel analyzer and the3 in. x 3 in. crystal haw bean c.1 itrated tor several qs mma enar qi ca at varioum distances. Therr were no significant qhanqcs in policies or procedure in them a up drir inq calendar year 1962. The only exreptian waa the ofttrinq of influenza irnnontzation i n immunization waa a ffe rca to the Pol ice Department, Protective Porce. Pirc lk partment. aqd key personncI of the Zia Company. Later. immuniz ation was offered to al individuals ov@r 45, This priority system was set tip because o f in t1r.f 4if fi cul tier in eccorinq adrqrtate supplica of vacr'inc. Inall, 763 pe op fe received initial immunization or A mumwry of procedures carried aut by tht? qroup during 2962 sa mmpared 4 t h 2 9 4 1 ,haws there were over 4000 mort v1ait.s to oiir dirpcnraricr, and the bulk of thcac uere fhr non-orcupational condition.. Perrentagewire the larqsmt in cream in i an-occupational visits is
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f a Cornpnny. Thtr may ..a due to, tncreasirrq awarentam amnq th, employees of the aar vt cci betnq offered. However, there were alse nearly 3600 mote non-Occupat~ona~v i i i t a by laboratory personnel during 1962. The reason for thir tnc reu eim not Clear. The qroup har coopcrated with the Safety Q'fico i n their Safety education ptoqram and aomethinq of tho order of 2 5 trlkm on health matters and first aid have been qiven to various groups abaut the HumnbtT of Dtsablinq Inlurics (1 1 2 There were no d < seb lin q injuttts durtnq thia report period. There we?e ne Laboratory firas ch9rin4 t h i s repert period. Areidrnt Cost p r LO6,OOO Miles $ 3 9 .oo $156.00 There wad one government vehicle accident during January Thir occurred nhcn tho carqa of I truck hit tho overhang of 4 quard ot rti on. 1. Indoctrination tourr fer Pire Department and Security thii report priad.
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2. off icfal motor veh be l a acckdmnt report Fng pr wed urea umm writ tp for llltos and NTS. mtfod; w e am planning on rrducinq t h f i rovi.w trm vlnkly tb monthly. 5. An inquiry ir beinq made on tha ou bj rct ai AlcC S a faty Aw rt dr Jhich are qi ven only to contractorm as a single employing unit. A 8 LASL h8r rmverrl dlvieionm and group8 with not a bie accident-free recorda - are exmining the poamibility, at u s i n q tha ewratinq w8rJ 6. A Shop Dopartwnt forsnvn trifning praqran will bagin Ln the kryl liu m shop! 2 brmrthinq tono rarrpler coLLectod durinq a drilling q n ration ware romrwhrt abwo tho pmrmisr~ble concmtratiant hewevet, perrann.1 involved yore rmrpfr8torr during t h i r Owrlt ion, cu110ct*d durinq Cwftron cperatians on beryllium oxide located i n the glarr rhap tndicatd there war no autfrco contamination or rf gni fi cmt I, M r rarplam worm collectad for toitnno during cleaning o f cemont f lwr r with tolueru and diluted hydrochloric rctd at 8 Site. ' f o l u r w concantrrtiona reach08 thc p.mirribIe level of 2 0 0 ppm, and t h ap.ratotm vore rompiratojr with organic certridqrr.
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Siri lrt trm ti *re mads durinq operatton ai a kcromlw rter jonny although tho*, *re mil bela the maximum permiraible Level permisribla Level for t h i s grr. Reconmend8tionr were made for thr rs duct ion of thir la vol. An invortigatian fr beinq mdr o f mevaral cas01 of practice. m y be rmrponrible for thir problaa irking studiod. The porrfbility that sme laundry txporutcs to banr8ne and carbon tetrachloride at P- 10, Lithium hydride a t W - 3 , and chlorine emitted during an electrogrinding aprrmtion in sitpa mildinq -re in w stig at rd and inrtructiorr given for praprr h mdl f ng. of ph s tics * nitta d during a hydraqon firm a t TA-46. A renunrey uas n8de at themi - problem a t the Graphite Shop. Pra-nt noire kvrlr uere found not to conrtitute a haserd t o hearing, m d report h8S been forw8rded to Group H-2.
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m*B a d necaearry vent ilk ion r quip nt -re provided for work i n m i & t.n)ls at, -8 Sit.. on the paet of z i a empbyeei,wam reported to the Z i a Safety Enqtneer. crtionm of xldiatiat befor. the Ohio Valley Section o f AXHA and the cincinnaei Society of Safety Enqinesrs. A talk on "The Engineer i:! OM mmmber of the qtoup prermnted atalk on thm nrw appli - fume hood. ubm qi w nat mrtety meting. of Laboratory group*. I. Air amlllplom collected or field temtm made for: Orom kta activity P lut on iun
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Doryllium on nripes Plutonium in bone Radfotabina i n quarts of milk S pci al gamma sources far H-4 fi.,gnyLr,on-zt a 1 Rad i ut ion 1. nile to continuinrj had weather, the water s sm plc a rrheduled to be taken in F'abtuary have not yet been callccted. It . i a exp.cted, hqwevar. chat it will ba pommihlc t o rcbch ssnrpiinq site. before the end of the month OY in thr! marlicat. p R X t of Hatch. January'r m b ~ lin gr u n revealed that several of the test welts ara i n condition and vi11 require servicinq as soon as it is poraible for ENG-4 to take care of this matter. 2 . The U.S.G.S. ham ken conducting a rirbsurface radioactive ion retention ex peri mn tat the PLawrharc Site near Cirlrbad. A field trip YES mdeto the site of thir eqmrirnwnt hyThe reason8 fot this trip were twofold: First, Lor the purpoae o f obmrvinq LI field sxperiment which might provide ideas far airnilair: work in the future at Lon Alamo?l i n connection with the subnurCacs rniqratian of radionuclides fram treated waste t ff tuc nts. second, ' the HeaLth niviaion of LAW. una conrulted teqardfns the poa6ibh was requmrted by authorities of the St lta Of New M Xi cn. It wai thought thata perranrl inspaction of the prWnLS@8w8lt a necessary and logical. conclusion as an interest ad adviaor in this matter. rhe conclu8ians rcmchcd as are iu lt ot thim trip were that the exgarintent L of view. Fran the health phymics, atandpoint it was wmc?urltd that virtually no hersrd eximta for tha genereL public am area ul t of the and lark a$ accepted redtalcqical health physics monitarinq procedure might possibly .give riae to mrt a in problems with tho
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wm kinq pertomed durinq -viait. A urine analysis teem manplr coLlcctad from the latter showed no tritium. c"c1.3 . h qood pa* of ttrir month was spent in w i n 9 fi-6 wa*r. moil and vcgetatfon rndioinalvsir Cor variour ratlfonuclidea willh smtmhlirhed, Lsbormtory ql a sWat a, reagents, ecc., are being annenthloci at thin time to this end. Ptocedwes are kinq set up at present €or soil analysis. 4. Avi rit war msde to thm newly excavnted wart8r liv poul pitat Mb8ita del mmy. Group H-l had requested tltia reconnaiasnnee so th8t H-6 rould evaluate thi porsihility o f qround water contamination and escape € raw the dfspO.83 site. The tuff in which the pitin excav8tod i ahi qh ly Eractumd. Ifawrver, the combination of a lav anntral precipitation and hiqh evaporation rate at the site shacllfl canttihuts to & a imp lt - qround water problem a t the *it@. T t is felt, ncvcrthelems, that errtatn environmental monitorinq procedures bs taken after a certain amount of uaete has been buried at this sits. These rhould COn rig t of one, an observation tube left i n place t o - the b8.e of the pit 4s material accumulater, and two, one or mate rhrliaw we1 18in the el luvium noat the adjucent White RoCk-Paj8ritO Site Road. Detailr of a monitorinq pregram for this site h8ve not 3. The continuous readout cam unity qa mm monitors shmd only an occlSinn8L drift above a normal background, and these could be attributed to gamer from the omega stack. 6.Only two of the weakly air ranrplss counted tor alpha No. 3-93 taken from 1,'11/63 to 1/18/63 witha stvmnth day caunt of 4.15K uc/cc and A lr port NO. 156 takmn from 1/18/63 to 1/25/63 with seventh dry count of 4.74 x IO-'' pc/cc.
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The volw of tru waste flow rwutnad axe+smiva and a continued effort u.8 made to t lim in at a couzccr of uncootralnatad was requited. Overtime work was unnecesrary. Operation. wora othewfnc normal and na majora maintenance Ssnples of waatc from fr c ili tier north of the bridge. revealed the follawinq act iv at i cr : material, otm a qr nic and the other inorganic, have ken racsived and will b. testad tor rpp'licrtion i n our apstationm. The fibrour naturo Efforts to determine the ~ e u r c e 8vl? uncontaminated wamtes were only partly rue csr ~ f u ~and f1-• continued t o be hiqhet than .
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mffluent w.8 ptoducmd without the ne*& for n circulation. time operation was rtqurtrd. Ihs catton pluq ft lt at a, in UM for 0v.r ycur now, cat in ur to tndlcato rhrt filtar rfflurnt turbidity is very low and th8t thrraform tha tilterr are i n ex6mLlmnt phy8ic.l condition. Romalts of enalyaar for activity in mt ici u a mortar blocks leaeh-w8tmr conafrtont Ly show excel lent m t a n t ion of tho r8dioouclide by tho mortar. Wait. flar to tho tank farm warn mppproxim8teLy 12,000 qallon8. Exempt for thr puapr, 811 aquip.rnt for the vater supply mater rtrtFbn is on hand and constructian of t h system has mtartod. Ths p a p 0 a n mqaected around the middle of Natch. Two attempt. to seal the filter lorks by patching the intarfor rurfrcsr of the wails hrvo b a n unmuccumrful. MdLtfonsL lecikr have drvslap*d i n the erst * clar i fier. and const.tuctfan of Phasa nhmof the building uccupanw modificationm. A large number a t wark ardor8 have almo lmen handled directly tbrough 1. Uout tna trboratoly Routin. vork hrr continuad a t TA-451 ra aul tr fndicffta nonu1 operation and norrml tovcl ~at activity.
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Approxiatrttly 2 7 5 , 0 0 0 column voluwa of t.P v a t a t .pil#d contalnr a high percmntaqe of ect iv it y as indicated by gr0.8 81in tho Cflterad aanplas. HWWCC, i n practical applicmtfan -re clinaptilctlite i r uasd to ram e activity ftam mine tailing s, backw88hing would not be egp1oy.d rnU all r or k d nctivity WuLd tmrin