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Tho Roalth Rya ici str sp nt considerable time working on v8riou s in ~ tn mont a tio nproblea8. Afu of the stud ira undortaken th mol ur in r8cbnt dosimeter, a study 01 tho C1P2 do sim ter. calib ration and devrlopmcnt scudacs of c \ e portable rphcrm noutron inn tru aw nt.plus the uruaL amount of vork dona on checking new inmtmmnta and an aly x in q the coucos for inst rurnnc fniluros. A survay was Inad@ of tho amount of radiation employees I n the K-Stock area receive from tho Cockcroft-V.:lton. Since the Loot mrvay, tw foot - thick concrete wall h8s beon put up tosh hl d the X-Stock dooruay by a factor of 12. Inside S-Stock at tho dark are., th on out ron dose in approximntely 4 nrem for atypical run. Thb operation of the P-11 ehc tl m bear qun (proto ty pa nuson factory) during b crash program vas monrrorrd to determine if the Ai.:aret c lov or ler f wave q u ~ d c-'?sAqn WAC workable. More shieldrnq Pockot dosimeter s de to c tcd SOW dose. hut tho ceadingr a;. L dationablc bbcau8e of energy dependenco. Film badges indicated ,J Y88 high inb f.w Caw58. A n attempt vaa made to de to mr no the quality of xr8di ation loa king from the electron gun. with the gun opr rti ngata peak o f 186 ktv. Lc'pper f Ll Lts tion measure m nts gave an off oct iv r enccqy of 120 ksv.
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The proptm to dc tenu in tho accuracy of film b.dg4B is have ban wed to a variety ot sources and submittad to It-1 photadooilpty for avaluntion. evmluation pr0adur8 is nmcrsmary to avoid an incorrect and a tr only high bnta reading. ?er.ono from aach site vhero there i o a possibillty of ht eg nal deposition will be counted in the Aumco X I an approximataly 100 w Sr-90 source. A 200 aquare foot floor rpaer tad gr s str r than 20 mr/hr. and up to 10 mr/hr was tracked The bwR f u a l transfer pit vas rerubbed 8nd flushed. After tho tank was cleaned, AOBS than A mr/t,r remained. Nany of thr large tanks 8 t Th-45 (liquid waste diapoaal .ita) 8re baing clsaned. Sludge IY tran8ferred f r o m the tanks to SS-galloa drtina. In a- tanka tho dried scua which is to be scraped off raads 20,000 c/m. All the drums containinq the removed uludga are cleaned and monitored before they are takn frola tho Bit.. D.aol it ion of Old Signa Building in TB-1 continwr. Although the cutting torch frequently C ~ UICO Clras. no a ~ rcount has
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dl cabling injury when he tripped over a woden rl at while C8Krying ?he hernia warn repaired on August 26. 1964, and-.. not rmturned to work. ' apien of metal. Tho trip caused ah crni a of the right groin. Therm W8CO no L8boratory fires durin q thin report period. Hil us Driven 1.196.460 1,732.738 Thero was ono rotor vehiclo aecfOent i n August involving Laboratory drivers. This occurred v5.n II driver backed 1. The Safety office vorkcc? v i t h ti-I and P-Division on the control of an mt hori zed people at T A - i after that area is withdrwn from tho security area. Q#[-7 invoLving chlorine tri flu oc j de. 3. bcannwndationr were nude to che Os al rd nalcr rep ramen tat ive for installation of Ozalid mrchines atthe Laboratory.
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mnt involving &tonat ions of alcplorivos whih prrosurirod with high prmsoutc, oxyqon. putt ln q the liquid hy dr gc n pip. line in operation at SM-32. tho ti-1 CCI:eetning cav w ntu on the proposed pruarurc ve88rL and piping at YFI-WRDS aro being written. 2 . Arrsnpcncnts vczo made for Harry Schu lta.K - 5 , to talk , Air Swing Studier nuring thin pcrior? a total of 9air rurploa and LO r rip orr,. ~ plo cw ere collactod i n tho beryllium shop. All showed air nreo chlorinr air .amplus verc collrctce during the U80 of a qas room u8. only 2 ppm. Thorn va8 no datorteble chlorine i n the adjoininq control room. Four air aamplcs were co llcc tod during the was below tho threshold Limit.hrc ury rnpor rrmgics vmro collected fol la ring a pill8in three different laboratories and the Love18 were bel- 0.1 milligrams por cubic rnctar. the threshold limlt.
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durm tho machining of rl kr it elo. J510. it was poastblo to control tho 8irborm duat and 8liainate sxposuro b y the u w of Wo ha we or pl s ted thm invomtigation of potential hazard. arising during tho application of "wrapol' poly un than ramin t o tha in tori or of air supply duct. in the c)(R Building. Umnufacturors do finitely do not recommend tho application of thia matorial by rprsylnq inrldo the ducts aa was originally propasod out in oight aroas of tho h bora to ty. 3evora1 typo. oftwo hoods and room van til ation systems warc involved. Wo are currently uki aq fo llar up a to chock chemic81 IUM hood8 that were previously Mioh efficiency fil t mr te8ting duct vark and qui pwn t h8. hen 8.sonblod and in rt all odin Building 177 for uoe by I - 5 . Tbia will onohlo U. to chock n- high effi ? i a ~ c yf i lter s that appoar to k visibly d8raqo.d and return to stock i t they aro tor& Durirq this period a two-hour fan i liar iz rti ~amrinar v up nun cod to Zh supervisors and onqinocrr relative t o thm of ft ci on cy air filter fn8tall ation. Fourtocn nun attended tha cmr.0.
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a nit- 8tmaophore until inwrtian i n the olectron nic rac opc. 2. A 91-0 box at D? v!eot ha. k o n adopted for tho pluto niu burntnq omri w nt. 3. W o arm continuinq our work wrth urnnh aorosolr and 8- arm at ly tosting tho etti ci on cy of srali (25 C?R) hiph m f - 1. Tho Laboratory t action hac made 8 lyu symtea for emt8bUshing knam concentrations of vopors 8nd thia oyston can -- ku ud for tho e ali br8tion of ranplinq eva i pwn t, and pluuhfng tor tho Kiwl-Tarr event by both the tabor8tory and During thim period a total of 77 llcn vore fat ted4th d O V i C 0 8 WeZe pr0VirlOd for a nulrber of jobs involving Llntverobty and Spoctal protactive respiratory W.-Mly 20 oral idun it r havo ken convortod to US. Aamnia maoks viL1 kc mounted on tho w a l l out- *a have Lnvoatiqatod tha poosiblo us- of Freon TI 1.1 tho th8t tbim dogce8sor 18 not auitablo for use w i t h Proon TI. hdZLi.8 J drgromsing tank. 8Ce available for uco with this material.
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be 8ukStt.d to D-5 For final odi tir g and publLc8tbn. 0.- prduothn .nd tho uoo of broaobenieno. None of t h o u wore WI cbodmd tho row holdinq t8nk n t W-Sit. for hydrogan mulfido .Dd won content print to ontry for cleaning by zt8 prior to di8po.81. They ware all found t o bo free of choeierl During thir poriod ve inspected a total of 102 vehicl.8 1. Aira.r pka coll oct ed or fi old to ~ t amado for: Water snnplor coll ~ ctod 24 Tri chlo row o tic Acid
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no ry ll iur, wipe 10 a. The ebbremation site at Whit. Rock wa8 moved t o a NU locatlorr on the pro port yao sign d to the liroD ~ pmt tw nt. Arrmngewnts we- mod. with th8llrc Departabmnt to coopermte i n record koop,inq of tcm per ~ turo sand pra c ip it nt ion. b. Work has con tr nu ed on the - e duct ion of local 8. Are vi oed estim8te of the har8rdr8as a cia ted with tho -run Ot Kiwi 8-4E vas submitted to J-Division. b. Estimates of closo - i n exposure* due to cloud pammage o f the Xiwi TNT test vocc prepared forJ - Division for ev m hot ian of protection re quit an ants of chc camera bunkers. Utility Services w88 reviewed. and itvac found that praviouai;* qrumtiomed material h d been cc vi red. 1. Mona of the cornunity q-na monitors ha6 readings which cxaeded an on d ly expected bsckground. A11 of the unit. which caatinuea to a x po ~ mnc sL fna difficulties.
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0 1. Duo todi ~ fi o ul tio rwith tho :hemoluninaDcrnt yot t o bo ro8d and -.rod with tho film badgo data. 4 . Th. continuo ur tap a a lr monitor VIS rrr to rod to operbtion during th ie pu rio d. It indicated only baekqround .IllbllntS of activity duc ing this psriorr. the month of Auqust follms: 6 . Nineteen samples of sFring water vere received from tho tl. S. cieo:r.qical survey Lor analysiq. Theso rprings are i n White Rock Canyon from Otwi Bridge tc Co chit L. during tha month. Traces oL pluto n iur(1.5 d/m/l) and uranium The raw holding tank hoppers and the two € loc cul at or
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woe. onl8rv~1.dt o improve vent il at loa snb to yr9vtdcr helter JC CE UC & TA-SO. Cent ral Treatmont flar volumes woze very high ard it urns necessary to - tat * the plant fira short period on a vrekend to prevent overflow to the canyon. Ci reu latin q chr ii rd waters ys to ~blavdavn a t S-0 Yui ldi iq as eventually locitecl a s the principal sourre of the oxcoss flou. ~ arurc swore taken to :Iischarpc the bl cuda m directly to the canyon. Ynnte alpha activity wns higher than thn: of the provious poriod, but affluent quality warn very satisfactory. tlo. re circulation was requiratl. 8nd 7,800gallons from Tea Site were treated by LO') oxcihanpc add it ionto chemi ca L pr qc ip it ation. Sixteen liters of color rest bur containing 160 Y135 and 12 liters of mixed fission yrd.uct waste wr a added 188s poriod r8quired 4,700 pounds of 1-emnt, 600 pound. of line, 10 gallon. of S o * caustic solutaon and IS fifty - five gallon drums. Approximately 200 q all on - of tho chcomiz acid waste were also A magnetic €lo* meter was rnc ts llc d in tile liru t c Tho missing camponents ace expected won.
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Ih. qumntity of wssto rocrived ac build in p 3; was voluur of waste t to ate dint tw acnoricium tneility , w.8 tmlw avarmqa. Addition. to this operation rhich include ntor890 for 50% caumtie solution wilt be complatmd during the hat uemks of 5.ptrlrb.r. A 160 bnrrcl load of bulk cecnnt w 8 s dolivorod on S8pteclb.r 14 to replenish t h e silo supply. Three standard ral aar nd orr81. boinq rnployod t o warn Found doting the evening of hugust 26. Tho water mupply vas v8Lvv.d off for tho evunlng and a new section of main was in8t811.d the f oll wing morning. Building in mul ation is being covored with an additional lrymr ritb tho 8hminurn foil aid c ou:waca to decrease fire hazar8. Approxinatoly 7,000 gallons of wasto ~ - 2 r or en ivo d thi8 poiid. Wo wwate vas treatod a t Ten Sit. buO 7,800 qaLlons woc. pumpad to TA-50 for treatumnt. Radioactivity of samples collected this period in tha ~ 8 a orange a s was rc ported in past months.
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Anolytfcal rasul ta a hcn d ROrnbL op oration with the - produeion of amati mtrc tory ef flu on tat all tr or tun t plant. for phntu8m tho oola oxmption. Tim fluorido contont of final effluent at tho D? womt ? loot ic pipas have kon p1bc.d i n tha tvo doop plot8 which contain soil. proha 80 that water migration can be studied in relation tQ nuclear in 0ctob.t t o eoqletc the srrrea of three different a oil type.. Studios rill then be initiated on radio nuclide migration urbdor controlled u ate ring conditions. Tho third and hat larqe .oil rarple will bm c01l.octod Mirutmen U.S.O.S. vatar sbmples have been rocotvod and Tho first of a numbor of critical exporimant8 tod of i lu .ponrlas are mk in q leached t o check retention vf the Sr90 and this period and further experiments rill be mnducted under conditione of hiqhot drying tnmporaturos. wnruction with proposod soaking and Jrying nnd tunnel kiln oxp.rCmnts. H-5 it preparing 8ir samppl~ng equipment to k usad in