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Thm talk. -re pivrn a t safetv meetinus. They inc\udedr H-5 arranged 8 training prnqtarn f ~ rsupplied s i t equipment Cn8 - Wuwda 1000 curie source i n .theckinq the new hot erLh in Wing 9, 0111 BuildInq. This c ~ ratio nwas covered by H-1 Jowph Brovn 02VWHS ha8 been assiqnad to the Group fora i n the Physics Buildtnq and is now working in the reactor areas. He has spent one wak with the health ph ys i - ist on the 544 f i l m packat. Our results show r~oooagreement betwet-n the two CAlibrations. A rember *f Y-1 spent two days at consultinu with WfCO nn proctssina of the 544 c i ln packet which *diI 1 be used by H-8 far fallout studies. Drlwinqs of the MAD 8uiIdinq hot cell add it ims vero rcrv!cvc?d and racmumnded ch8nscs Dransmittd to Enganecrina. operating areas. rhcse sraticns Tqntain ~ a \ df - il, oold fnii encased
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killed in a one-ear accident a t th. Uavada Tent Sits. A detailed C. Th.rm umro n o Laboratory timrduring this report porrod. 0 . notor Veh i c 1 Acpi3LprB Jan. 1 t e Sent. 1.1 XEB Rate (Weidenti pot LOCI, 000 M i les) 1.5 1.4 Accident C m t per 190,000 Miles $80.00 ew.01) occurred durinq baekinq, one wrtirred or. a qravcl road fvehjcle everturned), the fourth vehicle h i ? apost... ,*Sa-' Seat Bel+r, t o Hail and Rccordn. 3 . Safety articles were prepared far 1 / 2 5 . 011, 9/11 and 9/15 iSS\HS of the Bulletin. asked to ampharite fire pr-ection durinq chis period.
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A detat!ed an81ymi8 was made of et l ventilation air n pu in rn ta in Wlng4 of cum Building. OU- and W - Divi do ru ba justification for the installation of a Six mta of ventilation plana were approvad and 8ever.l -Thirty-tuc p@CSOItB were tested for face f i t for half marks 8nd full face respirators in the teat chamber during thia a t v8rioum mites am requrstaa. Thim included equipment for Zia paintarm working inthe high school. 1. The IDV file on plutoniun 8MLym88 of paat years isnw complete. ALl coding, punching, and checking h8r ken finist ad. their f8llout study in Uevada. This wark involves radiochemic81 analyse. and invert iq ation r of individual fallout particles. Croup particles. Equipwent for this study has been shipped to the test sits. 3. Hydrazine diborohvZ:idc and nitro gur nid inc have been tested for evaluatd.on of potential health hazards in their use. 4. Work on the determination of thorium i acr x in \ iinq. The electrode position method 38 cpplied t o urine: i s Still not completely sac is factory I in- uran ium apparently intar €ere 8.E lect:rodepos iti on of thorium, plutonicm, armricium and uranium materials f zt,ci ammonium ox a late solution has been found t o be essentially quantitative. 5 . Work ha8 been initiated on the evaluation of respiratory c quip mn tat Low temperatures. 'Ihc environmental test chamber a t TA-9 is being used for this work a t tcmpersturer from -2O.F t o + 2SgF. The chamber W.8 avail r ble for only afew day8 durinq this period but
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will k wad *.in for further study wk.n i t ba-8 available in 6. -tal naw 2-sta9e a i r samplers warm asreable6 and Loamd to Carl *ran o f the Now mxico mblic H.alth cwpartnvnt for srqL eolkuth during 8 atudy In ursniw IJlb. 7hmU ruphs (oil of an ire) which is being wed by Group Om-9. ken found to be relatively nontaxic. n.e toxicity of brycid which LS a &mcalcr for cleaning pipes I t was found t o conmimt primarily of sui fr ri cwas a ho in w st f qat cd. uwt. wing chi. m ~ teri al. of matari8L deposited i n the duet innudiatrly high per cent of perchlorates. 8 hood in Roor 136 Waterless skin cleaners have Leeti tested accordinq to the USTHS test procedures. Forms have Seen mde up tor the evaluation of there m8tcriaI.s uhtn they a r e routinely uaed. A t the request o f the Zia Safety Engineer, a8aiatancc Warn given in identify in q combustible 9as detected i n the utility tunnels under thr community center. Thxs uas found to be natural 9.8 and a blower w88 pzovided to ventilate the duct while a leaking valve vam Two t a l k s on solvents uerc qrverr by mombers of tho Group ar r8fety maecings held by Groups W - 3 and the canbimd groups of N-DLvimion. One member of the Croup gave atalk on i eo pira tory protective devices atJ ;neetang of the Pacific Northwest Scct:on of
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Gtorr bot. activity Uranium (flu or iut ric) Beryllium in air h ry lli um in discarC8d f luoresccnt Reryllium on nripea Plutoniwn in feces
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to k worn by a small wmhr (100) of Laboratory empbyees. his will, parhap., 8h# up any uea k nes us in our *sign. b. Subst it ut in q the follauinq metal foils for the powder rrt8llcrpy fitters in the fram type haw: ordrr m y from the film wy founa the rerpon8e of Du POnt 555 to be th. re8gonw by reducing urn of the foil thick ns8es. 20 mil Cu, 10 mil no. c . The attempt to obtain rate oarth oxid. foils by imbedding the oxide in a plastic matrix failed because o f nonuniformity in the distribution of the oxide i n the plastic. d. Latent image fading studies on Du eont SO8 and 555 of th. films from the ref rigor at or till the canrpletion o f the expowre and de veh pu ant some 1-1/2 hours later, reenwd t o make only a very sm811 dit fermnce in the cr lib ration curves obtamed . 0.2 l y working day cr Lib ration exposures were made from Sept. t o 13. After the time they were developad. The Du Pent 500 films lost only 3% of their latent imge i n the L2-day period. The Du POnt 555 films lost 5% th of ir at2 days, another 5% in the next4 days, and st211 amt her 5% in the next s i x day..
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Typa 11 f i l n vu mouured in th. lead fram badgo. In tha range of SO t o 1250 Ih tho Ilford film n rp on wu am from 0.5 t o 1.0 and the Last yn film mrponre v.8 froin 0.6 t o 1.2. b. hro different types o f b8dq. closures wre developed. One use. a mll captive screw, while tho other uses a mrap fastener. both vi11 be tried in the first pr lot b8dg.s. in8te.d ot the typmwritten h 8 d strip and indoed a l8gible impriat only twia th. exposure nreessary t o give a good coded 2-nunbsr on the 09 Pont SSS (a an a it ive film). tiow*ver. t o get 8s h4B.V an in print sensitive film, it was posaible t o Lnereaao th. ratio t o 12. Thim will 81nble t h e imprint t o be rr8d on the P.G.P. when 200 r i; rdded. in the .am packet. Uoather Burm8u 8nd varioum news media i n Albuquerque. 8. Work continues on the LOC.1 climatological study. The prerrure portion of the stud'! has been cmpleccd. The rer at ive humidity 8tudy is about 5 0 % complete. b. Work continues on diffusion studies for rhc Ilovcr program.
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the study of lee81 ta.l).?8ture inverrfons a t the Ul8TyI site. envirenmul rtubiea section of H-6 to rurimize the uw tuI ness to -a. b m to tha in cn and interest in the -ather a t Loo Aluos, the obae ~ atio nfim has been witched t o 1600 MST and it io available to neuopapars and television st8tionm. burning tuballoy and Fomr & d to kan Moyrr i n L-1. a. None of the alpha particulate air samplers during the .,- 14 month g8ve values in excess of 0.4 x 10 uc/ec. b. The continuously recording g m m fat4 meters showed only a f e w short time riser due :o O m 9 8 Stack g8ses. An: increase i n background due ta Russian weapon test fallout is not noticeable. a i r s8mple and pot sru~plcon a working day basis. gradual s iq ni fico i it rLse in bet8 activity ia both samples start in9 approxiahtcly Sept. 11. r(.xinun valwr of groso beta act rv r ty counted 7 days after collection dre:
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in tha environmt.1 prograw; wmr eanpleted. Uhon 8ubj8Ct.d to low Jon rata, (of tha ordar of 2mr par day) rmmultr indicatm the large wertirn operation. Extramaly high. short pariod flaws from tha cp(R Uborrtory and CUB. S caurad overflow a t our SX-700 tanka. Th8 faed line t o tha TA-45 p l a n t was not capable of carrying the c dined flow. Monitors were requested t o check and roped off part
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th gravity filters were out of operation for three m km. # Thare is no remaininq aaricium raffimte backlog. Hmver, md it ie ation of CHbll proce88inq equipment has bean cocrphted and full production is under way. Thirteen liter a of a bromo-kruene solution containing SO rg of was poured into the tile field weir box and 81lowrd building inrulrt ion carp let ed Sapt . L4. Raw waste flow conti nws to be exceptionally law. NO plan to pet8tion has bean required during he period. in W i n g 9 of the CMR Laboratory is nearrnq completion. Xnspectiofi of the in at all ation st,&ed that removal of pH electrode ar8emblieL and arrange for necessary modjfications. Water level prok-a intended to control over f km from the TA-JS gravity filters were in rt all ed early in the period. They haw operatad very satisfactorily. been di8continued temporarily heaura moisture probes and scale rs have been sent to the MGS laboratory i n Denver.
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--rat* mh rie e for ali wamte treat unt pkntr eot t h priol; mi- initial qmratier i;;r king proparod. We hope that tbr. ncordm will elirinate 1 gnat deal of ffles warchlng in t b future. r8dium by clinoptilolito have levrled 025 a t about 90% after the p8aug. of 82,000 colum volumes. Th. column will be continued t o dttemine whother 8 breakthrough can be obmmrvcrd. C-S- Both ethyl alcohor and 80diUn acetate enhance TWT dogr8dation. 0th.t incemudiatea of g luc on nvtrbolism aro boing tootod for their effect on degr8dation: aoam of the more It fa felt that enouqh inforvtion i o available to litv St- 'fho uj or portion of the from the uoprge pitat DP West. Soar 900 analyses were carried out i n the p8at poriod and data pr8par.d for tho Second AEC Working 4 . c . fa Un ting on Ground DSSpoSbA of Radioactive W88t.mkin9 held this week at Chalk Rivlr, Canad.. Theme analyser included cemplete cnemrcul foot depth8 plua moisture d a t 8 collected by H-7 and t h e USGS. Thia mn ting, at which our frrrdings will be discussad, has 58qwnted no form81 papers for present8tion. Howwver, slides have been preparod showing variour anaLytica1 relation a hips and constructioa and samplfnq techniques.
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bating el u ant. -re ianmntotied and re-0td.r.d. Do rug rm to the Criteri8 for a Rot Cell facility at TA-50 wera drawn up by Unicnc8i~,v b i t m d th Urorrp on Aag. 23 to direrum -tu81 -8te dimpawl pro b hu. '.p erimn%sin connection with the travel of plutor.ium through tuft. -V8QS Office t o met with members of the Ground w8t.r Branch and w i t 3 Everett Hathaws, ALOO, to dlrcusr results and raw data on the mOYem8nt of Pu through LOS Alamoq tuff.