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ken dintribatcd undar separate ewer rl8tlrd September 4 . 1962. Number of Disabling Injuries 7 16 dimabling injury whon throe dural plat.. (114" x 36" x 36-1, that wore atanding on edge on a milling m chin e fell 8gain8t his left arm cau ~ i n qa deep lacoration. Lost time vas8 days. There were no Laboratory firea during thin report period. Nurrkr of Accidents 9 20 There vas OM Gwetnnunt vohicle accident involvinq a Laboratory driver during July. backed intoa parkod vehicle. This occurred when a driver
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Air mlina Studi h s Air8r liq at udi erm re mDde on beryllium in the Nachlnc Shop and at Cr wp #-2. swipe srrnples for surface contrmrnation concentr8tfona, either i n the r ~ ror J I the surface. were found on any of thpse invest iga tron r.Air arn-ple. were a150 collected tor toluene durinq mixing, loading and unloadinq c.f afc in t.ill ation solvent by Group P - 3 . Carbon tct rachioridc sr q ler vert col lect ad durinq rmdimtillation ina hood i n the Plant ics Section of Sigma Building. No excessive concantrat ions of either solvent wera found. Concentration8 o f airborne marcury vapor were rrrasured in S wer OL Location. a t Tk-46 and in t h e Cryogenics Building. These readinye wro u& follclinq cleanup work otter nrreury a pills, and 811 cancent ration r were klar permisrible levels. Eight .oil aarplss ware collected in the area of the f i r i n g pits u8ed by Gnx-8 a the nie Site. for barium and uranium, which art reriduea from te8t firing. Since it i s necersary for vorkmrn t o clean up tht area and rake the qround, producing vi rib le airborne du8t, thaw smn,oles ehould indicate whathar protective measure8 are necessary. Theua smmplcs will be analyzed .In dun trial hygiene survey8 of group fac ili tie a '*ere nude i n each of the Group ta a det s involved, m8kincr necc8srry recon n ndr tion8 for control cf any health h8tards noted during the 8UlW.V. lrollavinq the surveye, a mawrandurn has been f onard ad to
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ar0.8: a ml de ring hood i n Shop 4,a filtration unit at 'Pon Site, a furr hood i n OR Building, thc TD S i t e plat in^^ laboratory, tho :+ark was continued on the hood survey thcougMut the L8horotory. their statu8 are i n tho f2.1a. :here una at is foc tory hoods were found, nrnrorrnda hava been written to tho group loador rc com n ding improwA noiw survey via an octave band ural ya is waa carried out i n Roun 121 a t th8 Owga Site reactor. areas. No hazard to hosing is involved in this study, but tb Suqqmmtionr WCSC madm far LRvola of fallout in both air and milk rcmainad inmignifieant during this pti od. A total of 20 nmn wre f!.ttcd for respirators during t h i s.. period and 12 full faco m8k. and 9half makm were icl s wd. nu^ rnan -re train ad in tha use of omrgency equip n nt. 2. Tcchnica €or collection o€ rain Water and its maly8i8 for analysis of tissus ample a for plutonium. polonium have he nart is factor fly dovelopcd. work is now undctvay t o
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anal.yzcd for plo niu mtn thir: study. Thu first clata have ' e c n obtainci on the con?aricon of in wcw York, the University of Rochcstnr. and LI\sL. Thc Inclustrial Hygiene poup a t Barvucl University is also part'.cl?isting i n thi8 preparod 8nd aont to tho various participating laborotorica. Add it ional ianp!.co will lbc analyzc*l by these groups. and atand for the low ~ OVC La??ha spcctromtcr. I t is ant;.cLpatcd olztained duri : y thc coning month. 2. Studies ilye contirminq an thc conporati..*e applications of an individco!. pcroonal air sarpl?t as cmparcd with fi::cd oimpllng month to Jotonnine whothor tho projoct hrs h e n carried forward miffidonfly to warrant drawing rc li abl c conclusions. Tho data will 1x1 analyzed durinq t l r coming A scrios of Tradc 11- pcnctrating oils wrc chcchxl for toxic
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stipnrisd during c&aninq of tanks i n two area& of Sipa Doildinrj. wrc rrhocknd for toxic i.mtcr;.al contamination prior to I ? it pa al. tovhwing intornation obto; nod rtvrinq Oparation Wchot I'notholc. Gray -.ai' h . ~h e n cozpletod ana the correct c.xpoiurco arc hinq b. Calibration of tha 555 film in the net$ badgc t0.a rinuloted Pu sowcc i s in p%grcos. c. Calibration of the UTA and ?inc Grain Po8itivc f i I m i n tio now film badgo to :C and gamana cays io An pro,res3. inntallcd i n our clonoitomctcr and its ranqc i s ncv ovcr dcnoity 6 . of tho now badge was maaurcd to X-rays tron 0 to 43 kcv. The rcsponcn varied Cron 0 . 3 a t U k c v to 16 a:. 43 !xv: tl:c rcopansc curve ohowcd disco nt inuit icc at the bromirz k-cdgc (13.5 kcv) and at the silver k-cdgo (25.5 kav). of the new baclqc to tho beta rays from tuballoy wa3 masurcd. l t
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the rerponmr o f th. film under thr filtered area of tho badqe t o Cob' rdi ation is taken am 1, th. romponme to tub alloy radiation i n the MI filter uea i8 0.3. d. Th. terporue of the DuPont 555 film i n t h o new badge warn ca1ibrat.d to pl uta niu radiation. =re etxpomed fn contact vith the wurce. 0.9 and 4.0 *re obtainod under the filter urd no filter uca8, ret Ipc tive ly. Tin murface dore warn nmamured e. A8 put of tho timaion foil urd thromhdd deu ct in q mymten for neutronm, counting aquipnbtnt for w rly uood by H-4 t o w%ll provide an emtimate of tho nautr.:nm ammociatad with a crit i - cality accident ftan foil8 8lrerdy planted throughout t b 1.boratoFy. Are calibration of tho equip rent will k neteded'bofore it will be 8dequatt for exporinrntml or madtoring #rk. Equipncnt for counting flmsion foil. i m on lout co J-12 butim expactad t o ba returned .to a. Work cantinuem on the local c lima to logical atudy. b. A mtudy to r n a ~ u r ainvtrmionm in the local canyonm on b. Supple mn tal wind data ram forwardod t o K-Dfvi6ion for t h Zlhtrex hazard report.
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i ~.nt.l(UX mapling r o ~ u ~ t a-0 roportod by t h calondu gave v alum in ox aar of 4x10 - l ~rc/cc. v.1-8 found i n Jun. Rw activity in precipitation ha8 incroawd from the valwm found in Jurw. hilo act i viti.8 found we- canaidorably above thow for rrotl*i wide roporud vrrporrr tart activitier. continuow tap, air put i cula town it orl np inmtrmntm mtaw ~ l . b. Drinkinp water and chill od cooling w8t.r from Cn Chillod Cooling Wakr B.D. mat Drinking Water B.D. (down by a factor of 9 from lut montk.)
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25 ~9A/1). Grorr beta activity wa5 mamawhat high for Turkey Creek Threa murface w 8 t e r 8pring source8 wmre rciuspled and armoyod for pluto nim, two having had pomitfve valuoa during July, the third being lomt. Re nul tm of dl tho. were no pluto nim upon rout irk cxcopt for arc qu fr cr nt to hep the bl ding tanks a t Bldg. SM-700 empty for scvcral d8ym i n order to permit L.iCI to canplote hat al lotion of o suction line for tha pumpm directing flow to t". new plant in TA-50. Soms over tins operation a t TI\-45 warn necesruy. Sixty gallona of chronic acid warto Wrc re cci wd on Augur+ 14. 1362. Tha waste will be txeatod with sulfur dioxide prim to normal ttGatnmnt and dimchorgc. ?ow liters of 8ulf uric acid containing 5 grana of U 235 remaining occupied areas i n TA-1 continues to Iw low. Effluent quality has kon notimfoctory throughout C I ~*rid reported lad no recirculation ham been required. ind 8 litorm of 13m wcrc rcccived and retainad for batch treatnmnt Experimental, work with cetton plug filters hab indicated Progr.88 on work ordarm for equipnant installation and vuiablm but relatively low turbiditioa i n tho sand filter effluontr. modification has h e n vary rlow.
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c. TIL-35. h n Sit*. spont rogonrurt from on eu liar run was tra a tod.Sup or nrt mt liquid -8 diachugod to tho flo c cul at or and the alwfqe to holding tanka. Roaulta of tre a tmnt wero very good. volum and containod practically all of tlw radiortrontium remwod from tlm ion exchange colrrmn. by re gem ration. at or apr volw of tho tank fann i a available for mca ip t urd ator.* ginoora report ad plant conatsuction tu bm 93% couploto as of Wgu8t 17, 1962, although conridmrrble amount of 'pldaFng i a inca ~ plete. Ma hog. to rt atta plant ah.k.doun run i n soptombor. ro prawn ta tho lart major co nrt ruc tion itor i n tha Lux portion of th TA-50 projoct. ThiB in at all ation ahould k complated within a A vory high porcantagm of tho total mat. h ahipumnt of .bout 290 poundr of a modified typo of sponge wra racmivmd from Coma and two soak and dry rum, winq the MW aponwa and un8pikrd altm ~ i n ~ mn it rate aolution mro completed, The new rpongea &.orb rel8ti vol y lug. amount. of th ok at rolution and apparently vitr if yat relatively luw kiln texnporaturea. Datenninrtioam of tho efficiency of containment of radioactivity mrt, of courw, avait the urn8 of spiked solutiona. a0 -r at or v act i on putten ye us of the U.S.G.S. omnpling progrnm have been canpilad
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and rtamaritod. som 2.000 water aamplcr obtained from 100 different pinta hwa hen 8n8lyzed chemically and radio logically. at pta rant, there i 8 no evidence of an increaaing concentration of ti thor typo conmtitrunt atmy .-ling point. Tho roi lamp ling progrm ha8 includcd Acid, Pueblo, and mrt and ul Curyon8. Activities have rcmained within the :#rea of di8Ch8rg8 with 110- migration both hori w n tally and vertically. Uhaxphinablo variationm in data obtained from aerial sampling of the o u m Loc8tion indica- tlr need of a crltical rovicw of 2. brmic swnm studirr. A new 8pongo mi::tura, 1 2 3 4 8 , wan roc el wd from Cooro and has bcn cvaluatod. mota uptsko is good, havowr the aponges do not fire s a tim factor i ly. Thoro is kration. Aa a result, the center of th .hap. bubble8 and the sphere crack. and mpalla. Coots will invomtigata change8 i r ? the 8ponge mlxturo i n order t o solve this problem. drying o quipe nt so that it CM bc nrovbd to TA-50 with improved Eff oct of pco 4~ on Ion E- Removal of srw, Turco 4513 ha8 been 8dded to Ten S i t e w88te8 i n Concentrations of 0 , 5 0 , and 2 0 0 ppa. mer 1,000 eoiumn w l r w a of the roapective vantern have b n parmad through Malcitt HCR rtmin columns. There warn no apparent effect of the deter p nt on sr90 renrovalm. hence Turco 4513 may ba wad a t Ten Site a8 a decontuain8tinq aqent. Sngineering ha. boon re q ws ted to redeeign tho soaking urd