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counter, tt fi raion foil counter, an& tho noutron monitoring inotruMnt.In addition, non-staff mombars were occupiad in calibrating oimultaneou8ly with a qaamr oxpoaure i r under conaideration. the 8ct iv it y in platinim wai determinad according t o procedure8 t o b. equal t o or better thbn thome 8upgomted by XYD. One crymtal ha@ received a total expoaura of 400 rad and Tho problem of nmarurinq a mutton oxpomura which occur. Except tor alpha car nt mg, LASL tochniquos appear Damaging 8nd aginq etudiaa woro continued on Lithium iodfdo I?lno mot. rmdiatronm aro another a total ~ Xp Or Ur Oof 1400 rad. pl8nMd to bring tho t o t a l rxporurer to 1000 and 2000 rad. 0.41 ran pe not tr ting radiation or2.45 corn bot. plum p o ~ t rating radiation i n any month of the yoar. Of monthly, qur rt orly, and annual expoaurom. An IBU 1401 proTrani wmr vr it ton for li r ting all parson8 oxmeding This will provide bot tor control
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of 10 tad par quarter and 30 rad per yarr t o the skin of the whole both nun wear safety glaasor in the couraa of their work and their exposures wan almost anti rely bat.. The ABC, LAAO, was informed by This standsrd was applied tothe exporura zoctived bacauaa An amployma of W - 3 received a tritium exposure of about 600 mr whila handling tritium-contaminated equipment. On 12/27/63 the old matrix cover from t h e QWR was removed frvm tho Olrwga Site and takan tothe contrmlnrtsd waste disposal araa. a at rir was 8his l dad by a drum filled with water. Unshieldrd, the matrix romd 2 rhm. but radiation was reduced t o 850 mrhm by tha waterfill ad drum. On 1/3/64 a cyclotron roll back was parforaua. Maximum contact of tha doe wall, although body dome rates did not excocd'850 mt/hr. A muti mum of 60 m r penetrating radi rti on WI8 detected by film badge, tho balance of the dose (approximat8ly 600 mrad) being due to beta. Safaty glm8ws worm worn. due t o mor. dm tia w prior to dr mantling, Lavels of radiation ware rmd 20 ar/hr, t h e clothing of the p a w n who removed the rampla read 15 ar/hr, the roof read 50 mrhr and the in ride of the building read A second rollback was done on 1/13/64, but, On 12/23/63 Ouga Site became contaminatad when a samplo reading
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On 1/10/64 i n SM-66 depleted ami - remidue which had Scan remulting i n an air test of 201 d/m-m3 and floor :ontmlnation o f p.riona1 conturination remulted fran tho fire Permonrul i n tho area vore remprratots, and no excomalve On 1/20/64 a member of p-2 removed a !Io166 source from the thonnal COl urn n of tha OW. and within the port 8pro.d contamlnattan i q the reactor room. 1 2tttmhr of nirabling Tnjuriem On Octo kr 16, 1963,-, SP-2, received a dim bling injury when he mprained rnusclom i n him tight side while lifting heavy wooden bolos. Octokr 18 fat a lomt time of 10 jays. There ware no Laboratory ftrea during thim report period. T b r e Y.8 me motor vehicie acczdcnt i?rvolvir.g Laboratory drivers during Decrmbor. driol.rlem8 into at roe. r)ri8 occurred when c vehicle rolled
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4000 foot ahaft which will have drift8 or tunnel.. 2. m a l t h urd Safety Leevsletter Bo. 63-6 on 'LML wirt Tort Pxo~.dure8~wan publimhed doring thir rc port period. 4. ?ollovlng a munmy of tenmm i n boa AhIW8 County, conducted by the Znpinearinp Departnent, the Safety Group and Group SI-1 have determinod which fmnCe8 c t GUX facilities will bo maintained or & Ev wtf on urd Control work ?orty-tour air mmplem and four mdp.ample8 were collectod i n tho kryl liu shop during thim pmtod. Air m.aplem urd nrip.m control. ?our wip. ~ulplcst r b n following tho heating and forving of a mall beryl liu u mota1 piece ina vacuum bell jar ir, Group Qlb-7 collected in Group P-4 where beryllium f o i l work is dona indicated an fn rig n if i cant uaount of beryllium contamination. During t h i 8 pmriod 14 a i r manplam and 1 5 surface .ripe mmmplom uero t a b n during A mpecial operation which involved machining a kryl lf uut a1 piece that was too large tok procorced in the kryllirn mhop. The machining warn don0 i n Shop 13 where it w88 pamriblm to rope off an arm. t o prevent thc rprmad of potential kylliur 'coaturination and provide a portablo local exhaust unit oquippod w i t h high efficiency filter. In addition. the operator
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umro a ro8pirator during tha machining of the - tal. Air ample8 0.3 t o 0 . 5 ricrogrum beryllium p.r cubic mter. machining, thm floor and the ar0.8 8urrounding the machino and tho lath. bod -re covered tor in in iroc on tr rina tian. Piftoon swipe 8-pl.8 tdmn after the work was conploted 8hoved a low level of 8urfacu contamination. The maximum amount found i n swiping the f l o o r of tho lathe w a 8 2.6 microgr.mr of beryllium per square foot. Th operation was conducted without m y health hazard t o the operator o r othor pmr80nnel working i n the shop. Eleven trichloroethylene samples were collected i n oroup C U B 4 during the cleaning of oralloy mtal by spraying the r olt n nt onto the mheat adjacent to slot exhaust unit.. The concont ration during the rpraying in the firmt set-up indicatod a maxiutil i zo the rlot exhauut ventilation.air cancentrrtiona ranged from into adjacont areas. Tha w r k n -re protocted by reapiratorm and the colloct kn une air oanplea In the breathing zona of the OpotatorS during chmical operatioru performa3 unbr the spacial combination 8officiont data t o reconnond that tb haodm be improved o r replacod by rturdard chemical f w hoods. Pout 8.lrpl.8 collected in the breathing ZdnQ v t h 7 l alcohol 8nb haw8 iras .alder omration.. A portable
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cle8nfrhg of cabiueta i n Group P-11. tip. Oralloy uchin hood8 i n Cm-6 md found that the 8ir flow is o f rll high officloncy filter. with the pertable DOP tert -it by conferring with rap row nt atf ver from the varfour Bngineering DivFmio . groupr, QB-11, and oth.r8. We w i l l chack high efficiency filter8 in 50% of thmir ti- for QM year t o cover and chock tho on tire project. l i - 8 indicated a high concentration of fi88ion product.. in8t8lkd thereby ;wrmlttinq Ledcage around the filter. During thia pnriad, tho 59-3 rer pir r torm fe ty catalog rect ion w.8 rowrstten and up-dated t o include all of th new devico8 now inme. ?out r n -re t it tod for rcmpiratora and several othmm wore trained i n tho v n of the Scott Air Palm. A t th. roqrwst of K-4, noiao level me as urm nt8 wro made dtuirrg th. to8ting of agar - baring blornt t o be in8tall.d on the efactlity. Protective ear muff. worm i88U.d far t h i 8 temporary k8t. D\w to ox ee8r in no in remulting fran the filling of transportation ttoCk8 with liquid hydroqen, parBonnel from CIO-9 ware lraued protective O U Ruff,. Woiw level marurenwnt8 will bo made i n the near fUtUtt?.
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Tho n o i u problom proviously raportod from th hydrogen comprassor8 no longar aximtm ainca th. Laboratory is n w buying hydrogon in liquid form. hydrocarbon. by miliea +I is canplat.. in corpora k dina paper for prerontatfon and publication. 8iu @valuationof ururirmr nine dust i 8 undomay. in it i abd in lato nuch. Of 8eVet.l charcoal impragaatod filters against radfoiodino at v.tfou8 fil to tin p vmlocitimr. 4. Remuch and Domlopmont prog rm assignments haw boon row uch and/or dovmloprrwnt will bo raported monthly by cannrnt with writ ton roport ovory throo month. 1. m k on th.p road ul r for tho 8dsorption of aromatic 2. PmpU8tiOll md modification of oquiprwnt for tho put i cle 3. W. aro continuing our mtudy t o datormine tho officioncy The ros ul tr of tho Tho prop oud J-8 Laser in rt all ation was approwd far inrtallation oft tho camp nay road with the receiving mtation a t that tho anorgy d e n s i t y probueod by thim Lasot Vi11 bo within 8.f.
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3. mta-g- act i viti emin air urd precipitation for the water sanples wbre t J u n from the Temt Wmllm. Drinking wakr and circulating wat arat DP Umst inre mal yu d for plutonium. circulating ator mymtmnr with himtOrie8 of can tmi nation a11 mhmd Nineteen 8mP1.8 of arrrtaca watar, t m m t -11 water, and #on0 warn dbtected i n the drinking Water. Tho activity. Trace8 of pluto niu and gromm kta activity -re found i n WU t irU valp. found was 31 p9/l i n LA-6 supply -11 water. ?law veluwm and alpha activity of tho waste wmre normal f8c ili ty -8 op8rat.d only afew howr per wek while the tludg. filt ration e0ntin-d a t four days prwek .3 & w S a l truckloads of uncontaminated equipment and furniture
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n n t t o rmivereity Salvag. and one load of contaminated materials oat property n-rr wu w nt to th. hot dump. f t is planned t o keep only matticient equipment urd material8 t o operate tha treatment Tha quantity of uaete received thi8pri od wu slightly below than that of the previou8 period. Uo w&rte8 were pumped up from Ten A rtudy warn -de a t each of th. outlying neutralization 8tatiOnS t o determine neC088Uy changar to acm date the U8e of be available for the purpose o f delivering SOX cauatic from the TA-50 by in m tal in q an rxhaumt fur in each boiler .tack. of riamd iismion pr doc ts waste, and 1 5 literr of a uranium waah solution weto 8dded to the in fluent flow a t the plant this period. It seem8 thata ton and a half flat bed truck WillL Ten liter8 of calor residue containing 100 m g U235, LO 1Lters been decided t o improve building heating conditions I fnfluont wamte volumr *re can8ider8bly higher than they had ken for .@vera1 month.. Activity of the waste wa8 averaqe and effluent Sludge re circulation in the treatment ptoce88 has ken practiced for over 8wnth and indications u e that a higher treatment eff ici an cy mr ici w wa8te Weahrant continwd at a relatively high rate. Xaaeh te8to of the fnmtaalmtion of the comnt silo wan k qu n this -xi& anel plans tor
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B u t Road Efflmnt 0.01 to 0 . 5 5 0.0 to 2 . 7
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