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SRP radiation reports and miscellaneous letters, 1956-1960

 File — Box: 6, Folder: 12
Accession: 1957Identifier: 1957-II.-C.

Dates

  • Creation: 1956-1960

Scope and Contents

Subjects include reporting to employees of individual levels of radiation exposure; AEC standards for protection against radiation and changes to same; possible contamination of timber and crops on land adjoining the SRP site; radiation exposure advice to be given to AEC and contractor employees (including a draft of a paper on the subject); information on training programs relating to radiation exposure; and the death of an employee at Los Alamos in 1958 due to excessive radiation exposure. Enclosed are a staff report of the Federal Radiation Council, "Background Material for the Development of Radiation Protection Standards" (1960); a draft of a chapter called "Radiation Exposure Reports" from an AEC General Administration Manual, Health and Safety section; and a report for the AEC for the year 1959 called "The Effect of the Savannah River Plant on Environmental Radioactivity".

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Extent

From the Collection: 80 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

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