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Y12.1101
INTRODUCTION
Overview
The purpose of this guide is to describe each of the series of records
identified in the documents of the Y-12 Mercury Task Force Files that pertain to
the use of mercury in the separation and enrichment of lithium isotopes at the
Department of Energy's (DOE) Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. History
Associates Incorporated (HAI) prepared this guide as part of DOE's Epidemiologic
Records Inventory Project, which seeks to verify and conduct inventories of
epidemiologic and health-related records at various DOE and DOE contractor
sites.

This introduction briefly describes the Epidemiologic Records Inventory Project
and HAI's role in the project. Specific attention will be given to the history
of the DOE-Oak Ridge Reservation, the development of the Y-12 Plant, and the use
of mercury in the production of nuclear weapons during the 1950s and early
1960s. This introduction provides background information on the Y-12 Mercury
Task Force Files, an assembly of documents resulting from the 1983 investigation
of the Mercury Task Force into the effects of mercury toxicity upon workplace
hygiene and worker health, the unaccountable loss of mercury, and the impact of
those losses upon the environment. This introduction also explains the
methodology used in the selection and inventory of these record series. Other
topics include the methodology used to produce this guide, the arrangement of
the detailed record series descriptions, and information concerning access to
the collection.



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