Listed below are the data search and capture efforts for Department of Energy (DOE) sites that occurred during 2007. When available, we have included the sites for which information was recovered. The most recent efforts are at the top of the list:
- Mound Museum
Miamisburg, OH
December 2007
Various volumes of information were reviewed and eleven documents were retrieved. Chemistry and physics progress reports were retrieved for the following dates: October-December 1966, April-June 1967, January-March 1968, July 1968-December 1969, October-December 1970, and January-June, 1975.
This effort recovered information on the following DOE site:
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- Area IV of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory
Chatsworth, CA
December 2007
Survey results, including neutron surveys, air monitoring results, procedures, and bioassay results were retrieved for this facility. Approximately 135 documents were retrieved.
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- Mound Plant
Miamisburg, OH
December 2007
During this data capture effort, 35 documents were retrieved. A deposition and affidavit; urinalysis cards from 1984, 1983, 1981, 1973, 1972, 1971, and 1969; bioassay analytical data sheets from 1962 and 1963; and annual urinalysis summaries from 1974, 1970, 1969, 1968, 1967, 1964, 1959, and 1956 were retrieved.
This effort recovered information on the following DOE site:
Feed Materials Production Center (Fernald) |
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- Hanford
Richland, WA
December 2007
Twenty-six boxes of information were reviewed and 105 documents pertaining to the Hanford facility were retrieved during this data capture effort. Neutron radiation survey sheets from the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s; special work permits from the 1960s; and radiation survey cards from 1957-1959 were retrieved.
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- Ohio Department of Health
Columbus, OH
November 2007
Various databases and documents were reviewed during this data capture effort. Sixty-five documents were retrieved. The following information was retrieved: Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) license renewals from the 1950's; documentation of the possession of UNat, uranium rods, uranium contaminated magnesium fluoride, thorium oxide, thorium nitrate, and silver-110, site ownership and corporate histories; the 1979 Formerly Utilized Site Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP) survey final report; the 1998 site remediation plan; the 2001 final remediation report; descriptions of 1950' s experimental work at Evendale and Idaho National Engineering Laboratory; National Regulatory (NRC) licenses and Ohio Department of Health source registrations from the residual radiation period; the 1988 Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU) survey of Building D; and the current Ohio radioactive materials license with site contact information.
This effort recovered information on the following DOE site:
General Electric (Evendale) |
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- Office of Science & Technical Information (OSTI)
Oak Ridge, TN
October 2007
Various OSTI databases were reviewed. 140 documents were retrieved relating to work with thorium, plutonium, and uranium handling; criticality safety in spent fuel storage; fuel reprocessing and moderator products; thorium irradiation in the ConEd thorium reactor; uranium scrap recovery; e-mad space reactor design; criticality experiments; experiments with and shielding of space reactors; inventories of electromagnetically enriched isotopes; and Chapman Valve Co. valves used at Y-12, including problems with the valves and contamination of the Alpha-2 Calutron in which they were used.
This effort recovered information on the following DOE sites:
Connecticut Aircraft Nuclear Engine Laboratory (CANEL) |
Idaho National Engineering Laboratory |
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
Los Alamos National Laboratory |
Metallurgical Laboratory |
Nevada Test Site |
Savannah River Site |
Y-12 Plant |
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- Hanford
Richland, WA
October 2007
Sixty-six boxes of information were reviewed and 47 documents were retrieved on the Hanford facility during this data capture effort. Radiation survey reports (1965-1969), neutron pencil results (1947-1949), gamma neutron readings for 100-B Area Pile (1948-1950), and analytical request results (1948-1952) were retrieved.
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- Hanford
Richland, WA
September 2007
Two data captures efforts were made to the Hanford facility in September. During the first trip, one box of information and 13 documents were retrieved. Examples of radiation survey log sheets (January 1954-February 1954), 100-D shift reports (1953-1954), cask and special time codes, special incident reports (1946-1949), instrumental calibrations (1949-1953), film studies (1947-1949), special work permits (January 1954-July 1994), and 107-D effluent water surveys (July 1953-July 1954) were retrieved.
Four documents were retrieved during the second data capture effort: Radiation Monitoring Monthly Reports from October 1958, August 1962, and November 1962, and a Radiation Protection Monthly Report from December 1956.
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- Hanford
Richland, WA
July 2007
Five documents were retrieved on neutron dose results from 1965, 1966, and 1970, along with 234-5 Area dosimeter results.
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- Hanford
Richland, WA
June 2007
Thirty-three documents were retrieved during this data capture trip for the Hanford facility. Neutron Processing Sheets from 1950-1961 were retrieved.
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- Mound Site
Miamisburg, OH
June 2007
During this data capture trip, seven documents were retrieved. Pilot Plant OU-3 RI/FS and Tank T-2 data was located.
This effort recovered information on the following DOE site:
Feed Materials Production Center (Fernald) |
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- Sandia National Laboratories
Albuquerque, NM
May 2007
Two boxes of information and four microfilm reels were reviewed for this facility. Eighty-three documents were retrieved on bioassay releases to Thermonutech (July 1998 - December 1998), routine surveys from posted radiation areas, job coverage surveys, shipping surveys, bioassay data, incident surveys, and air sample results.
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley, CA
May 2007
During this data capture effort, exposure information for personnel who worked at Gilman Hall, bioassay annual logbooks (1976 - 2000) with procedural information, annual bioassay summary reports, whole body annual reports (1966 - 1983), and a database containing bioassay data were retrieved. Ninety-seven boxes and 16 binders of information were reviewed.
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- General Electric Vallecitos
Pleasanton, CA
May 2007
One box and 21 binders of information were reviewed during this data capture effort. Environmental reports, medical x-ray information, and dosimetry program technical information were retrieved.
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Livermore, CA
May 2007
Dosimetry technical basis and personnel exposure information, Hazard Control Quarterly Reports (1960 - 1980), and external exposure records (1952 - 1958) were retrieved. Databases were also retrieved covering air sampling, personnel exposure, and bioassay data. During this data capture effort, 145 boxes of information were reviewed and 477 documents, 19 CDs, and 5 databases were retrieved.
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- Washington University
St. Louis, MO
April 2007
Documents from Washington University's library were reviewed. Seventy documents were retrieved dealing with uranous phosphates and the treatment of uranium with phosphoric acid, a 1954 standard operating procedure for handling thorium chips, a position paper on fast neutron dosimetry and the results of an extended study of airborne radioactivity concentrations in the Melt Plant, documents describing the inhalation study facilities in detail, and quarterly health chemistry and health physics reports that also include measurements taken after Nevada Test Site shots.
This effort recovered information on the following DOE sites:
Connecticut Aircraft Nuclear Engine Laboratory (CANEL) |
Feed Materials Production Center (Fernald) |
Hanford |
Health and Safety Laboratory (Environmental Measurements Laboratory) |
Kellex/Pierpont |
Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute |
University of California Radiation Laboratory (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) |
University of Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory |
University of Rochester Atomic Energy Project |
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- Sandia National Laboratories
Albuquerque, NM
April 2007
Five microfilm and 100 boxes of information were reviewed. Approximately 694 documents were retrieved on policies, procedures, reports, and other miscellaneous information.
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- Hanford
Richland, WA
April 2007
Six boxes and selected documents from the Hanford Downwinders Database were reviewed. Seventeen documents were retrieved such as: special hazards meetings and bulletins (1947-1950), air samples (1946-1947), a brief history of the Health Instrument Survey Group in the 300 Area (1945), special hazards incident reports 100 D (1946-1949), radiation surveys 100 D (1954), air monitoring results 200 A (1946), special work permit data (1946), and special work permits (1951, 1963).
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- Atlanta National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Morrow, GA
March 2007
Seventy-four boxes of information were reviewed and 77 documents were captured during this data capture effort. The following information was retrieved: index of experimental programs; descriptions of Columbia University's work with enrichment processes and experiments to determine the best materials for constructing UF6 processing systems; requests for isotopes and sources from Oak Ridge, Kellex, and the Metallurgical Laboratory; research proposals; and plans for the expanded Rochester Atomic Energy Project facility. Complex-wide documents relating to tolerance levels and bioassay procedures were also retrieved.
This effort recovered information on the following DOE sites:
Connecticut Aircraft Nuclear Engine Laboratory |
Kellex/Pierpont |
SAM Laboratories, Columbia University |
University of Rochester Atomic Energy Project |
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- Sandia National Laboratories
Livermore, CA
March 2007
Internal and external dose records, building biographies, and environmental reports since 1972 were retrieved during this data capture trip for this facility. Seventeen boxes of information were reviewed and 244 documents were retrieved.
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- Hanford
Richland, WA
March 2007
Monthly reports from 1944-1951 were retrieved from the Hanford Downwinders Database. Ninety documents were retrieved during this data capture effort.
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- Fernald Records Center
Fernald, OH
March 2007
Previously captured, supplemental, and additional documents were retrieved during this effort. Approximately 739 documents from the Fernald Legal Database were retrieved.
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- Mound Site
Miamisburg, OH
February 2007
Documents from the Fernald Legal Database were reviewed and 745 documents were retrieved. Policies, procedures, reports, and other miscellaneous documents were retrieved.
This effort recovered information on the following DOE sites:
Lake Ontario Ordnance Works |
Watertown Arsenal |
University of Rochester Atomic Energy Project |
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- Atlanta National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Morrow, GA
February 2007
Isotope information, contract information, site drawings, and film badge technical information was retrieved during this data capture trip. One hundred and eighteen boxes of information were reviewed and 225 documents were retrieved.
This effort recovered information on the following DOE sites:
Kellex/Pierpont |
Lake Ontario Ordnance Works |
Naval Research Laboratory |
SAM Laboratories |
University of Rochester Atomic Energy Project |
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- Sandia National Laboratories
Albuquerque, NM
February 2007
Seventy-six boxes of information were reviewed and 150 documents were retrieved for this facility. Internal and external dose summaries, bioassay data consisting of lung counts and urinalysis, incident reports, and health physics operation records were retrieved.
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- New Mexico Environment Department
Santa Fe, NM
February 2007
Eighteen documents such as inspection reports, site surveys, license application, license amendments, and LRRI and NMED correspondence letters were retrieved during this data capture trip.
This effort recovered information on the following DOE site:
Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute |
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- San Bruno National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
San Bruno, CA
February 2007
During this data capture effort, 7 boxes of information were reviewed and 12 documents were retrieved. Information on air, dust, and rainfall sampling (1961), public exposure, and summaries of facilities (1960) was retrieved.
This effort recovered information on the following DOE site:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Berkeley, CA
February 2007
Twenty-nine boxes of information were reviewed and 63 documents were captured on various accident reports (1947-1960), medical department documents (1947-1953), personnel exposure information (1960), lab contracts (1948), and radiological incidents (1984-1985).
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- General Electric Vallecitos
Pleasanton, CA
January 2007
Fifty-seven boxes of information were reviewed and 118 documents were collected on internal and external dose records and building biographies for this site.
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- Mound Site
Miamisburg, OH
January 2007
Thorium survey and air sample records were retrieved during this data capture effort. Seventeen boxes of information were reviewed and 86 documents were retrieved.
This effort recovered information on the following DOE site:
Feed Materials Production Plant (Fernald) |
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- Dover Road
Denver, CO
January 2007
This data capture effort concentrated on locating missing badge readings from 1969 through 1972. Seventeen boxes of information were reviewed and Rocky Flats Building 444 quarterly reports from 1969 were retrieved.
This effort recovered information on the following DOE site:
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Page last reviewed: May 30, 2008
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