Relationship between air sampling data from glove box work areas and inhalation risk to the worker

Technical Report · Fri Mar 01 00:00:00 EDT 1974

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/4299688· OSTI ID:4299688

Gonzales, M; Ettinger, H J; Stafford, R G; Breckinridge, C E

A mockup of a plutonium work area was equipped to simulate and monitor aerosol leaks from a glove box into the worker's environment. Dioctyl phthalate was the tracer aerosol used, and aerosol concentration throughout the work area was monitored under several different ventilating conditions. Aerosol concentration in the worker's breathing zone was up to 250 times greater than the concentrations that might be indicated by typical fixed room-air samplers located adjacent to the glove box. The effuct on the magnitude and pattern of aerosol dispersal was evaluated in light of ventilation rate and direction of the ventilating air flow relative to the leak. (auth)

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-4705-ENG-36
• NSA Number: NSA-29-029320
• OSTI ID: 4299688
• Report Number(s): LA-5520-MS
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 30-JUN-74
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

N44310* -Environmental & Earth Sciences-Radioactivity Monitoring & Transport-Atmosphere
N46110 -Instrumentation-Radiation Detection Instruments-General Detectors & Monitors
*GLOVEBOXES- LEAKS
*PERSONNEL- RADIATION HAZARDS
*PLUTONIUM 238- RADIATION HAZARDS
*PLUTONIUM 239- RADIATION HAZARDS
AEROSOL MONITORING
AIR SAMPLERS
EFFICIENCY
ENVIRONMENT
INHALATION
MOCKUP
PARTICLE SIZE
PERFORMANCE TESTING
PLUTONIUM OXIDES
RADIATION MONITORING
RADIOACTIVE AEROSOLS
TRACER TECHNIQUES