RADIATION HAZARD RESULTING FROM TRITIUM DIFFUSION IN GLOVE BOX OPERATIONS
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:4156038
Tritium exposure to personnel handling tritium-compounds in glove boxes can be significantly reduce by the wearing of surgeon's gloves while working in the dry-box gioves. To investigate this reduction quantitatively and to determine criteria for the frequency of glove change, mathematical analyses of the diffusion of HTO through drybox rubber gloves with and without surgeon's gloves was made. The relative amounts of HTO absorbed by the worker as a function of time in the two cases was then compared. For tritium concentrations of 1C/mg in the giove-box atmosphere, a change of surgeon's gloves every 15 to 20 min is recommended as a safe working procedure. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos Scientific Lab., N. Mex.
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- NSA Number:
- NSA-18-005546
- OSTI ID:
- 4156038
- Report Number(s):
- LAMS-2962
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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