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Title: Results of the radiological survey at the former McKinney Tool and Manufacturing Company, 1688 Arabella Road, Cleveland, Ohio (MTC001 and MTC002)

Abstract

At the request of the US Department of Energy (DOE), a team from Oak Ridge National Laboratory conducted a radiological survey at the site of the former McKinney Tool and Manufacturing Company, 1688, Arabella Road, Cleveland, Ohio. The survey was performed on November 17 and 18, 1990. The purpose of the survey was to determine whether the property ws contaminated with radioactive residues, principally {sup 238}U, as a result of work done for the Manhattan Engineer District in 1944. The survey included a gamma scan, a beta-gamma scan, and measurement of alpha level; measurements of direct and removable alpha and beta-gamma levels; and the collection of soil and sediment, dust, and air samples for radionuclide analyses. The survey and sampling covered accessible areas of buildings currently occupied by Parker Rust-Proof and Meistermatic, Inc., and exterior areas immediately adjacent to these buildings.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
5824225
Report Number(s):
ORNL/RASA-91/7
ON: DE92006590
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-84OR21400
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 46 INSTRUMENTATION RELATED TO NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; BUILDINGS; RADIOMETRIC SURVEYS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; RADIATION MONITORING; AIR SAMPLERS; ALPHA SOURCES; BACKGROUND RADIATION; BETA SOURCES; DATA ACQUISITION; DUSTS; GAMMA DETECTION; GAMMA RADIATION; GAMMA SOURCES; GAMMA SPECTRA; MAPPING; NAI DETECTORS; OHIO; RADIOISOTOPES; REMOTE SENSING; SAMPLING; SEDIMENTS; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; SOILS; URANIUM 238; ACTINIDE ISOTOPES; ACTINIDE NUCLEI; ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; DETECTION; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; EQUIPMENT; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; FEDERAL REGION V; GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS; HEAVY NUCLEI; ION SOURCES; IONIZING RADIATIONS; ISOTOPES; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS; MONITORING; NORTH AMERICA; NUCLEI; PARTICLE SOURCES; RADIATION DETECTION; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIATION SOURCES; RADIATIONS; SAMPLERS; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; SOLID SCINTILLATION DETECTORS; SPECTRA; SPONTANEOUS FISSION RADIOISOTOPES; SURVEYS; URANIUM ISOTOPES; USA; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; 540230* - Environment, Terrestrial- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport- (1990-); 440103 - Radiation Instrumentation- Nuclear Spectroscopic Instrumentation; 540130 - Environment, Atmospheric- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport- (1990-)

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Foley, R.D., and Uziel, M.S.. Results of the radiological survey at the former McKinney Tool and Manufacturing Company, 1688 Arabella Road, Cleveland, Ohio (MTC001 and MTC002). United States: N. p., 1991. Web. doi:10.2172/5824225.
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Foley, R.D., & Uziel, M.S.. Results of the radiological survey at the former McKinney Tool and Manufacturing Company, 1688 Arabella Road, Cleveland, Ohio (MTC001 and MTC002). United States. doi:10.2172/5824225.
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Foley, R.D., and Uziel, M.S.. Fri . "Results of the radiological survey at the former McKinney Tool and Manufacturing Company, 1688 Arabella Road, Cleveland, Ohio (MTC001 and MTC002)". United States. doi:10.2172/5824225. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/5824225.
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@article{osti_5824225,
title = {Results of the radiological survey at the former McKinney Tool and Manufacturing Company, 1688 Arabella Road, Cleveland, Ohio (MTC001 and MTC002)},
author = {Foley, R.D. and Uziel, M.S.},
abstractNote = {At the request of the US Department of Energy (DOE), a team from Oak Ridge National Laboratory conducted a radiological survey at the site of the former McKinney Tool and Manufacturing Company, 1688, Arabella Road, Cleveland, Ohio. The survey was performed on November 17 and 18, 1990. The purpose of the survey was to determine whether the property ws contaminated with radioactive residues, principally {sup 238}U, as a result of work done for the Manhattan Engineer District in 1944. The survey included a gamma scan, a beta-gamma scan, and measurement of alpha level; measurements of direct and removable alpha and beta-gamma levels; and the collection of soil and sediment, dust, and air samples for radionuclide analyses. The survey and sampling covered accessible areas of buildings currently occupied by Parker Rust-Proof and Meistermatic, Inc., and exterior areas immediately adjacent to these buildings.},
doi = {10.2172/5824225},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1991},
month = {Fri Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1991}
}
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