Health-physics survey report of Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Piketon, Ohio

Technical Report · Tue Sep 01 04:00:00 UTC 1987

OSTI ID:6982089

Bloom, T F

A surface alpha-activity industry-wide study was conducted at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Facility, Piketon, Ohio, as part of a response to a request from the Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers International Union for a cohort mortality study. The facility, operated under contract to the Department of Energy (DOE), was involved in enrichment of uranium-235 in uranium-hexafluoride gas for nuclear power and national defense purposes. A removable alpha surface-activity survey was conducted as a cross check of urinalysis data. Methodology involved comparing the numerical order in decreasing value of building geometric mean removable alpha-values with a numerical order of calculated urine alpha-value indices associated with departments in the buildings. For all surfaces measured, activity levels in the six buildings were well below the derived surface-contamination limit.

• Research Organization: National Inst. for Occupational Safety and Health, Cincinnati, OH (USA). Div. of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluation and Field Studies
• OSTI ID: 6982089
• Report Number(s): PB-88-189394/XAB; IWS-121.10
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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MATERIALS
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