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Title:
PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION FOUND IN AIR AT HANFORD PLUTONIUM FABRICATION FACILITIES
Author(s):
Subject Terms:
RADIATION AND RADIATION PROTECTION
Document Location:
DOE Public Reading Room - Hanford Battelle P.O. Box 999 MS H2-53 Richland WA 99352 (509)372-7443
Document Type:
REPORT
Publication Date:
1963 Sep 12
Declassification Status:
Declassified
Document Pages:
30
Accession Number:
RL-1-382238
Document Number(s):
HW-SA-3197
Originating Research Org.:
GE - HAPO
OpenNet Entry Date:
2004 Feb 24
OpenNet Modified Date:
2015 Jul 09
Description/Abstract:
DESCRIBES AIR SAMPLING AND PARTICAL SIZE EVALUATION METHODS AND EQUIPMENT. RESULTS, INCLUDING ELECTRON MICROGRAPHS AND RADIOMICROGRAPHS, INDICATE THAT PU02 PARTICLE SIZE IN BREATHING AIR IS A DIRECT FUNCTION OF THE SOURCE OF THE PARTICLES. ALL OF THE PU02 PARTICLES EXAMINED WERE IN THE SIZE RANGE THAT ARE RESPIRABLE AND DEPOSIT IN SIGNIFICANT QUANITIES IN THE LUNGS