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SEC Petition Evaluation Report

Petition SEC-00151 

Report Rev #: 1 Report Submittal Date: March 2, 2010

Subject Expert(s): Robert Coblentz, Christopher Miles, Edward Scalsky

Site Expert(s): N/A

Petition Administrative Summary

Petition Under Evaluation 

Petition # Petition 

Type

Petition

Receipt Date

Qualification 

Date

DOE/AWE Facility Name

SEC-00151 83.13 July 27, 2009 October 16, 2009 Canoga Avenue Facility, Los Angeles, CA

Petitioner Class Definition 

All workers employed by North American Aviation who worked in any areas in any job capacity at the Canoga 

Avenue Facility, Los Angeles, California, from January 1, 1955 through December 31, 1960. 

Class Evaluated by NIOSH 

All workers employed by North American Aviation who worked in any areas in any job capacity at the Canoga 

Avenue Facility, Los Angeles California, from January 1, 1955 through December 31, 1960. 

NIOSH-Proposed Class(es) to be Added to the SEC

All employees of the Department of Energy, its predecessor agencies, and its contractors and subcontractors who 

worked at the Canoga Avenue Facility, Los Angeles, California, from January 1, 1955 through December 31, 

1960 for a number of work days aggregating at least 250 work days, occurring either solely under this 

employment or in combination with work days within the parameters established for one or more other classes of 

employees in the Special Exposure Cohort. 

Related Petition Summary Information 

SEC Petition Tracking #(s) Petition Type DOE/AWE Facility Name Petition Status

N/A

Related Evaluation Report Information 

Report Title DOE/AWE Facility Name

N/A

ORAU Lead Technical Evaluator: Robert Coblentz ORAU Peer Review Completed By: Daniel Stempfley

Peer Review Completed By: [Signature on file] 3/2/2010 

Lara Hughes Date

[Signature on file] 3/2/2010 SEC Petition Evaluation Reviewed By:

J. W. Neton Date

[Signature on file] 3/2/2010 SEC Evaluation Approved By:

Stuart L. Hinnefeld Date
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Evaluation Report Summary: SEC-00151, Canoga Avenue Facility 

This evaluation report by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

addresses a class of employees proposed for addition to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) per the 

Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 

§ 7384 et seq. (EEOICPA) and 42 C.F.R. pt. 83, Procedures for Designating Classes of Employees as 

Members of the Special Exposure Cohort under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness 

Compensation Program Act of 2000. 

Petitioner-Requested Class Definition

Petition SEC-00151 was received on July 27, 2009 and qualified on October 16, 2009. The petitioner 

requested that NIOSH consider the following class: All workers employed by North American 

Aviation who worked in any areas in any job capacity at the Canoga Avenue Facility, Los Angeles 

California, from January 1, 1955 through December 31, 1960.

Class Evaluated by NIOSH

Based on its preliminary research, NIOSH accepted the petitioner-requested class. NIOSH evaluated 

the following class: All workers employed by North American Aviation who worked in any areas in 

any job capacity at the Canoga Avenue Facility, Los Angeles California, from January 1, 1955 

through December 31, 1960. 

NIOSH-Proposed Class(es) to be Added to the SEC

Based on its full research of the class under evaluation, NIOSH has defined a single class of 

employees for which NIOSH cannot estimate radiation doses with sufficient accuracy. The NIOSHproposed class includes all employees of the Department of Energy, its predecessor agencies, and its 

contractors and subcontractors who worked at the Canoga Avenue Facility, Los Angeles, California, 

from January 1, 1955 through December 31, 1960, for a number of work days aggregating at least 250 

work days, occurring either solely under this employment or in combination with work days within 

the parameters established for one or more other classes of employees in the SEC. The class 

definition proposed by NIOSH in revision 0 of this report was based on the determination that the 

nuclear operations at the Canoga Avenue Facility were limited to a single building (Vanowen 

Building) and that the dose reconstruction infeasibility would be limited to workers in this building, 

whereas doses for workers at the non-nuclear part of the facility could be reconstructed. The change in 

the proposed class definition was triggered by additional evaluation and research, which indicated that 

worker employment records are not sufficiently detailed to reliably determine an employee’s work 

location and work duration in a particular building for this site. A worker’s actual work location may 

have been different from the locations shown in the employment verification files, which seem to have 

been based largely on time clock location.
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Feasibility of Dose Reconstruction

Per EEOICPA and 42 C.F.R. § 83.13(c)(1), NIOSH has established that it does not have access to 

sufficient information to: (1) estimate the maximum radiation dose, for every type of cancer for which 

radiation doses are reconstructed, that could have been incurred in plausible circumstances by any 

member of the NIOSH-proposed class; or (2) estimate radiation doses of members of the NIOSHproposed class more precisely than an estimate of maximum dose. Information available from the site 

profile and additional resources is not sufficient to document or estimate the maximum internal and 

external potential exposure to members of the NIOSH-proposed class under plausible circumstances 

during the specified period. NIOSH’s feasibility findings include the following: 

• Principal sources of both internal and external radiation doses for members of the NIOSHproposed class included exposures to uranium and fission products. 

• NIOSH finds that it is likely feasible to reconstruct external dose, including occupational medical 

dose, for Canoga Avenue Facility workers with sufficient accuracy. 

• NIOSH lacks sufficient information for the time period from January 1, 1955 through December 

31, 1960, which includes biological monitoring data, sufficient air monitoring information, or 

sufficient process and radiological source information, to allow it to estimate with sufficient 

accuracy the potential internal exposures to various radionuclides to which the NIOSH-proposed 

class may have been subjected.

• Although NIOSH found that it is not possible to completely reconstruct radiation doses for the 

NIOSH-proposed class, NIOSH intends to use any internal and external monitoring data available 

for members of that proposed class that may become available for an individual claim (and that 

can be interpreted using existing NIOSH dose reconstruction processes or procedures). Therefore, 

partial dose reconstructions for individuals employed at the Canoga Avenue Facility during the 

period from January 1, 1955 through December 31, 1960, but who do not qualify for inclusion in 

the SEC, may be performed using these data as appropriate.
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Health Endangerment Determination

Per EEOICPA and 42 C.F.R. § 83.13(c)(3), a health endangerment determination is required because 

NIOSH has determined that it does not have sufficient information to estimate dose for the members 

of the NIOSH-proposed class.

NIOSH did not identify any evidence supplied by the petitioners or from other resources that would 

establish that the proposed class was exposed to radiation during a discrete incident likely to have 

involved exceptionally high-level exposures. However, evidence indicates that some workers in the 

proposed class may have accumulated substantial chronic exposures through episodic intakes of 

radionuclides, combined with external exposures to gamma, beta, and neutron radiation. 

Consequently, NIOSH has determined that health was endangered for those workers covered by this 

evaluation who were employed for at least 250 aggregated work days either solely under their

employment or in combination with work days within the parameters established for other SEC 

classes (excluding aggregate work day requirements). 
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Table of Contents

1.0 Purpose and Scope .......................................................................................................................... 9

2.0 Introduction .................................................................................................................................... 9

3.0 SEC-00151 Canoga Ave. Facility Class Definitions .................................................................... 10

3.1 Petitioner-Requested Class Definition and Basis ................................................................ 10

3.2 Class Evaluated by NIOSH ................................................................................................. 12

3.3 NIOSH-Proposed Class(es) to be Added to the SEC .......................................................... 12

4.0 Data Sources Reviewed by NIOSH to Evaluate the Class ........................................................... 12

4.1 Site Profile Technical Basis Documents (TBDs) ................................................................ 13

4.2 ORAU Technical Information Bulletins (OTIBs) and Procedures ..................................... 13

4.3 Facility Employees and Experts .......................................................................................... 14

4.4 Previous Dose Reconstructions ........................................................................................... 15

4.5 NIOSH Site Research Database .......................................................................................... 16

4.6 Documentation and/or Affidavits Provided by Petitioners ................................................. 16

5.0 Radiological Operations Relevant to the Class Evaluated by NIOSH ......................................... 16

5.1 Canoga Avenue Plant and Process Descriptions ................................................................. 16

5.2 Radiological Exposure Sources from Canoga Ave. Facility Operations ............................ 20

5.2.1 Internal Radiological Exposure Sources from Canoga Ave. Facility Operations ... 20

5.2.2 External Radiological Exposure Sources from Canoga Ave. Facility Operations .. 20

5.2.2.1 Photon and Beta ........................................................................................ 20

5.2.2.3 Neutron ..................................................................................................... 20

5.2.3 Incidents .................................................................................................................. 20

6.0 Summary of Available Monitoring Data for the Class Evaluated by NIOSH ............................. 21

6.1 Available Canoga Avenue Facility Internal Monitoring Data ............................................ 21

6.1.1 Internal Urinalysis Data ........................................................................................... 21

6.1.2 Ambient Environmental Data .................................................................................. 22

6.2 Available Canoga Avenue Facility External Monitoring Data ........................................... 22

7.0 Feasibility of Dose Reconstruction for the Class Evaluated by NIOSH ...................................... 22

7.1 Pedigree of Canoga Avenue Facility Data .......................................................................... 23

7.1.1 Internal Monitoring Data Pedigree Review ............................................................. 23

7.1.2 External Monitoring Data Pedigree Review ............................................................ 24

7.2 Evaluation of Bounding Internal Radiation Doses at the Canoga Avenue Facility ............ 24

7.2.1 Evaluation of Bounding Process-Related Internal Doses ........................................ 24

7.2.2 Evaluation of Bounding Ambient Environmental Internal Doses ........................... 25

7.2.3 Methods for Bounding Internal Dose at the Canoga Avenue Facility .................... 25

7.2.3.1 Methods for Bounding Operational Period Internal Dose ........................ 25

7.2.3.2 Methods for Bounding Ambient Environmental Internal Dose ............... 25

7.2.4 Internal Dose Reconstruction Feasibility Conclusion ............................................. 25

7.3 Evaluation of Bounding External Radiation Doses at the Canoga Avenue Facility ........... 25
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7.3.1 Evaluation of Bounding Process-Related External Doses ....................................... 26

7.3.2 Evaluation of Bounding Ambient Environmental External Doses .......................... 26

7.3.3 Canoga Avenue Facility Occupational X-Ray Examinations ................................. 26

7.3.4 Methods for Bounding External Dose at the Canoga Avenue Facility ................... 26

7.3.4.1 Methods for Bounding Operational Period External Dose ....................... 27

7.3.5 External Dose Reconstruction Feasibility Conclusion ............................................ 27

7.4 Evaluation of Petition Basis for SEC-00151 ....................................................................... 28

7.4.1 Similarity of Monitoring .......................................................................................... 29

7.4.2 Insufficiency of Monitoring .................................................................................... 29

7.4.3 Insufficiency of Data ............................................................................................... 29

7.5 Summary of Feasibility Findings for Petition SEC-00151 .................................................. 30

8.0 Evaluation of Health Endangerment for Petition SEC-00151 ...................................................... 31

9.0 Class Conclusion for Petition SEC-00151 ................................................................................... 31

10.0 References .................................................................................................................................... 34

Attachment 1: Data Capture Synopsis ................................................................................................... 38

Figures 

5-1: The Canoga Park Facility in 1960 .................................................................................................. 18

5-2: Plot Drawing of the Canoga Park Facility ..................................................................................... 19

Tables 

4-1: No. of Canoga Avenue Facility Claims Submitted Under the Dose Reconstruction Rule ............ 15

7-1: Summary of Feasibility Findings for SEC-00151 .......................................................................... 30
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SEC Petition Evaluation Report for SEC-00151

ATTRIBUTION AND ANNOTATION: This is a single-author document. All conclusions drawn from 

the data presented in this evaluation were made by the ORAU Team Lead Technical Evaluator: 

Robert Coblentz, Quantaflux, LLC. The rationales for all conclusions in this document are explained 

in the associated text. 

1.0 Purpose and Scope

This report evaluates the feasibility of reconstructing doses for all workers employed by North 

American Aviation who worked in any areas in any job capacity at the Canoga Avenue Facility, Los 

Angeles California, from January 1, 1955 through December 31, 1960. It provides information and 

analyses germane to considering a petition for adding a class of employees to the congressionallycreated SEC. 

This report does not make any determinations concerning the feasibility of dose reconstruction that 

necessarily apply to any individual energy employee who might require a dose reconstruction from 

NIOSH. This report also does not contain the final determination as to whether the proposed class 

will be added to the SEC (see Section 2.0). 

This evaluation was conducted in accordance with the requirements of EEOICPA, 42 C.F.R. pt. 83, 

and the guidance contained in the Office of Compensation Analysis and Support’s (OCAS) Internal 

Procedures for the Evaluation of Special Exposure Cohort Petitions, OCAS-PR-004. 

2.0 Introduction 

Both EEOICPA and 42 C.F.R. pt. 83 require NIOSH to evaluate qualified petitions requesting that the 

Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) add a class of employees to the SEC. The 

evaluation is intended to provide a fair, science-based determination of whether it is feasible to 

estimate with sufficient accuracy the radiation doses of the class of employees through NIOSH dose 

reconstructions.1

 

42 C.F.R. § 83.13(c)(1) states: Radiation doses can be estimated with sufficient accuracy if NIOSH 

has established that it has access to sufficient information to estimate the maximum radiation dose, 

for every type of cancer for which radiation doses are reconstructed, that could have been incurred in 

plausible circumstances by any member of the class, or if NIOSH has established that it has access to 

sufficient information to estimate the radiation doses of members of the class more precisely than an 

estimate of the maximum radiation dose.

 

Under 42 C.F.R. § 83.13(c)(3), if it is not feasible to estimate with sufficient accuracy radiation doses 

for members of the class, then NIOSH must determine that there is a reasonable likelihood that such 

radiation doses may have endangered the health of members of the class. The regulation requires 

 

1 NIOSH dose reconstructions under EEOICPA are performed using the methods promulgated under 42 C.F.R. pt. 82 and 

the detailed implementation guidelines available at http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/ocas.
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NIOSH to assume that any duration of unprotected exposure may have endangered the health of 

members of a class when it has been established that the class may have been exposed to radiation 

during a discrete incident likely to have involved levels of exposure similarly high to those occurring 

during nuclear criticality incidents. If the occurrence of such an exceptionally high-level exposure has 

not been established, then NIOSH is required to specify that health was endangered for those workers 

who were employed for at least 250 aggregated work days within the parameters established for the 

class or in combination with work days within the parameters established for other SEC classes 

(excluding aggregate work day requirements). 

NIOSH is required to document its evaluation in a report, and to do so, relies upon both its own dose 

reconstruction expertise as well as technical support from its contractor, Oak Ridge Associated 

Universities (ORAU). Once completed, NIOSH provides the report to both the petitioner(s) and to the 

Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (Board). The Board will consider the NIOSH 

evaluation report, together with the petition, petitioner(s) comments, and other information the Board 

considers appropriate, in order to make recommendations to the Secretary of HHS on whether or not 

to add one or more classes of employees to the SEC. Once NIOSH has received and considered the 

advice of the Board, the Director of NIOSH will propose a decision on behalf of HHS. The Secretary 

of HHS will make the final decision, taking into account the NIOSH evaluation, the advice of the 

Board, and the proposed decision issued by NIOSH. As part of this decision process, petitioners may 

seek a review of certain types of final decisions issued by the Secretary of HHS.

2

 

3.0 SEC-00151 Canoga Ave. Facility Class Definitions 

The following subsections address the evolution of the class definition for SEC-00151, Canoga 

Avenue Facility. When a petition is submitted, the requested class definition is reviewed as

submitted. Based on its review of the available site information and data, NIOSH will make a 

determination whether to qualify for full evaluation all, some, or no part of the petitioner-requested

class. If some portion of the petitioner-requested class is qualified, NIOSH will specify that class 

along with a justification for any modification of petitioner’s class. After a full evaluation of the 

qualified class, NIOSH will determine whether to propose a class for addition to the SEC and will 

specify that proposed class definition. 

3.1 Petitioner-Requested Class Definition and Basis

Petition SEC-00151 was received on July, 27, 2009, and qualified on October, 16, 2009. The 

petitioner requested that NIOSH consider the following class: All workers employed by North 

American Aviation who worked in any areas in any job capacity at the Canoga Avenue Facility, Los 

Angeles California, from January 1, 1955 through December 31, 1960. 

The petitioner provided information in support of the petitioner’s belief that accurate dose 

reconstruction over time is impossible for the Canoga Avenue Facility workers in question. NIOSH 

deemed the following information sufficient to qualify SEC-00151 for evaluation: 

 

2 See 42 C.F.R. pt. 83 for a full description of the procedures summarized here. Additional internal procedures are 

available at http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/ocas.
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The petitioner referenced and/or submitted a number of technical reports in support of the petition 

bases that: (1) limitations of the existing Canoga radiation exposure records might prevent the 

completion of dose reconstructions for members of the class; and (2) specified dosimetry and related 

information are unavailable for estimating the radiation doses due to either a lack of monitoring or the 

destruction or loss of records. In support of these assertions, the petitioner cited the following 

documents: 

• SEC Petition Evaluation Report, Petition SEC-00093, Santa Susana Field Laboratory-Area IV, 

dated February 6, 2008. The excerpts from the February 6, 2008 version used in the support of the 

petition bases are in the petition file (Petition, 2009). [Note: The February 6, 2008 version has 

been superseded by Rev. 1 dated April 28, 2009.] 

• Environmental, Internal, and External Technical Basis Documents for the Santa Susana Field 

Laboratory (SSFL)-Area IV, Canoga Avenue Facility (Vanowen Building), the Downey Facility, 

and the Desoto Avenue Facility (ETEC or Atomics International) (ORAUT-TKBS-0038-4; 

ORAUT-TKBS-0038-5; ORAUT-TKBS-0038-6).

• Review of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL) Area IV Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) 

Petition-00093 and the NIOSH SEC Petition Evaluation Report, prepared by S. Cohen & 

Associates (SC&A, Technical Support for the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health); 

Draft: January 30, 2009. The draft used in the support of the petition bases is in the petition file 

(Petition, 2009). [Note: The draft January 30, 2009 version has been superseded by an October 

2009 draft]. 

As indicated in Section 5.1 of the SEC-00093 SSFL-Area IV Evaluation Report, “The DOE Office of 

Worker Advocacy defines the start of covered operations as 1955 for Area IV of the Santa Susana 

Field Laboratory; it identifies the Downey Facility, DeSoto Avenue Facility, and Canoga Avenue 

Facility (all located outside the boundary of the SSFL site) as separate covered facilities under 

EEOICPA.” As indicated in its petition review, “NIOSH recognizes that the deficiencies of the 

personnel monitoring data outlined in the SEC00093 Evaluation Report would also apply to the 

Canoga Avenue Facility given the fact that the Health and Safety division of the operating contractor 

was a single entity as indicated in the NIOSH Site Profile documents for Area IV of the Santa Susana 

Field Laboratory, the Canoga Avenue Facility (Vanowen Building), the Downey Facility, and the De 

Soto Avenue Facility” (Petition Document Review, 2009). 

NIOSH has reviewed the documentation available on the Canoga Avenue Facility and agrees there is 

sufficient information in the Site Research Database (SRDB), the applicable SSFL/AI/ETEC 

Technical Basis Documents, and the SC&A reviews to support a petition basis. Specifically, NIOSH 

agrees there is a lack of personnel or area monitoring data for the Canoga Avenue Facility during the 

class period under evaluation. 

 

Based on its Canoga Avenue Facility research and data capture efforts, NIOSH determined that it has 

access to external dosimetry data for Canoga workers during the time period under evaluation. 

However, NIOSH also determined that internal bioassay records are not complete for all time periods 

or for all radionuclides. NIOSH concluded that there is sufficient documentation to support, for at 

least part of the requested time period, the petition basis that internal radiation exposures and radiation 

doses were not adequately monitored at the Canoga Avenue Facility, either through personal 
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monitoring or area monitoring. The information and statements provided by the petitioner qualified 

the petition for further consideration by NIOSH, the Board, and HHS. The details of the petition basis 

are addressed in Section 7.4. 

3.2 Class Evaluated by NIOSH

Based on its preliminary research, NIOSH accepted the petitioner-requested class because NIOSH 

determined that it lacks access to internal radiological exposure data for Canoga Avenue Facility 

workers from January 1, 1955 through December 31, 1960, which coincides with the time period 

under evaluation. Therefore, NIOSH defined the following class for further evaluation: All workers 

employed by North American Aviation who worked in any areas in any job capacity at the Canoga 

Avenue Facility, Los Angeles, California, from January 1, 1955 through December 31, 1960. 

3.3 NIOSH-Proposed Class(es) to be Added to the SEC

Based on its research of the class under evaluation, NIOSH has defined a single class of employees for 

which NIOSH cannot estimate radiation doses with sufficient accuracy. The NIOSH-proposed class 

to be added to the SEC includes all employees of the Department of Energy, its predecessor agencies, 

and its contractors and subcontractors who worked at the Canoga Avenue Facility, Los Angeles, 

California, from January 1, 1955 through December 31, 1960, for a number of work days aggregating 

at least 250 work days, occurring either solely under this employment or in combination with work 

days within the parameters established for one or more other classes of employees in the SEC.

4.0 Data Sources Reviewed by NIOSH to Evaluate the Class

As a standard practice, NIOSH completed an extensive database and Internet search for information 

regarding the Canoga Avenue Facility. The database search included the DOE Legacy Management 

Considered Sites database, the DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI) database, 

the Energy Citations database, the Atomic Energy Technical Report database, and the Hanford 

Declassified Document Retrieval System. In addition to general Internet searches, the NIOSH 

Internet search included OSTI OpenNet Advanced searches, OSTI Information Bridge Fielded 

searches, Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) Agency-wide Documents Access and Management 

(ADAMS) web searches, the DOE Office of Human Radiation Experiments website, and the DOENational Nuclear Security Administration-Nevada Site Office-search. Attachment One contains a 

summary of Canoga Avenue Facility documents. The summary specifically identifies data capture 

details and general descriptions of the documents retrieved. 

In addition to the database and Internet searches listed above, NIOSH identified and reviewed 

numerous data sources to determine information relevant to determining the feasibility of dose 

reconstruction for the class of employees under evaluation. This included determining the availability 

of information on personal monitoring, area monitoring, industrial processes, and radiation source 

materials. The following subsections summarize the data sources identified and reviewed by NIOSH. 
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4.1 Site Profile Technical Basis Documents (TBDs) 

A Site Profile provides specific information concerning the documentation of historical practices at 

the specified site. Dose reconstructors can use the Site Profile to evaluate internal and external 

dosimetry data for monitored and unmonitored workers, and to supplement, or substitute for, 

individual monitoring data. A Site Profile consists of an Introduction and five Technical Basis 

Documents (TBDs) that provide process history information, information on personal and area 

monitoring, radiation source descriptions, and references to primary documents relevant to the 

radiological operations at the site. The Site Profile for a small site may consist of a single document. 

As part of NIOSH’s evaluation detailed herein, it examined the following TBDs for insights into 

Canoga Avenue Facility operations or related topics/operations at other sites: 

• TBD: Atomics International – Introduction, ORAUT-TKBS-0038-1; Rev. 01; August 30, 2006; 

SRDB Ref ID: 30080 

• TBD: Energy Technology Engineering Center – Site Description, ORAUT-TKBS-0038-2; Rev. 

00; February 2, 2006; SRDB Ref ID: 22140 

• TBD: Area IV of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory, the Canoga Avenue Facility (Vanowen 

Building), the Downey Facility, and the De Soto Avenue Facility (sometimes referred to as Energy 

Technology Engineering Center [ETEC] or Atomics International) – Occupational Medical Dose, 

ORAUT-TKBS-0038-3; Rev. 02; October 31, 2008; SRDB Ref ID: 53184 

• TBD: Area IV of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory, the Canoga Avenue Facility (Vanowen 

Building), the Downey Facility, and the De Soto Avenue Facility (sometimes referred to as Energy 

Technology Engineering Center [ETEC] or Atomics International) – Occupational Environmental 

Dose, ORAUT-TKBS-0038-4; Rev. 01; March 8, 2007; SRDB Ref ID: 30622 

• TBD: Energy Technology Engineering Center – Occupational Internal Dose, ORAUT-TKBS0038-5; Rev. 00; February 22, 2006; SRDB Ref ID: 22287 

• TBD: Atomics International – Occupational External Dose, ORAUT-TKBS-0038-6; Rev. 01; 

November 16, 2006; SRDB Ref ID: 30082 

4.2 ORAU Technical Information Bulletins (OTIBs) and Procedures

An ORAU Technical Information Bulletin (OTIB) is a general working document that provides 

guidance for preparing dose reconstructions at particular sites or categories of sites. An ORAU 

Procedure provides specific requirements and guidance regarding EEOICPA project-level activities, 

including preparation of dose reconstructions at particular sites or categories of sites. NIOSH 

reviewed the following OTIBs and procedures as part of its evaluation: 

• OTIB: Estimating the Maximum Plausible Dose to Workers at Atomic Weapons Employer 

Facilities; ORAUT-OTIB-0004; Rev. 03 PC-2; December 6, 2006; SRDB Ref ID: 29949
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• OTIB: Dose Reconstruction from Occupationally Related Diagnostic X-Ray Procedures; ORAUTOTIB-0006; Rev. 03; August 2, 2005; SRDB Ref ID: 19422

• OTIB: A Standard Complex-Wide Methodology for Overestimating External Doses Measured with 

Film Badge Dosimeters; ORAUT-OTIB-0010; Rev. 01; June 5, 2006; SRDB Ref ID: 29953

• OTIB: Interpretation of Dosimetry Data for Assignment of Shallow Dose; ORAUT-OTIB-0017; 

Rev. 00; January 19, 2005; SRDB Ref ID: 19435

• OTIB: Internal Dose Overestimates for Facilities with Air Sampling Programs; ORAUT-OTIB0018; Rev. 01; August 9, 2005; SRDB Ref ID: 19436

• OTIB: Use of Coworker Dosimetry Data for External Dose Assignment; ORAUT-OTIB-0020; 

Rev. 00; December 29, 2004; SRDB Ref ID: 19441

• OTIB: Application of Internal Doses Based on Claimant-Favorable Assumptions for Processing as 

Best Estimates; Rev. 00; ORAUT-OTIB-0033; April 20, 2005; SRDB Ref ID: 19457

• OTIB: Fission and Activation Product Assignment for Internal Dose-Related Gross Beta and Gross 

Gamma Analyses; ORAUT-OTIB-0054; Rev. 00; May 11, 2007; SRDB Ref ID: 31780

• OTIB: Technical Basis for Conversion from NCRP Report 38 Neutron Quality Factors to ICRP 

Publication 60 Radiation Weighting Factors for Respective IREP Input Neutron Energy Ranges; 

ORAUT-OTIB-0055; Rev. 00; June 5, 2006; SRDB Ref ID: 29980

• Procedure: Occupational Onsite Ambient Dose Reconstruction for DOE Sites, ORAUT-PROC0060; Rev. 01; June 28, 2006; SRDB Ref ID: 29986

• Procedure: Occupational X-Ray Dose Reconstruction for DOE Sites, ORAUT-PROC-0061; Rev. 

01; July 21, 2006; SRDB Ref ID: 29987

4.3 Facility Employees and Experts

To obtain additional information, NIOSH interviewed four former Canoga Avenue Facility employees

in addition to the ETEC Medical Director. The interviews were conducted by two ORAU team 

members.

• Personal Communication, 2005, Personal Communication with ETEC Medical Director;

Telephone Interview by ORAU Team; December 1, 2005; 12:00 PM EST; SRDB Ref ID: 20534

• Personal Communication, 2009a, Personal Communication with Hot Cell Mechanic; Telephone 

Interview by ORAU Team; December 7, 2009 12:00 PM EST; SRDB Ref ID: 77823

• Personal Communication, 2009b, Personal Communication with Nuclear Research Technician;

Telephone Interview by ORAU Team; December 7, 2009 1:30 PM EST; SRDB Ref ID: 77824
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• Personal Communication, 2009c, Personal Communication with Chemistry Research Analyst;

Telephone Interview by ORAU Team; December 8, 2009 2:30 PM EST; SRDB Ref ID: 77822

• Personal Communication, 2009d, Personal Communication with Research Engineer; Telephone 

Interview by ORAU Team; December 16, 2009 1:00 PM EST; SRDB Ref ID: 77825

4.4 Previous Dose Reconstructions

NIOSH reviewed its NIOSH OCAS Claims Tracking System (NOCTS) to locate EEOICPA-related 

dose reconstructions that might provide information relevant to the petition evaluation. Table 4-1 

summarizes the results of this review. (NOCTS data available as of February 26, 2010) 

Table 4-1: No. of Canoga Avenue Facility Claims Submitted Under the Dose Reconstruction Rule

Description Totals

Total number of claims submitted for dose reconstruction 165

Total number of claims submitted for energy employees who meet the definition criteria for the class 

under evaluation (January 1, 1955 through December 31, 1960) 156

Number of dose reconstructions completed for energy employees who meet the definition criteria for 

the class under evaluation (i.e., the number of such claims completed by NIOSH and submitted to the 

Department of Labor for final approval) 128

Number of claims for which internal dosimetry records were obtained for the identified years in the 

evaluated class definition 7a

Number of claims for which external dosimetry records were obtained for the identified years in the 

evaluated class definition 35

a

 Uranium urinalyses between 1958 and 1960

NIOSH reviewed each claim to determine whether internal and/or external personal monitoring 

records could be obtained for the employee. Of the 165 claims on record, 156 meet the criteria for the 

class under evaluation; 128 have been submitted to the Department of Labor; there were 7 claims for 

which some internal dosimetry records were found for the period under evaluation; and there were 35 

claims identified for which external dosimetry records were found for the period under evaluation. 
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4.5 NIOSH Site Research Database

NIOSH also examined its Site Research Database (SRDB) to locate documents supporting the 

assessment of the evaluated class. Three hundred sixty three (363) documents in this database were 

identified as pertaining to the Canoga Avenue Facility. These documents were evaluated for their 

relevance to this petition. The documents include historical background on internal and external 

monitoring, program descriptions, process materials, process descriptions, dust sampling results, air 

monitoring data, urinalysis data, as well as information about the radiological control program and 

medical monitoring. 

4.6 Documentation and/or Affidavits Provided by Petitioners

In qualifying and evaluating the petition, NIOSH reviewed the following documents in support of the 

petition: 

• Petition Form B, and supporting documents; July 27, 2009; OSA Ref ID: 109385 (Petition, 2009)

• Supporting Document (compiled notebook); September 21, 2009; OSA Ref ID: 109795 

(Notebook, 2009) Note: The notebook was submitted to NIOSH by an SEC petitioner for a 

separate site. However, upon discussion of the notebook contents during a public meeting, the 

SEC00151 petitioner believed the notebook contained valuable information in support of his 

petition. Therefore, he requested that NIOSH evaluate the notebook for possible support of 

petition SEC-000151.

5.0 Radiological Operations Relevant to the Class Evaluated by 

NIOSH

The following subsections summarize both radiological operations at the Canoga Avenue Facility 

from 1955 through December 1960 and the information available to NIOSH to characterize particular 

processes and radioactive source materials. From available sources NIOSH has gathered process and 

source descriptions, information regarding the identity and quantities of radionuclides of concern, and 

information describing both processes through which radiation exposures may have occurred and the 

physical environment in which they may have occurred. The information included within this 

evaluation report is intended only to be a summary of the available information. 

5.1 Canoga Avenue Plant and Process Descriptions 

AEC-funded activities at North American Aviation, Inc. (NAA), Canoga Park, California, occurred 

from approximately 1955 to 1960. Some of the radiological operations at the site had previously been 

performed at NAA’s Downey Facility in Los Angeles, and were moved to Canoga Avenue at the end 

of 1955 (ORAUT-TKBS-0038-2).

One such operation was a “hot cave.” The hot cave was constructed of interlocking, high-density 

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uranium fuel reprocessing experiments. The shielding provided by the cave was necessary to 

minimize radiation exposure from the irradiated fuel slugs. Work in the hot cave was performed 

remotely using manipulators viewed through leaded glass. The hot cave was originally located at the 

Downey Facility and was moved to the Canoga Facility in 1955. In 1959, it was moved to Area IV of 

the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (Personal Communication, 2009b). 

At the Canoga Avenue Facility, the hot cave was located within a large, radiologically-controlled 

room. The room also contained glove boxes and hoods. Specific locations for radiological work in 

this room would be dictated by the relative hazard of the operation. Work with uranium metal would 

sometimes be conducted on open benchtops. All ventilation from this area passed through HEPA 

filtration systems. In order to enter this controlled room, one first had to pass through a change room 

where shoe covers and other PPE would be donned (depending on the operations being conducted). 

To exit the room, one had to pass through a step-off pad where shoe covers would be removed and 

monitoring for contamination would take place (Personal Communication, 2009b; Personal 

Communication, 2009c; Personal Communication, 2009d). 

Operations at the Canoga facility included welding of uranium-containing components, assembly of 

fuel elements, melting and milling of uranium and thorium metals, chemical analyses of uranium and 

thorium metals, oxides, and salts, high temperature reprocessing of used reactor fuels, and melting and 

alloying thorium (Laboratory Status, 1959). 

Other work at the Canoga facility included design, development, and operation of small aqueous fuel 

reactors, fuel development, and radiochemistry. The reactor activities involved the construction of 

small (10-watt or less) aqueous uranyl sulfate homogeneous reactors (named L-47 and L-77) for use 

in training institutions (ORAUT-TKBS-0038-2). 

The AEC supported operations at the Canoga Avenue Facility took place in one building at the site, 

the Vanowen Building (see Figures 5-1 [Canoga Park, 1960] and Figure 5-2 [Canoga Plot, unknown 

date]). The NAA division performing these operations was called Atomics International (AI), the 

other buildings at the Canoga Park location were occupied by the Rocketdyne division. Personnel 

working for the AI and Rocketdyne divisions wore different color security badges and indications are 

that the nuclear operations were access restricted to AI personnel. (Personal Communication, 2009a; 

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Figure 5-1: The Canoga Park Facility in 1960

Vanowen Building
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Figure 5-2: Plot Drawing of the Canoga Park Facility
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5.2 Radiological Exposure Sources from Canoga Ave. Facility Operations 

The following subsections provide an overview of the internal and external exposure sources for the 

Canoga Avenue Facility class under evaluation.

5.2.1 Internal Radiological Exposure Sources from Canoga Ave. Facility Operations

Operations at the Canoga Avenue Facility included reactor design, fuel development/reprocessing, 

and radiochemistry. There were also two small aqueous uranyl sulfate research reactors (up to 93 % 

enriched fuel), designated L-47 and L-77, that were designed, developed, and operated at Canoga. 

Internal radiation exposure could have occurred during any of these operations. The primary 

radionuclides of concern are isotopes of uranium (ORAUT-TKBS-0038-2, Table 2-3). Exposure to 

mixed fission products could also have occurred from the fuel reprocessing experiments.

5.2.2 External Radiological Exposure Sources from Canoga Ave. Facility Operations

The principal sources of exposure were associated with hot cave operations involving uranium fuel 

reprocessing experiments. Other exposures could have occurred from uranium-handling operations 

and research conducted with the small 5 and 10 Watt reactors used for training purposes. 

5.2.2.1 Photon and Beta

Sources of external photon and beta dose included uranium fuel reprocessing experiments, uranium 

metal handling, and operation of the small research reactors. 

5.2.2.3 Neutron

Neutron exposures could have occurred from operation of the small research reactors. 

5.2.3 Incidents

NIOSH has found no evidence of significant radiological incidents occurring at the Canoga Avenue 

Facility. Of the four interviewed former employees, only one could recall a radiological incident that 

resulted in contamination outside of the boxes. This was an incident where one drop of what he 

believed to be a thorium solution fell to the floor when his colleague was cutting a contaminated piece 

of tubing. The contamination never migrated outside of the radiologically-controlled room. He and 

his colleague stayed late that evening and made sure everything was cleaned up (Personal 

Communication, 2009b). 

The petitioner requested that NIOSH use as a petition-supporting document a compiled “notebook” 

that was submitted to NIOSH by the petitioner for a related site. The SEC-00151 petitioner believed 

that this notebook contained information regarding an incident that took place at the Canoga Avenue 

Facility during the covered period. Upon examination, the notebook information consisted of an 

account by a former worker who indicated that there was some form of contamination incident in July 

1958. No official incident reports were located and additional research into statements made by the 

same former worker seemed to indicate that this incident consisted of contamination resulting from 
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nuclear weapons testing fallout that settled outside the plant area. There was no indication that this 

incident was likely to have resulted in exceptionally high-level exposures (Notebook, 2009). 

6.0 Summary of Available Monitoring Data for the Class Evaluated 

by NIOSH

The following subsections provide an overview of the state of the available internal and external 

monitoring data for the Canoga Avenue Facility class under evaluation.

NIOSH has obtained only a limited amount of personnel and area monitoring data that can be used for 

bounding doses for the class under evaluation. These data are summarized in Section 6.1 and its 

subsections. 

6.1 Available Canoga Avenue Facility Internal Monitoring Data

The radionuclides of concern resulting from the operation of the two small research reactors and the 

uranium fuel slug reprocessing in the “hot cave” were primarily uranium and mixed fission products. 

In vitro data are not available prior to August 1958 and in vivo analysis was not available for the entire 

period under evaluation. Additional documentation available to NIOSH does not describe the air 

monitoring, work processes, or exposure conditions associated with the research reactors or the hot 

cave. 

Details regarding the various analyses used at the Canoga Avenue Facility and the associated 

minimum detectable activities are presented in the Technical Basis Document for the Energy 

Technology Engineering Center - Occupational Internal Dose (ORAUT-TKBS-0038-5). 

6.1.1 Internal Urinalysis Data 

NIOSH has identified only limited amounts of internal personnel monitoring data for pre-1959 

exposures; this is consistent with its findings that the routine bioassay program that covered the 

operations in the Canoga/Vanowen Building was not initiated until August 1958 (Kellehar, 1966). 

After August 1958, routine bioassay was normally in the form of urinalysis at a three-month 

frequency. Initially, gross alpha or gross beta measurements were made of the samples. Specific 

radionuclides could be determined “where required” by performing additional radiochemical 

separations and analyses (Lang, 1960). For the 1959-1960 time frame, limited analyses were 

available for uranium (both fluorometric and radiometric), mixed fission products, polonium-210, 

plutonium, strontium-90, tritium, and thorium. Details of these analyses are provided in ORAUTTKBS-0038-5. Many of these analyses were applicable to operations at Area IV of the SSFL, rather 

than the Canoga Avenue Facility, and NIOSH has found that the data are not in sufficient quantity 

until 1964 to represent the applicable exposure scenarios for the maximally-exposed work groups at 

the SSFL complex. Sampling frequency beginning in August 1958 was quarterly, semiannual, and 

annual - based on the job that personnel were performing. Detection limits and reporting levels are 

provided in Table 5-3 of ORAUT-TKBS-0038-5).
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6.1.2 Ambient Environmental Data

Environmental surveys were conducted around the Canoga Avenue Facility throughout the entire 

period of its operations, beginning with what appears to be a baseline survey conducted in December 

1954. These surveys included gross alpha and gross beta analyses of vegetation and soil samples and 

air monitoring for gross beta (Report, 1960; Survey, 1954; Surveys, 1955; Surveys, 1956). 

6.2 Available Canoga Avenue Facility External Monitoring Data

The Canoga Avenue Facility was covered under the same health physics program as the Area IV 

SSFL. As with personnel at SSFL, the personnel working on nuclear operations at the Canoga 

Avenue Facility wore a two-element film badge to measure and account for the photon and beta 

exposures and some workers were assigned NTA film to account for neutron exposures. For some 

personnel, it is likely that reported film badge results include doses received at the Canoga Avenue 

Facility and at Area IV of SSFL.

Normally, film badges were worn for monthly periods except where the possibility of exceeding 100 

mrem/wk of exposure was expected. In such a case, badges were analyzed more frequently (Lang, 

1960). Extremity finger-ring film dosimeters were worn on both hands and individual results were 

recorded for each hand. It has not been determined when this practice started, but it was in place in 

the December 31, 1956 dose record (Author unknown, 1956) and included what appear to be the same 

exchange periods. 

NIOSH has access to photon, beta and neutron external dosimetry results as well as other supporting 

data for the entire period under evaluation (all years of site operation). The policy at SSFL, including 

the Canoga Avenue Facility, was to assign the applicable dosimetry to anyone with the potential for 

photon or beta radiation; dosimetry was assigned based on job assignments that required exposure to 

radioactive materials (Badger, 1965-1987; Various authors, 1970-1987; ORAUT-TKBS-0038-6). 

Details regarding the various analyses used, and the associated minimum detectable activities, are 

presented in ORAUT-TKBS-0038-6. 

7.0 Feasibility of Dose Reconstruction for the Class Evaluated by 

NIOSH

The feasibility determination for the class of employees under evaluation in this report is governed by 

both EEOICPA and 42 C.F.R. § 83.13(c)(1). Under that Act and rule, NIOSH must establish whether 

or not it has access to sufficient information either to estimate the maximum radiation dose for every 

type of cancer for which radiation doses are reconstructed that could have been incurred under 

plausible circumstances by any member of the class, or to estimate the radiation doses to members of 

the class more precisely than a maximum dose estimate. If NIOSH has access to sufficient 

information for either case, NIOSH would then determine that it would be feasible to conduct dose 

reconstructions. 

In determining feasibility, NIOSH begins by evaluating whether current or completed NIOSH dose 

reconstructions demonstrate the feasibility of estimating with sufficient accuracy the potential 
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radiation exposures of the class. If the conclusion is one of infeasibility, NIOSH systematically 

evaluates the sufficiency of different types of monitoring data, process and source or source term data, 

which together or individually might assure that NIOSH can estimate either the maximum doses that 

members of the class might have incurred, or more precise quantities that reflect the variability of 

exposures experienced by groups or individual members of the class as summarized in Section 7.5. 

This approach is discussed in OCAS’s SEC Petition Evaluation Internal Procedures which are

available at http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/ocas. The next four major subsections of this Evaluation 

Report examine:

• The sufficiency and reliability of the available data. (Section 7.1) 

• The feasibility of reconstructing internal radiation doses. (Section 7.2) 

• The feasibility of reconstructing external radiation doses. (Section 7.3) 

• The bases for petition SEC-00151 as submitted by the petitioner. (Section 7.4) 

7.1 Pedigree of Canoga Avenue Facility Data

This subsection answers questions that need to be asked before performing a feasibility evaluation. 

Data Pedigree addresses the background, history, and origin of the data. It requires looking at site 

methodologies that may have changed over time; primary versus secondary data sources and whether 

they match; and whether data are internally consistent. All these issues form the bedrock of the 

researcher’s confidence and later conclusions about the data’s quality, credibility, reliability, 

representativeness, and sufficiency for determining the feasibility of dose reconstruction. The 

feasibility evaluation presupposes that data pedigree issues have been settled. 

7.1.1 Internal Monitoring Data Pedigree Review

The bioassay program that supported the personnel working on nuclear operations was not initiated 

until August 1958. At that time, the program consisted primarily of gross beta or gross alpha 

measurements with specific radionuclide determinations made when required. There is information 

on the early urinalysis methods for the period 1959-1960; however, individual bioassay results are 

limited. Early results have also been observed to have discrepancies in the minimum measureable 

concentrations (ORAUT-TKBS-0038-5). Breathing zone air samples and general air sample data have 

not been located. NIOSH has determined that the quantity and quality of the internal bioassay 

monitoring data is insufficient to support a pedigree review for this evaluation. Due to the limitations 

of the occupational internal monitoring data for the evaluated period at Canoga Avenue Facility, an 

exhaustive pedigree review of occupational internal monitoring data has not been performed for this 

evaluation. 
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7.1.2 External Monitoring Data Pedigree Review

Since the beginning of nuclear operations at the Canoga Avenue Facility, the site used its own 

dosimeter to monitor photon and beta exposures. When operations began at the Canoga Avenue 

Facility, the dosimetry program already in place at SSFL Area IV expanded to include monitoring for 

personnel at the Canoga Avenue Facility. The dosimeter design was very similar to the film 

dosimeters used at the Y-12 plant and the Hanford site, which were based on the design developed by 

Pardue, Goldstein, and Wollan (Pardue, 1944). During this time period, the site supplemented their 

film dosimetry with pencil dosimeters, and with NTA film for monitoring neutron exposures. Both 

penetrating and non-penetrating doses were documented in personnel records (ORAUT-TKBS-0038-

6). Original individual external dosimetry records are available for workers at the Canoga Avenue 

Facility; workers with the greatest potential for significant radiation exposure were monitored over the 

class period under evaluation. The exchange frequencies for site personnel were based on the 

potential to exceed the administrative exposure limits for the applicable period in the radiological 

program (Lang, 1960; ORAUT-TKBS-0038-6).

As discussed in a mortality study and a comprehensive dose reconstruction methodology study at 

Rocketdyne/Atomics International (Boice, 2006a; Boice, 2006b), radiation workers (workers routinely 

assigned to areas where exposure was likely) were assigned a dosimeter. Based on the reviews 

performed during the studies, it was confirmed that the radiation workers who had the potential to 

receive routine external radiological exposures were monitored by dosimeters for all years evaluated 

and for all years of nuclear operations at the Canoga Avenue Facility. Therefore, NIOSH has 

concluded that the available information includes external dosimeter monitoring data for the highestexposed individuals for the class period under evaluation in this report and that these data are of 

sufficient quality and quantity to support assessing and bounding the external radiological dose for the 

class under evaluation. However, due to the limitations of the occupational internal monitoring data 

for the evaluated period at Canoga Avenue Facility, an exhaustive pedigree review of occupational 

external monitoring data has not been performed for this evaluation. 

7.2 Evaluation of Bounding Internal Radiation Doses at the Canoga Avenue 

Facility

The principal sources of internal radiation doses for members of the class under evaluation were 

uranium and fission products. The following subsections address the ability to bound internal doses, 

methods for bounding doses, and the feasibility of internal dose reconstruction. 

7.2.1 Evaluation of Bounding Process-Related Internal Doses

Although a bioassay program for some workers at the Canoga Avenue Facility was initiated in August 

1958, resulting data from this program are insufficient for bounding all potential intakes. NIOSH 

does not have access to sufficient personnel monitoring, workplace monitoring, or source term data to 

bound internal doses from uranium, fission products and other radionuclides during the period of 

operations. Consequently, NIOSH finds that it is not feasible to bound occupational intakes of 

uranium, fission products, or other radionuclides and the resulting doses for the class under 

evaluation. 
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7.2.2 Evaluation of Bounding Ambient Environmental Internal Doses

Historical information indicates that the areas supporting nuclear operations were routinely surveyed 

for contamination and were monitored for airborne contamination. Shoe covers and step-off pads 

were used to minimize contamination spread. Air from areas with the potential for airborne 

contamination passed through HEPA filtration systems. There is no evidence to suggest that the 

HEPA filtration system was faulty or that contaminants migrated outside of the controlled areas. 

During interviews, former workers employed at the facility during the entire operational period did 

not recall any incidents that resulted in radioactive materials escaping controlled areas (Personal 

Communication, 2009b; Personal Communication, 2009c; Personal Communication, 2009d). No 

contamination above the limits for unrestricted use was found in a 1995 survey of the facility by the 

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) (Rutherford 2002). However, the development of an

approach to bound ambient environmental doses was not further evaluated in this report. 

7.2.3 Methods for Bounding Internal Dose at the Canoga Avenue Facility 

7.2.3.1 Methods for Bounding Operational Period Internal Dose

As previously discussed, bioassay data for personnel at the Canoga Avenue Facility are unavailable 

before August 1958. Beyond 1958, these available bioassay data have been determined by NIOSH to 

be insufficient in quantity and quality to bound internal doses; furthermore, there is limited source 

term data and a lack of air monitoring data for the class under evaluation. Therefore, NIOSH has 

concluded that it is unable to bound internal doses for the period under evaluation. 

7.2.3.2 Methods for Bounding Ambient Environmental Internal Dose

NIOSH has found no evidence to suggest that radioactive contaminants were released as a result from 

radiological operations at the Canoga Avenue Facility. However, as previously discussed, the 

methodology for bounding environmental intakes at the Canoga Avenue Facility was not further 

evaluated for this report. 

7.2.4 Internal Dose Reconstruction Feasibility Conclusion 

Bioassay data for the personnel at the Canoga Avenue Facility are not available before August 1958 

and data beyond that date are insufficient in quantity and quality to bound intakes of all radionuclides 

for the class under evaluation. Source term and other monitoring are likewise insufficient for 

purposes of bounding intakes. Therefore, NIOSH has determined that it is unable to bound internal 

doses at the Canoga Avenue Facility for the period 1955-1960. 

7.3 Evaluation of Bounding External Radiation Doses at the Canoga Avenue 

Facility 

The principal sources of external radiation doses for members of the evaluated class were beta and 

gamma radiation associated with uranium and fission products (ORAUT-TKBS-0038-2). There was 

some potential for exposure to neutrons in the areas where small-scale reactor research was 
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performed. Pre-employment and periodic X-ray examinations were another source of external 

radiation dose to personnel at the Canoga Avenue Facility.

The following subsections address the ability to bound external doses, methods for bounding doses, 

and the feasibility of external dose reconstruction. 

7.3.1 Evaluation of Bounding Process-Related External Doses

External whole-body, skin, and extremity monitoring for beta and photon radiation was performed 

during the operational period at the Canoga Avenue Facility. The resulting data from this monitoring 

are available to NIOSH and applicable methodologies for bounding external doses have been 

developed. Neutron monitoring results are available for few workers at the Canoga Avenue Facility. 

As previously discussed, NIOSH does have access to source term information for the reactor 

operations where neutron exposures were likely. Neutron doses to personnel operating the small 

training reactors (L47 and L77) would have been minimal. This is evident from the detailed 

information regarding the shielding designs and resulting neutron fluxes for these reactors (Parkins, 

1958). An interviewee who worked in the hot cave area as a Hot Cell Mechanic stated that, given the 

materials that they were working with, he did not believe that neutron radiation was a concern and that 

there was no monitoring for neutrons (Personal Communication, 2009a). NIOSH has also considered 

the assessment contained in the Health Physics Journal paper, A Comprehensive Dose Reconstruction 

Methodology for Former Rocketdyne/Atomics International Radiation Workers, that concludes that 

neutron doses were minimal compared to photon dose, less than 3% (Boice, 2006b). This 

Rocketdyne/Atomics International evaluation included workers at the SSFL site, where much larger 

reactors and much higher neutron dose rates were present. 

Given the limitations on the ability to bound internal doses for the NIOSH-proposed class, and the 

lack of neutron exposure potential in the areas outside of the areas where nuclear operations took 

place, an exhaustive analysis of the neutron exposures has not been performed for this evaluation. 

7.3.2 Evaluation of Bounding Ambient Environmental External Doses

Environmental monitoring data are unavailable for the time period under evaluation. However, 

environmental dose is accounted for, and bounded by, existing external personnel monitoring data. 

Given the limitations on the ability to bound the internal doses for the proposed class, a further 

analysis of ambient environmental external doses has not been performed for this evaluation. 

7.3.3 Canoga Avenue Facility Occupational X-Ray Examinations 

There are indications that AI personnel were required to have medical X-ray examinations (Garcia, 

1970). Dose from occupationally-required medical X-rays should therefore be assumed to have 

occurred in the absence of data to the contrary.

7.3.4 Methods for Bounding External Dose at the Canoga Avenue Facility

There is an established protocol for assessing external exposure when performing dose reconstructions 

(these protocol steps are discussed in the following subsections): 
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• Photon Dose 

• Beta Dose

• Neutron Dose 

• Medical X-ray Dose

7.3.4.1 Methods for Bounding Operational Period External Dose

Photon Dose

External personnel dosimetry data are available for use in bounding operational photon dose to 

workers at the Canoga Avenue Facility. Methodologies for interpreting these data and for assigning 

dose to any workers are detailed in the Site Profile TBD, Atomics International – Occupational 

External Dose (ORAUT-TKBS-0038-6), and the external co-worker study, External Coworker 

Dosimetry Data for Area IV of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory, the Canoga Avenue Facility 

(Vanowen Building) and the DeSoto Avenue Facility (sometimes referred to as Energy Technology 

Engineering Center[ETEC] or Atomics International) (ORAUT-OTIB-0077). 

Beta Dose

External personnel dosimetry data are available for use in bounding operational beta dose to workers 

at the Canoga Avenue Facility. Methodologies for interpreting these data and for assigning dose to 

any workers are detailed in the Site Profile TBD, Atomics International – Occupational External Dose

(ORAUT-TKBS-0038-6).

Neutron Dose

Based on the known radiological operations at the Canoga Avenue Facility, the potential for worker 

exposure to neutrons was considered minimal and few workers were therefore monitored for neutrons. 

NIOSH intends to use any available neutron dose information in a claimant’s file to support partial 

dose reconstructions for workers at the Canoga Avenue Facility. 

Medical X-ray Dose

Medical dose for workers at the Canoga Avenue Facility can be bounded using the assumptions and 

applicable protocols in the complex-wide Technical Information Bulletin, Dose Reconstruction from 

Occupationally Related Diagnostic X-Ray Procedures, ORAUT-OTIB-0006. 

7.3.5 External Dose Reconstruction Feasibility Conclusion 

Since NIOSH has found that it is unable to bound internal dose, an exhaustive evaluation of feasibility 

of external dose reconstruction for workers at the Canoga Avenue Facility was not performed for the 

purposes of this report. However, NIOSH will complete partial dose reconstructions using available 

personnel monitoring data methodologies described in ORAUT-TKBS-0038-6. NIOSH also finds 

that dose from medical exams may be bounded using the methodologies outlined in 

ORAUT-OTIB-0006. 
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7.4 Evaluation of Petition Basis for SEC-00151

The petitioner made certain assertions on behalf of petition SEC-00151 for the Canoga Avenue 

Facility. The petition bases were identified as follows: 

(F.3) I/We have attached a report from a health physicist or other individual with expertise in 

radiation dose reconstruction documenting the limitations of existing DOE or AWE records on 

radiation exposures at the facility, as relevant to the petition. The report specifies the basis for 

believing these documented limitations might prevent the completion of dose reconstructions for 

members of the class under 42 CFR Part 82 and related NIOSH technical implementation 

guidelines. 

(F.4) I/We have attached a scientific or technical report, issued by a government agency of the 

Executive Branch of Government or the General Accounting Office, the Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, or the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, or published in a peer-reviewed 

journal, that identifies dosimetry and related information that are unavailable (due to either a lack 

of monitoring or the destruction or loss of records) for estimating the radiation doses of 

employees covered by this petition.

In the original petition and in the petitioner’s response to the consultation call letter, the petitioner 

referenced:

• SEC Petition Evaluation Report, Petition SEC-00093, Santa Susana Field Laboratory-Area IV, 

dated February 6, 2008. The excerpts from the February 6, 2008 version used in the support of the 

petition bases are in the petition file (Petition, 2009). [Note: The February 6, 2008 version has 

been superseded by Rev. 1 dated April 28, 2009.] 

• Environmental, Internal, and External Technical Basis Documents for the Santa Susana Field 

Laboratory (SSFL)-Area IV, Canoga Avenue Facility (Vanowen Building), the Downey Facility, 

and the Desoto Avenue Facility (ETEC or Atomics International) (ORAUT-TKBS-0038-4; 

ORAUT-TKBS-0038-5; ORAUT-TKBS-0038-6).

• Review of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL) Area IV Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) 

Petition-00093 and the NIOSH SEC Petition Evaluation Report, prepared by S. Cohen & 

Associates (SC&A, Technical Support for the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health); 

Draft: January 30, 2009. The draft used in the support of the petition bases is in the petition file 

(Petition, 2009). [Note: The draft January 30, 2009 version has been superseded by an October 

2009 draft]. 

The following subsections evaluate statements the petitioner made regarding the above-listed

documents (petitioner statements are in italics followed by NIOSH’s responses based on this 

evaluation.).
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7.4.1 Similarity of Monitoring

SEC-00151: The radiation monitoring data collected by Atomics International, a division of North 

American Aviation, as reported in Ref 6-a through 6-h, include both the SSFL/Area IV site and 

SSFL/Area IV – Canoga Facility site. These reports provide similar types of measured radiation data 

(or lack thereof) for both sites. It is inconceivable to believe that a site such as the Vanowen building 

in the SSFL/Area IV-Canoga Facilities site (or other buildings at this site), would be monitored 

differently than the SSFL/Area IV site, or that monitoring data would have been collected, recorded or 

maintained differently.

NIOSH agrees that monitoring at the Canoga Avenue Facility was similar to monitoring at SSFL Area 

IV and that monitoring data was collected, recorded, and maintained in a similar manner at both 

locations. NIOSH further agrees that such monitoring data are insufficient to bound all potential 

radiation doses to personnel at the Canoga Avenue Facility.

7.4.2 Insufficiency of Monitoring

SEC-00151: Nothing is found in these three documents to suggest that the radiation monitoring 

programs, in any aspect, for the SSFL/Area IV site and Canoga Park Vanowen building site were 

conducted differently, or had different objectives, or used differing technologies, or were recorded 

differently. To the contrary, most of the statements in the three documents ties the monitoring 

programs at the SSFL/Area IV site and the Canoga Park Vanowen building site together. 

NIOSH agrees that radiation monitoring programs at SSFL Area IV and the Canoga Avenue Facility 

were conducted similarly, with similar objectives and the same technologies, and were recorded 

similarly. NIOSH further agrees that such monitoring data are insufficient to bound all radiation 

doses to personnel at the Canoga Avenue Facility.

7.4.3 Insufficiency of Data

SEC-00151: In reference to the SC&A review of the SEC00093 ER (which included some SC&A 

reviews of the site TBDs), the petitioner noted: All of these comments directly reflect on the ability of 

anyone to establish, or bound, the radiation exposure doses, internal or external, to which North 

American Aviation employees at the SSFL/Area IV – Canoga Facility site may have been exposed.

NIOSH agrees that available data are insufficient to bound all radiation doses to personnel at the 

Canoga Avenue Facility.
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7.5 Summary of Feasibility Findings for Petition SEC-00151

This report evaluates the feasibility for completing dose reconstructions for employees at the Canoga 

Avenue Facility from January 1, 1955 through December 31, 1960. NIOSH found that the available 

monitoring records, process descriptions and source term data available are not sufficient to complete 

dose reconstructions the evaluated class of employees.

NIOSH finds that it is not feasible to reconstruct operational internal doses to workers at the Canoga 

Avenue Facility. Table 7-1 summarizes the results of the feasibility findings at the Canoga Avenue 

Facility for each exposure source during the time period January 1955 through December 1960. 

Table 7-1: Summary of Feasibility Findings for SEC-00151

January 1955 through December 1960

Source of Exposure

Canoga Avenue Facility

Reconstruction 

Feasible

Reconstruction

Not Feasible

Internal X1

Operational X 

Ambient Environmental n/a

External X2

 - Gamma X 

 - Beta X 

 - Neutron X 

 - Occupational Medical X-ray X 

PARTIAL DOSE RECONSTRUCTION INFORMATION: 

1 INTERNAL: For cases where individual internal monitoring data are available, these data may be used for purposes of 

partial dose reconstruction.

2 EXTERNAL: NIOSH intends to use all available information and dose reconstruction methodologies to support partial 

dose reconstruction for workers at the Canoga Avenue Facility.

As of February 25, 2010, a total of 165 claims have been submitted to NIOSH for individuals who 

worked at the Canoga Avenue Facility and are covered by the class definition evaluated in this report. 

Dose reconstructions have been completed for 128 individuals (~78%).
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8.0 Evaluation of Health Endangerment for Petition SEC-00151

The health endangerment determination for the class of employees covered by this evaluation report is 

governed by both EEOICPA and 42 C.F.R. § 83.13(c)(3). Under these requirements, if it is not 

feasible to estimate with sufficient accuracy radiation doses for members of the class, NIOSH must 

also determine that there is a reasonable likelihood that such radiation doses may have endangered the 

health of members of the class. Section 83.13 requires NIOSH to assume that any duration of 

unprotected exposure may have endangered the health of members of a class when it has been 

established that the class may have been exposed to radiation during a discrete incident likely to have 

involved levels of exposure similarly high to those occurring during nuclear criticality incidents. If 

the occurrence of such an exceptionally high-level exposure has not been established, then NIOSH is 

required to specify that health was endangered for those workers who were employed for a number of 

work days aggregating at least 250 work days within the parameters established for the class or in 

combination with work days within the parameters established for one or more other classes of 

employees in the SEC. 

NIOSH has determined that it lacks sufficient internal monitoring data for the period from January 1, 

1955 through December 31, 1960, which prevents evaluating internal dose with sufficient accuracy 

for the members of the proposed class during this period. NIOSH’s evaluation determined that it is not 

feasible to estimate radiation dose for members of the NIOSH-evaluated class with sufficient accuracy 

based on the sum of information available from available resources. Modification of the class 

definition regarding health endangerment and minimum required employment periods, therefore, is 

not required. 

NIOSH has determined that members of the class were not exposed to radiation during a discrete 

incident likely to have involved levels of exposure similarly high to those occurring during nuclear 

criticality incidents. However, evidence indicates that some workers in the proposed class may have 

accumulated substantial chronic exposures through episodic intakes of radionuclides, combined with 

external exposures to gamma, beta, and neutron radiation. Consequently, NIOSH is specifying that 

health was endangered for those workers covered by this evaluation who were employed for a number 

of work days aggregating at least 250 work days within the parameters established for this class or in 

combination with work days within the parameters established for one or more other classes of 

employees in the SEC (excluding aggregate work day requirements).

9.0 Class Conclusion for Petition SEC-00151

Based on its full research of the class under evaluation, NIOSH has defined a single class of 

employees for which NIOSH cannot estimate radiation doses with sufficient accuracy. The NIOSHproposed class to be added to the SEC includes all employees of the Department of Energy, its 

predecessor agencies, and its contractors and subcontractors who worked at the Canoga Avenue 

Facility, Los Angeles, California, from January 1, 1955 through December 31, 1960, for a number of 

work days aggregating at least 250 work days, occurring either solely under this employment or in 

combination with work days within the parameters established for one or more other classes of 

employees in the SEC. The class definition proposed by NIOSH in revision 0 of this report was based 

on the determination that the nuclear operations at the Canoga Avenue Facility were limited to a 
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single building (Vanowen Building) and that the dose reconstruction infeasibility would be limited to 

workers in this building, whereas doses for workers at the non-nuclear part of the facility could be 

reconstructed. The change in the proposed class definition was triggered by additional evaluation and 

research, which indicated that worker employment records are not sufficiently detailed to reliably 

determine an employee’s work location and work duration in a particular building. A worker’s actual 

work location may have been different from the locations shown in the employment verification files, 

which seem to have been based largely on time clock location.

NIOSH has carefully reviewed all material sent in by the petitioner, including the specific assertions 

stated in the petition, and has responded herein (see Section 7.4). NIOSH has also reviewed available 

technical resources and many other references, including the Site Research Database (SRDB), for 

information relevant to SEC-00151. In addition, NIOSH reviewed its NOCTS dose reconstruction 

database to identify EEOICPA-related dose reconstructions that might provide information relevant to 

the petition evaluation. 

These actions are based on existing, approved NIOSH processes used in dose reconstruction for 

claims under EEOICPA. NIOSH’s guiding principle in conducting these dose reconstructions is to 

ensure that the assumptions used are fair, consistent, and well-grounded in the best available science. 

Simultaneously, uncertainties in the science and data must be handled to the advantage, rather than to 

the detriment, of the petitioners. When adequate personal dose monitoring information is not 

available, or is very limited, NIOSH may use the highest reasonably possible radiation dose, based on 

reliable science, documented experience, and relevant data to determine the feasibility of 

reconstructing the dose of an SEC petition class. NIOSH contends that it has complied with these 

standards of performance in determining the feasibility or infeasibility of reconstructing dose for the 

class under evaluation. 
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10.0 References 

42 C.F.R. pt. 81, Guidelines for Determining the Probability of Causation Under the Energy 

Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000; Final Rule, Federal 

Register/Vol. 67, No. 85/Thursday, p 22,296; May 2, 2002; SRDB Ref ID: 19391 

42 C.F.R. pt. 82, Methods for Radiation Dose Reconstruction Under the Energy Employees 

Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000; Final Rule; May 2, 2002; SRDB Ref ID: 

19392 

42 C.F.R. pt. 83, Procedures for Designating Classes of Employees as Members of the Special 

Exposure Cohort Under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 

2000; Final Rule; May 28, 2004; SRDB Ref ID: 22001 

42 U.S.C. §§ 7384-7385 [EEOICPA], Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation 

Program Act of 2000, as amended

Author unknown, 1956, Examples of data from old dosimetry files; Atomics International, Health and 

Safety Central Files; various dates; SRDB Ref ID: 19706, pdf pp. 7-8 

Badger, 1965-1987, Early External Dosimetry Procedures at Area IV of the SSFL; F. H. Badger; 

1965-1987; SRDB Ref ID: 19062 

Boice, 2006a, Mortality Among Radiation Workers at Rocketdyne (Atomics International) 1948-1999, 

Radiation Research 166; J. D. Boice, et al; 2006; SRDB Ref ID: 39396 

Boice, 2006b, A Comprehensive Dose Reconstruction Methodology for Former Rocketdyne/Atomics 

International Radiation Workers, Health Physics, Vol. 90, Number 5; May 2006; J. D. Boice, et al; 

SRDB Ref ID: 37539 

Canoga Park, 1960, Rocketdyne Archives, aerial photo of Canoga Park Facility in 1960; Rocketdyne, a 

Division of North American Aviation, Inc.; http://rocketdynearchives.com; SRDB Ref ID: 73440 

Canoga Plot, unknown date, Canoga Park Facility plot drawings, Atomics International, a Division of 

North American Aviation, Inc.; unknown date; SRDB Ref ID: 74750 

Garcia, 1970, Radiation Safety Standard Analysis – Medical Examinations for Radiation Workers, 

REA-RSSA-12, prepared by R. R. Garcia and R. E. Alexander, December 8, 1966; revised by F. M. 

Staszeski December 8, 1970; SRDB Ref ID: 19052 

Kellehar, 1966, Bioassay Program General Information, internal letter from R. G. Kellehar to R. E. 

Alexander; Atomics International; Canoga Park, California; July 19, 1966; SRDB Ref ID: 19110 

Laboratory Status, 1959, Laboratory Status Reports, Health Physics department, North American 

Aviation, Inc.; various dates in 1959; various locations at SSFL and Canoga Park Facility; SRDB Ref 

ID: 74859 
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Lang, 1960, Radiological Safety at Atomics International, AI-Memo 5468; J. C. Lang; Atomics 

International; Canoga Park, California; July 13, 1960; SRDB Ref ID 19144 

Notebook, 2009, Supporting Document (compiled notebook); September 21, 2009; OSA Ref ID: 

109795 

OCAS-PR-004, Internal Procedures for the Evaluation of Special Exposure Cohort Petitions, Rev. 0, 

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH); Cincinnati, Ohio; September 23, 

2004; SRDB Ref ID: 32022 

ORAUT-OTIB-0004, Technical Information Bulletin: Estimating the Maximum Plausible Dose to 

Workers at Atomic Weapons Employer Facilities, Rev. 03 PC-2; Oak Ridge Associated Universities; 

December 6, 2006; SRDB Ref ID: 29949

ORAUT-OTIB-0006, Technical Information Bulletin: Dose Reconstruction from Occupationally 

Related Diagnostic X-Ray Procedures, Rev. 03; Oak Ridge Associated Universities; August 2, 2005; 

SRDB Ref ID: 19422

ORAUT-OTIB-0010, Technical Information Bulletin: A Standard Complex-Wide Methodology for 

Overestimating External Doses Measured with Film Badge Dosimeters, Rev. 01; Oak Ridge 

Associated Universities; June 5, 2006; SRDB Ref ID: 29953

ORAUT-OTIB-0017, Technical Information Bulletin: Interpretation of Dosimetry Data for 

Assignment of Shallow Dose, Rev. 00; Oak Ridge Associated Universities; January 19, 2005; SRDB 

Ref ID: 19435

ORAUT-OTIB-0018, Technical Information Bulletin: Internal Dose Overestimates for Facilities with 

Air Sampling Programs, Rev. 01; Oak Ridge Associated Universities; August 9, 2005; SRDB Ref ID: 

19436

ORAUT-OTIB-0020, Technical Information Bulletin: Use of Coworker Dosimetry Data for External 

Dose Assignment, Rev. 00; Oak Ridge Associated Universities; December 29, 2004; SRDB Ref ID: 

19441

ORAUT-OTIB-0033, Technical Information Bulletin: Application of Internal Doses Based on 

Claimant-Favorable Assumptions for Processing as Best Estimates, Rev. 00; Oak Ridge Associated 

Universities; April 20, 2005; SRDB Ref ID: 19457

ORAUT-OTIB-0054, Technical Information Bulletin: Fission and Activation Product Assignment for 

Internal Dose-Related Gross Beta and Gross Gamma Analyses, Rev. 00; Oak Ridge Associated 

Universities; May 11, 2007; SRDB Ref ID: 31780

ORAUT-OTIB-0055, Technical Information Bulletin: Technical Basis for Conversion from NCRP 

Report 38 Neutron Quality Factors to ICRP Publication 60 Radiation Weighting Factors for 

Respective IREP Input Neutron Energy Ranges, Rev. 00; Oak Ridge Associated Universities; June 5, 

2006; SRDB Ref ID: 29980 
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ORAUT-OTIB-0077, External Coworker Dosimetry Data for Area IV of the Santa Susana Field 

Laboratory, the Canoga Avenue Facility (Vanowen Building and the DeSoto Avenue Facility 

(sometimes referred to as Energy Technology Engineering Center[ETEC] or Atomics International), 

Rev. 00; Oak Ridge Associated Universities; August 3, 2009; SRDB Ref ID: 72162

ORAUT-PROC-0060, Procedure: Occupational Onsite Ambient Dose Reconstruction for DOE Sites,

Rev. 01; Oak Ridge Associated Universities; June 28, 2006; SRDB Ref ID: 29986

ORAUT-PROC-0061, Procedure: Occupational X-Ray Dose Reconstruction for DOE Sites, Rev. 01; 

Oak Ridge Associated Universities; July 21, 2006; SRDB Ref ID: 29987

ORAUT-TKBS-0038-1, Technical Basis Document: Atomics International – Introduction, Rev. 01; 

Oak Ridge Associated Universities; August 30, 2006; SRDB Ref ID: 30080 

ORAUT-TKBS-0038-2, Technical Basis Document: Energy Technology Engineering Center – Site 

Description, Rev. 00; Oak Ridge Associated Universities; February 2, 2006; SRDB Ref ID: 22140 

ORAUT-TKBS-0038-3, Technical Basis Document: Area IV of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory, 

the Canoga Avenue Facility (Vanowen Building), the Downey Facility, and the De Soto Avenue 

Facility (sometimes referred to as Energy Technology Engineering Center [ETEC] or Atomics 

International) – Occupational Medical Dose, Rev. 01; Oak Ridge Associated Universities; Rev. 02; 

October 31, 2008; SRDB Ref ID: 53184 

ORAUT-TKBS-0038-4, Technical Basis Document: Area IV of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory, 

the Canoga Avenue Facility (Vanowen Building), the Downey Facility, and the De Soto Avenue 

Facility (sometimes referred to as Energy Technology Engineering Center [ETEC] or Atomics 

International) – Occupational Environmental Dose, Rev. 01; Oak Ridge Associated Universities; 

March 8, 2007; SRDB Ref ID: 30622 

ORAUT-TKBS-0038-5, Technical Basis Document: Energy Technology Engineering Center – 

Occupational Internal Dose, Rev. 00; Oak Ridge Associated Universities; February 22, 2006; SRDB 

Ref ID: 22287 

ORAUT-TKBS-0038-6, Technical Basis Document: Atomics International – Occupational External 

Dose, Rev. 01; Oak Ridge Associated Universities; November 16, 2006; SRDB Ref ID: 30082 

Pardue, 1944, Photographic Film As a Pocket Radiation Dosimeter, CH-1553-A-2223; L. A. Pardue, 

N. Goldstein, and E. O. Wollan; University of Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory, April 1944; SRDB 

Ref ID: 8599 

Parkins, 1958, Aqueous Homogenous Type Research Reactors, W. E. Parkins, et al; Second United 

Nations International Conference on the Peaceful Uses of Atomic Energy; March 19, 1958; SRDB 

Ref ID: 73184 

Personal Communication, 2005, Personal Communication with ETEC Medical Director; Telephone 

Interview by ORAU Team; December 1, 2005; 12:00 PM EST; SRDB Ref ID: 20534
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Personal Communication, 2009a, Personal Communication with Hot Cell Mechanic; Telephone 

Interview by ORAU Team; December 7, 2009 12:00 PM EST; SRDB Ref ID: 77823

Personal Communication, 2009b, Personal Communication with Nuclear Research Technician;

Telephone Interview by ORAU Team; December 7, 2009 1:30 PM EST; SRDB Ref ID: 77824

Personal Communication, 2009c, Personal Communication with Chemistry Research Analyst;

Telephone Interview by ORAU Team; December 8, 2009 2:30 PM EST; SRDB Ref ID: 77822

Personal Communication, 2009d, Personal Communication with Research Engineer; Telephone 

Interview by ORAU Team; December 16, 2009 1:00 PM EST; SRDB Ref ID: 77825

Petition, 2009, Petition Form B for Canoga Avenue Facility (SEC-00151) plus supporting documents; 

July 27, 2009; OSA Ref ID: 109385 

Petition Document Review, 2009, Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) Petition (SEC00151) Canoga 

Avenue Facility (Vanowen Building) Petition Document Review (10/15/09), Oak Ridge Associated 

Universities; October 15, 2009; OSA Ref ID: 109996

Report, 1960, Environmental Monitoring Report: Annual Summary - 1960, Atomics International, 

Canoga Park, California; 1960; SRDB Ref ID: 73515 

Rutherford, 2002, Historical Radiological Activities at Building 038 (Vanowen Building), P. D. 

Rutherford; The Boeing Company; Canoga Park, California; January 15, 2002; SRDB Ref. ID 19179 

Survey, 1954, Monthly Environmental Survey at the Canoga Park Area for December, 1954; North 

American Aviation, Inc.; January 3, 1955; SRDB Ref ID: 77277 

Surveys, 1955, Environmental Surveys, North American Aviation, Inc., Nuclear Engineering and 

Manufacturing; various dates in 1955 at various SSFL site locations, including Canoga Park; SRDB 

Ref ID: 39543 

Surveys, 1956, Environmental Surveys, North American Aviation, Inc., Nuclear Engineering and 

Manufacturing; various dates in 1956 at various SSFL site locations, including Canoga Park; SRDB 

Ref ID: 39626 

Various authors, 1970-1987, Various External Dosimetry Procedures at Area IV of the SSFL; 1970-

1987; SRDB Ref ID: 19143 
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Attachment 1: Data Capture Synopsis

NOTE: This data capture summary is for all SSFL sites. Data capture took place simultaneously for all SSFL-related sites because all documents at the 

site are in the same location today, and all FRC/NARA documents are classified by operator history rather than site location.

Table A1-1: Data Capture Synopsis for Canoga Ave. Facility

Data Capture Information General Description of Documents Captured Date Completed Uploaded

Primary Site/Company Name: 

Canoga Avenue Facility; DOE 1955-1960 

De Soto Avenue Facility; DOE 1959-1995; DOE 

Remediation 1998 

Downey Facility; DOE 1948-1955 

Other Site Names: 

Rocketdyne 

Atomics International

North American Aviation 

North American Rockwell 

Rockwell International 

Boeing

Boeing has possession of the company-maintained records for the 

Canoga Avenue Facility, De Soto Avenue Facility, and Downey 

Facility at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL). Data Captures 

have been conducted at SSFL in December 2007, November 2008, 

September 2009, and November 2009. 21 documents from the 

September and November 2009 data captures are still undergoing 

sensitivity and legal reviews. The summary for documents received 

from SSFL is under SSFL below. 

Ongoing See SSFL 

below.

State Contacted: Gonzalo Perez, California Department of 

Public Health, Radiologic Health Branch 

Judy Hardy, California Department of Public Health, Public 

Records Coordinator 

The state has copied and forwarded California Radioactive Material 

License 0015, including the original issue and all subsequent 

amendments. The document package, which includes ancillary 

information such as Boeing financial reports, is undergoing review 

for relevant data.

Ongoing 0 

Cincinnati Operations Center Library The design and operational characteristics of a portable instrument 

calibrator containing 3 mCi of Sr-90 and environmental monitoring 

following waste disposal at sea. 

09/11/2009 2 

Cincinnati Public Library North American Aviation research reports and articles including the 

disposal of organic moderated reactor wastes by burning, plutonium 

recycling, processing uranium and thorium fuels, a discussion 

regarding potential reactor scram techniques, a method for U-238 

activation analysis, reports on the L-88 reactor, thorium-uranium fuel 

for the Sodium Reactor Experiment, the low decontamination method 

for processing metallic reactor fuels containing thorium, and a review 

of three cohort studies of cancer mortality among Rocketdyne 

workers.

10/28/2009 13

DOE Legacy Management - Grand Junction Office Correspondence regarding 6% enriched uranium sent to Atomics 

International in 1958 and a 1987 update on FUSRAP actions.

11/15/2008 3 
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Table A1-1: Data Capture Synopsis for Canoga Ave. Facility

Data Capture Information General Description of Documents Captured Date Completed Uploaded

DOE Legacy Management - MoundView (Fernald 

Holdings, includes Fernald Legal Database)

DOE correspondence regarding potential mixed waste shipments to 

the Nevada Test Site, operating procedure for a Fernald production 

run of slugs for North American Aviation, the nationwide survey of 

normal uranium scrap, and a New Brunswick Laboratory proposed 

work program for 1953-1954 which includes analyzing the boron 

concentration in heavy water for North American Aviation.

05/21/2008 7 

DOE Office of Scientific and Technical Information 

(OSTI)

A 1961 survey of irradiation facilities. The results of the OSTI search 

of their non-publicly available holdings for the Downey Facility has 

been forwarded to Objective 4. The OSTI search did not turn up 

documents for the Canoga Avenue and De Soto Avenue Facilities.

Ongoing 1 

Federal Records Center, San Bruno A 1984 environmental report, appraisals of the occupational medical 

program, a report of radiation exposures during chest x-rays, and a 

1969 appraisal of the industrial hygiene program.

09/15/2009 9 

Internet - DOE Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data 

Resource (CEDR)

The executive summary from and appendices to the Rocketdyne 

worker health study, a brief publication explaining the study, and an 

article from Radiation Research which presented the Boice study.

11/10/2009 3 

Internet - DOE Hanford Declassified Document Retrieval 

System (DDRS)

A 1956 report which indicates that Hanford was testing sodium for 

the Sodium Reactor Experiment.

11/10/2009 1 

Added through 

site association 

review. 

Internet - DOE OpenNet AEC reports to Congress. 11/10/2009 2 

Added through 

site association 

review.

Internet - DOE OSTI Energy Citations A test of NTA film to fast neutrons, gamma and neutron streaming 

from the Sodium Reactor Experiment, 1960 environmental report, 

1992 hot lab decommissioning report, pathway analysis for soil 

remediation, and testing of the Hallam reactor core components for 

releases during maintenance. 

11/10/2009 7 
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Table A1-1: Data Capture Synopsis for Canoga Ave. Facility

Data Capture Information General Description of Documents Captured Date Completed Uploaded

Internet - DOE OSTI Information Bridge The summary of FY 1964 AEC radioisotope shipments, hot lab 

decommissioning annual reports, the verification survey of Building 

4059, reports on sodium-graphite reactor technology, sodium 

component test installation reports, Organic Moderated Reactor 

reports, Sodium-Graphite Reactor fuel test reports, uraniummolybdenum studies for the Hallam reactor, SNAP reactor studies, 

and shielding and coolant system maintenance studies for the Sodium 

Reactor Experiment.

11/14/2009 116

Internet - ETEC Website A UCLA epidemiologic study and environmental reports. 09/03/2009 4 

Internet - Google An aerial radiological survey, a dose reconstruction methodology, 

histories of the Canoga Avenue, De Soto Avenue, and Downey 

Facilities, a survey of the De Soto gamma irradiation facility, 

environmental reports, federal facility review, incident reports, news 

articles, verification survey reports, progress reports, an NRC 

inspection report, depleted uranium waste disposal alternatives, a 

DOE press release summarizing the State of California epidemiologic 

study, and an article which describes and summarizes the UCLA 

epidemiologic study.

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Internet - National Academies Press (NAP) No relevant data identified. 11/10/2009 0 

Internet - National Nuclear Security Administration 

(NNSA) - Nevada Site Office

No relevant data identified. 11/10/2009 0 

Internet - NRC Agencywide Document Access and 

Management (ADAMS)

Special Nuclear Materials Licenses SNM-21 and SNM-33 with 

correspondence, byproduct material licenses and applications, the list 

of documents provided in response to FOIA request FOIA/PA-207-

0262, and the feasibility report for the manufacture of 164 19% 

enriched pins for the Sodium Reactor Experiment test program. 

11/14/2009 23

Internet - Washington State University (U.S. Transuranium 

and Uranium Registries)

A poster session regarding the longevity of workers exposed to 

plutonium.

11/10/2009 1 

NARA Atlanta A 1952 request for one kilogram of UF4 from Oak Ridge National 

Laboratory.

05/20/2008 1 
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Table A1-1: Data Capture Synopsis for Canoga Ave. Facility

Data Capture Information General Description of Documents Captured Date Completed Uploaded

Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL) Environmental reports, annual reviews of radiation controls, radiation 

survey reports, effluent monitoring reports, radiation surveys of the 

Canoga diagnostic x-ray facility, routine room surveys, access 

controls for the x-ray cells, California Radioactive Material License 

0273-59, the wound monitoring procedure, facility maps, urinalysis 

results, annual radiation exposure reports, waste operations 

procedures, radiological controls manual and procedures, some 

amendments from California Radioactive Material License 0015, 

Building 001 plan, radiation safety reviews, L-77 Reactor surveys, air 

sample data, and raw environmental data. 

12/22/2009, 

pending the 

delivery of the 

remaining 21 

documents 

undergoing 

review.

160

TOTAL 443

Table A1-2: Database Searches for Canoga Ave. Facility

Database/Source Keywords / Phrases Hits Uploaded

DOE CEDR

http://cedr.lbl.gov/

COMPLETED 11/10/2009

"North American Aviation"

Rocketdyne

"Atomics International"

"North American Rockwell"

"Rockwell International"

"United Technologies"

Downey (Key Word)

De Soto (Key Word)

13 3 

DOE Hanford DDRS

http://www2.hanford.gov/declass/

COMPLETED 11/10/2009

"North American Aviation "01/01/1955 - 08/21/2009

"Rocketdyne" +Canoga 01/01/1955 - 08/21/2009

"Atomics International"

"North American Rockwell" 01/01/1955 - 08/23/2009

"Rockwell International"01/01/1955 - 08/28/2009

"United Technologies" 01/01/1955 - 08/28/2010

"Rocketdyne" +"Vanowen" 01/01/1955 - 08/28/2010

Downey or "De Soto" (Simple Search)

0 0 
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Table A1-2: Database Searches for Canoga Ave. Facility

Database/Source Keywords / Phrases Hits Uploaded

DOE OpenNet

http://www.osti.gov/opennet/advancedsearch.jsp

COMPLETED 11/10/2009

"North American Aviation" +"Canoga" 01/01/1955 - 08/15/2009

"North American Aviation" +Vanowen 01/01/1955 - 08/21/2009

"Rocketdyne" +Canoga 01/01/1955 - 08/21/2009

"Rocketdyne" +Vanowen 01/01/1955 - 08/21/2009

"Atomics International" +Canoga 01/01/1955 - 08/23/2009

"Atomics International" +Vanowen 01/01/1955 - 08/23/2009

"North American Rockwell" +Canoga 01/01/1955 - 08/23/2009

"North American Rockwell" +Vanowen 01/01/1955 - 08/23/2009

"Rockwell International" +"Canoga" 01/01/1955 - 08/28/2009

"Rockwell International" +"Vanowen" 01/01/1955 - 08/28/2009

"United Technologies" +"Canoga" 01/01/1955 - 08/28/2010

"United Technologies" +"Vanowen" 01/01/1955 - 08/28/2010

Downey or "De Soto" (Full Text)

154 0 

DOE OSTI Energy Citations

http://www.osti.gov/energycitations/

COMPLETED 11/10/2009

"North American Aviation" +"Canoga" 01/01/1955 - 08/09/2009

"North American Aviation" +Vanowen 01/01/1955 - 08/21/2009

"Rocketdyne" +Canoga 01/01/1955 - 08/21/2009

"Rocketdyne" +Vanowen 01/01/1955 - 08/21/2009

"Atomics International" +Canoga 01/01/1955 - 08/22/2009

"Atomics International" +Vanowen 01/01/1955 - 08/23/2009

"North American Rockwell" +Canoga 01/01/1955 - 08/23/2009

"North American Rockwell" +Vanowen 01/01/1955 - 08/23/2009

"Rockwell International" +"Canoga" 01/01/1955 - 08/28/2009

"Rockwell International" +"Vanowen" 01/01/1955 - 08/28/2009

"United Technologies" +"Canoga" 01/01/1955 - 08/28/2010

"United Technologies" +"Vanowen" 01/01/1955 - 08/28/2010

Downey or "De Soto" (all fields)

10,442 7 

DOE OSTI Information Bridge

http://www.osti.gov/bridge/advancedsearch.jsp

COMPLETED 11/14/2009

"North American Aviation" +"Canoga" 01/01/1955 - 08/09/2009

"North American Aviation" +Vanowen 01/01/1955 - 08/21/2009

"Rocketdyne" +Canoga 01/01/1955 - 08/21/2009

"Rocketdyne" +Vanowen 01/01/1955 - 08/21/2009

"Atomics International" +Canoga 01/01/1955 - 08/21/2009

"Atomics International" +Vanowen 01/01/1955 - 08/23/2009

"North American Rockwell" +Canoga 01/01/1955 - 08/23/2009

"North American Rockwell" +Vanowen 01/01/1955 - 08/23/2009

"Rockwell International" +"Canoga" 01/01/1955 - 08/28/2009

"Rockwell International" +"Vanowen" 01/01/1955 - 08/28/2009

2,319 116
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Table A1-2: Database Searches for Canoga Ave. Facility

Database/Source Keywords / Phrases Hits Uploaded

DOE OSTI Information Bridge (cont.) "United Technologies" +"Canoga" 01/01/1955 - 08/28/2010

"United Technologies" +"Vanowen" 01/01/1955 - 08/28/2010

Downey or "De Soto" (all fields)

Google

http://www.google.com

COMPLETED 11/14/2009

"North American Aviation" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" "americium OR 

Am241 OR Am-241 OR Am 241 OR 241Am OR 241-Am OR "241 

Am" OR ionium OR Th230 OR Th-230 OR "Th 230" OR 230Th OR 

230-Th OR "230 Th"

"North American Aviation" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" "neptunium OR 

Np237 OR Np-237 OR "Np 237" OR 237Np OR 237-Np OR "237 Np" 

OR palm OR palmolive OR polonium OR Po210 OR Po-210 OR "Po 

210" OR 210Po OR 210-Po OR "210 Po"

"North American Aviation" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" "thorium OR 

thoria OR Th232 OR Th-232 OR "Th 232" OR 232Th OR 232-Th OR 

"232 Th" OR "Z metal" OR Z-metal OR myrnalloy OR "chemical 10-

66" OR "chemical 1066" OR "chemical 10 66"

"North American Aviation" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" "chemical 18-

12" OR "chemical 1812" OR "chemical 18 12" OR "chemical 10-12" 

OR "chemical 1012" OR "chemical 10 12" OR UX1 OR UX2"

"North American Aviation" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" "Th-234 OR 

Th234 OR "Th 234" OR 234-Th OR 234Th OR "234 Th" OR tritium 

OR H3 OR H-3 OR mint OR HTO"

"North American Aviation" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" "uranium OR 

U233 OR U-233 OR "U 233" OR 233U OR 233-U OR "233 U" OR 

U234 OR "U 234" OR U-234 OR 234U OR 234-U OR "234 U" OR 

U235 OR "U 235" OR U-235 OR 235-U OR 235U OR "235 U"

"North American Aviation" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" "U238 OR "U 

238" OR U-238 OR 238-U OR 238U OR "238 U" OR U308 OR "U 

308" OR U-308 OR 308-U OR 308U OR "308 U" OR "black oxide" 

OR "brown oxide" OR "green salt" OR "orange oxide" OR "yellow 

cake"

2,183,873 90
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Database/Source Keywords / Phrases Hits Uploaded

"North American Aviation" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" "UO2 OR UO3 

OR UF4 OR UF6 OR C-216 OR C-616 OR C-65 OR C-211 OR U3O8 

OR "uranium extraction" OR "uranium dioxide" OR "uranium 

hexafluoride" OR "uranium tetrafluoride" OR "uranium trioxide"

"North American Aviation" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" "plutonium OR 

Pu-238 OR Pu238 OR "Pu 238" OR 238Pu OR 238-Pu OR "238 Pu" 

OR Pu-239 OR Pu239 OR "Pu 239" OR 239Pu OR 239-Pu"

"North American Aviation" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" "239 Pu" OR Pu240 OR Pu240 OR "Pu 240" OR 240Pu OR 240-Pu OR "240 Pu" OR 

Pu-241 OR Pu241 OR "Pu 241" OR 241Pu OR 241-Pu OR "241 Pu"

"North American Aviation" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" "radium OR Ra226 OR Ra226 OR "Ra 226" OR 226-Ra OR 226Ra OR "226 Ra" OR 

Ra-228 OR Ra228 OR "Ra 228" OR 228Ra OR 228-Ra OR "228 Ra" 

OR radon OR Rn-222 OR Rn222 OR "Rn 222" OR 222Rn OR 222-Rn"

"North American Aviation" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" "222 Rn" OR 

thoron OR Rn-220 OR Rn220 OR "Rn 220" OR 220Rn OR 220-Rn OR 

"220 Rn" OR protactinium OR Pa-234m OR Pa234m OR "Pa 234m" 

OR 234mPa OR 234m-Pa OR "234m Pa"

"North American Aviation" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" strontium OR Sr90 OR Sr90 OR "Sr 90" OR 90-Sr OR 90Sr OR "90 Sr" OR oralloy OR 

postum OR tuballoy OR "uranyl nitrate hexahydrate" OR UNH OR K65 OR "sump cake"

"North American Aviation" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" accident OR "air 

count" OR "air dust" OR "air filter" OR "airborne test" OR alpha OR 

"belgian congo ore" OR beta OR bioassay OR bio-assay OR breath OR 

"breathing zone" OR BZ
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Database/Source Keywords / Phrases Hits Uploaded

"North American Aviation" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" "body burden" 

OR calibration OR "chest count" OR columnation OR contamination 

OR curie OR denitration OR "denitration pot" OR derby OR regulus 

OR "derived air concentration" OR DAC OR dose OR dosimeter

"North American Aviation" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" dosimetric OR 

dosimetry OR electron OR environment OR "Ether-Water Project" OR 

exposure OR "exposure investigation" OR "radiation exposure" OR 

external OR "F machine" OR fecal OR "feed material"

"North American Aviation" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" femptocurie OR 

film OR fission OR fluoroscopy OR "Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial 

Action Program" OR FUSRAP OR gamma-ray OR "gamma ray" OR 

"gas proportional" OR "gaseous diffusion" OR health

"North American Aviation" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" "health 

instrument" OR "health physics" OR H.I. OR HI OR HP OR "highly 

enriched uranium" OR HEU OR hydrofluorination OR "in vitro" OR 

"in vivo"

"North American Aviation" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" incident OR 

ingestion OR inhalation OR internal OR investigation OR isotope OR 

isotopic OR "isotopic enrichment" OR "JS Project" OR Landauer OR 

"liquid scintillation"

"North American Aviation" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" log OR "log 

sheet" OR "log book" OR "low enriched uranium" OR LEU OR "lung 

count" OR "maximum permissible concentration" OR MPC OR 

metallurgy OR microcurie OR millicurie

"North American Aviation" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" "mixed fission 

product" OR MFP OR monitor OR "air monitoring" OR nanocurie OR 

"nasal wipe" OR neutron OR "nose wipe" OR nuclear OR ChicagoNuclear OR "nuclear fuels" OR "nuclear track emulsion type A"
SEC-00151 03-02-10 Rev.1 FINAL Canoga Ave. Facility

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Database/Source Keywords / Phrases Hits Uploaded

"North American Aviation" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" NTA OR 

"occupational radiation exposure" OR occurrence OR "ore concentrate" 

OR "PC Project" OR permit OR "radiation work permit" OR "safe work 

permit" OR "special work permit" OR RWP OR SWP

"North American Aviation" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" "phosphate 

research" OR photon OR picocurie OR pitchblende OR "pocket ion 

chamber" OR PIC OR problem OR procedure OR radeco OR radiation 

OR radioactive OR radioactivity OR radiograph OR radiological

"North American Aviation" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" "Radiological 

Survey Data Sheet" OR RSDS OR radionuclide OR raffinate OR 

reactor OR respiratory OR "retention schedules" OR roentgen OR 

sample OR "air sample" OR "dust sample"

"North American Aviation" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" "general area air 

sample" OR sampling OR "air sampling" OR "dust sampling" OR 

"general area air sampling" OR "solvent extraction" OR source OR 

"sealed source" OR spectra OR spectrograph

"North American Aviation" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" spectroscopy OR 

spectrum OR standard OR operating OR processing OR survey OR 

"building survey" OR "routine survey" OR "special survey" OR 

"technical basis" OR "thermal diffusion"

"North American Aviation" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" 

"thermoluminescent dosimeter" OR TLD OR "Tiger Team" OR 

"tolerance dose" OR urinalysis OR urine OR "whole body count" OR 

WBC OR "working level" OR WL OR X-ray OR "X ray" OR Xray

"North American Rockwell" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" americium OR 

Am241 OR Am-241 OR "Am 241" OR "241Am" OR 241-Am OR "241

Am" OR ionium OR Th230 OR Th-230 OR "Th 230" OR 230Th OR 

230-Th OR "230 Th"
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Database/Source Keywords / Phrases Hits Uploaded

"North American Rockwell" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" neptunium OR 

Np237 OR Np-237 OR "Np 237" OR 237Np OR 237-Np OR "237 Np" 

OR palm OR palmolive OR polonium OR Po210 OR Po-210 OR "Po 

210" OR 210Po OR 210-Po OR "210 Po"

"North American Rockwell" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" thorium OR 

thoria OR Th232 OR Th-232 OR "Th 232" OR 232Th OR 232-Th OR 

"232 Th" OR "Z metal" OR Z-metal OR myrnalloy OR "chemical 10-

66" OR "chemical 1066" OR "chemical 10 66"

"North American Rockwell" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" "chemical 18-

12" OR "chemical 1812" OR "chemical 18 12" OR "chemical 10-12" 

OR "chemical 1012" OR "chemical 10 12" OR UX1 OR UX2

"North American Rockwell" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" Th-234 OR 

Th234 OR "Th 234" OR 234-Th OR 234Th OR "234 Th" OR tritium 

OR H3 OR H-3 OR mint OR HTO

"North American Rockwell" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" uranium OR 

U233 OR U-233 OR "U 233" OR 233U OR 233-U OR "233 U" OR 

U234 OR "U 234" OR U-234 OR 234U OR 234-U OR "234 U" OR 

U235 OR "U 235" OR U-235 OR 235-U OR 235U OR "235 U"

"North American Rockwell" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" U238 OR "U 

238" OR U-238 OR 238-U OR 238U OR "238 U" OR U308 OR "U 

308" OR U-308 OR 308-U OR 308U OR "308 U" OR "black oxide" 

OR "brown oxide" OR "green salt"

"North American Rockwell" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen""orange oxide" 

OR "yellow cake" 

"North American Rockwell" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" femptocurie OR 

film OR fission OR fluoroscopy OR "Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial 

Action Program" OR FUSRAP OR gamma-ray OR "gamma ray" OR 

"gas proportional" OR "gaseous diffusion" OR health
SEC-00151 03-02-10 Rev.1 FINAL Canoga Ave. Facility

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Database/Source Keywords / Phrases Hits Uploaded

"North American Rockwell" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" "health 

instrument" OR "health physics" OR H.I. OR HI OR HP OR "highly 

enriched uranium" OR HEU OR hydrofluorination OR "in vitro" OR 

"in vivo"

"North American Rockwell" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" incident OR 

ingestion OR inhalation OR internal OR investigation OR isotope OR 

isotopic OR "isotopic enrichment" OR "JS Project" OR Landauer OR 

"liquid scintillation"

"North American Rockwell" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" log OR "log 

sheet" OR "log book" OR "low enriched uranium" OR LEU OR "lung 

count" OR "maximum permissible concentration" OR MPC OR 

metallurgy OR microcurie OR millicurie

"North American Rockwell" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" "mixed fission 

product" OR MFP OR monitor OR "air monitoring" OR nanocurie OR 

"nasal wipe" OR neutron OR "nose wipe" OR nuclear OR ChicagoNuclear OR "nuclear fuels" OR "nuclear track emulsion type A"

"North American Rockwell" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" NTA OR 

"occupational radiation exposure" OR occurrence OR "ore concentrate" 

OR "PC Project" OR permit OR "radiation work permit" OR "safe work 

permit" OR "special work permit" OR RWP OR SWP

"North American Rockwell" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" "phosphate 

research" OR photon OR picocurie OR pitchblende OR "pocket ion 

chamber" OR PIC OR problem OR procedure OR radeco OR radiation 

OR radioactive OR radioactivity OR radiograph OR radiological

"North American Rockwell" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" "Radiological 

Survey Data Sheet" OR RSDS OR radionuclide OR raffinate OR 

reactor OR respiratory OR "retention schedules" OR roentgen OR 

sample OR "air sample" OR "dust sample"
SEC-00151 03-02-10 Rev.1 FINAL Canoga Ave. Facility

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Database/Source Keywords / Phrases Hits Uploaded

"North American Rockwell" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" "general area air 

sample" OR sampling OR "air sampling" OR "dust sampling" OR 

"general area air sampling" OR "solvent extraction" OR source OR 

"sealed source" OR spectra OR spectrograph

"North American Rockwell" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" spectroscopy 

OR spectrum OR standard OR operating OR processing OR survey OR 

"building survey" OR "routine survey" OR "special survey" OR 

"technical basis" OR "thermal diffusion"

"North American Rockwell" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" 

"thermoluminescent dosimeter" OR TLD OR "Tiger Team" OR 

"tolerance dose" OR urinalysis OR urine OR "whole body count" OR 

WBC OR "working level" OR WL OR X-ray OR "X ray" OR Xray

"Rocketdyne" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen"americium OR Am241 OR 

Am-241 OR "Am 241" OR "241Am" OR 241-Am OR "241 Am" OR 

ionium OR Th230 OR Th-230 OR "Th 230" OR 230Th OR 230-Th OR 

"230 Th"

"Rocketdyne" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen"neptunium OR Np237 OR Np237 OR "Np 237" OR 237Np OR 237-Np OR "237 Np" OR palm OR 

palmolive OR polonium OR Po210 OR Po-210 OR "Po 210" OR 

210Po OR 210-Po OR "210 Po"

"Rocketdyne" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen"thorium OR thoria OR Th232 

OR Th-232 OR "Th 232" OR 232Th OR 232-Th OR "232 Th" OR "Z 

metal" OR Z-metal OR myrnalloy OR "chemical 10-66" OR "chemical 

1066" OR "chemical 10 66"

"Rocketdyne" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen""chemical 18-12" OR 

"chemical 1812" OR "chemical 18 12" OR "chemical 10-12" OR 

"chemical 1012" OR "chemical 10 12" OR UX1 OR UX2
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Database/Source Keywords / Phrases Hits Uploaded

"Rocketdyne" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen"Th-234 OR Th234 OR "Th 

234" OR 234-Th OR 234Th OR "234 Th" OR tritium OR H3 OR H-3 

OR mint OR HTO

"Rocketdyne" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen"uranium OR U233 OR U-233 

OR "U 233" OR 233U OR 233-U OR "233 U" OR U234 OR "U 234" 

OR U-234 OR 234U OR 234-U OR "234 U" OR U235 OR "U 235" OR 

U-235 OR 235-U OR 235U OR "235 U"

"Rocketdyne" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen"U238 OR "U 238" OR U-238 

OR 238-U OR 238U OR "238 U" OR U308 OR "U 308" OR U-308 OR 

308-U OR 308U OR "308 U" OR "black oxide" OR "brown oxide" OR 

"green salt" OR "orange oxide" OR "yellow cake"

"Rocketdyne" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen"UO2 OR UO3 OR UF4 OR 

UF6 OR C-216 OR C-616 OR C-65 OR C-211 OR U3O8 OR "uranium 

extraction" OR "uranium dioxide" OR "uranium hexafluoride" OR 

"uranium tetrafluoride" OR "uranium trioxide"

"Rocketdyne" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen"plutonium OR Pu-238 OR 

Pu238 OR "Pu 238" OR 238Pu OR 238-Pu OR "238 Pu" OR Pu-239 

OR Pu239 OR "Pu 239" OR 239Pu OR 239-Pu

"Rocketdyne" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" "239 Pu" OR Pu-240 OR 

Pu240 OR "Pu 240" OR 240Pu OR 240-Pu OR "240 Pu" OR Pu-241 

OR Pu241 OR "Pu 241" OR 241Pu OR 241-Pu OR "241 Pu"

"Rocketdyne" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen"radium OR Ra-226 OR Ra226 

OR "Ra 226" OR 226-Ra OR 226Ra OR "226 Ra" OR Ra-228 OR 

Ra228 OR "Ra 228" OR 228Ra OR 228-Ra OR "228 Ra" OR radon OR 

Rn-222 OR Rn222 OR "Rn 222" OR 222Rn OR 222-Rn

"Rocketdyne" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen""222 Rn" OR thoron OR Rn220 OR Rn220 OR "Rn 220" OR 220Rn OR 220-Rn OR "220 Rn" OR 

protactinium OR Pa-234m OR Pa234m OR "Pa 234m" OR 234mPa OR 

234m-Pa OR "234m Pa"
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Database/Source Keywords / Phrases Hits Uploaded

"Rocketdyne" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen"strontium OR Sr-90 OR Sr90 

OR "Sr 90" OR 90-Sr OR 90Sr OR "90 Sr" OR oralloy OR postum OR 

tuballoy OR "uranyl nitrate hexahydrate" OR UNH OR K-65 OR "sump 

cake"

"Rocketdyne" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen"accident OR "air count" OR

"air dust" OR "air filter" OR "airborne test" OR alpha OR "belgian 

congo ore" OR beta OR bioassay OR bio-assay OR breath OR 

"breathing zone" OR BZ

"Rocketdyne" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen""body burden" OR calibration 

OR "chest count" OR columnation OR contamination OR curie OR 

denitration OR "denitration pot" OR derby OR regulus OR "derived air 

concentration" OR DAC OR dose OR dosimeter

"Rocketdyne" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen"dosimetric OR dosimetry OR 

electron OR environment OR "Ether-Water Project" OR exposure OR 

"exposure investigation" OR "radiation exposure" OR external OR "F 

machine" OR fecal OR "feed material"

"Rocketdyne" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen"femptocurie OR film OR 

fission OR fluoroscopy OR "Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action 

Program" OR FUSRAP OR gamma-ray OR "gamma ray" OR "gas 

proportional" OR "gaseous diffusion" OR health

"Rocketdyne" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen""health instrument" OR "health 

physics" OR H.I. OR HI OR HP OR "highly enriched uranium" OR 

HEU OR hydrofluorination OR "in vitro" OR "in vivo"

"Rocketdyne" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" incident OR ingestion OR 

inhalation OR internal OR investigation OR isotope OR isotopic OR 

"isotopic enrichment" OR "JS Project" OR Landauer OR "liquid 

scintillation"
SEC-00151 03-02-10 Rev.1 FINAL Canoga Ave. Facility

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Database/Source Keywords / Phrases Hits Uploaded

"Rocketdyne" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen"og OR "log sheet" OR "log 

book" OR "low enriched uranium" OR LEU OR "lung count" OR 

"maximum permissible concentration" OR MPC OR metallurgy OR 

microcurie OR millicurie

"Rocketdyne" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen""mixed fission product" OR 

MFP OR monitor OR "air monitoring" OR nanocurie OR "nasal wipe" 

OR neutron OR "nose wipe" OR nuclear OR Chicago-Nuclear OR 

"nuclear fuels" OR "nuclear track emulsion type A"

"Rocketdyne" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen"NTA OR "occupational 

radiation exposure" OR occurrence OR "ore concentrate" OR "PC 

Project" OR permit OR "radiation work permit" OR "safe work permit" 

OR "special work permit" OR RWP OR SWP

"Rocketdyne" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen""phosphate research" OR 

photon OR picocurie OR pitchblende OR "pocket ion chamber" OR PIC 

OR problem OR procedure OR radeco OR radiation OR radioactive OR 

radioactivity OR radiograph OR radiological

"Rocketdyne" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen""Radiological Survey Data 

Sheet" OR RSDS OR radionuclide OR raffinate OR reactor OR 

respiratory OR "retention schedules" OR roentgen OR sample OR "air 

sample" OR "dust sample"

"Rocketdyne" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen""general area air sample" OR 

sampling OR "air sampling" OR "dust sampling" OR "general area air 

sampling" OR "solvent extraction" OR source OR "sealed source" OR 

spectra OR spectrograph

"Rocketdyne" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen"spectroscopy OR spectrum OR 

standard OR operating OR processing OR survey OR "building survey" 

OR "routine survey" OR "special survey" OR "technical basis" OR 

"thermal diffusion"
SEC-00151 03-02-10 Rev.1 FINAL Canoga Ave. Facility

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Database/Source Keywords / Phrases Hits Uploaded

"Rocketdyne" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen""thermoluminescent dosimeter" 

OR TLD OR "Tiger Team" OR "tolerance dose" OR urinalysis OR 

urine OR "whole body count" OR WBC OR "working level" OR WL 

OR X-ray OR "X ray" OR Xray

"Atomics International" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" americium OR 

Am241 OR Am-241 OR "Am 241" OR "241Am" OR 241-Am OR "241 

Am" OR ionium OR Th230 OR Th-230 OR "Th 230" OR 230Th OR 

230-Th OR "230 Th"

"Atomics International" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" neptunium OR 

Np237 OR Np-237 OR "Np 237" OR 237Np OR 237-Np OR "237 Np" 

OR palm OR palmolive OR polonium OR Po210 OR Po-210 OR "Po 

210" OR 210Po OR 210-Po OR "210 Po"

"Atomics International" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" thorium OR thoria 

OR Th232 OR Th-232 OR "Th 232" OR 232Th OR 232-Th OR "232 

Th" OR "Z metal" OR Z-metal OR myrnalloy OR "chemical 10-66" OR 

"chemical 1066" OR "chemical 10 66"

"Atomics International" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" "chemical 18-12" 

OR "chemical 1812" OR "chemical 18 12" OR "chemical 10-12" OR 

"chemical 1012" OR "chemical 10 12" OR UX1 OR UX2

"Atomics International" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" Th-234 OR Th234 

OR "Th 234" OR 234-Th OR 234Th OR "234 Th" OR tritium OR H3 

OR H-3 OR mint OR HTO

"Atomics International" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" uranium OR U233 

OR U-233 OR "U 233" OR 233U OR 233-U OR "233 U" OR U234 

OR "U 234" OR U-234 OR 234U OR 234-U OR "234 U" OR U235 OR 

"U 235" OR U-235 OR 235-U OR 235U OR "235 U"
SEC-00151 03-02-10 Rev.1 FINAL Canoga Ave. Facility

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Database/Source Keywords / Phrases Hits Uploaded

"Atomics International" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" U238 OR "U 238" 

OR U-238 OR 238-U OR 238U OR "238 U" OR U308 OR "U 308" OR 

U-308 OR 308-U OR 308U OR "308 U" OR "black oxide" OR "brown 

oxide" OR "green salt" OR "orange oxide" OR "yellow cake"

"Atomics International" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" UO2 OR UO3 OR 

UF4 OR UF6 OR C-216 OR C-616 OR C-65 OR C-211 OR U3O8 OR 

"uranium extraction" OR "uranium dioxide" OR "uranium 

hexafluoride" OR "uranium tetrafluoride" OR "uranium trioxide"

"Atomics International" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" plutonium OR Pu238 OR Pu238 OR "Pu 238" OR 238Pu OR 238-Pu OR "238 Pu" OR 

Pu-239 OR Pu239 OR "Pu 239" OR 239Pu OR 239-Pu

"Atomics International" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" "239 Pu" OR Pu-240 

OR Pu240 OR "Pu 240" OR 240Pu OR 240-Pu OR "240 Pu" OR Pu241 OR Pu241 OR "Pu 241" OR 241Pu OR 241-Pu OR "241 Pu"

"Atomics International" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" radium OR Ra-226 

OR Ra226 OR "Ra 226" OR 226-Ra OR 226Ra OR "226 Ra" OR Ra228 OR Ra228 OR "Ra 228" OR 228Ra OR 228-Ra OR "228 Ra" OR 

radon OR Rn-222 OR Rn222

"Atomics International" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" "Rn 222" OR 222Rn 

OR 222-Rn

"Atomics International" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" "222 Rn" OR thoron 

OR Rn-220 OR Rn220 OR "Rn 220" OR 220Rn OR 220-Rn OR "220 

Rn" OR protactinium OR Pa-234m OR Pa234m OR "Pa 234m" OR 

234mPa OR 234m-Pa OR "234m Pa"

"Atomics International" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" strontium OR Sr-90 

OR Sr90 OR "Sr 90" OR 90-Sr OR 90Sr OR "90 Sr" OR oralloy OR 

postum OR tuballoy OR "uranyl nitrate hexahydrate" OR UNH OR K65 OR "sump cake"
SEC-00151 03-02-10 Rev.1 FINAL Canoga Ave. Facility

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Database/Source Keywords / Phrases Hits Uploaded

"Atomics International" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" accident OR "air 

count" OR "air dust" OR "air filter" OR "airborne test" OR alpha OR 

"belgian congo ore" OR beta OR bioassay OR bio-assay OR breath OR 

"breathing zone" OR BZ

"Atomics International" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" "body burden" OR 

calibration OR "chest count" OR columnation OR contamination OR 

curie OR denitration OR "denitration pot" OR derby OR regulus OR 

"derived air concentration" OR DAC OR dose OR dosimeter

"Atomics International" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" dosimetric OR 

dosimetry OR electron OR environment OR "Ether-Water Project" OR 

exposure OR "exposure investigation" OR "radiation exposure" OR 

external OR "F machine" OR fecal OR "feed material"

"Atomics International" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" femptocurie OR film 

OR fission OR fluoroscopy OR "Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial 

Action Program" OR FUSRAP OR gamma-ray OR "gamma ray" OR 

"gas proportional" OR "gaseous diffusion" OR health

"Atomics International" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" "health instrument" 

OR "health physics" OR H.I. OR HI OR HP OR "highly enriched 

uranium" OR HEU OR hydrofluorination OR "in vitro" OR "in vivo"

"Atomics International" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" incident OR 

ingestion OR inhalation OR internal OR investigation OR isotope OR 

isotopic OR "isotopic enrichment" OR "JS Project" OR Landauer OR 

"liquid scintillation"

"Atomics International" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" "log sheet" OR "log 

book" OR "low enriched uranium" OR LEU OR "lung count" OR 

"maximum permissible concentration" OR MPC OR metallurgy OR 

microcurie OR millicurie
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Database/Source Keywords / Phrases Hits Uploaded

"Atomics International" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" "mixed fission 

product" OR MFP OR monitor OR "air monitoring" OR nanocurie OR 

"nasal wipe" OR neutron OR "nose wipe" OR nuclear OR ChicagoNuclear OR "nuclear fuels" OR "nuclear track emulsion type A"

"Atomics International" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" NTA OR 

"occupational radiation exposure" OR occurrence OR "ore concentrate" 

OR "PC Project" OR permit OR "radiation work permit" OR "safe work 

permit" OR "special work permit" OR RWP OR SWP

"Atomics International" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" "phosphate research" 

OR photon OR picocurie OR pitchblende OR "pocket ion chamber" OR 

PIC OR problem OR procedure OR radeco OR radiation OR radioactive 

OR radioactivity OR radiograph OR radiological

"Atomics International" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" "Radiological 

Survey Data Sheet" OR RSDS OR radionuclide OR raffinate OR 

reactor OR respiratory OR "retention schedules" OR roentgen OR 

sample OR "air sample" OR "dust sample"

"Atomics International" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" "general area air 

sample" OR sampling OR "air sampling" OR "dust sampling" OR 

"general area air sampling" OR "solvent extraction" OR source OR 

"sealed source" OR spectra OR spectrograph

"Atomics International" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" spectroscopy OR 

spectrum OR standard OR operating OR processing OR survey OR 

"building survey" OR "routine survey" OR "special survey" OR 

"technical basis" OR "thermal diffusion"

"Atomics International" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen" "thermoluminescent 

dosimeter" OR TLD OR "Tiger Team" OR "tolerance dose" OR 

urinalysis OR urine OR "whole body count" OR WBC OR "working 

level" OR WL OR X-ray OR "X ray" OR Xray
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"Rockwell International" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen"americium OR 

Am241 OR Am-241 OR "Am 241" OR "241Am" OR 241-Am OR "241 

Am" OR ionium OR Th230 OR Th-230 OR "Th 230" OR 230Th OR 

230-Th OR "230 Th"

"Rockwell International" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen"neptunium OR 

Np237 OR Np-237 OR "Np 237" OR 237Np OR 237-Np OR "237 Np" 

OR palm OR palmolive OR polonium OR Po210 OR Po-210 OR "Po 

210" OR 210Po OR 210-Po OR "210 Po"

"Rockwell International" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen"thorium OR thoria 

OR Th232 OR Th-232 OR "Th 232" OR 232Th OR 232-Th OR "232 

Th" OR "Z metal" OR Z-metal OR myrnalloy OR "chemical 10-66" OR 

"chemical 1066" OR "chemical 10 66"

"Rockwell International" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen""chemical 18-12" 

OR "chemical 1812" OR "chemical 18 12" OR "chemical 10-12" OR 

"chemical 1012" OR "chemical 10 12" OR UX1 OR UX2

"Rockwell International" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen"Th-234 OR Th234 

OR "Th 234" OR 234-Th OR 234Th OR "234 Th" OR tritium OR H3 

OR H-3 OR mint OR HTO

"Rockwell International" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen"uranium OR U233 

OR U-233 OR "U 233" OR 233U OR 233-U OR "233 U" OR U234 

OR "U 234" OR U-234 OR 234U OR 234-U OR "234 U" OR U235 OR 

"U 235" OR U-235 OR 235-U 

"Rockwell International" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen"235U OR "235 U"

"Rockwell International" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen"U238 OR "U 238" 

OR U-238 OR 238-U OR 238U OR "238 U" OR U308 OR "U 308" OR 

U-308 OR 308-U OR 308U OR "308 U" OR "black oxide" OR "brown 

oxide" OR "green salt" OR "orange oxide" OR "yellow cake"
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Database/Source Keywords / Phrases Hits Uploaded

"Rockwell International" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen"UO2 OR UO3 OR 

UF4 OR UF6 OR C-216 OR C-616 OR C-65 OR C-211 OR U3O8 OR 

"uranium extraction" OR "uranium dioxide" OR "uranium 

hexafluoride" OR "uranium tetrafluoride" OR "uranium trioxide"

"Rockwell International" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen"plutonium OR Pu238 OR Pu238 OR "Pu 238" OR 238Pu OR 238-Pu OR "238 Pu" OR 

Pu-239 OR Pu239 OR "Pu 239" OR 239Pu OR 239-Pu

"Rockwell International" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen""239 Pu" OR Pu240 OR Pu240 OR "Pu 240" OR 240Pu OR 240-Pu OR "240 Pu" OR 

Pu-241 OR Pu241 OR "Pu 241" OR 241Pu OR 241-Pu OR "241 Pu"

"Rockwell International" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen"radium OR Ra-226 

OR Ra226 OR "Ra 226" OR 226-Ra OR 226Ra OR "226 Ra" OR Ra228 OR Ra228 OR "Ra 228" OR 228Ra OR 228-Ra OR "228 Ra" OR 

radon OR Rn-222 OR Rn222 OR "Rn 222" OR 222Rn OR 222-Rn

"Rockwell International" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen""222 Rn" OR thoron 

OR Rn-220 OR Rn220 OR "Rn 220" OR 220Rn OR 220-Rn OR "220 

Rn" OR protactinium OR Pa-234m OR Pa234m OR "Pa 234m" OR 

234mPa OR 234m-Pa OR "234m Pa"

"Rockwell International" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen"strontium OR Sr-90 

OR Sr90 OR "Sr 90" OR 90-Sr OR 90Sr OR "90 Sr" OR oralloy OR 

postum OR tuballoy OR "uranyl nitrate hexahydrate" OR UNH OR K65 OR "sump cake"

"Rockwell International" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen"accident OR "air 

count" OR "air dust" OR "air filter" OR "airborne test" OR alpha OR 

"belgian congo ore" OR beta OR bioassay OR bio-assay OR breath OR 

"breathing zone" OR BZ
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Database/Source Keywords / Phrases Hits Uploaded

"Rockwell International" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen""body burden" OR 

calibration OR "chest count" OR columnation OR contamination OR 

curie OR denitration OR "denitration pot" OR derby OR regulus OR 

"derived air concentration" OR DAC OR dose OR dosimeter

"Rockwell International" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen"dosimetric OR 

dosimetry OR electron OR environment OR "Ether-Water Project" OR 

exposure OR "exposure investigation" OR "radiation exposure" OR 

external OR "F machine" OR fecal OR "feed material"

"Rockwell International" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen"femptocurie OR 

film OR fission OR fluoroscopy OR "Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial 

Action Program" OR FUSRAP OR gamma-ray OR "gamma ray" OR 

"gas proportional" OR "gaseous diffusion" OR health

"Rockwell International" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen""health instrument" 

OR "health physics" OR H.I. OR HI OR HP OR "highly enriched 

uranium" OR HEU OR hydrofluorination OR "in vitro" OR "in vivo"

"Rockwell International" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen"incident OR 

ingestion OR inhalation OR internal OR investigation OR isotope OR 

isotopic OR "isotopic enrichment" OR "JS Project" OR Landauer OR 

"liquid scintillation"

"Rockwell International" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen"log OR "log sheet" 

OR "log book" OR "low enriched uranium" OR LEU OR "lung count" 

OR "maximum permissible concentration" OR MPC OR metallurgy OR 

microcurie OR millicurie

"Rockwell International" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen""mixed fission 

product" OR MFP OR monitor OR "air monitoring" OR nanocurie OR 

"nasal wipe" OR neutron OR "nose wipe" OR nuclear OR ChicagoNuclear OR "nuclear fuels" OR "nuclear track emulsion type A"
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Database/Source Keywords / Phrases Hits Uploaded

"Rockwell International" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen"NTA OR 

"occupational radiation exposure" OR occurrence OR "ore concentrate" 

OR "PC Project" OR permit OR "radiation work permit" OR "safe work 

permit" OR "special work permit" OR RWP OR SWP

"Rockwell International" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen""phosphate 

research" OR photon OR picocurie OR pitchblende OR "pocket ion

chamber" OR PIC OR problem OR procedure OR radeco OR radiation 

OR radioactive OR radioactivity OR radiograph OR radiological

"Rockwell International" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen""Radiological 

Survey Data Sheet" OR RSDS OR radionuclide OR raffinate OR 

reactor OR respiratory OR "retention schedules" OR roentgen OR 

sample OR "air sample" OR "dust sample"

"Rockwell International" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen""general area air 

sample" OR sampling OR "air sampling" OR "dust sampling" OR 

"general area air sampling" OR "solvent extraction" OR source OR 

"sealed source" OR spectra OR spectrograph

"Rockwell International" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen"spectroscopy OR 

spectrum OR standard OR operating OR processing OR survey OR 

"building survey" OR "routine survey" OR "special survey" OR 

"technical basis" OR "thermal diffusion"

"Rockwell International" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen""thermoluminescent 

dosimeter" OR TLD OR "Tiger Team" OR "tolerance dose" OR 

urinalysis OR urine OR "whole body count" OR WBC OR "working 

level" OR WL OR X-ray OR "X ray" OR Xray

"United Technologies" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen"americium OR Am241 

OR Am-241 OR "Am 241" OR "241Am" OR 241-Am OR "241 Am" 

OR ionium OR Th230 OR Th-230 OR "Th 230" OR 230Th OR 230-Th 

OR "230 Th"
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"United Technologies" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen"neptunium OR Np237 

OR Np-237 OR "Np 237" OR 237Np OR 237-Np OR "237 Np" OR 

palm OR palmolive OR polonium OR Po210 OR Po-210 OR "Po 210" 

OR 210Po OR 210-Po OR "210 Po"

"United Technologies" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen"thorium OR thoria OR 

Th232 OR Th-232 OR "Th 232" OR 232Th OR 232-Th OR "232 Th" 

OR "Z metal" OR Z-metal OR myrnalloy OR "chemical 10-66" OR 

"chemical 1066" OR "chemical 10 66"

"United Technologies" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen""chemical 18-12" OR 

"chemical 1812" OR "chemical 18 12" OR "chemical 10-12" OR 

"chemical 1012" OR "chemical 10 12" OR UX1 OR UX2

"United Technologies" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen"Th-234 OR Th234 OR 

"Th 234" OR 234-Th OR 234Th OR "234 Th" OR tritium OR H3 OR 

H-3 OR mint OR HTO

"United Technologies" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen"uranium OR U233 OR 

U-233 OR "U 233" OR 233U OR 233-U OR "233 U" OR U234 OR "U 

234" OR U-234 OR 234U OR 234-U OR "234 U" OR U235 OR "U 

235" OR U-235 OR 235-U OR 235U OR "235 U"

"United Technologies" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen"U238 OR "U 238" OR 

U-238 OR 238-U OR 238U OR "238 U" OR U308 OR "U 308" OR U308 OR 308-U OR 308U OR "308 U" OR "black oxide" OR "brown 

oxide" OR "green salt" OR "orange oxide" OR "yellow cake"

"United Technologies" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen"UO2 OR UO3 OR 

UF4 OR UF6 OR C-216 OR C-616 OR C-65 OR C-211 OR U3O8 OR 

"uranium extraction" OR "uranium dioxide" OR "uranium 

hexafluoride" OR "uranium tetrafluoride" OR "uranium trioxide"
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"United Technologies" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen"plutonium OR Pu-238 

OR Pu238 OR "Pu 238" OR 238Pu OR 238-Pu OR "238 Pu" OR Pu239 OR Pu239 OR "Pu 239" OR 239Pu OR 239-Pu

"United Technologies" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen""239 Pu" OR Pu-240 

OR Pu240 OR "Pu 240" OR 240Pu OR 240-Pu OR "240 Pu" OR Pu241 OR Pu241 OR "Pu 241" OR 241Pu OR 241-Pu OR "241 Pu"

"United Technologies" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen"radium OR Ra-226

OR Ra226 OR "Ra 226" OR 226-Ra OR 226Ra OR "226 Ra" OR Ra228 OR Ra228 OR "Ra 228" OR 228Ra OR 228-Ra OR "228 Ra" OR 

radon OR Rn-222 OR Rn222 OR "Rn 222" OR 222Rn OR 222-Rn

"United Technologies" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen""222 Rn" OR thoron 

OR Rn-220 OR Rn220 OR "Rn 220" OR 220Rn OR 220-Rn OR "220 

Rn" OR protactinium OR Pa-234m OR Pa234m OR "Pa 234m" OR 

234mPa OR 234m-Pa OR "234m Pa"

"United Technologies" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen"strontium OR Sr-90 

OR Sr90 OR "Sr 90" OR 90-Sr OR 90Sr OR "90 Sr" OR oralloy OR 

postum OR tuballoy OR "uranyl nitrate hexahydrate" OR UNH OR K65 OR "sump cake"

"United Technologies" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen"accident OR "air 

count" OR "air dust" OR "air filter" OR "airborne test" OR alpha OR 

"belgian congo ore" OR beta OR bioassay OR bio-assay OR breath OR 

"breathing zone" OR BZ

"United Technologies" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen""body burden" OR 

calibration OR "chest count" OR columnation OR contamination OR 

curie OR denitration OR "denitration pot" OR derby OR regulus OR 

"derived air concentration" OR DAC OR dose OR dosimeter
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"United Technologies" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen"dosimetric OR 

dosimetry OR electron OR environment OR "Ether-Water Project" OR 

exposure OR "exposure investigation" OR "radiation exposure" OR 

external OR "F machine" OR fecal OR "feed material"

"United Technologies" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen"femptocurie OR film 

OR fission OR fluoroscopy OR "Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial 

Action Program" OR FUSRAP OR gamma-ray OR "gamma ray" OR 

"gas proportional" OR "gaseous diffusion" OR health

"United Technologies" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen""health instrument" 

OR "health physics" OR H.I. OR HI OR HP OR "highly enriched 

uranium" OR HEU OR hydrofluorination OR "in vitro" OR "in vivo"

"United Technologies" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen"incident OR ingestion 

OR inhalation OR internal OR investigation OR isotope OR isotopic 

OR "isotopic enrichment" OR "JS Project" OR Landauer OR "liquid 

scintillation"

"United Technologies" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen"log OR "log sheet" 

OR "log book" OR "low enriched uranium" OR LEU OR "lung count" 

OR "maximum permissible concentration" OR MPC OR metallurgy OR 

microcurie OR millicurie

"United Technologies" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen""mixed fission 

product" OR MFP OR monitor OR "air monitoring" OR nanocurie OR 

"nasal wipe" OR neutron OR "nose wipe" OR nuclear OR ChicagoNuclear OR "nuclear fuels" OR "nuclear track emulsion type A"

"United Technologies" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen"NTA OR 

"occupational radiation exposure" OR occurrence OR "ore concentrate" 

OR "PC Project" OR permit OR "radiation work permit" OR "safe work 

permit" OR "special work permit" OR RWP OR SWP
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Database/Source Keywords / Phrases Hits Uploaded

"United Technologies" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen""phosphate research" 

OR photon OR picocurie OR pitchblende OR "pocket ion chamber" OR 

PIC OR problem OR procedure OR radeco OR radiation OR radioactive 

OR radioactivity OR radiograph OR radiological

"United Technologies" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen""Radiological Survey 

Data Sheet" OR RSDS OR radionuclide OR raffinate OR reactor OR 

respiratory OR "retention schedules" OR roentgen OR sample OR "air 

sample" OR "dust sample"

"United Technologies" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen""general area air 

sample" OR sampling OR "air sampling" OR "dust sampling" OR 

"general area air sampling" OR "solvent extraction" OR source OR 

"sealed source" OR spectra OR spectrograph

"United Technologies" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen"spectroscopy OR 

spectrum OR standard OR operating OR processing OR survey OR 

"building survey" OR "routine survey" OR "special survey" OR 

"technical basis" OR "thermal diffusion"

"United Technologies" "Canoga" OR "Vanowen""thermoluminescent 

dosimeter" OR TLD OR "Tiger Team" OR "tolerance dose" OR 

urinalysis OR urine OR "whole body count" OR WBC OR "working 

level" OR WL OR X-ray OR "X ray" OR Xray

neptunium OR Np237 OR Np-237 OR "Np 237" OR 237Np OR 237-

Np OR "237 Np" OR palm OR palmolive OR polonium OR Po210 OR 

Po-210 OR "Po 210" OR 210Po OR 210-Po OR "210 Po" Downey OR 

De-Soto "North American Aviation"

thorium OR thoria OR Th232 OR Th-232 OR "Th 232" OR 232Th OR 

232-Th OR "232 Th" OR "Z metal" OR Z-metal OR myrnalloy OR 

"chemical 10-66" OR "chemical 1066" OR "chemical 10 66" Downey 

OR De-Soto "North American Aviation"
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Database/Source Keywords / Phrases Hits Uploaded

"chemical 18-12" OR "chemical 1812" OR "chemical 18 12" OR 

"chemical 10-12" OR "chemical 1012" OR "chemical 10 12" OR UX1 

OR UX2 Downey OR De-Soto "North American Aviation"

uranium OR U233 OR U-233 OR "U 233" OR 233U OR 233-U OR 

"233 U" OR U234 OR "U 234" OR U-234 OR 234U OR 234-U OR 

"234 U" OR U235 OR "U 235" OR U-235 OR 235-U OR 235U OR 

"235 U" Downey OR De-Soto "North American Aviation"

U238 OR "U 238" OR U-238 OR 238-U OR 238U OR "238 U" OR 

U308 OR "U 308" OR U-308 OR 308-U OR 308U OR "308 U" 

Downey OR De-Soto "North American Aviation"

"black oxide" OR "brown oxide" OR "green salt" OR "orange oxide" 

OR "yellow 5cake" Downey OR De-Soto "North American Aviation"

UO2 OR UO3 OR UF4 OR UF6 OR C-216 OR C-616 OR C-65 OR C211 OR U3O8 OR "uranium extraction" Downey OR De-Soto "North 

American Aviation"

"uranium dioxide" OR "uranium hexafluoride" OR "uranium 

tetrafluoride" OR "uranium trioxide" Downey OR De-Soto "North 

American Aviation"

plutonium OR Pu-238 OR Pu238 OR "Pu 238" OR 238Pu OR 238-Pu 

OR "238 Pu" OR Pu-239 OR Pu239 OR "Pu 239" OR 239Pu OR 239-

Pu Downey OR De-Soto "North American Aviation"

"239 Pu" OR Pu-240 OR Pu240 OR "Pu 240" OR 240Pu OR 240-Pu 

OR "240 Pu" OR Pu-241 OR Pu241 OR "Pu 241" OR 241Pu OR 241-

Pu OR "241 Pu" Downey OR De-Soto "North American Aviation"

radium OR Ra-226 OR Ra226 OR "Ra 226" OR 226-Ra OR 226Ra OR 

"226 Ra" OR Ra-228 OR Ra228 OR "Ra 228" OR 228Ra Downey OR 

De-Soto "North American Aviation"
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228-Ra OR "228 Ra" OR radon OR Rn-222 OR Rn222 OR "Rn 222" 

OR 222Rn OR 222-Rn Downey OR De-Soto "North American 

Aviation"

"222 Rn" OR thoron OR Rn-220 OR Rn220 OR "Rn 220" OR 220Rn 

OR 220-Rn OR "220 Rn" OR protactinium OR Pa-234m OR Pa234m 

OR "Pa 234m" OR 234mPa OR 234m-Pa OR "234m Pa" Downey OR 

De-Soto "North American Aviation"

strontium OR Sr-90 OR Sr90 OR "Sr 90" OR 90-Sr OR 90Sr OR "90 

Sr" OR oralloy OR postum OR tuballoy OR "uranyl nitrate 

hexahydrate" OR UNH OR K-65 OR "sump cake" Downey OR DeSoto "North American Aviation"

accident OR "air count" OR "air dust" OR "air filter" OR "airborne test" 

OR alpha OR "belgian congo ore" OR beta OR bioassay OR bio-assay 

OR breath OR "breathing zone" OR BZ Downey OR De-Soto "North 

American Aviation"

"body burden" OR calibration OR "chest count" OR columnation OR 

contamination OR curie OR denitration OR "denitration pot" Downey 

OR De-Soto "North American Aviation"

derby OR regulus OR "derived air concentration" OR DAC OR dose 

OR dosimeter Downey OR De-Soto "North American Aviation"

dosimetric OR dosimetry OR electron OR environment OR "EtherWater Project" OR exposure OR "exposure investigation" Downey OR 

De-Soto "North American Aviation"

"radiation exposure" OR external OR "F machine" OR fecal OR "feed 

material" Downey OR De-Soto "North American Aviation"

femptocurie OR film OR fission OR fluoroscopy OR "Formerly 

Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program" OR FUSRAP Downey OR 

De-Soto "North American Aviation"
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gamma-ray OR "gamma ray" OR "gas proportional" OR "gaseous 

diffusion" OR health Downey OR De-Soto "North American Aviation"

"health instrument" OR "health physics" OR H.I. OR HI OR HP OR 

"highly enriched uranium" OR HEU OR hydrofluorination OR "in 

vitro" OR "in vivo" Downey OR De-Soto "North American Aviation"

incident OR ingestion OR inhalation OR internal OR investigation OR

isotope OR isotopic OR "isotopic enrichment" OR "JS Project" OR 

Landauer OR "liquid scintillation" Downey OR De-Soto "North 

American Aviation"

log OR "log sheet" OR "log book" OR "low enriched uranium" OR 

LEU OR "lung count" OR "maximum permissible concentration" OR 

MPC OR metallurgy OR microcurie OR millicurie Downey OR DeSoto "North American Aviation"

"mixed fission product" OR MFP OR monitor OR "air monitoring" OR 

nanocurie OR "nasal wipe" OR neutron OR "nose wipe" Downey OR 

De-Soto "North American Aviation"

nuclear OR Chicago-Nuclear OR "nuclear fuels" OR "nuclear track 

emulsion type A" Downey OR De-Soto "North American Aviation"

NTA OR "occupational radiation exposure" OR occurrence OR "ore 

concentrate" OR "PC Project" OR permit OR "radiation work permit" 

Downey OR De-Soto "North American Aviation"

"safe work permit" OR "special work permit" OR RWP OR SWP 

Downey OR De-Soto "North American Aviation"

"phosphate research" OR photon OR picocurie OR pitchblende OR 

"pocket ion chamber" OR PIC OR problem OR procedure Downey OR 

De-Soto "North American Aviation"
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radeco OR radiation OR radioactive OR radioactivity OR radiograph 

OR radiological Downey OR De-Soto "North American Aviation"

"Radiological Survey Data Sheet" OR RSDS OR radionuclide OR 

raffinate OR reactor OR respiratory OR "retention schedules" OR 

roentgen OR sample OR "air sample" OR "dust sample" Downey OR 

De-Soto "North American Aviation"

"general area air sample" OR sampling OR "air sampling" OR "dust 

sampling" OR "general area air sampling" OR "solvent extraction" OR 

source OR "sealed source" OR spectra Downey OR De-Soto "North 

American Aviation"

spectrograph OR spectroscopy OR spectrum OR standard OR operating 

OR processing OR survey OR "building survey" OR "routine survey" 

OR "special survey" OR "technical basis" Downey OR De-Soto "North 

American Aviation"

"thermal diffusion" OR "thermoluminescent dosimeter" OR TLD OR 

"Tiger Team" OR "tolerance dose" OR urinalysis OR urine Downey OR 

De-Soto "North American Aviation"

"whole body count" OR WBC OR "working level" OR WL OR X-ray 

OR "X ray" OR Xray Downey OR De-Soto "North American Aviation"

americium OR Am241 OR Am-241 OR "Am 241" OR "241Am" OR 

241-Am OR "241 Am" OR ionium OR Th230 OR Th-230 OR "Th 230" 

OR 230Th OR 230-Th OR "230 Th" Downey OR De-Soto 

"Rocketdyne"

"chemical 18-12" OR "chemical 1812" OR "chemical 18 12" OR 

"chemical 10-12" OR "chemical 1012" OR "chemical 10 12" OR UX1 

OR UX2 Downey OR De-Soto "Rocketdyne"
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Th-234 OR Th234 OR "Th 234" OR 234-Th OR 234Th OR "234 Th" 

OR tritium OR H3 OR H-3 OR mint OR HTO Downey OR De-Soto 

"Rocketdyne"

uranium OR U233 OR U-233 OR "U 233" OR 233U OR 233-U OR 

"233 U" OR U234 OR "U 234" OR U-234 OR 234U OR 234-U OR 

"234 U" OR U235 OR "U 235" OR U-235 OR 235-U OR 235U OR 

"235 U" Downey OR De-Soto "Rocketdyne"

U238 OR "U 238" OR U-238 OR 238-U OR 238U OR "238 U" OR

U308 OR "U 308" OR U-308 OR 308-U OR 308U OR "308 U" 

Downey OR De-Soto "Rocketdyne"

"black oxide" OR "brown oxide" OR "green salt" OR "orange oxide" 

OR "yellow 5cake" Downey OR De-Soto "Rocketdyne"

UO2 OR UO3 OR UF4 OR UF6 OR C-216 OR C-616 OR C-65 OR C211 OR U3O8 OR "uranium extraction" Downey OR De-Soto 

"Rocketdyne"

"uranium dioxide" OR "uranium hexafluoride" OR "uranium 

tetrafluoride" OR "uranium trioxide" Downey OR De-Soto 

"Rocketdyne"

plutonium OR Pu-238 OR Pu238 OR "Pu 238" OR 238Pu OR 238-Pu 

OR "238 Pu" OR Pu-239 OR Pu239 OR "Pu 239" OR 239Pu OR 239-

Pu Downey OR De-Soto "Rocketdyne"

"239 Pu" OR Pu-240 OR Pu240 OR "Pu 240" OR 240Pu OR 240-Pu 

OR "240 Pu" OR Pu-241 OR Pu241 OR "Pu 241" OR 241Pu OR 241-

Pu OR "241 Pu" Downey OR De-Soto "Rocketdyne"

radium OR Ra-226 OR Ra226 OR "Ra 226" OR 226-Ra OR 226Ra OR 

"226 Ra" OR Ra-228 OR Ra228 OR "Ra 228" OR 228Ra Downey OR 

De-Soto "Rocketdyne"
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228-Ra OR "228 Ra" OR radon OR Rn-222 OR Rn222 OR "Rn 222" 

OR 222Rn OR 222-Rn Downey OR De-Soto "Rocketdyne"

"222 Rn" OR thoron OR Rn-220 OR Rn220 OR "Rn 220" OR 220Rn 

OR 220-Rn OR "220 Rn" OR protactinium OR Pa-234m OR Pa234m 

OR "Pa 234m" OR 234mPa OR 234m-Pa OR "234m Pa" Downey OR 

De-Soto "Rocketdyne"

strontium OR Sr-90 OR Sr90 OR "Sr 90" OR 90-Sr OR 90Sr OR "90 

Sr" OR oralloy OR postum OR tuballoy OR "uranyl nitrate 

hexahydrate" OR UNH OR K-65 OR "sump cake" Downey OR DeSoto "Rocketdyne"

"body burden" OR calibration OR "chest count" OR columnation OR 

contamination OR curie OR denitration OR "denitration pot" Downey 

OR De-Soto "Rocketdyne"

derby OR regulus OR "derived air concentration" OR DAC OR dose 

OR dosimeter Downey OR De-Soto "Rocketdyne"

dosimetric OR dosimetry OR electron OR environment OR "EtherWater Project" OR exposure OR "exposure investigation" Downey OR 

De-Soto "Rocketdyne"

"radiation exposure" OR external OR "F machine" OR fecal OR "feed 

material" Downey OR De-Soto "Rocketdyne"

femptocurie OR film OR fission OR fluoroscopy OR "Formerly 

Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program" OR FUSRAP Downey OR 

De-Soto "Rocketdyne"

gamma-ray OR "gamma ray" OR "gas proportional" OR "gaseous 

diffusion" OR health Downey OR De-Soto "Rocketdyne"
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Database/Source Keywords / Phrases Hits Uploaded

"health instrument" OR "health physics" OR H.I. OR HI OR HP OR 

"highly enriched uranium" OR HEU OR hydrofluorination OR "in 

vitro" OR "in vivo" Downey OR De-Soto "Rocketdyne"

incident OR ingestion OR inhalation OR internal OR investigation OR 

isotope OR isotopic OR "isotopic enrichment" OR "JS Project" OR 

Landauer OR "liquid scintillation" Downey OR De-Soto "Rocketdyne"

log OR "log sheet" OR "log book" OR "low enriched uranium" OR 

LEU OR "lung count" OR "maximum permissible concentration" OR 

MPC OR metallurgy OR microcurie OR millicurie Downey OR DeSoto "Rocketdyne"

"mixed fission product" OR MFP OR monitor OR "air monitoring" OR 

nanocurie OR "nasal wipe" OR neutron OR "nose wipe" Downey OR 

De-Soto "Rocketdyne"

nuclear OR Chicago-Nuclear OR "nuclear fuels" OR "nuclear track 

emulsion type A" Downey OR De-Soto "Rocketdyne"

NTA OR "occupational radiation exposure" OR occurrence OR "ore 

concentrate" OR "PC Project" OR permit OR "radiation work permit" 

Downey OR De-Soto "Rocketdyne"

"safe work permit" OR "special work permit" OR RWP OR SWP 

Downey OR De-Soto "Rocketdyne"

"phosphate research" OR photon OR picocurie OR pitchblende OR 

"pocket ion chamber" OR PIC OR problem OR procedure Downey OR 

De-Soto "Rocketdyne"

radeco OR radiation OR radioactive OR radioactivity OR radiograph 

OR radiological Downey OR De-Soto "Rocketdyne"
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Database/Source Keywords / Phrases Hits Uploaded

"Radiological Survey Data Sheet" OR RSDS OR radionuclide OR 

raffinate OR reactor OR respiratory OR "retention schedules" OR 

roentgen OR sample OR "air sample" OR "dust sample" Downey OR 

De-Soto "Rocketdyne"

"general area air sample" OR sampling OR "air sampling" OR "dust 

sampling" OR "general area air sampling" OR "solvent extraction" OR 

source OR "sealed source" OR spectra Downey OR De-Soto 

"Rocketdyne"

spectrograph OR spectroscopy OR spectrum OR standard OR operating 

OR processing OR survey OR "building survey" OR "routine survey" 

OR "special survey" OR "technical basis" Downey OR De-Soto 

"Rocketdyne"

"thermal diffusion" OR "thermoluminescent dosimeter" OR TLD OR 

"Tiger Team" OR "tolerance dose" OR urinalysis OR urine Downey OR 

De-Soto "Rocketdyne"

"whole body count" OR WBC OR "working level" OR WL OR X-ray 

OR "X ray" OR Xray Downey OR De-Soto "Rocketdyne"

americium OR Am241 OR Am-241 OR "Am 241" OR "241Am" OR 

241-Am OR "241 Am" OR ionium OR Th230 OR Th-230 OR "Th 230" 

OR 230Th OR 230-Th OR "230 Th" Downey OR De-Soto "Atomics 

International"

"chemical 18-12" OR "chemical 1812" OR "chemical 18 12" OR 

"chemical 10-12" OR "chemical 1012" OR "chemical 10 12" OR UX1 

OR UX2 Downey OR De-Soto "Atomics International"

Th-234 OR Th234 OR "Th 234" OR 234-Th OR 234Th OR "234 Th" 

OR tritium OR H3 OR H-3 OR mint OR HTO Downey OR De-Soto 

"Atomics International"
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Database/Source Keywords / Phrases Hits Uploaded

uranium OR U233 OR U-233 OR "U 233" OR 233U OR 233-U OR 

"233 U" OR U234 OR "U 234" OR U-234 OR 234U OR 234-U OR 

"234 U" OR U235 OR "U 235" OR U-235 OR 235-U OR 235U OR 

"235 U" Downey OR De-Soto "Atomics International"

U238 OR "U 238" OR U-238 OR 238-U OR 238U OR "238 U" OR 

U308 OR "U 308" OR U-308 OR 308-U OR 308U OR "308 U" 

Downey OR De-Soto "Atomics International"

"black oxide" OR "brown oxide" OR "green salt" OR "orange oxide" 

OR "yellow 5cake" Downey OR De-Soto "Atomics International"

UO2 OR UO3 OR UF4 OR UF6 OR C-216 OR C-616 OR C-65 OR C211 OR U3O8 OR "uranium extraction" Downey OR De-Soto 

"Atomics International"

"uranium dioxide" OR "uranium hexafluoride" OR "uranium 

tetrafluoride" OR "uranium trioxide" Downey OR De-Soto "Atomics 

International"

plutonium OR Pu-238 OR Pu238 OR "Pu 238" OR 238Pu OR 238-Pu 

OR "238 Pu" OR Pu-239 OR Pu239 OR "Pu 239" OR 239Pu OR 239-

Pu Downey OR De-Soto "Atomics International"

"239 Pu" OR Pu-240 OR Pu240 OR "Pu 240" OR 240Pu OR 240-Pu 

OR "240 Pu" OR Pu-241 OR Pu241 OR "Pu 241" OR 241Pu OR 241-

Pu OR "241 Pu" Downey OR De-Soto "Atomics International"

radium OR Ra-226 OR Ra226 OR "Ra 226" OR 226-Ra OR 226Ra OR 

"226 Ra" OR Ra-228 OR Ra228 OR "Ra 228" OR 228Ra Downey OR 

De-Soto "Atomics International"

228-Ra OR "228 Ra" OR radon OR Rn-222 OR Rn222 OR "Rn 222" 

OR 222Rn OR 222-Rn Downey OR De-Soto "Atomics International"
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Database/Source Keywords / Phrases Hits Uploaded

"222 Rn" OR thoron OR Rn-220 OR Rn220 OR "Rn 220" OR 220Rn 

OR 220-Rn OR "220 Rn" OR protactinium OR Pa-234m OR Pa234m 

OR "Pa 234m" OR 234mPa OR 234m-Pa OR "234m Pa" Downey OR 

De-Soto "Atomics International"

strontium OR Sr-90 OR Sr90 OR "Sr 90" OR 90-Sr OR 90Sr OR "90 

Sr" OR oralloy OR postum OR tuballoy OR "uranyl nitrate 

hexahydrate" OR UNH OR K-65 OR "sump cake" Downey OR DeSoto "Atomics International"

accident OR "air count" OR "air dust" OR "air filter" OR "airborne test" 

OR alpha OR "belgian congo ore" OR beta OR bioassay OR bio-assay 

OR breath OR "breathing zone" OR BZ Downey OR De-Soto "Atomics 

International"

"body burden" OR calibration OR "chest count" OR columnation OR 

contamination OR curie OR denitration OR "denitration pot" Downey 

OR De-Soto "Atomics International"

derby OR regulus OR "derived air concentration" OR DAC OR dose 

OR dosimeter Downey OR De-Soto "Atomics International"

dosimetric OR dosimetry OR electron OR environment OR "EtherWater Project" OR exposure OR "exposure investigation" Downey OR 

De-Soto "Atomics International"

"radiation exposure" OR external OR "F machine" OR fecal OR "feed 

material" Downey OR De-Soto "Atomics International"

femptocurie OR film OR fission OR fluoroscopy OR "Formerly 

Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program" OR FUSRAP Downey OR 

De-Soto "Atomics International"

gamma-ray OR "gamma ray" OR "gas proportional" OR "gaseous 

diffusion" OR health Downey OR De-Soto "Atomics International"
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Database/Source Keywords / Phrases Hits Uploaded

"health instrument" OR "health physics" OR H.I. OR HI OR HP OR 

"highly enriched uranium" OR HEU OR hydrofluorination OR "in 

vitro" OR "in vivo" Downey OR De-Soto "Atomics International"

incident OR ingestion OR inhalation OR internal OR investigation OR 

isotope OR isotopic OR "isotopic enrichment" OR "JS Project" OR 

Landauer OR "liquid scintillation" Downey OR De-Soto "Atomics 

International"

log OR "log sheet" OR "log book" OR "low enriched uranium" OR 

LEU OR "lung count" OR "maximum permissible concentration" OR

MPC OR metallurgy OR microcurie OR millicurie Downey OR DeSoto "Atomics International"

"mixed fission product" OR MFP OR monitor OR "air monitoring" OR 

nanocurie OR "nasal wipe" OR neutron OR "nose wipe" Downey OR 

De-Soto "Atomics International"

nuclear OR Chicago-Nuclear OR "nuclear fuels" OR "nuclear track 

emulsion type A" Downey OR De-Soto "Atomics International"

NTA OR "occupational radiation exposure" OR occurrence OR "ore 

concentrate" OR "PC Project" OR permit OR "radiation work permit" 

Downey OR De-Soto "Atomics International"

"safe work permit" OR "special work permit" OR RWP OR SWP 

Downey OR De-Soto "Atomics International"

"phosphate research" OR photon OR picocurie OR pitchblende OR 

"pocket ion chamber" OR PIC OR problem OR procedure Downey OR 

De-Soto "Atomics International"

radeco OR radiation OR radioactive OR radioactivity OR radiograph 

OR radiological Downey OR De-Soto "Atomics International"
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Database/Source Keywords / Phrases Hits Uploaded

"Radiological Survey Data Sheet" OR RSDS OR radionuclide OR 

raffinate OR reactor OR respiratory OR "retention schedules" OR 

roentgen OR sample OR "air sample" OR "dust sample" Downey OR 

De-Soto "Atomics International"

"general area air sample" OR sampling OR "air sampling" OR "dust 

sampling" OR "general area air sampling" OR "solvent extraction" OR 

source OR "sealed source" OR spectra Downey OR De-Soto "Atomics 

International"

spectrograph OR spectroscopy OR spectrum OR standard OR operating 

OR processing OR survey OR "building survey" OR "routine survey" 

OR "special survey" OR "technical basis" Downey OR De-Soto 

"Atomics International"

"thermal diffusion" OR "thermoluminescent dosimeter" OR TLD OR 

"Tiger Team" OR "tolerance dose" OR urinalysis OR urine Downey OR 

De-Soto "Atomics International"

"whole body count" OR WBC OR "working level" OR WL OR X-ray 

OR "X ray" OR Xray Downey OR De-Soto "Atomics International"

americium OR Am241 OR Am-241 OR "Am 241" OR "241Am" OR 

241-Am OR "241 Am" OR ionium OR Th230 OR Th-230 OR "Th 230" 

OR 230Th OR 230-Th OR "230 Th" Downey OR De-Soto "North 

American Rockwell"

"chemical 18-12" OR "chemical 1812" OR "chemical 18 12" OR 

"chemical 10-12" OR "chemical 1012" OR "chemical 10 12" OR UX1 

OR UX2 Downey OR De-Soto "North American Rockwell"

Th-234 OR Th234 OR "Th 234" OR 234-Th OR 234Th OR "234 Th" 

OR tritium OR H3 OR H-3 OR mint OR HTO Downey OR De-Soto 

"North American Rockwell"
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Database/Source Keywords / Phrases Hits Uploaded

uranium OR U233 OR U-233 OR "U 233" OR 233U OR 233-U OR 

"233 U" OR U234 OR "U 234" OR U-234 OR 234U OR 234-U OR 

"234 U" OR U235 OR "U 235" OR U-235 OR 235-U OR 235U OR 

"235 U" Downey OR De-Soto "North American Rockwell"

U238 OR "U 238" OR U-238 OR 238-U OR 238U OR "238 U" OR 

U308 OR "U 308" OR U-308 OR 308-U OR 308U OR "308 U" 

Downey OR De-Soto "North American Rockwell"

"black oxide" OR "brown oxide" OR "green salt" OR "orange oxide" 

OR "yellow 5cake" Downey OR De-Soto "North American Rockwell"

UO2 OR UO3 OR UF4 OR UF6 OR C-216 OR C-616 OR C-65 OR C211 OR U3O8 OR "uranium extraction" Downey OR De-Soto "North 

American Rockwell"

NTA OR "occupational radiation exposure" OR occurrence OR "ore 

concentrate" OR "PC Project" OR permit OR "radiation work permit" 

Downey OR De-Soto "United Technologies"

"uranium dioxide" OR "uranium hexafluoride" OR "uranium 

tetrafluoride" OR "uranium trioxide" Downey OR De-Soto "North 

American Rockwell"

plutonium OR Pu-238 OR Pu238 OR "Pu 238" OR 238Pu OR 238-Pu 

OR "238 Pu" OR Pu-239 OR Pu239 OR "Pu 239" OR 239Pu OR 239-

Pu Downey OR De-Soto "North American Rockwell"

"239 Pu" OR Pu-240 OR Pu240 OR "Pu 240" OR 240Pu OR 240-Pu 

OR "240 Pu" OR Pu-241 OR Pu241 OR "Pu 241" OR 241Pu OR 241-

Pu OR "241 Pu" Downey OR De-Soto "North American Rockwell"

radium OR Ra-226 OR Ra226 OR "Ra 226" OR 226-Ra OR 226Ra OR 

"226 Ra" OR Ra-228 OR Ra228 OR "Ra 228" OR 228Ra Downey OR 

De-Soto "North American Rockwell"
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Database/Source Keywords / Phrases Hits Uploaded

228-Ra OR "228 Ra" OR radon OR Rn-222 OR Rn222 OR "Rn 222" 

OR 222Rn OR 222-Rn Downey OR De-Soto "North American 

Rockwell"

"222 Rn" OR thoron OR Rn-220 OR Rn220 OR "Rn 220" OR 220Rn 

OR 220-Rn OR "220 Rn" OR protactinium OR Pa-234m OR Pa234m 

OR "Pa 234m" OR 234mPa OR 234m-Pa OR "234m Pa" Downey OR 

De-Soto "North American Rockwell"

strontium OR Sr-90 OR Sr90 OR "Sr 90" OR 90-Sr OR 90Sr OR "90 

Sr" OR oralloy OR postum OR tuballoy OR "uranyl nitrate 

hexahydrate" OR UNH OR K-65 OR "sump cake" Downey OR DeSoto "North American Rockwell"

accident OR "air count" OR "air dust" OR "air filter" OR "airborne test" 

OR alpha OR "belgian congo ore" OR beta OR bioassay OR bio-assay 

OR breath OR "breathing zone" OR BZ Downey OR De-Soto "North 

American Rockwell"

"body burden" OR calibration OR "chest count" OR columnation OR 

contamination OR curie OR denitration OR "denitration pot" Downey 

OR De-Soto "North American Rockwell"

derby OR regulus OR "derived air concentration" OR DAC OR dose 

OR dosimeter Downey OR De-Soto "North American Rockwell"

dosimetric OR dosimetry OR electron OR environment OR "EtherWater Project" OR exposure OR "exposure investigation" Downey OR 

De-Soto "North American Rockwell"

"radiation exposure" OR external OR "F machine" OR fecal OR "feed 

material" Downey OR De-Soto "North American Rockwell"

femptocurie OR film OR fission OR fluoroscopy OR "Formerly 

Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program" OR FUSRAP Downey OR 

De-Soto "North American Rockwell"
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Database/Source Keywords / Phrases Hits Uploaded

gamma-ray OR "gamma ray" OR "gas proportional" OR "gaseous 

diffusion" OR health Downey OR De-Soto "North American Rockwell"

"health instrument" OR "health physics" OR H.I. OR HI OR HP OR 

"highly enriched uranium" OR HEU OR hydrofluorination OR "in 

vitro" OR "in vivo" Downey OR De-Soto "North American Rockwell"

incident OR ingestion OR inhalation OR internal OR investigation OR 

isotope OR isotopic OR "isotopic enrichment" OR "JS Project" OR 

Landauer OR "liquid scintillation" Downey OR De-Soto "North 

American Rockwell"

log OR "log sheet" OR "log book" OR "low enriched uranium" OR 

LEU OR "lung count" OR "maximum permissible concentration" OR 

MPC OR metallurgy OR microcurie OR millicurie Downey OR DeSoto "North American Rockwell"

"mixed fission product" OR MFP OR monitor OR "air monitoring" OR 

nanocurie OR "nasal wipe" OR neutron OR "nose wipe" Downey OR 

De-Soto "North American Rockwell"

nuclear OR Chicago-Nuclear OR "nuclear fuels" OR "nuclear track 

emulsion type A" Downey OR De-Soto "North American Rockwell"

NTA OR "occupational radiation exposure" OR occurrence OR "ore 

concentrate" OR "PC Project" OR permit OR "radiation work permit" 

Downey OR De-Soto "North American Rockwell"

"safe work permit" OR "special work permit" OR RWP OR SWP 

Downey OR De-Soto "North American Rockwell"

"phosphate research" OR photon OR picocurie OR pitchblende OR 

"pocket ion chamber" OR PIC OR problem OR procedure Downey OR 

De-Soto "North American Rockwell"
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Database/Source Keywords / Phrases Hits Uploaded

radeco OR radiation OR radioactive OR radioactivity OR radiograph 

OR radiological Downey OR De-Soto "North American Rockwell"

"Radiological Survey Data Sheet" OR RSDS OR radionuclide OR 

raffinate OR reactor OR respiratory OR "retention schedules" OR 

roentgen OR sample OR "air sample" OR "dust sample" Downey OR 

De-Soto "North American Rockwell"

"general area air sample" OR sampling OR "air sampling" OR "dust 

sampling" OR "general area air sampling" OR "solvent extraction" OR 

source OR "sealed source" OR spectra Downey OR De-Soto "North 

American Rockwell"

spectrograph OR spectroscopy OR spectrum OR standard OR operating 

OR processing OR survey OR "building survey" OR "routine survey" 

OR "special survey" OR "technical basis" Downey OR De-Soto "North 

American Rockwell"

"thermal diffusion" OR "thermoluminescent dosimeter" OR TLD OR 

"Tiger Team" OR "tolerance dose" OR urinalysis OR urine Downey OR 

De-Soto "North American Rockwell"

"whole body count" OR WBC OR "working level" OR WL OR X-ray 

OR "X ray" OR Xray Downey OR De-Soto "North American 

Rockwell"

americium OR Am241 OR Am-241 OR "Am 241" OR "241Am" OR 

241-Am OR "241 Am" OR ionium OR Th230 OR Th-230 OR "Th 230" 

OR 230Th OR 230-Th OR "230 Th" Downey OR De-Soto "Rockwell 

International"

"chemical 18-12" OR "chemical 1812" OR "chemical 18 12" OR 

"chemical 10-12" OR "chemical 1012" OR "chemical 10 12" OR UX1 

OR UX2 Downey OR De-Soto "Rockwell International"
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Database/Source Keywords / Phrases Hits Uploaded

Th-234 OR Th234 OR "Th 234" OR 234-Th OR 234Th OR "234 Th" 

OR tritium OR H3 OR H-3 OR mint OR HTO Downey OR De-Soto 

"Rockwell International"

uranium OR U233 OR U-233 OR "U 233" OR 233U OR 233-U OR 

"233 U" OR U234 OR "U 234" OR U-234 OR 234U OR 234-U OR 

"234 U" OR U235 OR "U 235" OR U-235 OR 235-U OR 235U OR 

"235 U" Downey OR De-Soto "Rockwell International"

U238 OR "U 238" OR U-238 OR 238-U OR 238U OR "238 U" OR 

U308 OR "U 308" OR U-308 OR 308-U OR 308U OR "308 U" 

Downey OR De-Soto "Rockwell International"

"black oxide" OR "brown oxide" OR "green salt" OR "orange oxide" 

OR "yellow 5cake" Downey OR De-Soto "Rockwell International"

UO2 OR UO3 OR UF4 OR UF6 OR C-216 OR C-616 OR C-65 OR C211 OR U3O8 OR "uranium extraction" Downey OR De-Soto 

"Rockwell International"

"uranium dioxide" OR "uranium hexafluoride" OR "uranium 

tetrafluoride" OR "uranium trioxide" Downey OR De-Soto "Rockwell 

International"

plutonium OR Pu-238 OR Pu238 OR "Pu 238" OR 238Pu OR 238-Pu 

OR "238 Pu" OR Pu-239 OR Pu239 OR "Pu 239" OR 239Pu OR 239-

Pu Downey OR De-Soto "Rockwell International"

"239 Pu" OR Pu-240 OR Pu240 OR "Pu 240" OR 240Pu OR 240-Pu 

OR "240 Pu" OR Pu-241 OR Pu241 OR "Pu 241" OR 241Pu OR 241-

Pu OR "241 Pu" Downey OR De-Soto "Rockwell International"

radium OR Ra-226 OR Ra226 OR "Ra 226" OR 226-Ra OR 226Ra OR 

"226 Ra" OR Ra-228 OR Ra228 OR "Ra 228" OR 228Ra Downey OR 

De-Soto "Rockwell International"
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Database/Source Keywords / Phrases Hits Uploaded

228-Ra OR "228 Ra" OR radon OR Rn-222 OR Rn222 OR "Rn 222" 

OR 222Rn OR 222-Rn Downey OR De-Soto "Rockwell International"

"222 Rn" OR thoron OR Rn-220 OR Rn220 OR "Rn 220" OR 220Rn 

OR 220-Rn OR "220 Rn" OR protactinium OR Pa-234m OR Pa234m 

OR "Pa 234m" OR 234mPa OR 234m-Pa OR "234m Pa" Downey OR 

De-Soto "Rockwell International"

strontium OR Sr-90 OR Sr90 OR "Sr 90" OR 90-Sr OR 90Sr OR "90 

Sr" OR oralloy OR postum OR tuballoy OR "uranyl nitrate 

hexahydrate" OR UNH OR K-65 OR "sump cake" Downey OR DeSoto "Rockwell International"

accident OR "air count" OR "air dust" OR "air filter" OR "airborne test" 

OR alpha OR "belgian congo ore" OR beta OR bioassay OR bio-assay 

OR breath OR "breathing zone" OR BZ Downey OR De-Soto 

"Rockwell International"

"body burden" OR calibration OR "chest count" OR columnation OR 

contamination OR curie OR denitration OR "denitration pot" Downey 

OR De-Soto "Rockwell International"

derby OR regulus OR "derived air concentration" OR DAC OR dose 

OR dosimeter Downey OR De-Soto "Rockwell International"

dosimetric OR dosimetry OR electron OR environment OR "EtherWater Project" OR exposure OR "exposure investigation" Downey OR 

De-Soto "Rockwell International"

"radiation exposure" OR external OR "F machine" OR fecal OR "feed 

material" Downey OR De-Soto "Rockwell International"

femptocurie OR film OR fission OR fluoroscopy OR "Formerly 

Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program" OR FUSRAP Downey OR 

De-Soto "Rockwell International"
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Database/Source Keywords / Phrases Hits Uploaded

gamma-ray OR "gamma ray" OR "gas proportional" OR "gaseous

diffusion" OR health Downey OR De-Soto "Rockwell International"

"health instrument" OR "health physics" OR H.I. OR HI OR HP OR 

"highly enriched uranium" OR HEU OR hydrofluorination OR "in 

vitro" OR "in vivo" Downey OR De-Soto "Rockwell International"

incident OR ingestion OR inhalation OR internal OR investigation OR 

isotope OR isotopic OR "isotopic enrichment" OR "JS Project" OR 

Landauer OR "liquid scintillation" Downey OR De-Soto "Rockwell 

International"

log OR "log sheet" OR "log book" OR "low enriched uranium" OR 

LEU OR "lung count" OR "maximum permissible concentration" OR 

MPC OR metallurgy OR microcurie OR millicurie Downey OR DeSoto "Rockwell International"

"mixed fission product" OR MFP OR monitor OR "air monitoring" OR 

nanocurie OR "nasal wipe" OR neutron OR "nose wipe" Downey OR 

De-Soto "Rockwell International"

nuclear OR Chicago-Nuclear OR "nuclear fuels" OR "nuclear track 

emulsion type A" Downey OR De-Soto "Rockwell International"

NTA OR "occupational radiation exposure" OR occurrence OR "ore 

concentrate" OR "PC Project" OR permit OR "radiation work permit" 

Downey OR De-Soto "Rockwell International"

"safe work permit" OR "special work permit" OR RWP OR SWP 

Downey OR De-Soto "Rockwell International"

"phosphate research" OR photon OR picocurie OR pitchblende OR 

"pocket ion chamber" OR PIC OR problem OR procedure Downey OR 

De-Soto "Rockwell International"
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Database/Source Keywords / Phrases Hits Uploaded

radeco OR radiation OR radioactive OR radioactivity OR radiograph 

OR radiological Downey OR De-Soto "Rockwell International"

"Radiological Survey Data Sheet" OR RSDS OR radionuclide OR 

raffinate OR reactor OR respiratory OR "retention schedules" OR 

roentgen OR sample OR "air sample" OR "dust sample" Downey OR 

De-Soto "Rockwell International"

"general area air sample" OR sampling OR "air sampling" OR "dust 

sampling" OR "general area air sampling" OR "solvent extraction" OR 

source OR "sealed source" OR spectra Downey OR De-Soto "Rockwell 

International"

spectrograph OR spectroscopy OR spectrum OR standard OR operating 

OR processing OR survey OR "building survey" OR "routine survey" 

OR "special survey" OR "technical basis" Downey OR De-Soto 

"Rockwell International"

"thermal diffusion" OR "thermoluminescent dosimeter" OR TLD OR 

"Tiger Team" OR "tolerance dose" OR urinalysis OR urine Downey OR 

De-Soto "Rockwell International"

"whole body count" OR WBC OR "working level" OR WL OR X-ray 

OR "X ray" OR Xray Downey OR De-Soto "Rockwell International"

americium OR Am241 OR Am-241 OR "Am 241" OR "241Am" OR 

241-Am OR "241 Am" OR ionium OR Th230 OR Th-230 OR "Th 230" 

OR 230Th OR 230-Th OR "230 Th" Downey OR De-Soto "United 

Technologies"

"chemical 18-12" OR "chemical 1812" OR "chemical 18 12" OR 

"chemical 10-12" OR "chemical 1012" OR "chemical 10 12" OR UX1 

OR UX2 Downey OR De-Soto "United Technologies"
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Database/Source Keywords / Phrases Hits Uploaded

Th-234 OR Th234 OR "Th 234" OR 234-Th OR 234Th OR "234 Th" 

OR tritium OR H3 OR H-3 OR mint OR HTO Downey OR De-Soto 

"United Technologies"

uranium OR U233 OR U-233 OR "U 233" OR 233U OR 233-U OR 

"233 U" OR U234 OR "U 234" OR U-234 OR 234U OR 234-U OR 

"234 U" OR U235 OR "U 235" OR U-235 OR 235-U OR 235U OR 

"235 U" Downey OR De-Soto "United Technologies"

U238 OR "U 238" OR U-238 OR 238-U OR 238U OR "238 U" OR 

U308 OR "U 308" OR U-308 OR 308-U OR 308U OR "308 U" 

Downey OR De-Soto "United Technologies"

"black oxide" OR "brown oxide" OR "green salt" OR "orange oxide" 

OR "yellow 5cake" Downey OR De-Soto "United Technologies"

UO2 OR UO3 OR UF4 OR UF6 OR C-216 OR C-616 OR C-65 OR C211 OR U3O8 OR "uranium extraction" Downey OR De-Soto "United 

Technologies"

"uranium dioxide" OR "uranium hexafluoride" OR "uranium 

tetrafluoride" OR "uranium trioxide" Downey OR De-Soto "United 

Technologies"

plutonium OR Pu-238 OR Pu238 OR "Pu 238" OR 238Pu OR 238-Pu 

OR "238 Pu" OR Pu-239 OR Pu239 OR "Pu 239" OR 239Pu OR 239-

Pu Downey OR De-Soto "United Technologies"

"239 Pu" OR Pu-240 OR Pu240 OR "Pu 240" OR 240Pu OR 240-Pu 

OR "240 Pu" OR Pu-241 OR Pu241 OR "Pu 241" OR 241Pu OR 241-

Pu OR "241 Pu" Downey OR De-Soto "United Technologies"

radium OR Ra-226 OR Ra226 OR "Ra 226" OR 226-Ra OR 226Ra OR 

"226 Ra" OR Ra-228 OR Ra228 OR "Ra 228" OR 228Ra Downey OR 

De-Soto "United Technologies"
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228-Ra OR "228 Ra" OR radon OR Rn-222 OR Rn222 OR "Rn 222" 

OR 222Rn OR 222-Rn Downey OR De-Soto "United Technologies"

"222 Rn" OR thoron OR Rn-220 OR Rn220 OR "Rn 220" OR 220Rn 

OR 220-Rn OR "220 Rn" OR protactinium OR Pa-234m OR Pa234m 

OR "Pa 234m" OR 234mPa OR 234m-Pa OR "234m Pa" Downey OR 

De-Soto "United Technologies"

strontium OR Sr-90 OR Sr90 OR "Sr 90" OR 90-Sr OR 90Sr OR "90 

Sr" OR oralloy OR postum OR tuballoy OR "uranyl nitrate 

hexahydrate" OR UNH OR K-65 OR "sump cake" Downey OR DeSoto "United Technologies"

accident OR "air count" OR "air dust" OR "air filter" OR "airborne test" 

OR alpha OR "belgian congo ore" OR beta OR bioassay OR bio-assay 

OR breath OR "breathing zone" OR BZ Downey OR De-Soto "United 

Technologies"

"body burden" OR calibration OR "chest count" OR columnation OR 

contamination OR curie OR denitration OR "denitration pot" Downey 

OR De-Soto "United Technologies"

derby OR regulus OR "derived air concentration" OR DAC OR dose 

OR dosimeter Downey OR De-Soto "United Technologies"

dosimetric OR dosimetry OR electron OR environment OR "EtherWater Project" OR exposure OR "exposure investigation" Downey OR 

De-Soto "United Technologies"

"radiation exposure" OR external OR "F machine" OR fecal OR "feed 

material" Downey OR De-Soto "United Technologies"

femptocurie OR film OR fission OR fluoroscopy OR "Formerly 

Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program" OR FUSRAP Downey OR 

De-Soto "United Technologies"
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gamma-ray OR "gamma ray" OR "gas proportional" OR "gaseous 

diffusion" OR health Downey OR De-Soto "United Technologies"

"health instrument" OR "health physics" OR H.I. OR HI OR HP OR 

"highly enriched uranium" OR HEU OR hydrofluorination OR "in 

vitro" OR "in vivo" Downey OR De-Soto "United Technologies"

incident OR ingestion OR inhalation OR internal OR investigation OR 

isotope OR isotopic OR "isotopic enrichment" OR "JS Project" OR 

Landauer OR "liquid scintillation" Downey OR De-Soto "United 

Technologies"

log OR "log sheet" OR "log book" OR "low enriched uranium" OR 

LEU OR "lung count" OR "maximum permissible concentration" OR 

MPC OR metallurgy OR microcurie OR millicurie Downey OR DeSoto "United Technologies"

"mixed fission product" OR MFP OR monitor OR "air monitoring" OR 

nanocurie OR "nasal wipe" OR neutron OR "nose wipe" Downey OR 

De-Soto "United Technologies"

nuclear OR Chicago-Nuclear OR "nuclear fuels" OR "nuclear track 

emulsion type A" Downey OR De-Soto "United Technologies"

"safe work permit" OR "special work permit" OR RWP OR SWP 

Downey OR De-Soto "United Technologies"

"phosphate research" OR photon OR picocurie OR pitchblende OR 

"pocket ion chamber" OR PIC OR problem OR procedure Downey OR 

De-Soto "United Technologies"

radeco OR radiation OR radioactive OR radioactivity OR radiograph 

OR radiological Downey OR De-Soto "United Technologies"
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"Radiological Survey Data Sheet" OR RSDS OR radionuclide OR 

raffinate OR reactor OR respiratory OR "retention schedules" OR 

roentgen OR sample OR "air sample" OR "dust sample" Downey OR 

De-Soto "United Technologies"

"general area air sample" OR sampling OR "air sampling" OR "dust 

sampling" OR "general area air sampling" OR "solvent extraction" OR 

source OR "sealed source" OR spectra Downey OR De-Soto "United 

Technologies"

spectrograph OR spectroscopy OR spectrum OR standard OR operating 

OR processing OR survey OR "building survey" OR "routine survey" 

OR "special survey" OR "technical basis" Downey OR De-Soto "United 

Technologies"

"thermal diffusion" OR "thermoluminescent dosimeter" OR TLD OR 

"Tiger Team" OR "tolerance dose" OR urinalysis OR urine Downey OR 

De-Soto "United Technologies"

"whole body count" OR WBC OR "working level" OR WL OR X-ray 

OR "X ray" OR Xray Downey OR De-Soto "United Technologies"

americium OR Am241 OR Am-241 OR "Am 241" OR "241Am" OR 

241-Am OR "241 Am" OR ionium OR Th230 OR Th-230 OR "Th 230" 

OR 230Th OR 230-Th OR "230 Th" Downey OR De-Soto "Boeing"

"chemical 18-12" OR "chemical 1812" OR "chemical 18 12" OR 

"chemical 10-12" OR "chemical 1012" OR "chemical 10 12" OR UX1 

OR UX2 Downey OR De-Soto "Boeing"

Th-234 OR Th234 OR "Th 234" OR 234-Th OR 234Th OR "234 Th" 

OR tritium OR H3 OR H-3 OR mint OR HTO Downey OR De-Soto 

"Boeing"
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uranium OR U233 OR U-233 OR "U 233" OR 233U OR 233-U OR 

"233 U" OR U234 OR "U 234" OR U-234 OR 234U OR 234-U OR 

"234 U" OR U235 OR "U 235" OR U-235 OR 235-U OR 235U OR 

"235 U" Downey OR De-Soto "Boeing"

U238 OR "U 238" OR U-238 OR 238-U OR 238U OR "238 U" OR 

U308 OR "U 308" OR U-308 OR 308-U OR 308U OR "308 U" 

Downey OR De-Soto "Boeing"

"black oxide" OR "brown oxide" OR "green salt" OR "orange oxide" 

OR "yellow 5cake" Downey OR De-Soto "Boeing"

UO2 OR UO3 OR UF4 OR UF6 OR C-216 OR C-616 OR C-65 OR C211 OR U3O8 OR "uranium extraction" Downey OR De-Soto "Boeing"

"uranium dioxide" OR "uranium hexafluoride" OR "uranium 

tetrafluoride" OR "uranium trioxide" Downey OR De-Soto "Boeing"

plutonium OR Pu-238 OR Pu238 OR "Pu 238" OR 238Pu OR 238-Pu 

OR "238 Pu" OR Pu-239 OR Pu239 OR "Pu 239" OR 239Pu OR 239-

Pu Downey OR De-Soto "Boeing"

"239 Pu" OR Pu-240 OR Pu240 OR "Pu 240" OR 240Pu OR 240-Pu 

OR "240 Pu" OR Pu-241 OR Pu241 OR "Pu 241" OR 241Pu OR 241-

Pu OR "241 Pu" Downey OR De-Soto "Boeing"

radium OR Ra-226 OR Ra226 OR "Ra 226" OR 226-Ra OR 226Ra OR 

"226 Ra" OR Ra-228 OR Ra228 OR "Ra 228" OR 228Ra Downey OR 

De-Soto "Boeing"

228-Ra OR "228 Ra" OR radon OR Rn-222 OR Rn222 OR "Rn 222" 

OR 222Rn OR 222-Rn Downey OR De-Soto "Boeing"
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"222 Rn" OR thoron OR Rn-220 OR Rn220 OR "Rn 220" OR 220Rn 

OR 220-Rn OR "220 Rn" OR protactinium OR Pa-234m OR Pa234m 

OR "Pa 234m" OR 234mPa OR 234m-Pa OR "234m Pa" Downey OR 

De-Soto "Boeing"

strontium OR Sr-90 OR Sr90 OR "Sr 90" OR 90-Sr OR 90Sr OR "90 

Sr" OR oralloy OR postum OR tuballoy OR "uranyl nitrate 

hexahydrate" OR UNH OR K-65 OR "sump cake" Downey OR DeSoto "Boeing"

accident OR "air count" OR "air dust" OR "air filter" OR "airborne test" 

OR alpha OR "belgian congo ore" OR beta OR bioassay OR bio-assay 

OR breath OR "breathing zone" OR BZ Downey OR De-Soto "Boeing"

"body burden" OR calibration OR "chest count" OR columnation OR 

contamination OR curie OR denitration OR "denitration pot" Downey 

OR De-Soto "Boeing"

derby OR regulus OR "derived air concentration" OR DAC OR dose 

OR dosimeter Downey OR De-Soto "Boeing"

dosimetric OR dosimetry OR electron OR environment OR "EtherWater Project" OR exposure OR "exposure investigation" Downey OR 

De-Soto "Boeing"

"radiation exposure" OR external OR "F machine" OR fecal OR "feed 

material" Downey OR De-Soto "Boeing"

femptocurie OR film OR fission OR fluoroscopy OR "Formerly 

Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program" OR FUSRAP Downey OR 

De-Soto "Boeing"

gamma-ray OR "gamma ray" OR "gas proportional" OR "gaseous 

diffusion" OR health Downey OR De-Soto "Boeing"
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Database/Source Keywords / Phrases Hits Uploaded

"health instrument" OR "health physics" OR H.I. OR HI OR HP OR 

"highly enriched uranium" OR HEU OR hydrofluorination OR "in 

vitro" OR "in vivo" Downey OR De-Soto "Boeing"

incident OR ingestion OR inhalation OR internal OR investigation OR 

isotope OR isotopic OR "isotopic enrichment" OR "JS Project" OR 

Landauer OR "liquid scintillation" Downey OR De-Soto "Boeing"

log OR "log sheet" OR "log book" OR "low enriched uranium" OR 

LEU OR "lung count" OR "maximum permissible concentration" OR 

MPC OR metallurgy OR microcurie OR millicurie Downey OR DeSoto "Boeing"

"mixed fission product" OR MFP OR monitor OR "air monitoring" OR 

nanocurie OR "nasal wipe" OR neutron OR "nose wipe" Downey OR 

De-Soto "Boeing"

nuclear OR Chicago-Nuclear OR "nuclear fuels" OR "nuclear track 

emulsion type A" Downey OR De-Soto "Boeing"

NTA OR "occupational radiation exposure" OR occurrence OR "ore 

concentrate" OR "PC Project" OR permit OR "radiation work permit" 

Downey OR De-Soto "Boeing"

"safe work permit" OR "special work permit" OR RWP OR SWP 

Downey OR De-Soto "Boeing"

"phosphate research" OR photon OR picocurie OR pitchblende OR 

"pocket ion chamber" OR PIC OR problem OR procedure Downey OR 

De-Soto "Boeing"

radeco OR radiation OR radioactive OR radioactivity OR radiograph 

OR radiological Downey OR De-Soto "Boeing"
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Database/Source Keywords / Phrases Hits Uploaded

"Radiological Survey Data Sheet" OR RSDS OR radionuclide OR 

raffinate OR reactor OR respiratory OR "retention schedules" OR 

roentgen OR sample OR "air sample" OR "dust sample" Downey OR 

De-Soto "Boeing"

"general area air sample" OR sampling OR "air sampling" OR "dust 

sampling" OR "general area air sampling" OR "solvent extraction" OR 

source OR "sealed source" OR spectra Downey OR De-Soto "Boeing"

spectrograph OR spectroscopy OR spectrum OR standard OR operating 

OR processing OR survey OR "building survey" OR "routine survey" 

OR "special survey" OR "technical basis" Downey OR De-Soto 

"Boeing"

"thermal diffusion" OR "thermoluminescent dosimeter" OR TLD OR 

"Tiger Team" OR "tolerance dose" OR urinalysis OR urine Downey OR 

De-Soto "Boeing"

"whole body count" OR WBC OR "working level" OR WL OR X-ray 

OR "X ray" OR Xray Downey OR De-Soto "Boeing"

National Academies Press

http://www.nap.edu/

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Downey California 

De Soto California

"North American Aviation"

Rocketdyne

"Atomics International"

"North American Rockwell"

"Rockwell International"

"United Technologies"

1,083 0 

NNSA - Nevada Site Office

www.nv.doe.gov/main/search.htm

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"North American Aviation"

Rocketdyne

"Atomics International"

"North American Rockwell"

"Rockwell International"

"United Technologies" 

Downey or "De Soto"

0 0 
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NRC ADAMS Reading Room

http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams/web-based.html

COMPLETED 11/14/2009

"Atomics International"

"North American Aviation"

"Rocketdyne"

"North American Rockwell"

"Rockwell International"

"United Technologies"

Downey or "De Soto" (Advanced Search Boolean)

2,075 23

U.S. Transuranium & Uranium Registries 

http://www.ustur.wsu.edu/

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"North American Aviation"

Rocketdyne

"Rockwell International"

"United Technologies"

"Atomics International"

" North American Rockwell"

Downey

De Soto

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Table A1-3: OSTI Documents Requested for Canoga Ave. Facility

Document Number Document Title Requested Received

DOC Number: NA

OSTI ID: NA

Ref ID: 73068

The Effects Of Internal Radiation Exposure On Cancer Mortality In 

Nuclear Workers At Rocketdyne/Atomics International. Author(S): 

Ritz, B., Morgenstern, H., Crawford-Brown, D., Young, B. B. Journal 

Date: 2001 Journal Name: Environmental Health Perspectives Journal 

Volume: 108:743-751 BFSID: 1481 

09/03/2009 09/03/2009

DOC Number: TID-26442 

OSTI ID: 4442347

Ref ID: 73065

Environmental Monitoring. Annual Report, 1972 Creator/Author 

Moore, J.D. Publication Date 1972 Jan 01 

09/03/2009 09/03/2009

DOC Number: AI-77-14 

OSTI ID: 7294807

Ref ID: 73073

Atomics International Environmental Monitoring And Facility Effluent 

Annual Report, 1976 Creator/Author Moore, J.D. Publication Date 

1977 Jan 01

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Document Number Document Title Requested Received

DOC Number: TID-13863

OSTI ID: 4840693

Ref ID: 73070

Environmental Monitoring Report, January 1, 1961-March 31, 1961 

Publication Date 1961 Oct 31

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DOC Number: NA

OSTI ID: NA

Ref ID: 73078

Health Bulletin: Mortality Study Of Rocketdyne/Atomics International 

Workers BFSID: 3522 

09/03/2009 09/03/2009

DOC Number: NAA-SR-3989

OSTI ID: 4203423

Ref ID: 73052

Gamma-Ray And Fast Neutron Annular Streaming Evaluation Through 

Sodium Reactor Experiment (Sre)-Mark Ii Control And Safety Rod 

Assemblies Creator/Author Anderson, F.D. Publication Date 1959 Oct 

15 

09/03/2009 09/03/2009

DOC Number: NAA-SR-3990 

OSTI ID: 4233098

Ref ID: 73054

Sodium Reactor Experiment (Sre) Shielding Evaluation For Thermal 

Neutron Streaming At Reactor Vessel Coolant Pipe Penetrations 

Creator/Author Anderson, F.D. Publication Date 1959 Oct 31

09/03/2009 09/03/2009

DOC Number: NAA-SR-1536 

OSTI ID: 358658

Ref ID: 73063

Fast Neutron Monitoring With Nta Film Packets Creator/Author Hart, 

R.S.; Hale, J.P. Jr. Publication Date 1956 Jul 15 

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Document Number Document Title Requested Received

DOC Number: NA

OSTI ID: 4748756

Ref ID: 75053

Atomics International's L-88 Nuclear Reactor For Neutron 

Radiography. Creator/Author Henrie, J.O. Journal Name: Isotopes And 

Radiation Technology Vol 9: No. 1, 41-4(Fall 1971)

09/10/2009 10/28/2009

DOC Number: A/CONF.15/P/1780 

OSTI ID: 4322507 

Ref ID: 75059

Methods And Equipment For Low Decontamination Processing Of 

Metallic Nuclear Fuels Creator/Author Brand, G.E. ; Sinizer, D.I. ; 

Murbach, E.W. ; Hansen, W.N. ; Foltz, J.R. ; Mattern, K.L. Publication 

Date 1958 Oct 31 

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DOC Number: NA

OSTI ID: 030059777

Ref ID: 73543

The Radiolysis Of Deuterated Biphenyls: Mechanism Of Hydrogen 

Formation, Journal Of Physical Chemistry, October 1960, Vol. 

64(10):1367-1374

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DOC Number: A/CONF.15/P/785 

OSTI ID: 4306907

Ref ID: 75060

Thorium-Uranium Fuel Elements For Sre Creator/Author Hayward, 

B.R. & Corzine, P. Publication Date 1958 Oct 31 Prepared For The 

Second U.N. International Conference On The Peaceful Uses Of 

Atomic Energy, 1958

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DOC Number: NA

OSTI ID: NA

Ref ID: 75057

Effects Of Radiation And Chemical Exposures On Cancer Mortality 

Among Rocketdyne Workers: A Review Of Three Cohort Studies. 

Author(S): Morgenstern, H., Ritz, B. Journal Name: Occupational 

Medicine: State Of The Art Reviews Journal Volume: 16(2):219-237 

Bfsid: 1490 Dated 2001

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DOC Number: NA

OSTI ID: 4000032

Ref ID: 73111

Prepare Thorium-Aluminum Alloys... By Direct Reduction 

Creator/Author Raleigh, D.O. Publication Date 1961 Jun 01 Journal 

Name: Industrial And Engineering Chemistry Vol: 53(6):445-448

09/14/2009 09/15/2009

DOC Number: NA

OSTI ID: 4211191

Ref ID: 73098

Low-Decontamination-Processing Of Uranium Dioxide By Oxidation 

And Reduction Creator/Author Strausberg, S. ; Luebben, T.E. ; Rosen, 

F.D. ; Guon, J. ; Murbach, E.W. Publication Date 1960 Jan 01 Journal 

Name: Industrial And Engineering Chemistry Vol: 52(1):45-46 

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DOC Number: NA

OSTI ID: 4275332

Ref ID: 73084

A Portable Calibrator For Beta/-Gamma Survey Instruments Using Sr90 

Creator/Author Nelson, C.T. Publication Date 1959 Mar 01 Health 

Physics Journal Vol 1 Pp 447-448??

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DOC Number: NA

OSTI ID: 4811731

Ref ID: 73090

Sea Water Monitoring Following Radioactive Waste Disposal 

Operations Creator/Author Alexander, R.E. Publication Date 1961 Dec 

01 Health Physics Journal Vol: 7: Nos. 1 And 2, Pp 106-113

09/11/2009 09/11/2009

DOC Number: NA

OSTI ID: 4059901

Ref ID: 73096

Disposal Of Omr High Boiler Fractions By Burning Creator/Author 

Stiens, R.P. Publication Date 1961 Jun 01 Journal Name: Trans. Am. 

Nuclear Soc.Vol: 4: No. 1 Pp 41-42; 

09/11/2009 09/11/2009

DOC Number: NA

OSTI ID: 4089327

Ref ID: 73093

Beta-Gamma Delayed Coincidence Method For U-238 Activation 

Analysis Creator/Author Beller, L.S. Publication Date 1961 Jun 01 

Journal Name: Trans. Am. Nuclear Soc.; Journal Volume: Vol: 4: No. 1 

Pp 28-29

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DOC Number: NA

OSTI ID: 4293816 

Ref ID: 73118

Pyroprocessing Thorium Fuels Creator/Author Murbach, E.W. ; 

Hansen, W.N. Publication Date 1959 Feb 01 Journal Name: Industrial 

And Engineering Chemistry Journal Volume: Vol: 51(2):177-178

09/11/2009 09/11/2009

DOC Number: NA

OSTI ID: 4308032 

Ref ID: 73120

Special Safety Devices Creator/Author Huston, N.E.; Miller, N.C. 

Publication Date 1958 May 01 Other Number(S) Nucleonics Vol 

16(5):86-87 Dated May 1958

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DOC Number: NA

OSTI ID: 4280405 

Ref ID: 73115

Processing Re-fabrication Of Metallic-Uranium Fuel Creator/Author 

Sinizer, D.I.; Mattern, K.L.; Foltz, J.R.; Kendall, E.G. Publication Date 

1959 Jan 01 Nucleonics Vol 17(1):50-53 Jan 1959

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DOC Number: NA

OSTI ID: 4325061 

Ref ID: 73103

Plutonium Recycling With Molten Uf4 Creator/Author Buyers, A.G. 

Publication Date 1957 Nov 01 Nucleonics Vol 15(11):100-103 Nov 

1957

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