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Document Title:

Historical Evaluation of the Film Badge 

Dosimetry Program at the Y-12 Plant in Oak 

Ridge, Tennessee: Part 2 – Neutron Radiation

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of Section 3.0. New information was added on sources of neutron 

exposure at the Y-12 site in Table 3.1 of Section 3.0 and a large 

number of new references were added. Attachment B was also 

added which provides supporting data on neutron doses to Y-12 

workers during the film badge period from another recent study. 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

SECTION TITLE

Acronyms and Abbreviations ...............................................................................................................

PAGE

5

1.0 Introduction ..............................................................................................................................6

2.0 Purpose ...................................................................................................................................6

3.0 Neutron Film Badge Dosimetry at Y-12 Facilities ..................................................................... 6

3.1 Y-12 and ORNL Managed Facilities in the Y-12 Area .................................................10

3.2 Major Sources for Neutron Exposures to Y-12 Workers.............................................. 12

3.2.1 86-Inch Cyclotron............................................................................................ 13

3.2.2 Encapsulated Neutron Sources....................................................................... 15

3.2.3 Chemical Operation Areas .............................................................................. 17

3.2.4 D-D Project ..................................................................................................... 18

4.0 Neutron Doses in the External Dose Database ...................................................................... 20

5.0 Statistical Methods................................................................................................................. 20

6.0 Evaluation of Film Badge Data............................................................................................... 20

6.1 Quarterly Neutron Dose Distribution ...........................................................................20

6.2 Neutron-to-Gamma Dose Ratios ................................................................................22

7.0 Estimating Dose for Quarters with No Recorded Positive Neutron Dose................................ 25

8.0 Discussion .............................................................................................................................27

9.0 Attributions and Annotations .................................................................................................. 28

References ........................................................................................................................................28
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LIST OF TABLES

TABLE TITLE

3-1 Major and minor sources for neutron exposures of Y-12 workers during 

the film badge period from 1950 to 1980................................................................................

PAGE

11

3-2 Estimated dose fractions for exposure to neutrons from the 86-inch 

cyclotron (Building 9201-1)..................................................................................................... 14

3-3 Estimated dose fractions for exposure to water-shielded Ra-Be neutron 

sources (Buildings 9203 and 9205)........................................................................................ 16

3-4 Estimated dose fractions for exposure to neutron sources stored at the 

HP Calibration Laboratory (Building 9983) ............................................................................. 16

3-5 Dose fractions for exposure to neutrons from highly enriched uranium 

compounds (Buildings 9202, 9206, 9212) .............................................................................. 18

3-6 Number of neutron monitored Y-12 workers, cumulative annual neutron 

dose, and average annual neutron dose for 12-year period following the 

introduction of the four-element TLND in 1989....................................................................... 19

6-1 Quarterly neutron doses and cumulative neutron dose by year from 1952 

to 1962...................................................................................................................................21

6-2 Cumulative neutron dose by department and year from 1952 to 1962.................................... 21

7-1 Parameter estimates for a lognormal prediction density of 

neutron-to-gamma dose ratios ............................................................................................... 27

A-1 Data by worker for 143 Y-12 workers with positive neutron doses.......................................... 37

A-2 Data by department for 143 Y-12 workers with positive neutron doses .................................. 47

B-1 Rounded quarterly neutron doses for Y-12 workers versus Y-12 

Department for the film badge period from 1950 to 1980........................................................ 56

LIST OF FIGURES

FIGURE TITLE

3-1 Effect of sealing NTA film in a moisture-proof pouch................................................................

PAGE

8

3-2 Comparison of dose equivalent (NCRP 1971) and NTA film energy 

response for a beam of normally incident neutrons ................................................................ 10

6-1 Lognormal Q-Q plot of neutron doses from all Y-12 departments........................................... 23

6-2 Lognormal Q-Q plot of neutron-to-gamma dose ratios for the Health 

Physics Department (2108).................................................................................................... 23

6-3 Lognormal Q-Q plot of neutron-to-gamma dose ratios for the Alloy 

Maintenance Department (2159)............................................................................................ 24

6-4 Lognormal Q-Q plot of neutron-to-gamma dose ratios for the Material 

Engineering Department (2160) ............................................................................................. 24

6-5 Lognormal Q-Q plot of neutron-to-gamma dose ratios for Developmental 

Operations Department (2301)............................................................................................... 25

6-6 Lognormal Q-Q plot of neutron-to-gamma dose ratios for all Y-12 

departments...........................................................................................................................26

6-7 Lognormal Q-Q plot of neutron-to-gamma dose ratios for all Y-12 

departments other than the Product Chemical Department (2616) and 

Product Processing Department (2617) ................................................................................. 26
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ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

CEF Critical Experiments Facility

Ci curie

cm centimeter

D-D deuterium-deuterium reaction

DOE U.S. Department of Energy

eV electron volt

ft foot

HP health physics or health physicist

hr hour

in. inch

IREP Interactive RadioEpidemiological Program

keV kiloelectron volts (one thousand electron volts)

m meter

MDL minimum detection level

MeV megaelectron volts (one million electron volts)

ML maximum likelihood

mrem millirem

mrep millirep

n neutron

NIOSH National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

NTA nuclear track emulsion, Type A

ORAU Oak Ridge Associated Universities

ORNL Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Q-Q quantile-quantile

s second

TIB Technical Information Bulletin

TLD thermoluminescent dosimeter

TLND thermoluminescent neutron dosimeter

U.S.C. United States Code

Y-12 Y-12 Plant, now the Y-12 National Security Complex

α alpha particle

§ section or sections
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1.0

Technical information bulletins (TIBs) are not official determinations made by the National Institute for 

Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) but are rather general working documents that provide 

historic background information and guidance concerning the preparation of dose reconstructions at 

particular sites or categories of sites. They will be revised when additional relevant information is 

obtained about the affect site(s). TIBS may be used to assist the NIOSH staff in the completion of 

individual dose reconstructions. 

INTRODUCTION

In this document the word "facility" is used as a general term for an area, building, or group of 

buildings that served a specific purpose at a site. It does not necessarily connote an "atomic weapons 

employer facility" or a "Department of Energy (DOE) facility" as defined in the Energy Employees 

Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 [42 U.S.C. § 7384I(5) and (12)].

2.0

The purpose of this TIB is to provide information on the Y-12 film badge for the monitoring of neutron 

radiation. Other reports have been prepared that deal with film badge dosimetry at the Y-12 facility for 

gamma radiation (ORAUT 2005a) and beta radiation (ORAUT 2007a). The Y-12 film badge program 

began shortly after the Union Carbide Corporation-Nuclear Division (UCCND) assumed management 

of the Y-12 Plant in May of 1947 and continued until the film badge dosimeters were replaced in 1980 

by thermoluminescent dosimeters (TLDs) (McLendon et al. 1980; Howell and Batte 1982). 

PURPOSE

The potential for occupational exposure to neutron doses at the Y-12 Plant was largely confined to 

research activities at the Oak Ridge 86-Inch Cyclotron and to a few workers in certain departments 

during the film badge era at the Y-12 Plant. During this period, only 375 positive quarterly neutron 

doses were recorded among a total of 143 workers. Thus, only a small fraction of the Y-12 workers 

had a significant potential for exposure to neutrons, and in these cases, personnel monitoring was 

provided by the use of neutron sensitive films in the film badge dosimeters (Emlet 1956, p. 6). 

A summary of the major neutron sources involved in radiation exposures to Y-12 workers is presented 

in this TIB. Graphical methods are used to evaluate available neutron dose data from quarterly 

exposures to Y-12 workers and to determine how the data could be used to derive neutron-to-gamma 

dose ratios for dose reconstruction purposes. This TIB provides estimates of neutron-to-gamma dose 

ratios for specific departments and a default value for the neutron-to-gamma dose ratio based on the 

pooled neutron dose data for all Y-12 departments.

All statistical analyses in this TIB were carried out using the R system (RDCT 2008). The R system is 

an integrated suite of free software for data manipulation, calculation, and graphic display. It can be 

run on a variety of UNIX® platforms and similar systems (including Linux or FreeBSD®), Windows®, 

and MacOS®. A detailed documentation on all aspects of the R system is available on the R web 

page (http://www.r-project.org).

3.0

Early operations at Y-12 were managed by the Tennessee Eastman Corporation and involved the use 

of the electromagnetic separation process to enrich uranium in 235U (Wilcox 2001, p. 3). Ground was 

broken for the first building at Y-12 in February 1943, and the first production unit was in use by 

January 1944 (Marsden 1945, p. 115; Jones 1985, pp. 130, 139). Until the latter part of 1945, Y-12 

converted UO3 to UCl4, which was subsequently enriched by the electromagnetic separation process 

using two calutrons (termed “Alpha” and “Beta”). In late 1945, Y-12 discontinued the use of the Alpha 

calutron stage and began using partially enriched UF6 from the K-25 Gaseous Diffusion Plant (Wilcox 

NEUTRON FILM BADGE DOSIMETRY AT Y-12 FACILITIES
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2001, pp. 16-21). The UF6 from K-25 was converted UCl4, further enriched in 235U using the Beta 

calutrons, converted to UF4, and shipped to Los Alamos for weapon production. In May 1947, the 

management of Y-12 was transferred to UCCND, and the mission of Y-12 changed from uranium 

enrichment to nuclear material processing and fabrication (Watkins et al. 1993, p. 10; Watkins et al. 

1997, pp. 195-196). Internal radiation exposure to alpha particles from inhaled dust of uranium was 

still the largest concern at Y-12, but there was increased concern over the external radiation exposure 

to gamma rays and beta particles in the metal handling departments.

The first experience with the machining of uranium metal at Y-12 occurred in December of 1947 

(Murray 1948, p. 1; Emlet 1952, p. 1) and steps were taken in the spring of 1948 for the transfer of 

certain weapon fabrication functions from Los Alamos to Y-12 (Williams 1948, p. 1; Emlet 1952, p. 3). 

At this time, responsibility for studying and monitoring the uranium machining operations was 

transferred from a Special Hazards Group to a Health Physics (HP) Department set up under the Y-12 

Medical Division (Emlet 1952, p. 3). The HP Department started an external monitoring program in 

1948 to monitor exposures to Y-12 workers in the Assay Laboratories, Radiographic Shop, 

Spectrographic Shop, and Machine Shops, where uranium metals were handled (Struxness 1948, pp. 

8-9). The first film badge dosimeter used at Y-12 in 1948 was identical to the badge that was used at 

ORNL in 1949 and described by Thornton, Davis, and Gupton (1961, pp. 2-5). This film badge was 

an AEC Catalog Number PF-1B film badge manufactured by the A. M. Samples Machine Company in 

Knoxville, Tennessee (Patterson, West, McLendon 1957, p. 21). The radiation-sensitive medium 

(dosimetry film) in the PF-1B badge was encased in a protective packet with a clip for attachment to 

clothing or a lanyard (Handloser 1959, p. 152, Figure 8-1). The film badge was normally worn on the 

front of the torso between the neck and waist. A portion of the film was covered by a 1-mm thick 

cadmium filter to determine the radiation dose from gamma rays and high-energy x-rays and the 

remaining uncovered portion of the film (open window) was used to determine the radiation dose from 

beta particles and low-energy x-rays (Handloser 1959, p. 152, Figure 8-1). 

Neutron-sensitive films were added to the PF-1B film badge in 1949 with the inauguration of the socalled D-D Project in Building 9204-3 by the Beta Development Group (Struxness 1949a, p. 3). The 

high positive ion output of the calutron made it particularly attractive as a neutron source using the low 

energy deuteron-deuteron (D-D) reaction which produced neutrons with energies of approximately 

2.5 MeV. As a temporary expedient, the measurements of neutron dose to the personnel involved in 

the D-D Project were made with alpha-sensitive film provided by the ORNL HP Division, and they also 

calibrated the film, developed the film, and microscopically counted the density of neutron-recoil ion 

tracks in the film to determine the neutron dose to each person (Struxness 1949a, p. 3). These alpha 

sensitive films were exchanged on a weekly basis (Souleyrette 2003a, p. 2). In June 1952, nuclear 

track emulsions, type A, or so-called NTA films were first used as neutron dosimeters in the PF-1B 

film badges worn by personnel operating the Oak Ridge 86-Inch Cyclotron (Struxness 1953, p. 31). 

These emulsions were carried for two weeks, exchanged, and microscopically examined to determine 

the density of recoil ions in the emulsion and neutron dose to the individual wearing the film badge 

(Struxness 1953, p. 31). Film badges containing an NTA film were assigned to all workers who had a 

notable potential for exposure to neutrons at the Y-12 Plant from 1952 to 1961 (Emlet 1956, p. 6). 

On June 16, 1958, an unexpected nuclear excursion occurred in the C-Wing of Building 9212 at the 

Y-12 Plant (UCNC 1958; Callihan and Thomas 1959). Eight Y-12 employees, who did not have a 

notable potential for exposure to neutrons or gamma rays and were not wearing a film badge 

dosimeter, received estimated radiation doses ranging from 23 rem to 365 rem (Hurst, Ritchie, and 

Emerson 1959). As a result of this criticality accident at the Y-12 Plant, a newer dosimeter system 

was developed that was an integral part of each employee’s ID badge and contained components for 

both routine and accident-related dosimetry (Thornton, Davis and Gupton 1961, pp. 22-32). It had 

been found that the fading of the latent images of tracks from neutron-produced recoil ions was 

reduced by an appreciable factor when the NTA film was packaged in a moisture proof container 
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(Cheka 1954). Thornton, Davis, and Gupton (1961, pp. 24-29) experimented with moisture-proof 

pouch paper and found that the latent image of tracks from the neutron-produced recoil ions could be 

controlled while the NTA films remained in the film badge dosimeters for a calendar quarter 

(13 weeks). The fading of the latent image of the neutron recoil tracks in NTA films sealed in a 

moisture-proof pouch is shown as function of time in Figure 3-1 (Thornton, Davis and Gupton 1961, p. 

28; Morgan, Davis, and Hart 1963, p. 69). After 1961, film badge dosimeters containing NTA films

were assigned to all employees, but the NTA films were processed and read only if an employee 

entered an area with a neutron source and the HP staff recommended processing. If the NTA film 

indicated that the neutron dose was less than the minimum detectable limit (MDL), the general 

guideline was to record either a zero or the MDL. A surprising result of this study is the number of 

recorded neutron doses that are greater than zero, but less than the estimated MDL of 50 mrem (see 

Tables A-1 and A-2 of Attachment A).

Figure 3-1. Effect of sealing NTA film in a moisture-proof pouch (Thornton, Davis, and Gupton 1961, 

p. 28; Morgan Davis, and Hart 1963, p. 69). Fading of latent images of tracks formed by neutronrecoil ions in NTA films sealed in moisture-proof paper (line 1) and NTA films as received from the 

manufacturer (line 2). 

The NTA films were first calibrated at Y-12 using a 210Po-Be neutron source (Struxness 1949a, p.7; 

Struxness 1953, p. 31) and later a 241Am-Be neutron source (UCNC 1963, p. 19; McLendon 1963, 

p. 85; McRee, West and McLendon 1965, p.77). The film badge dosimeters containing the NTA films 

were exposed free in air (no phantom) to neutrons from the Po-Be or Am-Be source for pre-selected 

times to produce a range of track densities from neutron doses similar to those normally encountered 

in the workplace. Studies of backscattering from phantoms used to represent the human body have 

found an increase in track densities from reflected neutrons ranging from a low of zero to a high of 
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33% (Thomas et al. 1997, p. 3). To better define the effect of reflected neutrons on track density in 

NTA films exposed on a phantom, the National Physical Laboratory in England made a study using 

two different phantoms, two different neutron sources (

252Cf and 241Am-Be), and two different track 

readers (Thomas et al. 1997, pp. 6-10). There was a systematic difference between the two track 

readers of about 10%; however, this difference was roughly the same for all irradiation conditions and 

the ratios determined by the two readers typically agreed to within about 3%. The final mean ratios 

from the different track readers suggested that the reflected neutrons added only about 5% on the 

average to the track reading of the NTA film and that there was no significant difference between the 

responses for NTA films calibrated with or without the use of a phantom (Thomas et al. 1997, 

pp. 6-10).

The NTA films were also calibrated with neutrons that were perpendicularly incident on the face of the 

film badge dosimeter and NTA film contained inside the film badge (Struxness 1949a, pp. 20-22; 

McLendon 1963, pp. 75-76; McRee, West and McLendon 1965, pp. 85-87). In most workplace 

environments, however, the neutrons are incident on the film badge and NTA film at widely variant 

angles. The angular dependence of NTA films has been studied experimentally by Kathren, Prevo, 

and Block (1965) and they suggest that multiplication of the tracks produced by perpendicularly 

incident neutrons from a calibration source should be multiplied by a factor of 0.75 to avoid the 

underestimation of the neutron dose to workers in most typical workplace environments. This is 

equivalent to multiplying the recorded neutron dose from a worker’s NTA film by a factor of 1.3 

(1 divided by 0.75). It is recommended, therefore, that dose reconstructors apply this factor to all 

recorded NTA film dosimeter results for Y-12 workers and an additional factor to account for the 

missed neutron dose due to the so-called energy threshold of the NTA film (ORAUT 2006). The 

threshold energy of the NTA film for fast neutron detection is typically quoted as having values 

ranging from 0.5 to 0.7 MeV (ORAUT 2006, Table 3-1, p. 10). A favorable to claimant value of 0.7 

MeV is assumed in this report for the energy threshold of the NTA film.

The minimum detectable limit (MDL) depends on a number of parameters including the number of 

fields used in the evaluation of the neutron-produced recoil ion density of the exposed film and the 

energy of the neutrons used in calibrating the NTA film (Thomas, Horwood, and Taylor 1999; 

IAEA 1985, pp. 63-71). The minimum detectable limit (MDL) of the NTA film based on laboratory 

calibrations at the Y-12 Plant using 210Po-Be or 241Am-Be neutron sources is estimated to be 

approximately 50 mrem. In workplace exposure situations, the MDL could be much larger than 

50 mrem because the NTA film responded only to fast neutrons with energies greater than the energy 

threshold of the NTA film as illustrated in Figure 3.2 (also see IAEA 1985, p. 64). For comparison 

purposes, the multicollision dose equivalent near the surface of the body from a plane beam of 

neutrons normally incident on the body is also shown in Figure 3.2 (NCRP 1971, also see IAEA 1990, 

p 15, Table 2-II). If a person was exposed in an area with a highly degraded spectrum of neutrons, 

then a significant part of the neutron dose below the effective 0.7-MeV threshold of the NTA film might 

have been undetected, and the MDL could have been larger than 50 mrem. Thus, it is important to 

correct a worker’s recorded neutron dose for the missed neutron dose from neutrons with energies 

less than the measured or assumed energy threshold of the NTA film (ORAUT 2006). 
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Figure 3-2. Comparison of dose equivalent (NCRP 1971) and NTA film energy 

response (IAEA 1985) for a beam of normally incident neutrons. 

3.1 Y-12 AND ORNL MANAGED FACILITIES IN THE Y-12 AREA 

After the Y-12 Plant transitioned from an electromagnetic uranium-enrichment plant to a weaponcomponent manufacturing plant (Williams 1948), its research divisions were transferred to ORNL and 

increased their staff by about 50% (Quist 2000, p. 21). These research divisions allowed everyone 

and everything to stay pretty much in place, but the former Y-12 researchers in these divisions now 

reported directly to ORNL management (Johnson and Shaffer 1994, pp. 63-64). The Y-12 buildings 

that were placed under ORNL management included: 9201-2 Thermonuclear or Fusion Energy 

Division (from Y-12 in 1951); 9201-3 Reactor Design and Engineering Development (from Y-12 in 

1950); 9204-3 Electronuclear Research Division (from Y-12 in 1951); 9213 Criticality Experiments 

Facility (from Y-12 in 1949); 9207, 9210 Biology Division (from Y-12 in 1947); and 9204-3 Isotopes 

Research and Production Division (from Y-12 in 1951) (Markowitz et al. 2004, p. V-30; Quist 2000, 

p. 21; Johnson and Shaffer 1994, p. 63-64). 

Building 9213 is located at a remote site in the southwest portion of the Y-12 Plant Site in a pocket 

formed by surrounding hills (UCC 1962, pp. 14-21; Stapleton 1992, p. 27). The building was 

constructed in 1946 for the storage of highly enriched uranium (HEU) while awaiting shipment from 

the Y-12 site and was expanded in 1949 to serve as a Criticality Experiments Facility (CEF) 

(Auerbach 1993, pp. 87-88). Prior to the construction of the CEF, several experimental criticality 

studies were carried out at the Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant (K-25 Plant) and ORNL sites (UCC

1967, pp. 11-12). The inadequacy of the facilities at ORNL and K-25 was recognized in 1949 due to 

the expected demands for further experimentation dealing with (1) the safety of metallurgical and 

chemical processes and (2) the support of new reactor designs (UCC 1967, pp. 2-4). The latter need 

was further emphasized by an Oak Ridge program aimed at the development of nuclear propulsion for 

aircraft (Johnson and Schaffer 1994, pp. 58-63). It was decided, therefore, that a laboratory adequate 

for a wide variety of criticality studies be established, that the various criticality studies in Oak Ridge 

be combined, and that the work be managed by ORNL (UCC 1967, pp. 2-4). Critical and near-critical 
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experiments began at the CEF in late August and early September 1950 (Struxness 1951a, p. 11; 

UCC 1967; pp. 2-4).

Because of established policies in 1950, it was decided at a June 14th meeting that the Y-12 Health 

Physics Department was to provide necessary auxiliary services for the CEF located in Building 9213 

(CCCC 1950). These services were to include air sampling, surface contamination checking, area 

monitoring, and personal monitoring for both internal and external radiation exposure (CCCC 1950). 

The personal monitoring devices for external radiation exposure were to include neutron and gamma 

film badges, thermal neutron dosimeters, gamma pocket chambers, film rings for monitoring hand 

exposures to gamma and beta radiation, and hand counters for alpha radiation (CCCC 1950). The 

health physics services provided this facility required one full time Y-12 health physicist (Struxness 

1951a, p. 11). Similar services were also provided at other ORNL buildings in the Y-12 area until July 

1954 when the ORNL Health Physics Division assumed responsibility for the radiation monitoring of 

all ORNL personnel working at Y-12 (West 1956). 

The administrative and service responsibility for ORNL employees working in the Y-12 area was 

addressed further in a 1958 Y-12 Plant Bulletin numbered AR-213 (Murray 1958, p. 3). This bulletin 

states: “Whenever processes involving radioactive materials are carried out in the Y-12 Area under 

the supervision of ORNL, the Laboratory shall assume responsibility for maintaining proper controls 

over all health physics problems which may arise, including the problem of detecting such hazards. 

Likewise whenever any phase of a Laboratory project is performed under Y-12 supervision, the Y-12 

Health Physics Group will have sole responsibility for establishing the criteria for adequate employee 

protection, and shall conduct all necessary investigations. If personnel from both plants are involved 

in some particular Laboratory project, the investigating Health Physics Group will report all personnelmonitoring results to the Health Physics Group of the other plant.” An ORNL Badge Office (Morgan 

and Davis 1965, p. 55) and four ORNL Health Physics Offices (Copenhaver et al. 1986, p. 12) were 

opened at Y-12 site to serve visitors and staff members at ORNL facilities located in the Y-12 area. 

While some Y-12 workers were used in the operation of the ORNL managed facilities in the Y-12 

area, these facilities were minor sources for neutron exposures to Y-12 workers. 

Table 3-1 provides a summary of the major and minor sources of neutron exposures to Y-12 workers 

at Y-12 and ORNL Buildings in the Y-12 area during the film badge period from 1950 to 1980. The 

major sources for neutron exposures to Y-12 workers were at facilities under Y-12 management with 

one exception. This one exception was the Oak Ridge 86-Inch Cyclotron which was originally built 

and operated by Y-12, but was placed under the management of ORNL in the early 1950s. All other 

facilities at Y-12 that were operated under ORNL management are classified as minor sources of 

neutron exposure to Y-12 workers in Table 3-1. For example, the U.S. Air Force agreed in March 

1949 to purchase a 5-MeV Van de Graff accelerator for use in the Aircraft Nuclear Propulsion (ANP) 

project if ORNL would construct a permanent building to house it (Johnson and Schaffer 1994, pp. 65-

67). This accelerator was temporarily housed in the east wing of Y-12 Building 9201-2 for about one 

and one-half years (Kerr 2007). In 1952, ORNL completed construction of the High Voltage 

Laboratory and moved the 5-MeV Van de Graff accelerator plus two other existing linear accelerators 

into the newly constructed High Voltage Laboratory (Building 5500) at ORNL (Johnson and Schaffer 

1994, pp. 65-67; Snell and Wollan 1953, pp. 1 and 17). Thus, the ORNL Technical Basis Document 

on External Occupational Dose (ORAUT 2007b) should be consulted for data that can be used in the 

dose reconstruction for Y-12 workers who may have been exposed to neutrons while working at 

ORNL facilities listed in Table 3-1 as minor sources for neutron exposures during the film badge 

period from 1950 to 1980. Some information on these so-called minor sources for neutron exposure 

to Y-12 workers is provided by the references in the footnotes to Table 3.1.

Table 3-1. Major and minor sources for neutron exposures of Y-12 workers during the film badge 

period from 1950 to 1980.
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Building Location Neutron sources

Major sources for neutron exposures of Y-12 workers

9201-2a West Wing 86-inch cyclotron (1950–1961),

Po-Be neutron sources

9202, 9206, 9212b Chemical Operations (α,n) reactions in storage containers of highly 

enriched uranium fluoride and oxide compounds,

Pu-Be source neutrons

9203c Room 8, Assay Laboratory, 

Development Facility 

Ra-Be, Po-Be neutron sources

9204-3d D-D Project , Beta-3 Building 2 MeV neutrons from (d,d) reaction (1949–1950), 

Po-Be neutron sources

9205e Assay Laboratory,

Development Laboratories

Ra-Be, Po-Be neutron sources

9983f HP Calibration Laboratory Am-Be, Am-B neutron sources plus 

storage of other neutron sources

Minor sources for neutron exposures of Y-12 workers 

9201-2g West Wing 86-inch cyclotron (1962–1983)

9201-2h East Wing 5-MeV Van de Graff accelerator (1951–1952)

9201-2i Fusion Energy Division Fusion energy neutrons,

Am-Be neutron sources

9204-3j Beta-3 Building, Physics

Division

63-inch cyclotron (1952–1961),

Po-Be neutron sources

9207k Biology Division 250-kV Cockcroft-Walton particle accelerator,

PoBe neutron sources

9213l Critical Experiments Facility Fission energy neutrons (1950–1987), 

Po-Be, Pu-Be neutron sources,

150-kV Cockcroft-Walton particle accelerator

9983-17m Trailer, Biology Division 1,000 μg Cf-252 fission-neutron source

a. Struxness (1951a, pp. 7-10), Struxness (1951b, pp. 17, 23-24), Livingston and Boch (1952), Livingston and Martin 

(1952), Ballenger (1952, pp. 36-42), Struxness (1953, pp. 22-25), Johnson and Schaffer (1994), Kerr (2007).

b. Roberts (1964, Attachment I), DOE (2004, Section 2, pp. 19-20), ORAUT (2005b).

c. Dahl (1946), Struxness (1949b, p. 6), Struxness (1951a, pp. 7-8).

d. Struxness (1949a, p. 6); Shipley and Livingston (1949a, pp. 7,11), Shipley and Livingston (1949b, pp. 5, 25), Shipley 

and Livingston (1950, pp. 5, 22), Livingston (1950, p. 6), Struxness (1951a, pp. 7-8).

e. Struxness (1949a, p. 6), Struxness (1951a, p. 7-8), Sanders (1956).

f. Struxness (1949a, p. 6), Struxness (1951a, p. 7-8), McRee (1960, 1961), UCNC (1963, p. 19), McLendon (1963, p. 85), 

Roberts (1964, Attachment I), McRee, West, and McLendon (1965, p. 77), Souleyrette (2003a, p. 2).

g. Livingston and Zucker (1962, p. 30), Livingston and Zucker (1963, p. 35), Butler (1963), Terry (1981), Auxier and Davis 

(1981, p. 84), Kerr et al. (1992, pp. 44-47), Johnson and Schaffer (1994), Tankersley (2009).

h. Ellis (1950, pp. 7, 44), Nielsen and Ellis (1950, pp. 233, 235), Ellis and Cottrell (1951, pp. 92-95), Struxness (1951b, pp. 

23), Ballenger (1952, p. 43, 68), Good (1952, p. 1), Roberts (1952, pp. 2, 17-18), Shull (1952, pp. 1, 25), Snell and 

Wollan (1953, p.1), Copenhaver et al. (1986, p. 100), Johnson and Schaffer (1994), Kerr (2007).

i. Berry et al. (1975), Kim and Mihalczo (1979), Copenhaver et al. (1986, p. 113).

j. Ballenger (1952, p. 43), Livingston and Zucker (1962, p. 30), Livingston and Zucker (1963, p. 35), Johnson and Schaffer 

(1994, pp. 67-700), Kerr (2008a).

k. Slaughter (1953, p. 71), Struxness (1954, p. 16), Hollaender (1954, p. 72), Slaughter (1955, pp. 130-131), Carson 

(1956a, pp. 57-58), Carson (1956b, p. 61), Kerr (2008b).

l. Struxness (1951b, p. 17-22), Blizard et al. (1961, pp. 173-174), UCC (1962, pp. 3-11, 30-46), UCC (1967, pp. 56-70), 

Roberts (1964, Attachment I), ORAUT (2007c, pp. 41-42).

m. Adler and Carson (1972, p. 144), ORAUT (2007c, p. 39), Kerr (2008b).

3.2 Major Sources for Neutron Exposures to Y-12 Workers 

The major sources for neutron exposures for Y-12 workers in Table 3-1 are characterized in this 

section using parameters of interest in the dose reconstructions for Y-12 workers (NIOSH 2007). 

These parameters include: (1) the neutron-to-gamma dose ratios for exposures to these various 

sources, (2) the missed neutron dose due to the angular response and assumed 0.7-MeV threshold 
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energy of the NTA film dosimeters, and (3) the energy spectrum of the neutrons incident on a worker 

during exposure to one of these sources. 

The neutron energy spectra used in dose reconstruction for workers is typically divided into the 

following five energy groups: <10 keV, 10-100 keV, 0.1-2 MeV, 2-20 MeV, and >20 MeV (NIOSH 

2007, p. 19). The Radiation Effectiveness Factors used in NIOSH-IREP (NIOSH 2002) for calculating 

the POC are less for the lower two energy groups of <10 keV and 10-100 keV than for the 0.1-2 MeV 

energy group (NIOSH 2002; Kocher, Apostoaei, and Hoffman 2005). Thus, the two lower energy 

groups of <10 keV and 10-100 keV are combined with the 0.1-2 MeV group throughout this OTIB. 

The 0.1-2 MeV group is a substantial neutron component in each workplace, and it alone can be 

used (i.e., assigned 100%) as an analysis that is favorable to claimants when calculating their POC 

using NIOSH-IREP (NIOSH 2002, p. 31).

3.2.1

The Oak Ridge 86-Inch Cyclotron is treated here as a major source of neutron exposure to Y-12 

workers from 1950 to 1961 because several Y-12 Departments were involved in the early operation of 

the cyclotron and the production of radioisotopes at the cyclotron (Bloch 1951). The need for a 

cyclotron in the Oak Ridge area was discussed as early as 1946 (Livingston and Boch 1952, pp. 7-8). 

The availability of large magnetic and vacuum components at the Y-12 Plant greatly simplified the 

planning of the 86-inch cyclotron and facilitated its fabrication (Johnson and Schaffer 1994, pp. 65-

70). A study of available buildings at the Y-12 Plant resulted in the selection of the Alpha Process 

Building 9201-1, which had been in standby condition since 1945 (Livingston and Boch 1952, p.10). 

The early operation of the 86-inch cyclotron was a cooperative Y-12 and ORNL effort (Johnson and 

Schaffer 1994, p. 67; Kerr 2007). Ground was broken for the magnet footings on September 21, 

1949, and the machine was ready for test operations the following September (Livingston and Boch 

1952, p. 7-8). The 86-inch cyclotron became operational in November 1950, and the first proton 

beam was observed on November 11, 1950 (Livingston and Boch 1952, p. 7-8). By the end of the 

year, a proton beam of a few microamperes had been obtained at proton energies of approximately 

20 MeV, and by September 1951 proton currents above 1 milliampere at proton energies of 20 MeV 

were possible (Livingston and Boch 1952, pp. 7-8).

86-Inch Cyclotron

The first major use of the 86-Inch cyclotron was the production of 208Po (Livingston and Martin 1952, 

p. 5; Butler 1963, p. 17; Kerr 2007). In 1952, internal revisions of the position and mounting of the ion 

source resulted in an increase in proton energy to 23 MeV (Livingston and Martin 1952, p. 50). At the 

higher energy, the 208Po yield was more than doubled and a total of approximately 9 Ci of 208Po was 

produced before the project was terminated in August 1952 (Livingston and Martin 1952, pp. 22-23; 

Butler 1963, p. 17). During the next few years, the groundwork was laid for the production of neutrondeficient radioisotopes (Butler 1963, p. 17). From 1952 to 1961, however, the 86-Inch cyclotron was 

used mainly in nuclear physics studies by the ORNL Electromagnetic Research Division (Howard 

1954; Livingston 1958), and isotope production time was made available only when it did not interfere 

with the primary program (Butler 1963, 17). Following completion of the construction and testing of 

the Oak Ridge Isochronous Cyclotron at ORNL in 1961, the responsibility for operation and 

maintenance of the 86-inch cyclotron was shifted on December 1 from the ORNL Electronuclear 

Research Division to the ORNL Isotope Division (Livingston and Zucker 1962, p.35). The 86-inch 

cyclotron was used primarily by ORNL for production of medical radioisotopes until it was shut down 

permanently in 1983 (Kerr et al. 1992, pp. 44-47; Tankersley 2009).

Fast neutrons are the radiation of most concern in occupied areas near cyclotrons operated at proton 

beam energies between 15 MeV and 50 MeV (Shleien, Slaback, and Birky 1998, p. 11-71, Table 

11.4.11). The shielding for the 86-Inch Cyclotron consisted of 5-ft-thick concrete walls supporting a 

5-ft-thick concrete ceiling (Livingston and Boch 1952, pp. 88-89). Two mazes were the only openings 
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into the cyclotron vault (Livingston and Boch 1952, p. 90). Measurements made in early 1950 

indicated the presence of an excessive stray neutron flux outside the maze entrance and the 

emergency maze exit to the 86-inch cyclotron (Struxness 1951b, pp. 23-24; Ballenger 1952, pp. 37-

38; Livingston and Boch 1952, p. 91). A completely enclosed cyclotron vault with a minimum of 

apertures and movable doors with overlapping side panels became the standard shielding design for 

other early cyclotrons producing high-energy proton beams (Patterson and Thomas 1973, p. 380). A 

maximum permissible flux of 250 n/cm2

-s was established to limit the neutron exposure of personnel 

at the Oak Ridge 86-Inch Cyclotron to less than 300 mrem per 40-hr workweek, which was the 

radiation protection guideline at that time (Wiley 2004; ORAUT 2007a, p. 14). The measured neutron 

flux in most occupied areas outside the shielding for the cyclotron was typically smaller than the 

maximum permissible flux of 250 n/cm2

-s by one to two orders of magnitude (Livingston and Boch 

1952, p. 91; Howard 1952, p. 38; Ballenger 1952, p. 12). 

The neutron energy spectra in work areas near the Oak Ridge 86-Inch Cyclotron, like the neutron 

energy spectra near other early proton accelerators, are not well known (IAEA 1988). To simulate the 

stray neutron fields near the Oak Ridge 86-Inch Cyclotron, a Maxwellian thermal neutron spectrum 

was used at energies less than 0.125 eV, and an E-1 slowing down spectrum was used at energies 

from 0.125 eV to 20 MeV, where E is the neutron energy. Table 3-2 lists the dose fractions in the 

neutron energy groups used in the dose reconstruction for Y-12 workers; the results appear to be 

consistent with observations by others (IAEA 1988). For example, it has been found that most of the 

dose at early proton accelerators came from neutrons with energies between 0.1 and 10 MeV, and 

the neutron dose contributions from both thermal neutrons and fast neutrons with energies above 

10 MeV were quite small. The results in Table 3-2 suggest that neutrons with energies less than 

0.1 MeV and neutrons with energies from 14 to 20 MeV contribute only 12% and 8.7%, respectively, 

to the total neutron dose equivalent in the stray radiation fields at the 86-Inch Cyclotron. Therefore, 

combining the dose from these five neutron energy groups into only two neutron energy groups is 

reasonable and favorable to claimant simplification of the neutron dose reconstruction for Y-12 

workers (Table 3-2). 

Table 3-2. Estimated dose fractions for 

exposure to neutrons from the 86-inch 

cyclotron (Building 9201-1).

Neutron energy group Dose fraction

<10 keV 0.076

10–100 keV 0.044

0.1–2 MeV 0.336

2–14 MeV 0.457

14–20 MeV 0.087

Favorable to claimant dose fractions

0.1–2 MeV 0.46

2–20 MeV 0.54

The fraction of the dose equivalent from neutrons below the effective threshold energy of 0.7 MeV for 

the NTA film was calculated to be approximately 30% (ORAUT 2006, p. 12, Fig. 4-3). Thus, an 

estimated correction factor to the recorded neutron dose for missed neutron dose due to the threshold 

energy of the NTA film should be approximately 1.4 (1 divided by 0.7) and the total correction factor 

for both the estimated missed neutron dose due to threshold energy and angular response of the NTA 

film should be approximately 1.8 (1.4 multiplied by 1.3) (ORAUT 2006, p. 18, Table 8-1).
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3.2.2

Encapsulated sources that produced neutrons by alpha particle reactions with boron or beryllium 

provide a convenient source of neutrons for a variety of applications (Rees 1967, pp. 44 and 176). 

Table 3-3 provides some information on locations at the Y-12 Plant, where such sources were used 

(Buildings 9201-2, 9202, 9203, 9204-3, 9205, 9212, and 9983). Additional locations at the Y-12 Plant 

where encapsulated neutron sources were used include: Building 9737 (Struxness 1951a, pp. 7-8); 

Buildings 9204-1, 9734, and 9771 (Emerson 1952); and Buildings 9204-2 and 9987 (McRee 1960, 

1961; Roberts 1964, Attachment I). These neutron sources were stored in accordance with accepted 

practices (Struxness 1951a, p. 7). They were surrounded by hydrogenous material, such as paraffin 

or water, which degraded the energetic fast neutron component by proton scattering, and the resulting 

slow (thermal) neutrons were then captured by various chemical elements in the scattering medium. 

For many of the larger sources, it was customary to enhance the probability of neutron capture in the 

scattering medium by addition of borax (Struxness 1951a, p. 7). Consequently, once the handing 

procedures for an encapsulated neutron source were established, the services provided by the Health 

Physics Department evolved into routine periodic checks. Instrumentation calibration with Po-Be, AmBe, and Am-B sources was also a standardized operation in that the majority of calibrations were 

made at one location, and usually, by the same operator. Any unusual operations or transfers 

involving encapsulated neutron sources were done under the supervision of the Health Physics 

Department (Struxness 1951a, p. 7). 

Encapsulated Neutron Sources

One unusual situation at the Y-12 Plant was the use of five large Ra-Be neutron sources in the Assay 

Laboratories of the Development Facility (Building 9203) and Development Laboratories (Building 

9205) (Struxness 1949b, p. 6; Struxness 1951a, p. 8). These sources were contained in four 

so-called “Dog Houses” in Room 8 of Building 9203 (Dahl 1946; Struxness 1949b, p. 6; Struxness 

1951a, p. 8; Emerson 1952) and the so-called “Birdbath Moderator” in Building 9205 (Struxness 

1949b, pp. 6; Sanders 1956). In 1955, NTA films were included in the film badge dosimeters of all 

Department 2159 personnel (Alloy Maintenance), who were assigned to maintenance of assay 

monitors containing the Ra-Be sources (West 1955; Sanders 1956). These NTA film badges were 

exchanged every other week or biweekly (West 1955). Very little is known about the construction of 

the “Birdbath Moderator” in Building 2159, but there is detailed information available on the “Dog

Houses” in Building 9203 (Daul 1949). The Ra-Be source was located at the center of a cylinder that 

provided about 12 in. of water shielding in the radial direction. The cylinder had a 17-in. outer radius, 

a 17-in. outer height , and an outer wall thickness of 0.125 in. of iron (Daul 1949). There were six 

ports in each cylinder so that the assay samples could be placed near the Ra-Be source at its center. 

The “Dog Houses” were placed near a wall in Room 6 of Building 9205 with a distance of about 80 in. 

between the centers of the water-filled metal cylinders (Daul 1949). Available records indicate that 

Ra-Be neutron sources from these Assay Laboratories were placed in permanent storage in the late 

1950s (McRee 1960; 1961; Roberts 1964, Attachment I). The permanent storage area for excess 

neutron and photon sources was the Radioactive Source Storage Facility in Building 9987 (TAPP 

2003, pp. 133-134).

Information on the neutron spectrum in work areas near the “Dog Houses” and “Birdbath Moderator” 

is not available. Thus, the neutron fields from these sources are simulated by the use of recent 

measurements made at a distance of 24 inches from the surface of a water filled drum containing both 

a 238Pu-Be and 252Cf encapsulated neutron source (Soldat et al. 1990, p. A.5; MMES 1992; ORAUT

2007b, pp. 27-28). The characterization of the neutron field consisted of measurements of the energy 

spectrum of the neutrons and the personal dose equivalent from both neutrons and gamma rays. The 

neutron-to-gamma dose ratio was approximately 3.7 (ORAUT 2007b, p. 27), and the neutron 

spectrum is provided in Table 3-3 using the following four neutron energy groups: <10 kev, 10-100 

kev, 0.1-2 MeV, and 2-20 MeV (ORAUT 2007b, p. 28). The results in Table 3.3 suggest that neutrons 

with energies less than 0.1 MeV contribute only 2.1% to the total neutron dose equivalent. Therefore, 
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combining the dose from these lower neutron energy groups with the nearby neutron energy group of 

0.1-2.0 MeV provides a reasonable and favorable to claimant simplification of the dose reconstruction 

for Y-12 workers. The fraction of the dose equivalent from neutrons with energies less than the 

assumed effective threshold energy of 0.7 MeV for NTA film was also estimated to be approximately 

20% based on the neutron spectrum data for the water-shielded 238Pu-Be and 252Cf sources (ORAUT 

2007b, p. 28). Thus, the estimated correction to the recorded neutron dose for missed neutron dose 

due to the threshold energy of the NTA film should be approximately 1.3 (1 divided by 0.8) and the 

total correction factor for missed neutron dose due to both the threshold energy and angular response 

of the NTA film should be approximately 1.7 (1.3 multiplied by 1.3). It is important to note here that 

the 238Pu-Be and 252Cf sources were also shielded by 12 in. of water (Soldat et al. 1990, p. A.5). In 

addition, the neutron output of the Cf source was 2 × 107 n/sec, while that of the Pu-Be source was an 

order of magnitude larger or 2 × 108 n/sec (Soldat et al. 1990, p. A.5). Thus, these measurement 

results should provide a realistic simulation for use in the dose reconstruction for Y-12 workers who 

were exposed to neutrons from the Ra-Be sources in Buildings 9203 and 9205.

Table 3-3. Estimated dose fractions for 

exposure to water-shielded Ra-Be neutron 

sources (Buildings 9203 and 9205).

Neutron energy group Dose fraction

<10 keV 0.013

10–100 keV 0.008

0.1–2 MeV 0.264

2–20 MeV 0.715

Favorable to claimant dose fractions

0.1–2 MeV 0.29

2–20 MeV 0.71

Another storage facility for encapsulated neutron and photon sources at Y-12 was located at the HP 

Calibration Laboratory in Building 9983 (Soldat et al. 1990, p. 3.6; MMES 1992; ORAUT 2006, pp.8-

9). The neutron field in this storage area was simulated by the use of recent measurements made at 

a distance of 18 inches of the storage safe located in one corner of the Calibration Laboratory. At the 

time of the measurements, the neutron sources were being stored in the room in shielded containers. 

The types of neutron sources in the room included twelve 2- to 4-Ci Am-B sources, several Am-Li 

sources, and several Am-Be sources. The safe also contained a 252Cf source (Soldat el al. 1990, p. 

3.22). The characterization of the neutron field near the safe included measurements of the energy 

spectrum of the neutrons and the personal dose equivalent from both neutrons and gamma rays 

(MMES 1992). The neutron-to-gamma dose ratio was approximately 8 and the neutron spectrum has 

been summarized in Table 3-4 using the following four energy groups: <10 keV, 10-100 keV, 0.1-2 

MeV, and 2-20 MeV. The results in Table 3-4 suggest that neutrons with energies less than 0.1 MeV 

contribute only 6.2% to the total neutron dose equivalent. Therefore, combining the dose from these 

lower energy groups with the nearby neutron energy group of 0.1-2 MeV is a reasonable and 

favorable to claimant simplification of the dose reconstruction for Y-12 workers. The fraction of the 

dose equivalent from neutrons with energies less than the assumed effective threshold energy of 0.7 

MeV for NTA film was also estimated to be approximately 40% (ORAUT 2006, p. 13). Thus, the 

estimated correction to the recorded neutron dose for missed neutron dose due to the threshold 

energy of the NTA film should be approximately 1.7 (1 divided by 0.65) and the total correction factor 

for missed neutron dose due to both the threshold energy and angular response of the NTA film 

should be approximately 2.2 (1.7 multiplied by 1.3). 

Table 3-4. Estimated dose fractions for 

exposure to neutron sources stored at the 

HP Calibration Laboratory (Building 9983).
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Neutron energy group Dose fraction

<10 keV 0.055

10–100 keV 0.007

0.1–2 MeV 0.509

2–20 MeV 0.429

Favorable to claimant dose fractions

0.1–2 MeV 0.57

2.0–20 MeV 0.43

3.2.3

From about 1949 to 1964, the Y-12 Plant received cylinders of uranium hexafluoride (UF6) containing 

highly enriched uranium as feed material for the manufacture of nuclear weapons components 

(ORAUT 2007d, p. 15). After 1964, the majority of enriched uranium processed at Y-12 was recycled 

uranium materials from nuclear weapons stockpiles (Owings 1995, pp. 22-23). These operations 

were confined primarily to Buildings 9202, 9206, and 9212 (ORAUT 2007d, p. 15). The recycled 

uranium contained transuranic material (e.g., plutonium and neptunium-237), fission products (e.g., 

technetium-99), and reactor-generated products (e.g., uranium-236) (BWXT Y-12 2000, Section 1, p. 

1). Recycled uranium process streams involved the processing of other material forms including 

uranium metal, uranium alloys, and other uranium compounds such as UO2, UO3, and UF4 (ORAUT 

2007d, p. 15). The interaction of alpha particles from uranium with nuclei of fluorine, oxygen, and 

other low-atomic weight atoms generates neutrons with energies of approximately 2 MeV (DOE 2004, 

Section 6, pp. 4-10). The magnitude of the neutron flux varies based on total activity of the uranium 

(a function of enrichment) and chemical compound in question (mixing of uranium with fluorine or 

oxygen). In the case of UF6, the typically measured neutron dose equivalent rates for storage 

containers are as follows (DOE 2004, Section 2, p. 19):

Chemical Operation Areas 

Natural to 5% enrichment: 0.01 to 0.2 mrem/hr,

Very high enrichment (97%+): 2 to 4 mrem/hr (contact)

1 to 2 mrem/hr (3 ft). 

The potential for significant worker exposure to neutrons generated by (α,n) reactions in uranium 

compounds is not very high unless workers spend a significant amount of time near containers of 

uranium-fluoride or -oxide compounds, or near storage or processing areas for large quantities of 

those materials (DOE 2004, Section 2, p. 19). At very high 235U enrichments, the neutron-to-gamma 

dose ratio can be as much as 2:1 and neutrons can be the limiting radiation source for whole-body 

exposure (DOE 2004, Section 6, p. 8). The neutron doses from low enriched 235U compounds or from 

uranium metals are considerably lower than the gamma-ray component and consequently are not 

limiting doses (DOE 2004, Section 6, p. 8). 

The neutron fields in chemical processing areas of the Y-12 facility were simulated by the use of 

recent measurements made in Building 9212 at the Y-12 facility (Soldat et al. 1990, p. 3.6; MMES 

1992). At the time of the measurements, this storage area in Building 9212 held storage containers of 

both enriched uranium fluoride (UF4) and uranium trioxide (UO3). Containers of these materials were 

placed on a rack of shelves and arranged in a matrix that was critically safe (Soldat et al. 1990, p. 3.6; 

MMES 1992). The measurements were made at a height of 39 in. (1 m) above the floor and 27 in. 

from the nearest container. The location of the measurements was also selected so that it was near 

only containers of UF4 (Soldat et al. 1990, p. 3.6; MMES 1992). The characterization of the neutron 

field consisted of measurements of the energy spectrum of the neutrons and personal dose equivalent 

from both neutrons and gamma rays. The measured values for neutron dose equivalent and neutronto-gamma dose ratio were 1.65 mrem/hr and 1, respectively, which are in good agreement with the 
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above quoted values from the Guide of Good Practices for Occupational Radiological Protection in 

Uranium Facilities (DOE 2004, Section 2, p. 19). The results of the neutron spectrum are summarized 

in Table 3-5 and suggest that the neutrons with energies less than 0.1 MeV and energies greater than 

2 MeV contribute only 3% to the total neutron dose equivalent. Therefore, assigning all of the 

neutrons to the 0.1- to 2-MeV energy group is a reasonable and favorable to claimant simplification of 

the dose reconstruction for Y-12 workers. The fraction of the dose equivalent from neutrons with 

energies less than the assumed 0.7-MeV threshold energy of the NTA film is estimated to be about 

40% (ORAUT 2006, p. 13). Thus, an estimated correction factor to the recorded dose for missed 

neutron dose due to the threshold energy of the NTA film should be approximately 1.7 (1 divided by 

0.6) and the total correction factor for the missed neutron dose due to both the threshold energy and 

angular response of the NTA film should be approximately 2.2 (1.7 multiplied by 1.3).

Table 3-5. Dose fractions for exposure to 

neutrons from highly enriched uranium 

compounds (Buildings 9202, 9206, 9212).

Neutron energy group Dose fraction

<10 keV 0.012

10–100 keV 0.003

0.1–2 MeV 0.970

2–20 MeV 0.015

Favorable to claimant dose fractions

0.1–2 MeV 1.00

The monitoring of workers in the UF4 (fluid-bed) processing areas of the Y-12 Plant has been cited as 

an example of a group of workers who were involved in hands-on operations of neutron-producing 

materials and should have been monitored for fast- and thermal-neutron exposures during the film 

badge era (SCA 2005, p. 75). It was speculated that their exposures may have been due mainly to 

thermal and epithermal neutrons, and therefore, their neutron doses would not have been measured 

using NTA films (SCA 2005, p. 75). In the 1990s, however, workers in UF4 (fluid-bed) processing 

areas were monitored for neutron exposure using thermoluminescent neutron dosimeters (TLNDs) 

(SCA 2006, p. 8). The TLNDs were extremely sensitive to thermal and epithermal neutrons (MMES 

1992, Volume 1, Executive Summary, pp 1-6; Oxley 2001, p. 17) and have a MDL of the order of 10-

20 mrem for exposures involving neutrons of all energies (Oxley 2001, pp. 17, 44-46; Souleyrette 

2003a, p. 6). No positive doses were observed for these individuals, so the neutron monitoring for 

this group of workers was discontinued in the mid- to late-1990s (SCA 2006, p. 8). Data on all Y-12 

employees monitored for neutrons over the 12-year period following the introduction of the so-called 

four-element TLND in January 1990 is provided in Table 3-6 (Souleyrette 2003b). It should be noted 

from the data in Table 3-6 that the cumulative annual neutron doses and average annual neutron 

doses were quite small for the Y-12 workers who were monitored using the four-element TLNDs 

during the 12-year period from 1990 to 2001.

3.2.4

In 1949 and 1950, the Beta calutrons in Building 9204-3 were investigated for use as a source of 

monoenergetic neutrons (Struxness 1949a, p. 3). The high positive ion current produced by a 

calutron made it particularly attractive when used to produce neutrons via the low-energy deuteronD-D Project
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Table 3-6. Number of neutron monitored Y-12 workers, cumulative annual 

neutron dose, and average annual neutron dose for 12-year period following the 

introduction of the four-element TLND in 1989 (Souleyrette 2003b).

Year

Neutron monitored 

workers

Cumulative neutron 

dose (mrem)

Average neutron dose 

(mrem)

1990 82 1085 13.2

1991 64 463 7.2

1992 86 200 2.3

1993 215 343 1.6

1994 301 1,289 4.3

1995 165 116 0.7

1996 203 470 2.3

1997 38 10 0.3

1998 47 57 1.2

1999 141 121 0.9

2000 49 35 0.7

2001 73 55 0.8

deuteron (D-D) reaction (Shipley and Livingston 1949a, p. 7). Because the neutrons from this 

reaction are monoenergetic with energies of approximately 2.5 MeV and free of gamma rays, a 

D-D neutron source appeared to be useful for the determination of shielding attenuation data and 

measurement of the cross sections for inelastic scattering (Shipley and Livingston 1949a, p. 7). The 

maximum neutron output obtained using 40-keV deuteron ions incident on several different kinds of 

targets was approximately 1 × 109 neutrons/sec (Shipley and Livingston 1949b, p. 25; Livingston 

1950, p. 45).

The total neutron output from all experiments was kept at a safe level by deliberately limiting the beam 

current (Shipley and Livingston 1949a, p. 9). No personnel were allowed within 20 ft of the neutron 

target source during experiments and no shielding was required (Shipley and Livingston 1949a, p. 9). 

The neutron counter used in the measurement of neutron output from a target consisted of a boronlined proportional counter encased in a cylinder of paraffin (Shipley and Livingston 1949a, p. 11) and 

provided a nearly uniform sensitivity to neutrons with energies from 10 keV to 3 MeV (Hanson and 

McKibben 1947). The neutron counter was calibrated by placing a Po-Be neutron source at the 

position of the neutron producing target in the calutron (Shipley and Livingston 1949a, p. 11). The 

electronic pulses from the neutron counter were sent to a preamplifier that was connected to a metal 

cabinet containing the high voltage supplies, discriminator, scaler, and mechanical counter to provide 

a continuous readout of the neutron output from a target (Shipley and Livingston 1950, p. 24). 

Neutron sensitive films were first added to the film badges of workers in 1949 with the inauguration of 

the D-D Project (Struxness 1949a). The monitoring of individual neutron exposures used special 

alpha emulsion films provided by the ORNL Health Physics Division, who also calibrated the film and 

estimated the neutron dose by counting the density of the neutron-produced recoil tracks in the 

exposed film. The neutron monitoring for this group of workers was highly developmental and the 

available results from the last calendar-year quarter of 1949 and first calendar-year quarter of 1950 

appear to be inadequate for dose reconstruction purposes (Wiley 2005). The neutron monitoring 

results for the D-D workers are also not included in the external dose database discussed in the 

following section of this report (Section 4.0). A listing is available for the small group of individuals 

who participated in the D-D Project (Parsons 1949). 
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4.0 NEUTRON DOSES IN THE EXTERNAL DOSE DATABASE

Quarterly neutron doses in mrem were among the variables contained in the electronic files that the 

Y-12 site delivered to the Center for Epidemiologic Research from 1978 through the 1980s. These 

records, for more than 17,000 Y-12 workers, begin with 1950 data and have resided in a Microsoft © 

SQL Server database since 2002 as described in Part 1 (ORAUT 2005a, pp. 14-15). Neutron doses 

in the files were summations of biweekly or monthly doses (or blanks) that are no longer available. 

5.0

Let ni denote the recorded neutron dose and gi the recorded gamma dose for each quarter for one of 

the four departments described in Section 5.2. If one or more of the gamma doses is zero, it is 

considered to be left censored (i.e., a nondetect) and is represented as

STATISTICAL METHODS 

gi = MDL * indicating that g is 

in the interval (0, g*). An MDL of 30 mrem for the quarterly gamma dose was assumed to ensure that 

the calculated neutron-to-gamma dose ratios would be favorable to claimants. The calculated 

neutron-to- gamma ratio for the ith quarter is ri = ni / gi

,l = 1,...,m , where m is the number of detected 

gamma doses and ri = ni / gi

,l = m + 1,...,N + , when the gamma dose is a nondetect and N is the 

number of quarters with data. If the gamma dose is a nondetect (i.e., left censored) then the ratio * / i ni gi r = + is right censored (i.e., r

+ indicates that ri is greater than or equal to r+

). If, for example, the 

neutron dose is 60 mrem and gamma dose is zero, then the ratio r

+ is at least 2. Assuming the ratios 

are a random sample from a lognormal distribution, the log of the likelihood function for the unknown 

parameters μ and σ, given the data {ri l = 1,...,m; ri l = m + 1,...,N} + is: 

∑ [ ( )] ∑ [ ( )] = +

+

= = + − N

i i m i

m

i

L g r G r

1 1 (μ,σ ) log ;μ,σ log 1 ;μ,σ (2)

where ( ) ( ) 1 2 2 ( ; , ) exp[ 1⁄2 log 1 / ] 2 −

g r μ σ = − − μ σ π σr is the probability density function for the 

lognormal distribution and G(r+

, μ,σ) is the lognormal cumulative distribution function. 

The maximum likelihood (ML) estimates of μ and σ are obtained using the approach described by 

Cohen (1991) for a lognormal distribution with random right-censored data. The numerical approach 

used to calculate the ML estimates is based on the RDCT (2004) function optim(). The R driver 

function rclnml() is used to calculate the ML estimates μˆ , σˆ , and their standard errors. Note that 

when all of the gamma doses are greater than zero, m = N and the second term in equation 2 is not 

present. In this case, the solution of the likelihood equations results in the well-known estimates: 

[ ( ) ] ( ) i i i i i μˆ y / N,σˆ y μˆ / N ,where y log r 2 1⁄2

= ∑ = ∑ − = (3)

6.0

6.1 QUARTERLY NEUTRON DOSE DISTRIBUTION

EVALUATION OF FILM BADGE DATA

A zero quarterly dose for a worker in the database meant that there were no positive neutron dose 

readings in the monitoring periods that were summed to produce the quarterly dose. Zero neutron 

doses could have arisen for two different reasons: (1) the worker was monitored with NTA film but all 

measured neutron doses during the quarter were less than the MDL; or (2) NTA film was included in 

the film badge but was not processed because the worker did not enter an area of potential neutron

exposure during the quarter. Table 6-1 summarizes the distribution of positive neutron quarterly 
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doses and cumulative neutron doses by year, and Table 6-2 further summarizes the cumulative 

neutron doses by year and department of exposure.

Table 6-1. Quarterly neutron doses and cumulative neutron dose by 

year from 1952 to 1962.

Year

Number of 

employees

Number of positive 

neutron doses

Cumulative neutron 

dose (mrem)

1952 3 3 338

1953 3 3 434

1954 42 48 5,927

1955 57 99 17,631

1956 32 66 2,458

1957 34 76 1,650

1958 19 22 530

1959 19 54 3,009

1960 2 2 81

1961 0 0 0

1962 2 2 210

Total 143 375 32,268

Table 6-2. Cumulative neutron dose (mrem) by department and year from 1952 to 1962.

a

Dept.

Year

1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1962 Total

2000 348 348

2001 38 18 56

2003 471 471

2018 16 44 99 18 177

2044 300 30 330

2070 94 142 236

2077 22 714 246 86 15 1,083

2091 50 50

2108 262 1,923 257 142 41 259 2,884

2158 288 168 12 468

2159 6,424 759 7,001

2160 2,556 33 2,589

2231 200 334 534

2260 50 50

2301 1,128 703 743 283 2,750 5,607

2303 1,016 1,016

2345 210 210

2616 18 2,552 2,570

2617 2,235 3,231 5,466

2618 320 340 50 66 776

2685 50 50

2687 60 60

2701 131 131

2703 15 15

2791 90 90

Total 338 434 5,927 17,631 2,458 1,650 530 3,009 81 210 32,268

a. There were no recorded positive neutron doses for 1961.
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Because only 143 Y-12 employees had at least one positive quarterly neutron dose, individual 

neutron doses and additional data, including department of exposure, are presented for each of these 

workers in Tables A-1 and A-2 of Attachment A. All of these 143 workers were employed in only 25 

departments, which comprised approximately 10% of the total number of Y-12 departments in this 

period, and only 7 departments had 10 or more workers with at least 1 positive quarterly neutron 

dose. Figure 6-5 is a lognormal quantile-quantile (Q-Q) plot of the (total) 375 positive quarterly 

neutron doses from all departments, including ML estimates of the lognormal parameters and 

additional summary statistics. The median quarterly neutron dose was 46 mrem, and only 41.6% of 

the quarterly neutron doses were greater than 50 mrem, with 191 quarterly neutron doses (50.9%) 

less than 50 mrem and 28 (7.5%) equal to 50 mrem. 

Our study found that only a small fraction of the Y-12 workers had a significant potential for exposure 

to neutrons and that these exposures were confined to the period from 1950 to 1962 (see Table 6-1). 

This has been confirmed in another recent study by Markowitz et al. (2004). In their study, they found 

one additional positive neutron dose for the film badge period from 1950 to 1980 (Markowitz et al. 

2004, Appendix B1, p. 7). By comparing their data in Table B-1 of Attachment B to our data in Table 

A-1 of Attachment A to this report, the one additional recorded positive neutron dose is found to be in 

so-called Department 2000. This department was a “catch-all department” to which individuals were 

assigned on a temporary basis for various reasons. The number of positive neutron doses in all other 

departments is in exact agreement (see both Table A-2 of Attachment A and Table B-1 of Attachment 

B).

6.2 NEUTRON-TO-GAMMA DOSE RATIOS

One problem in calculating neutron-to-gamma dose ratios from the 375 positive quarterly neutron 

doses available for Y-12 workers is that over 30% of the corresponding quarterly gamma doses are 

zero (see Tables A-1 and A-2 of Attachment A). Whenever the corresponding quarterly gamma dose 

was greater than zero, Table A-1 presents the neutron-to-gamma dose ratios for the individual worker 

and quarter grouped by worker. Table A-2, under the same circumstances, shows these ratios 

grouped by department and reveals that there can be substantial variation in the neutron-to-gamma 

dose ratios even for an individual worker from one quarter to the next while working in the same 

department. 

Only four of the 25 departments had sufficient positive neutron dose data to calculate a departmental 

neutron-to-gamma dose ratio. These four departments are Health Physics (2108), Alloy Maintenance 

(2159), Material Engineering (2160), and Developmental Operations (2301). Figures 6-1 to 6-5 

present Q-Q plots for the four departments along with ML estimates for lognormal parameters and 

other statistical information. In these analyses, if a gamma dose is zero (i.e., a nondetect), the 

neutron- to-gamma dose ratio is obtained by dividing the neutron dose by an MDL of 30 mrem for the 

quarterly gamma-ray doses and treating the ratio as right censored (see Section 5 for details). This 

procedure ensures that ratios derived from the available data in Tables A-1 and A-2 of Attachment A 

are favorable to claimant values. The percentage of nondetects or gamma doses equal to zero varied 

from a low of zero for Departments 2159 and 2160 (Figures 6-3 and 6-4) to a high of 41% for 

Department 2301 (Figure 6-5). 

Figure 6-6 shows the neutron-to-gamma ratio based on the combined data for all 25 departments. 

The neutron-to-gamma ratio for all departments combined appears to be unreasonably large in 

comparison with the ratios for the four specific departments in Figures 6-2 to 6-5. It was determined 

that the unacceptably large value was due primarily to two departments, the Product Chemical 

Department (2616) and the Product Processing Department (2617). Departments 2616 and 2617 

have data for 32 workers, but their positive neutron doses occurred mainly in 1954 and 1955 and
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Figure 6-1. Lognormal Q-Q plot of neutron doses from all 

Y-12 departments.

Figure 6-2. Lognormal Q-Q plot of neutron-to-gamma dose 

ratios for the Health Physics Department (2108).
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Figure 6-3. Lognormal Q-Q plot of neutron-to-gamma dose 

ratios for the Alloy Maintenance Department (2159).

Figure 6-4. Lognormal Q-Q plot of neutron-to-gamma dose 

ratios for the Material Engineering Department (2160).
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Figure 6-5. Lognormal Q-Q plot of neutron-to-gamma dose 

ratios for Developmental Operations Department (2301).

include 25 quarterly neutron doses that are multiples of 50 mrem. These positive neutron doses are 

likely to have consisted of assigned biweekly doses of 50 mrem substituted for below-MDL readings. 

Figure 6-7 shows the neutron-to-gamma dose ratio obtained using combined data on all workers with 

positive neutron doses, with the exception of those in Departments 2616 and 2617. It is 

recommended that this lognormal prediction density of neutron-to-gamma dose ratios be used as a 

default for workers in departments other than the four departments listed in Table 7-1. The expected 

values (means) of the ratios in Table 7-1 of the lognormal prediction densities appear to be 

reasonable in comparison to what is known about neutron-to-gamma dose ratios of the major sources 

for neutron exposure at the Y-12 Plant during the film badge dosimetry program (Section 3.2). 

7.0

Neutron doses should be estimated using the methods developed in this TIB only during the film 

badge period before 1980. To estimate the neutron dose for a quarter when the only available data is 

the gamma dose for a worker in Departments 2108, 2159, 2160, or 2301, dose reconstructors should 

use the appropriate lognormal parameters for the neutron-to-gamma dose ratio distribution listed in 

Table 7-1. For workers in other departments, dose reconstructors should use the recommended 

default parameters of the lognormal distribution on the last line of Table 7-1. 

ESTIMATING DOSE FOR QUARTERS WITH NO RECORDED POSITIVE NEUTRON 

DOSE

Assigning neutron doses from monitored individuals to other workers in the same departments, but 

who have no record of neutron exposure, is not recommended unless clearly indicated by the 

unmonitored individuals’ work history (see Section 6.1). If an individual has no positive neutron doses 
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Figure 6-6. Lognormal Q-Q plot of neutron-to-gamma dose 

ratios for all Y-12 departments.

Figure 6-7. Lognormal Q-Q plot of neutron-to-gamma dose 

ratios for all Y-12 departments other than the Product Chemical 

Department (2616) and the Product Processing Department 

(2617). 
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before 1962, it is unlikely that the individual experienced neutron exposure; therefore the best 

estimated neutron dose would be zero. This recommendation is consistent with the recommendations 

for the assignment of missed neutron doses based on dosimeter records in ORAUT-OTIB-0023 

(ORAUT 2008, p. 6). 

Table 7-1. Parameter estimates for a lognormal prediction 

density of neutron-to-gamma dose ratios.

a

Departmentb

μ σ GM GSD ER

2108 –0.0629 1.2306 0.9391 3.4235 2.0025

2159 –0.7377 0.8984 0.4782 2.4557 0.7159

2160 –0.8151 1.4038 0.4426 4.0705 1.1855

2301 0.0430 1.4084 1.0439 4.0895 2.8146

Default value –0.3421 1.6911 0.7103 5.4254 2.9678

a. GM = geometric mean; GSD = geometric standard deviation; 

ER = expected neutron-to-gamma dose ratio (mean) of the distribution.

b. See Figures 6-6 to 6-9 and 7-11.

8.0

The purpose for this series of TIB reports is to provide background information on the film badge 

dosimetry program from 1950 to 1980 at the Y-12 site as a resource for dose reconstruction. This 

report focused on neutron exposures and developed neutron-to-gamma dose ratios that can be used 

during the process of neutron dose estimation for quarters when a worker was employed and 

potentially exposed but did not have a positive neutron dose.

DISCUSSION

Only four departments had sufficient positive neutron dose data for calculating a departmental 

neutron-to-gamma dose ratio (Table 7-1). However, a default lognormal predictive density for the 

neutron-to-gamma dose ratio is recommended for application to workers in other departments at the 

Y-12 Plant. The expected values (means) of the neutron-to-gamma dose ratios of these various 

prediction densities appear to be reasonable in comparison to what is known about neutron-to-gamma 

dose ratios for the different neutron sources in use at the Y-12 Plant during the film badge dosimetry 

program.

The potential for occupational exposure to neutron dose was largely confined to research activities at 

the Oak Ridge 86-Inch Cyclotron and to workers in certain departments during 1952 to 1962. During 

this period, however, our study found only 375 positive quarterly neutron doses among 143 workers. 

Therefore, only a small fraction of the Y-12 workers had a significant potential for exposure to neutron 

radiation, and those with a notable potential appear to have been monitored for neutron radiation. If a 

worker had no positive neutron doses before 1962, it is unlikely that the worker experienced neutron 

exposure; therefore, the best estimated neutron dose would be zero. 

While the potential for neutron exposure was confined to a small area of the Y-12 site, it is important 

to include neutron doses in the exposure records of workers for whom neutrons were a relevant 

source of radiation. There are, however, large variations in neutron doses and neutron-to-gamma 

dose ratios for individual workers from one quarter to the next. Therefore, dose reconstructors should 

be wary of assigning neutron doses to other individuals in the same departments if they have no 

record of neutron exposure, unless such exposure is clearly indicated by an individual’s work records. 

9.0 ATTRIBUTIONS AND ANNOTATIONS

All information requiring identification was addressed via references integrated into the reference 

section of this document.
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Table A-1. Data by worker for 143 Y-12 workers with positive neutron doses.

Worker Year Quarter Department

Neutron dose 

(mrem)

Gamma dose 

(mrem)

Neutron-to-gamma

dose ratio

001 54 3 2000 50 0

002 54 3 2000 50 0

003 54 4 2000 188 0

004 54 3 2000 50 0

005 54 1 2000 2 0

54 2 2000 8 0

006 55 4 2160 11 90 0.12

56 1 2077 12 135 0.09

56 4 2077 34 0

007 54 3 2231 50 675 0.07

008 54 3 2070 92 1,925 0.05

009 53 1 2618 255 0

010 54 3 2618 50 0

011 55 1 2617 150 0

012 54 1 2077 8 600 0.01

54 2 2077 2 550 <0.01

013 58 4 2077 15 23 0.65

014 57 2 2687 21 0

57 3 2687 3 0

015 55 1 2617 100 220 0.45

016 52 2 2618 290 0

017 57 2 2018 33 16 2.06

57 3 2018 12 4 3.00

57 4 2018 54 34 1.59

58 1 2018 18 16 1.13

018 54 1 2018 10 0

54 2 2018 2 0

019 55 1 2617 100 0

020 57 1 2301 6 88 0.07

57 2 2301 35 0

57 3 2301 9 0

57 4 2301 6 0

58 1 2301 6 0

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021 62 1 2345 126 18 7.00

022 57 1 2301 20 0

57 2 2301 33 29 1.14

57 3 2301 15 17 0.88

57 4 2301 30 30 1.00

58 4 2301 50 177 0.28

59 1 2301 50 101 0.50

59 2 2301 57 100 0.57

59 3 2301 29 236 0.12

59 4 2301 28 139 0.20

62 1 2345 84 61 1.38

023 55 1 2617 100 0

Worker Year Quarter Department

Neutron dose 

(mrem)

Gamma dose 

(mrem)

Neutron-to-gamma 

dose ratio

024 55 1 2108 50 0

55 2 2108 28 100 0.28

55 3 2108 414 360 1.15

025 54 4 2616 200 0

026 57 2 2687 12 0

027 54 4 2616 150 0

55 1 2617 300 0

028 54 4 2617 100 0

55 1 2617 100 0

029 55 2 2159 505 300 1.68

55 3 2159 120 60 2.00

030 54 1 2018 2 1,485 <0.01

031 55 1 2617 100 0

032 54 4 2617 50 0

033 54 3 2260 50 0

034 56 3 2301 16 46 0.35

56 4 2301 8 0

035 56 3 2108 20 8 2.50

56 4 2108 84 80 1.05

57 1 2108 26 0

57 2 2108 12 0

036 57 2 2231 20 118 0.17

037 55 1 2003 112 0

038 57 1 2301 20 0

57 2 2301 18 0

57 3 2301 30 18 1.67

57 4 2301 36 0

58 4 2301 36 0

59 1 2301 22 60 0.37

59 2 2301 36 30 1.20

59 3 2301 36 21 1.71

59 4 2301 35 119 0.29

039 56 1 2791 30 303 0.10

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040 57 2 2108 9 0

57 3 2108 21 34 0.62

57 4 2108 12 0

58 1 2108 12 16 0.75

041 57 4 2301 36 0

59 1 2301 130 60 2.17

59 2 2301 79 0

59 3 2301 21 63 0.33

59 4 2301 28 59 0.47

042 57 1 2231 24 104 0.23

57 2 2231 32 198 0.16

043 59 4 2108 36 0

Worker Year Quarter Department

Neutron dose 

(mrem)

Gamma dose 

(mrem)

Neutron-to-gamma 

dose ratio

044 55 2 2160 306 400 0.77

55 3 2160 174 60 2.90

045 59 4 2301 79 0

046 53 4 2070 94 1,042 0.09

55 2 2044 300 253 1.19

047 56 4 2001 38 0

57 1 2001 18 0

048 59 1 2301 21 54 0.39

59 2 2301 94 0

59 3 2301 29 114 0.25

59 4 2301 14 32 0.44

049 56 3 2301 48 74 0.65

050 59 1 2301 78 41 1.90

59 2 2301 36 0

051 55 2 2303 350 400 0.88

55 3 2301 114 390 0.29

55 4 2301 88 450 0.20

56 1 2301 73 195 0.37

56 2 2301 8 135 0.06

56 3 2301 42 0

56 4 2301 51 0

57 1 2301 53 30 1.77

57 2 2301 12 54 0.22

57 3 2301 18 0

57 4 2301 24 0

58 1 2301 6 16 0.38

58 4 2301 29 268 0.11

59 1 2301 65 62 1.05

59 2 2301 79 0

59 3 2301 51 30 1.70

59 4 2301 50 0

052 55 2 2160 654 400 1.64

55 3 2160 166 60 2.77

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57 2 2158 6 0

57 4 2158 60 44 1.36

58 1 2158 12 0

053 55 2 2159 340 400 0.85

55 3 2159 344 390 0.88

55 4 2159 110 360 0.31

56 1 2159 52 195 0.27

56 2 2159 85 75 1.13

56 3 2159 7 30 0.23
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Worker Year Quarter Department

Neutron dose 

(mrem)

Gamma dose 

(mrem)

Neutron-to-gamma 

dose ratio

054 55 2 2160 322 350 0.92

55 3 2160 134 60 2.23

55 4 2160 11 90 0.12

56 1 2158 56 195 0.29

56 2 2159 42 75 0.56

56 3 2159 4 30 0.13

055 55 4 2160 14 90 0.16

56 1 2159 29 135 0.21

56 2 2159 20 60 0.33

056 57 2 2687 9 0

57 3 2687 15 0

057 54 4 2616 324 0

058 59 1 2301 58 375 0.15

059 54 4 2617 532 300 1.77

55 1 2617 348 840 0.41

060 56 2 2159 32 15 2.13

061 54 1 2077 6 550 0.01

54 2 2077 2 550 <0.01 

062 55 2 2303 196 300 0.65

55 3 2301 302 390 0.77

55 4 2301 56 400 0.14

56 1 2301 81 195 0.42

56 2 2301 40 75 0.53

063 55 2 2685 50 50 1.00

064 55 2 2159 512 300 1.71

55 3 2159 258 390 0.66

55 4 2159 76 360 0.21

56 1 2159 18 75 0.24

065 54 4 2108 60 0

55 4 2108 107 76 1.41

066 57 2 2077 18 0

57 3 2077 12 0

067 55 1 2617 50 0

068 55 2 2159 28 400 0.07

55 3 2159 114 60 1.90

069 55 2 2159 38 400 0.10

55 3 2159 298 390 0.76

55 4 2159 54 360 0.15

56 1 2159 55 195 0.28

56 2 2159 30 75 0.40

070 60 1 2618 66 58 1.14

071 57 2 2231 3 65 0.05

57 3 2231 3 140 0.02

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Worker Year Quarter Department

Neutron dose 

(mrem)

Gamma dose 

(mrem)

Neutron-to-gamma 

dose ratio

072 55 2 2077 430 600 0.72

55 3 2077 191 390 0.49

55 4 2077 93 418 0.22

56 1 2018 44 195 0.23

56 2 2077 66 75 0.88

56 3 2077 22 64 0.34

56 4 2077 28 39 0.72

57 1 2077 50 0

57 2 2301 17 0

57 3 2301 3 0

57 4 2301 24 0

58 1 2301 6 16 0.38

58 4 2301 14 215 0.07

59 1 2301 36 77 0.47

073 55 2 2159 102 300 0.34

55 3 2159 156 300 0.52

074 55 4 2160 8 90 0.09

56 1 2301 40 195 0.21

56 2 2159 46 60 0.77

57 1 2301 28 0

57 2 2301 35 0

57 3 2301 9 0

57 4 2301 27 0

58 1 2301 15 0

59 1 2301 144 56 2.57

59 2 2301 50 0

59 3 2301 51 0

59 4 2301 35 0

075 56 1 2791 30 212 0.14

076 57 2 2077 6 0

077 55 4 2160 11 90 0.12

56 1 2160 30 195 0.15

56 2 2160 3 15 0.20

078 55 2 2108 337 404 0.83

55 4 2108 70 380 0.18

56 1 2301 7 15 0.47

56 4 2301 4 110 0.04

57 1 2301 22 62 0.35

079 58 4 2301 29 0

59 1 2301 93 41 2.27

59 2 2301 43 0

59 3 2301 21 36 0.58

59 4 2301 56 34 1.65

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Worker Year Quarter Department

Neutron dose 

(mrem)

Gamma dose 

(mrem)

Neutron-to-gamma 

dose ratio

080 55 2 2159 878 400 2.20

55 3 2159 334 390 0.86

55 4 2159 84 360 0.23

56 1 2158 48 195 0.25

56 2 2159 70 75 0.93

081 54 3 2231 50 779 0.06

57 1 2231 16 149 0.11

57 2 2231 20 176 0.11

082 54 1 2077 2 650 <0.01 

54 2 2077 2 550 <0.01 

083 56 2 2159 34 56 0.61

56 3 2159 25 71 0.35

084 56 3 2301 8 0

56 4 2301 65 0

57 1 2301 15 0

57 3 2301 6 0

57 4 2301 24 0

58 4 2301 58 217 0.27

59 1 2301 65 54 1.20

59 2 2301 115 0

59 3 2301 7 0

085 55 1 2617 50 0

55 2 2617 175 100 1.75

086 56 2 2159 14 15 0.93

087 55 2 2159 268 400 0.67

55 3 2159 180 60 3.00

55 4 2160 27 90 0.30

56 1 2158 84 195 0.43

56 2 2159 24 75 0.32

088 55 1 2617 50 0

089 57 1 2231 20 152 0.13

090 54 3 2231 50 683 0.07

091 54 4 2617 470 0

55 1 2617 116 0

092 52 3 2616 18 0

093 52 3 2618 30 0

094 54 3 2091 50 0

095 54 4 2617 152 0

55 1 2617 232 0

096 54 3 2108 100 0

54 4 2108 102 0

097 58 4 2301 14 25 0.56

59 1 2301 101 39 2.59

59 2 2301 72 0

59 3 2301 50 33 1.52

59 4 2301 21 28 0.75

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Worker Year Quarter Department

Neutron dose 

(mrem)

Gamma dose 

(mrem)

Neutron-to-gamma 

dose ratio

098 55 2 2108 132 50 2.64

55 3 2108 7 30 0.23

58 4 2108 29 0

59 1 2108 51 129 0.40

59 2 2108 72 0

098 59 3 2108 57 44 1.30

099 58 4 2301 7 0

59 1 2301 36 29 1.24

100 54 4 2617 258 0

101 54 4 2617 208 0

102 57 1 2231 28 35 0.80

103 57 1 2231 32 170 0.19

57 2 2231 18 186 0.10

104 56 3 2301 16 44 0.36

105 54 4 2616 592 0

55 1 2617 336 0

106 54 4 2617 100 0

107 55 2 2108 221 250 0.88

55 3 2108 298 390 0.76

55 4 2108 25 300 0.08

56 1 2108 70 195 0.36

56 2 2108 38 75 0.51

56 3 2108 21 86 0.24

56 4 2108 24 0

57 1 2108 38 80 0.48

57 2 2108 18 12 1.50

57 4 2108 6 73 0.08

108 58 4 2044 15 0

109 54 4 2616 250 0

55 1 2617 150 140 1.07

110 55 1 2617 100 0

111 55 2 2108 42 100 0.42

55 3 2108 17 0

112 54 4 2616 338 0

113 55 2 2108 167 239 0.70

114 55 1 2003 359 0

115 54 4 2616 50 0

55 1 2617 50 0

116 55 3 2159 52 150 0.35

55 4 2159 54 474 0.11

56 1 2158 72 195 0.37

56 2 2159 60 75 0.80

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Worker Year Quarter Department

Neutron dose 

(mrem)

Gamma dose 

(mrem)

Neutron-to-gamma 

dose ratio

117 55 2 2160 232 200 1.16

55 3 2160 140 60 2.33

55 4 2160 3 90 0.03

56 1 2158 28 195 0.14

56 2 2159 20 75 0.27

56 3 2159 14 30 0.47

57 1 2158 12 0

57 2 2158 57 0

57 3 2158 9 0

57 4 2158 24 30 0.80

118 54 4 2616 238 0

55 1 2617 150 0

119 57 1 2231 28 76 0.37

57 2 2231 14 102 0.14

120 54 4 2617 100 0

55 1 2617 50 279 0.18

121 58 4 2044 15 0

122 57 1 2231 20 162 0.12

57 2 2231 18 162 0.11

123 54 4 2616 260 0

124 55 3 2108 8 90 0.09

125 56 1 2791 30 56 0.54

126 58 4 2701 131 144 0.91

127 55 2 2160 343 350 0.98

55 3 2159 278 390 0.71

55 4 2159 60 360 0.17

56 1 2159 30 195 0.15

56 2 2159 30 85 0.35

128 55 1 2617 324 594 0.55

129 54 4 2617 265 0

130 59 4 2108 43 34 1.26

131 54 3 2070 50 2,760 0.02

132 54 3 2231 50 708 0.07

133 53 2 2618 85 0

134 54 4 2616 150 0

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Worker Year Quarter Department

Neutron dose 

(mrem)

Gamma dose 

(mrem)

Neutron-to-gamma 

dose ratio

135 55 2 2303 382 450 0.85

55 3 2301 232 390 0.59

55 4 2301 46 422 0.11

56 1 2301 58 195 0.30

56 2 2301 94 75 1.25

56 3 2301 18 92 0.20

56 4 2301 26 0

57 1 2301 40 30 1.33

57 2 2301 47 12 3.92

57 3 2301 3 48 0.06

57 4 2301 42 0

58 1 2301 6 0

58 4 2301 7 210 0.03

59 1 2301 79 62 1.27

59 2 2301 50 0

59 3 2301 71 24 2.96

59 4 2301 71 0

136 57 1 2231 32 140 0.23

137 55 2 2159 582 400 1.46

55 3 2159 322 390 0.83

55 4 2159 95 300 0.32

56 1 2077 84 195 0.43

56 2 2159 18 75 0.24

138 57 2 2231 6 128 0.05

139 60 1 2703 15 0

140 55 1 2617 100 0

141 55 2 2303 88 200 0.44

55 3 2301 283 390 0.73

55 4 2301 7 30 0.23

142 59 1 2301 64 62 1.03

59 2 2301 50 0

59 3 2301 107 15 7.13

59 4 2301 57 0

143 54 1 2108 2 735 <0.01

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Table A-2. Data by department for 143 Y-12 workers with positive neutron doses.

Worker Year Quarter

Neutron dose

(mrem)

Gamma dose

(mrem)

Neutron-to-gamma 

dose ratio

Department 2000: Special Monitoring

005 54 1 2 0

54 2 8 0

001 54 3 50 0

002 54 3 50 0

004 54 3 50 0

003 54 4 188 0

Department 2001: Janitor Department

047 56 4 38 0

57 1 18 0

Department 2003: Maintenance Shops

037 55 1 112 0

114 55 1 359 0

Department 2018: Research Services Department

143 54 1 2 735 <0.01

030 54 1 2 1485 <0.01

018 54 1 10 0

54 2 2 0

072a 56 1 44 195 0.23

017 57 2 33 16 2.06

57 3 12 4 3.00

57 4 54 34 1.59

58 1 18 16 1.13

Department 2044: Mechanical Inspection Department

046a 55 2 300 253 1.19

108 58 4 15 0

121 58 4 15 0

Department 2070: Mechanical Engineering Department, Tool Engineering

046a 53 4 94 1042 0.09

008 54 3 92 1925 0.05

131 54 3 50 2760 0.02

Department 2077: Electrical Maintenance Department

012 54 1 8 600 0.01

54 2 2 550 <0.01 

061 54 1 6 550 0.01

54 2 2 550 <0.01

079 54 1 2 650 <0.01

54 2 2 550 <0.01

072a 55 2 430 600 0.72

55 3 191 390 0.49

55 4 93 418 0.22

56 2 66 75 0.88

56 3 22 64 0.34

56 4 28 39 0.72

57 1 50 0

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Worker Year Quarter

Neutron dose

(mrem)

Gamma dose

(mrem)

Neutron-to-gamma 

dose ratio

006a 56 1 12 135 0.09

56 4 34 0

137a 56 1 84 195 0.43

066 57 2 18 0

57 3 12 0

076 57 2 6 0

013 58 4 15 23 0.65

Department 2091: Guard Department

094 54 3 50 0

Department 2108: Health Physics & Industrial Hygiene, Health Physics

096 54 3 100 0

54 4 102 0

065 54 4 60 0

55 4 107 76 1.41

024 55 1 50 0

55 2 28 100 0.28

55 3 414 360 1.15

113 55 2 167 239 0.70

111 55 2 42 100 0.42

55 3 17 0

107 55 2 221 250 0.88

55 3 298 390 0.76

55 4 25 300 0.08

56 1 70 195 0.36

56 2 38 75 0.51

56 3 21 86 0.24

56 4 24 0

57 1 38 80 0.48

57 2 18 12 1.50

57 4 6 73 0.08

098 55 2 132 50 2.64

55 3 7 30 0.23

58 4 29 0

59 1 51 129 0.40

59 2 72 0

59 3 57 44 1.30

078a 55 2 337 404 0.83

55 4 70 380 0.18

124 55 3 8 90 0.09

035 56 3 20 8 2.50

56 4 84 80 1.05

57 1 26 0

57 2 12 0

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Worker Year Quarter

Neutron dose

(mrem)

Gamma dose

(mrem)

Neutron-to-gamma 

dose ratio

040 57 2 9 0

57 3 21 34 0.62

57 4 12 0

58 1 12 16 0.75

043 59 4 36 0

130 59 4 43 34 1.26

Department 2158: Area 5 Maintenance Department

054a 56 1 56 195 0.29

080a 56 1 48 195 0.25

087a 56 1 84 195 0.43

116a 56 1 72 195 0.37

117a 56 1 28 195 0.14

57 1 12 0

57 2 57 0

57 3 9 0

57 4 24 30 0.80

052a 57 2 6 0

57 4 60 44 1.36

58 1 12 0

Department 2159: Alloy Maintenance Department

029 55 2 505 300 1.68

55 3 120 60 2.00

053 55 2 340 400 0.85

55 3 344 390 0.88

55 4 110 360 0.31

56 1 52 195 0.27

56 2 85 75 1.13

56 3 7 30 0.23

064 55 2 512 300 1.71

55 3 258 390 0.66

55 4 76 360 0.21

56 1 18 75 0.24

068 55 2 28 400 0.07

55 3 114 60 1.90

069 55 2 38 400 0.10

55 3 298 390 0.76

55 4 54 360 0.15

56 1 55 195 0.28

56 2 30 75 0.40

073 55 2 102 300 0.34

55 3 156 300 0.52

080a 55 2 878 400 2.20

55 3 334 390 0.86

55 4 84 360 0.23

56 2 70 75 0.93

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Worker Year Quarter

Neutron dose

(mrem)

Gamma dose

(mrem)

Neutron-to-gamma 

dose ratio

087a 55 2 268 400 0.67

55 3 180 60 3.00

56 2 24 75 0.32

137a 55 2 582 400 1.46

55 3 322 390 0.83

55 4 95 300 0.32

56 2 18 75 0.24

116a 55 3 52 150 0.35

55 4 54 474 0.11

56 2 60 75 0.80

127a 55 3 278 390 0.71

55 4 60 360 0.17

56 1 30 195 0.15

56 2 30 85 0.35

055a 56 1 29 135 0.21

56 2 20 60 0.33

054a 56 2 42 75 0.56

56 3 4 30 0.13

060 56 2 32 15 2.13

074a 56 2 46 60 0.77

083 56 2 34 56 0.61

56 3 25 71 0.35

086 56 2 14 15 0.93

117a 56 2 20 75 0.27

56 3 14 30 0.47

Department 2160: Material Engineering Department

044 55 2 306 400 0.77

55 3 174 60 2.90

052a 55 2 654 400 1.64

55 3 166 60 2.77

054a 55 2 322 350 0.92

55 3 134 60 2.23

55 4 11 90 0.12

117a 55 2 232 200 1.16

55 3 140 60 2.33

55 4 3 90 0.03

127a 55 2 343 350 0.98

006a 55 4 11 90 0.12

055a 55 4 14 90 0.16

074a 55 4 8 90 0.09

077 55 4 11 90 0.12

56 1 30 195 0.15

56 2 3 15 0.20

087a 55 4 27 90 0.30

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Worker Year Quarter

Neutron dose

(mrem)

Gamma dose

(mrem)

Neutron-to-gamma 

dose ratio

Department 2231: Special Testing

007 54 3 50 675 0.07

081 54 3 50 779 0.06

57 1 16 149 0.11

57 2 20 176 0.11

090 54 3 50 683 0.07

132 54 3 50 708 0.07

042 57 1 24 104 0.23

57 2 32 198 0.16

089 57 1 20 152 0.13

102 57 1 28 35 0.80

103 57 1 32 170 0.19

57 2 18 186 0.10

119 57 1 28 76 0.37

57 2 14 102 0.14

122 57 1 20 162 0.12

57 2 18 162 0.11

136 57 1 32 140 0.23

036 57 2 20 118 0.17

071 57 2 3 65 0.05

57 3 3 140 0.02

133 57 2 6 128 0.05

Department 2260: Laboratory Operations

033 54 3 50 0

Department 2301: Development Operations

051a 55 3 114 390 0.29

55 4 88 450 0.20

56 1 73 195 0.37

56 2 8 135 0.06

56 3 42 0

56 4 51 0

57 1 53 30 1.77

57 2 12 54 0.22

57 3 18 0

57 4 24 0

58 1 6 16 0.38

58 4 29 268 0.11

59 1 65 62 1.05

59 2 79 0

59 3 51 30 1.70

59 4 50 0

062a 55 3 302 390 0.77

55 4 56 400 0.14

56 1 81 195 0.42

56 2 40 75 0.53

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Worker Year Quarter

Neutron dose

(mrem)

Gamma dose

(mrem)

Neutron-to-gamma 

dose ratio

135 55 3 232 390 0.59

55 4 46 422 0.11

56 1 58 195 0.30

56 2 94 75 1.25

56 3 18 92 0.20

56 4 26 0

57 1 40 30 1.33

57 2 47 12 3.92

57 3 3 48 0.06

57 4 42 0

58 1 6 0

58 4 7 210 0.03

59 1 79 62 1.27

59 2 50 0

59 3 71 24 2.96

59 4 71 0

141a 55 3 283 390 0.73

55 4 7 30 0.23

078 56 1 7 15 0.47

56 4 4 110 0.04

57 1 22 62 0.35

074a 56 1 40 195 0.21

57 1 28 0

57 2 35 0

57 3 9 0

57 4 27 0

58 1 15 0

59 1 144 56 2.57

59 2 50 0

59 3 51 0

59 4 35 0

034 56 3 16 46 0.35

56 4 8 0

049 56 3 48 74 0.65

084 56 3 8 0

56 4 65 0

57 1 15 0

57 3 6 0

57 4 24 0

58 4 58 217 0.27

59 1 65 54 1.20

59 2 115 0

59 3 7 0

104 56 3 16 44 0.36

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Worker Year Quarter

Neutron dose

(mrem)

Gamma dose

(mrem)

Neutron-to-gamma 

dose ratio

020 57 1 6 88 0.07

57 2 35 0

57 3 9 0

57 4 6 0

58 1 6 0

022a 57 1 20 0

57 2 33 29 1.14

57 3 15 17 0.88

57 4 30 30 1.00

58 4 50 177 0.28

59 1 50 101 0.50

59 2 57 100 0.57

59 3 29 236 0.12

59 4 28 139 0.20

038 57 1 20 0

57 2 18 0

57 3 30 18 1.67

57 4 36 0

58 4 36 0

59 1 22 60 0.37

59 2 36 30 1.20

59 3 36 21 1.71

59 4 35 119 0.29

072a 57 2 17 0

57 3 3 0

57 4 24 0

58 1 6 16 0.38

58 4 14 215 0.07

59 1 36 77 0.47

041 57 4 36 0

59 1 130 60 2.17

59 2 79 0

59 3 21 63 0.33

59 4 28 59 0.47

079 58 4 29 0

59 1 93 41 2.27

59 2 43 0

59 3 21 36 0.58

59 4 56 34 1.65

097 58 4 14 25 0.56

59 1 101 39 2.59

59 2 72 0

59 3 50 33 1.52

59 4 21 28 0.75

099 58 4 7 0

59 1 36 29 1.24

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Worker Year Quarter

Neutron dose

(mrem)

Gamma dose

(mrem)

Neutron-to-gamma 

dose ratio

048 59 1 21 54 0.39

59 2 94 0

59 3 29 114 0.25

59 4 14 32 0.44

050 59 1 78 41 1.90

59 2 36 0

058 59 1 58 375 0.15

142 59 1 64 62 1.03

59 2 50 0

59 3 107 15 7.13

59 4 57 0

045 59 4 79 0

Department 2303: Project Design Development, Analytical Development Department

051a 55 2 350 400 0.88

062a 55 2 196 300 0.65

135a 55 2 382 450 0.85

141a 55 2 88 200 0.44

Department 2345: Laboratory Development

021 62 1 126 18 7.00

022a 62 1 84 61 1.38

Department 2616: Product Chemical Department

092 52 3 18 0

025 54 4 200 0

027a 54 4 150 0

057 54 4 324 0

105a 54 4 592 0

109a 54 4 250 0

112 54 4 338 0

115a 54 4 50 0

118a 54 4 238 0

123 54 4 260 0

134 54 4 150 0

Department 2617: Product Processing Development

028 54 4 100 0

55 1 100 0

032 54 4 50 0

059 54 4 532 300 1.77

55 1 348 840 0.41

091 54 4 470 0

55 1 116 0

095 54 4 152 0

55 1 232 0

100 54 4 258 0

101 54 4 208 0

106 54 4 100 0

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Worker Year Quarter

Neutron dose

(mrem)

Gamma dose

(mrem)

Neutron-to-gamma 

dose ratio

120 54 4 100 0

55 1 50 279 0.18

129 54 4 265 0

011 55 1 150 0

015 55 1 100 220 0.45

019 55 1 100 0

023 55 1 100 0

027a 55 1 300 0

031 55 1 100 0

067 55 1 50 0

085 55 1 50 0

55 2 175 100 1.75

088 55 1 50 0

105a 55 1 336 0

109a 55 1 150 140 1.07

110 55 1 100 0

115a 55 1 50 0

118a 55 1 150 0

128 55 1 324 594 0.55

140 55 1 100 0

Department 2618: Uranium Chip Recovery, Waste Operations

016 52 2 290 0

093 52 3 30 0

009 53 1 255 0

133 53 2 85 0

010 54 3 50 0

070 60 1 66 58 1.14

Department 2685: Colex Operations, Alpha-5 Cascade Operations

063 55 2 50 50 1.00

Department 2687: Beta-2 Department, Chemical Services

014 57 2 21 0

57 3 3 0

026 57 2 12 0

056 57 2 9 0

57 3 15 0

Department 2701: Assembly Operations, D Mechanical Operations, Z-Area Operations

126 58 4 131 144 0.91

Department 2703: A Wing, H2 & F Areas

139 60 1 15 0

Department 2791: Mechanical Operations Department, Special Chemical Services

039 56 1 30 303 0.10

075 56 1 30 212 0.14

125 56 1 30 56 0.54

a. This worker had doses from more than one department.

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Table B-1. Rounded quarterly neutron doses for Y-12 workers versus Y-12 Department for the film badge period from 1950 to 1980

(Markowitz et al. 2004, Appendix B1, p. 7).

Department

Rounded quarterly neutron dose (mrem)

<5 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 900 Total

2000 1 1 4 1 7

2001 1 1 2

2003 1 1 2

2018 3 2 1 1 1 1 9

2044 2 1 3

2070 1 2 3

2077 4 5 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 20

2091 1 1

2108 7 6 4 5 2 2 3 1 4 2 2 1 39

2158 4 1 1 1 3 1 1 12

2159 1 3 5 8 2 5 3 1 2 1 5 2 8 2 1 1 50

2160 2 5 2 2 3 3 1 18

2231 2 2 8 5 4 21

2260 1 1

2301 3 21 20 12 18 14 8 7 6 4 6 1 2 122

2303 1 4

2345 1 1 2 2

2616 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 11

2617 6 11 7 6 2 32

2618 1 1 2 6

2685 1 1

2687 1 2 2 5

2701 1 1

2703 1 1

2791 3 3

Total 17 52 51 39 27 44 16 14 12 10 31 22 28 5 4 2 1 1 376