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Publication Laka-library:
Overview of historical documents

AuthorA.W.Conklin
DateSeptember 1986
Classification 3.01.8.43/18 (UNITED STATES - SITES - HANFORD)
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OVERVIEW OF DOCUMENTS

- 301 DOCUMENTS: APPROXIMATELY 19,000 PAGES
- OF DOCUMENTS DATED 1943-1956, APPROXIMATELY ONE IN FOUR AT LEAST PARTLY ILLEGIBLE.
- IN SPITE OF ILLEGIBILITY, DATA WAS EXTRACTABLE.
- DOCUMENTS AND INFORMATION CONCERNING ENVIRONMENTALCONDITIONS/RELEASES NOT ALL INCLUDED.
• REFERENCED DOCUMENTS NOT INCLUDED.
• INFORMATION REMAINS CLASSIFIED.
• AFTER CONTRACTORS SPLIT, OTHER CONTRACTOR'S REPORTS NOT INCLUDED.
• ISSUE CAN BE PURSUED BY CLEARED EMPLOYEES.

- DOCUMENTS THAT WERE RELEASED APPEAR TO DEAL HONESTLY
WITH ISSUES.
- THERE WAS GENUINE CONCERN FOR SAFETY, BUT LACK OF UNDERSTANDING OF IMPACT – EVIDENCED
BY STANDARDS; IMPROVED AS KNOWLEDGE IMPROVED.

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