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Occupational exposures of workers to chemicals and radiation during uranium processing at the Linde ceramics plant 1943-1949. ORAU 88/A-16 (1988)

Auteur	J.L.S.Hickey, D.Crawford-Brown, W.G. Tankersley
Datum	1988
Classificatie	3.01.8.10/13 (VS - LOCATIES - NOORD-OOST ALGEMEEN)
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1. INTRODUCTION

The purpose of this report is to present methodology for estimating chemical and 
radiation exposures sustained by workers processing uranium-bearing compounds 
and nickel, during the years 1943-1949, at the Linde Air Products Company 
Ceramics Plant in Tonawanda, New York.
The report describes the development of exposure profiles and provides estimates 
on ordinal scales of workers' potentials for exposure to a variety of chemicals, to 
external penetrating ionizing radiation, and to internally deposited uranium over 
various time periods for each occupational title appearing in the workers' job 
histories. Section 2 of the report summarizes the overall methodology used in 
arriving at exposure estimates by job. Section 3 summarizes plant operations during 
the period studied. Section 4 identifies all major materials used and produced, lists 
the chemical and radiological hazards evaluated, and describes the rationale for their 
selection. Section 5 describes the compilation and grouping of job titles into groups 
with similar exposure potential, using as a basis the titles actually appearing on 
individual job histories. Section 6 explains the ordinal exposure classification 
systems and the rationale for assigning exposure levels and presents the exposure 
levels by job title groups. Section 7 discusses the limitations of the data available, 
methodologies used, assumptions made, and the final conclusions.

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