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Vol II, Appendix B, Part 11: L.Berkeley, Site Assessment (1994)
| Author | Plutonium Working Gr US DoE |
| Date | September 1994 |
| Classification | 3.01.5.30/32 (UNITED STATES - GENERAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS PLANTS + CLEAN UP) |
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Site Assessment Team Report Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Executive Summary The objective of the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Site Plutonium ES&H Vulnerability Assessment was to survey the plutonium inventory at LBL for any condition or weaknesses that could lead to unnecessary or increased radiation exposure of the worker, release of radioactive materials to the environment, or exposure to the public with radioactive materials. The information developed by the site assessment team will provide background information to the working group assessment team about the site and its minimal plutonium inventory and will provide preliminary findings of potential vulnerability. The LBL site was divided into four primary areas: • Building 70A, Actinide Research Laboratory • Building 75C, Calibration Facility • Building 70, Vault Storage Room • Other LBL facilities with very minimal inventories The site self-assessment found one vulnerability related to plutonium storage and chemical and materials research. The vulnerability, SAT-70A-001 identifies that HEPA filtration is susceptible because of failure of filter media over a protracted period of time. Introduction The Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory was founded in 1931 on the Berkeley campus of the University of California. The laboratory evolved from accelerator evelopment and related nuclear physics programs to include energy production; atomic imaging, research medicine, and life sciences. The LBL research with actinide elements, including plutonium, focuses principally to develop methods to dispose of nuclear wastes. Also, LBL uses sources of plutonium to calibrate neutron detectors used at the laboratory. All radiological work at LBL is governed by Publication 3000 [PUB-3000].
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