- Author
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Young, J.
- Title
- Engineering Study of Radiological Fire Prevention at Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, Berkeley, California.
- Coporate
- California Univ., Berkeley
- Report
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UCRL-19465
January 1970
34 p.
- Distribution
- Available from National Technical Information Service
- Keywords
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fire prevention
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contamination
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research facilities
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health hazards
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facilities
- Abstract
- A fire in a radioisotope facility could result in widespread contamination of the environs. The levels of contamination, the areas of spread, the number of people contaminated, and the health hazards involved are hart to predict. For instance, it is conceivable that if a radioistope involved in a fire were in a completely sealed container, no contamination would result. In this report we discuss and evaluate some of the engineering steps taken at the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, Berkeley, Califonria to reduce the hazards of fire in radioisotope areas.