OM-RH Radiation Accidents, 1956-1978
This collection consists of Health Physics Society-related materials, materials related to the field of health physics in general, and radiation contamination research.
Series I contains Health Physics Society related materials, membership, correspondence, and award nominations. Series II contains materials related to health physics in general, including material from the national Council on Radiation Protection. Series III touches on radiation contamination research. It includes specific case studies from Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Hanford Site in Washington. Series IV consists of glass slides for presentation purposes. Please note that some of the slides have graphic material on them. They were used to show what radiation contamination could do to the human body.
For more collections like this, please see MS 2066.
Dates
- 1956-1978
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Conditions Governing Access
Collections are stored offsite and must be requested in advance. See www.special.lib.utk.edu for detailed information. Collections must be requested through a registered Special Collections research account.
Extent
From the Collection: 6 Linear Feet (5 record boxes and 4 small half boxes for glass slide negatives)
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Repository Details
Part of the Betsey B. Creekmore Special Collections and University Archives, University of Tennessee, Knoxville Repository