ERNEST ORLANDO LAWRENCE
BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY
ARCHIVES AND RECORDS OFFICE
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PREFACE
In compliance with Department of Energy (DOE) policy and in
cooperation with the Defense Nuclear Agency (ONA) Test Personnel
Program, the Laboratory Archives and Records Office conducted a
survey of
nuclear
testing and
fallout
records at
LBL.
The purpose of the survey was to identify and describe those
records, including policy and program statements, correspondence,
reports, logbooks, and related documents of the Lawrence Berkeley
Laboratory and the Atomic Energy Commission or other related
government agencies pertaining to:
1) radiological fallout from atmospheric and underground
nuclear testing between 1945 and 1972 and the instrumentation
for
prediction and
measurement
of
fallout
and
radiation;
2) biological and environmental effects of
radiation;
3) organizational elements, including personnel,
assignments and responsiblities, radiation exposure,
positions during nuclear tests;
locations,
and job
4) planning and conduct of nuclear testing;
S) pertinent biological and environmental scientific records
relating
to
radiation affects
from
fallout;
6) development of radiation safety standards;
and operations in nuclear testing.
Survey descrintions wera
made of
all
available
safety issues
records.
In
addition, survey forms were sent to all Laboratory Division
directors and administrators, and selected key personnel.
The
selection criteria used
in
the survey
has been outlined
in
two
documents:
"Screening Criteria for Document Collection Offsite
Radiation Exposure Review Project,” 14 August 1986 (USDOE,
Germantown) and For the Record: History of the Nuclear Test
Personnel
Review
Program,
Technical Report).
Most
nuclear
test and
1978-1986,
fallout
1
August
records at
the
1986
(DNA 6041F,
Laboratory were
found to be embedded within larger record series; for example,
Project Upshot records within the Business Manager’s Office
research and development administrative records.
The records
identified as pertinent to nuclear testing and fallout were
listed on survey forms and then grouped by Laboratory division.
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