PAIL continued its role as an expanding and diversifying facility under DOE. When Mount Sc. Helens erupted in 1980, PML began collecting and analysing ash samples to determine potential eqvironmental and health comsecuences. The laboratory fabricated special tnuulles of reactor fhe! ods to help io determine what happens to nuclear fuel rxde during 9 reactor loss of coolant accident. PML heiped DCH to estublish the first Atmospheric Radiation Measurement sive to obtain data related to global environmental change. it orepared a unique booklet explaining potential radiation hazards to helpthe people of Enewetak Atoll to understand health risks of returning to their native ishands the site of manyearlier open-air Umted Sates nuclear weapons tests. PIL used as own Grumman Gulfstream| alreral? to collect air samples of fallout from the 1988 Chernobyl muciear reactor accident. The laborstory developed a process for encapsulating highly radioactive nucieer waste in vitrified glass and demonstrated the process on a pilot-plant seale ooploying spent fuel from a commercial power reactor, PML also nerformed lead laboratory roles for DNOEon the Aquifer Thermal Energy Siorege Program, wind energy, auclear waste materisis characterization, and nuclear waste management. By 1992 PNL employed more than 3,500 people, had an ammual budget of over $500 million, and supported energy, environmental, health, educational, ami national security missions. ft focused on scientific research and the rapid development and deployment of technology, with an emphasis. on resolving environmental issues, such ax waste remediation, aud giohel environmental change. When appropriate, PNL also perlormed work for other federal agencies, such as the Department of Defense, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the Environmental Protection Agency. in 1205 it was designeted Pacific Morthwest National Laborstory (PAINT), Pacific Northwest National Laberstery Inactive Records: PNML has custody of inactive records created by its own organizations and by General Electric. Like the Richland Onerations Ciice, PNNL generally controle mactive records on the box level. PNISL, however, usually reiains information abaut the callections ofwhich records boxes are a part. The attached Records input/Date Transfer forms are inventories of the fbkiers which appear in records boxes. PNM uses them a8 one means of controlling is mactive records. The forms also list the organization which retired the records and indicate the larger collecdians ofwhich boxes are 2 part. Originally some of PNL's inactive records about site activities were cleseified. The Richland Operations Office has new declassified many of these vider documents in response to tigation and other needs. It hes placed many of these documents iniis reaablic reading roomthas, mach of the contents of the bowes Hated on the attached Records Input/Date Trensfer forms maybe available in the Richland public resding room. As soon as the documents are avaiable, they are inked to the Hanford Horne Page at bitewwwhantordgov/doe/reedinghim. inactive Records Produced by Pacific Narthwest Nations! Laberstary-~-Backeround Materials for Radioactivity and Health: A History: Radioactivity and Health: A History by 1. Newell Starmard is a massive tome (oublished in [9R2) which traces the history of our understanding of the behavior ofradioactive materials in living organiems and in their environment and the gradual acciusition of knowledge regarding their effets. It was designed to be a history &