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Sampling the Derby This woman drills holes in new derbies and sends the uranium metal shavings to a lab that measures their radioactivity. The metal gives off alpha, beta, and gamma radiation. At the surface of the derby, the radiation levels are 260 millirem/hr of beta and 10 millirem/hr of gamma. The woman wears a flower in her hair because it is the week before Christmas. Feed Materials production Center, Fernald, Ohio. December 17, 1985. Keywords: Fernald Green Salt Plant, Feed Materials Production Center, Fernald, Ohio (FEMP)

Sampling the Derby

This woman drills holes in new derbies and sends the uranium metal shavings to a lab that measures their radioactivity. The metal gives off alpha, beta, and gamma radiation. At the surface of the derby, the radiation levels are 260 millirem/hr of beta and 10 millirem/hr of gamma. The woman wears a flower in her hair because it is the week before Christmas.

Feed Materials production Center, Fernald, Ohio. December 17, 1985.

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Photo details
Filename
18.jpg
Album name
Rennhack / Fernald (FEMP)
Rating (4 votes)
55555
Keywords
Fernald / Green / Salt / Plant, / Feed / Materials / Production / Center, / Fernald, / Ohio / (FEMP)
Date
December 17, 1985
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23 KiB
Date added
Dec 20, 2005
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