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AIR1.950414.010
A GUIDE TO ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS RELATING TO
RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT FROM NUCLEAR WEAPON TESTING
OCTOBER 1989
EIGHTH EDITION
HISTORY ASSOCIATES INCORPORATED The Historic Montrose School 5721 Randolph Road Rockville, Maryland 20852
Prepared for U. S. Department of Energy, Nevada Operations Offi ce Under Contract No. DE-AC08-87NV10594 A GUIDE TO ARCHIVAL COLLECTIONS RELATING TO
RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT FROM NUCLEAR WEAPON TESTING
OCTOBER 1989
EIGHTH EDITION
HISTORY ASSOCIATES INCORPORATED The Historic Montrose School 5721 Randolph Road Rockville, Maryland 20852
Prepared for U.S. Department of Energy, Nevada Operations Office Under Contract No. DE-AC08-87NV10594 TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction 1 Argonne National Laboratory 5 Bancroft Library, University of California 6 Boeing Aircraft Company 7 Brookhaven National Laboratory 8 Coordination and Information Center (CIC) 10 Eastman Kodak 12 EG&G, Energy Measurements 13 Holmes and Narver 15 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 16 Los Alamos National Laboratory 18 Manuscript Division, Library of Congress 22 National Academy of Sciences Archives 23 Oak Ridge National Laboratory 24 Pacific Northwest Laboratory 26 Sandia National Laboratories 21 Scripps Institution of Oceanography Archives 28 Smithsonian Institution Archives 2-9 U.S. Air Force Brooks Air Force Base 30 Kirtland Air Force Base 31 USAF Historical Research Center 34 U.S. Army Chemical Corps (Aberdeen Proving Ground) 35 Walter Reed Army Institute of Research 36 U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service 37 U.S. Department of Defense Defense Nuclear Agency 38 U.S. Department of Energy A1 buquerque Operations Office 39 Environmental Measurements Laboratory 40 Headquarters Records Center 42 History Division 43 Nevada Operations Office 45 Oak Ridge Operations Office 47 Office of Scientific and Technical Information 48 Richland Operations Office Records Center 49 U.S. Department of State 50 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency 51 U.S. Food and Drug Administration 52 U.S. National Archives and Records Administration Bayonne Federal Records Center 54 Dwight D. Eisenhower Library 55 Harry S Truman Library 56 National Archives and Records ..Jministration, Washinc )n, DC 57 Herbert Hoover Library 60 John F. Kennedy Library 61 Los Angeles Federal Records Center 62 Lyndon B. Johnson Library 63 Pacific Sierra Region 65 Pacific Southwest Region 66 San Bruno Federal Records Center 67 Seattle Federal Archives and Records Center 69 Southeastern Region Federal Archives and Records Center 70 St. Louis National Personnel Records Center 72 Suitland Reference Branch 73 Washington National Records Center 74 U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration National Climatic Data Center 17 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 78 U.S. Navy
Naval Construction Battalion Center 79 Naval Historical Center 80 U.S. Public Health Service 81 University of California at Los Angeles 82 University of Washington 84
Index 86 INTRODUCTION
The Department of Energy (DOE) Off-Site Radiation Exposure Review Project (ORERP) can be traced to a November 27, 1978, commitment by President Jimmy Carter to the people of Utah. Following meetings with Governor Scott Matheson and Mormon Church leaders, Carter ordered a review of earlier federal studies of leukemia and thyroid incidence in Utah. Carter made his announcement in Salt Lake City, in the heart of the state where numerous personal damage claims had been filed against the federal government for illnesses and deaths allegedly related to the radioactive fallout from United States atmospheric nuclear testing at the Nevada Test Site (NTS). At first Carter's orders applied only to Utah and to the Departments of Defense and Health, Education, and Welfare, but by January 1979 the President added the state of Nevada and the Department of Energy to his request. Carter directed the Departments of Energy and Health, Education, and Welfare to prepare an analysis of available statistics to determine whether any cancer patterns existed in Utah and Nevada as a result of the radioactive fallout from the NTS atmospheric testing. President Carter also established in May 1979 an Interagency Task Force on the Health Effects of Ionizing Radiation to examine various aspects of the radiation issue, including the recommendation of how to compensate those exposed to radiation. Because the initial task force report contained little information on the problems of civilians living downwind from nuclear test sites. Stuart Eizenstat of the White House staff directed the task force to "pay particular attention" to the needs of those civilians. Eizenstat ordered the task force to report back to the White House by October 1, 1979, with a recommendation for resolving civilian injury claims. The DOE Off-Site Radiation Exposure Review Project officially started on March 28, 1979, when Maj. Gen. Joseph K. Bratton, Director, Office of Military Application, designated the Nevada Operations Office as the lead energy department field office for the project. The Nevada office's mission then was to collect, store, and disperse the relevant historical data and information related to health effects and radioactive fallout from the NTS atmospheric nuclear testing. By June 1979 the Nevada office had established a Coordination and Information Center (CIC) to house pertinent data and to prepare responses to inquiries and requests. Nevada office managers selected the Reynolds Electrical & Engineering Company, Inc. (REECo) to operate the CIC. On June 8, 1979, Ruth C. Clusen, DOE'S Assistant Secretary for Environ- ment, gave the Nevada Operations Office added responsibilities: assessing radiation exposures of offsite radiological conditions and planning and executing the project to reconstruct as much as possible both external and internal offsite public exposures from NTS testing. Clusen also directed the Nevada office to work with DOE headquarters to establish a dose assess- ment advisory steering group similar to one recommended earlier by the Nevada office. In July the office's managers met with representatives of Nevada, Utah, and Arizona (added in early 1979) to brief the state delegates on the new operation and to ask for cooperation. 2 The Dose Assessment Advisory Group (DAAG), successor to the steering committee, was officially established on July 8, 1980, by Charles W. Duncan, Jr., Secretary of the Department of Energy. The DAAG was limited to approx- imately 20 members, including representatives from the state governments of citizens claiming injuries and losses from the NTS fallout. The project‘s scope was again broadened when Secretary Duncan decided that Arizona and California would have representatives along with Nevada and Utah on the DAAG; any additional state with claimants against fallout effects could also be invited to send a representative to the DAAG. The work of the DAAG was completed in May 1987 with the issuance of its final reports. Meanwhile, in 1978 the DOE launched a comprehensive search for documents related to fallout outside the boundaries of the NTS. The History Division was designated the DOE Headquarters lead division to develop criteria and to guide the collection and processing of the documents related to testing, fallout, and radiation monitoring. In 1980 C&W Associates started working with the History Division as locator, selector, and processor of relevant documents to be deposited in the CIC. History Associates Incorporated (HAI), successor to C&W, took over the same duties in 1981 and in 1983 assumed declassification responsibilities. In 1983 the collection effort was expanded to include U.S. nuclear testing in the Pacific and NTS underground tests through 1972. Pertinent documents have been reproduced and assembled in the CIC in Las Vegas, Nevada. Those materials that have been organized and inventoried at the CIC are now open to the public. Although the documents collected in the CIC constitute a large collection of information on radioactive fallout, it became apparent in 1981 that the extraordinary volume of such materials still held in many government and private facilities in all parts of the nation would make it impossible to assemble in the CIC every document that might conceivably be of value in studying the complex relationships that may exist between fallout and heilth. The History Division therefore requested HA1 to prepare .a guide to the many valuable record collections that exist outside the CIC and to update it regularly. This guide has been prepared by professional historians who have a working knowledge of many of the record collections included in the following pages. In describing materials, they have tried to include enough information so that persons unfamiliar with the complexities of large record systems will be able to determine the nature of the information in, and the quality of, each record collection. The guide is organized alphabetically by the names of the record repositories, not by the organizations which have custody of the records. It should be noted that arrangement by location does not reveal at a single glance all of the materials that may have originated in a specific labora- tory, research center, or government agency. For example, records originated in .one of the Atomic Energy Commission’s national laboratories may, in some cases, be listed under the Federal Records Centers to which they have been retired. Thus, this guide includes an index of agencies originating documents and pages listing those agencies. 3 In presenting information on each repository, the historians have included a general introduction to each collection and then have added, in tabular form, a description of the part of the collection relevant to fall- out, the size of the total collection in cubic or linear feet, the amount researchers have determined may hold material relevant to the subject, the highest security classification of the materials, and an evaluation of the usefulness of the material for research on the subject. This guide does not include collections that may have been sent independently to the CIC, such as those from the Utah State Archives. The amount of "potentially relevant material" is the amount which HA1 researchers have determined through finding aids would need to be screened in order to find relevant documents on the subject. For those repositories where HA1 has selected and processed documents, a brief description is given of the amounts, in cubic feet, which HA1 has researched, screened, and selected and their current status. For the sake of simplicity, the evaluation shown in the "Value" column has been indicated as "Essential," "Useful," "Peripheral ," or "Unknown." "Essential" records are those which the historians believe must be consulted by researchers in order to make accurate judgments about the nature and extent of fallout and its possible effects and to understand the policies and practices established by the federal government to protect the public. "Useful" records are those which provide additional detail about or further examples of information which has already been identified as "Essential ." The "Peripheral" category includes records which appear to have some indirect relationship to the subject of fallout but which are not likely to provide information of great value. This'evaluation is obviously subjec- tive, but it does represent the opinion of historians who have experience in using records of this type. In evaluating the collections, the historians considered such factors as the date of the records, the continuity and completeness of the files, and the level of interpretation in addition to the simple question of relevance. Thus, documents reflecting pol icy deci- sions, administrative practices, or summaries of scientific or technical information are assigned a higher value than raw data, especially when these data have already been summarized in published works. Likewise, data specifically related to fallout from weapons tests were considered more valuable than records of routine air sampling or radiation monitoring conducted at Atomic Energy Commission sites in connection with normal plant operation having no relationship to weapons tests. Where HA1 researchers have not yet been able to research a collection onsite and discussions with the persons responsible for the records have been inconclusive, the value is listed as "Unknown." It was impossible within the scope of the contract to pursue the survey beyond records held by government agencies and some private institutions. In the course of the survey, the historians became aware that many valuable records are in the hands of private individuals who, at one time or another, were associated with nuclear weapons testing, fallout studies, or radiation monitoring. Because these records are now in private hands, there is real 4 danger that in time they will be lost or destroyed. To that extent, the historical record will be less than complete unless some effort is made to obtain the originals or copies of these records for the CIC.
For every collection, the guide lists wherever possible a person to contact for further information. The historians found that, in many instances, the existence of the records cited is known only to one or two persons in the institution or agency.
One obvious and significant conclusion can be drawn from this guide: that there exists in widely dispersed locations an enormous volume of documentary evidence bearing directly on the possible radiation effects of fallout. The records evaluated as "Essential" and some of those listed as "Useful" should be screened and appropriate documents reproduced for the Coordination and Information Center. When this is done, it will fulfill a major objective of the CIC--namely, to collect in one location all of the essential documentation of fallout history.
Rockville, Maryland Ruth R. Harris Margaret C. Rung Eileen F. Pingitore William F. Burgess Joan M. Zenzen 5
ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY Argonne, I11 inois
About 38 feet of raw data on radioactive fallout in the Chicago area since 1950 are stored in the office of the Occupational Health and Safety Division at Argonne National Laboratory. The data are unclassified and have been summarized in periodic reports by the Argonne National Laboratory. The Argonne monitoring covers both test and nontest periods. Reports are published annually, based on the data.
TOTAL POTENTIALLY SIZE RELEVANT HIGHEST DESCRIPTION JFEET) (FEET) CLASS1FICATION VALUE
Argonne National Laboratory 38 Unknown Unclassified Peripheral reports and files of Dr. Jacob Sedlet
CONTACT
Norbert Golchert, Group Leader Environmental Monitoring Environmental, Safety, and Health Department Environmental Protection Section Argonne National Laboratory 9700 South Cass Avenue, Bldg. 200, Room 8-117 Argonne, IL 60439
FTS 972-5644 or (312) 972-5644 or (312) 972-3912 6
BANCROFT LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA Berkeley, California
Approximately four cubic feet of papers concerning fallout from U.S. nuclear testing are in the papers of Ernest 0. Lawrence at the Bancroft Library of the University of California at Berkeley. These records include correspondence between Lawrence and other scientists on the subject of fallout from testing and one folder on decontamination activities after Crossroads. Classified materials have been removed from the collection and are being held pending resolution of classification status.
Members of the public may see the unclassified Lawrence collection by registering and presenting two pieces of identification. The library will copy documents upon request for a modest fee.
TOTAL POTENTIALLY SIZE RELEVANT- HIGHEST DESCRIPTION (FEET) (FEET) CLASSIFICATION VALUE
Ernest Lawrence papers, 60 4 Unclassified Useful Collection No. 72-117
CONTACT
Robin Rider, Head History of Science & Technology Program Bancroft Library University of California Berkeley, CA 94720
(415) 642-0959 7
BOEING AIRCRAFT COMPANY Seattle, Washington
Toward the end of atmospheric testing by the United States, Boeing Aircraft Company began to conduct experiments and surveys of radioactivity effects on its equipment from underground nuclear tests at the Nevada Test Site. Boeing‘s records, considered “company classified,” cover the 1962-1977 period.
TOTAL POTENTIALLY SIZE RELEVANT HIGHEST DESCRIPTION (FEET1 (FEET) CLASSIFICATION VALUE
Boeing equipment tests Unknown 2 Company Peripheral classified
CONTACT
William E. Morgan, Manager Radiation Health Protection The Boeing Company Mail Stop 6 Y-38 P.O. Box 3707 Seattle, WA 98124
(206) 655-0500 8
BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY U.S. Department of Energy Upton, New York
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) is the primary agency monitoring radiological effects of nuclear testing in the Pacific, especially the 1954 Castle Bravo shot. BNL's studies have been conducted by two different divisions in the laboratory. First, the Clinical Center maintains medical records of the individual Marshall Islanders from 1954 to the present. These records include x-rays, slides of thyroid tissues, and urine samples in addition to medical reports. The Radiological Safety Program conducts tests and maintains records concerning whole body counts and tracking of radioactive materials through individuals. Both sets of information have been summarized in published laboratory reports and in scientific journals: the actual raw data are subject to privacy laws and are thus not available to the public. The monitoring information reports have not been placed into one collection but are located in various offices of the laboratory's Safety and Environmental Protection Division. Raw data which has not been indexed or summarized is also within this Division.
TOTAL POTENTIALLY SIZE RELEVANT HIGHEST DESCRIPTION (FEET) (FEET) CLASSIFICATION VALUE
Clinical Center: Medical records of Marshall 154.5 154.5 Unclassified Peripheral Islanders exposed to 1954 but subject to fallout from Castle shot privacy laws (including duplicates)
Radiological Safety Program: Whole body counts, tracking 45 39 Unclassified Peripheral of radioactivity through but subject to body (including duplicates) privacy laws
Data from fallout in 10 10 Unclassified Peripheral Upton area: Reports plus but subject to raw data on monitoring privacy laws
CONTACTS
CLINICAL CENTER: Dr. William Adams, MD Medical Research Center, Bldg. 490 Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton, NY 11973
FTS 666-2108 or (516) 282-2108 9
or
William Scott FTS 666-2304 or (516) 282-2304
RADIOLOGICAL SAFETY PROGRAM: Dr. Casper Sun, Health Physicist Marshall Islands Radiological Safety Program Radiological Science Division Building 703 M, Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton, NY 11973
FTS 666-3469 or (516) 282-3469
FOR MONITORING RECORDS: Mr. William R. Casey Safety and Environmental Protection Division Building 535A Brookhaven National Laboratory Upton, NY 11973
FTS 666-4654 or (516) 282-4654 10 COORDINATION AND INFORMATION CENTER (CIC) Las Vegas, Nevada
A major unclassified collection of a variety of information on fallout is housed at the Coordination and Information Center (CIC) in Las Vegas. The concept of the CIC originated with a 1978 decision by the Department of Energy to collect all documents relating to offsite fallout from United States nuclear testing. In February 1979 the Department of Energy began a comprehensive project to locate those records throughout the United States. A month later the Nevada Operations Office was selected as the main office for data collection. The Department of Energy chose Reynolds Electrical & Engineering Company, Incorporated (REECo), a support contractor, to operate the Coordination and Information Center at Las Vegas; in July 1981 the CIC was opened to the public. As of September 15, 1989, the CIC had the equivalent of 1,818 linear feet of hard-copy documents, 239 reels of documents on microfilm only, and 1 map case (5 linear feet of maps and oversized documents) entered into its database, consisting of 150,000 retrievable bibliographic records from 40 major contributors and 1,325 different originating agencies or individual collections. Also available are 8 linear feet of reports on microcard. In addition, the CIC has yet to screen 60 linear feet of microcard reports, 160 reels of microfilm, 165 linear feet of microfiche documents, 200 motion- picture films, and 1,100 linear feet of hard-copy documents. The CIC collection focuses on the 1945 to 1962 period of atmospheric testing but also contains relevant information on before and after that period. A variety of materials makes up the CIC holdings: paper, cassette tapes, videotapes, mot i on-picture fi 1 ms, sl ides, microfilm, mi crocards, and maps. Microfiche is being added to the collection. The major part of the collection has come from the following: the Department of Energy Headquar- ters, A1 buquerque Operations Office, Nevada Operations Office, and Environ- mental Measurements Laboratory; the Los Alamos National Laboratory of the University of California; the U.S. Public Health Service headquarters archives; Kermit Larson of the University of California at Los Angeles, director of Project 37 on offsite environment; the University of Washington; U.S. Public Health Service files from Las Vegas; the EnvironmeRtal Protection Agency office in Las Vegas; the U.S. Weather Service Nuclear Support Office; the Utah State Archives, Salt Lake City; Holmes and Narver; the Defense Nuclear Agency; the University of California at Los Angeles, Stafford Warren collection; the Air Force Weapons Laboratory Technical Library; the Reynolds Electrical & Engineering Company; the Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory; the University of California Livermore Laboratory; and Sandia National Laboratories. In addition, researchers may request through the CIC unclassified REECo records on fallout in the custody of Tom Hayes. The CIC is located at 3084 South Highland, Las Vegas, and is open to the public. A brochure describing the collection and its use is available at the center upon request. 11
TOTAL POTENTIALLY SIZE RELEVANT HIGHEST DESCRIPTION (FEET) (FEET) CLASSIFICATION VALUE
Records of over 50 govern- 1,818 1,818 Unclassified Essential ment and private agencies
CONTACTS
Martha DeMarre, Section Chief Archive and Research Section Technical Information Department Reynolds Electrical & Engineering Co., Inc. P.O. Box 98521 Las Vegas, NV 89193-8521
FTS 575-0731 or (702) 295-0731
David L. Wheeler U.S. Denartment of Enerav Nevada Operations Office. P.O. Box 98518 Las Vegas, NV 89193-8518
FTS 575-0990 or (702) 295-0990 12
EASTMAN KODAK Rochester, New York
Eastman Kodak Company in Rochester, New York, and Kingsport, Tennessee, has been monitoring radioactivity from nuclear testing and other sources since 1951. Eastman Kodak’s materials are unclassified. However, data collected prior to 1981 was not calibrated and may not be suitable for research. The data gathered after 1981 has a greater degree of accuracy. HA1 researchers do not anticipate screening these records for the CIC.
TOTAL POTENTIALLY SIZE RELEVANT HIGHEST DESCRIPTION (FEETI CLASSIFICATION VALUE
Eastman Kodak Company Unknown 7 Unclassified Peripheral records on radioactivity monitoring
CONTACTS
Charles Webb Building 120 Tennessee Eastman Company Kingsport, TN 37662
(615) 229-4783
Jim Walsh Eastman Kodak Company Quality Services Division Building 6, Kodak Park Rochester, NY 14652-3401
(716) 722-2428 13 EG&G, ENERGY MEASUREMENTS Las Vegas, Nevada
EG&G/EM played an important role in monitoring airborne radiation from weapons testing, and it retained many records relating to monitoring air- borne radiation including reports on the Nevada Aerial Tracking Systems for the 1960s. The company has developed a computerized inventory of the collection which includes some 24,000 classified documents, films, view- graphs, and other materials. Currently the company is attempting to reorganize its archives into a useable collection designed to accommodate future research efforts. The dismantling process that was begun in 1986 has been halted. The CIC will retain fallout records from the aboveground testing program. All other original research documentation, film, note- books, and other records relating to EG&G/EM’s important role in monitoring airborne radiation and weapons testing, including reports and maps of cloud tracking still housed at EM, will be retained by EM. Classified Material Control (CMC) contains numerous reports on later testing programs and Aerial Tracking Systems reports for the 1960s. The company also holds original survey data for the period before 1971, but this has not been inventoried. There is an effort under way to obtain the funding to inventory and create a computerized database for these records. TOTAL POTENTIALLY SIZE RELEVANT HIGHEST DESCRIPTION /FEET) (FEET) CLASSIFICATION VALUE Lot One, Atmospheric Test- 11 Unknown Secret/RD Useful ing Records (1950-1962) Lot Two, Atmospheric Test- 18 Unknown Secret/RD Useful ing Reports (1950-1962) Lot Three, CMC Files 100 Unknown Secret/RD Useful (1950- 1989) Lot Four, Technical Infor- 100 Unknown Unclassified Useful mation Final Reports (1962-1989) Lot Five, Aerial Surveys 100 Unknown Unclassified Useful (1962-1986)
. 14 CONTACTS EG&G/EM, Inc. P.O. Box 1912 Las Vegas, NV 19125 William A. Fisher, Technical Information Administrator FTS 575-0450 or (702) 295-0450 EG&G ARCHIVES Elaine Smith FTS 575-0443 or (702) 295-0443 15
HOLMES AND NARVER Las Vegas, Nevada
Originally held in the Holmes and Narver offices at Las Vegas were papers on the Eniwetok cleanup and surveys, nontechnical data, and some statistical papers relating to the Pacific Proving Grounds. In 1988, these papers were sent via the Defense Nuclear Agency to the CIC where they are in the process of being put on the database. According to Holmes and Narver personnel, this collection contains no substantial information on fallout from U.S. nuclear testing. These papers relate to contracts carried out for the Department of Energy and its predecessor agencies and the Defense Nuclear Agency. Each agency has custody of its own contractual papers.
TOTAL POTENTIALLY SIZE RELEVANT HIGHEST DESCRIPTION (FEET) (FEET) CLASSIFICATION VALUE
Nontechnical data, surveys 350 35 Secret/RO Unknown
CONTACTS
Rhonda Cervantes Defense Nuclear Agency 6801 Telegraph Road Alexandria, VA 22310
(703) 325-7744
Dr. David Auton (TDRP) Radiation Policy Defense Nuclear Agency Washington, DC 20305
(202) 325-7744
Mr. Bernard0 Maza Archive and Research Section, CIC Technical Information Department Reynolds Electrical & Engineering Co., Inc. P.O. Box 98521 Las Vegas, NV 89193-8521
FTS 575-0735 or (702) 295-0735 16 LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY Livermore, California
Records at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory are primarily in three areas: the Archives, L Division, and individual offices. The archives has in its collection the R Division‘s Pluto project files, which are all unclassified. It also holds the Plowshare records, including those formerly held by Or. Howard Tewes, a Livermore scientist. This latter group is a very rich collection. Similar collections may also exist in other divisions or at the Nevada Test Site. L Division records, which remain in the offices of the division, primarily contain documents on Livermore events, including the Nevada Aerial Tracking Systems and Aerial Radiation Measurements Systems reports, both unclassified and classified. All records are catalogued by series and events, including weapons and Plowshare materials. The L Oivisian Test Program Library has an extensive photograph, film, and filmstrip collection, all classified. The main library of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory holds a special collection on fallout. The collection contains approximately 500 reports on fallout and includes the holdings of the former Naval Radiolog- ical Defense Laboratory at the Presidio in San Francisco and some material from the former New York Health and Safety Laboratory. According to the librarian, this fallout collection consists of reports not only from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory but also from other laboratories, agencies, government departments, universities, and private industry. While 98 percent of the library’s fallout collection represents finished reports, the fallout collection does have a small amount of memoranda and correspondence. The Environmental Sciences Division at Livermore also has an unclassified database of papers pertaining to the environmental transport of radionuclides. The laboratory retains custody of the papers of Edward Teller, director from 1958-1960. His classified papers are in the director’s office. Permission from the director’s office is necessary for those wishing to see the Teller papers at the laboratory.
TOTAL POTENTIALLY SIZE RELEVANT HIGHEST DESCRIPTION (FEET) (FEET) CLASSIFICATION VALUE L Division 100 100 Secret/RD Useful to Essent i a1 Archives _Pluto 20 1 Uncl assi f1t.d Essential Plowshare 60 10 Secret/RD Essential 17
TOTAL POTENTIALLY SIZE REL EVAN1 HIGHEST DESCRIPTION LFEET) (FEET) CLASS I F I CAT I ON VALUE Main library fallout Unknown 1 Secret/RD Useful col 1ect ion Environmental Sciences 20 20 Uncl assi fied Peripheral Division
Database 9 9 Uncl assif ied Peripheral
Edward Teller papers Unknown Unknown Unclassified Peripheral
CONTACTS
Dr. Jim Carothers, Archivist Universitv of California Lawrence iivermore National Laboratory P.O. Box 808 Livermore, CA 94550 FTS 532-7010 or (415) 422-7010
L Division Estelle Rigney FTS 543-7215 or (415) 423-7215
LLNL Library
P.O.~ Box.. 5500~~ Livermore, CA 94550 Richard K. Hunt FTS 532-5834 or (415) 422-5834
Environmental Sciences Division, LLNL P.O. Box 5507 Mail Stop L-453 Livermore, CA 94550 Dr. Lynn Anspaugh FTS 532-3840 or (415) 422-3840
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Volume (Cubic Feet) 23 3 0.6 2.4 18 LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY Los Alamos, New Mexico
The Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) holds what is probably th largest single collection of records outside the CIC related to fallout from weapons tests. LANL has maintained both central and divisional files since the laboratory was established in 1943, and the collections are essentially complete. None of the pertinent records have been retired to federal records centers, and virtually none have been destroyed. Most of the pertinent records are held at the LANL Records Center, which is well organized and maintained. Records on fallout in this collection fall into four categories: (1) records of LANL divisions; (2) classified records of the Communications and Records Management Office (CRMO); (3) unclassified CRMO records; and (4) records of the Manhattan Project. Additional records are also held by operating divisions and by the Reports Library. The records of these organizations as well as those of the Records Center were screened and 34 cubic feet were copied for inclusion in the CIC. Size figures in all tables refer only to pertinent records and not entire collections. Records of LANL Divisions All materials transferred to the Records Center by LANL divisions are recorded on Transfer Requests (TRs). which are retained as the principal inventory documents for these materials. The division records are often files kept by individual scientists, and they are therefore somewhat eclectic in content and may contain documents duplicated in the central files; but, on the other hand, they often contain detailed information not available elsewhere. The TRs are filed by the organizational unit from which they came. For purposes of this survey, the TRs for the Weapon Test Division (J) and Health Physics Division (H) were used.
POTENT I ALLY RE LEVANT HIGHEST DESCRl PT ION (FEET) CLASSIFICATION VALUE J Division records 41 Secret/RD Essenti a1 H Division records 18 Secret/RD Essential 19
Classified CRMO Records
Since the establishment of the laboratory in 1943, LANL has maintained central files. From time to time, portions of these files have been trans- ferred to the Records Center. Because these transfers have been within the CRMO, no Transfer Requests are prepared; but the Records Center does maintain a general description of the files. The files are organized on the Dewey Decimal System. All Dewey Decimal categories in the index were examined. Pertinent information was found in the following categories:
POTENTIALLY RELEVANT HIGHEST DESCRIPTION (FEET) CLASSIFICATION VALUE
200.5 Accidents 2 Secret/RD Essentia1 230.61 Fallout 1 Secret/RD Essential 635 Projects 36 Secret/RD Useful
Unclassified CRMO Files
The unclassified CRMO files have been microfilmed and the hard copy destroyed. The Records Center has an index covering approximately 2,500 rolls of microfilm. The index was examined for the same categories used for the classified CRMO files. Pertinent records were found as follows:
POTENTIALLY RE LEVANT HIGHEST DESCRIPTION (FEET) CLASSIFICATION VALUE
200.5 Accidents 22 Uncl assi f ied Essential 635 Projects 33 Uncl assi f ied Essentia1 230.61 Fallout 4 Uncl assi fied Essent ia1 334 Boards and Committees 11 Uncl assi f ied Useful 319.1 Reports 3 Unclassified Useful 471.6 Weapon Tests 5 Unclassified Useful 314.7 Histories 6 Unclassified Peripheral 322 Organizations 9 Uncl assif ied Peripheral
Manhattan Project Records
The Records Center holds the laboratory’s records documenting the development of the atomic bomb during World War 11. The collection consists of 29 boxes, of which 3 contained information pertinent to fallout.
POTENTIALLY RELEVANT HIGHEST DESCRIPTION (FEET) CLASSIFICATION VALUE Manhattan Project Records 29 Secret/RD Peripheral 20
Records Still Held bv LANL Divisions
Although many divisions have transferred their records to the Records Center, some still retain files relating to fallout in their offices. Files of the J Division are still retained by the NSP/T&V Division. H Division also continues to hold pertinent files. The entire collection was surveyed, and the following pertinent files were identified:
POTENTIALLY RELEVANT HIGHEST DESCRIPTION (FEET) CLASSIFICATION VALUE
J Division files 17 Secret/RD Essential H Division files 4 Secret/RD Essential
CONTACTS AT RECORDS CENTER
Tony Rivera or Clara Salazar Mail Stop C-322 CRM-I Archives Records, Forms, & Micrographic Management University of California Los Alamos National Laboratory P.O. Box 1663 Los Alamos, NM 87545
FTS 843-5079 or (505) 667-5079
Los Alamos Reports Library
The LANL Reports Library contains thousands of reports, both classified - and unclassified, on all aspects of weapons testing. The reports are cross- indexed by topic, author, test series, subheadings within the test series, and research organizations. Thus, not all pertinent material is to be found under "Fallout" as a heading. By utilizing the subheadings under "Fallout" and checking each test series for related reports, it was possible to develop a list of specific reports pertinent to the survey. More than 900 reports were identified.
POTENTIALLY RELEVANT HIGHEST DESCRIPTION (FEET) CLASSIFICATION VALUE
LANL Technical Reports 25 Secret/RD Useful 21
CONTACT AT TECHNICAL REPORTS LIBRARY Dan Baca, IS-4 Los Alamos Report Library Los Alamos National Laboratory P.O. Box 1663 Mail Stop 5000 (for classified) and Mail Stop P364 (unclassified) Los Alamos, NM 87545 FTS 843-4446 or (505) 667-4446
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Volume (Cubic Feet) 266 34 0 34 22 MANUSCRIPT DIVISION, LIBRARY OF CONGRESS Washington, D.C.
Papers of a number of individuals prominent in atomic energy history are available in the Manuscript Division of the Library of Congress. The division holds the papers of J. Robert Oppenheimer, administrator of the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos; Alan T. Waterman, an official of the Office of Scientific Research and Development; Admiral William S. Parsons, prominent in the Manhattan Project and Operation Crossroads; Admiral John Lansing Callan, captain of the USS Panamint, the ship housing foreign diplomats observing Operation Crossroads; and Senators Clinton P. Anderson and Brian K. McMahon, former chairmen of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy. The papers are available for public use.
TOTAL POTENTIALLY- . __ SIZE RELEVANT HIGHEST DESCRIPTION (FEET) (FEET) CLASSIFICATION VALUE J. Robert Oppenheimer 122 20 Unclassified Useful papers
Alan T. Waterman 22 (1 Unclassified Useful
Admiral William S. Parsons 3
Admiral John L. Callan 6
CONTACTS
Dr. Ronald Wilkinson Literary, Cultural, and Scientific Specialist Manuscript Division, Library of Congress Washington, D.C. 20540 (202) 707-5383
Dr. John Haynes 20th Century Political Specialist Manuscript Division, Library of Congress Washington, D.C. 20540 (202) 707-5383
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NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES ARCHIVES Washington, D.C.
Papers of the National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council Committees on the Biological Effects of Atomic Radiation (BEAR) are held by the National Academy of Sciences Archives in Washington, D.C. Folder titles from the finding aid to the collection indicate that the papers deal to some extent with radioactive fallout from nuclear testing. The BEAR papers cover the period 1954-1964. All papers are open.
Conclusions of the BEAR committees appeared in published reports that included versions written for the general public and more technical publica- tions directed at the scientific community.
TOTAL POTENTIALLY SIZE RELEVANT HIGHEST DESCRIPTION LFEET) (FEET) CLASSIFICATION VALUE BEAR papers 6 2 Unclassified Essential
CONTACTS
David Saumweber, Archivist National Academy of Sciences 2101 Constitution Avenue Washington, D.C. 20418
(202) 334-2415 Janice F. Goldblum (202) 334-2415
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OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY Oak Ridge, Tennessee
There are two sources of records at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) relating to fallout from weapons testing.
One source is Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc., which presently handles records management for the Department of Energy at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Martin Marietta manages three DOE facilities in the Oak Ridge, Tennessee, area: the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant (K-25), and the Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant.
The records managed by Martin Marietta (who replaced Union Carbide in 1984) contain health physics status reports on the above plants. They also include survey records of airborne radiation, and materials relating to instrument calibration. In the past, Martin Marietta has shipped records to the East Point, Georgia, Federal Records Center for storage (see page 70). The Records Officer can provide specific location information if access is required.
The second source of records at ORNL is the Oak Ridge Associated Universities which collected personal exposure records for the Manhattan Engineer District. The contact is helpful for locating records, but the collection itself does not warrant further investigation for the CIC.
TOTAL POTENTIALLY SIZE RELEVANT HIGHEST DESCRIPTION (FEET) (FEET) CLASS IF ICATION VALUE Martin Marietta (formerly 250 250 Secret/RD Peripheral Union Carbide)
Oak Ridge Associated loot 100 Secret/RD Peripheral Universities
CONTACTS
Lowell Langford, Site Records Manager Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc. P.O. Box 2008 Oak Ridge-National Laboratory Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6285
FTS 624-6752 or (615) 574-6752 25 Betty Robinette Head. Records Manaaernent* Y- 12 'PI ant Building 9711-5 Oak Ridge, TN 37831-8169
FTS 626-5694 or (615) 576-5694
Cathy Marciante Records Manager U.S. Department of Energy P.O. Box 2001 Oak Ridge, TN 37831
FTS 626-0944 or (615) 576-0944 26
PACIFIC NORTHWEST LABORATORY Richland, Washington
The Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL), operated by the Battelle Memorial Institute, retains very few records related to fallout. Most of the 1 aboratory’s records on the subject had previously been transferred to the DOE Richland Operations Office or to the Federal Records Center in Seattle.
The PNL technical library does hold some reports on fallout. The Division of Physical Sciences has raw data on routine fallout measurements since 1961, but most of these data have been published. The Occupational and Environmental Protection Department has a computerized inventory of more than 40,000 air sampling measurements made in the Richland area since 1957.
TOTAL POTENTIALLY SIZE RELEVANT HIGHEST DESCRIPTION (FEET) (FEET) CLASSIFICATION VALUE
Technical Reports Unknown 1 Unclassified Useful
Fallout data Unknown 4 Uncl assif,ied Peripheral
Air sampling measurements Unknown 4 Unclassified Peripheral
CONTACTS
Richard Jaquish Project Manager for Hanford Surface Environmental Monitoring Pacific Northwest Laboratory Battelle Boulevard P.D. Box 999 Richland, WA 99352
(509) 375-3960
Matthew Lyon, Technical Program Leader Radiological Records Battelle Memorial Institute Pacific Northwest Laboratory MS A3-60 P.O. Box 999 Richland, WA 99352
FTS 444-7758 or (509) 376-7750 21 SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES Albuquerque, New Mexico
Records of 2 Sandia Corooration are not orimar lv concern d with fallout but with the technical e'ffects of nuclear explosiois such as blast, ground motion, and thermal radiation. Of the nearly 15,000 cubic feet of inactive records surveyed by searching the Inactive Record Transfer (IRT) forms and the microfilm files of the Technical Library, approximately 5.0 cubic feet were relevant. IRTs from Sandia Corporation, Sandia-Livermore, and the Central Technical File of Sandia were screened. In addition, the ARCHIVES, ALPHA, and MEDIA indices of, the Technical Library were reviewed and all pertinent materials copied for the CIC. The active files of several individuals and divisions were screened for pertinent materials relating to atmospheric testing, fallout prediction, health physics, and containment and venting.
TOTAL POTENTIALLY SIZE RELEVANT HIGHEST DESCRIPTION IFEET) (FEET) CLASSIFICATION VALUE Technical records 15,000 5 Secret/RD Useful CONTACT A. Dean Thornbrough Sandia National Laboratories P.O. Box 5800 A1 buquerque, NM 87185 FTS 844-6015 or (505) 844-6015
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The Scripps Archives has in its collections records from the Office of the Director, subject files, and papers of three scientists who participated in monitoring fallout from United States nuclear testing in the Pacific: Roger Randall Dougan Revelle, the scientific leader for Crossroads, John Oove Isaacs, an oceanographer assisting in monitoring Pacific nuclear testing from 1946-1956, and Walter Heinrich Munk, a geophysicist participating in Crossroads. The archives also holds a collection of U.S. Navy photographs from Crossroads. In 1984 researchers screened 24 feet of records from these collections and selected one cubic foot for the CIC. Since then, the Munk papers and additional accessions to the Revelle and Isaacs papers have become available for research.
TOTAL POTENTIALLY SIZE- RELEVANT HIGHEST DESCRIPTION 1fEET) (FEET) CLASS IF ICATION VALUE John Dove Isaacs papers 69 35 Unclassified Useful
Roger Randal 1 Dougan 44 20 Unclassified Useful Revel le papers SI0 Office of the Director 5 5 Unclassified Useful (Revel 1 e)
SI0 Subject Files 36 5 Unclassified Useful Walter Heinrich Munk papers 13.75 1 Unclassified Useful
U.S. Naval Photographic 0.05 0.05 Unclassified Useful Intel1igence Center photos, Crossroads
CONTACT
Deborah A. Day, Archivist Scripps Institution of Oceanography Archives, C-075C La Jolla, CA 92093
(619) 534-4878
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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION ARCHIVES Arts and Industries Building The Mall, Washington, D.C.
Some eyewitness accounts of Operation Crossroads, including comments on radioactivity, appear in the papers of Leonard P. Schultz, a Smithsonian Institution scientist who participated in the 1946 nuclear testing. Schultz kept a diary and also corresponded with other scientists about the test. One folder of Schultz’s papers was sent to the CIC. George Myers accompanied Schultz during the testing and kept a notebook and some letters regarding them. Both sets of papers are unclassified and are available through prior arrangement with the Smithsonian Institution Archives. The research room is on the second floor of the Arts and Industries Building on the Mall in Washington, D.C.
TOTAL POTENTIALLY SIZE RELEVANT HIGHEST DESCRIPTION IFEET) (FEET) CLASSIFICATION VALUE Papers of Leonard P. 10 10 Unclassified Useful Schul tz
Papers of George Myers 10 (1 Unclassified Unknown
CONTACT
Bill Cox Smithsonian Institution Archives Washington, D.C. 20550
(202) 357-1420
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U.S. AIR FORCE BROOKS AIR FORCE BASE San Antonio, Texas
The Radiation Sciences Division of the School of Aerospace Medicine originally held custody of unique films and slides of clouds appearing after U.S. nuclear testing. The pictures included both 16-millimeter films and lantern slides of Plumbbob and TeaDot clouds, including monkeys flown through the clouds before humans. Several years ago, John C. Mitchell, Radiation Sciences Division, sent the films to the National Archives Motion Pictures Division, though the archives does not have any record of these films. At the present time, the location of these films is unknown. In addition, according to Mr. Mitchell, the lantern slides previously listed in this guide were destroyed.
TOTAL POTENTIALLY~ __ SIZE- RELEVANT HIGHEST DESCRIPTION (FEET) (FEET) CLASSIFICATION VALUE U.S. Air Force 16mm films 4 rolls Unknown Unclassified Peripheral
CONTACTS
John C. Mitchell, Chief Radiation Sciences Division School of Aerospace Medicine Brooks Air Force Base San Antonio, TX 78235
(512) 536-3414
Bill Murphy Motion Picture, Sound, and Video Branch National Archives Washington, DC 20408
(202) 523-3062 31 U.S. AIR FORCE KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE A1 buquerque, New Mexico
Several locations at Kirtland Air Force Base hold records pertaining to nuclear test fallout. Both the Weapons Laboratory and the Defense Nuclear Agency maintain facilities at the base.
The Weapons Laboratory Technical Library on the base contains approximately 320,000 documents, ranging from unclassified to Secret/ Restricted Data, on various special weapons matters, At least 120 feet of this collection concern Air Force participation in nuclear testing, including atomic cloud sampling, from 1946 to the present. Also in the Library are records maintained by the Air Force History Office at Kirtland. These records consist of 180 linear feet, of which approximately one-half are classified. There is a large unclassified collection of clippings and scrapbooks relating to Air Force activities in the weapons testing program. This collection provides materials on histories of Air Force unit: which conducted cloud sampling and other activities related to atmospheric testing. The material covers the period 1945 through 1963. The collection includes a large number of photographs and operation orders and plans. Of this archive collection, approximately 11.5 cubic feet of classified and unclassified materials ‘have been copied for the CIC.
Housed in the History Office itself are 40 cubic feet of materials relating almost entirely to readiness to test in the post-test ban period. These documents are considered irrelevant to the project because of their subject matter.
Instead of turning over thousands of documents to the archives, offices of the Defense Nuclear Agency (DNA), also based at Kirtland, retain custody of papers relating to fallout: the Test Directorate, responsible for the Nevada Test Site and other test sites, has several hundred feet of unclassified to Secret records dating from 1946 to the present. Most of these documents were transferred to the control of the New Mexico Test, Science, and Technology Directorate of DNA in October 1988. The Logistics - Directorate Branch holds unclassified civilian personnel radiation exposure records from 1950 to the present for about 40,000 civilians. The facilities holding these records at Kirtland are not open to the general public.
The collection at DNA Field Command consists of unit histories and records relating to the stockpiling of nuclear weapons. The search included 25 cubic feet of records of which 0.5 cubic feet were copied for the CIC. These included early histories of Sandia Base. 32 TOTAL POTENTIALLY SIZE RELEVANT HIGHEST DESCRIPTION (FEET) (FEET) CLASSIFICATION VALUE
Weapons Laboratory 220t 220 Secret/RD Useful Technical Library
Test Directorate Event 175t Unknown Secret/RD Useful Files (FCTXE), Commander, Field Command, Defense Nuclear Agency, Kirtland AFB
Logistics Directorate, 100 20 Unclassified Peripheral Radiation Records Branch, Defense Nuclear Agency, Kirtland AFB
DNA Field Command 211 25 Secret/RD Essential CONTACTS
Barbara Newton, Librarian WL/SUL Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-6008
FTS 844-7449 or (505) 844-7449
William Summa, Assistant Director Headquarters Defense Nuclear Aoencv_.~-" Test, Science, and Technology Office ATTN: TDTT Kirtland AFB, NM 87115-5000
FTS 844-9301 or (505) 844-9301
Dr. David Auton (TDRP) Radiation Policy Division Defense Nuclear Agency Washington, DC 20305
(202) 325-7744
Dr. Robert Duffner History Office Weapons Laboratory Building 497 Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-6008
FTS 844-9631 or (505) 844-9631 33 Bettye Garbutt Classified Control Branch FCSAC Field Command, Defense Nuclear Agency Kirtland AFB, NM 87115-5000
FTS 844-8314 or (505) 844-8314
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U.S. AIR FORCE USAF HISTORICAL RESEARCH CENTER Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama
The USAF Historical Research Center collection covers several aspects of Air Force participation in U.S. nuclear testing. The Center’s holdings include some histories and supporting documents about particular Air Force Special Weapons Center roles in specified tests; oral histories of leading Air Force participants in weapons testing; and histories, analyses, and documents on Air Force monitoring of fallout from testing. Most of the Air Force holdings are classified, but the public can, with advance arrangement, see unclassified materials held by the Center. Microfilms of much of the Center’s collection are held at the Office of Air Force History, Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, D.C.
TOTAL POTENTIALLY SIZE RELEVANT HIGHEST DESCRIPTION IFEET) (FEET) CLASSIFICATION VALUE Microfilm index of USAF Unknown Unknown Top Secret Useful Historical Research Center collection, subject categories: Nuclear, Radiation, Radioactivity
CONTACTS
Lynn Gamma, Deputy Chief Reference Division USAF Historical Research Center Maxwell AFB, AL 36112-6678
(205) 293-5723
or
William Heimdahl, Archivist Office of Air Force Historv- HQ USAF/CHOR Building 5681 Bolling AFB, Washington, D.C. 20332-6098 (202) 767-0412 35
U.S. ARMY CHEMICAL CORPS Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland
The office collection of radiological research conducted by the U.S. Army Chemical Corps, 1946-1970s, was moved in 1986 from the Uashington National Records Center (WNRC) to the History Office at the Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. Researchers chose 39 cubic feet of the collection to screen for the CIC and selected 1.5 cubic feet which is at the CIC. A few boxes are still at the WNRC, labeled as RG 175, Chemical Warfare Service. Permission and security clearances are required before access to these records can be granted.
TOTAL POTENTIALLY SIZE RELEVANT HIGHEST DESCRIPTION JFEETl (FEET) CLASSIFICATION VALUE
Office collection of 500 39 Secret Essential radiological research conducted by the Chemical Corps
CONTACT
Jeffrey K. Smart, Chief Historian U.S. Army Armament, Munitions and Chemical Command Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21010-5423
(301) 671-4430
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U.S. ARMY WALTER REED ARMY INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH Washington, D.C.
During the early 1950s and 1960s the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) made extensive surveys of radioactive fallout patterns from around the world. As a part of this program WRAIR monitored and assessed whole body doses. Walter Reed has reported results of its whole body counter operations in the Institute's annual reports for 1955 through 1961. These reports are housed in the Institute's library. According to Walter Reed, the actual records of the whole body doses were not kept once they were put into the annual reports. Copies of all annual reports have been deposited in the Defense Technical Information Center.
TOTAL POTENTIALLY~ ~ ~~ SIZE- RELEVANT HIGHEST DESCRIPTION LFEET) (FEET) CLASSIFICATION VALUE Annual Reports 2 .2 Unclassified Useful
CONTACTS Mrs. Virginia Gera Director of Information Center/Library Walter Reed Army Institute of Research Washington, D.C. 20307-5100 or Ms. Rae DuBois
(202) 576-3314 37 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE Washington, D.C.
The U.S. Soils Laboratory at Beltsville, Maryland, monitored soils and plants from 1957 to 1962 in ten states for strontium-90 but did no system- atic monitoring of fallout from specific tests. The U.S. Sedimentation Laboratory at Oxford, Mississippi, and the Water Quality and Watershed Research Laboratory at Durant, Oklahoma, have determined cesium-137 concen- trations in soils and sediments from various U.S. locations since 1962 for the purpose of estimating soil movement resulting from wind and water erosion. The results have been summarized and published regularly in open literature. Anyone desiring specific information on Agricultural Research Service records may contact the person named below.
TOTAL POTENTIALLY SIZE RELEVANT HIGHEST DESCRIPTION (FEET1 (FEET) CLASSIFICATION VALUE
Agricultural Research Unknown .2 Uncl assi fied Peripheral Service strontium-90 and cesium-I37 measurements
CONTACT
Dr. Ronald G. Menzel, Soil Scientist U.S. Water Quality and Watershed Research Laboratory P.O. Box 1430 Durant, OK 74702
(405) 924-5066 ...
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE DEFENSE NUCLEAR AGENCY Washington, D.C.
Scientific and technical reports on nuclear testing from 1945 to the present comprise 135 feet of the Defense Nuclear Agency (DNA) Technical Library. Approximately 100 feet of these records are fallout studies of the DNA Biomedical Effects Unit. The collection is not open to the general public, but special arrangements to see some documents may be worked out through the DNA public affairs officer. Many of these reports have been sent to the CIC as a result of the Nuclear Test Personnel Review project. For additional DNA records, please see sections on the National Archives and the Federal Records Centers. DNA also publishes a guide to archival collections, with special emphasis on military personnel exposures to radioactive fallout.
TOTAL POTENTIALLY SIZE RE L EVAN1 HIGHEST DESCRIPTION IFEET) (FEET) CLASSIFICATION VALUE Reports on atmospheric 135 135 Top Secret Useful testing
CONTACTS
Dennie F. Maddox, Acting Assistant Director for Technical Information Defense Nuclear Agency Washington, D.C. 20305
(202) 325-1078, or Library (202) 325-7779
Lt. Col. Samuel McKinney Public Affairs Officer Defense Nuclear Agency Washington, D.C. 20305
(202) 325-7095
Dr. David Auton (TDRP) Radiation Policy Defense Nuclear Agency Washington, D.C. 20305
(202) 325-7744 39 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ALBUQUERQUE OPERATIONS OFFICE Albuquerque, New Mexico
The Albuquerque Operations Office became the records depository for all records relating to the early days of continental testing, but few of the early records remain in its custody. There are also earlier records stored in the records center which pertain to airplane design for nuclear weapons from the Manhattan Engineer District. Approximately 180 linear feet were reviewed and screened as potentially relevant. Of those, 3.5 cubic feet were copied for the CIC. Three cubic feet have been sent to the CIC and 0.5 cubic foot is being reviewed by the Department of Defense for declassi- fication action. These documents focus on the continental testing program from 1949 through 1963. Also retrieved from this collection and sent directly to the CIC was an extensive set of press releases from the Santa Fe, Albuquerque, and Nevada Operations Offices.
TOTAL POTENTIALLY SIZE RELEVANT HIGHEST DESCRIPTION (FEET) (FEET) CLASSIFICATION VALUE Department of Energy Nevada 180t 180 Secret/RD Useful Test Site records and other AEC and successor agency records
CONTACT
Deborah Garcia U.S. Department of Energy A1 buquerque Operations Office P.O. Box 5400 Albuquerque, NM 87115
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ENVIRONMENTAL MEASUREMENTS LABORATORY New York, New York
The predecessor agency to the Environmental Measurements Laboratory (EML) was the Atomic Energy Commission’s Health and Safety Laboratory (HASL). The Health and Safety Laboratory monitored numerous nuclear weapons tests and performed laboratory analysis on soil, air, and vegetation samples containing weapons fallout. The EML assumed control of the HASL records that remained.
When HASL was transferred out of the New York Operations Office, some records were transferred to the Federal Records Center in Bayonne, New Jersey. The documents that remain in the Records Holding Area largely pertain to Operation &y and Operation Castle plus other assorted folders on fallout and air sampling. Although this collection originally contained some classified materials, they have since been declassified, making the entire collection unclassified. All HASL published reports are in the Office of Scientific and Technical Information at Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
The collection in the Records Holding Area is small, given the exten- sive monitoring work HASL performed. Some additional records are still held in the division offices and may also be pertinent to the Off-Site Radiation Exposure Review Project.
Many of the early records of the Health and Safety Laboratory were retired to the Federal Records Center for the New York area but were later destroyed at the records center. Some of the 1950s records pertaining to U.S. nuclear testing and fallout remain in the New York Operations Office where t,hey are still being used. Approximately one cubic foot of the John H. Harley reading files is still in the office but is not separated by subject matter; these files may contain information on fallout. Several folders on U.S. nuclear testing in the early 1950s were sent to the CIC from the office of Harold Beck, who worked on radiation matters. These office files hold approximately 7 cubic feet of gum data records; they were shipped to the CIC and then back to the EML where they are now. Annual reports, which began in the 1970s, are also kept in the New York Operations Office. Two cubic feet of records on fallout from Operation TeaDot, including Weather Bureau records, have been screened and the selected documents sent to the CIC.
TOTAL POTENTIALLY SIZE RELEVANT HIGHEST DESCRIPTION (FEET) (FEET) CLASSIFICATION VALUE
Monitoring and research 3.5 Unknown Unclassified Useful records of the Environ- mental Measurements Laboratory 41
TOTAL POTENTIALLY SIZE RELEVANT HIGHEST DESCRIPTION m (FEET) CLASSIFICATION VALUE Harley reading files 1 Unknown Unclassified Unknown
HASL papers on 1950s S <1 tl Unclassified Unknown
Gum data files 7 Unknown Unclassified Useful
Files on Teaoot & Weather 2 2 Unclassified Useful
CONTACTS
U.S. Department of Energy Environmental Measurements Laboratory 376 Hudson Street New York, NY 10014-3621
Jonathan P. Ford Administrative Officer FTS 660-3607 or (212) 620-3607
Rita Rosen (technical reports) FTS 660-3606 or (212) 620-3606
Wayne Lowder (gum data from Harold Beck's office) FTS 660-3631 or (212) 620-3631
Mary Boyer (Harley reading files and annual reports) FTS 660-3617 or (212) 620-3617
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY HEADQUARTERS RECORDS CENTER Germantown, Maryland
The Department of Energy Records Center includes approximately 16 feet of records that include information about fallout, 14 feet of which are unclassified. The classified material deals with radiological safety, while the unclassified papers concern tests, medicine, health, safety, and ecology. The pertinent Department of Energy (and its predecessors) files span the period 1946 to 1976. Screening has been completed for documents related to nuclear testing and fallout.
TOTAL POTENTIALLY SIZE RELEVANT HIGHEST DESCRIPTION (FEET) (FEET) CLASS1FICATION VALUE
Environmental Protection 100 16 Secret/RD Essential Division records
CONTACT
Environmental Protection Division records Director, Office of Health and Environmental Research U.S. Department of Energy Washington, D.C. 20545 FTS 233-3153 or (301) 353-3153
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Volume (Cubic Feet) 16 2 0 2 43 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY HISTORY DIVISION Germantown, Mary1and
The History Division of the Department of Energy (DOE) in Germantown maintains the official files of the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), which include all staff papers, correspondence, and other materials related to the official actions of the Commissioners from 1946 to 1975. The official files also contain the minutes of all Commission meetings and, for some years, transcripts of these meetings as well as papers of a number of the Commissioners. The History Division also has custody of the records of the AEC General Manager and his staff, records of many of the operating divisions at the AEC headquarters, and minutes of the General Advisory Committee meetings. The records of the AEC Division of Biology and Medicine and the Division of Military Application contain essential information related to fallout.
Two special collections were added to the Division's holdings in 1988: the Tommy McCraw and L. Joe Deal collections. These two individuals--long time AEC/DOE employees--were closely involved in the testing, radiation monitoring, and health and safety aspects of nuclear test programs.
Most of the above records have been screened in the Off-Site Radiation Exposure Review Project, with the review continuing. Pertinent materials have been reproduced and sent to the CIC in Las Vegas.
In 1985 the History Division acquired the photographic collection of prints and negatives of the DOE Office of Public Information. The collection spans the period 1945 through 1982 but is not indexed. It is unclassified and is available to the public. The entire collection deals with the mission of the AEC and succzssor agencies. The amount dealing with radioactive fallout is very limited.
TOTAL POTENTIALLY SIZE RELEVANT HIGHEST DESCRIPTION IFEET) (FEET) CLASSIFICATION VALUE Official records of the 550 550 Secret/RD Essential USAEC McCraw records 23 23 Secret/RD Essential
L. Joe Deal records 13 6 Secret/RD Useful
Photo collection 20 0 Unclassified Peripheral 44
CONTACT
Roger M. Anders History Division U.S. Department of Energy MA-1.226 (Germantown) Washington, D.C. 20545
FTS 233-5431 or (301) 353-5431
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.... U. S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY NEVADA OPERATIONS OFFICE Las Vegas, Nevada
Most of the Office’s documents pertinent to the Off-Site Radiation Exposure Review Project are maintained by the Nevada Operations Office (NV) records officer in the Records Storage Area vault, in the NV Technical Library and its vault, or remain in individual offices. NV personnel screened relevant records and sent 7.5 feet to the DOE History Division. The CIC has received 7 feet with the remaining 0.5 feet being reviewed at the Department of Defense for declassification action. Records on weather briefings, aerial sampling, policy materials, and Plowshare safety reports are in the Nevada collection. The Nevada Operations Office also has early records from the Atomic Energy Commission’s Albuquerque Operations Office. The types of Holmes & Narver documents within the NV Technical Library include completion reports, reports on testing in the Pacific, and a few construction summary reports.
TOTAL POTENTIALLY SIZE RELEVANT HIGHEST DESCRIPTION /FEET1 (FEET) CLASSIFICATION VALUE Nevada Operations Office 540 50 Sec ret/RD Essential Technical Library A1 buquerque Operations 15 0 Secret/RD Essenti a1 Office
Nevada Operations Office Unknown 0 Secret/RD Probably individual offices Essential
CONTACT
Cynthia Ortiz U.S. Department of Energy Nevada Technical Library, MS 505 P.O. Box 98518 Las Vegas, NV 89193-8518 FTS 575-1274 or (702) 295-1274 Operations Office David L. Wheeler FTS 575-0990 or (702) 295-0990 46
Records Center Patsy Draper, Records Officer U.S. Department of Energy Nevada Operations Office P.O. Box 98518 Las Vegas, NV 89193-8518
FTS 575-1445 or (702) 295-1445
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY OAK RIDGE OPERATIONS OFFICE Oak Ridge, Tennessee
The Oak Ridge Operations Office Records Holding Area has a large collection of documentary materials potentially relating to the fallout from nuclear weapons testing. While many of these records were created by the Manhattan Engineer District (MED), some additional searching in records of the Laboratory Director; Medicine, Health, and Safety; and Organization and Management files might prove fruitful.
In 1966, the Federal Records Center accessioned Oak Ridge records. In the process, all classified documents were removed from their original folders--thus destroying the integrity of the records. In 1971-1972, the classified material itself was split up for declassification purposes during the Centralized Classification Review Project (CCRP). The classified records were kept at Oak Ridge while the newly declassified records went to the East Point records center. Later, when the 1971-1972 declassification procedures were found wanting, the declassified records at East Point were returned to Oak Ridge. It is therefore difficult to determine if specific records are at Oak Ridge or at East Point. At present, the Oak Ridge Operations Office and DOE’S Office of Safeguards and Security are working to approve the East Point facilities as a repository for DOE classified infor- mation. If such approval is forthcoming, many classified materials will be sent to East Point for permanent storage.
By 1988, another shipment of 347 boxes was sent to East Point, Georgia. Also in 1988, History Associates reviewed part of the 79 cubic foot shipment sent to the National Archives in Washington, D.C. This review turned up 45 cubic feet of New York Operations Office records from the MED period and 14 cubic feet of daily plant records. Since that date, an additional 47 boxes have been sent to the National Archives in Washington, D.C.
TOTAL POTENTIALLY SIZE RELEVANT HIGHEST DESCRIPTION (FEET1 (FEET) CLASSIFICATION VALUE
Oak Ridge Records Holding 4800 100 Secret/RD Peripheral Area to Useful
CONTACT
Cathy Marciante Records Officer U.S. Department of Energy P.O. Box 2001 Oak Ridge, TN 37831
FTS 626-0944 or (615) 576-0944 48 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL INFORMATION Oak Ridge, Tennessee The Office of Scientific and Technical Information (formerly called the Technical Information Center) has two main responsibilities: it collects all of the published reports--classified and unclassified--that the government and its contractors produce on nuclear science and technology, and it maintains records of all technical information. Bibliographic information on the reports can be retrieved through commercial databases. TOTAL POTENTIALLY SIZE RELEVANT HIGHEST DESCRIPTION IFEET) (FEET) CLASS1 FICATION VALUE Office of Scientific and zoo+ 200 Secret/RD Peripheral Technical Information to Useful (OSTI) papers CONTACT Mary Catherine Grissom, Director Information Analysis and Management Division Office of Scientific and Technical Information U.S. Department of Energy P.O. Box 62 Oak Ridge, TN 37831 FTS 626-1175 or (615) 576-1175 49 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY RICHLAND OPERATIONS OFFICE RECORDS CENTER Richland, Washington
The Richland Operations Office Records Center holds records retired by both DOE and contractor offices at Richland. Most of the records pertinent to fallout have been transferred to the Federal Records Center in Seattle (see page 69). The center, however, does have an excellent computerized index to all collections in the Richland Center and also in the Seattle Records Center.
TOTAL POTENT I ALLY SIZE RELEVANT HIGHEST DESCRIPTION JFEET) (FEET) CLASSIFICATION VALUE
Monitoring Networks 14 14 Unclassified Peripheral
CONTACT
Gail Rokkan, Records Officer U.S. Department of Energy Richland Operations Office P.O. Box 550 Richland, WA 99352
FTS 444-8274 or (509) 376-8274
Florence Ungefug Records Holding Area Westinghouse Hanford P.O. Box 1970 Mail Stop 81-02 Richland, WA 99352
FTS 444-7282 or (509) 376-6584
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Volume (Cubic Feet) 14 0.5 0 0.5 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE Washington, D.C.
Nuclear test policy, fallout, and Plowshare information appears in the 202 feet of Department of State atomic energy files still in the custody of the department. The files, which date from 1944-1962, have not been screened, are classified, and are not open to the public.
TOTAL POTENT I ALLY SIZE REVELANT HIGHEST DESCRIPTION (FEET) (FEET) CLASSIFICATION VALUE
Record Group 59, Department 202 Unknown Top Secret Unknown of State lot files
CONTACTS
William Price, Records Officer Office of Information Services U.S. Department of State Washington, D.C. 20520
(202) 647-8300
or
Charles Mills, Chief, Research Branch Office of Information Services U.S. Department of State Washington, D.C. 20520-1239
(202) 647-7744
Records Manasement
Kathleen Lannon Office of Information Services Room 1239 U.S. Department of State 22nd & C Streets, N.W. Washington, DC 20520-1239
(202) 647-6041 51
U. S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY EASTERN ENVIRONMENTAL RADIATION FACILITY Montgomery, Alabama
With the establishment of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 1970, the agency took over the Montgomery, Alabama, laboratory responsible for collecting information on fallout from U.S. nuclear tests. The Montgomery unit began operation in 1959 and collected fallout information on U.S. testing in the continental United States and the Pacific. The Environmental Protection Agency also took over offsite test monitoring in 1970. The Las Vegas facility continued to operate the program in the Nevada area, and the Eastern Environmental Radiation Facility in Montgomery, Alabama, continued to operate all other stations in the United States as part of the EPA’s nationwide monitoring program known as the Environmental Radiation Ambient Monitoring System (ERAMS). The files, which begin in 1960, include all data generated by the networks, information on how the networks were established, and memoranda and correspondence pertaining to their operation. The Montgomery facility publishes on a quarterly basis the Environmental Data ReDort and keeps back issues in its library. The Montgomery laboratory does not include records from the Las Vegas EPA facility. TOTAL POTENTIALLY SIZE RELEVANT HIGHEST DESCRIPTION (FEET) (FEETI CLASS1 F ICATION VALUE ERAMS data, correspondence, 120 Unknown Unclassified Peripheral and memoranda on radiation monitoring networks CONTACT Charles Porter, Director Eastern Environmental Radiation Facility Environmental Protection Agency 1890 Federal Drive Montgomery, AL 36109 FTS 534-7615 or (205) 272-3402 AFTER DECEMBER 1989 Charles Porter, Director Eastern Environmental Radiation Facility Environmental Protection Agency Building 1504 Avenue A Montgomery, AL 36114-5000 (phone number not available at this time) 52
U.S. FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION CENTER FOR DEVICES AND RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH, OFFICE OF HEALTH PHYSICS Rockville, Maryland
The Public Health Service National Center for Radiological Health originally began operation in 1953 when its health physicists monitored offsite fallout from U.S. nuclear tests. When the Environmental Protection Agency took over radiation monitoring responsibilities in 1970, the center's employees were divided between the Public Health Service and the Environ- mental Protection Agency. The Public Health Service placed its health physicists in a new unit, the Center for Devices and Radiological Health, under the jurisdiction of the Food and Drug Administration.
Health physicists in the Food and Drug Administration center continued to maintain files on fallout and collected unpublished and published materials on that subject from other government agencies and contractors. The collection amounts to approximately 3 cubic feet of unclassified materials on fallout from U.S. nuclear testing.
The papers in the collection originated from the following: Defense Nuclear Agency, the University of California at Los Angeles (Kermit Larson), the Los Alamos National Laboratory, the Western Environmental Research Laboratory, the Environmental Protection Agency, the United Kingdom, Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory, Public Health Service, and U.S. Weather Bureau. All of the material is unclassified and is located in Room 330 of the Chapman Building, 1901 Chapman Avenue, Rockville, Maryland, which is different from its mailing address, listed below.
TOTAL POTENTIALLY SIZE RELEVANT HIGHEST DESCRIPTION (FEET) (FEET) CLASSIFICATION VALUE
Various published and 3t 3 Unclassified Useful unpublished studies
CONTACT
Dr. Marvin Rosenstein, Director Office of Health Physics (HFZ-60) Center for Devices and Radiological Health Food and Drug Administration 5600 Fishers Lane Rockville. MD 20857
FTS 443-2850 or (301) 443-2850 or 53 Bruce Burnett FTS 443-2850 or (301) 443-2850
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U.S. NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION BAYONNE FEDERAL RECORDS CENTER Bayonne, New Jersey
Important records from 1952 to 1962 of the Atomic Energy Commission’s Health and Safety Laboratory in New York City have been retired to the Bayonne, New Jersey, Federal Records Center. These files are unclassified, and in order to see such records, the public must obtain the permission of the Environmental Measurements Laboratory, the successor to the Health and Safety Laboratory of the Atomic Energy Commission (see page 40).
TOTAL POTENTIALLY SIZE RELEVANT HIGHEST DESCRIPTION (FEET) (FEET) CLASSIFICATION VALUE
AEC New York Office Health Unknown 8 Unclassified Unknown and Safety Laboratory records
CONTACTS
Jonathan P. Ford Administrative Officer U.S. Department of Energy Environmental Measurements Laboratory 376 Hudson Street New York, NY 10014
FTS 660-3607 or (2i2) 620-3607
John Celardo Bayonne Federal Records Center Building 22 Mi1 itary Ocean Terminal Bayonne, NJ 07002
(201) 823-5428 55
U.S. NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER LIBRARY Abilene, Kansas
Although most of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library records have not been examined by our researchers, information gleaned from finding aids and passed on by the library's archivists have verified the significance of the collection. The Eisenhower Library contains a substantial amount (cubic footage unknown) of unclassified as well as classified material on nuclear testing of the 1950s.
The following series are known to contain unclassified material related to testing, fallout, and radiation protection: Administration, Ann Whitman Diary, Cabinet meetings, DDE Diaries, Legislative, Press Conferences, and the Cabinet Secretariat. Classified records can be found in these series: NSC, DDE/NSC, Gordon Gray papers, White House Control Files, the President's Committee on Scientists and Engineers, the President's Science Advisory Committee, the Office of the Special Assistant for National Security Affairs, the Office of the Special Assistant for Science and Technology, the White House Office of the National Security Council Staff, Office of the Staff Secretary, and the papers of John A. McCone, chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission during the Eisenhower administration. Security clearances and permission of the originating agencies are required for the classified records and access is limited usually to government employees, making research in these records difficult to arrange.
TOTAL POTENTIALLY SIZE RELEVANT HIGHEST DESCRIPTION (FEET) (FEET) CLASSIFICATION VALUE
Papers, official and Unknown 100 Top Secret/RD Unknown personal, of the Dwight D. Eisenhower administration
CONTACT
David Haight, Archivist Dwight 0. Eisenhower Library Abilene, KS 67410
(913) 263-4751
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Volume (Cubic Feet) 10 0.2 0 0.2 56 U.S. NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION HARRY S TRUMAN LIBRARY Independence, Missouri
The Harry S Truman Library contains a variety of papers relating to nuclear testing, including the use of the Nevada Test Site in the early 1950s. Almost all pertinent papers have been declassified; the few remaining classified papers are undergoing review for declassification. Papers on nuclear matters are in the NSC Atomic File of the President’s Secretary’s Files and in the Confidential and Official sections of the White House Central Files.
TOTAL POTENTIALLY SIZE RELEVANT HIGHEST DESCRIPTION (FEET) (FEET) CLASSIFICATION VALUE
President’s Secretary‘s 2.5 1.6 Unclassified Useful to Files, NSC Atomic Periphera
White House Central Files; 3 3 Unclassified Useful to Confident ia1 and Officia1 Periphera sections
CONTACT
Dennis Bilger Harry S Truman Library 24 Highway and Delaware Independence, MO 64050
FTS 758-6719 or (816) 833-1400
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Volume (Cubic Feet) 4.6 0.2 0 0.2 57
U.S. NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION HEADQUARTERS Washington, D.C
The National Archives and Records Administration headquarters in Washington, D.C., contains substantial material on fallout from U.S. atmospheric nuclear testing. The repository holds both classified and unclassified military and civilian records on fallout and cleanup for both Pacific and continental testing. Security clearances are required from originating agencies for access to classified material.
The largest amount of material on fallout in the civilian files is in Record Group 359, records of the Office of Science and Technology including the papers of the Presidents’ science advisors, which contains both classi- fied and unclassified papers. Some records of the Office of Science and Technology from the Nixon administration are included in the papers of Edward T. David in the Nixon Presidential papers. These are available to researchers at the Nixon Presidential Materials Project.
Approximately 30 cubic feet of documents in Record Group 128, records of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, deal with fallout, nuclear weapons testing, Pacific tests, and the Nevada Test Site. The finding aid for this collection is classified and is not available to researchers. This collection is undergoing classification review and materials are being added to the unclassified portion of the record group as they are declassified. All documents in Record Group 128 which are less than 20 years old are not be available for review.
In October 1984 the National Archives received 116 cubic feet of records of the Argonne National Laboratory. Coasiderable material in the Argonne papers deals with radiation hazards from nuclear energy, including atomic bombs. These papers, beginning in 1940, contain classified documents and are in Record Grow 77.
By 1988, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory had sent 79 cubic feet of DOE records (Record Grow 326), including 45 feet of New York Operations Office records, to the National Archives. This group of records has been researched for the CIC. Since that date, an additional 47 boxes have been sent to the National Archives from Oak Ridge.
In 1984 the National Archives acquired papers of the Environmental Protection Agency, Record Group 412. In 1986 9-1/2 feet were added to RG 412. These entirely unclassified papers include some fallout information used by the Federal Radiation Council in setting radiation standards. There are also unclassified and classified papers on nuclear testing in Record Group 273, records of the National Security Council. These papers cover the Truman and Eisenhower Administrations (1947-1960) and only 20 feet is available to persons without the proper clearance. Record Grow 412 has been reviewed by HA1 researchers. 58
Military records at the National Archives contain substantial informa- tion on fallout and Pacific and continental testing. Unclassified material is available in Record GrOUD 52, records of the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery; Record Grouo 77, records of the Manhattan Engineer District; and Record GrouD 80 and Record GrouD 428, general records of the U.S. Navy. Classified files with information on fallout and nuclear weapons testing include the following: Record Grouo 77; Record Grow 218, records of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 1942-1962; Record GrouD 319, records of the Department of Army staff; Record GrouD 330, records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense; Record GrOUD 341, records of the headquarters of the United States Air Force; and Record Grouo 374, records of the Defense Nuclear Agency. Approximately 1,000 pages from RG 341 were selected and copied for the CIC but still need to be reviewed for declassification by Patrick Air Force Base. Most military files contain Joint Task Force papers, but the most substantial amount of JTF material is in RG 374.
TOTAL POTENTIALLY SIZE RELEVANT HIGHEST DESCRIPTION (FEET) (FEET) CLASSIFICATION VALUE
RG 52, Navy Bureau of 1,336 1 Unclassified Useful Medicine and Surgery RG 77. MED 150 150 Top Secret/RD Useful RG 80; U.S. Navy 9,534 1 Unclassified Useful RG 128, JCAE 180 30 Uncl assi f ied Essential 226 Unknown (TS/ RD 1 RG 218, JCS 1,449 18 Top Secret Unknown RG 273, NSC 193 1 Top Secret/RD Useful RG 319, DOA Staff 18,000 20 Top Secret Useful RG 326, Department of 126 126 Secret/RD Useful Energy RG 330, Office of the 3,319 19 Top Secret/RD Useful Secretary of Defense RG 341, USAF Headquarters 7,028 6 Top Secret/RD Essenti a1 RG 359, Office of Science 59 1 52 Secret/RD Essenti a1 and Technology
RG. 374... < DNA 479 390 Top Secret Essential RG 412, EPA 22 6 Unclassified Useful . RG 428, Secretary of Navy 5,191 t5 Unclassified Uesful after 1947 ... 59 CONTACTS
For Record Groups 52, 80, and 428 Richard von Doenhoff (202) 523-3340 For Record Groups 77, 218, 319, 330, 341, 374 Edward Reese (202) 523-3340 For Record Group 128 Robert Coren (202) 523-4185 For Record Group 273 and 412 Civil Reference Branch (202) 523-3238 For Record Group 326, 359 Margorie Ciarlante (202) 523-3059
All of the above are at the following address:
National Archives and Records Administration 8th and Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20408
Edward T. David, Energy Policy Office, and Glen Schleede papers Nixon Presidential Materials Project E45 S. Pickett A1 exandri a, VA 22304
(703) 756-6498
The mailing address for the Nixon Presidential Materials Project is to the National Archives and Records Administration (above).
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RG 128 Volume (Cubic Feet) 30 0.6 0 0.6 RG 326 Volume (Cubic Feet) 79 0.2 0 0.2 RG 412 Volume (Cubic Feet) 6 0.4 0 0.4 RG 341 Volume (Cubic Feet) 6 0.4 0.4 0 60 U.S. NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION HERBERT HOOVER LIBRARY West Branch, Iowa
The Herbert Hoover Library has recently opened the papers of Lewis L. Strauss and Senator Bourke B. Hickenlooper, two leading figures in the history of the United States' development of atomic energy. Strauss, who was one of the original appointees to the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) in 1947, resigned in 1950 only to return in 1953 as Chairman of the AEC and as Eisenhower's principal advisor on atomic matters.
Strauss's papers concerning atomic energy are located in a single series (62 linear feet) which is arranged by names of individuals and subjects. During his chairmanship of the AEC (1953-1958) Strauss became President Eisenhower's top advisor on atomic energy policy. Strauss's files shed considerable 1 ight on the Eisenhower administration's handling of issues related to fallout from nuclear tests.
The Hickenlooper papers contain 45 linear feet of materials concerning the Atomic Energy Commission during the period 1945-1968. Senator Hickenlooper was a member of the Senate Special Committee from 1945-1946, served as the first chairman of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy (JCAE) (1947-1949), and was a member of JCAE subcommittees (through 1968) on Raw Materials, Research, Development and Radiation, Agreements and Cooperation, and Legislation.
Most of the security-classified materials in the Strauss and Hickenlooper papers have been declassified. However, some materials in both collections have been submitted for review and are in the process of being evaluated.
TOTAL POTENTIALLY SIZE RELEVANT HIGHEST DESCRIPTION IFEET) (FEET) CLASSIFICATION VALUE Papers of Admiral Lewis 152. 3 Top Secret/RD Essential Strauss
Papers of Senator Bourke 416 1 Top Secret/RD Essential Hickenlooper
CONTACTS Dale Mayer (Admiral Strauss papers) Dwight Miller (Senator Hickenlooper papers) Herbert Hoover Library Parkside Drive, P.O. Box 488 West Branch, IA 52358
(319) 643-5301 61 U.S. NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION JOHN F. KENNEDY LIBRARY Boston, Massachusetts
According to information from the John F. Kennedy Library archivists and the library finding guides, possibly 12 feet of Kennedy files may contain information pertaining to nuclear test fallout--especially its effect on testing policies. The library holds reports of National Security Council meetings on testing and the papers of several individuals connected with nuclear testing, including those of Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Glenn T. Seaborg. There is also information available on microfilm, including the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (6 rolls), Papers of Jerome Wiesner (1 roll), and the Atomic Energy Commission/Glenn Seaborg (15 rolls). Most of the material relating to nuclear testing is classified and unprocessed and available only to cleared NARA personnel.
TOTAL POTENTIALLY SIZE RELEVANT HIGHEST DESCRIPTION (FEET) (FEET) CLASSIFICATION VALUE Official, personal papers Unknown 12 Top Secret Unknown of the John F. Kennedy administration
CONTACTS William Johnson, Chief Archivist, or Suzanne K. Forbes, Classification Archivist John F. Kennedy Library Columbia Point Boston, MA 02125 FTS 840-4533 or (617) 929-4533 Research FTS 840-4534 or (617) 929-4534 62
U.S. NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION LOS ANGELES FEDERAL RECORDS CENTER Laguna Niguel, California
Holmes and Narver uses the Los Angeles Federal Records Center as a repository for many of its records. As of August 1986 over a thousand cubic feet of Holmes and Narver unclassified records were housed in the records center. Most of these documents may not contain a lot of information on fallout or radiation. All classified papers are reviewed annually for declassification or offered to the Department of Energy library, Las Vegas. Records without historical value are destroyed. Researchers wishing to see those unclassified documents at the records center must have written permission from Holmes and Narver.
TOTAL POTENTIALLY SIZE RELEVANT HIGHEST DESCRIPTION (FEET) (FEET) CLASSIFICATION VALUE
Holmes & Narver Company 1,341 Unknown Unclassified Unknown papers
CONTACTS
Pat Draper U.S. Department of Energy Nevada Operations Office P.O. Box 98518 Las Vegas, NV 89193-8518
FTS 575-1445 or (702) 295-1445
or
Karen Hatch FTS 575-4061 or (702) 295-4061
Fel icia Chance Los Angeles Federal Records Center 24000 Avila Road Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
FTS 796-4220 or (714) 643-4220 63 U.S. NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION LYNDON B. JOHNSON LIBRARY Austin, Texas
According to an archivist at the Lyndon B. Johnson Library, very little information on nuclear testing has been recently declassified. The richest source appears to be the National Security files which contain three cubic feet of documents on nuclear testing dating from 1963-1968. Within this collection, there is material concerning the Bikini Atoll and underground nuclear testing. Approximately two inches of material on nuclear testing and the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty are in the Vice Presidential Security Files. A few papers, including correspondence, on Plowshare are in the White House Central Files under Atomic Energy, AT 2 and AT 3, files. Also within the White House Central Files are materials dealing with Radiological Health (HE 6), Territories and Islands including Bikini Atoll (ST 51), and Weapons- Ordnance-Munitions (NO 21). Finally, the Johnson Library also holds Administrative Histories for the Atomic Energy Commission and the U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. The AEC History, which is classified, contains materials on Projects Cabriolet and Plowshare. The Arms Control and Disarmament History is largely declassified. Classified material is stored at the Johnson Library, and access requires permission of the originating agencies and appropriate clearances.
TOTAL POTENTIALLY SIZE RELEVANT HIGHEST DESCRIPTION (FEET) (FEET) CLASSIFICATION VALUE
Vice Presidential Security Unknown 0.2 Unclassified Unknown Files White House Central Files-- Atomic Energy
AT 2 (Atomic Industrial) Unknown 0.4 C1 assi fied Unknown
AT 3 (Peace Promotion), Unknown 0.15 Classified Unknown P1 owshare, Cabri olet HE 6 (Radiological Unknown 0.2 Unclassified Unknown Health)
ST 51 (Territories and Unknown 0.4 Unclassified Unknown Is1ands) ND 21 (Weapons-Ordnance Unknown 0.2 Unclassified Unknown Munition) 64
TOTAL POTENTIALLY~ ~ ~~ SIZE- RE LEVANT HIGHEST DESCRIPTION IFEETl (FEET) CLASSIFICATION VALUE National Security Files, Unknown 3 C1ass if ied Unknown Subject Files, Nuclear Testing, Plowshare Events Administrative Histories Unknown 0.3 C1 assi fied Unknown
CONTACTS
David Humphrey, Senior Archivist, or Tina Houston, Supervisory Archivist Lyndon B. Johnson Library 2313 Red River Street Austin, TX 78705 FTS 770-5137 or (512) 482-5137 65
U.S. NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION PACIFIC SIERRA REGION San Bruno. California
In 1985 the San Bruno, California, branch of the National Archives accessioned 3 cubic feet of AEC San Francisco Operations Office records pertaining to the development of the and SNAP reactors at the Nevada Test Site. The records span the 1957-1965 period and include narrative and development reports. All the records have been declassified and are open for public review.
TOTAL POTENTIALLY SIZE RE LEVANT HIGHEST DESCRIPTION (FEET) (FEET) CLASSIFICATION VALUE
AEC NTS and SNAP 3 3 Unc 1 ass if ied Unknown records
CONTACT
Ms. Waverly Lowel, Director National Archives - Pacific Sierra Region 1000 Commodore Drive San Bruno, CA 94066
FTS 470-9009 or (415) 876-9009 66 .. U.S. NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION PACIFIC SOUTHWEST REGION Laguna Niguel, California
Approximately 600 cubic feet of records from a major contractor of the Department of Energy, Holmes and Narver, are held by the National Archives at its Los Angeles facility. Holmes and Narver constructed buildings and other facilities for U.S. nuclear testing. Because these records have not yet been subjected to the archival process, their substantive contents are unknown. However, the archivist identified most of these materials as very technical in nature, including daily test results and charts. The collection does not contain many reports or letters. Shelf listings of the collection are available at the records center.
TOTAL POTENTIALLY SIZE RELEVANT HIGHEST DESCRIPTION (FEET) (FEET) CLASSIFICATION VALUE
Holmes and Narver Company 600 60 Unclassified Unknown papers
CONTACT
Dianne Nixon Regional Director National Archives - Pacific Southwest Region 24000 Avila Road Laguna Niguel, C.4 92677
FTS 796-4242 or (714) 643-4242 67 U.S. NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION SAN BRUNO FEDERAL RECORDS CENTER San Bruno, California
The San Bruno Federal Records Center holds a variety of records that may pertain to US. nuclear testing fallout. Among the more important files in the center are those of the U.S. Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory (NRDL) in San Francisco for the 1944-1958 period in Record Grouo 181, records of naval districts and shore establishments. The same record group also includes Pacific area weather maps and charts for the years 1955-1962. In the past year, NARA destroyed 88 feet of this map collection. The remaining 132 cubic feet of this collection are presently under review for further destruction. HA1 review of 135 cubic feet of NRDL records was completed in 1986 and 8 cubic feet have been selected for the CIC. Half of the records collected are still under classification review by Defense Nuclear Agency. The remaining 70 cubic feet will be researched in the future by HAI. Early records of the San Francisco Operations Office of the Atomic Energy Commission also are at the center in Record Grow 326, records of the Department of Energy. These documents include radiation exposure doses of personnel from 1952-1954, historical project correspondence from 1952-1969, and 1940s records of the Lawrence Radiation Laboratory at Berkeley, California. The San Francisco Operations Office of the Department of Energy retains custody of these papers, and those wishing to examine these documents may seek permission from the records manager at San Francisco. Investigators must secure written permission from the Naval Data Automation Command in order to see the NRDL records.
TOTAL POTENTIALLY SIZE RELEVANT HIGHEST DESCRIPTION (FEET) (FEET) CLASS I FICATION VALUE RG 181: U.S. Naval Radio- 205 205 Secret/RD Essenti a1 logical Defense Laboratory RG 181: U.S. Navy Ueather 132 Unknown Secret Unknown Maps and Charts RG 326: San Francisco 70 11 Unclassified Unknown Operations Office Exposure Dose Records for 1952-1954 68
CONTACTS
For Record Group 181 Gary Cramer San Bruno Federal Records Center 1000 Commodore Drive San Bruno, CA 94066
FTS 470-9077 or (415) 879-9077 For Record Group 326 Karen Payne U.S. Department of Energy San Francisco Operations Office 1333 Broadway Oakland, CA 94612
FTS 536-6372 or (415) 273-6372
Millie Stewart Program Manager for Records Disposal Management Naval Data Automation Command Code 812 Washington Navy Yard Washington, D.C. 20374
(202) 433-4217
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The Federal Records Center in Seattle holds a large volume of files transferred from the Department of Energy’s Richland Operations Office. Through use of the Richland index it was possible to identify 36 boxes related to fallout. Most of the boxes had been retired by the Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL) (see page 26). A smaller number had been retired by PNL’s predecessor, the Hanford Laboratories, operated for the Atomic Energy Commission by the General Electric Company. All finding aids and indexes for these collections are in Richland; the records center in Seattle has a limited selection of finding aids. Investigators must secure written permission of the Department of Energy.
TOTAL POTENTIALLY SIZE RE LEVANT HIGHEST DESCRIPTION (FEET) (FEET) CLASS1 FICATION VALUE
Records of Pacific North- Unknown 22 Unclassified Useful west Laboratory
Records of Hanford Labs Unknown 12 Unclassified Essential
Richland AEC records Unknown 2 Uncl assi f ied Useful
CONTACTS
F1 orence Ungefug Records Holding Area Westinghouse Hanford P.O. Box 1970 Mail Stop 61-02 Richland, WA 99352
FTS 444-7282 or (509) 376-6584
Dwight Grinolds Service Branch Chief Seattle Federal Records Center 6125 Sand Point Way N.E. Seattle, WA 98115
FTS 392-6501 or (206) 526-6501 70
U.S. NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION SOUTHEASTERN REGION FEDERAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS CENTER East Point, Georgia
Many records from the Oak Ridge National Laboratory have been transferred by the Oak Ridge Operations Office (OR) and Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc. (formerly Union Carbide) to the Federal Records Center in East Point, Georgia, near Atlanta.
In 1966, the Federal Records Center (FRC) accessioned Oak Ridge records. In the process, all classified documents were removed from their original folders--thus destroying the integrity of the records. In 1971-1972, the classified material itself was split up for declassification purposes during the Centralized Classification Review Project (CCRP). The classified records were kept at Oak Ridge while the newly declassified records went to the East Point records center. Later, when the 1971-1972 declassification procedures were found wanting, the declassified records at East Point were returned to Oak Ridge. It is therefore difficult to determine if specific records are at Oak Ridge or at East Point. At present, OR and DOE'S Office of Safeguards and Security are working to approve the East Point facilities as a repository for DOE classified information. If such approval is forth-coming, these materials will be sent to East Point for permanent storage.
More recently, both the Oak Ridge Operations Office and Martin Marietta have sent shipments to East Point. For example, in 1988, OR transferred 347 cubic feet of records to the FRC facility.
Although the highest classification for these documents is unknown, the great majority of them are unclassified.
TOTAL POTENTIALLY SIZE RELEVANT HIGHEST DESCRIPTION JFEETl (FEET) CLASSIFICATION VALUE
Records of the Research 199 50 Unknown Useful to Medicine Division, Oak Peripheral Ridge Operations Office
Official Correspondence of 325 Unknown Unknown Useful to Feed Materials Division, Peripheral Oak Ridge Operations Office
Files of Laboratory and 3 Unknown Unknown Useful to University Divisions, Peripheral Oak Ridge Operations Office 71 .. TOTAL POTENTIALLY SIZE RELEVANT^ HIGHEST DESCRIPTION (FEET) (FEET) CLASSIFICATION VALUE
Records of the Assistant 95 Unknown Unknown Useful to Manager for Public Peripheral Education, Oak Ridge Operations Office
Administrative Corre- 182 Unknown Unknown Useful to spondence, Oak Ridge Peripheral Operations Office
CONTACT
Mr. Charles Reeves, Assistant Director National Archives - Southeastern Region 1557 St. Joseph Avenue East Point, GA 30344
FTS 246-7477 or (404) 763-7477 72
U.S. NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION ST. LOUIS NATIONAL PERSONNEL RECORDS CENTER St. Louis, Missouri
This archival holding area contains useful records on radioactive fallout from United States nuclear testing. Subject files of the Army and Air Force are stored in this facility.
The St. Louis center holds Army Chemical Corps records on U.S. nuclear testing, including papers on development of radioactivity detecting equip- ment and names of individuals participating in U.S. nuclear testing. The records span the 1940s and 1950s. The records fall under the Record Group -338 category. These papers have been examined and are being processed for the CIC.
TOTAL POTENTIALLY SIZE RELEVANT HIGHEST DESCRIPTION IFEES) (FEET) CLASSIFICATION VALUE Army Chemical Corps and 930 10 Secret Useful some Air Force records
CONTACT
William Seibert, Archivist National Personnel Records Center 9700 Page Boulevard St. Louis, MO 63132 FTS 273-7216 or (314) 263-7216
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U.S. NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION SUITLAND REFERENCE BRANCH Suitland, Maryland, and Washington D.C.
Some potentially important military records on nuclear testing are stored at the Suitland, Maryland, facility of the National Archives. Of interest to researchers on fallout are Record GrouD 156, files of the Army Chief of Ordnance (observers of nuclear testing); Record Group 313, the Navy Flag files, 1941-1954 (including ships participating in oceanic nuclear testing); Record Group 319, papers of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Department of the Army, 1953-1956 (with index on fallout); and Record Group 338, records of the Sixth Army, 1951-1952 (also nuclear testing observers). Unclassified papers in these record groups are available to the public, but classified materials require clearances from the originating agencies. It is mandatory to make advance arrangements with the Suitland Reference Branch archivists to see records there. Although the mailing address is to Washington, D.C. (as given below), the actual location is 4205 Suitland Road, Suitland, MD.
TOTAL POTENTIALLY SIZE RELEVANT HIGHEST DESCRIPTION (FEETI (FEET) CLASSIFICATION VALUE
Record Group 156*, Army Unknown 40 Secret/RD Useful Chief of Ordnance
Record Group 313, Navy 16,300 25 Top Secret Peripheral Flag files (index avail able)
Record Group 319, Army 11,200 15 Secret/RD Peripheral Special Staff, Asst. ( index Chief of Staff for available) Intelligence, DOA
Record Group 338*, 300 10 Top Secret Useful 6th Army**
* Series descriptions available for some records. **Records of US Army Commands, 1942--
CONTACT
Richard Boylan, Assistant Chief Textual Reference Division National Archives and Records Administration Sui tl and Reference Branch Washington, D.C. 20409
(202) 763-7410 74
U.S. NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION WASHINGTON NATIONAL RECORDS CENTER Suitland, Maryland
Some of the more important records on radioactive fallout have been retained by the Department of Energy, the Defense Nuclear Agency, U.S. Navy, and Air Force and have been stored at the Washington National Records Center. The Department of Energy records, Record Grouo 326, both classified and unclassified, contain the files of Former Commissioner Glenn T. Seaborg. The Defense Nuclear Agency files, Record Grow 374, particularly those of the headquarters, deal with problems of fallout and radiation from nuclear testing, especially in the records of Joint Task Force 7, which are currently being researched for the CIC. Both departments' papers include those of predecessor agencies, starting with the Atomic Energy Commission and the Armed Forces Special Weapons Project.
The center also holds records of the Navy, Record GrouDs 19 and 38, that pertain to radiological safety and other aspects of nuclear testing. Much of the material is classified and will require agency security clearances for viewing. Certain accessions are being transferred to the National Archives. Record Grouo 19 has been screened for Crossroads material and approximately 2 cubic feet are being reviewed by the Defense Nuclear Agency.
Invaluable material is contained in classified records of'the Air Force Technical Applications Center (AFTAC, formerly AFOAT), Record Groups 341 and -342. AFTAC files have been screened and one cubic foot is being reviewed. Security clearances and permission of originating agencies are required for access to these classified records.
Materials in the custody of the National Archives also are stored at this location. For details on those holdings, please see page 73.
TOTAL POTENTIALLY SIZE RELEVANT HIGHEST DESCRIPTION (FEET1 (FEET) CLASSIFICATION VALUE
RG 19, Bureau of Ships 310 310 Secret/RD Essential (Crossroads)
RG 38, records of the Ofc. 104 Unknown Secret/RD Useful of the Chief of Naval Opns
RG 326, records of the Unknown 250 Secret/RD Useful Department of Energy
RG 341/342, AFTAC 5,000 150 Secret/RD Essen tia1
RG 374, records of the 1,800 129 Top Secret/RD Essential Defense Nuclear Agency (including JTF-7) 75 CONTACTS Roland Wilson, Branch Chief National Archives and Records Administration Washington National Records Center Reference Service 4205 Suitland Road Washington, D.C. 20409 (301) 763-7430 Record Group 19 Richard Boylan, Supervisor Archivist National Archives and Records Administration Suitland Reference Service 4205 Suitland Road Washington, D.C. 20409 (301) 763-7410 Record Group 38 Bernard F. Cavalcante Naval Historical Center Operational Archives Branch, Bldg. 57 Washington- Navy Yard Washington, D.C. 20374 (202) 433-3170 Record Group 326: Records Center Cathy Hutzell MA-232.3 (Germantown), Room 6-017 U.S. Department of Energy Washington, D.C. 20545 FTS 233-4310 or (301) 353-4310 Record Groups 341/342 Sgt. Gregory J. Lutz HQ/AFTAC IMQ Patrick AFB, FL 32925-6001 (407) 494-4770 76 Record Group 374 Donald Moore, Support Services Division 6801 Telegraph Road Alexandria, VA 22310-3398
(703) 325-1162
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RG 19 Volume (Cubic Feet) 310 2 2 0 RG 341/342 Volume (Cu. Ft.) 150 1 1 0 RG 374 Volume (Cubic Feet) 75 5 2 0 U.S. NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION NATIONAL CLIMATIC DATA CENTER Ashville, North Carolina
Weather data from U.S. nuclear testing in the atmosphere is included in the databases of the National Climatic Data Center of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Pertinent weather information may be obtained by submitting to the center the geographic coordinates and dates connected with nuclear tests. All the data are unclassified and can be reproduced in hard copy for requesters by calling the Customer Service division. HA1 does not anticipate screening this material for the CIC.
TOTAL POTENTIALLY SIZE RELEVANT HIGHEST DESCRIPTION IFEET) (FEETI CLASSIFICATION VALUE
Weather Bureau records Unknown Unknown Unclassified Essential
CONTACTS
Customer Service (for general pub1 ic) National Climatic Data Center Federal Building Ashville, NC 28801
FTS 672-0400 or (704) 259-0400 Robert L. Money, User Services Branch National Climatic Data Center Federal Bui1 ding Ashville, NC 28801
(704) 259-0682 78
U.S. NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION , Silver Spring, Maryland
Weather data relating to atmospheric nuclear testing and radiation dangers and safety appears in approximately 10 cubic feet of documents stored in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Silver Spring repository. The materials are largely other agency documents, which has complicated the issue of release of pertinent documents to the CIC. This issue will be resolved in the near future.
TOTAL POTENTIALLY SIZE REVELANT HIGHEST DESCRIPTION (FEET) (FEET) CLASSIFICATION VALUE
Weather Service papers 100 10 Secret/RD Useful re1at ing to radiation dangers and safety during nuclear testing
CONTACT
Monty Poindexter National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Air Resources Laboratory Gramax Building, Room 927 8060 13th Street Silver Soring, MD 20910 (301) 427-7295 79
U.S. NAVY NAVAL CONSTRUCTION BATTALION CENTER Port Hueneme, California
Records of the 1156th and 1153rd Construction Battalion units are available at the Naval Construction Battalion Center in Port Hueneme, California. Both units participated in the construction and dismantling operations for the first Pacific atmospheric nuclear test, Operation Crossroads. Most of the papers of the two units are unclassified.
TOTAL POTENTIALLY SIZE RELEVANT HIGHEST DESCRI PT ION IFEET) (FEET) CLASSIFICATION VALUE
Construction Battal ion Unknown 1 Unclassified Unknown records
CONTACT
Vince Transano Commanding Officer Naval Construction Batt'alion Center ATTN: Code EPH--NAVFAC Historian Port Hueneme, CA 93043-5000
(805) 982-5563 or (805) 982-5913 80
U.S. NAVY NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER Navy Yard, Washington, D.C
Both classified and unclassified information on fallout and radio- logical safety is housed in two files at the Naval Historical Center--the Post 1 Januarv 1946 Report File and the Command File Post 1 January 1946 Joint Commands papers, both of which cover the dates January 1, 1946- December 31, 1973. The center also has approximately one cubic foot of unclassified reports from the Defense Nuclear Agency (DNA). These reports are copies of the monographs DNA produced relating to each of the nuclear tests conducted in the 1940s and 1950s. The DNA reports are also available through that institution. The public has access to unclassified material by advance special arrangement with the center.
TOTAL POTENTIALLY SIZE RELEVANT HIGHEST DESCRIPTION iFEET1 (FEET) CLASSIFICATION VALUE
U.S. Navy Post 1 January 1,100 5 Top Secret/RD Useful 1946 Command files
U.S. Navy Post 1 January 700 5 Top Secret Useful 1946 Report files
Defense Nuclear Agency 1 1 Unclassified Unknown reports
CONTACT
Bernard Caval cante Operational Archives Naval Historical Center Washington Navy Yard Building 57 Washington, D.C. 20374
(202) 433-3170 81
U.S. PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE Bethesda, Maryland
In January 1979 the U.S. Public Health Service initiated a search of its agencies for documents on the effects of fallout from U.S. nuclear testing. That effort originated with a December 1978 request from the governor of Utah about 1953 test fallout and subsequent Utah sheep deaths. By the end of March 1979 the Public Health Service completed its collection and established an archive with more than 11,000 unclassified documents. Information on this archive and a finding aid to it appear in a three- volume work published in 1979 by the U.S. Public Health Service, Effects of Nuclear Weapons Testinq on Health. Microfilm copies of this collection are available at the CIC and at the Food and Drug Administration Library.
TOTAL POTENTIALLY.~ ~~~ SIZE- RELEVANT HIGHEST DESCRIPTION (FEET) (FEET) CLASSIFICATION VALUE Public Health Service 15 15 Unclassified Essential records on health effects from U.S. nuclear weapons testing
CONTACT
Harriet A1 bersheim, Librarian Food and Drug Administration Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) CDRH Library Room 110 1390 Piccard Drive Rockville, MD 20850
(301) 427-1235 a2 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT COS ANGELES Los Angeles, California
Both individuals and units of the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) participated in monitoring radioactive fallout from U.S. nuclear testing from the very beginning of testing. The collection of Stafford Warren papers in the UCLA Research Library is a particularly valuable source on that subject. Representatives from the Department of Energy’s collection effort and the Defense Nuclear Agency’s project have copied items from the Warren collection for the CIC. In addition, papers from a monitoring project led by Kermit Larson for UCLA at U.S. continental testing sites also have been screened and added to the CIC. The UCLA Laboratory of Biomedical and Environmental Sciences also took part in U.S. nuclear test fallout monitoring, but a substantial part of its collection was destroyed in a flood, according to one of the laboratory scientists. Remaining records were added to the Stafford Warren and Kermit Larson papers.
The Stafford Warren collection includes the following:
Boxes 57-72, the Manhattan Project papers Boxes 73-83, Operation Crossroads Boxes 84-120, additional material on nuclear energy and bombs
The boxes on Operation Crossroads and “additional material on nuclear energy and bombs” have been screened, and 4 cubic feet were selected and placed in the CIC. The university has microfilmed the Manhattan Project papers and Operation Crossroads boxes; those microfilms, with an index, cost $500, or $35 for each reel. A hard copy of the register, which comprises 125 linear feet, is also available. The collection is open to the public for use Monday through Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Advance notice is rewired to see these documents.
TOTAL POTENTIALLY SIZE RELEVANT HIGHEST DESCRIPTION (FEET) (FEET) CLASS I F ICAT ION VALUE Stafford Warren Papers 125 48 Unclassified Useful
CONTACTS
Anne Caiger Department of Special Collections University Research Library Los Angeles, CA 90024-1575
(213) 825-4879, 4988, or 2422 83 0. R. Lunt, Director Laboratory of Biomedical and Environmental Sciences University of California at Los Angeles 900 Veteran Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90024 FTS 793-6762 or (213) 825-9431
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UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON Seattle, Washington
The University of Washington at Seattle holds approximately 86 cubic feet of materials on effects of fallout from Pacific Proving Grounds U.S. nuclear testing from 1946 through 1958. Sponsored by the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, the university program concentrated on the residual environ- mental results from that testing.
Of these records, about 18 cubic feet consist of documents, field notes, diaries, and correspondence which are housed in the Laboratory of Radiation Ecology in the Fisheries Research Institute. Also included there are records from the 1 aboratory’s predecessors, the Laboratory of Radiation Biology and the Applied Fisheries Laboratory. The University Archives also maintains a collection of records from the three laboratories. All of these records can be accessioned under the name Laboratory of Radiation Ecology.
The rest of the materials have been stored in the Laboratory of Radiation Ecology. This collection includes marine-life samples that were exposed to radioactive fallout during Pacific testing. Raw data from studies on these samples, including material on monitoring, are also available at the lab but will be sent to the CIC for inclusion in their collection.
TOTAL POTENTIALLY SIZE RE LEVANT HIGHEST DESCRIPTION (FEET) (FEET) CLASSIFICATION VALUE
Archives collection of 18 18 Unclassified Essenti a1 the papers of the 3 Laboratories (Applied Fisheries Lab, Laboratory of Radiation Biology, and Laboratory of Radiation Ecology)
Laboratory of Radiation 68 68 Unclassified Essenti a1 Biology and Laboratory of Radiation Ecology 85 CONTACTS
Gary Lundell University Archives HD-10 University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195
Street Address: 3902 Cowlitz Road Seattle, WA
(206) 543-6509
Dr. Thomas Sibley 106 Fisheries Center University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195
(206) 543-4257
Dr. Ahmad Nevissi 108 Fisheries Center University of Washington Seattle, WA 98195
(206) 543-4259
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Volume (Cubic Feet) 86 3.5 0 3.5 .. 86 INDEX
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Aberdeen Proving Ground, 35
Aerospace Medicine, School of, 30
Agricultural Research Service, Department of Agriculture, 37
Agriculture, Department of, 37
Air Force, U.S., 30-34, 57-59, 72, 74-76
Air Force Special Weapons Center, 10-11, 34
Air Force Historical Research Center, 34
Air Force Technical Applications Center (AFTAC), 74-76
Albuquerque Operations Office, Department of Energy, 10-11, 39, 45
Allen, Irene, 10-11
Anderson, Clinton P., 22
Applied Fisheries Laboratory, University of Washington, 84
Argonne National Laboratory, 5, 57-59
Armed Forces Special Weapons Project, 74-76
Army, U.S., 35-36, 57-59, 63, 72
Assistant Chief of Staff for Intelligence, U.S. Army, 73
Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), 15, 43-44, 60, 74-76, 84
Atomic Energy, Joint Committee on, 22, 57-59, 60
Bancroft Library, University of California, 6
8ayonne Federal Records Center, NARA, 40, 54
Biology and Medicine, Division of, Atomic Energy Commission, 43- 44
Biomedical Effects Unit, Defense Nuclear Agency, 38
Biomedical and Environmental Sciences Laboratory, UCLA, 82-83
Boeing Aircraft Company, 7 87 Bolling Air Force Base, 34 Brookhaven National Laboratory, 8-9 Brooks Air Force Base, 30 Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, U.S. Navy, 57-59 Bureau of Ships, U.S. Navy, 74-76 California, University of, 6, 10-11 California, University of, at 10s Angeles, 10-11, 52, 82-83 Callan, John Lansing, 22 Center for Devices and Radiological Health, Food and Drug Administration, 52-53 Chemical Corps, U.S. Army, 35, 72 Chief of Ordnance, U.S. Army, 73 Cole, Richard, 10-11 Congress, Library of, 22 Coordination and Information Center, 10-11 Deal, L. Joe, 43-44 Defense, Department of, 38 Defense Nuclear Agency (DNA), 10-11, 15, 31-33, 38, 52, 57-59, 74-76, 80 Defense Nuclear Agency Technical Library, 38 Defense, Office of the Secretary of, 57-59 Defense Technical Information Center, 10-11 Dougan, Roger Randall, 28 Eastern Environmental Radiation Facility, EPA, 51 Eastman Kodak, 12 East Point, Georgia, Federal Records Center, 24-25, 47, 70-71 EG&G, Energy Measurements, 13 Eisenhower, Dwight D. Library, 55 Ba Energy, U.S. Department of, 10-11, 15, 24, 39-49, 65-71, 74-76 Environmental Measurements Laboratory, Department of Energy, 10-11, 40-41, 54 Environmental Protection Agency, U.S., 10-11, 51, 52, 57-59 Environmental Protection Division, Department of Energy, 42 Federal Radiation Council, 57-59 Flag Files, U.S. Navy, 73 Food and Drug Administration (FDA), U.S., 52-53, 81 General Advisory Committee, Atomic Energy Commission, 43-44 Hanford Laboratory, 69 Harley, John H., 40-41 Headquarters, NARA, 57-59 Headquarters Records Center, Department of Energy, 42 Health and Safety Laboratory (HASL), AEC, 16, 40-41, 54 Henson, W., 10-11 Hickenlooper, Bourke B., 60 History Division, Department of Energy, 43-44 Holmes and Narver, Inc., 10-11, 15, 45, 62, 66 Hoover, Herbert Library, 60 Intelligence, Assistant Chief of Staff, U.S. Army, 73 lsaacs, John Dove, 28 Johnson, Lyndon B. Library, 63 Joint Chiefs of Staff, Department of Defense, 57-59 Joint Commitee on Atomic Energy, 22, 57-59, 60 Joint Task Force, 57-59, 74-76 Kennedy, John F. Library, 61 Kirtland Air Force Base, 31-33 89 Larson, Kermit, 10-11, 52-53, 82-83
Lawrence, Ernest O., 6
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 16-17
Lawrence Radiation Laboratory, 67-68
Library of Congress, 22 Los Alamos National Laboratory, 10-11, 18-21, 52-53 Los Angeles Federal Records Center, NARA, 62
Manhattan Engineer District, 24, 39, 47, 57-59, 70-71 Manhattan Project, 18-21, 22, 82-8:
Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, 22
Marshall Islanders, 8-9
Martin Marietta, 24-25, 70-71
McCone, John A., 55
McCraw, Tommy, 43-44
McMahon, Brian K., 22
Military Application, Division of, Atomic Energy Commission, 43-44
Munk, Walter Heinrich, 28
Myers, George, 29
National Academy of Sciences, 23
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), 10-11, 54-76 National Climatic Data Center, U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admini stration, 77
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, 78
National Security Council, 55, 56, 57-59, 61, 63
Naval Construction Battalion Center, U.S. Navy, 79 Naval Historical Center, U.S. Navy, 80 Naval Radiological Defense Laboratory, U.S., 10-11, 16-17, 52-53, 67-68 90 Navy, U.S., 57-59. 67-68, 73, 74-76, 79, 80 Nevada Aerial Tracking Systems, 13-14, 16-17 Nevada Operations Office, Department of Energy, 10-11, 39, 45-46 New York Health and Safety Laboratory (HASL), Atomic Energy Commission, 16, 40-41, 54 New York Operations Office, Department of Energy, 40-41, 47 Oak Ridge Associated Universities, 24-25 Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 10-11, 24-25, 57-59, 70-71 Oak Ridge Operations Office, Department of Energy, 47, 70-71 Oak Ridge Technical Information Center (see Office of Scientific and Technical Information) Office of Air Force History, 34 Office of Science and Technology, 57-59 Office of Scientific and Technical Information, 40-41, 48 Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 22 Ordnance, U.S. Army Chief of, 73 Pacific Northwest Laboratory, 26, 69 Pacific Sierra Region, NARA, 65 Pacific Southwest Region, NARA, 66 Parsons, William S., 22 Pendleton, Robert, 10-11 Public Health Service, U.S., 10-11, 52-53, 81 Public Information, Office of, Department of Energy, 43-44 Radiation Biology Laboratory, University of Washington, 84-85 Radiation Ecology Laboratory, University of Washington, 84-85 Radiation Sciences Division, School of Aerospace Medicine, 30 Revelle, Roger Randall Oougan, 28 91
Reynolds Electrical and Engineering Company, Inc., 10-11
Richland Operations Office, Department of Energy, 26, 69
Richland Operations Office Records Center, Department of Energy, 49
St. Louis National Personnel Records Center, NARA, 72
San Bruno Federal Records Center, NARA, 67-68
Sandia Corporation, 27
Sandia - Livermore, 27
Sandia National Laboratories, 10-11, 27
San Francisco Operations Office, Atomic Energy Commission, 65, 67-68
Schultz, Leonard P., 29
Science and Technology, Office of, 57-59
Scientific Research and Development, Office of, 22
Scientific and Technical Information, Office of, 40-41, 48
Scripps Institution of Oceanography Library, 28
Seaborg, Glenn T., 61, 74-76
Seattle Federal Archives and Records Center, NARA, 26, 49, 69
Sedimentation Laboratory, Department of Agriculture, 37
Sedlet, Jacob, 5
Sixth Army, U.S. Army, 73
Smithsonian Institution Archives, 29
Soils Laboratory, Department of Agriculture, 37
Southeastern Region Federal Archives and Records Center, NARA, 24-25, 47, 70-71
State, Department of, 50
Strauss, Lewis L., 60
Suitland Reference Branch, NARA, 73
Technical Applications Center, U.S. Air Force (AFTAC), 74-76 92 Technical Information Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (see Office of Scientific and Technical Information) Teller, Edward, 16-17 Test Directorate, DNA, 31-33
Truman, Harry S Library, 56 Union Carbide, 24-25, 70-71 U.S. Army Chemical Corps, 35, 72 U.S. Department of State, 50 U.S. Pubic Health Services, 10-11, 52-53, 81 Utah State Archives, 10-11 Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, 36 Warren, Stafford, 10-11, 82-83 Washington National Records Center, NARA, 74-76 Washington, University of, 10-11, 84-85 Water Quality and Watershed Research Laboratory, Departmmt of Agricul- ture, 37 Waterman, Alan T., 22 Weapons Laboratory Technical Library, 31-33 Weather Bureau, U.S., 52-53, 77
Weather Service Nuclear Support Office, U.S., 10-11 Western Environmental Research Laboratory, 52-53 Wiesner, Jerome, 61 Department of Energy Washington, DC 20545
Mr. William Heimdahl Archivist Office of Air Force History HQ USAF/CHOR Building 5681 Bolling AFB Washington, DC 20332-6098 Dear Mr. Heimdahl: Please find enclosed the eighth edition of "A Guide to Archival Collections Relating to Radioactive Fallout from Nuclear Weapon Testing." We appreciate your help in keeping the description of the records held in your repository up to date. If you have any questions about the guide, or would like to clarify the entry for your repository, please contact Mr. Cliff Scroger on (301) 353-4135 or FTS 233-4135. Thanks again for your assistance in this project. Sincerely,
B. Franklin Cooling Chief Historian Enclosure