Litteratur |
Mercury. / : Micheal W. George. U.S. Geological Survey, Mineral Commodity Summaries, 2017.
Mercury Releases from Lithium Enrichment at the Oak Ridge Y-
12 Plant - A Reconstruction of Historical Releases and Off-Site
Doses and Healt Risks. Report of the Oak Ridge Reconstruction,
2 & 2A, 1999.
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https://tn.gov/assets/entities/health/attachments/Mercury1.pdf
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https://tn.gov/assets/entities/health/attachments/Mercury2.pdf
Secret Cold War project results in largest US environmental
cleanup.
/ : Frank Munger of the Knoxville News Sentinel, Posted: Dec. 18,
2011
http://archive.knoxnews.com/news/local/secret-cold-war-project-results-in-largest-us-environmental-cleanup-ep-402290682-357323681.html
The Oak Ridge plant began the development work in 1950 and within
a couple of years started experimenting with different processes to
separate isotopes of lithium. The goal was to selectively
concentrate the lighter lithium-6 isotope for use in fusion-type
weapons, which became known as hydrogen bombs...
And there were big-time spills. According to documents posted on a
Department of Labor website, there were five mercury spills between
1956 and 1966 at Alpha-4 and Alpha-5 — two of the Colex
production facilities — that totaled between 285,500 and
500,000 pounds. One of those spills occurred in March 1966