18. 



2) The radioactive materials that may be involved in civilian 

 disposal operations are those that are produced by the Oak Ridge Nat- 

 ional Laboratory and distributed to licensed facilities, such as univer- 

 sity laboratories, hospitals, and industry. In contrast to these, the 

 low level wastes that arise from AEC inplant operations are now 

 either contained in land burial areas or carried to the deep sea dis- 

 posal areas, the latter under an arrangement with the U. S. Navy. 



The regulations regarding packaging, shielding, allowable limits, etc. , 

 for the material given deep sea disposal are contained in Appendix III. 

 Non-AEC government operations such as the Bureau of Standards, 

 National Institute of Health, Fish and Wildlife Service, etc. , have no 

 uniform method of disposal of low level wastes. Each has its own 

 regulations and disposal means. Presumably the wastes from these 

 operations may become a part of the load of the authorized civilian 

 disposal companies. 



3) The total quantity of activity shipped by Oak Ridge to con- 

 tractors east of the Mississippi River plus Louisiana and Texas that 

 could enter commercial disposal operations on the east coast and Gulf, 

 during the period January 1956 to September 1957, amounted to 

 approximately 50,000 curies, at the time of shipment. The isotopes 

 and quantities are listed in Table 4, Appendix II. Of this total, the 

 isotopes of strontium, cobalt, cesium, iron, and zinc, these being the 



