Throwback Thursday – The Lab Van ‘70s Style
Posted by on August 25, 2016
Gerald
R. Ford was president. Median household income was $11,800. Gas cost 57
cents a gallon. And NRC inspectors, as part of the Independent
Measurements Program, routinely hit the road in a fully equipped van
containing a mobile laboratory. Inspectors measured samples of
radioactive effluents from nuclear power plants, checking on the
accuracy of sampling routinely done by the plants’ own laboratories.The image directly above on the left shows an NRC inspector placing a liquid radioactive waste sample in a cryogenic detector for analysis of its isotopic composition. In the image directly above on the right, an NRC inspector reviews analytical data. A similar van, but with portable equipment, was used to verify measurements during safeguards inspections of materials facilities. During a safeguards inspection, the equipment was removed from the van and carried inside the facility for use.
Images from the 1975 U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission Annual Report
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