Accession Number:

ADA010338

Title:

High-Pressure Mercury Vapor Lamps, White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico 88002 April 1975.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept.,

Corporate Author:

ARMY ENVIRONMENTAL HYGIENE AGENCY ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND MD

Personal Author(s):

• Marshall,Wesley J.

Report Date:

1975-04-01

Pagination or Media Count:

13.0

Abstract:

A radiation protection special study on a bank of 320 high-pressure mercury vapor lamps was performed at White Sands Missile Range. Measurements revealed that actinic ultraviolet radiation exposure was the limiting factor in determining exposure of the skin and eyes of personnel working beneath the array of lamps. Hazardous exposure conditions would be encountered when personnel remained in the chamber for periods in excess of approximately four minutes.

Descriptors:

• *ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION
• *RADIATION PROTECTION
• *MERCURY LAMPS
• HAZARDS
• SAFETY
• NEW MEXICO
• PERSONNEL
• EYE
• EXPOSURE(PHYSIOLOGY)
• SKIN(ANATOMY)
• RADIOBIOLOGY
• INDUSTRIAL MEDICINE

Subject Categories:

• Radiobiology
• Safety Engineering
• Environmental Health and Safety

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE