Electronic Data Processing and Radiation Exposure Records

Abstract

A description is given of an application of electronic data processing methods to the maintenance of Radiation Exposure Records a t the Hanford Atomic Products Operation. Described are : magnetic tape records, punched card inputs, computer dose determination, reports, relative costs and record storage. One year's successful operation has proven the worth of the application.

Historical review of personnel dosimetry development and its use in radiation protection programs at Hanford 1944 to the 1980s

“…Data for preparing reports had to be extracted manually, which limited versatility in analyzing the exposure record. At the beginning of 1957, the conversion to electronic dat a processing (EDP) began using an IBM 702 computer (Nelson 1958). With thi!…”