Radiation Decontamination of a Locomotive

In case you’ve ever wondered what decontamination of a locomotive looked like in the 60s, now you know

1960 LOCOMOTIVE BEING DECONTAMINATED
DDRS Record Details for Record Accession Number
“N1D0069245”
Accession Number N1D0069245
Document Number 25816-1-PHOTO
Alternate Document Number 25816-1-PHOTO
Title Description LOCAMOTIVE BEING DECONTAMINATED
Number of Pages 1
Key Word(s) DECONTAMINATING,HANFORD SITE,LOCAMOTIVE
Author(s)
Company(s)
Document Date 01-Jan-1960
Public Availability Date 29-Sep-2002

It’s pretty wild. And somehow looks a little more impressive than this 1969 decontamination photo of a mere human being.

1969 PHOTOS OF PERSON BEING MONITORED AND DECONTAMINATED – (NASAL WASH, HAND WASH, HAND COUNT, FOOT COUNT)
DDRS Record Details for Record Accession Number
“N1D0008674”
Accession Number N1D0008674
Document Number 694367-NEPHOTO’S OF PERSON BEING MONITORED AND DECONTAMINATED – (NASAL WASH, HAND WASH, HAND COUNT, FOOT COUNT)G-A
Alternate Document Number 694367-NEG
Title Description PHOTO’S OF PERSON BEING MONITORED AND DECONTAMINATED – (NASAL WASH, HAND WASH, HAND COUNT, FOOT COUNT)
Number of Pages 1
Key Word(s)
Author(s)
Company(s)
Document Date 07-Oct-1969
Public Availability Date 14-Feb-2002

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