Hazards control progress report No. 58, April-September 1979

Progress is reported on research in the areas of radiation protection and industrial hygiene. Subject areas include: (1) basic computer programs for counting room automation; (2) a computing portable neutron spectrometer; (3) preliminary measurements of the neutron energy response of CR-39 carbonate plastic; (4) effect of high-expansion foam on self-1 contained breathing apparatuses; (5) permeation of organic solvents through glove samples; (6) determining neutron dose rates and 9-to-3 in. sphere ratios from a moderated 252Cf source in the LLL Calibration Facility; (7) application of the AERIN computer code to two americium inhalation exposures; and (8) air- and soil-sampling program at Site 300's high-explosive test bombers