Office of Compensation Analysis and Support (OCAS)

General Atomics
Location: La Jolla, California

Also known as: Division of General Dynamics
                         GA
                         John Jay Hopkins Laboratory for Pure and Applied Science

Special Exposure Cohort Petition Information for General Atomics

• Classes Added to the SEC
  
  Atomic Weapons Employer (AWE) employees who were monitored or should have been monitored for exposure to ionizing radiation while working at the General Atomics facility in La Jolla, California at the following locations: Science Laboratories A, B, and C (Building 2); Experimental Building (Building 9); Maintenance (Building 10); Service Building (Building 11); Buildings 21 and 22; Hot Cell Facility (Building 23); Waste Yard (Buildings 25 and 26); Experimental Area (Buildings 27 and 27-1); LINAC Complex (Building 30); HTGR-TCF (Building 31); Fusion Building (Building 33); Fusion Doublet III (Building 34); SV-A (Building 37); SV-B (Building 39); and SV-D (no building number) for a number of work days aggregating at least 250 work days from January 1, 1960, through December 31, 1969, or in combination with work days within the parameters established for one or more other classes of employees in the SEC.
  
  
• Petition Information

  Location: La Jolla, California
  
  Job Titles and/or Job Duties: Potentially worked in the locations--

  • Building 2 (Science laboratories A, B, and C)
    
  • Building 9 (Experimental Building)
    
  • Building 10 (Maintenance)
    
  • Building 11 (Service Building)
    
  • Building 21
    
  • Building 22
    
  • Building 23 (Hot Cell Facility)
    
  • Building 25
    
  • Building 26
    
  • Building 27 (Experimental Area Building #1)
    
  • Building 27-1 (Experimental Area Building #1)
    
  • Building 30 (LINAC Complex)
    
  • Building 31 (HTGR-TCF)
    
  • Building 33 (Fusion Building)
    
  • Building 34 (Fusion Doublet III)
    
  • Building 37 (SV-A)
    
  • Building 39 (SV-B)
    
  • SV-D
    
  
  Period of Employment: January 1, 1960, through December 31, 1969
  
  
• Federal Register Notice Announcing that the General Atomics SEC Petition has met the Minimum Qualifications for Review and Evaluation
  August 4, 2006
  PDF 64 KB (2 pages)
  
  
• Copy of the Petition Received
  General Atomics SEC Petition
  PDF 604 KB (1 page)
  
  
• SEC Petition Evaluation Report
  General Atomics Evaluation Report
  PDF 125 KB (23 pages)
  
  
• Petition Discussed by the Advisory Board
  The petition was discussed by the Advisory Board during its December 11-13, 2006, meeting in Naperville, Illinois.
  
  
• Advisory Board Recommendation on SEC Petition
  Advisory Board Recommendation on General Atomics SEC Petition
  PDF 342 KB (2 pages)
  
  
• HHS Letter to Congress Regarding the SEC Petition
  HHS Letter to Congress Regarding the General Atomics SEC Petition
  PDF 289 KB (6 pages)
  
  
• Federal Register Notice: Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort
  Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the SEC for General Atomics
  PDF 46 KB (1 page)
  
  
• HHS Designation of Additional Members to the SEC
  HHS Designation of Additional Members to the SEC for General Atomics
  PDF 186 KB (4 pages)
  
  
• Effective Date for the SEC Class
  March 18, 2007
  
  
• Federal Register Notice: Final Effect of Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort
  Final Effect of Designation of a Class of Employees from General Atomics for Addition to the SEC
  PDF 47 KB (1 page)
  
  
• Letter to DOL Regarding the Addition of a New Class of Employees to the SEC
  Letter to DOL Regarding the Addition of a New Class of Employees to the SEC for General Atomics
  PDF 20 KB (1 page)
  
  
• Letter from DOL Regarding the Return of All Cases for the New SEC Class
  Not applicable at this time.
  (Note: this only applies if the class is added to the SEC.)

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