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The Act (EEOICPA) established a compensation program for individuals who, over the past 50 years, have performed duties uniquely related to the nuclear weapons production and testing programs at the Department of Energy (DOE) and its predecessor agencies. The list of covered employees also includes workers from certain Atomic Weapons Employers (AWEs).
2013 Data Search and Capture Efforts for AWE Cases
DCAS will reconstruct radiation doses by evaluating all appropriate data relevant to which an individual worker or group of workers have been exposed, particularly when radiation monitoring data are unavailable, incomplete, or of poor quality. Early in 2002, DOE indicated that they had provided all data and information they held on AWE sites. DCAS has been able to locate radiation information needed to conduct dose reconstructions.
DCAS along with Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU), the contractor hired to support NIOSH's responsibilities under the The Act, have been involved in data search and data capture efforts. These efforts are being conducted at various DOE sites and federal and private records storage locations throughout the United States.
Listed below are the data search and capture efforts for AWE sites that occurred in 2013. When available, we have included the sites for which information was recovered. The most recent efforts are at the top of the list.
To locate a data search and capture effort, click on one of the months below. A list of efforts that occurred during that month
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March Data Search and Capture Efforts
- Hanford
Richland, WA
During this data capture trip, 77 boxes of information were reviewed, interviews were conducted, and the Card Catalog was reviewed. Numerous unclassified and classified documents were retrieved.
The documents apply to the following AWE work site:
Work Site |
Information Retrieved |
| Joslyn Manufacturing and Supply Co. |
Security at the Joslyn Manufacturing and Supply Co. |
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- Albany Research Center
Albany, OR
Fifty-three boxes and 80 file cabinet drawers of information were reviewed and 265 documents were retrieved.
The documents apply to the following AWE work sites:
Work Site |
Information Retrieved |
| Battelle Laboratories (King Avenue & West Jefferson) |
Ceramic coated fuel pellets, properties of magnesium-thorium alloys, uranium and thorium metallurgy, studies of metal clad uranium, large batch melting of uranium, metallurgy and properties of thoria strengthened nickel, thorium-carbide alloys, U.S. research reactors |
| Horizons Inc. |
Investigation for the production of thorium metal |
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February Data Search and Capture Efforts
- Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI)
Oak Ridge, TN
Fifteen documents were reviewed and 12 documents and 7 excerpts were retrieved. All documents and excerpts are going though a classification review.
The documents apply to the following AWE work sites:
Work Site |
Information Retrieved |
| Battelle Laboratories (King Avenue) |
Eight documents and excerpts of four documents that were selected due to technical content |
| Ventron Corporation |
Four documents selected |
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January Data Search and Capture Efforts
- Hanford
Richland, WA
Sixteen documents were provided by the site in response to an earlier request.
The documents apply to the following AWE work sites:
Work Site |
Information Retrieved |
| Allied Chemical Corp. |
Information on uranium hexafluoride |
| Baker Brothers |
Documents relating to dose summary matrixes and research diaries |
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- Battelle Laboratories (King Avenue)
Columbus, OH
During this data capture effort, 75 boxes of information and 15 microfilms were reviewed
and 398 documents were retrieved.
The documents apply to the following AWE work sites:
Work Site |
Information Retrieved |
| Battelle Laboratory (King Avenue) |
NRC Inspection, radioactive material shipment records, license information, radiation work permits, environmental reports and data, radiological surveys radiological safety committee, radioactive material holdings, waste management plan, radiation safety audit, internal and external exposure data, personnel exposure information and some site population data, dosimetry reports, radiation exposure reports guidance, dose equalization for personnel, low level solid waste burial direction, reporting of occupational radiation information for 1991 and 1993
Radiological surveys, radioactive material holdings, radiological safety committee audit, final status surveys, license information, radiological incidents, personnel exposure information, nonconformance and occurrence reports, accumulative personal airborne data, direct and indirect surveys in subbasement of Building-A |
| Battelle Laboratory (West Jefferson) |
NRC Inspection, radioactive material shipment records, license information, radiation work permits, environmental reports and data, radiological surveys radiological safety committee, radioactive material holdings, waste management plan, radiation safety audit, internal and external exposure data, personnel exposure information and some site population data, dosimetry reports, radiation exposure reports guidance, dose equalization for personnel, low level solid waste burial direction, reporting of occupational radiation information for 1991 and 1993
Air emissions annual report 1991, air monitoring station locations, environmental monitoring record book, potential problem report (filter labeling issue), rescanning procedures pyrophoric plutonium scarp, radiological surveys, annual audits, radiological incidents, operations procedures, personnel exposure information, environmental survey data, routine audit of explosive joining of thorium |
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- Hanford
Richland, WA
Eighteen documents were provided by the site in response to an earlier request.
The documents apply to the following AWE work sites:
Work Site |
Information Retrieved |
| Allied Chemical Corp. |
Uranium transfer, Pu oxide scrap, invoices, and uranium hexafluoride |
| Joslyn Manufacturing and Supply Co. |
Search results for an earlier request that included a list of names of former Hanford workers who oversaw the rolling of uranium at Joslyn Manufacturing and Supply |
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Technical Documents Used in Dose Reconstruction
If the energy employee's personal radiation information is incomplete, NIOSH will use other sources to estimate the radiation dose. This may involve using technical documents called Site Profiles, Technical Basis Documents, and Technical Information Bulletins. General information on these documents and a listing of approved technical documents can be found on the Technical Documents Used in Dose Reconstruction page.
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Report on Residual Radioactive and Beryllium Contamination at Atomic Weapons Employer Facilities and Beryllium Vendor Facilities
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 (Pub. L.107-107; Section
3151(b)) required that NIOSH submit, with the cooperation of the Department of Labor and Department of Energy, a report on whether or not significant
contamination remained in any atomic weapons employer facility or facility of a beryllium vendor after the facility discontinued nuclear weapon production
activities.
NIOSH issued the original report, "Report on Residual Radioactive and Beryllium Contamination at Atomic Weapons Employer Facilities and Beryllium Vendor Facilities," in November 2002 and updated the report in October 2003. The Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (Pub. L. 108-375; Section 3169) required that NIOSH submit an additional update to the report in December 2006. The report was updated again by NIOSH in October 2009 and August 2011.
Previous Versions of the Residual Contamination Report
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