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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).
2009 Data Search and Capture Efforts for AWE Cases
OCAS 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. OCAS has been able to locate radiation information needed to conduct dose reconstructions.
OCAS 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 2009. When available, we have included the sites for which information was recovered. The most recent efforts are at the top of the list:
- Nevada Test Site Records Center
Las Vegas, NV
July 2009
Eighteen boxes of information were reviewed and 68 documents were retrieved during this data capture effort. License SNM-7 material was retrieved for
the Battelle Laboratories sites (King Avenue and West Jefferson).
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- Westinghouse Electric Company (Hematite Facility)
Hematite, MO
April 2009
Fifty-nine boxes of information were reviewed and 100 documents were retrieved for the
United Nuclear Corporation.
| Information Recovered
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Years |
| In-vivo counts |
1969; 1974-1980 |
| Environmental water analysis |
1976-1977 |
| Daily air sample record (DASRs), lapel samples and contamination
surveys |
1978, 1994 |
| Nuclear material transaction reports |
1979-1988 |
| Exposure summary and air sample data |
1991-1992 |
| Samples of employee cumulative exposure report |
1992 |
| Samples selected of effluent releases |
1995-1996 |
| Samples selected of accident reports |
1969-1970 |
| Average stack loss |
1978-1982 |
| Samples selected of contamination and radiation surveys |
1992 |
| Effluent monitoring reports |
1978-1988 |
| Exposure information |
1977, 1979, 1982 and 1994 |
| Samples of J.A. Rode summary reports |
1975-1980's |
| Samples of Maine Yankee reports |
1970-1971 |
| Newspaper article on buried items |
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| Retention pond data |
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| Decommissioning plan |
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- Kansas Federal Records Center
Lenexa, KS
March 2009
During a second data capture trip to the Kansas Federal Records Center in March,
75 boxes of information were reviewed and 148 documents were retrieved for numerous
work sites.
| Work Site
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Information Retrieved
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| Aliquippa Forge |
Scope of work |
| Colonie Site |
TLD environmental reports, scope of work, surface contamination survey, instruction guide |
| Latty Avenue Properties |
TLD environmental reports |
| Linde Ceramics Plant |
Scope of work |
| Maywood Chemical Works |
TLD environmental reports, scope of work, ground water samples, soil samples, gamma borehole logging, radon and thoron
data, bioassay results |
| Middlesex Municipal Landfill |
TLD environmental reports, personal TLD badges and exposure reports, water analysis |
| Painesville Site |
Bioassay results, water and soil samples |
| Rare Earths/ W.R. Grace |
TLD environmental reports, bioassay urine samples, air particulate samples |
| St. Louis Airport Storage Site (SLAPS) |
Scope of work, walkover gamma scan, bioassay results, air sample data, area surveys with maps |
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- Westinghouse Electric Company (Hematite Facility)
Hematite, MO
March 2009
The following information was retrieved for United Nuclear Corporation:
airborne sample data and incidents, bioassay results, clean air act
compliance information, daily air sample reports, external exposure
(1961-2008), fundamentals of radiation protection, gamma counter
calibration, groundwater monitoring, health physics manuals, individual
whole body counts, licenses, list of materials for on-site burial,
numerous site photos, radiological and criticality inspections,
radiological surveys, site audits, soil sample results, stack exhaust
samples, waste description, weekly progress reports, and various incident
reports. Sixty-three boxes of information were reviewed and 414 documents
were retrieved.
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- Kansas Federal Records Center
Lenexa, KS
March 2009
Ninety-eight boxes of information were reviewed and 189 documents
were retrieved for numerous work sites during this data capture trip.
| Work Site
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Information Retrieved
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| Ashland Oil |
Environmental sample results |
| Bliss & Laughlin Steel |
Direct surface and transferable contamination survey report, air sampling radon daughters report, radiological survey of
the exterior portions of the site |
| Chapman Valve |
Radiological sample log book |
| Combustion Engineering |
Revised decommissioning plan, environmental reports (1994 through the first quarter of 1996) |
| Du Pont Deepwater Works |
Air particulate sample and reporting, bioassay sample routing log |
| Latty Avenue Properties |
Hazelwood interim storage annual environmental reports |
| Linde Ceramics Plant |
Bioassay results, air monitoring reporting, radon sample results, personnel radiological contamination reports |
| Maywood Chemical Works |
TLD occupational radiation exposure report |
| Painesville Site |
Air sampling data, gamma exposure data, bioassay sample results |
| Shpack Landfill |
Exposure records and bioassay sample results |
| St. Louis Airport Storage Site (SLAPS) |
Radiological sample logbook, site suitability, environmental report calendar, TLD occupational radiation exposure reports |
| Ventron Corp. |
Sample collection logbook |
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- Curtiss-Wright, Electro-Mechanical Division
Cheswick, PA
January 2009
During this data capture trip, various logbooks and finding aids were reviewed for
Westinghouse Nuclear Fuels Division. Fifty-three documents, 4 finding aids, and 86
microfilm cartridges were retrieved. Personnel external exposure information
(1968-1983) was retrieved.
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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, and December 2006. The third revision to the original study is provided below:
- Report
(October 2009)
 PDF 44 KB (8 pages)
Previous Version of the Residual Contamination Report
- Report
(December 2006)
PDF 2.3 MB (9 pages)
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Page last updated: November 3, 2009
Page last reviewed: June 9, 2009
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