2003 General Activities on Atomic Weapons Employer (AWE) Cases
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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. The data used for the dose reconstructions will be obtained through requests sent to DOE and data search and capture efforts.
DCAS along with Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU), the contractor hired to support NIOSH's responsibilities under the Act, have been involved in data search and capture efforts. These efforts are being conducted at various DOE sites and federal and private records storage locations throughout the United States to retrieve radiation monitoring data needed to conduct dose reconstructions.
2003 Data Search and Capture
St. Louis, MO
A team of reviewers went to St. Louis, Missouri to review additional records. Only general reports were found. No personal dose information was located.
DOE Office of Worker Advocacy
Germantown, MD
This data capture effort was conducted in Germantown to recover information that was previously located at the Environmental Measurements Laboratory in New York. The main purpose of this data capture trip was to gather data to be used in the Technical Basis Documents for various AWE sites.
Below is a preliminary list of the AWE sites from this data capture effort:
| Work Sites |
|---|
| Aeroprojects, Inc. |
| Allegheny-Ludlum Steel |
| American Machine and Foundry |
| Anaconda Co. |
| Armco – Rustless Iron & Steel |
| Armour Research Foundation |
| Baker & Williams Co. |
| Battelle Laboratories |
| Beryllium Corp. of America (Hazelton) |
| Beryllium Production Plant (Brush Luckey Plant) |
| Bethlehem Steel |
| Blockson Chemical Company |
| Bridgeport Brass Co. |
| Brush Beryllium (Cleveland) |
| Brush Beryllium (Lorain) |
| Chapman Valve |
| Clifton Products Co. |
| Du Pont Deep water Works |
| Edgerton Germeshausen & Grier, Inc. |
| Fenn Machinery Co. |
| Foote Mineral Co. |
| Harshaw Chemical Co. |
| Heppenstall Co. |
| Hooker Electrochemical |
| Horizons Inc. |
| Joslyn Manufacturing Co. |
| Kellex Co. |
| Kerr-McGee |
| Linde Air Products |
| Lindsay Light and Chemical Co. |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Mathieson Chemical Co. |
| Maywood Chemical Works |
| Metals and Controls Corp. |
| Monsanto Chemical Co. (Dayton) |
| National Research Corp. |
| Norton Co. |
| Nuclear Materials & Equipment Corp. (Apollo) |
| Nuclear Metals, Inc. |
| Radium Chemical Co. |
| Rare Earths/W.R. Grace |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
| Revere Copper and Brass |
| Simonds Saw and Steel |
| Superior Steel Co. |
| Sylvania Corning (Bayside) |
| Sylvania Corning (Hicksville) |
| United Lead Co. |
| Vitro Corp. of America |
| Vitro Manufacturing |
| Vulcan Tool Co. |
| Watertown Arsenal |
DOE Office of Worker Advocacy
Germantown, MD
A second data capture effort occurred in Germantown, Maryland in March and April. Twenty-nine additional boxes of information containing 538 documents were retrieved. The purpose of this data capture trip was to gather data to be used in the Technical Basis Documents for various AWE sites.
No data search and capture activities have been found for this month.
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Atlanta, GA
During this data capture effort, 75 boxes were reviewed. Materials from 11 of the 75 boxes contained information on several DOE and AWE sites that potentially be used for dose reconstruction. A second trip is planned to review additional binders and selected boxes.
Fernald Record Holdings
Fernald, OH
During this data capture effort, 45 boxes were retrieved from the Fernald Record Holdings. Materials were selected from 30 boxes containing 881 documents. The documents contained information from 1950-1990. This data capture effort was performed after information was discovered for several AWE sites. During the data capture, information was discovered for DOE sites as well.
No data search and capture activities have been found for this month.
No data search and capture activities have been found for this month.
No data search and capture activities have been found for this month.
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Suitland, MD
This data capture effort was a return trip to the DOE Headquarters and the Suitland, Maryland NARA facility. One of the primary goals was the identification of the location and retrieval of records on the Blockson Chemical Company. No records on the Blockson Chemical Company were located.
Great Lakes Regional Archives
Chicago, IL
ORAU staff performed a data search effort to the Great Lakes Regional Archives in Chicago. Seventy-five boxes of records were reviewed. The records consisted of correspondence, informal and formal technical reports, drawings, graphs, lists of personnel, reactor performance records, budget reports, material inventory lists, and other information.
The majority of the records pertained to reactor design, specifications, performance, and materials. A number of sites were referenced in the reviewed records. The detailed notes from this data search effort will be reviewed and a decision will be made on the need for an additional data capture effort in the near future.
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Atlanta, GA
Two data capture trips occurred in September to the Atlanta National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) facility. These marked the second and third ones to NARA in response to a previous data search effort. During the second trip, 175 boxes were reviewed and materials were selected from 53 boxes. This included 125 documents spanning the years 1941-1990. Information was found on various DOE and AWE sites.
During the third trip, 73 boxes were reviewed and materials were selected from 38 of the boxes comprising 286 documents on various DOE and AWE sites.
No data search and capture activities have been found for this month.
No data search and capture activities have been found for this month.
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Atlanta, GA
The purpose of this data capture effort was to gather additional documents that were not collected in previous trips. This NARA facility has the largest collection of Atomic Energy Commission documents. Seventy boxes of documents were located and materials were selected from 45 of the boxes. A total of 262 documents were recovered.
This effort recovered information on the following AWE sites:
| Work Sites |
|---|
| Allis-Chalmers Co. |
| Baker and Williams Warehouses |
| Battelle Laboratories |
| Battelle Memorial Institute |
| Biomedical Research Foundation (Wilmington, DE) |
| Chandler Street Plant (Linde Air Products) |
| Du Pont Deepwater Works |
| General Atomics |
| General Electric (San Jose, CA) |
| Harshaw Chemical Company |
| Herring-Hall Marvin Safe Co. |
| Kellex Research Lab |
| Linde Ceramics Plant |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Philadelphia Naval Yard |
| Revere Copper & Brass |
| University of California, Berkeley |
| University of California, Davis |
| University of Michigan |
| Ventron Corporation (Metal Hydrides) |
| Vitro Corp. of America |
| Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Co. |
Memorandum of Understanding Between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of Energy
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and DOE signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Fiscal Year 2010. The MOU describes how the Agencies will work together to carry out their responsibilities under The Act and Executive Order 13179. Part of the agreement covers how HHS and DOE will coordinate data search and capture activities.
- Page last reviewed: September 28, 2015
- Page last updated: September 26, 2014
- Content source:
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Division of Compensation Analysis and Support