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Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNS)Located near Portsmouth, New Hampshire, the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard has a long history. In 1800, the shipyard was created by the government to build warships. Around the time of World War I, PNS also began building submarines. Following World War II, it became the center for designing and constructing submarines though the 1960s. Today, PNS continues to support the submarine fleet through overhaul and modernization. Fact sheetsNuclear workers from the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard have been included in many NIOSH studies. Below are fact sheets that summarize some of the study findings for workers. Multi-site leukemia worker notification (March 2008) presented at worker briefing September 2008. Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNS) cohort mortality study (2005) Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNS) leukemia case-control study (2005) Publications from NIOSH studies done at the Portsmouth Naval ShipyardAssessment of plutonium exposures for an epidemiological study of US nuclear workers. (2005) Radiation exposure from work-related medical x-rays at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. (2005) Radiation exposure assessment for Portsmouth Naval Shipyard health studies. (2004) Leukemia mortality among radiation-exposed workers. (2001) Related websites
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Page last reviewed: March 31, 2011 Content Source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Division of Surveillance, Hazard Evaluations and Field Studies |
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