2005 General Activities on Atomic Weapons Employer (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. 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.

2005 Data Search and Capture

Kansas City Records Center
Kansas City, MO

During this data capture effort, 14 boxes of information were reviewed and approximately 106 documents were retrieved.

This effort recovered information on the following AWE sites:

Work site and information retrieved
Work Sites
Ashland Oil
Bridgeport Brass Co. (Adrian)
Colonie Site (National Lead)
Kellex/Pierpont
Metallurgical Laboratory

No data search and capture activities have been found for this month.

Kansas City Records Center
Kansas City, MO 

Twenty-eight boxes of information were reviewed and approximately 173 documents were captured during this data capture effort.

This effort recovered information on the following AWE sites:

Work site and information retrieved
Work Sites
Anaconda Co.
Ashland Oil
C.H. Schnorr
Du Pont Deepwater Works
Gardinier, Inc.
Herring-Hall Marvin Safe Co.
Horizons, Inc.
International Minerals and Chemical Corp.
Linde Ceramics Plant
Mathieson Chemical Co.
Seneca Army Depot
Texas City Chemicals, Inc.
Ventron Corp.
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Corp.
Vitro Manufacturing (Canonsburg)
W.R. Grace and Company (Maryland)
Watertown Arsenal

Buffalo, NY 

Approximately 47 documents were retrieved from a retired Linde Ceramics Plant employee during this data capture effort.

Argonne National Laboratory (East)
Chicago, IL 

During this data capture effort, 80 boxes of information were reviewed and approximately 100 documents were retrieved.

This effort recovered information on the following AWE sites:

Work site and information retrieved
Work Sites
Armour Research Foundation
Great Lakes Carbon Corp.
National Guard Armory
Metallurgical Laboratory

No data search and capture activities have been found for this month.

Kansas City National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Kansas City, MO

Approximately 12 boxes of information were reviewed and 175 documents were retrieved during this data capture effort.

This effort recovered information on the following AWE sites:

Work site and information retrieved
Work Sites
Albany Research Center
Colonie Site
Painesville Site
Rare Earths/W.R. Grace
Seaway Industrial Park
Ventron Corp .
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Corp.

General Atomics
San Diego, CA 

Twelve boxes of information were reviewed and 43 documents were retrieved during this data capture effort. Finding aids, log books, process information, and environmental monitoring data were retrieved.

General Atomics
San Diego, CA

During this data capture effort, 26 boxes of information were reviewed and 203 documents were retrieved. Facility reports and policy and procedure documents were retrieved.

No data search and capture activities have been found for this month.

National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Atlanta, GA 

Thirteen boxes of information were reviewed and 39 documents were retrieved for various Atomic Energy Commission offices during this data capture effort.

General Atomics
San Diego, CA 

Forty-two boxes of information were reviewed and 74 documents were retrieved. Policies, procedures, and miscellaneous reports were located during this data capture effort.

No data search and capture activities have been found for this month.

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 2019. 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.