We are taking steps to continue to modernize and secure our data, applications, and systems. We completed the first phase and restored many of the functions put on pause in May 2021. Now that the first phase is complete, work will resume at a slower pace but will speed up as new systems and applications are brought online. For more information and updates, please visit our Cybersecurity Modernization Initiative web page.
2009 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.
2009 Data Search and Capture
Curtiss-Wright, Electro-Mechanical Division
Cheswick, PA
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.
No data search and capture activities have been found for this month.
Curtiss-Wright, Electro-Mechanical Division
Cheswick, PA
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.
Kansas Federal Records Center
Lenexa, KS
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 | Information Retrieved |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Westinghouse Electric Company (Hematite Facility)
Hematite, MO
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.
Kansas Federal Records Center
Lenexa, KS
Ninety-eight boxes of information were reviewed and 189 documents were retrieved for numerous work sites during this data capture trip.
| Work Site | Information Retrieved |
|---|---|
| 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 |
Westinghouse Electric Company (Hematite Facility)
Hematite, MO
Fifty-nine boxes of information were reviewed and 100 documents were retrieved for the United Nuclear Corporation.
| Information Recovered | 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 | – |
| Retention pond data | – |
| Decommissioning plan | – |
No data search and capture activities have been found for this month.
No data search and capture activities have been found for this month.
Nevada Test Site Records Center
Las Vegas, NV
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).
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.
No data search and capture activities have been found for this month.
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.