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2004 General Activities on Department of Energy (DOE) 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.
2004 Data Search and Capture
DOE Office of Worker Advocacy
Germantown, MD
This data capture trip was intended to gather Environmental Measurements Laboratory (EML) documents that had been declassified. Twenty-five documents were scanned. Additional documents will be captured during a later visit.
This effort recovered information on the following DOE sites:
| Work Sites |
|---|
| Battelle Memorial Institute |
| Electro Metallurgical |
| Lake Ontario Ordnance Works |
| Linde Ceramics Plant |
| Los Alamos National Laboratory |
DOE Office of Worker Advocacy
Germantown, MD
The purpose of this data capture effort was to capture the remainder of the Environmental Measurements Laboratory (EML) records that were declassified and were not collected during the first trip in January 2004. Sixty-five folders were reviewed and 126 records were scanned.
This effort recovered information on the following DOE sites:
| Work Sites |
|---|
| Aliquippa Forge |
| Hanford |
| Herring-Hall Marvin Safe Co. |
| Kellex/Pierpont |
| Lake Ontario Ordnance Works |
| Linde Ceramics Plant |
| Mallinckrodt Chemical Company |
| Middlesex Sampling Plant |
| SAM Laboratories, Columbia University |
Atlanta Records Center
Atlanta, GA
The main purpose of this data capture effort was to collect records for the Pinellas Plant. Information for multiple facilities was retrieved. Ninety-seven boxes were located and 223 records were scanned.
This effort recovered information on the following DOE sites:
| Work Sites |
|---|
| Ames Laboratory (Iowa State University) |
| Argonne National Laboratory |
| Baker & Williams Warehouses |
| Battelle Laboratories |
| Dana Heavy Water Plant |
| Du Pont Deepwater Works |
| Electro Metallurgical |
| Feed Materials Production Center |
| General Atomics |
| Grand Junction |
| Hanford |
| Herring-Hall Marvin Safe Co. |
| Kansas City Plant |
| Kellex/Pierpont |
| Linde Ceramics Plant |
| Lake Ontario Ordnance Works |
| Mallinckrodt Chemical Works |
| Middlesex Sampling Plant |
| Mound Plant |
| New Brunswick Laboratory |
| Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant (K-25) |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory (X-10) |
| Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant |
| Peek Street Facility (Knolls) |
| Pinellas Plant |
| Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant |
| Puerto Rico Nuclear Center |
| S-50 Oak Ridge Thermal Diffusion Plant |
| SAM Laboratories, Columbia University |
| Seymour Specialty Wire |
| University of California, Berkeley |
| Ventron Corp. |
| Weldon Spring Plant |
| Y-12 Plant |
Atlanta Records Center
Atlanta, GA
The main purpose of this data capture effort was to collect records on the Pinellas Plant. Sixty-four boxes were retrieved and 169 records were scanned.
This effort recovered information on the following DOE sites:
| Work Sites |
|---|
| Argonne National Laboratory |
| Mound Plant |
| Nevada Test Site |
| Pantex Plant |
| Pinellas Plant |
| Sandia National Laboratories |
Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU)
Oak Ridge, TN
This effort was made to capture records located in the ORAU vault in Tennessee. Forty-six records were retrieved.
This effort recovered information on the following DOE sites:
| Work Sites |
|---|
| Electro Metallurgical |
| Mallinckrodt Chemical Works |
| Middlesex Sampling Plant |
| Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant |
| Y-12 Plant |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
Oak Ridge, TN
Ten documents were retrieved from ORNL during this data capture effort.
Mound Records Center
Miamisburg, OH
During this data capture effort, one box of records was located and ten documents were captured.
Mound Records Center
Miamisburg, OH
During this data capture effort, two boxes of information were reviewed and 65 documents were captured.
Atlanta Records Center
Dayton, OH
Sixty-five boxes of information were reviewed and 280 documents were captured during this data capture effort.
This effort recovered information on the following DOE site:
| Work Sites |
|---|
| Pinellas Plant |
Atlanta Records Center
Atlanta, GA
During this data capture effort, 117 boxes were reviewed and 178 documents were retrieved. Medical, environmental, facility processes, external dosimetry, internal dosimetry, and energy employee data were captured.
This effort recovered information on the following DOE sites:
| Work Sites |
|---|
| Battelle Laboratories – King Avenue |
| Convair |
| Davison |
| Feed Materials Production Center (Fernald) |
| Harvard University |
| Linde Ceramics Plant |
| Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| Mallinckrodt Chemical Co. |
| Metal Hydrides Corp. |
| Metallurgical Laboratory |
| Mound Plant |
| Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant (K-25) |
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory (X-10) |
| Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant |
| Pinellas Plant |
| Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant |
| SAM Laboratories, Columbia University |
| Weldon Spring Plant |
| Y-12 Plant |
Mound Records Center
Miamisburg, OH
Two boxes of information were reviewed and 23 documents were retrieved during this data capture effort. Various reports were captured.
Fernald Records Center
Fernald, OH
Documents entitled “Institutional History” and “Exposure Database” were captured during this data capture effort. Seven folders were reviewed and seven documents were retrieved.
No data search and capture activities have been found for this month.
No data search and capture activities have been found for this month.
Kansas City Records Center
Kansas City, MO
During this data capture effort, 25 boxes were reviewed and 60 documents were retrieved. The documents contain information on the types and quantities of various radioactive materials that were handled or processed at particular sites.
This effort recovered information on the following DOE sites:
| Work Sites |
|---|
| Aliquippa Forge |
| Bridgeport Brass Co. (Adrian, MI) |
| Chapman Valve |
| Seymour Specialty Wire |
Dayton Records Center
Dayton, OH
One box of dosimetry data spanning the years 1943 – 1948 was retrieved during this data capture effort.
This effort recovered information on the following DOE site:
| Work Sites |
|---|
| Clinton Laboratories |
Kansas City Records Center
Kansas City, MO
Eleven boxes were reviewed and approximately 110 documents were retrieved during this data capture effort. A majority of the documents contain information on the types and quantities of various radioactive materials that were handled or processed at particular sites and facility/process data.
This effort recovered information on the following DOE sites:
| Work Sites |
|---|
| Bridgeport Brass Co. |
| Colonie Site (National Lead) |
| Feed Materials Production Center (Fernald) |
| Ledoux and Company |
| Linde |
| Mallinckrodt Chemical Co. |
| Weldon Spring Plant |
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Livermore, CA
During this data capture effort, approximately 175 documents were retrieved containing various reports and data related to building operations.
This effort recovered information on the following DOE site:
| Work Sites |
|---|
| Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
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.