2005 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.

2005 Data Search and Capture

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Livermore, CA

Approximately 120 documents were retrieved during this data capture effort containing data related to building operations.

This effort recovered information on the following DOE site:

Work site and information retrieved
Work Sites
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

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 DOE sites:

Work site and information retrieved
Work Sites
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 retrieved during this data capture effort.

This effort recovered information on the following DOE sites:

Work site and information retrieved
Work Sites
C.H. Schnorr
Du Pont Deepwater Works
Electro Metallurgical
Herring-Hall Marvin Safe Co.
Lake Ontario Ordnance Works
Linde Ceramics Plant
Ventron Corp.

San Bruno, CA Records Center
San Bruno, CA

During this data capture effort, 32 boxes of information were reviewed and approximately 39 documents were retrieved.

This effort recovered information on the following DOE site:

Work site and information retrieved
Work Sites
Energy Technology Engineering Center

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Livermore, CA

Approximately 117 documents related to building operations were retrieved during this data capture effort.

This effort recovered information on the following DOE site:

Work site and information retrieved
Work Sites
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

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 DOE sites:

Work site and information retrieved
Work Sites
Argonne National Laboratory (East)
Metallurgical Laboratory
National Guard Armory

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

K-25 Records Facility
Oak Ridge, TN

During this data capture trip, information was retrieved from the K-25 data repository. This data had to go through classification and review.

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 DOE sites:

Work site and information retrieved
Work Sites
Albany Research Center
Argonne National Laboratory (East)
Colonie Site
Lake Ontario Ordnance Works
New Brunswick Laboratory
Rare Earths/W.R. Grace
Ventron Corporation

Sandia National Laboratories
Albuquerque, NM

Documents from the Sandia Environmental Health Safety Archive Files were retrieved during this data capture effort.

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.

Rocky Flats Plant
Denver, CO

Eleven boxes of information were reviewed and external dosimetry documents representing the years 1952 – 1964 were retrieved during this data capture effort.

Rocky Flats Plant
Denver, CO

During this data capture effort, 11 boxes of information were reviewed and external dosimetry documents representing the years 1965 – 1970 were retrieved.

Ames Laboratory
Ames, IA

Dosimetry and site information was collected during this data capture effort. Seventy documents were retrieved.

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.

Energy Technology Engineering Center (ETEC)
Canoga Park, CA

Various site documents were located during this data capture effort. Four cabinet drawers of documents were reviewed and 98 documents were retrieved.

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.

Sandia National Laboratories
Albuquerque, NM

Information for the Sandia National Laboratories facility was found during this data capture trip. Fourteen boxes of information were reviewed and 65 documents were selected and copied.

San Bruno Federal Records Center
San Bruno, CA

During this data capture effort, 108 boxes of information were retrieved and 484 documents were retrieved.

This effort recovered information on the following DOE site:

Work site and information retrieved
Work Sites
Lawrence Berkeley 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.