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The Act (EEOICPA) established a compensation program for individuals who, over the past 50 years, have performed duties uniquely related to the nuclear weapons production and testing programs at the Department of Energy (DOE) and its predecessor agencies. The list of covered employees also includes workers from certain Atomic Weapons Employers (AWEs).
2010 Data Search and Capture Efforts for AWE Cases
OCAS 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. Early in 2002, DOE indicated that they had provided all data and information they held on AWE sites. OCAS has been able to locate radiation information needed to conduct dose reconstructions.
OCAS along with Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU), the contractor hired to support NIOSH's responsibilities under the The Act, have been involved in data search and data capture efforts. These efforts are being conducted at various DOE sites and federal and private records storage locations throughout the United States.
Listed below are the data search and capture efforts for AWE sites that occurred in 2010. When available, we have included the sites for which information was recovered. The most recent efforts are at the top of the list:
- Data search and capture efforts will be posted as they become available.
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Technical Documents Used in Dose Reconstruction
If the energy employee's personal radiation information is incomplete, NIOSH will use other sources to estimate the radiation dose. This may involve using technical documents called Site Profiles, Technical Basis Documents, and Technical Information Bulletins. General information on these documents and a listing of approved technical documents can be found on the Technical Documents Used in Dose Reconstruction page.
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Report on Residual Radioactive and Beryllium Contamination at Atomic Weapons Employer Facilities and Beryllium Vendor Facilities
The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2002 (Pub. L.107-107; Section
3151(b)) required that NIOSH submit, with the cooperation of the Department of Labor and Department of Energy, a report on whether or not significant
contamination remained in any atomic weapons employer facility or facility of a beryllium vendor after the facility discontinued nuclear weapon production
activities.
NIOSH issued the original report, "Report on Residual Radioactive and Beryllium Contamination at Atomic Weapons Employer Facilities and Beryllium Vendor Facilities," in November 2002 and updated the report in
October 2003, and December 2006. The third revision to the original study is provided below:
- Report
(October 2009)
 PDF 44 KB (8 pages)
Previous Version of the Residual Contamination Report
- Report
(December 2006)
PDF 2.3 MB (9 pages)
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Page last updated: January 20, 2010
Page last reviewed: June 9, 2009
Content Source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
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