NIOSH Occupational Energy Research Program

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NIOSH (Ongoing and Completed) Studies by State

Colorado

Rocky Flats Plant

• Analysis for Characterizing Plutonium Exposure to Improve Lung Cancer Risk Estimates
• Epidemiologic Evaluation of Cancer and Occupational Exposures at the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology
• Exposure Assessment of Hazardous Waste, Decontamination, and Decommissioning and Cleanup Workers (Phase I)
• Lung Fibrosis in Plutonium Workers
• Study of the Mortality Among Female Nuclear Weapons Workers
  

Uranium Mines

• Mine Specific Exposure Information for Uranium Miners Study
• Measurement Error Methods for Underground Miner Studies

Idaho

Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory

• Childhood Leukemia Case-Control Study
• Cohort Mortality Study of Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory Workers
• Exposure Assessment of Hazardous Waste, Decontamination and Decommissioning, and Cleanup Workers (Phase I)
• International Collaborative Study of Nuclear Industry Workers
• Prevention of Stress and Health Consequences of Downsizing and Reorganization

Kentucky

Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant

• Health Effects of Occupational Exposures in Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant Workers

Maine

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard

• Cohort Mortality Study of Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
• Leukemia Case-Control Study
• Lung Cancer Case-Control Study

Missouri

Mallinckrodt Uranium Works

• Cohort Mortality Study of Mallinckrodt Workers

Nevada

Nevada Test Site

• Prevention of Stress and Health Consequences of Downsizing and Reorganization

New Mexico

Los Alamos National Laboratory

• Leukemia Case-Control Study
• Mine-Specific Exposure Information for Uranium Miners Study
• Multisite Multiple Myeloma Case-Control Study
• Prevention of Stress and Health Consequences of Downsizing and Reorganization
• Study of the Mortality Among Female Nuclear Weapons Workers

New York

Linde Air Products

• Study of the Mortality Among Female Nuclear Weapons Workers

Ohio

Feed Materials Production Center (Fernald)

• Cohort Mortality Study of Fernald Environmental Management Plant (Vital Status Followup through 1998)
• Cohort Mortality Study of Workers at Fernald Feed Materials Production Center (Vital Status Followup Through 1989)
• Exposure Assessment of Hazardous Waste, Decontamination, and Decommissioning, and Cleanup Workers (Phase I)
• Radon and Cigarette Smoking Exposure Assessment in Fernald Workers
• Study of the Mortality Among Female Nuclear Weapons Workers

Mound Site

• Exposure Assessment of Hazardous Waste, Decontamination, and Decommissioning, and Cleanup Workers (Phase I)
• Study of the Mortality Among Female Nuclear Weapons Workers
• Update of Cohort Mortality Study of Mound Workers

Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant

• Cohort Mortality Study of Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant

South Carolina

Savannah River Plant

• Cohort Mortality Study of DOE Chemical Laboratory Workers
• Cohort Mortality Study of Workers at the Savannah River Plant
• Exposure Assessment of Hazardous Waste, Decontamination, and Decommissioning, and Clean-up Workers (Phase I)
• Leukemia Case-Control Study
• Multi-Site Multiple Myeloma Case-Control Study
• Susceptibility and Occupational Radiation Risks
• Study of the Mortality Among Female Nuclear Weapons Workers

Tennessee

Oak Ridge K-25 Plant

• Multiple Myeloma Case-Control Study at the Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant (K-25)

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (X-10 Site)

• Leukemia Case-Control Study
• Multisite Multiple Myeloma Case-Control Study
• International Collaborative Study of Nuclear Industry Workers

Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant

• Mercury Workers Health Study
• Prevention of Stress and Health Consequences of Downsizing and Reorganization

Combined Oak Ridge National Laboratory Sites: X-10, K-25, Y-12

• Childhood Leukemia Case-Control Study
• Cohort Mortality Study of DOE Chemical Laboratory Workers
• Dose Estimation from Daily and Weekly Dosimetry Data
• Exposure Assessment of Hazardous Waste, Decontamination, and Decommissioning, and Cleanup Workers (Phase I)
• Studies of Heat Stress and Performance in Carpenters at DOE Sites
• Study of the Mortality Among Female Nuclear Weapons Workers
• Time-Related Factors in Radiation-Cancer Dose Response

Texas

Pantex Plant

• Cohort Mortality Study of Pantex Plant, Amarillo, TX
• Prevention of Stress and Health Consequences of Downsizing and Reorganization
• Study of the Mortality Among Female Nuclear Weapons Workers

Washington

Hanford Site

• Accounting for Errors in Radiation in Dose Estimates
• Childhood Leukemia Case-Control Study
• Exposure Assessment of Hazardous Waste, Decontamination, and Decommissioning, and Cleanup Workers (Phase I)
• Ionizing Radiation and Mortality Among Hanford Workers
• International Collaborative Study of Nuclear Industry Workers
• Leukemia Case-Control Study
• Multisite Multiple Myeloma Case-Control Study
• Stochastic Models for Radiation Carcinogenesis: Temporal Factors and Dose-Rate Effects
• Studies of Heat Stress and Performance in Carpenters at DOE Sites
• Study of the Mortality Among Female Nuclear Weapons Workers
• Surveillance Methods for Solvent-Related Hepatotoxicity, a cross-sectional study at Hanford

Listing of NIOSH Studies by DOE Site

Feed Materials Production Center (Fernald), OH

• Cohort Mortality Study of Fernald Environmental Management Plant (Vital Status Followup through 1998)
• Cohort Mortality Study of Workers at Fernald Feed Materials Production Center (Vital Status Followup Through 1989)
• Exposure Assessment of Hazardous Waste, Decontamination, and Decommissioning, and Cleanup Workers (Phase I)
• Radon and Cigarette Smoking Exposure Assessment in Fernald Workers
• Study of the Mortality Among Female Nuclear Weapons Workers

Hanford Site, WA

• Accounting for Errors in Radiation in Dose Estimates
• Childhood Leukemia Case-Control Study
• Exposure Assessment of Hazardous Waste, Decontamination, and Decommissioning, and Cleanup Workers (Phase I)
• Ionizing Radiation and Mortality Among Hanford Workers
• International Collaborative Study of Nuclear Industry Workers
• Leukemia Case-Control Study
• Multisite Multiple Myeloma Case-Control Study
• Stochastic Models for Radiation Carcinogenesis: Temporal Factors and Dose-Rate Effects
• Studies of Heat Stress and Performance in Carpenters at DOE Sites
• Study of the Mortality Among Female Nuclear Weapons Workers
• Surveillance Methods for Solvent-Related Hepatotoxicity, a cross-sectional study at Hanford

Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, ID

• Childhood Leukemia Case-Control Study
• Cohort Mortality Study of Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory Workers
• Exposure Assessment of Hazardous Waste, Decontamination and Decommissioning, and Cleanup Workers (Phase I)
• International Collaborative Study of Nuclear Industry Workers
• Prevention of Stress and Health Consequences of Downsizing and Reorganization

Linde Air Products, NY

• Study of the Mortality Among Female Nuclear Weapons Workers

Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM

• Leukemia Case-Control Study
• Multisite Multiple Myeloma Case-Control Study
• Prevention of Stress and Health Consequences of Downsizing and Reorganization
• Study of the Mortality Among Female Nuclear Weapons Workers

Mallinckrodt Uranium Works, MO

• Cohort Mortality Study of Mallinckrodt Workers

Mound Site, OH

• Exposure Assessment of Hazardous Waste, Decontamination, and Decommissioning, and Cleanup Workers (Phase I)
• Study of the Mortality Among Female Nuclear Weapons Workers
• Update of Cohort Mortality Study of Mound Worker

Nevada Test Site, NV

• Prevention of Stress and Health Consequences of Downsizing and Reorganization

Oak Ridge, TN: All Oak Ridge Facilities Combined (X-10, K-25, Y-12)

• Childhood Leukemia Case-Control Study
• Cohort Mortality Study of DOE Chemical Laboratory Workers
• Dose Estimation from Daily and Weekly Dosimetry Data
• Exposure Assessment of Hazardous Waste, Decontamination, and Decommissioning, and Cleanup Workers (Phase I)
• Studies of Heat Stress and Performance in Carpenters at DOE Sites
• Study of the Mortality Among Female Nuclear Weapons Workers
• Time-Related Factors in Radiation-Cancer Dose Response

Oak Ridge, TN: K-25 Site

• Multiple Myeloma Case-Control Study at the Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant (K-25)

Oak Ridge Laboratory, TN: X-10 Site

• Leukemia Case-Control Study
• Multisite Multiple Myeloma Case-Control Study
• International Collaborative Study of Nuclear Industry Workers

Oak Ridge, TN: Y-12 Plant

• Mercury Workers Health Study
• Prevention of Stress and Health Consequences of Downsizing and Reorganization

Paducah KY

• Health Effects of Occupational Exposures in Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant Workers

Pantex Plant, TX

• Cohort Mortality Study of Pantex Plant, Amarillo, TX
• Prevention of Stress and Health Consequences of Downsizing and Reorganization
• Study of the Mortality Among Female Nuclear Weapons Workers

Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, ME

• Cohort Mortality Study of Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
• Leukemia Case-Control Study
• Lung Cancer Case-Control Study

Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, OH

• Cohort Mortality Study of Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant

Rocky Flats Plant, Colorado

• Cancer Incidence Study of Rocky Flats Plant
• Epidemiologic Evaluation of Cancer and Occupational Exposures at the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology
• Exposure Assessment of Hazardous Waste, Decontamination, and Decommissioning and Cleanup Workers (Phase I)
• Lung Fibrosis in Plutonium Workers
• Study of the Mortality Among Female Nuclear Weapons Workers

Savannah River Plant, SC

• Cohort Mortality Study of DOE Chemical Laboratory Workers
• Cohort Mortality Study of Workers at the Savannah River Plant
• Exposure Assessment of Hazardous Waste, Decontamination, and Decommissioning, and Clean-up Workers (Phase I)
• Leukemia Case-Control Study
• Multi-Site Multiple Myeloma Case-Control Study
• Susceptibility and Occupational Radiation Risks
• Study of the Mortality Among Female Nuclear Weapons Workers

Other NIOSH Studies Related to DOE Workers

• Acute Radiation Syndrome in Russian Nuclear Workers
• Analysis for Characterizing Plutonium Exposure to Improve Lung Cancer Risk Estimates
• Assessment of Electric and Magnetic Field Exposures of Transportation Workers
• Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL)
• Correcting for Measurement Errors in Radiation Exposure
• Dose of Beryllium Causing Sensitization and Disease
• Epidemiologic Studies to Evaluate Health Effects of Uranium Milling
• Feasibility Study of Assessing Adverse Reproductive Outcomes Among Females Employed at DOE Facilities
• Glycophorin A Biodosimetry in I-131 Treated Patients
• Historical Plutonium Bioassay Measurements
• Mine Specific Exposure Information for Uranium Miners Study
• Specificity of the National Death Index and the Social Security Administration Death Master File when Information on Social Security Number is Lacking
• Reconstruction of Doses for Chernobyl Liquidators
• Chronic Beryllium Disease Among Beryllium-Exposed Workers
• Beryllium Disease Natural History and Exposure Response