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2004 Data Search and Capture Efforts for AWE Cases

Listed below are the data search and capture efforts for AWE sites that occurred during 2004. When available, we have included the sites for which information was recovered. The most recent efforts are at the top of the list:

  • Kansas City Records Center
    Kansas City, MO
    November 2004

    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 AWE sites:

    Anaconda Co.
    Arthur D. Little Co.
    Bethlehem Steel
    Blockson Chemical Co.
    Bridgeport Brass Co.
    Colonie Site (National Lead)
    Combustion Engineering
    Harshaw Chemical Co.
    International Minerals & Chemical Corp.
    Linde
    Mathieson Chemical Co.
    Simonds Saw and Steel Co.
    St. Louis Airport Storage Site (SLAPS)
    Texas City Chemicals Co.
    Vitro
    Wah Chang

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  • Kansas City Records Center
    Kansas City, MO
    October 2004

    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 AWE sites:

    Aliquippa Forge
    Bridgeport Brass Co. (Adrian, MI)
    Bridgeport Brass Co., Havens Laboratory
    Chapman Valve
    Seymour Specialty Wire
    Simonds Saw & Steel

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  • Dayton Records Center
    Dayton, OH
    October 2004

    One box of dosimetry data spanning the years 1943 - 1948 was retrieved during this data capture effort.

    This effort recovered information on the following AWE site:

    Monsanto Chemical Co.

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  • Metals and Controls Corp.
    Attleboro, MA
    August 2004

    Twenty-four documents relating to external dosimetry, internal dosimetry, facility, and process information were retrieved from the Metals and Controls facility during this data capture effort.

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  • Atlanta Records Center
    Atlanta, GA
    July 2004

    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 AWE sites:

    American Machine & Foundry
    Battelle Laboratories - King Avenue
    Blockson Chemical Company
    Carnegie Institute of Technology
    Convair
    Davison
    Harvard University
    Koppers Co., Inc.
    Linde Ceramics Plant
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Metal Hydrides Corp.
    Metallurgical Laboratory
    National Bureau of Standards, Van Ness Street
    Nuclear Metals, Inc.
    Standard Oil Development Co. of NJ

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  • Honeywell
    Metropolis, IL
    May 2004

    Eight documents were retrieved from Honeywell during this data capture effort.

    This effort recovered information on the following AWE site:

    Allied Chemical Corp. Plant

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  • Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
    Oak Ridge, TN
    May 2004

    Ten documents were retrieved from ORNL during this data capture effort.

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  • Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU)
    Oak Ridge, TN
    April 2004

    This data capture effort was made to collect records located in the ORAU vault in Tennessee. Forty-six records were retrieved.

    This effort recovered information on the following AWE site:

    Harshaw Chemical Co.

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  • Atlanta Records Center
    Atlanta, GA
    March 2004

    The main purpose of this data capture effort was to capture records for the Pinellas facility. Information for multiple facilities was retrieved. Ninety-seven boxes were located and 223 records were scanned.

    This effort recovered information on the following AWE sites:

    Allis-Chalmers Co.
    Baker & Williams Warehouses
    Battelle Laboratories
    General Atomics
    Harshaw Chemical Co.
    Herring-Hall Marvin Safe Co.
    Kellex/Pierpont
    Linde Air Products
    Linde Ceramics Plant
    Nuclear Materials & Equipment Corp.
    Seymour Specialty Wire
    United Nuclear Corp.
    University of California, Berkeley
    Ventron Corp.
    W.R. Grace (Erwin, TN)

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  • DOE Office of Worker Advocacy
    Germantown, MD
    February 2004

    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 January 2004 effort. Sixty-five folders were reviewed and 126 records were scanned.

    This effort recovered information on the following AWE sites:

    Ashland Oil
    Crane Company
    Harshaw Chemical Co.
    Herring-Hall Marvin Safe Co.
    Horizons Inc.
    Josyln Manufacturing and Supply Co.
    Kellex/Pierpont
    Linde Ceramics Plant
    Norton Co.
    Simonds Saw and Steel
    St. Louis Airport Storage Site
    Sylvania Corning Nuclear Corp.
    Vitro Manufacturing
    Watertown Arsenal
    Westinghouse Electric Corp.

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  • DOE Office of Worker Advocacy
    Germantown, MD
    January 2004

    This data capture effort 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 AWE sites:

    Battelle Memorial Institute
    Harshaw Chemical Co.
    Linde Ceramics Plant
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Ventron Corp.

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Page last updated: January 9, 2009
Page last reviewed: May 30, 2008
Content Source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

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