Office of Compensation Analysis and Support (OCAS)

General Activities on Atomic Weapons Employer (AWE) Cases

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).

2009 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 2009. 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 in this section as they become available.

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.

Report on Residual Radioactive and Beryllium Contamination at Atomic Weapons Employer Facilities and Beryllium Vendor Facilities

This update to the Report on Residual Radioactive and Beryllium Contamination at Atomic Weapons Employer Facilities and Beryllium Vendor Facilities is the second revision of the original study reported in November 2002 and revised in June 2004. NIOSH is required to submit this report by the National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2005, which amended The Act. This report evaluates whether significant residual contamination remained at atomic weapons employer or beryllium vendor facilities after such facilities had concluded work for DOE or its predecessor agencies.

Report
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Appendix A-1
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Appendix A-2
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Appendix A-3
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Appendix B-1
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Appendix B-2
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Appendix B-3
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