Argonne
National Lab-East
Argonne East is a DOE site from 1946 to the present so workers are eligible to file both Part B and Part E claims.
Argonne is one of the U.S. Department
of Energy's largest research centers. It is also the
nation's first national laboratory, chartered in 1946. The
Laboratory specializes in reactor engineering, reactor
physics, chemistry and metallurgy. Early reactor research
focused on the production of plutonium from uranium.
Argonne is a direct descendant of the
University of Chicago's Metallurgical Laboratory, part of
the World War II Manhattan Project to build the atomic bomb
before the Nazis did. It was at the Met Lab where, on
December 2, 1942, Enrico Fermi and his band of about 50
colleagues created the world's first controlled nuclear
chain reaction in a squash court at the University of
Chicago.
The premises covered under this listing
include all those which are part of the Argonne National
Laboratory (ANL) campus in Argonne, Illinois and those in
which operations associated with the former Met Lab were
performed under contract to the Atomic Energy Commission
(AEC) once Met Lab operations were administratively
incorporated into ANL.
Throughout the course of its
operations, the potential for beryllium exposure existed at
this site, due to beryllium use, residual contamination, and
decontamination activities.
DOE
DOE provides information on Argonne East.
DOE Contractor
University of Chicago (1946-Present)
DOL
DOL provides Part B and Part E statistics on Argonne East as well as exposure information from their Site Exposure Matrix.
NIOSH
NIOSH provides dose reconstruction statistics for Argonne East.
