EEOICPA Statistics for Claimants Living in DC
DOL Part B and Part E Statistics
NIOSH Dose Reconstruction Statistics
DC EEOICPA Facilities
Facility descriptions credit: DOE
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National Bureau of Standards is no longer
covered under EEOICPA. NBS was an AWE covered
facility for 1943-1945 and a DOE facility for
1959 but has been deleted from EEOICPA coverage.
The National Bureau of Standards contributed to
weapons research and development from the early
1940s until 1952. They participated in
experiments related to developing the
purification process of uranium oxide. From the
early 1920s until 1952, the NBS had a
radioactivity laboratory used for measuring
radium samples for medical purposes.
The
National Bureau of Standards also provided
oversight for uranium metal production. During
World War II, considerable emphasis was placed
upon uranium metal production. Researchers at
Iowa State soon perfected a magnesium reduction
process, which quickly became the standard. The
National Bureau of Standards in Washington, DC,
among other laboratories, provided quality
control of the production of uranium metal using
the magnesium process. Records also indicate
that the NBS worked with thorium.
Naval Research
Laboratory is no longer covered under EEOICPA.
Naval Research was an AWE covered facility for
1943-1952 but has been deleted from EEOICPA
coverage.
During World War II, the Naval
Research Laboratory produced quantities of
enriched uranium through a thermal diffusion
process. The Navy built a small pilot plant at
the Anacostia facility for this purpose.
In
the 1950s, the Laboratory handled radioactive
materials for different research applications,
and it is listed in the AEC annual report for
1959 as having just over $2 million in AEC-owned
equipment on-site.