EEOICPA Statistics for Claimants Living in Iowa
DOL Part B and Part E Statistics
NIOSH Dose Reconstruction Statistics
Iowa EEOICPA Facilities
Facility descriptions credit: DOE
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Ames
Laboratory is located on the Iowa State
University Campus in Ames, Iowa. During the
Manhattan Project, researchers at Iowa State
perfected a magnesium reduction process,
producing pure uranium metal that quickly became
the industry standard. Iowa State was one of the
first organizations to supply metallic uranium
used as fuel for the first self-sustaining chain
reaction at the University of Chicago.
In
1947, the AEC formally established the Ames
Laboratory and directed it to focus on materials
research. Over the years the laboratory
broadened its mission to include fundamental
research in the physical, chemical,
mathematical, engineering, and environmental
sciences as well.
Throughout the course of
its operations, the potential for beryllium
exposure existed at this site, due to beryllium
use, residual contamination, and decontamination
activities.
On three separate occasions, National Lead of Ohio (Fernald) personnel conducted tests to see how well a Bendix sonic energy cleaning system could clean uranium-contaminated 55 gallon drums. At least 18 contaminated drums were test cleaned.
The Iowa
Ordnance Plant (IOP), also known as the Iowa
Army Ammunition Plant (IAAP), is a load,
assemble, and pack munitions facility that began
production in 1941 and continues to operate as a
Government-owned, contractor-operated
installation. Between 1947 and 1974, a portion
of the IAAP was operated under contract to the
Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) for the purpose
of supplying the AEC with explosive components
for nuclear weapons. The area of the IOP that
performed work for the AEC includes the
buildings and property/grounds of the IAAP that
is identified as Line 1, as well as Yards C, G
and L and the Firing Site Area, Burning Field
"B" and the storage sites for pits and weapons,
including Buildings 73 and 77. Work performed in
these areas is covered under the Energy
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation
Program Act. In 1974, the AEC closed out its
activities at the plant and transferred all
functions to the Pantex Plant.
Throughout the
course of its operations, the potential for
beryllium exposure existed at this site, due to
beryllium use, residual contamination, and
decontamination activities.
Titus Metals performed the extrusion of uranium oxide billets into fuel plates for the Argonaut reactor at Argonne National Laboratory on June 29, 1956.