Pantex Plant Information
Location
Amarillo, Texas
In the 1950s, the Atomic Energy Commission began manufacturing high explosives for nuclear weapons at the Pantex Plant (Pantex). Today, Pantex continues to fabricate high explosives and assemble nuclear weapons. The principal operations at this site, however, are the dismantling of retired nuclear weapons and the maintenance of the nation’s nuclear weapons stockpile. Pantex, which is operated by DOE’s Office of Defense Programs, is the only facility in the United States that performs these operations.
Throughout the course of its operations, the potential for beryllium exposure existed at this site, due to beryllium use, residual contamination, and decontamination activities.
Type of Facility
- Department of Energy
Covered by EEOICPA
- Part B and Part E
EEOICPA Covered Years
- 1951-Present
Contractors
- 2001-Present BWXT Pantex
- 1956-2000 Mason & Hanger-Silas Mason
- 1951-1956 Proctor & Gamble
Contract Numbers
- DE-AC04-00AI.66620
DOE
- Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Resource Analytic Data File Sets-Mortality and Morbidity Study of 5-rem Workers at 23 Department Of Energy (DOE) facilities
- Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Resource Analytic Data File Sets-Mortality Study Among Female Nuclear Weapons Workers at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Zia Company, Rocky Flats, Hanford, Mound, Savannah River, Oak Ridge X-10, Y-12 and K-25, Fernald, Linde and Pantex
- Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Resource Analytic Data File Sets-Pantex Weapons Facility Cohort Study
- Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Resource Analytic Data File Sets-Pantex Plant (Amarillo, Texas) Cohort Mortality Study Revised
- Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Resource Working Data File Sets-Pantex Plant Working Data File Set
- DOE Facility List by Name
- FUSRAP Considered Site
- Facebook Page
- Glassdoor
- Website
- YouTube Channel
DOL
- Tracking your DOL Claim Status
- Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health
- Ombudsman’s Office
- Resource Center
- DOL Case and Claim Statistics
- Site Exposure Matrix
- Approved Special Exposure Cohorts
- Circular 12-06: Pantex Plant Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) Class from January 1, 1958 through December 31, 1983
- Circular 14-03: Pantex Plant Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) Class from January 1, 1984 through December 31, 1991
- Circular 17-02: Pantex Plant Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) Class from January 1, 1951 through December 31, 1957
EPA
NIOSH
- FAQs About Your Case
- Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health
- NIOSH Case Statistics
- Special Exposure Cohort Status Table
- Petition 068: “All employees of the Department of Energy, its predecessor agencies, and their contractors and subcontractors who worked at the Pantex Plant in Amarillo, Texas, during the period from January 1,1958 through December 31, 1983, for a number of work days aggregating at least 250 work days, occurring either solely under this employment or in combination with work days within the parameters established for one or more other classes of employees included in the SEC.”
- Petition 068: “All employees of the Department of Energy, its predecessor agencies, and their contractors and subcontractors who worked at the Pantex Plant in Amarillo, Texas, from January 1, 1984, through December 31, 1991, for a number of work days aggregating at least 250 work days, occurring either solely under this employment, or in combination with work days within the parameters established for one or more other classes of employees included in the SEC.”
- Petition 068: “All employees of the Department of Energy, its predecessor agencies, and their contractors and subcontractors who worked at the Pantex Plant in Amarillo, Texas, during the period from January I, 1951, through December 31, 1957, for a number of work days aggregating at least 250 work days, occurring either solely under this employment or in combination with work days within the parameters established for one or more other classes of employees in the Special Exposure Cohort.”
- Work Site Information
Other Resources
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