Westinghouse Atomic Power Development Plant Information
Location
East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Westinghouse performed fabricating operations that included rolling and machining thorium metal billets into slugs for the DOE Hanford facility.
Alternative Names
- East Pittsburgh Plant
- Forest Hills Location
Type of Facility
- Atomic Weapons Employer
Covered by EEOICPA
- Part B
EEOICPA Covered Years
- 1942-1944
- 1949
Did work for:
- Hanford
Contract Numbers
- W-7405-ENG-26
- PO-86Y-99096V
DOE
DOL
- Tracking your DOL Claim Status
- Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health
- Ombudsman’s Office
- Resource Center
- DOL Case and Claim Statistics
- Approved Special Exposure Cohorts
- Bulletin 09-11: Westinghouse Atomic Power Development Plant (Pittsburgh) SEC Class
NIOSH
- FAQs About Your Case
- Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health
- AWE Site Wide Documents
- NIOSH Case Statistics
- Special Exposure Cohort Status Table
- Petition 096: “All Atomic Weapons Employer (AWE) employees who worked at Westinghouse Atomic Power Development Plant in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from August 13, 1942 through December 31, 1944, 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 SEC.”
- Work Site Information
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