Shiprock Uranium Mill Information
Location
Uranium Boulevard
Shiprock, Navajo Nation, New Mexico
The former Uranium Mill at Shiprock processed a total of about 1.5 million short tons of uranium ore. This activity is covered under the auspices of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act and is not separately covered under EEOICPA. However, from October 1984 through November 1986 the Department of Energy and its contractors conducted environmental remediation at this location under the auspices of the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act (UMTRCA). DOE employees and DOE contractor employees who performed this remediation are covered under EEOICPA.
Type of Facility
- Department of Energy
Covered by EEOICPA
- Part B and Part E
EEOICPA Covered Years
- Curabitur
Years of Operation
- October 1984-November 1986.
Contractors
- M. K. Ferguson
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
- Site Exposure Matrix
- Circular 11-01: Determination that the Uranium Mill at Shiprock is a DOE facility for the period October 1984 through November 1986
NIOSH
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