LocationSalk Institute La Jolla California

La Jolla, California

Alternative Names

  • GA
  • Division of General Dynamics
  • John Jay Hopkins Laboratory for Pure and Applied Science

Type of Facility

  • Atomic Weapons Employer
  • Beryllium Vendor
  • Department of Energy

Covered by EEOICPA

  • Part B (AWE and beryllium vendor)
  • Both Part B and Part E (DEO)

EEOICPA Covered Years

  • 1959-1967 (beryllium vendor)
  • 1960-1969 (AWE)
  • 1970-1995 (residual radiation)
  • 2000 (residual radiation)
  • 1969-1999 (DOE-remediation) 

DOE

DOL

NIOSH

  • Tracking your NIOSH Case Status
  • Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health
  • AWE Site Wide Documents
  • NIOSH Case Statistics
  • Special Exposure Cohort Status Table
    • Petition 064: "Atomic Weapons Employer (AWE) employees who were monitored or should have been monitored for exposure to ionizing radiation while working at the General Atomics facility in La Jolla, California at the following locations: Science Laboratories A, B, and C (Building 2); Experimental Building (Building 9); Maintenance (Building 10); Service Building (Building 11); Buildings 21 and 22; Hot Cell Facility (Building 23); Waste Yard (Buildings 25 and 26); Experimental Area (Buildings 27 and 27-1); LINAC Complex (Building 30); HTGR-TCF (Building 31); Fusion Building (Building 33); Fusion Doublet III (Building 34); SV-A (Building 37); SV-B (Building 39); and SV-D (no building number) for a number of work days aggregating at least 250 work days from January 1, 1960, through December 31, 1969, or in combination with work days within the parameters established for one or more other classes of employees in the SEC."
    • Petition 218: "All Atomic Weapons Employees who worked for General Atomics at its facility in La Jolla, California, during the period from January 1, 1960 through December 31, 1969, 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 Special Exposure Cohort."
  • Work Site Information

Other Resources

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