EEOICPA Statistics for Claimants Living in Washington
DOL Part B and Part E Statistics
NIOSH Dose Reconstruction Statistics
Washington EEOICPA Facilities
Facility descriptions credit: DOE
Hanford was
established in 1942, as a major government-owned
nuclear weapons production site, fabricating
reactor fuel, operating nine nuclear material
production reactors and building five major
chemical separation plants, and producing
plutonium for nuclear weapons. Later operations
also included nonmilitary applications of
nuclear energy. In 1965, the laboratory
functions performed at Hanford were separately
identified as Pacific Northwest Laboratory
(renamed Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
in 1995) and were operated by Battelle Memorial
Institute. This work took place on the premises
of the Hanford site through the end of 2004.
Beginning in 2005, Battelle also began operating
a separate facility in Richland where some on
these laboratory functions were performed.
Throughout the course of its operations, the
potential for beryllium exposure existed at this
site, due to beryllium use, residual
contamination, and decontamination activities.
Although Hanford
laboratory functions were given to an
organization known as the Pacific Northwest
National Laboratory in 1965 when Battelle won
the contract to perform research and development
for the Hanford Site, PNNL did not have a
physical plant separate from the Hanford site
until 2005 (see the site description for Hanford
for this work prior to 2005). The Laboratory's
first projects were based on the needs of the
Hanford Site and included protecting the
environment, fabricating reactor fuel, and
designing reactors. These projects, staff
expertise in diverse fields, and national needs
led to outstanding research and development in
several key areas: environment, health, energy,
computer science, and security.
Throughout
the course of its operations, the potential for
beryllium exposure existed at this site, due to
beryllium use, residual contamination, and
decontamination activities.