Alba Craft

Location

14 West Rose Avenue

Oxford, Ohio

From 1952 to 1957, Alba Craft provided a variety of machine shop services on natural uranium metal for National Lead Company of Ohio (Fernald). Early work at Alba Craft included general and developmental machining of threaded reactor fuel slugs for use at the Savannah River Site. Subsequent production-scale operations consisted of hollow drilling and turning of slugs for the Savannah River and Hanford plutonium-production reactors.
Remediation activities under the Formerly Utilized Site Remediation Action Program (FUSRAP) occurred in 1994-1995 under the Bechtel National Inc.(BNI) umbrella site remediation contract. Remediation was certified complete in 1997.
During the period of residual contamination, as designated by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and as noted in the dates above, employees of subsequent owners and operators of this facility are also covered under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act.

Alternative Names

  • Alba Craft Shop
  • Alba Craft Laboratories
  • Albaugh

Type of Facility

  • Atomic Weapons Employer
  • Department of Energy

Covered by EEOICPA

  • Part B,
  • Part B and Part E

EEOICPA Covered Years

  • 1952-1957 (AWE)
  • 1958-1993 (residual radiation)
  • 1994-1995 (DOE)

Did work for:

  • Fernald
  • Savannah River Site

DOE

DOL

NIOSH

Other Resources

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