Battelle Laboratories King Avenue
Location
505 King Avenue
Columbus, Ohio
From 1943 to 1986, Battelle Memorial Institute performed atomic energy research and development as well as beryllium work for the Department of Energy and its predecessor agencies. The Battelle Laboratories have two separate locations in Columbus – King Avenue and West Jefferson. Battelle’s research supported the government’s fuel and target fabrication program, including fabrication of uranium and fuel elements, reactor development, submarine propulsion, fuel reprocessing, and the safe use of reactor vessels and piping.
The following activities were performed at the King Avenue location: processing and machining enriched, natural, and depleted uranium and thorium; fabricating fuel elements; analyzing radiochemicals; and studying power metallurgy. Beryllium work was conducted from 1943 until at least 1961.
Alternative Names
- Battelle Columbus Laboratories
- BCL
- Battelle Memorial Institute
- BMI
Type of Facility
- Atomic Weapons Employer
- Beryllium Vendor
- Department of Energy
Covered by EEOICPA
- Part B
- Part B and Part E
EEOICPA Covered Years
- 1943-1986 (AWE)
- 1943-1961 (beryllium venfor
- 1986-2000 (DOE-remediation)
- 2001-March 1, 2011 (residual radiation)
Contract Numbers
- W-7405-ENG-92-099
- DE-AC06-76RLO
- AC04-76DP03533
- AC02-83CH10140
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
- Approved Special Exposure Cohorts
- Circular 13-09: Battelle Laboratories King Avenue Special Exposure Cohort Class (SEC) from April 16, 1943 through June 30, 1956
- Circular 16-03: Battelle Laboratories at the King Avenue Site in Columbus, Ohio, Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) from July 1, 1956 through December 31, 1970
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 229: “All Atomic Weapons Employees who worked at the facility owned by the Battelle Laboratories at the King Avenue site in Columbus, Ohio, during the period from July 1, 1956, through December 31, 1970, 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.”
- Petition 208: “All Atomic Weapons Employees who worked at the King Avenue facility owned by Battelle Laboratories in Columbus, Ohio, during the period from April 16, 1943, through June 30, 1956, 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
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