Electro Metallurgical Information
Location
4625 Royal Avenue
Niagara Falls, New York
In 1942, the Electro Metallurgical Company (ElectroMet), a subsidiary of Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation, was contracted by the Manhattan Engineer District to design, engineer, construct, and operate a metal reduction plant.
Developing the technology to produce pure uranium metal was a priority for the Manhattan Project. ElectroMet received uranium tetrafluoride from Union Carbide’s Linde Air Products Division. ElectroMet reacted the uranium tetrafluoride with magnesium in induction furnaces to produce uranium metal. Once the metal was produced, it was cast into ingots, and the ingots were then shipped out for testing or for rolling. The leftover process residues were sent to other sites for uranium recovery, storage, or disposal. ElectroMet was also in charge of recasting metal, research and development in low- and high-grade uranium ores, and supplying calcium metal to Los Alamos and other laboratories.
From 1950 through 1953, the plant casted zirconium metal sponge into ingots. Ownership of the facility was transferred from the Atomic Energy Commission to ElectroMet in 1953.
Alternative Names
- ElectroMet Corporation
- Umetco Minerals Corporation
- Union Carbide Corporation
- Electro-Metallurgical Corporation
Type of Facility
- Department of Energy
Covered by EEOICPA
- Part B and Part E
EEOICPA Covered Years
- August 13, 1942-1953
Did work for:
- Linde Air Products
DOE
DOL
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- Ombudsman’s Office
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- DOL Case and Claim Statistics
- Site Exposure Matrix
- Approved Special Exposure Cohorts
- Circular 12-09: Electro Metallurgical Special Exposure Cohort Class (SEC) from August 13, 1942 through December 31, 1947
NIOSH
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- Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health
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- Special Exposure Cohort Status Table
- Petition 132, 136: “All employees of the Department of Energy, its predecessor agencies, and their contractors and subcontractors who worked at the Electro Metallurgical site in Niagara Falls, New York, from August 13, 1942 through December 31,1947, 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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