Massachusetts
EEOICPA Information
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Massachusetts EEOICPA Facilities
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Wyman Gordon Incorporated Information
Location Grafton, North Grafton, MassachusettsWyman-Gordon supplied beryllium powder forgings and beryllium blanks to the Rocky Flats plant and beryllium metal and parts to the Y-12 plant. Type of Facility Beryllium Vendor Covered by EEOICPA Part B EEOICPA Covered...
Winchester Engineering and Analytical Center Information
Location Building Site 421 Winchester, MassachusettsThe Winchester Engineering and Analytical Center, built in 1952 under sponsorship of the AEC, was used to continue development of methods for extraction of uranium and thorium form ore and to prepare metal grade...
Watertown Arsenal, Building 421-Deleted
Location Congress Street Watertown, MassachusettsWatertown Arsenal is no longer a covered EEOICPA facility. Building 421 at the Watertown Arsenal, Watertown, MA was leased by the AEC for use under AEC contract #AT(30-1)-956. Work at this location was a continuation...
Ventron Corporation Information
Location Beverly, MassachusettsFrom 1942 to 1948, Metal Hydrides Corp. was under contract to the Manhattan Engineer District and the Atomic Energy Commission to convert uranium oxide to uranium metal powder. This work, as well as later operations to recover uranium...
Reed Rolled Thread Company Information
Location Worcester, MassachusettsThe Franklin Institute conducted a study for the Division of Reactor Development in 1962. No information has been located on this facility to date. Type of Facility Atomic Weapons Employer Covered by EEOICPA Part B EEOICPA Covered...
Nuclear Metals Information
Location 1555 Massachusetts Avenue West Concord, MassachusettsNuclear Metals, Inc. was incorporated in 1954 as a DOE contractor to take over the research and development work previously performed by MIT's Metallurgical Laboratory. The work performed by Nuclear Metals,...
Norton Company Information
Location 1 New Bond Street Worcester, MassachusettsNorton manufactured refractory products from boron, beryllium, uranium, thorium, and magnesium oxide for the MED and the AEC.As early as 1943, Norton was providing boron to the SAM laboratory. Documents show that...
National Research Corporation Information
Location 70 Memorial Drive Cambridge, MassachusettsNational Research had Manhattan Engineer District experience in working with vacuum centrifugal castings, in developing jets and baffles for diffusion pumps, and in developing cold trap systems. National Research's...
Metals and Controls Corporation Information
Location 77 Massachusetts Avenue Attleboro, MassachusettsRecords indicate that Metals and Controls Corporation fabricated fuel elements for production reactors, but it is unclear whether its work related to the nuclear weapons complex. For example, Metals and Controls...
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Information
Location Cambridge, MassachusettsThe Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) began experimental work on producing uranium metal in the spring of 1942 using a process involving melting and casting. It is this uranium metallurgical work which took place on the MIT...
La Pointe Machine and Tool Information
Location Hudson, MassachusettsNational Lead of Ohio (Fernald) conducted a single test involving the use of uranium metal on a broaching machine and an arbor press at the La Pointe Machine Tool Company facility. Type of Facility Atomic Weapons Employer Covered by...
Hood Building Information
Location Cambridge, MassachusettsIn 1946, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) relocated the work it had been performing under Manhattan Engineer District (MED) contracts into the Hood Building as a means of consolidating work with unique health hazards....
Heald Machine Company Information
Location Worcester, MassachusettsNational Lead of Ohio (Fernald) conducted tests on a drilling machine at the Heald facility. The tests involved drilling a few uranium slugs on the machine which Fernald intended to purchase. Type of Facility Atomic Weapons Employer...
Franklin Institute Information
Location Boston, MassachusettsThe Franklin Institute conducted a study for the Division of Reactor Development in 1962. No information has been located on this facility to date. Type of Facility Beryllium Vendor Covered by EEOICPA Part B EEOICPA Covered Years 1962 Did...
Fenwal Information
Location Ashland, MassachusettsIn 1967 and 1968, National Lead of Ohio (Fernald) asked Fenwal to conduct tests aimed at determining the capabilities of Fenwal's fire extinguishing equipment for suppressing fires originating in uranium contaminated magnesium. The tests...
Edgerton Germeshausen and Grier Information
Location 203 Hampshire Street Boston, MassachusettsEG&G was under contract to the AEC during the period from 1950-1953 for "research and development and manufacturing incident to the installation of scientific test instrumentation at AEC test sites; design,...
Chapman Valve Information
Location Indian Orchard, MassachusettsChapman Valve supplied valves to the MED and the AEC. In 1948, Chapman Valve machined uranium rods into slugs for the Brookhaven National Laboratory. Uranium slugs were used as reactor fuel. Chapman may also have conducted rolling...
C. G. Sargent and Sons Information
Location Graniteville, MassachusettsC.G. Sargents and Sons Company performed extruder and drying oven tests with thorium for National Lead of Ohio (Fernald). It also conducted a uranium sump cake drying test for NLO. These were apparently one-time tests. Type of...
American Potash and Chemical Information
Location West Hanover, MassachusettsAmerican Potash and Chemical Company conducted uranium metal shaping and uranium-magnesium explosive forming studies for Union Carbide Nuclear Corporation, Oak Ridge. The tests done up to May 1961 were performed with 430 stainless...