New Mexico
EEOICPA Information
EEOICPA Statistics for Claimants Living in New Mexico
DOL Part B and Part E Statistics
Part B, Part E, and Dose Reconstruction Statistics
New Mexico EEOICPA Facilities
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Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Information
Location 4021 National Parks Highway Carlsbad, New MexicoThe Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) was designed for the disposal of transuranic radioactive waste resulting from the research and production of nuclear weapons. It is the world's first underground repository...
Trinity Nuclear Explosion Site Information
Location White Sands Missile Range, New MexicoThe Trinity test was the first nuclear weapons test, which took place in July 1945 at the Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range. It was designed to determine whether the implosion method could be used to detonate a nuclear...
South Albuquerque Works Information
Location Albuquerque, New MexicoThe AEC owned the South Albuquerque Works from 1951-1967 and used it to produce weapons components. It was opened in anticipation of the 1952 closing of the Buffalo Works. American Car and Foundry was part of the Buffalo operation and...
Shiprock Uranium Mill Information
Location Uranium Boulevard Shiprock, Navajo Nation, New MexicoThe former Uranium Mill at Shiprock processed a total of about 1.5 million short tons of uranium ore. This activity is covered under the auspices of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act and is not...
Shiprock Ore Buying Station Information
Location Shiprock, Navajo Nation, New MexicoThe ore buying station at Shiprock purchased uranium ore for the AEC. American Smelting and Refining Company managed and operated the Shiprock station from July 1952 to January 1954. Alternative Names American Smelting and...
Sandia National Laboratories Information
Location 1515 Eubank Boulevard Albuquerque, New MexicoSandia National Laboratory originated in 1945 as the Z Division of Los Alamos, the engineering arm of the US nuclear weapons development program. Formally established as Sandia National Laboratories in 1949, it was...
Project Gnome Nuclear Explosion Site Information
Location Mobley Ranch Road Carlsbad, New MexicoThe Project Gnome Test site was the location of one of the nuclear test explosions conducted as part of the part of the AEC's Plowshare program, which was initiated in 1957 to develop peaceful (industrial and scientific)...
Project Gasbuggy Nuclear Explosion Site Information
Location Farmington, New MexicoThe Project Gasbuggy site was the location of one of the nuclear test explosions conducted as part of the AEC's Plowshare program that was initiated in 1957 to develop peaceful (industrial and scientific) applications for nuclear...
Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute Information
Location 2425 Ridgecrest Drive Southeast Albuquerque, New MexicoThe Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute (LRRI) (formerly the Inhalation Toxicology Research Institute or ITRI) is located on Kirtland Air Force Base. It was established in 1960 to conduct research on...
Los Alamos National Laboratory Information
Location 4200 W. Jemez Road Los Alamos, New MexicoOperated by the University of California since its inception, Los Alamos National Laboratory designed, developed and tested the world's first nuclear weapons. After World War II, Los Alamos (called the Los Alamos...
Los Alamos Medical Center Information
Location 3917 West Road Los Alamos, New MexicoLos Alamos Medical Center started as an Army hospital for Manhattan Project workers. A new facility was constructed in 1951 and opened in January 1952. The AEC sold the hospital to a private entity in 1963. Type of...
Kirtland Operations Office Information
Location 2000 Wyoming Boulevard, SE Albuquerque, New MexicoThe Kirtland Operations Office was founded in 1964 as part of the United States atmospheric nuclear testing readiness program. Today, this applied-science and engineering organization supports the National...
Kirtland Hanger 481 Information
Location 2051 Wyoming Boulevard, SE Albuquerque, New MexicoThe Department of Energy contracted with Ross Aviation, Inc. to manage and operate Hangar 481 on the premises of the Kirtland Air Force Base for the convenience of the adjacent Sandia National Laboratory....
Grants Ore Buying Station Information
Location Grants, New MexisoThe ore buying station at Grants purchased uranium ore for the AEC. Lucius Pitkin managed and operated the Grants station on behalf of the AEC from July 1956 to mid-1958. Type of Facility Department of Energy Covered by EEOICPA B and Part E...
Chupadera Mesa Information
Location Chupadera Mesa, New MexicoChupadera Mesa is located in the White Sands Missile Range and was part of the fallout area from the Trinity test. The Trinity Test took place in July 1945. Type of Facility Department of Energy Covered by EEOICPA Part B and Part E...
Bluewater Uranium Mill Information
Location McKinley County, New MexicoThe Bluewater disposal site is in Cibola County, approximately 9 miles northwest of Grants, New Mexico. Anaconda Copper Company constructed the original carbonate-leach mill at the site in 1953 to process limestone uranium ore mined...
Ambrosia Lake Uranium Mill Information
Location Ambrosia Lake, New MexicoThis former mill processed more than 3 million tons of uranium ore between 1958 and 1963. These milling operations are covered under the auspices of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act and are not separately covered under EEOICPA....
Albuquerque Operations Office Information
Location Albuquerque, New MexicoThe Albuquerque Operations Office is the major defense program field organization in the Department of Energy. Although its roots can be traced to the Manhattan Engineer District's efforts to provide the nation with a nuclear weapons...
Accurate Machine and Tool Information
Location 2646 Baylor Drive Southeast Albuquerque, New MexicoAccurate Machine & Tool provides machine shop services to Sandia National Laboratory, California. This work has included the use of beryllium-copper materials. Type of Facility Beryllium Vendor Covered by...