Gunnison Uranium Mill Information

Location

Gunnison County, Colorado

This mill processed approximately 540,000 tons of uranium ore between 1958 and 1962. This ore processing is covered under the auspices of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act and is not separately covered under EEOICPA. However, DOE environmental remediation contractors performed environmental remediation under the Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act (Public Law 95-604) at this former uranium ore processing mill from September 1991 though December 1995. DOE and DOE contractor employees who performed this remediation are covered under EEOICPA.

Alternative Names

  • Gunnison Processing Site

Type of Facility

  • Department of Energy

Covered by EEOICPA

  • Part B and Part E

EEOICPA Covered Years

  • September 1991-December 1995

Contractors

  • Gunnison Mining Company
  • Kermac Nuclear Fuels Company
  • Ames Construction Incorporated (remediation)

DOE

DOL

NIOSH

Other Resources

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