Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Information
Location
1 Cyclotron Road
Berkeley, California
The laboratory that eventually became the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory was founded in 1931 by Ernest Orlando Lawrence, winner of the 1939 Nobel Prize in physics for his invention of the cyclotron. Once the Manhattan Engineer District (MED) was founded in 1942, the Berkeley Laboratory became part of the MED. As part of the MED, scientists at Berkeley developed the electromagnetic enrichment process that was installed and operated at the Y-12 plant in Oak Ridge from 1943-1947. Scientists at Berkeley also discovered the transuranium elements, which include plutonium, neptunium and americium.
Work performed on behalf of LBL which took place in Gilman Hall on the University of California campus is also considered part of LBL.
Throughout the course of its operations, the potential for beryllium exposure existed at this site, due to beryllium use, residual contamination, and decontamination activities.
Alternative Names
- Radiation Laboratory
- LBL
- Lawrence Radiation Laboratory
- California Resources & Development
- Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
- Berkeley Lab
- Gilman Hall
Type of Facility
- Department of Energy
Covered by EEOICPA
- Part B and Part E
EEOICPA Covered Years
- August 13, 1942-Present
Contractors
- 1942-Present University of California
Contract Numbers
- DE-AC03-76SF00098
- DE-AC02-05CH11231
- W-7405-eng-48A-l
- W-7405-ENG-48
- W-7405-ENG-39
- DE-AC02-05CH11231
Did work for:
- Y-12
DOE
- DOE Facility List by Name
- FUSRAP Considered Site
- Environmental Management
- Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Resource Analytic Data File Sets-Mortality and Morbidity Study of 5-rem Workers at 23 Department Of Energy (DOE) facilities
- YouTube
- Website
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
- Bulletin 10-11: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) SEC Class for August 13, 1942 through December 31, 1961
EPA
NIOSH
- AWE Site Wide Documents
- NIOSH Case Statistics
- Special Exposure Cohort Status Table
- Petition 160: “All employees of the Department of Energy, its predecessor agencies, and their contractors and subcontractors who worked at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, California, from August 13, 1942 through December 31, 1961, 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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