Linde Ceramics Plant Information

The Linde Air Company performed uranium and nickel processing for the Manhattan Engineer District (MED) and the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) at the Ceramics Plant in Tonawanda. African and Canadian ores were milled to black oxides at the plant. Documents indicate that the facility was placed on standby as of March 1, 1950. Linde’s contractual agreements with the AEC continued through 1953 for various activities relating to closing out work at the Tonawanda location. Linde was a part of Carbide and Carbon Chemical Corporation (C&CCC), which then became Union Carbide.

In 1980, Linde Ceramics was designated as part of the Formerly Utilized Site Remediation Action Program (FUSRAP) and work under this program was performed during 1988-1992, and then again in 1996. The 1996 work was performed under the Bechtel National Inc. umbrella contract for DOE environmental site remediation.

*Buildings 30,31,37 and 38 of the Linde Ceramics Plant meet the definition of a DOE facility for the years 1942 through 1953. This means that employees who worked in these buildings during these years are eligible under both Part B and E of the EEOICPA.
The Tonawanda Laboratory, which is also known as Building 14, meets the definition of an AWE for the years 1942-1953. Under the EEOICPA, employees of AWE facilities are not eligible under Part E of the EEOICPA.

Alternative Names

• Tonawanda Laboratory (AWE portion of the plant)
• Linde Air
• Praxair
• Linde Air Products Division of Union Carbide Corporation
• Uranium Refinery, Linde Site
• Buildings 30,31,37 and 38 of the Linde Ceramics Plant

Type of Facility

• Atomic Weapons Employer
• Department of Energy

Covered by EEOICPA

• Part B
• Part B and Part E

EEOICPA Covered Years

• November 16,1942-1953 (AWE, DOE )
• 1954-1987 (residual radiation)
• 1993-1995 (residual radiation)
• 1997-March 1, 2011 (residual radiation)
• 1988-1992 (DOE)
• 1996 (DOE-remediation)

Contract Number

•  W-7405-ENG-26

DOE

• CERCLA
• DOE Facility List by Name

DOL

• Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Resource Analytic Data File Sets-Mortality Study Among Female Nuclear Weapons Workers at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Zia Company, Rocky Flats, Hanford, Mound, Savannah River, Oak Ridge X-10, Y-12 and K-25, Fernald, Linde and Pantex
• Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Resource Analytic Data File Sets-Linde Air Products Cohort Mortality Study
• Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Resource Analytic Data File Sets-Mortality and Morbidity Study of 5-rem Workers at 23 Department Of Energy (DOE) facilities
• Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Resource Working Data File Sets-Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) Working Data File Set
• 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 06-06: Processing Claims for the Linde Ceramics Plant SEC Class, October 1, 1942 through October 31, 1947
• Circular 07-07: Linde Ceramics Plant
• Circular 10-02: Linde Ceramics Plant Residual Radiation Period
• Circular 11-04: Linde Ceramics Plant Special Exposure Cohort Class (SEC) from January 1, 1954 through December 31, 1969
• Circular 12-07: Linde Ceramics Plant Special Exposure Cohort Class (SEC) from November 1, 1947 through December 31, 1953

NIOSH

• Tracking your NIOSH Case Status
• Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health
• AWE Site Wide Documents
• NIOSH Case Statistics
• Special Exposure Cohort Status Table
  • Petition 044: “Atomic Weapons Employees who worked at the Linde Ceramics Plant from October 1, 1942 through October 31, 1947 and who were employed for a number of work days aggregating at least 250 work days, either solely under this employment or in combination with work days within the parameters (excluding aggregate work day requirements) established for other classes of employees in the SEC.”
  • Petition 107, 112, 127: “All Atomic Weapons Employees who worked at the Linde Ceramics Plant in Tonawanda, New York, from January 1, 1954 through December 31, 1969, 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 in the Special Exposure Cohort.”
  • Petition 154: “All Atomic Weapons Employees who worked in any area at the Linde Ceramics Plant in Tonawanda, New York, from November 1, 1947, through December 31, 1953, 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 SEC.”
• Work Site Information

Other Resources

• Waste Lands-America’s Forgotten Nuclear Legacy Database