Los Alamos National Laboratory Information
Location
4200 W. Jemez Road
Los Alamos, New Mexico
Operated 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 Scientific Laboratory) continued as an important nuclear weapons research and development facility. Research programs included nuclear physics, hydrodynamics, chemistry, metallurgy, radiochemistry and life sciences. LANL also used its research facilities to back up other areas of the weapons production complex, particularly plutonium processing and fabrication of weapon components.
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
- Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
- LASL
- LANL
- Site Y
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
- W-7405-ENG-36
- W-31-109-ENG-38
- W-7405-ENG-39
- AT (ll-1) GEN 10
- AC04-88DP43495
- AC04-76DP00053
DOE
- 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 Analytic Data File Sets-Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Female Cohort Mortality Study
- Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Resource Analytic Data File Sets-Analytic Health Study of Los Alamos, Zia Company, and Manhattan Project Workers, 1994
- Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Resource Analytic Data File Sets-Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Male Cohort Mortality Study, 1993
- Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Resource Analytic Data File Sets-Follow-Up Study for the Manhattan Project Plutonium Workers
- 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-Epidemiologic Study of Multiple Myeloma at Hanford, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Savannah River Sites
- Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Resource Working Data File Sets-Combined Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and Zia Company (ZIA) Working Data File Set
- Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Resource Working Data File Sets-Chemical and Physical Hazards Assessment Working Data for Hanford, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Savannah River Sites
- Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Resource Working Data File Sets-Detailed External Radiation Monitoring Working Data for Hanford, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Savannah River Sites
- Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Resource Working Data File Sets-Detailed Internal Radiation Monitoring Working Data for Hanford, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Savannah River Sites
- DOE Facility List by Name
- Environmental Management
- Flickr
- Glassdoor
- YouTube Channel
- 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 10-22: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) SEC Class from March 15, 1943 through December 31, 1975
- Circular 13-03: Los Alamos National Laboratory Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) Class from January 1, 1976 through December 31, 1995
NIOSH
- Tracking your NIOSH Case Status
- Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health
- NIOSH Case Statistics
- Special Exposure Cohort Status Table
- Petition 061: “Employees of the Department of Energy predecessor agencies and their contractors or subcontractors who were monitored or should have been monitored for exposure to ionizing radiation associated with radioactive lanthanum (RaLa) operations at Technical Area 10 (Bayo Canyon Site), Technical Area 35 (Ten Site), and Buildings H, Sigma, and U (located within Technical Area 1) at the Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) for a number of work days aggregating at least 250 work days during the period from September 1, 1944 through July 18, 1963, or in combination with work days within the parameters established for one or more other classes of employees in the SEC.”
- Petition 109: “All employees of the Department of Energy, its predecessor agencies, and their contractors and subcontractors who worked at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in Los Alamos, New Mexico from January 1, 1976, through December 31, 1995, 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 051: “Employees of the Department of Energy (DOE), its predecessor agencies, or DOE contractors or subcontractors who were monitored or should have been monitored for radiological exposures while working in operational Technical Areas with a history of radioactive material use at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) for a number of work days aggregating at least 250 work days from March 15, 1943 through December 31, 1975, or in combination with work days within the parameters established for one or more other classes of employees in the Special Exposure Cohort.”
- Petition 170: “All employees of the Department of Energy, its predecessor agencies, and their contractors and subcontractors who worked at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, New Mexico from March 15, 1943 through December 31, 1975, 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.”
- Work Site Information
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