Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corporation-Parks Township Information

The Nuclear Material and Equipment Company (NUMEC) began operations at the Parks Township facility in 1957. The primary function of the NUMEC Parks Township facility was the fabrication of plutonium fuel, the preparation of high-enriched uranium fuel, and the production of zirconium/hafnium bars. The Parks Township facility ceased fuel fabrication activities in 1980.

On April 17, 1967, NUMEC sold all of its assets to the Atlantic Richfield Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary, which was given the name NUMEC II. As a condition of that sale, the original NUMEC was required to both change its name to the “N.M.E. Liquidating Corporation” and to dissolve its corporate existence. In 1971, the Atlantic Richfield Company sold its subsidiary NUMEC II to the Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W). B&W absorbed NUMEC II by the end of 1974, at which point in time NUMEC II ceased to exist. B&W is the current owner of the Parks Township facility. NUMEC II and B&W are both “successor” corporations of NUMEC that acquired NUMEC’s statuses as an atomic weapons employer and a beryllium vendor.

During the period of residual contamination, as designated by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health and as noted in the dates above, employees of subsequent owners and operators of this facility are also covered under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act.

Alternative Names

• Babcock & Wilcox Company
• NUMEC II
• N.M.E. Liquidating Corporation

Type of Facility

• Atomic Weapons Employer
• Beryllium Vendor

Covered by EEOICPA

• Part B

EEOICPA Covered Years

• 1960-1968
• 1957-1980 (AWE)
• 1981-2004 (residual radiation)

DOE

• DOE Facility List by Name

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 08-37: Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corporation (NUMEC)-Parks Township SEC class

NIOSH

• FAQs About Your Case
• Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health
• AWE Site Wide Documents
• NIOSH Case Statistics
• Special Exposure Cohort Status Table
  • Petition 108: “All Atomic Weapons Employer (AWE) employees who worked at the Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corporation (NUMEC) facility in Parks Township, Pennsylvania, from June 1, 1960 through December 31, 1980, 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