Oak Ridge Hospital

Originally a US Army Hospital for the Manhattan Project workers, this facility was operated for the AEC by Roane-Anderson Co. In 1959, ownership of the hospital was privatized and its operation taken over by the Oak Ridge Hospital of the Methodist Church.

Type of Facility

• Department of Energy

Covered by EEOICPA

• Part B and Part E

EEOICPA Covered Years

• 1943-1959

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• Bulletin 07-09: Processing Claims for Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies (ORINS) Cancer Research Hospital, Oak Ridge, Tennessee Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) Class, May 15, 1950 through December 31, 1963
• Bulletin 10-07: Oak Ridge Hospital SEC Class for May 15, 1950 through December 31, 1959

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  • Petition 137: “All employees of the Department of Energy, its predecessor agencies, and its contractors and subcontractors who worked in any location at the Oak Ridge Hospital in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, from May 15, 1950 through December 31, 1959, for a number of work days aggregating at least 250 work days or in combination with work days within the parameters established for one or more other classes of employees in the SEC.”
  • Petition 33: “Employees of the Department of Energy predecessor agencies and their contractors or subcontractors who were monitored or should have been monitored while working at the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies Cancer Research Hospital from May 15, 1950, through December 31, 1963, and who were employed for a number of work days aggregating at least 250 work days or in combination with work days within the parameters established for one of more other classes of employees in the SEC.”
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