Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Location
Bethel Valley Road
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
During the Manhattan project, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) site was used by the University of Chicago Metallurgical Laboratory to construct the first pile semiworks – a test plant that would move the plutonium product process from the research stage to large scale production. DuPont began construction of the test pile, the X-10 reactor in March 1943 and was ready for operations by January 1944. A research facility designated as the Clinton Laboratories was built during the war to support X-10 reactor activities and included chemistry, health and engineering divisions.
After the war, the laboratory was transformed from a war production facility to a nuclear research center and changed its name to Oak Ridge National Laboratory in 1948. The Laboratory’s research role in the development of nuclear weapons decreased over time, but the scope of its work expanded to include production of isotopes, fundamental hazardous and radioactive materials research, environmental research, and radioactive waste disposal.
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
- ORNL
- Clinton Laboratories
- X-10
Type of Facility
- Department of Energy
Covered by EEOICPA
- Part B and Part E
EEOICPA Covered Years
- 1943-Present
Contractors
- 1943-1945 University of Chicago
- 1945-1947 Monsanto Chemical
- 1948-1984 Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation
- 1984-1994 Martin Marietta Energy Systems
- 1994-2000 Lockheed Martin Energy Research Corporation
- 2000-Present UT Battelle
Contract Numbers
- W-7405-ENG-48
- W-7405-ENG-36
- W-7405-ENG-27
- W-7405-ENG-26
- W-7405-ENG-26, SUB-3745
- DE-AC05-840R21400
- DE-AC05-00OR22725
- AC21-84MC21063
- AC05-96OR22464
- AC04-76DP03533
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-Combined Mortality Data Study on Workers at the Hanford Site, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and Rocky Flats, Nuclear Weapons Plant
- Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Resource Analytic Data File Sets-International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Cohort Study of Nuclear Workers in the US, UK and Canada, 1994
- 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 Analytic Data File Sets-Cohort Study of Workers at the Oak Ridge Site during War World II (WW II)
- Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Resource Analytic Data File Sets-Study of Unspecified and Unexplained Causes of Death of Workers at the Oak Ridge Facilities
- Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Resource Analytic Data File Sets-Oak Ridge Mortality Study, 1997
- Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Resource Analytic Data File Sets-Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) White Male Study
- Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Resource Analytic Data File Sets-Revised Study on Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) White Males
- Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Resource Analytic Data File Sets-Cancer Case-Control Study at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
- Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Resource Analytic Data File Sets-Follow-up Cohort Study of Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL, X10 Facility)
- Comprehensive Epidemiologic Data Resource Analytic Data File Sets-Expanded Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Cohort Study
- DOE Facility List by Name
- Environmental Mangement
- Facebook Page
- Flickr
- Glassdoor
- Legacy Management
- 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
- Circular 13-02: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (X-10) Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) Class from June 17, 1943 through July 31, 1955
EPA
NIOSH
- Tracking your NIOSH Case Status
- Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health
- NIOSH Case Statistics
- Special Exposure Cohort Status Table
- Petition 189: “All employees of the Department of Energy, its predecessor agencies, and their contractors and subcontractors who worked in any area at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (X-10) in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, from June 17, 1943, through July 31, 1955, 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
Other Resources
- Atomic Heritage Foundation
- BTComp Contractor/Subcontractor Database
- Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
- Manhattan Project National Historic Park
- Oak Ridge Public Library DOE Photograph Collection
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