Winchester Engineering and Analytical Center Information
Location
Building Site 421
Winchester, Massachusetts
The Winchester Engineering and Analytical Center, built in 1952 under sponsorship of the AEC, was used to continue development of methods for extraction of uranium and thorium form ore and to prepare metal grade uranium tetrafluoride. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) began the work in 1946 at Cambridge, MA and continued the work after it was transferred later that year to Watertown Arsenal, Watertown, MA. American Cyanamid Company succeeded MIT in operating the project at Watertown Arsenal from 1951 until October 1952, when it was transferred to the Winchester Facility. In 1954, National Lead Company, Inc. took over operations under AEC contract AT(49-6)-924. Beginning in 1959, facility use shifted to laboratory testing of environmental analysis methods pertaining to uranium waste. In 1961, the work was discontinued, and the facility was transferred to the Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) for use as a low-level environmental radiation surveillance laboratory and for analysis of radiopharmaceuticals. The facility is now run by the Food and Drug Administration.
Alternative Names
- U.S. Public Health Service
- N.E. Radiological Laboratory
- Northeastern Radiological Health Laboratory
- National Lead Company
- AEC Raw Materials Development Laboratory
Type of Facility
- Department of Energy
Covered by EEOICPA
- Part B and Part E
EEOICPA Covered Years
- 1952-1961
Contractors
- 1954-1961 National Lead Company
- 1952-1954 American Cyanamid
DOE
DOL
- Tracking your DOL Claim Status
- Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health
- Ombudsman’s Office
- Resource Center
- DOL Case and Claim Statistics
- Approved Special Exposure Cohorts
- Circular 12-15: Winchester Engineering and Analytical Center Special Exposure Cohort Class (SEC) from January 1, 1952 through December 31, 1961
NIOSH
- FAQs About Your Case
- Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health
- NIOSH Case Statistics
- Special Exposure Cohort Status Table
- Petition 199: “All employees of the Department of Energy, its predecessor agencies, and their contractors and subcontractors who worked at the Winchester Engineering and Analytical Center in Winchester, Massachusetts, from January 1, 1952, through December 31, 1961, 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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