How It All Began Do you know how the National Day of Remembrance began? In the late 1990s groups of sick workers would travel to Washington, D.C. to educate Congress…
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Site Exposure Matrices and Former Worker Program
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Cold War Patriots welcomes you to share your Messages of Peace and your artwork with us! We encourage you to post photos of your messages and cranes on our Cold…
A claimant contacted me to ask that I write a blog about navigating the Division of Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation’s (DEEOIC) Site Exposure Matrix (SEM). He was trying to…
In 2010, I got a call from an upset claimant. Her Part B claim had been approved but her Part E claim had been denied because the site she worked…
When Nuclear Testing Was Whimsical In 1946 the United States began nuclear testing in the Pacific Ocean with further tests being done in the US, mainly at the Nevada Test…
All in a Day’s Work - Department of Energy Facilities Were Responsible for More Than Nuclear Power, Medicine, and Weapons. It is common knowledge that the Department of Energy (DOE)…
Susan Adkisson, the Regional Director of Cold War Patriots grew up in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. From her years growing up there, she remembers things that would reveal she is from…
Sign the petition to permanently designate October 30th as the National Day of Remembrance. To find the phone number or contact form for your Senator please visit
During the Cold War there were many films released by the government to help people navigate the new nuclear era. Some were very informative and helped the population come to…
