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Fact or Fiction? Growing up during the Cold War, my teachers would tell us stories about life in the USSR, our enemy during that time. I imagine this had a…

Let’s face it. We are all looking for ways to improve our energy these days. While we are likely to reach for coffee, tea, or soda a hundred years ago…

May 11, 1969 wasn’t a normal Mother’s Day.  Although most of Denver, CO and surrounding suburbs did realize it or fully grasp the danger, a fire broke out at the…

It’s probably a good guess that many people are unaware of the Department of Energy facility located about 45 minutes from Los Angeles, CA, the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL). …

The Division of Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation (DEEOIC) held a very informative webinar about medical benefits on April 21, 2021.  Doug Pennington, Deputy Director, and Lance Lanier, Chief, Branch…

Six Great Reasons Why Home Care with EEOICP Makes Sense To learn more about the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program (EEOICP) click here. Unlike Medicare,…

Some of you were interested in which diseases where the most common to be claimed as being the result of exposure to toxic substances through the Division of Energy Employees…

March 25, 2021 Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Senator Joe Manchin (DWV) and Congressman Adam Smith (D-WA) introduced the Toxic Substance Safety Act of 2021 on March 25, 2021.  If passed,…

One of the suggestions that we received for a blog topic was to write about the Cold War.  Since this era spanned at least 40 years, I thought I would…

”Don’t be afraid to seek out the information you need”, is the message former Sandia National Labs worker, James, and his wife, Terry, want to share with fellow nuclear weapons…