Uranium Tailings Once Found at Proposed Salt Lake…
NOTE: This facility is not currently covered under EEOICPA as a U.S. Department of Energy site. If you worked at the Sugar House homeless shelter, please call…
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Uranium Workers’ Day at New Mexico State Capitol
The Multicultural Alliance for a Safe Environment (MASE) is organizing a Uranium Workers’ Day at the New Mexico State Capitol for Monday, February 27th, in order to raise awareness about…
Site Exposure Matrices (SEM) Website Updates
Division of Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation (DEEOIC) SEM Updated the first week of 2017! The Site Exposure Matrices…
Advocates Strive for Workers’ Compensation and Benefits
In October 2000, Congress enacted the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA), which was designed to recognize and compensate current or former workers (or their survivors) of the…
Santa Susana Field Laboratory Employees Achieve Victory Meeting
At the recent NIOSH Advisory Board meeting, the Board voted to pass the Santa Susanna Field Laboratory (CA) SEC. This SEC will cover Area IV of the Santa Susana Field…
Volume 8 – Edition 24
In this newsletter: DOL Advisory Board Meeting Held in Oak Ridge, TN. Meet the CWP Advisory Committee Member: Richard Anderson. SEC Expansion Updates – Argonne National Laboratory-West, Scoville, ID. Official…
Summary: DOL’s Advisory Board Subcommittee Teleconference 1/6/17
DOL provided a draft of the Occupational History Questionnaire (OHQ) on which they have been working. This draft was not available to the public, however a copy of the OHQ…
Summary from the NIOSH Advisory Board on the…
This work group was formed in the spring of 2006 to review the Nevada Test Site (NTS) Site Profile for accuracy. In January 2008 the work group was also tasked…
October 30 Designated as National Day of Remembrance
With unanimous consent, the U.S. Senate agreed to pass Senate Resolution 560, designating October 30, 2016 as a National Day of Remembrance for Nuclear Weapons Program Workers. The first National…
DOL Advisory Board Continues Mission to Provide Guidance
The Department of Labor’s Advisory Board on Toxic Substances and Worker Health’s Subcommittee on Medical Advice, re: Weighing of Medical Evidence, held a teleconference on December 12, 2016. The agenda…