EEOICPA Statistics for Claimants Living in Florida
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Florida EEOICPA Facilities
Facility descriptions credit: DOE
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American Beryllium Company machined parts for Y-12 and Rocky Flats. Generally, the beryllium for these parts was supplied by Kawecki Berylco Industries, Inc.
Under contract with the AEC, Armour operated a pilot plant which produced uranium from phosphoric acid.
Under contract to
the AEC, Gardinier (under the name U.S.
Phosphoric Products) operated a pilot plant from
1951 to 1954 which recovered uranium from
phosphoric acid. From 1956 to 1961, it produced
uranium by recovery of U3O8 from phosphoric
acid. Maximum production was 60 tons of uranium
concentrate per year. The uranium was ultimately
used in weapons production.
During the period
of residual contamination, as designated by the
National Institute for Occupational Safety and
Health and as noted in the dates above,
employees of subsequent owners and operators of
this facility are also covered under the Energy
Employees Occupational Illness Compensation
Program Act.
International
Minerals and Chemical Corp. produced uranium as
a byproduct of the recovery of phosphate
chemicals and fertilizers. The 1951, AEC
contracted with International Minerals and
Chemical Corp. for the recovery of uranium,
which was ultimately used for the production of
weapons. The original production plant was shut
down in 1959. Starting in 1954, the uranium
recovery unit was located at the Bonnie Plant.
In 1955, it switched to the phosphoric acid
process. International Minerals and Chemical
Corp. became Central Farmers (now C.F.)
Industries; in 1969, C.F. Industries became C.F.
Chemicals, Bartow Phosphate Works. The
phosphoric process was shut down in 1961.
During the period of residual contamination, as
designated by the National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health and as noted in
the dates above, employees of subsequent owners
and operators of this facility are also covered
under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness
Compensation Program Act.
In 1957, the AEC
purchased the Pinellas Plant from General
Electric. During operations, the plant
manufactured precisely timed neutron generators
used to initiate nuclear explosions. As older
nuclear weapons were removed from the national
stockpile, the accelerator-type neutron
generators produced at Pinellas gradually
replaced polonium-beryllium initiators
manufactured at the Mound site. Pinellas also
fabricated other electronic and mechanical
nuclear weapons components, including neutron
detectors, lightning-arrestor connectors,
specialty capacitors and switches, crystal
resonators, and optoelectronic devices.
In
September 1994, Pinellas stopped producing
weapons-related components, and its mission
changed to environmental restoration of the
facility. Production work was transferred to the
Kansas City, Missouri, plant and Sandia National
Laboratory in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
During
the periods that DOE performed remediation,
organic compounds (primarily chlorinated ethenes)
in drums and concentrated in soil were removed
from onsite areas through excavation and use of
large-diameter auguring. The areas were then
backfilled with clean material. This work
removed the sources of ground water
contaminants. No radioactive material was found.
Throughout the course of its operations, the
potential for beryllium exposure existed at this
site due to beryllium use, residual
contamination, and decontamination activities.
Documents indicate
that the University of Florida handled test
quantities of radioactive material under a
National Lead of Ohio (Fernald) sub-contract
between 1963 and 1969. Upon completion of the
project, the material was sent to the Savannah
River Site.
The University also obtained
licenses to handle radioactive material from the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Work done under
these NRC licenses was not related to nuclear
weapons production and is not covered under
EEOICPA.
The
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Corporation produced
uranium as a byproduct of the recovery of
phosphate chemicals and fertilizers. The AEC
contracted with the Virginia-Carolina Chemical
Corp. for the recovery of the uranium, which was
ultimately used in weapons production.
During
the period of residual contamination, as
designated by the National Institute for
Occupational Safety and Health and as noted in
the dates above, employees of subsequent owners
and operators of this facility are also covered
under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness
Compensation Program Act.
For one month in 1954, W.R. Grace performed the pilot plant work on solvent extraction for Armour Fertilizer, which used the solvent process to extract uranium from phosphates.