Special Exposure Cohort Facilities
The CDC/NIOSH SEC FAQ describes the Special Exposure Cohort in this way:
The Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) is a uniquely defined category of employees established under The Act. The SEC is comprised of classes of employees who have at least one of the 22 SEC cancers and have worked for a specific period of time at one of the SEC Work Sites
Claims compensated under the SEC do not have to go through the dose reconstruction process, as is required for other cancer claims covered by The Act.
The Act also allows for additional groups of employees (called classes of employees) to be added to the SEC. Classes of employees and work sites can be considered for addition to the SEC through a petition process run by NIOSH.
SEC Rule
The SEC Rule describes the procedures used to add a class of employees to the SEC:
Procedures for Designating Classes of Employees as Members of the SEC (42 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 83)
The list below consists of nuclear weapons manufacturing facilities covered by the EEOICPA which have classes of Employees that fall under Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) designation, organized by State:
Alaska
Amchitka Island Nuclear Explosion Site, 1974 and earlier (DOE) (Amchitka Island, Alaska) (a/k/a Amchitka Island Test Center; Amchitka Island Test Site)
California
- Area IV of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory, 1955-1988 (DOE) (Santa Susana, Area IV, California) (a/k/a Atomics International; Energy Technology Engineering Center (ETEC); Liquid Metal Engineering Center (LMEC); Nuclear Development Field Laboratory (NDFL))
- Canoga Avenue Facility, 1955-1960 (DOE) (Los Angeles County, California
- De Soto Avenue Facility, 1959-1964 (DOE) (Los Angeles County, California)
- Downey Facility, 1948-1955 (DOE) (Los Angeles County, California)
- General Atomics, 1960-1969 (DOE, BE, AWE) (La Jolla, California) (a/k/a Division of General Dynamics; GA; John Jay Hopkins Laboratory for Pure and Applied Science)
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, 1942-1961 (DOE) (Berkeley, California) (a/k/a Lawrence Radiation Laboratory; LBL; Radiation Laboratory)
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 1950-1973 (DOE) (Livermore, California) (a/k/a California Radiation Laboratory)
- Sandia National Laboratories–Livermore, 1957-1994 (DOE) (Livermore, California)
Colorado
- Grand Junction Operations Office, 1943-1975 (DOE) (Grand Junction, Colorado)
- Rocky Flats Plant, 1952-1983 (DOE) (Golden, Colorado)
Connecticut
- Combustion Engineering, 1965-1972 (AWE) (Windsor, Connecticut) (a/k/a Asea Brown Boveri)
- Connecticut Aircraft Nuclear Engine Laboratory (CANEL), 1958-1965 (DOE) (Middletown, Connecticut) (a/k/a Connecticut Advanced Nuclear Engineering Lab; Pratt and Whitney Corp.; United Aircraft Corp.)
Idaho
Illinois
- Allied Chemical Corporation, 1959-1976 (AWE) (Metropolis, Illinois) (a/k/a General Chemical Division)
- Blockson Chemical Company, 1951-1960 (AWE) (Joliet, Illinois) (a/k/a Blockson Chemical Group; Olin; Olin Mathieson
- Dow Chemical Company, 1957-1960 (AWE,DOE) (Madison, Illinois) (a/k/a Consolidated Aluminum; Madison Site (Spectrulite); Spectrulite Consortium, Inc.)
- Metallurgical Laboratory, 1942-1946 (AWE, BE, DOE) (Chicago, Illinois) (a/k/a Eckhardt Hall (+ West Stands, New Chem. Lab and Annex, Ryerson Physical Lab, Kent Chem. Lab); Met Lab)
Indiana
- Joslyn Manufacturing and Supply Company, 1943-1947 (AWE) (Ft. Wayne, IN)
Iowa
- Ames Laboratory, 1942-1970 (DOE) (Ames, Iowa) (a/k/a Iowa State University)
- Iowa Ordnance Plant, 1949-1974 (DOE) (Burlington, Iowa) (a/k/a Burlington Ordnance Plant; Iowa Army Ammunition Plant; Mason & Hanger; Silas Mason Co.)
Kansas
- Spencer Chemical Co., Jayhawks Works, 1956-1961 (AWE) (Pittsburgh, Kansas)
Kentucky
- Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, before February 1, 1992 (DOE) (Paducah, Kentucky)
Marshall Islands
- Pacific Proving Grounds, 1946-1962 (DOE) (Marshall Islands, Marshall Islands) (incl. Bikini Atoll, Enewetak Atoll, Johnston Island (nuclear weapons testing activities only), and Christmas Island (U. S. nuclear weapons testing activities only))
Maryland
- W.R. Grace and Company,1956-1958 (AWE) (Curtis Bay, Maryland)
Massachusetts
- Hood Building, 1946-1963 (DOE) (Cambridge, Massachusetts)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Hood Building only, 1946-1963 (AWE, BE) (Cambridge, Massachusetts) (a/k/a Hood Building)
- Metals and Controls Corp, 1952-1967 (AWE) (Attleboro, Massachusetts) (a/k/a M & C; Texas Instruments; M&C Nuclear; Metals and Controls Nuclear Corp.)
- Norton Co., 1945-1962 (AWE, BE) (Worcester, Massachusetts)
- Nuclear Metals, Inc., 1958-1990 (AWE, BE) (West Concord, Massachusetts)
- Ventron Corporation, 1942-1948 (AWE) ( Beverly, Massachusetts)
- Winchester Engineering and Analytical Center, 1952-1961 ( (Winchester, Massachusetts)
Michigan
- Revere Copper and Brass, 1943-1954 (AWE) (Detroit, Michigan)
Missouri
- Mallinckrodt Chemical Company, Destrehan Street Plant, 1942-1958 (DOE) (St. Louis, Missouri) (a/k/a Mallinckrodt Chemical Works; MCW; St. Louis Downtown Site)
- St. Louis Airport Storage Site (SLAPS), 1947-1971 (DOE) (St. Louis, Missouri) (a/k/a Robertson Airport; Robertson Storage Area)
- Tyson Valley Powder Farm, 1946-1948 (AWE) (St. Louis, Missouri)
Nevada
- Nevada Test Site (NTS), 1951-1992 (DOE) (Mercury, Nevada)
New Jersey
- Kellex/Pierpont, 1943-1953 (AWE, DOE) (Jersey City, New Jersey) (a/k/a Kellex Corp.; Vitro Corp of America)
- Standard Oil Development Co. of NJ, 1942-1945 (AWE) (Linden, New Jersey) (a/k/a Bayway; Exxon)
- Westinghouse Electric Corp. New Jersey, 1942-1949 (AWE) (Bloomfield, New Jersey) (a/k/a North American Phillips Lighting)
New Mexico
- Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), 1943-1995 (DOE) (Los Alamos, New Mexico) (a/k/a Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory)
- Sandia National Laboratories, 1949-1962 (DOE) (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
New York
- Bethlehem Steel Company, 1949-1952 (AWE) (Lackawanna, New York)
- Brookhaven National Laboratory, 1947-1993 (DOE) (Upton, New York)
- Electro Metallurgical, 1942-1947 (DOE) (Niagara Falls, New York) (a/k/a ElectroMet Corp.; Umetco Minerals Corp.; Union Carbide Corp.; Electro-Metallurgical Corp.)
- Hooker Electrochemical, 1944-1948 (AWE) (Niagara Falls, New York) (Hooker Chemical Co.; Occidental Chemical Corp.; Occidental Chemical Corp., Specialty Chemical Div.; Hooker Chemical and Plastics Corp.
- Lake Ontario Ordnance Works (LOOW), 1944-1953 (DOE) (Niagara Falls, New York) (a/k/a Niagara Falls Storage Site (NFSS))
- Linde Ceramics Plant, 1942-1969 (AWE, DOE) (Tonawanda, New York) (a/k/a Linde Air; Praxair; Tonawanda Laboratory)
- SAM Laboratories, Columbia University, 1942-1947 (DOE) (New York City, New York) (a/k/a SAM Laboratories; Special Alloyed Materials Laboratories; Substitute Alloy Materials Laboratories)
- Simonds Saw and Steel Co., 1948-1957 (AWE) (Lockport, New York)
- University of Rochester Atomic Energy Project, 1943-1971 (DOE) (Rochester, New York)
Ohio
- Baker Brothers Site, 1943-1996 (AWE) (Toledo, Ohio)
- Battelle Laboratories – King Avenue, 1943-70 (AWE, BE, DOE)Columbus, Ohio)
- Feed Materials Production Center (FMPC), 1951-1983 (DOE) (Fernald, Ohio) (a/k/a Fernald; Fernald Environmental Management Project (FEMP); FERMCO)
- General Electric Co., 1961-1970 (DOE) (Evendale, Ohio)
- Harshaw Chemical Company, 1942-1949 (AWE) (Cleveland, Ohio) (a/k/a Harshaw Filtrol Partners; Uranium Refinery)
- Horizons, Inc., 1952-1956 (AWE) (Cleveland, Ohio) (a/k/a Celcon Metals Co.; Lamotite, Inc.)
- Monsanto Chemical Company, 1943-1949 (AWE, DOE) (Dayton, Ohio) (a/k/a Dayton Project; Old Schoolhouse; Runnymeade Playhouse; Units I, III and IV)
- Mound Plant, 1949-1980 (DOE) (Miamisburg/Dayton, Ohio) (a/k/a Dayton Project; Miamisburg Closure Project; Miamisburg Environmental Management Project (MEMP); Monsanto Research Corp.; MOUND; Mound Site; Units I, III and IV)
- Piqua Organic Moderated Reactor, 1966-1969 (DOE) (Piqua, Ohio) (a/k/a Piqua Nuclear Power Facility)
- Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, before February 1, 1992 (DOE) (Piketon, Ohio)
Oregon
- Wah Chang, 1971-1972 (AWE) (Albany, Oregon)
Pennsylvania
- Nuclear Materials & Equipment Corp. (NUMEC) Apollo, 1957-1983 (AWE, BE) (Apollo, Pennsylvania) (a/k/a Atlantic Richfield Corp. (ARCO); Babcock & Wilcox)
- Nuclear Materials & Equipment Corp. (NUMEC) Parks Township, 1960-1980 (AWE, BE) (Parks Township, Pennsylvania) (a/k/a Atlantic Richfield Corp. (ARCO); Babcock & Wilcox)
- Vitro Manufacturing Canonsburg, 1942-1965 (AWE, BE, DOE) (Canonsburg, Pennsylvania) (a/k/a Vitro Rare Metals Co.)
- Westinghouse Atomic Power Development Plant, 1942-1944 (AWE) (East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) (a/k/a East Pittsburgh Plant)
South Carolina
- Savannah River Site, 1953-1972 (DOE) (Aiken, South Carolina)
Tennessee
- Clarksville Modification Center, 1949-1967 (DOE) (Fort Campbell, Clarksville, Tennessee)
- Clinton Engineer Works, 1943-1949 (DOE) (Oak Ridge, Tennessee)
- Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant (K-25 Site), before February 1, 1992 (DOE) (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) (a/k/a East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP))
- Oak Ridge Hospital, 1950-1959 (DOE) (Oak Ridge, Tennessee)
- Oak Ridge Institute for Science Education (ORISE), 1950-1956 (DOE) (Oak Ridge, Tennessee) (a/k/a Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU); Oak Ridge Institute for Nuclear Studies (ORINS))
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL (X-10), 1943-1955 (DOE) (a/k/a Clinton Laboratories)
- S-50 Oak Ridge Thermal Diffusion Plant, 1944-1951 (DOE) (Oak Ridge, Tennessee)
- W. R. Grace, 1958-1970 (AWE) (Erwin, Tennessee) (a/k/a Davison Chemical; Nuclear Fuels Services)
- Y-12 Plant, 1943-1957 (DOE) (Oak Ridge, Tennessee)
Texas
- Medina Modification Center (formerly Medina Facility), 1958-1966 (DOE) (San Antonio, Texas)
- Pantex Plant, 1951-1991 (DOE) (Amarillo, Texas)
- Texas City Chemicals, Inc., 1953-1955 (Texas City, Texas) (a/k/a American Oil Co.; Borden, Inc.; Smith-Douglass; Amoco Chemical Company)
Virginia
- BWX Technologies, Inc., 1959, 1968-1972, 1985-94 (AWE) (Lynchburg, Virginia)
Washington
- Hanford, 1943-1990 (DOE) (Richland, Washington) (a/k/a Hanford Engineer Works (HEW))
NOTE: The following sites have SEC class petitions that have qualified for evaluation and are currently active in the SEC petitioning process*:
- Area IV of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (Santa Susana, Area IV, California) (a/k/a Atomics International; Energy Technology Engineering Center (ETEC); Liquid Metal Engineering Center (LMEC); Nuclear Development Field Laboratory (NDFL))
- Bliss & Laughlin Steel (Buffalo, New York) (a/k/a Niagara Cold Drawn)
- Carborundum Corporation (Niagara Falls, New York)
- Chapman Valve (Indian Orchard, Massachusetts) (a/k/a Chapman Valve Manufacturing Co.; Crane Co.)
- General Steel Industries (GSI) (Granite City, Illinois) (a/k/a Old Betatron Building; General Steel Castings; Granite City Steel; National Steel Company)
- Hangar 481 (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
- United Nuclear Corp. (Hematite, Missouri) (a/k/a Mallinckrodt Chemical Works Chemicals Div.)
- Weldon Spring Plant (Weldon Spring, Missouri) (a/k/a Mallinckrodt; Weldon Spring Chemical Co.; Weldon Spring Site Remedial Action Project (WSSRAP); WSS)
* This information may be outdated. For current information about SEC sites and classes, see the NIOSH website.