New SEC Class: Sandia National Laboratories

On October 18, 2018, the Secretary of Human Health Services (HHS) designated the following class for addition to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) in a report to Congress:

All employees of the Department of Energy, its predecessor agencies, and its contractors or subcontractors who worked in any area at the Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico, during the period from January 1, 1995 through December 31, 1996, for a number of work days aggregating at least 250 work days, occurring either solely under this employment or in combination with work days within the parameters established for one or more other classes of employees included in the Special Exposure Cohort.

Does this Affect my Claim Under the EEOICPA?

It is possible your claim will be affected if you have covered employment at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico through December 31, 1996 or even just a part of the new SEC Time Period.

The DEEOIC will pull all claims that have claimed employment at Sandia National Laboratories to determine if your claim is affected. If your claim is affected, the DEEOIC will contact you.

However, if you have employment at Sandia National Laboratories you will want to review your claim to determine if there is any additional documentation you may need to send to the DEEOIC to support your claim. Our EEOICPA Liaison can assist you in this process and in reviewing your claim.

DOE Covered Facilities List

Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico is a covered DOE facility. For a comprehensive list of all covered facilities under the EEOICPA visit our DOE Covered Facilities List. We have provided you the updated profile from our DOE Covered Facilities List for Sandia National Laboratories below.

Sandia National Laboratories

Also Known As: LANL Z-Division ;

State: New Mexico Location: Albuquerque

Facility Type: Department of Energy (DOE) ;

Covered Time Period(s): DOE 1945-Present ;

Contractors: Lockheed Martin (1995-Present) ; Martin Marietta (1993-1995) ; AT&T (1949-1993) ; University of California (1945-1948) ;

SEC Facility: Yes

SEC Covered Time Period:

January 1, 1949 – December 31, 1962

All employees of the Department of Energy, its predecessor agencies, and its contractors and subcontractors who worked in any area at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico from January 1, 1949 through December 31, 1962, for a number of work days aggregating at least 250 work days, occurring either solely under this employment, or in combination with work days within the parameters established for one or more other classes of employees in the Special Exposure Cohort.

January 1, 1963 – December 31, 1994

All employees of the Department of Energy, its predecessor agencies, and their contractors and subcontractors who worked in any area of the Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico, from January 1, 1963 through December 31, 1994, for a number of work days aggregating at least 250 work days, occurring either solely under this employment, or in combination with work days within the parameters established for one or more other classes of employees included in the Special Exposure Cohort.

*January 1, 1995 – December 31, 1995

All employees of the Department of Energy, its predecessor agencies, and its contractors or subcontractors who worked in any area at the Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico, during the period from January 1, 1995 through December 31, 1996, for a number of work days aggregating at least 250 work days, occurring either solely under this employment or in combination with work days within the parameters established for one or more other classes of employees included in the Special Exposure Cohort.

Applicable Policy:

2011 EEOICP Active Bulletins: 11-07 Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) Claim Processing

2011 EEOICP Active Circulars: 11-03 Calculating aggregate work days for employees residing at a Department of Energy (DOE) facility

2011 EEOICP Active Circulars: 11-10 Sandia National Laboratories Special Exposure Cohort Class (SEC) from January 1, 1949 through December 31, 1962

2012 EEOICP Active Circulars: 12-10 Sandia National Laboratories Special Exposure Cohort Class (SEC) from January 1, 1963 through December 31, 1994

2019 EEOICP Active Circulars: 19-01 Sandia National Laboratories Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) Class from January 1, 1995 through December 31, 1996

Facility Description: Sandia National Laboratory originated in 1945 as the Z Division of Los Alamos, the engineering arm of the US nuclear weapons development program. Formally established as Sandia National Laboratories in 1949, it was given the mission to design the non-nuclear components for nuclear weapons.

Since 1953, areas have been used to test nuclear and non-nuclear weapons components. From 1946-1957, Sandia also housed a weapons assembly line and from 1963-1971, an onsite liquid waste disposal system for liquid radioactive discharges from the Sandia Experimental Reactor Facility.

Throughout the course of its operations, the potential for beryllium exposure existed at this site, due to beryllium use, residual contamination, and decontamination activities.

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