Medical Screening Programs For Nuclear Workers
Due to the nature of the job, nuclear weapons and energy workers are at heightened risk for developing work-related illnesses. Luckily, there are a number of no-cost medical screening programs available to workers. It is imperative current and former employees keep a close eye on their health as they age. Many illnesses won’t show signs of development until well after exposure.
Participating in medical screenings can:
- Improve your understanding and awareness of health complications that may arise from work related exposures to radiation and chemicals
- Detect developing health issues early on where medical intervention can be most effective
- You may be eligible for compensation under the Energy Employee Occupational Illness Compensation Program
- Potentially help expand benefits and support for nuclear workers. The screening data is used to determine the effects of work-related exposures
Check out these testimonials from workers who have benefited from screenings.
This video from the Department of Energy explains the Medical Screening offerings.
There are 3 different screening programs covering various sites and plants. Screenings are offered every 3 years.
Building Trades National Medical Screening Program
BTMED’s screenings are specifically for those who worked construction as a contractor or sub-contractor. The following sites are eligible:
- Amchitka Test Site, Amchitka Island, Alaska
- Argonne National Laboratory – West, Scoville, Idaho
- Ashtabula Reactive Metals Extrusion Plant, Ashtabula, Ohio
- Battelle Laboratories – King Avenue, Columbus, Ohio
- Battelle Laboratories – West Jefferson, Columbus, Ohio
- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York
- Brush – Luckey, Luckey, Ohio
- Feed Materials Production Center \ Fernald Closure Project, Fernald, Ohio
- GE Evendale, Cincinnati, Ohio
- Hanford Reservation, Richland, Washington
- Huntington Pilot Plant, Huntington, West Virginia
- Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL), Scoville, Idaho
- Kansas City Plant, Kansas City, Missouri
- Mallindkrodt Chemical Co, St Louis, Missouri
- Mound Plant, Miamisburg, Ohio
- National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL), Franklin, PA
- Oak Ridge Reservation (K-25, X-10, Y-12), Oak Ridge, TN
- Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Paducah, Kentucky
- Pinellas, Largo, Florida
- Piqua, Piqua, Ohio
- Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Piketon, Ohio
- Rocky Flats Plant, Golden, Colorado
- Savannah River Site, Aiken, South Carolina
- Shippingport Atomic Power Plant, Shippingport, PA
- Weldon Spring Plant, Weldon Spring, Missouri
- Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), Carlsbad, NM
- Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project, Yucca Mountain, Nevada
For more information visit the BTMED website
The Workers Health Protection Program
No-cost testing is offered to any current or former employees who worked at the following sites:
- Brookhaven National Laboratory
- Fernald Feed Materials Production Center
- Mound Site
- K-25 Gaseous Diffusion Plant
- Lawrence Livermore national Laboratory
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Mound Site
- Nevada Test Site
- Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant
- Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant
- Idaho National Laboratory
- Sandia/CA National Laboratory
- Y-12 National Security Complex
- Oak Ridge National laboratory
For more information visit the WHPP website
National Supplemental Screening Program
NSSP covers workers who no longer live in the vicinity of a regional DOE Former Worker Program. They also cover workers at the following sites:
- Argonne National Laboratory
- Fermi Lab
- Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
- Hanford
- Kansas City Plant
- Pinellas Plant
- Rocky Flats Plant
- Savannah River Site
For more information visit the NSPP website