Cleanup
Health and Safety
Worker Health and Safety
The Department of Energy (DOE) ensures the protection of workers through its safety programs. These programs ensure the safety and health for DOE employees and its contractors. Information regarding worker health studies and the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA) is presented here.
Environmental Monitoring
The DOE has conducted monitoring and sampling of the soils, air, and water within and surrounding the ETEC facility since the mid 1950s. The purpose of this monitoring is to characterize the environmental conditions at ETEC and the surrounding community.
Community Health Studies
The potential impacts to the surrounding community from the past nuclear operations conducted at the ETEC facility have been studied. These studies include offsite sampling, exposure assessments, and community health studies.