Feasibility of Assessing Veteran Health Effects of Manhattan Project (1942-1947) Related Waste

The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Committee to Conduct a Feasibility of Assessing Veteran Health Effects of Manhattan Project (1942-1947) Related Waste will hold an information gathering meeting on May 8, 2024, in Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

This session will include presentations from Department of Energy Records Management, Oak Ridge National Laboratory Division of Nuclear and Radiation Protection, and the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) to describe potential sources and characteristics of data, records, and information on military veterans who participated in Manhattan Project activities at Oak Ridge.

No data will be collected or analyzed as part of this feasibility study, but this information will inform the committee’s report and conclusion regarding whether a full epidemiologic study can be conducted as directed in PL 117-168 (PACT Act).

Highlighted presentations include:

Oak Ridge, Tennessee – The Manhattan Project – Where It Began: Energy Employees Records – The Ones Who Made It Happen: Jennifer (Jenni) G. Hamilton, Senior Program Analyst, Office of Science (SC) Lead Records Management Field Official (SCL-RMFO), SC Consolidated Service Center; Wensday R. Henderson, Task Lead, CSC Records Management Library, S&K Federal (contractor

Historical Background for assessing ORNL staff exposure records (1942-1947): Michael W. Stafford, Director, Nuclear and Radiological Protection Division, UT-Battelle, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL); Christina Peshoff, Dosimetry Reporting and Record Analyst and Dave Whittaker, Records Analyst, ORNL FOIA Coordinator

Review of Oak Ridge Institute of Science and Education (ORISE) Epidemiologic Studies and the legacy Department of Energy Health and Mortality Studies Program: Ashley Pedigo Golden, Senior Director, ORISE Health Studies; Sara Howard, Epidemiologist, ORAU

Sessions on May 8th are open to the public and webcast. Closed sessions for the committee will be held on May 9th.

Please visit the National Academies’ Feasibility of Assessing Veteran Health Effects of Manhattan Project (1942-1947) Related Waste Meeting 3 – Oak Ridge meeting page to register.