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News Releases Filing for occupational illness compensation? Satellite office available on-site
August 23, 2010—Monetary compensation and payment of medical expenses are available to current and former Laboratory workers who may have contracted an illness related to chemical exposure while working in a covered Department of Energy facility, as well as to the workers’ survivors. The Energy Employees Compensation Program’s Española Resource Center assists claimants filing for benefits under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOIPCA) and has recently moved its Los Alamos satellite location to the Ombuds Program Office downtown.
Assistance is provided free of charge. For additional information, visit the Department of Labor’s Occupational Illness Compensation Web site or contact the Española Resource Center at 1-866-272-3622.
Fast Facts
People
11,127 total employees
Los Alamos National Security, LLC 8,683
SOC Los Alamos (Guard Force) 419
Contractors 606
Students 1,101
Place
Located 35 miles northwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico, on 36 square miles of DOE-owned property.
More than 2,000 individual facilities, including 47 technical areas with 8 million square feet under roof.
Replacement value of $5.9 billion
Budget FY 2012: Approx. $2.2 billion
57% Weapons programs
9% Nonproliferation programs
7% Safeguards and Security
8% Environmental Management
4% DOE Office of Science
4% Energy and other programs
11% Work for Others
Workforce Demographics (LANS and students only)
34% of employees live in Los Alamos, the remainder commute from Santa Fe,
Española, Taos, and Albuquerque.
Average Age: 46
70% male, 30% female
43% minorities
63% university degrees
· 23% hold undergraduate degrees
· 16% hold graduate degrees
· 24% have earned a Ph.D.
Major Awards
121 R&D100 awards since 1978
31 E.O. Lawrence Awards
The Seaborg Medal
The Edward Teller Medal
The Nobel Prize in Physics, Frederick Reines