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Did you work with Westinghouse Savannah River Company (WSRC) tritium facility asbestos-fabric process piping lagging, heavy-water reactor building asbestos-block insulation, and asbestos gasket sets at the DOE Savannah River Site (Aiken SC)? According to publicly filed asbestos litigation records, it allegedly contained asbestos. Here is what it was, who was exposed, and who is responsible. Westinghouse Savannah River Company (WSRC) tritium facility asbestos-fabric process piping lagging, heavy-water reactor building asbestos-block insulation, and asbestos gasket sets at the DOE Savannah River Site (Aiken SC), made by Westinghouse Electric Corporation, sold from 1953 until the 1990s. Plaintiffs allegedly worked around Westinghouse Savannah River Company tritium facility and heavy-water reactor asbestos-fabric process lagging at the DOE Savannah River Site (Aiken SC); EEOICPA coverage may apply for former DOE contractor employees. Allegedly asbestos-woven fabric lagging and asbestos-block thermal insulation on tritium extraction and purification process piping, heavy-water production-reactor piping runs, and steam-plant systems — allegedly released fiber during hot-work, tritium facility upgrades, reactor tank re-lagging, and shutdown tear-out by DOE contractor operators, pipefitters, insulators, and mechanics. Workers allegedly exposed around this product included DOE contractor operators, Tritium facility technicians, DOE facility pipefitters, and DOE facility insulators. Asbestos claims are brought against the companies that made the products. If you worked with or around Westinghouse Savannah River Company (WSRC) tritium facility asbestos-fabric process piping lagging, heavy-water reactor building asbestos-block insulation, and asbestos gasket sets at the DOE Savannah River Site (Aiken SC) and were later diagnosed with mesothelioma, asbestosis, or another asbestos-related disease, you may have a legal claim against the manufacturer. This is educational information from an independent publisher — not a law firm — and is not legal advice.
Product Description
Plaintiffs alleged in publicly filed U.S. asbestos personal-injury and wrongful-death litigation that Westinghouse Electric Corporation — through Westinghouse Savannah River Company (WSRC), the DOE prime operating contractor at the Savannah River Site (SRS) in Aiken SC from 1989 onward — allegedly specified, maintained, and upgraded asbestos-woven fabric lagging and asbestos-block thermal insulation on tritium extraction and purification process piping in the SRS tritium facilities, on heavy-water production-reactor piping runs, and on associated steam-plant and hot-cell systems. Asbestos gasket sets were allegedly used at flanged joints across tritium process and reactor coolant systems.
Plaintiffs alleged that Westinghouse SRS legacy asbestos-containing lagging — much of which had been installed during earlier DuPont-era operations from 1953 forward — remained in service through the WSRC era of tritium facility upgrades, reactor shutdowns, and D&D campaigns through the 1990s, requiring repeated tear-out and re-lagging.
Workers Exposed
Plaintiffs allegedly exposed to Westinghouse Savannah River Site tritium and reactor asbestos-containing components include:
- WSRC tritium facility technicians in tritium extraction and loading operations
- DOE contractor operators on heavy-water production reactors (K, L, P, C, R Reactors)
- DOE facility pipefitters on tritium process piping and reactor coolant systems
- DOE facility insulators re-lagging tritium hot-cells and reactor tank piping
- DOE facility maintenance mechanics on tritium and reactor system rebuilds
- Radiation control technicians and health physics staff across the tritium and reactor areas
- DOE facility instrumentation techs on tritium process controls
- SRS D&D crews during reactor shutdown campaigns
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