As of February 2024, the Worker Health Protection Program has added screenings for Los Alamos and Sandia National Laboratory workers. As mentioned in a White House Fact Sheet on Cancer Prevention, Early Lung Cancer Detection will also begin in New Mexico this spring.  Read the WHPP Fact Sheet on Lung Cancer Screening in New Mexico.

The Worker Health Protection Program (WHPP) provides free medical screening for former workers at 16 Department of Energy (DOE) sites across the country.

DOE workers may have been exposed to radiation, asbestos, beryllium, lead, noise, solvents and other hazards. The goal of this free medical screening is to determine whether those exposures caused or contributed to any of your current health problems and to identify new health conditions that may be caused by previous exposures.

For the first time, former DOE workers have the opportunity to obtain an independent, objective assessment of their health in relation to their prior workplace exposures by a physician with expertise in occupational medicine.

A subset of WHPP participants at high risk for lung cancer may be eligible for annual low-dose CT scans. Low-dose CT scans can detect lung cancer at an early stage, when treatment is most effective. Eligibility is based on age, work, smoking and health history.

WHPP Provides Medical Exams and Early Lung Cancer Screening to Former Workers of:

		Brookhaven National Laboratory
		Fernald Feed Materials Production Center
		Idaho National Laboratory
		K-25 Gaseous Diffusion Plant (both current and former workers are eligible)
		Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
		Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
		Los Alamos National Laboratory
		Mound Site
		Nevada Test Site
		Oak Ridge National Laboratory
		Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (both current and former workers are eligible)
		Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant (both current and former workers are eligible)
		Sandia National Laboratories - California
		Sandia National Laboratories - New Mexico
		Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (No lung cancer screening)
		Y-12 National Security Complex

To schedule an appointment contact 1-888-241-1199 or reach out to your local WHPP coordinator.

The program is funded by a contract from the DOE and is led by Queens College of the City University of New York in partnership with the United Steelworkers (USW), Atomic Trades and Labor Council (ATLC),  and the former Fernald Atomic Trades and Labor Council (FATLC).