Radiation Dose Reconstruction Review

The Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (EEOICPA) established a federal program to compensate workers of the Cold War-era nuclear weapons production and testing industry for work-related cancers. The statute and subsequent Executive Order (EO) 13,179 designated the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), among other agencies, to carry out certain technical activities that support the administration of the program by the U.S. Department of Labor.

In doing so, NIOSH conducts site profiles and dose reconstruction for program claimants, to estimate the types and levels of radiation to which workers were exposed on the job. The U.S. Department of Labor uses dose reconstructions to determine if it was at least as likely as not that workers’ cancers were work-related. These results are part of the body of information that the Department of Labor uses in making determinations on the compensability of claims. Information about NIOSH’s technical support activities under EEOICPA are conducted by NIOSH's Division of Compensation Analysis and Support (DCAS).

Federal Register Notices

Notice; 76 FR 9786 – Phase 1 Report on Customer Service; Request for public comment; 2/22/11 [PDF - 2,038 KB]

Notice; 76 FR 9787 – Phase 1 Report on Quality of Science; Request for public comment; 2/22/11 [PDF - 1,107 KB]

Final Reports

Ten Year Review – Phase 1 Report: Quality of Science by Daniels/Spitz (NIOSH); 2011 [PDF - 652 KB]

Ten Year Review – Phase 1 Report: Timeliness of Task Accomplishments by Adams/Wade (NIOSH); 2011 [PDF - 689 KB]

Ten Year Review – Phase 1 Report: Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) by Rabinowitz (NIOSH); 2011 [PDF - 652 KB]

Ten Year Review – Phase 1 Report: Dose Reconstruction by Wade/Adams (NIOSH); 2011 [PDF - 1815 KB]

Ten Year Review – Phase 1 Report: Quality of Service by Chang (NIOSH); 2011 [PDF - 3,333 KB]

Ten Year Review – Phase 1 Report: Recommendations excerpted from the Five Sections Phase 1 Report by Wade (NIOSH); 2011 [PDF - 339 KB]

Materials Previously under Consideration

Draft – Ten Year Review – Phase I Report: Quality of Science [PDF - 584 KB]

Draft – Ten Year Review – Phase I Report: Customer Service [PDF - 3,333 KB]

Draft – Ten Year Review – Phase 1 Report; Dose Reconstruction [PDF - 27,219 KB]

Draft – Ten Year Review – Phase 1 Report; Timeliness of Program Task Accomplishments [PDF - 34,129 KB]

Submissions in order of Receipt

Submission to the docket from Sarah Ray (Alliance of Nuclear Worker Advocacy Groups); 3/9/10 [PDF - 552 KB]

Submission to the docket from Brian Zink (Atomic Weapons Employee Consultants, LLC); 3/29/10 [PDF - 715 KB]

Submission to the docket from Charles Saunders (Private Person); 4/8/10 [PDF - 683 KB]

Submission to the docket from Thomas Bennett (Bethlehem Steel Action Group); 4/11/10 [PDF - 3,249 KB]

Submission to the docket from private person; 4/17/10 [PDF - 941 KB]

Submission to the docket from Judy Padilla ( Private Person); 4/17/10 [PDF - 576 KB]

Submission to the docket from Antoinette Bonsignore (Linde Ceramics SEC Action Group); 4/27/10 [PDF - 71 KB]

Submission to the docket from Terrie Barrie (ANWAG); 4/29/10 (Addendum to comments submitted by Ray (ANWAG) dated 3/9/10) [PDF - 59 KB]

Submission to the docket from McKeel (Southern Illinois Nuclear Workers (SINEW); 5/13/10 [PDF - 77 KB]

Submission to the docket from Anne Murray-Randolph (Yale University); 5/14/10 [PDF - 762 KB]

Submission to the docket from Antoinette Bonsignore (Linde Ceramics SEC Action Group); 5/24/10 [PDF - 71 KB]

Submission to the docket from private person; 5/27/10 [PDF - 657 KB]

Submission to the docket from Patricia S. Quinn (CPWR); 6/3/10 [PDF - 6,268 KB]

Submission to the docket from Timothy Taulbee (Private Person); 6/3/10 [PDF - 5,857 KB]

Submission to the docket from Daniel McKeel (Southern Illinois Nuclear Workers (SINEW)); 6/4/10 [PDF - 13,119 KB]

Submission to the docket from McKeel (Southern Illinois Nuclear Workers (SINEW)) – 7/12/10 [PDF - 2.14 MB]

Submission to the docket from McKeel (Southern Illinois Nuclear Workers (SINEW)) – 7/26/07 [PDF - 107 KB]

Submission to the docket from Fowee (International Association of Machinists (IAMAW)) – 7/30/10 [PDF - 154 KB]

Submission to the docket from Melius (Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health); 8/26/10 [PDF - 549 KB]

Submission to the docket from David Richardson (University North Carolina); 8/26/10 [PDF - 61 KB]

Submission to the docket from Richardson (Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health); 8/31/10 [PDF - 1,810 KB]

Submission to the docket from Antoinette Bonsignore (Linde Ceramics SEC Action Group); 10/7/10 [PDF - 1317 KB]

Submission to the docket from Antoinette Bonsignore (Linde Ceramics SEC Action Group); 10/7/10 [PDF - 677 KB]

Submission to the docket from Faye Vlieger (Aliance of Nuclear Worker Advocacy Groups (ANWAG)); 10/11/10 [PDF - 1834 KB]

Submission to the docket from Antoinette Bonsignore (Linde Ceramics SEC Action Group); 10/14/10 [PDF - 1232 KB]

Submission to the docket from Jan Lovelace (Private Person);11/1/10 [PDF - 2797 KB]

Submission to the docket from Daniel McKeel (Southern Illinois Nuclear Workers (SINEW)) – 1/21/11 [PDF - 2173 KB]

Submission to the docket from Antoinette Bonsignore (Alliance of Nuclear Advocacy Groups (ANWAG)); 2/1/11 [PDF - 2,249 KB]

Submission to the docket from Private Person; 2/26/11 [PDF - 440 KB]

Submission to the docket from Private Person; 2/26/11 [PDF - 632 KB]

Submission to the docket from David Richardson (Private Person); 3/3/11 [PDF - 1,883 KB]

Submission to the docket from Daniel McKeel (Southern Illinois Nuclear Workers (SINEW)); 3/12/11 [PDF - 13,886 KB]

Submission to the docket from Hugh Bryan (Private Person); 3/13/11 [PDF - 628 KB]

Submission to the docket from Terrie Barrie (Alliance of Nuclear Worker Advocacy Groups); 4/18/11 [PDF - 2,160 KB]

Submission to the docket from Carmine Vasile (Private person); 4/24/11 [PDF - 9,392 KB]

Submission to the docket from Daniel McKeel (Southern Illinois Nuclear Workers (SINEW)); 7/31/11 [PDF - 2,917 KB]