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2009 General Activities on Department of Energy (DOE) Cases

DCAS will reconstruct radiation doses by evaluating all appropriate data relevant to which an individual worker or group of workers have been exposed, particularly when radiation monitoring data are unavailable, incomplete, or of poor quality. The data used for the dose reconstructions will be obtained through requests sent to DOE and data search and capture efforts.

DCAS along with Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU), the contractor hired to support NIOSH's responsibilities under The Act, have been involved in data search and capture efforts. These efforts are being conducted at various DOE sites and federal and private records storage locations throughout the United States to retrieve radiation monitoring data needed to conduct dose reconstructions.

2009 Data Search and Capture

Piqua Public Library
Piqua, OH

During this data capture trip, 62 boxes of information were reviewed to locate information for the Piqua Organic Moderated Reactor facility. City records, time sheets, business blueprints, and financial reports were reviewed.

Savannah River Site
Aiken, SC

Fifty boxes of radiation survey logbooks for the Savannah River Site facility were reviewed during this data capture trip. Various documents were selected and are undergoing classification review.

Brookhaven National Laboratory
Upton, NY

Station monitoring worksheets (1949-1969), Stan Cohn's whole body count logbooks, visitors' bioassay (1988-1991), tritium documents, whole body count results (1972-1978), and whole body count histories (1980-1984) were retrieved for the Brookhaven National Laboratory. Twelve boxes and 2 file cabinets of information were reviewed and 200 documents were retrieved.

Memorandum of Understanding Between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of Energy

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and DOE signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Fiscal Year 2010. The MOU describes how the Agencies will work together to carry out their responsibilities under The Act and Executive Order 13179. Part of the agreement covers how HHS and DOE will coordinate data search and capture activities.

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