Kansas City Plant
(Site Profile/Docket Number 050)
Location: Kansas City, Missouri
Special Exposure Cohort Petition Information
The Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) is a unique category of employees established by the Act (42 CFR Part 83). Claims compensated under the SEC do not have to go through the dose reconstruction process. To qualify for compensation under the SEC, a covered employee must meet specific requirements (e.g., must have at least one of 22 “specified cancers,” and have worked for a specified time period at one of the SEC sites). Classes of employees and work sites can be considered for addition to the SEC through a NIOSH petition process. More information about the Special Exposure Cohort can be found on our Frequently Asked Questions page.
Open/Active SEC Petitions
To date, there are no open/active SEC petitions from Kansas City Plant.
Classes Not Added to the SEC
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All employees who worked in any area of the Kansas City Plant site in Kansas City, Missouri, from January 1, 1949, through December 31, 1993.
Note: This class was established from Petition 210
Petitions Qualified for Evaluation
Below is a list of the petitions that qualified for evaluation. Select a petition on the list to view the table for that particular petition.
Petition 210 (Jan 1, 1949 to Dec 31, 1993)
Steps in Petition Process: | Petition Details: |
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Date Received |
March 12, 2013 |
Date Qualified for Evaluation |
July 1, 2013 |
Summary of Information in Petition |
Job Titles and/or Job Duties: All employees who worked in any area of the Kansas City Plant site in Kansas City, MO Period of Employment: January 1, 1949 through December 31, 1993 Note: The information above is what qualified for evaluation. During our evaluation of whether dose reconstructions can adequately be completed for the above job titles and period of employment, information may cause NIOSH to change some the dates or job titles/duties. Therefore, as this petition proceeds through the SEC petition process and if an SEC class is proposed, the proposed class may not exactly match the above information. |
Copy of the Petition Received |
Kansas City Plant Petition [791 KB (267 pages)] |
Federal Register Notice Announcing that a Kansas City Plant SEC Petition has met the Minimum Qualifications for Review and Evaluation |
July 10, 2013 [76 KB (2 pages)] |
SEC Petition Evaluation Report |
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Evaluation Report Sent to the Advisory Board |
January 7, 2014 |
Petition Discussed by the Advisory Board |
The Advisory Board discussed this petition on January 28, 2014; March 25, 2015; and November 19, 2015, during its regular meetings. Note: the agenda and transcripts from this meeting are available on the Advisory Board and Public Meetings page. |
Advisory Board Recommendation on SEC Petition |
January 15, 2016 [67 KB (1 page)] |
HHS Letters to Congress Regarding the SEC Petition |
April 12, 2016 [241 KB (13 pages)] |
HHS Designation/Determination of Additional Members to the SEC |
Determination:
Note: A “designation” will be published if there is a recommendation to add a class to the SEC. A “determination” will be published if there is a recommendation not to add a class to the SEC. |
Federal Register Notice: Designation/Determination Regarding a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort |
Determination:
Note: A “designation” will be published if there is a recommendation to add a class to the SEC. A “determination” will be published if there is a recommendation not to add a class to the SEC. |
Effective Date for the SEC Class |
Not applicable at this time. |
Federal Register Notice: Final Effect of Determination of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort |
Not applicable at this time. |
Letter to DOL Regarding the Addition of a New Class of Employees to the SEC |
Not applicable at this time. |
SEC Petitions Not Qualifying for Evaluation
One petition was received but did not meet the minimum petition requirements
Worker Outreach Activities
Based on a recommendation from the Advisory Board to provide workers and site experts with opportunities to participate in developing the technical documents used in dose reconstruction, NIOSH established a Worker Outreach Program.
At Worker Outreach Meetings, current and former DOE and AWE employees have opportunities to obtain information about Site Profiles, Technical Basis Documents, and Technical Information Bulletins, and to provide information for consideration and possible use in dose reconstruction. This process is valuable to ensure that the technical documents used in dose reconstruction contain correct and useful information.
Worker Outreach Activities for the Kansas City Plant:
- August 13, 2009
Meeting International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW) Local Lodge 778, Kansas City, Missouri
Final Minutes [84 KB (14 pages)] - October 20, 2005
Meeting with Greater Kansas City Building and Construction Trades Council (KCBCTC), Independence, Missouri
Final Minutes [105 KB (18 pages)] - October 19, 2005
Meeting with International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Local 778, Kansas City, Missouri
Final Minutes [90 KB (14 pages)] - October 19, 2005
Meeting with Security Police and Fire Professionals Association Local 251, Kansas City, Missouri
Final Minutes [55 KB (4 pages)] - September 15, 2004
Meeting with International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Local 778; and Security, Police, and Fire Professionals of America, Local 251, Kansas City, Missouri
Final Minutes [79 KB (5 pages)]
Advisory Board Work Group on Kansas City Plant
This Work Group is responsible for a review of the Kansas City Plant Site Profile and a review of the Site Profile by the Board’s contractor (SC&A). The Work Group shall consider issues identified by SC&A concerning the Site Profile and shall assist NIOSH and SC&A in the resolution of such issues. The Work Group may recommend to the Board changes in the Site Profile as appropriate.
Work Group Members:
- Josie Beach (Chair)
- Bradley P. Clawson
- John W. Poston, Sr.
- Loretta R. Valerio
Meeting Information
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March 2, 2017 Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on Kansas City Plant
Time/Location:
10:00 a.m. (Eastern Time)
Meeting Type: Teleconference; Public, No Comment Period
Teleconference: +1-866-659-0537
Participant Code: 9933701Available Meeting Items:
Discussion/Background Papers:
- SC&A Memo: SC&A Review of Site Profile for the Kansas City Plant, ORAUT-TKBS-0031, Revision 01 [76 KB (6 pages)]
January 30, 2017 -
Site Profile for the Kansas City Plant [1.1 MB (78 pages)]
ORAUT-TKBS-0031 Rev. 01
January 6, 2017
- SC&A Memo: SC&A Review of Site Profile for the Kansas City Plant, ORAUT-TKBS-0031, Revision 01 [76 KB (6 pages)]
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October 26, 2015 Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on Kansas City Plant
Time/Location:
1:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)
Meeting Type: Teleconference; Public, No Comment Period
Teleconference: +1-866-659-0537
Participant Code: 9933701Available Meeting Items:
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Discussion/Background Papers:
- SC&A Memo: Evaluation of NIOSH’s Mg-Th, Tritium, and Ni-63 Example Dose Reconstruction [49 KB (2 pages)]
October 16, 2015 -
NIOSH/ORAU Memo: KCP suspension of Mg-Th operations [170 KB (2 pages)]
September 18, 2015 -
NIOSH/ORAU: Kansas City Plant Special Exposure Cohort (SEC 210) Issues Matrix [517 KB (33 pages)]
July 17, 2015
- SC&A Memo: Evaluation of NIOSH’s Mg-Th, Tritium, and Ni-63 Example Dose Reconstruction [49 KB (2 pages)]
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July 16-17, 2015 Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on Kansas City Plant
Time/Location:
1:30 p.m. (Eastern Time)
Hampton Inn Cincinnati-Airport North
755 Petersburg Road
Hebron, KY 41048
Phone: 859-689-1960
Toll-Free: 1-800-426-7866
Fax: 859-689-1730Meeting Type: Face-to-Face; Public, No Comment Period
Teleconference: +1-866-659-0537
Participant Code: 9933701Available Meeting Items:
- Agenda [20 KB (1 page)]
- July 16 Transcript [485 KB (151 pages)]
- July 17 Transcript [466 KB (139 pages)]
Discussion/Background Papers:
- NIOSH/ORAU: NIOSH Response to SC&A’s Review of Internal Exposures to Thorium and its Progeny at the KCP during Mg-Th Machining Response Paper, Rev. 0 [181 KB (9 pages)]
July 7, 2015 - SC&A Memo: Status of KCP Outstanding Issues [104 KB (3 pages)]
July 2, 2015 - NIOSH/DCAS Memo: SEC Issues Matrix Responses to 1, 7, 11, 12, 15 and 17 [502 KB (7 pages]
June 11, 2015 - SC&A Draft: Review of NIOSH’s White Paper “Internal Exposures to Thorium and its Progeny at the Kansas City Plant during Mg-Th Machining,” Rev. 1 [550 KB (21 pages)]
May 12, 2015 - NIOSH/ORAU White Paper: Tritium and Nickel-63 at the Kansas City Plant, Rev. 1 [653 KB (28 pages)]
May 7, 2015 - SC&A Memo: SC&A’s Evaluation and Closure of KCP SEC Matrix Issues 11 and 12; Neutron Dose [165 KB (2 pages)]
April 21, 2015 - SC&A Memo: SC&A’s Evaluation of NIOSH’s January 2015 Response to KCP SEC Matrix Issues 7, 15, 17, 18, and 20 [189 KB (5 pages)]
April 20, 2015
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January 20, 2015–TIME CHANGE Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on Kansas City Plant
Time/Location:
8:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST)
Meeting Type: Face-to-Face; Public, No Comment PeriodCincinnati Airport Marriott
2395 Progress Dr.
Hebron, KY 41048
Phone: (859) 586-0166Teleconference: +1-866-659-0537
Participant Code: 9933701Available Meeting Items:
- January 8, 2015–POSTPONED
Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on Kansas City Plant
Note: This meeting was rescheduled to Tuesday, January 20, 2015.
Time/Location:
9:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST)
Meeting Type: Face-to-Face; Public, No Comment PeriodCincinnati Airport Marriott
2395 Progress Dr.
Hebron, KY 41048
Phone: (859) 586-0166Teleconference: +1-866-659-0537
Participant Code: 9933701 -
June 10, 2014 Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on Kansas City Plant
Time/Location:
9:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST)
Meeting Type: Face-to-Face; Public, No Comment PeriodCincinnati Airport Marriott
2395 Progress Dr.
Hebron, KY 41048
Phone: (859) 586-0166Teleconference: +1-866-659-0537
Participant Code: 9933701Available Meeting Items:
Discussion Paper:
Pre-Decisional Document Policy
Please note that as part of the procedures and processes of the Advisory Board’s Work Groups, several kinds of pre-decisional documents may be developed. These pre-decisional documents, such as white papers, matrices, working drafts, etc., are distributed among Work Group members as research and background tools to facilitate discussion and deliberation. Although discussion during a public meeting may cover pre-decisional documents, these documents often are not further revised or finalized, and thus do not reflect the final determination or evaluation of the Advisory Board and its Work Groups. Additionally, some pre-decisional documents not otherwise posted on the website may contain sensitive information, which would require an interested party to obtain such documents by filing a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the CDC/ATSDR FOIA office at foiarequests@cdc.gov.
Technical Documents
If the energy employee’s personal radiation information is incomplete, NIOSH will use other sources to estimate the radiation dose. This may involve using technical documents called Site Profiles, Technical Basis Documents, and Technical Information Bulletins.
Site Profile
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Site Profile for the Kansas City Plant [1.1 MB (78 pages)]
ORAUT-TKBS-0031 Rev. 01
January 6, 2017Revision Includes: Revision initiated to incorporate changes to include information from the SEC-0210 Petition Evaluation Report and updated medical X-ray organ dose determination using guidance in ORAUT-OTIB-0006. Affected all sections. Expanded on the Machining Area operations, ThO2 powder sources, and to expand on Mg-Th operational periods. Incorporates formal internal and NIOSH review comments.
Advisory Board and NIOSH Discussions on Kansas City Plant
The Kansas City Plant discussion papers listed below are working documents prepared by NIOSH or its contractor for use in discussions with the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health or its Working Groups or Subcommittees. Draft, preliminary, interim, and white paper documents are not final NIOSH or Advisory Board (or their technical support and review contractors) positions unless specifically marked as such. These documents represent preliminary positions taken on technical issues prepared by NIOSH or its contractor.
The discussion papers have been reviewed to identify and redact any information that is protected by the Privacy Act 5 USC §552a and has been cleared for distribution.
- Advisory Board Presentation: Review of Kansas City Plant Remaining Site Profile Issues [293 KB (11 pages)]
Presented at the March 22-23, 2017, Meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health - SC&A Memo: SC&A Review of Site Profile for the Kansas City Plant, ORAUT-TKBS-0031, Revision 01 [76 KB (6 pages)]
January 30, 2017 - NIOSH/ORAU Memo: Revision to the Kansas City Plant Site Profile [177 KB (2 pages)]
March 14, 2016 - NIOSH/ORAU: NIOSH Response on the Kansas City Plant Site Profile Issues Matrix [177 KB (9 pages)]
March 14, 2016 - NIOSH/DCAS Presentation: Kansas City Plant SEC Petition update (1949 – 1993, Kansas City, MO) [324 KB (21 pages)]
Presented at the November 18-19, 2015, Meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health - Advisory Board Presentation: Kansas City Plant Work Group Report [586 KB (13 pages)]
Presented at the November 18-19, 2015, Meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health - SC&A Memo: Evaluation of NIOSH’s KCP Dosimetry Database Validation and Verification (V&V) of November 12, 2015 [40 KB (2 pages)]
November 16, 2015 - NIOSH/ORAU Memo: KCP dosimetry database validation and verification (V&V) [123 KB (7 pages)
November 12, 2015 - SC&A: Kansas City Plant Special Exposure Cohort (SEC 210) Issues Matrix [341 KB (29 pages)]
October 29, 2015 - NIOSH/ORAU: Kansas City Plant Special Exposure Cohort (SEC 210) Issues Matrix [517 KB (33 pages)]
July 17, 2015 - SC&A Memo: Evaluation of NIOSH’s Mg-Th, Tritium, and Ni-63 Example Dose Reconstruction [49 KB (2 pages)]
October 16, 2015 - SC&A Memo: Outline of Radiological and Radiography Procedures and Standards at the KCP [108 KB (2 pages)]
September 30, 2015 - NIOSH/ORAU Memo: KCP suspension of Mg-Th operations [170 KB (2 pages)]
September 18, 2015 - NIOSH/ORAU: NIOSH Response – Kansas CIty Plant Site Profile Issues Matrix [217 KB (8 pages)]
August 20, 2015 - SC&A Memo: Review of NIOSH Response to SC&A’s Review of Internal Exposures to Thorium and its Progeny at the KCP during Mg-Th Machining, July 7, 2015 [238 KB (5 pages)]
August 14, 2015 - NIOSH/ORAU: NIOSH Response to SC&A’s Review of Internal Exposures to Thorium and its Progeny at the KCP during Mg-Th Machining Response Paper, Rev. 0 [181 KB (9 pages)]
July 7, 2015 - SC&A Memo: Status of KCP Outstanding Issues [104 KB (3 pages)]
July 2, 2015 - NIOSH/DCAS Memo: SEC Issues Matrix Responses to 1, 7, 11, 12, 15 and 17 [502 KB (7 pages]
June 11, 2015 - SC&A Draft: Review of NIOSH’s White Paper “Internal Exposures to Thorium and its Progeny at the Kansas City Plant during Mg-Th Machining,” Rev. 1 [550 KB (21 pages)]
Contract Number 211-2014-58081
May 12, 2015 - NIOSH/ORAU White Paper: Tritium and Nickel-63 at the Kansas City Plant, Rev. 1 [653 KB (28 pages)]
May 7, 2015 - SC&A Draft: Review of NIOSH’s White Paper “Internal Exposures to Thorium and its Progeny at the Kansas City Plant during Mg-Th Machining,” Rev. 0 [544 KB (21 pages)]
Contract Number 211-2014-58081
May 6, 2015 - SC&A Memo: SC&A’s Evaluation and Closure of KCP SEC Matrix Issues 11 and 12; Neutron Dose [165 KB (2 pages)]
April 21, 2015 - SC&A Memo: SC&A’s Evaluation of NIOSH’s January 2015 Response to KCP SEC Matrix Issues 7, 15, 17, 18, and 20 [189 KB (5 pages)]
April 20, 2015 - Advisory Board Presentation: Kansas City Plant Work Group Report [671 KB (10 pages)]
March 25-26, 2015, Meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health - NIOSH/DCAS: Kansas City Plant Technical Basis Document (TBD) Issues Matrix [330 KB (6 pages)]
February 2, 2015 - NIOSH/DCAS: Kansas City Plant Special Exposure Cohort (SEC 210) Issues Matrix [590 KB (31 pages)]
February 2, 2015 - SC&A Draft: Review of Internal Exposures to Thorium and its Progeny at the Kansas City Plant During MG-TH Machining Operations [396 KB (14 pages)]
Contract No. 211-2014-58081
August 15, 2014 - SC&A Draft: Review of Internal Exposures to Uranium at the Kansas City Plant Using TBD-6000 and ORAUT-OTIB-0070 as Surrogate Data [496 KB (17 pages)]
Contract No. 211-2014-580
July 24, 2014 - NIOSH/DCAS: NIOSH Responses to SC&A Kansas City Special Exposure Cohort Petition SEC-00210 Issues Matrix (March 2014) [154 KB (20 pages)]
June 3, 2014 - NIOSH/DCAS: Kansas City Plant Special Exposure Cohort, Petition 210
- SC&A Draft: Review of the NIOSH Site Profile for the Kansas City Plant, Revision 1 [873 KB (58 pages)]
Contract No. 200-2009-28555
SCA-TR-SP2012-0006
November 13, 2013 - SC&A Draft: Review of the NIOSH Site Profile for the Kansas City Plant [331 KB (29 pages)]
Contract No. 200-2009-28555
SCA-TR-SP2012-0006
September 6, 2012
Public Comments on Kansas City Plant Documents
How to Submit Comments
Comments on Kansas City Plant Documents can be submitted to the NIOSH Docket Officer electronically by email at nioshdocket@cdc.gov or printed comments can be mailed to:
NIOSH Docket Office
Robert A. Taft Laboratories, MS-C34
1090 Tusculum Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45226
Please include the Site Profile/Docket Number (050) on all comments.
Document Archive for Kansas City Plant
- Site Profile:
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Revised January 6, 2006 [2.3 MB (46 pages)]
Page Change Revision Includes: Incorporates changes for environmental ambient external and internal doses for unmonitored, non-radiological workers as a result of formal internal review and informal OCAS comments. Page change includes new content added to pages 7 and 22 (Sections 1.0 and 5.1.4). Removed definition of unmonitored worker on page 26 (Section 6.4.1). Minor revisions were made to pages 17, 18, 19, and 23 (Sections 4.0, 5.0, 5.1.2, 5.2 and 6.2.1). As a result of NIOSH formal review, incorporates Attachment A on pages 43 – 46, into Site Profile. This attachment describes technical basis of ambient environmental dose estimate for unmonitored workers. No sections were omitted.
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- SC&A Draft: Review of the NIOSH Site Profile for the Kansas City Plant, Rev. 0 [213 KB (29 pages)]
Contract No. 200-2009-28555
SCA-TR-SP2012-0006
September 6, 2012 - Site Profile for the Kansas City Plant [1.3 MB (40 pages)]
Approved May 31, 2005
- Page last reviewed: September 28, 2015
- Page last updated: April 5, 2017
- Content source:
- National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health Division of Compensation Analysis and Support