2013 Advisory Board and Public Meetings

No meetings have been scheduled for this month.

• February 22, 2013
  Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) Issues (including the 250 day issue)

  Time/Location:

  11:00 a.m. Eastern Time
  Meeting Type: Teleconference; Public, No Comment Period

  Teleconference: +1-866-659-0537
  Participant Code: 9933701

  Pre-Decisional Document Policy

  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [14 KB (1 page)]
  • Transcript [148 KB (51 pages)]

  Discussion Papers:

  • DCAS: Review of Parameters Associated with Defining Sufficient Accuracy [173 KB (16 pages)]
    January 2013
  • DCAS White Paper: Feasibility of Thorium Dose Reconstruction [291 KB (13 pages)]
    January 15, 2012

• February 21, 2013
  Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on TBD 6000

  Time/Location:

  9:00 a.m. Eastern Time
  Meeting Type: Face-to-Face; Public, No Comment Period

  Cincinnati Airport Marriott
  2395 Progress Dr.
  Hebron, KY 41048
  859-586-0166

  Teleconference: +1-866-659-0537
  Participant Code: 9933701

  Pre-Decisional Document Policy

  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [11 KB (1 page)]
  • Transcript [655 KB (290 pages)]

  Discussion Papers:

  • SC&A Presentation: Comparison of NIOSH and SC&A External Exposure Assessments at GSI [483 KB (9 pages)]
    February 21, 2013
  • SC&A: Simonds Saw and Steel Site Profile Review Issues Matrix [55 KB (10 pages)]
    February 13, 2013
  • NIOSH/DCAS: GSI Dose Estimation Comparison [128 KB (7 pages)]
    January 2013
  • SC&A Memo: Response to NIOSH Report “GSI Dose Estimation Comparison” [221 KB (11 pages)]
    February 12, 2013

• February 20, 2013–MEETING TYPE/TIME CHANGE
  Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on Rocky Flats Plant

  Time/Location:

  10:00 a.m. Eastern Time
  Meeting Type: Teleconference; Public, No Comment Period

  Teleconference: +1-866-659-0537
  Participant Code: 9933701

  Pre-Decisional Document Policy

  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [14 KB (1 page)]
  • Transcript [106 KB (34 pages)]

• February 14, 2013
  Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on Brookhaven National Laboratory

  Time/Location:

  3:00 p.m. Eastern Time
  Meeting Type: Teleconference; Public, No Comment Period

  Teleconference: +1-866-659-0537
  Participant Code: 9933701

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  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [14 KB (1 page)]
  • Transcript [241 KB (70 pages)]

• February 12, 2013
  Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on Savannah River Site (SRS)

  Time/Location:

  1:00 p.m. Eastern Time
  Meeting Type: Teleconference; Public, No Comment Period

  Teleconference: +1-866-659-0537
  Participant Code: 9933701

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  • Agenda [10 KB (1 page)]
  • Transcript [262 KB (76 pages)]

• February 7, 2013
  Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health

  Time/Location:

  11:00 a.m. Eastern Time
  Meeting Type: Teleconference; Public, No Comment Period

  Teleconference: +1-866-659-0537
  Participant Code: 9933701

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  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [15 KB (1 page)]
  • Transcript [178 KB (53 pages)]

• February 5, 2013
  Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Subcommittee on Procedures Review

  Time/Location:

  9:00 a.m. Eastern Time
  Meeting Type: Face-to-Face; Public, No Comment Period

  Cincinnati Airport Marriott
  2395 Progress Dr.
  Hebron, KY 41048
  859-586-0166

  Teleconference: +1-866-659-0537
  Participant Code: 9933701

  Pre-Decisional Document Policy

  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [30 KB (1 page)]
  • Transcript [966 KB (344 pages)]

  Discussion Papers:

  • SC&A Draft: A Review of NIOSH’s Program Evaluation Report OCAS-PER-005, “Misinterpreted Application of the External Dose Factor for Hanford Dose Reconstructions” [117 KB (17 pages)]
    Contract No. 200-2009-28555
    SCA-TR-PR2013-0013, Revision 1
    January 10, 2013
  • SC&A Draft: A Preliminary Review of NIOSH’s Program Evaluation Report DCAS-PER-037, “Ames Laboratory TBD Revision” [120 KB (23 pages)]
    Contract No. 200-2004-03805
    SCA-TR-PR2013-0037, Rev. 0
    January 2, 2013

• February 4, 2013
  Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Subcommittee for Dose Reconstruction Reviews

  Time/Location:

  8:30 a.m. Eastern Time
  Meeting Type: Face-to-Face; Public, No Comment Period

  Cincinnati Airport Marriott
  2395 Progress Dr.
  Hebron, KY 41048
  859-586-0166

  Teleconference: +1-866-659-0537
  Participant Code: 9933701

  Pre-Decisional Document Policy

  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [16 KB (1 page)]
  • Transcript [839 MB (387 pages)]

• March 25, 2013
  Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Subcommittee for Dose Reconstruction Reviews

  Time/Location:

  9:00 a.m. Eastern Time
  Meeting Type: Face-to-Face; Public, No Comment Period

  Cincinnati Airport Marriott
  2395 Progress Dr.
  Hebron, KY 41048
  859-586-0166

  Teleconference: +1-866-659-0537
  Participant Code: 9933701

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  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [16 KB (1 page)]
  • Transcript [845 KB (342 pages)]

• March 12, 2013
  Meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health

  Time/Location:

  9:45 a.m. Eastern Time
  Public Comment Period: 6:00 – 7:00 p.m.
  Meeting Type: Face-to-Face; Public

  Note: The public comment period may end before 7:00 p.m., following the last call for comments.

  Augusta Marriott Hotel
  Two Tenth Street
  Augusta, GA 30901

  Teleconference: +1-866-659-0537
  Participant Code: 9933701

  Pre-Decisional Document Policy

  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [38 KB (2 pages)]
  • Transcript [695 KB (314 pages)]

  Presentations (listed in the order they will occur during the meeting):

  • NIOSH/DCAS Program Update
    • Full Color Version [114 KB (11 pages)]
    • Black & White Version [293 KB (11 pages)]
  • Department of Labor Program Update (Full Color Only) [393 KB (17 pages)]
  • Department of Energy Program Update
    • Full Color Version [838 KB (19 pages)]
    • Black & White Version [1.4 MB (19 pages)]
  • NIOSH/DCAS: Brookhaven SEC Petition (1994-2007) Revised March 11, 2013
    • Full Color Version [966 KB (13 pages)]
    • Black & White Version [731 KB (13 pages)]
  • Advisory Board Subcommittee on Procedures Review: ORAUT-OTIB-0052 – Parameters to Consider When Processing Claims for Construction Trade Workers
    • Full Color Version [104 KB (14 pages)]
    • Black & White Version [189 KB (14 pages)]
  • Advisory Board Subcommittee on Procedures Review: ORAUT-OTIB-0070 – Dose Reconstruction During Residual Radioactivity Periods at Atomic Weapons Employer Facilities
    • Full Color Version [119 KB (16 pages)]
    • Black & White Version [214 KB (16 pages)]
  • Advisory Board Subcommittee on Procedures Review: OCAS-IG-001 – External Dose Reconstruction Implementation Guideline
    • Full Color Version [122 KB (18 pages)]
    • Black & White Version [236 KB (18 pages)]
  • NIOSH/DCAS: SEC Petitions Update
    • Full Color Version [89 KB (6 pages)]
    • Black & White Version [135 KB (6 pages)]

• March 7, 2013-CHANGED TO A TELECONFERENCE MEETING
  Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on Fernald

  Time/Location:

  9:00 a.m. Eastern Time
  Meeting Type: Teleconference; Public, No Comment Period

  Teleconference: +1-866-659-0537
  Participant Code: 9933701

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  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [35 KB (1 page)]
  • Transcript [816 KB (180 pages)]

• March 6, 2013
  Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on Brookhaven National Laboratory

  Time/Location:

  2:30 p.m. Eastern Time
  Meeting Type: Teleconference; Public, No Comment Period

  Teleconference: +1-866-659-0537
  Participant Code: 9933701

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  • Agenda [12 KB (1 page)]
  • Transcript [295 KB (58 pages)]

• April 26, 2013–CHANGED TO A TELECONFERENCE MEETING, TIME CHANGED
  Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on TBD 6000

  Time/Location:

  10:30 a.m. Eastern Time
  Meeting Type: Teleconference; Public, No Comment Period

  Teleconference: +1-866-659-0537
  Participant Code: 9933701

  Pre-Decisional Document Policy

  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [22 KB (1 page)]
  • Transcript [794 KB (263 page)]

  Discussion Papers:

  • SC&A Presentation: Comparison of Updated NIOSH and SC&A Exposure Assessments at GSI [641 KB (13 pages)]
    April 26, 2013
  • NIOSH/DCAS: Simonds Saw and Steel Site Profile Review Issues Matrix [81 KB (12 pages)]
    April 23, 2013
  • NIOSH/DCAS White Paper: Issues Raised in February 21, 2013 Work Group Meeting [95 KB (9 pages)]
    April 2013
  • SC&A Memo: Review of NIOSH Estimates of Internal Exposures at GSI [35 KB (3 pages)]
    April 24, 2013
  • SC&A Memo: Review of NIOSH Estimates of External Exposures at GSI [102 KB (6 pages)]
    April 23, 2013
  • Comments from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D. regarding the NIOSH/DCAS White Paper “Issues Raised in February 21, 2013, Work Group Meeting” [785 KB (24 pages)]
    April 5, 2013
  • Submission from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., General Steel Industries Radium Era: 1952-1962 New Co-petitioner and Site Expert Information on the Building 6 Inner Radiography Facility [444 KB (13 pages)]
    April 22, 2013
  • NIOSH/DCAS: Cleanup after Uranium Operations at Baker Brothers, Toledo, Ohio [95 KB (4 pages)]
    April 2, 2013
  • SC&A Memo: Baker Brothers Follow-Up – Review of NIOSH/DCAS paper “Cleanup after Uranium Operations at Baker Brothers, Toledo, Ohio” from April 2, 2013 [41 KB (4 pages)]
    April 23, 2013
  • SC&A Draft: Review of the Joslyn Manufacturing and Supply Company Petition Evaluation Report for Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) Petition 00200 [235 KB (39 pages)]
    Contract No. 200-2009-28555
    SCA-TR-SEC 2013-0069
    March 28, 2013
  • Comments from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D. regarding new information on a stolen radium plumb bob source at GSI in 1953 [200 KB (6 pages)]
    March 12, 2013

• April 25, 2013–CHANGED TO A TELECONFERENCE MEETING, TIME CHANGED
  Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Subcommittee on Procedures Review

  Time/Location:

  10:30 a.m. Eastern Time
  Meeting Type: Teleconference; Public, No Comment Period

  Teleconference: +1-866-659-0537
  Participant Code: 9933701

  Pre-Decisional Document Policy

  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [29 KB (1 page)]
  • Transcript [957 KB (265 pages)]

• May 21, 2013
  Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Subcommittee for Dose Reconstruction Reviews

  Time/Location:

  9:00 a.m. Eastern Time
  Meeting type: Face-to-Face; Open to Public; No Public Comment Period

  Cincinnati Airport Marriott
  2395 Progress Dr.
  Hebron, KY 41048
  859-586-0166

  Teleconference: +1-866-659-0537
  Participant Code: 9933701

  Pre-Decisional Document Policy

  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [15 KB (1 page)]
  • Transcript [797 KB (362 pages)]

• May 2, 2013
  Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health

  Time/Location:

  11:00 a.m. Eastern Time
  Teleconference; Public, No Comment Period

  Teleconference: +1-866-659-0537
  Participant Code: 9933701

  Pre-Decisional Document Policy

  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [15 KB (1 page)]
  • Transcript [125 KB (45 pages)]

• June 24, 2013
  Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) Issues (including the 250 day issue)

  Time/Location:

  1:00 p.m. Eastern Time
  Meeting Type: Teleconference; Public, No Comment Period

  Teleconference: +1-866-659-0537
  Participant Code: 9933701

  Pre-Decisional Document Policy

  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [14 KB (1 page)]
  • Transcript [202 KB (75 pages)]

  Discussion Paper:

  • NIOSH/DCAS: Sufficient Accuracy Outline [95 KB (3 pages)]
    May 20, 2013

• June 20, 2013
  Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on TBD 6000

  Time/Location:

  10:30 a.m. Eastern Time
  Meeting Type: Teleconference; Public, No Comment Period

  Teleconference: +1-866-659-0537
  Participant Code: 9933701

  Pre-Decisional Document Policy

  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [11 KB (1 page)]
  • Transcript [521 KB (202 pages)]

  Discussion Papers:

  • Submission from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., “Annotated Personal Transcript of GSI Portion of TBD-6000 Work Group 6/20/13 Teleconference Meeting” [1.3 MB (17 pages)]
    June 23, 2013
  • Submission from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., “Goals for the TBD-6000 Work Group” [1.4 MB (17 pages)]
    June 21, 2013
  • Submission from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., Critique of “NIOSH/DCAS White Paper: Square Function Approximation to Estimating Inhalation Intakes” [396 KB (15 pages)]
    May 2013
  • SC&A Memo: Commentary on “White Paper – Square Function Approximation to Estimating Inhalation Intakes,” Prepared by David Allen, DCAS, June 2013 [185 KB (3 pages)]
    June 11, 2013
  • NIOSH/DCAS White Paper: Square Function Approximation to Estimating Inhalation Intakes [285 KB (11 pages)]
    June 2013
  • Submission from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., Analysis of the Adley et. al. 1952 Hanford Melt Plant Technical Report [782 KB (23 pages)]
    June 7, 2013
  • Submission from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., Analysis of GSI Administrative Personnel Dose Estimates [292 KB (9 pages)]
    June 5, 2013
  • SC&A Memo: Review of NIOSH Approach to Estimating Doses to GSI Employees Not Routinely Working in Production Areas at GSI [111 KB (1 page)]
    June 4, 2013
  • SC&A Draft: Supplementary Comments on Revision 01 of Battelle-TBD-6000, Rev. 0 [428 KB (34 pages)]
    May 13, 2013
  • NIOSH/DCAS White Paper: GSI – Dose Estimate from Radium Radiographer to Employees not Routinely Working in Production Areas [75 KB (3 pages)]
    May 2013
  • NIOSH/DCAS White Paper: GSI – Dose Estimate from Radium Radiographer to Employees not Routinely Working in Production Areas [75 KB (3 pages)]

• June 18, 2013
  Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on the Pantex Plant

  Time/Location:

  9:00 a.m. Eastern Time
  Meeting type: Open to Public; No Public Comment Period

  Cincinnati Airport Marriott
  2395 Progress Dr.
  Hebron, KY 41048
  859-586-0166

  Teleconference: +1-866-659-0537
  Participant Code: 9933701

  Pre-Decisional Document Policy

  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [9 KB (1 page)]
  • Transcript [462 KB (166 pages)]

  Discussion Paper:

  • NIOSH/DCAS White Paper: NIOSH’s Method and Supporting Basis for Bounding Uranium Internal Exposure at Pantex [145 KB (8 pages)]

• June 17, 2013
  Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on Fernald

  Time/Location:

  9:00 a.m. Eastern Time
  Meeting type: Open to Public; No Public Comment Period

  Cincinnati Airport Marriott
  2395 Progress Dr.
  Hebron, KY 41048
  859-586-0166

  Teleconference: +1-866-659-0537
  Participant Code: 9933701

  Pre-Decisional Document Policy

  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [27 KB (1 page)]
  • Transcript [2 MB (227 pages)]

  Discussion Papers:

  • NIOSH/DCAS: Bioassay Co-worker Approach (Construction Workers) Response to 2013 Fernald Matrix Item 5 [419 KB (5 pages)]
    May 15, 2013
  • NIOSH/DCAS: Subcontractor Bioassay Evaluation by Dose Reconstruction Best Estimate Methodology [296 KB (7 pages)]
    May 13, 2013
  • NIOSH/DCAS: Fernald 1969 Subcontractor Bioassay Evaluation Using Dose Reconstruction Best Estimate Methodology [325 KB (9 pages)]
    April 23, 2013
  • NIOSH/DCAS: Response to items 8 ,9, and 11 in March 8, 2013 document titled “NIOSH/ORAU Team actions from March 7, 2013 Fernald WG meeting” [125 KB (2 pages)]
    March 25, 2013

• July 18, 2013
  Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Subcommittee on Procedures Review

  Time/Location:

  8:30 a.m. (Mountain time)

  Shilo Inn
  780 Lindsay Blvd.
  Idaho Falls, Idaho 83402
  (208) 523–0088

  Teleconference: 1-866-659-0537
  Participant Code: 9933701

  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [26 KB (1 page)]
  • Transcript [801 KB (289 pages)]

  Available Meeting Items:

  • SC&A Draft: Discussion Points Regarding Reconstructing Localized Skin Dose Associated with Direct Deposition of Uranium Oxide Dust and Flakes on Exposed Skin [364 KB (15 pages)]
    Contract No. 200-2009-28555
    June 12, 2013

• July 16-17, 2013
  Meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health

  8:15 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (Mountain time)
  Public Comment Period: 5:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.

  Note: The public comment period may end before 6:00 p.m., following the last call for comments.

  Shilo Inn
  780 Lindsay Blvd.
  Idaho Falls, Idaho 83402
  (208) 523–0088

  Teleconference: 1-866-659-0537
  Participant Code: 9933701

  You can also access the meeting via Microsoft Office Live Meeting
  Meeting ID: MZS2ZW
  Entry Code: ABRWH

  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [24 KB (2 page)]
  • Transcript: July 16 [688 KB (309 pages)]
  • Transcript: July 17 [535 KB (241 pages)]

  Discussion Papers/Background Materials:

  • Submission from Terrie Barry, Rocky Flats SEC-00192 Co-petitioner [2 MB (21 pages)]
    July 18, 2013
  • SC&A Draft: Review of “Proposed NIOSH Dose Reconstruction Methods for Uranium and Thorium at Pantex Plant during 1951–1957 and 1984–1991, Rev. 1” [719 KB (26 pages)]
    Contract No. 200-2009-28555, Rev. 2
    June 26, 2013
  • NIOSH/DCAS White Paper: NIOSH’s Method and Supporting Basis for Bounding Uranium Internal Exposure at Pantex [145 KB (8 pages)]
    June 2013
  • NIOSH/DCAS: Sufficient Accuracy Outline [95 KB (3 pages)]
    May 20, 2013
  • NIOSH/DCAS: Bioassay Co-worker Approach (Construction Workers) Response to 2013 Fernald Matrix Item 5 [419 KB (5 pages)]
    May 15, 2013
  • NIOSH/DCAS: Subcontractor Bioassay Evaluation by Dose Reconstruction Best Estimate Methodology [296 KB (7 pages)]
    May 13, 2013
  • NIOSH/DCAS: Fernald 1969 Subcontractor Bioassay Evaluation Using Dose Reconstruction Best Estimate Methodology [324 KB (9 pages)]
    April 23, 2013
  • SC&A Memo: Baker Brothers Follow-Up – Review of NIOSH/DCAS paper “Cleanup after Uranium Operations at Baker Brothers, Toledo, Ohio, from April 2, 2013” [41 KB (4 pages)]
    April 23, 2013
  • SC&A Draft: Review of “ORAUT-RPRT-0053: Analysis of Stratified Coworker Datasets, Rev. 1” [473 KB (55 pages)]
    Contract No. 200-2009-28555
    SCA-TR-PR2013-0053, Revision 0
    April 23, 2013
  • NIOSH/DCAS: Cleanup after Uranium Operations at Baker Brothers, Toledo, Ohio [95 KB (4 pages)]
    April 2, 2013
  • NIOSH/DCAS: Response to items 8 ,9, and 11 in March 8, 2013 document titled “NIOSH/ORAU Team actions from March 7, 2013 Fernald WG meeting” [125 KB (2 pages)]
    March 25, 2013
  • Transcript from Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on Fernald [816 KB (180 pages)]
    March 7, 2013
  • SC&A: Talking Points on the SEC Petition Evaluation Report for the Baker Brothers Site in Toledo, OH (SEC-00204) [101 KB (4 pages)]
    February 21, 2013
  • NIOSH/DCAS: Baker Brothers SEC Petition Evaluation Report for Petition 204 [1.3 MB (61 pages)]
    November 14, 2012
  • SC&A Draft: Feasibility of Identifying Workers with Specific Plants/Areas of Fernald for Identification with Thorium Operations (1953–1967) [254 KB (28 pages)]
    Contract Number 200-2009-28555
    October 24, 2012
  • SC&A: Appendix A: Examples of Strategies Used by SC&A in Reviewing the Completeness of Available Site-Specific Records in an SEC Context (excerpt from SC&A: Review of “ORAUT-PROC-0044: Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) Revision 00, October 7, 2005”) [729 KB (17 pages)]
    October 15, 2012
  • NIOSH/DCAS: ORAUT-RPRT-0053, Rev. 1: Analysis of Stratified Coworker Datasets [510 KB (42 pages)]
    July 16, 2012

  Presentations on Tuesday, July 16 (listed in the order they will occur):

  • NIOSH Program Update
    • Full Color Version Only [114 KB (11 pages)]
  • Department of Labor Program Update
    • Full Color Version Only [401 KB (22 pages)]
  • Department of Energy Program Update
    • Full Color Version [430 KB (17 pages)]
    • Black and White Version [396 KB (17 pages)]
  • Advisory Board/DCAS: Sufficient Accuracy
    • Full Color Version [27 KB (6 pages)]
    • Black and White Version [38 KB (6 pages)]
  • NIOSH/DCAS: Use of Co-worker Data in Dose Reconstruction
    • Full Color Version [934 KB (21 pages)]
    • Black and White Version [550 KB (21 pages)]
  • Advisory Board: Co-worker Dose Modeling
    • Full Color Version [333 KB (16 pages)]
    • Black and White Version [488 KB (16 pages)]
  • NIOSH/DCAS: Rocky Flats Plant SEC-00192 Update
    • Full Color Version [114 KB (7 pages)]
    • Black and White Version [157 KB (7 pages)]
  • NIOSH/DCAS: Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) Petitions Status Update
    • Full Color Version [91 KB (7 pages)]
    • Black and White Version [154 KB (7 pages)]
  • NIOSH/DCAS: Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site Profile Update
    • Full Color Version [101 KB (6 pages)]
    • Black and White Version [136 KB (6 pages)]

  Presentations on Wednesday, July 17 (listed in the order they will occur):

  • Advisory Board: Baker Brothers SEC Petition (Toledo, OH; 1945-1996)
    • Full Color Version [264 KB (9 pages)]
    • Black and White Version [253 KB (9 pages)]
  • Advisory Board Subcommittee on Procedures Reviews: DCAS-TIB-0010 Best Estimate of External Dose Reconstruction for Glovebox Workers
    • Full Color Version [277 KB (12 pages)]
    • Black and White Version [295 KB (12 pages)]
  • Advisory Board Subcommittee on Procedures Reviews: ORAUT-OTIB-0023 Assignment of Missed Neutron Doses Based on Dosimetry Records
    • Full Color Version [471 KB (10 pages)]
    • Black and White Version [209 KB (10 pages)]
  • Advisory Board: Pantex SEC Petition (1951-1957; 1984-1990 – uranium and thorium; 1991 – thorium)
    • Black and White Version Only [370 KB (10 pages)]
  • Advisory Board: Brookhaven National Laboratory SEC and Site Profile Review
    • Full Color Version [187 KB (5 pages)]
    • Black and White Version [62 KB (5 pages)]
  • Advisory Board: Feed Materials Production Center SEC Petition Review (Fernald, OH; 1951-1983 – subcontractors; 1953-1967 – thorium)
    • Full Color Version [884 KB (24 pages)]
    • Black and White Version [868 KB (24 pages)]

• July 8, 2013
  Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on Rocky Flats Plant

  Time/Location:

  10:30 a.m. Eastern Time
  Meeting Type: Teleconference; Public, No Comment Period

  Teleconference: <+1-866-659-0537
  Participant Code: 9933701

  Pre-Decisional Document Policy

  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [25 KB (1 page)]
  • Transcript [240 KB (86 pages)]

  Discussion Papers:

  • NIOSH/DCAS White Paper: Follow-up Efforts on SEC-00192 RFP Tritium Issues [720 KB (38 pages)]
    June 25, 2013
  • NIOSH/DCAS White Paper: Evaluation of Petitioner Concerns About Data Falsification and/or Data Invalidation in RFP Building 123 Based on Worker Allegations [412 KB (8 pages)]
    June 10, 2013

• July 1, 2013
  Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on Fernald

  Time/Location:

  9:00 a.m. Eastern Time
  Meeting Type: Teleconference; Public, No Comment Period

  Teleconference: <+1-866-659-0537
  Participant Code: 9933701

  Pre-Decisional Document Policy

  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [151 KB (1 page)]
  • Transcript [346 KB (152 pages)]

• August 7, 2013
  Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Subcommittee for Dose Reconstruction Reviews

  Time/Location:

  10:00 a.m. Eastern Time
  Meeting Type: Teleconference; Public, No Comment Period

  Teleconference: +1-866-659-0537
  Participant Code: 9933701

  Pre-Decisional Document Policy

  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [15 KB (1 page)]
  • Transcript [689 KB (301 pages)]

  Discussion Papers:

  • SC&A Draft: Discussion Points Regarding Reconstructing Localized Skin Dose Associated with Direct Deposition of Uranium Oxide Dust and Flakes on Exposed Skin [364 KB (15 pages)]
    Contract No. 200-2009-28555
    June 12, 2013

• September 30, 2013
  Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Subcommittee for Dose Reconstruction Reviews

  Time/Location:

  10:00 a.m. Eastern Time
  Meeting Type: Teleconference; Public, No Comment Period

  Teleconference: +1-866-659-0537
  Participant Code: 9933701

  Pre-Decisional Document Policy

  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [15 KB (1 page)]
  • Transcript [673 KB (263 pages)]

• September 27, 2013
  Teleconference Meeting of the Uranium Refining Atomic Weapons Employers (AWEs) Work Group

  Time/Location:

  11:00 a.m. Eastern Time
  Meeting Type: Teleconference; Public, No Comment Period

  Teleconference: +1-866-659-0537
  Participant Code: 9933701

  Pre-Decisional Document Policy

  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [31 KB (1 page)]
  • Transcript [128 KB (47 pages)]

  Discussion Papers:

  • SC&A Draft: Response to NIOSH’s Commentary on Findings Regarding the Site Profile for Du Pont Deepwater Works, Rev. 0 [119 KB (16 pages)]
    Contract No. 200-2009-28555
    June 6, 2013
  • NIOSH/DCAS: Du Pont Deepwater Works NIOSH’s Response to Findings in SC&A’s Review, Dated August 12, 2011 [365 KB (8 pages)]
    March 13, 2013

• September 26, 2013
  Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Subcommittee on Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) Issues (including the 250 day issue) Work Group

  Time/Location:

  9:00 a.m. Eastern Time
  Meeting type: Open to Public; No Public Comment Period

  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
  1090 Tusculum Avenue
  Cincinnati, OH 45226
  DCAS B-1 Conference Room
  Phone: (513) 533-6800
  Toll-Free: 1-877-222-7570

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  Participant Code: 9933701

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  • Agenda [31 KB (1 page)]
  • Transcript [990 KB (323 pages)]

  Discussion Papers:

  • NIOSH/DCAS Presentation: Use of Bioassay Sample Data in Co-Worker Models (Full Color Version Only) [320 KB (14 pages)]
  • SC&A Presentation: Co-Worker Dose Modeling
    • Full Color Version [565 KB (25 pages)]
    • Black & White Version [665 KB (25 pages)]
  • NIOSH/ORAU: Response to SC&A Comments on ORAUT-RPRT-0053, Rev. 0 [632 KB (60 pages)]
    August 21, 2013
  • SC&A Draft: Review of ORAUT-RPRT-0053: Analysis of Stratified Coworker Datasets, Rev. 1 [472 KB (55 pages)]
    Contract No. 200-2009-28555
    SCA-TR-PR2013-0053, Rev. 0
    August 23, 2013

• September 12, 2013
  Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on the Rocky Flats Plant

  Time/Location:

  9:00 a.m. Eastern Time
  Meeting type: Open to Public; No Public Comment Period

  Cincinnati Airport Marriott
  2395 Progress Dr.
  Hebron, KY 41048
  Phone: (859) 586-0166
  Toll-Free: 1-877-222-7570

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  Participant Code: 9933701

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  • Transcript [600 KB (184 pages)]

  Discussion Papers:

  • NIOSH/DCAS Presentation: Rocky Flats Plant Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) Petition 00192 Follow-up Status September 12, 2013
    • Full Color Version [168 KB (28 pages)]
    • Black & White Version [555 KB (28 pages)]
  • SC&A Draft White Paper: Focused Review of “Follow-up Efforts on SEC-00192 RFP Tritium Issues” [649 KB (15 pages)]
    September 10, 2013
  • SC&A Memo: Review of RFP Data Falsification Issue [412 KB (8 page)]
    September 4, 2013

• September 5, 2013
  Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health

  Time/Location:

  11:00 a.m. Eastern Time
  Meeting type: Open to Public; No Public Comment Period

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  Participant Code: 9933701

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• October 16-17, 2013
  Meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health

  Time/Location:

  October 16, 2013: 8:15 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Mountain Time
  (Public Comment Period: 5:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.)

  October 17, 2013: 8:15 a.m.–12:00 p.m. Mountain Time
  Meeting type: Teleconference; Open to Public;

  DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Denver
  8773 Yates Drive
  Westminster, CO 80031
  Phone: (303) 427-4000
  Fax: (303) 650-5398

  Teleconference: +1-866-659-0537
  Participant Code: 9933701

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  • Transcript from October 16 [927 KB (352 pages)]
  • Transcript from October 17 [220 KB (80 pages)]

  Presentations on October 16:

  • NIOSH Program Update (Full Color Version only) [115 KB (12 pages)]
  • Advisory Board: Sufficient Accuracy/Co-worker Dose Modeling [149 KB (10 pages)]
  • NIOSH/DCAS: Sandia National Laboratories-Livermore (Livermore, CA) Special Exposure Cohort Petition, Petition 214
    • Full Color Version [414 KB (21 pages)]
    • Black & White Version [455 KB (21 pages)]
  • NIOSH/DCAS: Special Exposure Cohort Petitions Status Update
    • Full Color Version [91 KB (7 pages)]
    • Black & White Version [115 KB (7 pages)]
  • NIOSH/DCAS: Rocky Flats Plant Special Exposure Cohort Petition Evaluation Report, Petition 192
    • Full Color Version [186 KB (51 pages)]
    • Black & White Version [220 KB (51 pages)]
  • Advisory Board: Rocky Flats Plant SEC Petition Evaluation Report Review, Petition 192 [80 KB (6 pages)]

  Discussion/Background Papers for October 16:

  • Sufficient Accuracy/Co-worker Dose Modeling Session:
    • NIOSH/ORAU: Response to SC&A Comments on ORAUT-RPRT-0053, Rev. 0 [632 KB (60 pages)]
      August 21, 2013
    • Advisory Board Presentation: Co-worker Dose Modeling [665 KB (25 pages)]
      September 26, 2013
    • NIOSH/DCAS Presentation: Use of Bioassay Sample Data in Co-Worker Models (Full Color Version Only) [320 KB (14 pages)]
      September 26, 2013
  • Sandia National Laboratories-Livermore (Livermore, CA) Session:
    • NIOSH/DCAS: Sandia National Laboratories–Livermore SEC Petition Evaluation Report (Petition 214) [307 KB (43 pages)]
      September 27, 2013
  • Rocky Flats Plant Session:
    • Letter to the Advisory Board from Congressmen Ed Perlmutter and Jared Polis and Senators Mark Udall and Michael F. Bennett regarding Rocky Flats Plant SEC Petition SEC-00192 [85 KB (2 pages)]
      October 11, 2013
    • NIOSH/DCAS: Rocky Flats Plant SEC Petition Evaluation Report, Petition 192 (April 1, 1952 to December 31, 2005) [954 KB (135 pages)] Revised September 30, 2013

  Presentations on October 17:

  • Procedures Review Session:
    • Advisory Board: ORAUT-OTIB-0010 Standard Complex-Wide Methodology for Overestimating External Doses Measured with Film Badge Dosimeters [86 KB (10 pages)]
    • Advisory Board: The Need for Program Evaluation Reports (PERs) [41 KB (3 pages)]
    • Advisory Board: OCAS-PER-012 Evaluation of Highly Insoluble Plutonium Compounds [88 KB (12 pages)]
  • Du Pont Deepwater Works Session:
    • Advisory Board Uranium Refining Atomic Weapons Employers (AWEs) Work Group: Du Pont Deepwater Works, Deepwater, New Jersey Technical Basis Document (TBD) Review [28 KB (7 pages)]

  Discussion/Background Papers for October 17:

  • General Steel Industries Technical Basis Document (TBD)/TBD 6000 Reviews:
    • NIOSH/DCAS White Paper: Evaluation of Differences in Beta Dose Estimates for GSI [77 KB (3 pages)]
      October 2013
    • SC&A Draft White Paper: Comments on the NIOSH White Paper, “TBD 6000 Review by SC&A, Determination of Settling Time,” Rev. 0 [301 KB (8 pages)]
      October 7, 2013
    • SC&A Memo: Response to NIOSH White Paper: “Summary Dose Estimates for GSI,” [289 KB (12 pages)]
      October 6, 2013
    • NIOSH/DCAS White Paper: TBD 6000 Review by SC&A Determination of Settling Time [103 KB (7 pages)]
      August 2013
    • NIOSH White Paper: Summary Dose Estimates for GSI [107 KB (6 pages)]
      August 2013
    • Submission from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., SEC-00105 Co-petitioner: “GSI SEC-00105 Administrative Review application to HHS,” dated 4/17/13 [22 MB (184 pages)]
      September 19, 2013
    • Submission from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., “Critique of NIOSH’s August 2013 White Paper: Summary Dose Estimates for GSI” [804 KB (22 pages)]
      August 30, 2013
  • Procedures Review Session:
    • SC&A Draft: OCAS-PER-012, Subtask 4, Review of Nine Advisory Board Selected Cases Reworked for the Evaluation of Highly Insoluble Plutonium Compounds [232 KB (46 pages)]
      July 20, 2012
    • SC&A Draft: A Review of NIOSH’s Program Evaluation Report OCAS-PER-012, “Evaluation of Highly Insoluble Plutonium Compounds,” Rev. 0 [431 KB (16 pages)]
      March 18, 2010
    • OCAS-PER-012 Rev-00: Program Evaluation Report: Evaluation of Highly Insoluble Plutonium Compounds [45 KB (6 pages)]
      August 6, 2007
    • ORAUT-OTIB-0010 Rev-01: A Standard Complex-Wide Methodology for Overestimating External Doses Measured with Film Badge Dosimeters [249 KB (19 pages)]
      June 5, 2006
    • SC&A Final Draft Report: Review of NIOSH/ORAU Procedures and Methods Used for Dose Reconstruction [2 MB (260 pages)]
      January 17, 2005
  • Du Pont Deepwater Works Session:
    • SC&A Draft: Response to NIOSH’s Commentary on Findings Regarding the Site Profile for Du Pont Deepwater Works, Rev. 0 [119 KB (16 pages)]
      June 6, 2013
    • NIOSH/DCAS: Du Pont Deepwater Works NIOSH’s Response to Findings in SC&A’s Review, Dated August 12, 2011 [365 KB (8 pages)]
      March 18, 2013
    • DCAS-TKBS-0006, Rev. 00 PC-1: Technical Basis Document for Du Pont Deepwater Works Deepwater, New Jersey [242 KB (16 pages)]
      March 8, 2011

• October 11, 2013
  Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on TBD 6000

  Time/Location:

  10:30 a.m. Eastern Time
  Meeting type: Teleconference; Open to Public; No Public Comment Period

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  Participant Code: 9933701

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  • Transcript [460 KB (177 pages)]

  Presentation:

  • SC&A Presentation: Comparison of Updated NIOSH and SC&A Exposure Assessments at GSI [91 KB (8 pages)]
    October 11, 2013

  Discussion Papers:

  • NIOSH/DCAS White Paper: Evaluation of Differences in Beta Dose Estimates for GSI [77 KB (3 pages)]
    October 2013
  • SC&A Draft White Paper: Comments on the NIOSH White Paper, “TBD 6000 Review by SC&A, Determination of Settling Time,” Rev. 0 [301 KB (8 pages)]
    October 7, 2013
  • SC&A Memo: Response to NIOSH White Paper: “Summary Dose Estimates for GSI,” [289 KB (12 pages)]
    October 6, 2013
  • Submission from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., SEC-00105 Co-petitioner: “GSI SEC-00105 Administrative Review application to HHS,” dated 4/17/13 [22 MB (184 pages)]
    September 19, 2013
    • Addendum [499 KB (13 pages)]
      October 7, 2013
  • NIOSH/DCAS White Paper: TBD 6000 Review by SC&A Determination of Settling Time [103 KB (7 pages)]
    August 2013
  • Submission from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., “Critique of NIOSH’s August 2013 White Paper: Summary Dose Estimates for GSI” [804 KB (22 pages)]
    August 30, 2013
  • NIOSH White Paper: Summary Dose Estimates for GSI [107 KB (6 pages)]
    August 2013
  • Submission from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., “A Review of AEC Report NYO-4699: Accelerator (Including Betatron) Stray Radiation Measurements and Film Badge Data at 23 Sites” [431 KB (19 pages)]
    August 19, 2013

• November 26, 2013
  Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on the Mound Plant

  Time/Location:

  10:00 a.m. Eastern Time
  Meeting type: Teleconference; Open to Public; No Public Comment Period

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  Participant Code: 9933701

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  • Agenda [31 KB (1 page)]
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• November 20, 2013
  Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Subcommittee for Dose Reconstruction Reviews

  Time/Location:

  10:00 a.m. Eastern Time
  Meeting type: Teleconference; Open to Public; No Public Comment Period

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  Participant Code: 9933701

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• November 7, 2013
  Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Subcommittee on Procedures Review

  Time/Location:

  11:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST)
  Meeting type: Teleconference; Open to Public; No Public Comment Period

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  Participant Code: 9933701

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  Presentation:

  • SC&A: OCAS-PER-025 and DCAS-PER-033, Subtasks 1–3 Evaluation of Huntington Pilot Plant (HPP) TBD Revisions (SC&A Report Dated July 18, 2013) [387 KB (23 pages)]
  • SC&A: OCAS-PER-030, Subtasks 1–3 Evaluation of Savannah River Site (SRS) TBD Revisions (SC&A Report Dated July 1, 2013) [370 KB (14 pages)]
  • SC&A: OCAS-PER-031, Subtasks 1–3 Evaluation of the National Security Complex (Y-12) TBD Revisions (July 15, 2013) [265 KB (19 pages)]
  • SC&A: Review of NIOSH’S Program Evaluation Report DCAS-PER-038, “Hooker Electrochemical TBD Revision” (SC&A Report Dated May 2013) [353 KB (7 pages)]

• December 19, 2013
  Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on TBD 6000

  Time/Location:

  10:00 a.m. Eastern Time
  Meeting type: Teleconference; Open to Public; No Public Comment Period

  Teleconference: +1-866-659-0537
  Participant Code: 9933701

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  • Agenda [10 KB (1 page)]
  • Transcript [328 KB (156 pages)]

  Discussion Papers:

  • SC&A Draft: Issue Resolution Matrix for SC&A Findings on Appendix BB to TBD-6000 [370 KB (29 pages)]
    December 18, 2013
  • NIOSH/DCAS: Review of the Resuspension Factor Employed during the Residual Contamination Period at General Steel Industries [62 KB (2 pages)]
    December 10, 2013
  • SC&A Memo: Review of Skin Dose Calculations for General Steel Industries [237 KB (8 pages)]
    December 5, 2013
  • SC&A Memo: Alternative Calculations of Resuspension at GSI [186 KB (4 pages)]
    October 22, 2013

• December 17, 2013
  Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health

  Time/Location:

  12:00 p.m. Eastern Time
  Meeting type: Teleconference; Open to Public; No Public Comment Period

  Teleconference: +1-866-659-0537
  Participant Code: 9933701

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  • Transcript [446 KB (26 pages)]