2014 Advisory Board and Public Meetings

• January 28, 2014
  Meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health

  Time/Location:

  9:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m. (Central Standard Time)
  (Public Comment Period: 5:30 p.m.–6:30 p.m.)
  Meeting Type: Face-to-Face; Public

  Crowne Plaza
  1301 Wyandotte
  Kansas City, MO 64105
  Phone: +1-816-460-6664
  Fax: +1-816-474-0424

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

  Access to the meeting is also available via Microsoft Office Live Meeting
  Meeting ID: JKQMG2
  Entry Code: ABRWH

  Pre-Decisional Document Policy

  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [23 KB (1 page)]
  • Transcript [859 KB (438 pages)]

  Presentations:

  • NIOSH Program Update
    • Full Color Version Only [114 KB (11 pages)]
  • Department of Energy Program Update
    • Full Color Version [486 KB (21 pages)]
    • Black & White Version [787 KB (21 pages)]
  • Department of Labor Program Update
    • Full Color Version Only [346 KB (22 pages)]
  • NIOSH/DCAS: SEC Petitions Status Update
    • Full Color Version [91 KB (7 pages)]
    • Black & White Version [139 KB (7 pages)]
  • Advisory Board: TBD 6000 Work Group Report on General Steel Industries Issues Matrix for Appendix BB
    • Full Color Version [435 KB (7 pages)]
    • Black & White Version [110 KB (7 pages)]
  • Advisory Board: TBD 6000 Work Group Recommendations to the ABRWH Regarding Joslyn Manufacturing and Supply Co. Special Exposure Cohort Petition Evaluation Report SEC-00200 Addendum
    • Full Color Version [468 KB (7 pages)]
    • Black & White Version [124 KB (7 pages)]
  • NIOSH/DCAS: Joslyn Manufacturing and Supply Co. SEC Petition Evaluation Report Addendum, Petition 200
    • Full Color Version [184 KB (25 pages)]
    • Black & White Version [431 KB (25 pages)]
  • NIOSH/DCAS: Kansas City Plant Special Exposure Cohort, Petition 210
    • Full Color Version [339 KB (35 pages)]
    • Black & White Version [352 KB (35 pages)]

  Discussion/Background Papers:

  • General Steel Industries (GSI)
    • SC&A Draft: Issue Resolution Matrix for SC&A Findings on Appendix BB to TBD-6000 [371 KB (29 pages)]
      January 15, 2014
    • SC&A Memo: Update of Doses from External Exposure at General Steel Industries (GSI) [315 KB (8 pages)]
      January 12, 2014
    • 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

    • NIOSH/DCAS White Paper: Evaluation of Differences in Beta Dose Estimates for GSI [77 KB (3 pages)]
      October 10, 2013
  • Joslyn Manufacturing and Supply Co.
    • NIOSH/DCAS: Joslyn Manufacturing and Supply Co. SEC Petition Evaluation Report Addendum, Petition 200 [137 KB (19 pages)]
      January 14, 2014
    • SC&A Draft: Issue Resolution Matrix for SC&A Findings on Petition Evaluation Report for Joslyn SEC Petition 00200 [304 KB (6 pages)]
      December 18, 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)]
      March 28, 2013
  • Kansas City Plant
    • NIOSH/ORAU: Kansas City Plant SEC Petition Evaluation Report, Petition SEC-00210 [852 KB (70 pages)]
      January 7, 2014
    • SC&A Draft: Review of the NIOSH Site Profile for the Kansas City Plant [214 KB (29 pages)]
      Contract No. 200-2009-28555
      SCA-TR-SP2012-0006
      September 6, 2012
    • NIOSH/ORAU: Site Profile for the Kansas City Plant [1.3 MB (46 pages)]
      January 6, 2006

• January 24, 2014
  Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) Issues (including the 250 day issue) 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 [326 KB (69 pages)]

  Presentation:

  • NIOSH/DCAS Presentation: Practically Significant Dose Evaluation Preliminary Observations [129 KB (3 pages)]

• January 16, 2014
  Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on TBD 6000

  Time/Location:

  10:00 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 [10 KB (1 page)]
    Revised January 9, 2014
  • Transcript [442 KB (229 pages)]

  Presentation:

  • NIOSH/DCAS: Joslyn Manufacturing and Supply Co. Special Exposure Cohort Petition Evaluation Report [150 KB (18 pages)]

  Discussion Papers:

  • SC&A Draft: Issue Resolution Matrix for SC&A Findings on Appendix BB to TBD-6000 [364 KB (30 pages)]
    January 15, 2014
  • SC&A Memo: Update of Doses from External Exposure at General Steel Industries (GSI) [315 KB (8 pages)]
    January 12, 2014
  • SC&A Draft: Issue Resolution Matrix for SC&A Findings on Petition Evaluation Report for Joslyn SEC Petition 00200 [304 KB (6 pages)]
    December 18, 2013

• February 26, 2014
  Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on Savannah River Site (SRS)

  Time/Location:

  10:00 a.m. Eastern Time (ET)
  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 [622 KB (211 pages)]

  Discussion Papers:

  • SC&A Memo: Discussion Items and Clarifications for February 26th SRS Work Group Meeting [1 MB (31 pages)]
    February 24, 2014

  • SC&A Working Draft: Issues Matrix for the Savannah River Site SEC Petition and Petition Evaluation Report – February 2014 Update [354 KB (19 pages)]
    February 22, 2014

• February 13, 2014
  Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Subcommittee on Procedures Review

  Time/Location:

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

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

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  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [27 KB (1 page)]
  • Transcript [565 KB (278 page)]

  Discussion Papers:

  • SC&A Draft: DCAS-PER-033, Subtask 4 Review of Impacted Cases Reworked for the Evaluation of Internal Intakes and Shallow Dose from the Huntington Pilot Plant [386 KB (12 pages)]
    Contract No. 200-2009-28555
    January 15, 2014
  • SC&A Memo: Position Regarding Skin Exposures Associated with the Direct Deposition of Fine Particles and Flakes of Uranium Oxide onto Skin and Clothing [172 KB (4 pages)]
    January 7, 2014
  • SC&A Draft: Review of ORAUT-OTIB-0083, Rev. 0 Dissolution Models for Insoluble Plutonium-238 [646 KB (27 pages)]
    Contract No. 200-2009-28555
    SCA-TR-PR2013-0087, Revision 0
    December 24, 2013
  • SC&A Draft: OCAS-PER-025, Subtask 4 Review of One Impacted Case Reworked for the Evaluation of Shallow Dose from the Huntington Pilot Plant [372 KB (10 pages)]
    Contract No. 200-2009-28555
    December 5, 2013
  • SC&A Memo: PER-014 Review Findings #1 and #3 [342 KB (7 pages)]
    November 12, 2013

• February 6, 2014–CANCELED
  Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Subcommittee for Dose Reconstruction Reviews

  Time/Location:

  10:00 a.m. Eastern Time (ET)
  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)]

  Matters to be Discussed (subject to change as priorities dictate; an agenda will be provided at a later date):

  Dose reconstruction program quality management and assurance activities such as: discussion of current findings from NIOSH internal dose reconstruction blind reviews; discussion of dose reconstruction cases under review (set 9, and cases involving Portsmouth, Hanford, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Y–12, K–25, and other DOE and Atomic Weapons Employer sites from sets 10–13); and preparation of the Advisory Board’s next report to the Secretary, HHS, summarizing the results of completed dose reconstruction reviews

• February 5, 2014–TIME CHANGE
  Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on Savannah River Site (SRS)

  Time/Location:

  10:00 a.m. Eastern Time (ET)
  Meeting Type: Face-to-Face; Public, No Comment Period

  Cincinnati Airport Marriott
  2395 Progress Dr.
  Hebron, KY 41048

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

  Pre-Decisional Document Policy

  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [31 KB (1 page)]
  • Transcript [698 KB (355 pages)]

  Presentations:

  • NIOSH/DCAS: Savannah River Site (SRS) Special Exposure Cohort Petition Evaluation – Radiological Monitoring for Neptunium [3 MB (58 pages)]
  • NIOSH/DCAS: Savannah River Site (SRS) Special Exposure Cohort Petition Evaluation Report – Thorium at SRS (post 1972) [2 MB (53 pages)]

  Discussion Papers:

  • NIOSH/ORAU: Draft Responses to SC&A’s Review of Addendum 3 to the NIOSH Savannah River Site Special Exposure Cohort (SEC-00103) Evaluation Report [139 KB (15 pages)]
    January 16, 2014
  • NIOSH/ORAU: Response to SC&A report “Review of the Methods for Estimating Neptunium-237 Intakes at the Savannah River Site for the Period 1972-2007” [278 KB (14 pages)]
    January 9, 2014
  • SC&A Draft White Paper: Review of Addendum 3 to the NIOSH Savannah River Site Special Exposure Cohort (SEC-00103) Evaluation Report [794 KB (94 pages)]
    September 12, 2013

• March 25, 2014
  Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on Idaho National Laboratory

  Time/Location:

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

  Cincinnati Airport Marriott
  2395 Progress Dr.
  Hebron, KY 41048

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

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  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [14 KB (1 page)]
  • Transcript [952 KB (358 page)]

  Discussion Papers:

  • NIOSH/DCAS: Issue Resolution Matrix for INL Findings and Key Observations (March 20, 2014) [220 KB (31 pages)]
    March 20, 2014
  • NIOSH Draft White Paper: NIOSH Investigation into the Issues Raised in Comment 19 from SCA-TR-TASK1-005 [38 KB (6 pages)]
    March 11, 2014
  • SC&A Draft: Idaho National Laboratory (INL) Site Profile Review Status Update, Revision 1 [550 KB (75 pages)]
    February 24, 2014
  • NIOSH Draft White Paper: Investigation into INL Site Profile Review, Issue 24, Rev. 0 [162 KB (8 pages)]
    March 6, 2014
  • NIOSH Draft White Paper: Investigation into the Issues Raised in Comment 1 from SCA-TR-TASK1-005 [1 MB (32 pages)]
    March 5, 2014
  • NIOSH Draft White Paper: Investigation of “Hot Particles” and the Health Physics Programs at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL), Rev. 0-E [491 KB (19 pages)]
    March 18, 2014
  • NIOSH Draft White Paper: Investigation into the Issues Raised in Comment 2 from SCA-TR-TASK1-005 [588 KB (13 pages)]
    September 3, 2013

• March 19, 2014
  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

  Pre-Decisional Document Policy

  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [49 KB (1 page)]
  • Transcript [121 KB (39 pages)]

  Discussion Papers:

  • PER 43: Internal Dosimetry Organ, External Dosimetry Organ, and IREP Model Selection by ICD-9 Code Revision (June 7, 2013) [32 KB (5 pages)]
    June 7, 2013
  • PER 44: Metallurgical Laboratory [42 KB (1 page)]
    May 16, 2013
  • PER 45: Aliquippa Forge TBD Revision [15 KB (1 page)]
    May 13, 2013
  • PER 39: Baker Perkins TBD Revision [15 KB (1 page)]
    January 7, 2013
  • PER 42: Linde Ceramics Plant Technical Basis Document Revision [19 KB (2 pages)]
    November 16, 2012
  • PER 41: Revision to ORAUT-OTIB-0006, Dose Reconstruction from Occupational Medical X-ray Procedures [33 KB (4 pages)]
    July 12, 2012
  • PER 48: Wah Chang [29 KB (2 pages)]
    September 27, 2013

• March 3, 2014–CANCELED
  Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL)

  Time/Location:

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

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

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• April 29, 2014
  Meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health

  Time/Location:

  8:15 a.m. – 6:15 p.m. Eastern Time
  Public Comment Period: 5:15 – 6:15 p.m.
  Meeting Type: Face-to-Face; Public
  Note: The public comment period may end before 6:15 p.m., following the last call for comments.

  Augusta Marriott Hotel
  2 10th St.
  Augusta, GA 30901

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

  Access to the meeting is also available via Microsoft Office Live Meeting.
  Meeting ID: 7CSBK8
  Entry Code: ABRWH

  Pre-Decisional Document Policy

  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [23 KB (2 pages)]
  • Transcript [994 KB (400 pages)]

  Presentations:

  • NIOSH/DCAS Program Update [109 KB (11 pages)]
  • Department of Energy Program Update [466 KB (19 pages)]
  • Department of Labor Program Update [289 KB (19 pages)]
  • NIOSH/DCAS: Special Exposure Cohort Petitions Status Update [97 KB (7 pages)]
  • Advisory Board: Sufficient Accuracy/Co-worker Dose Modeling [24 KB (6 pages)]
  • NIOSH/DCAS: Nuclear Metals, Inc. Special Exposure Cohort Petition Evaluation Report Addendum [610 KB (35 pages)]
  • NIOSH/DCAS: Joslyn Manufacturing. & Supply Co. Use of Surrogate Data [117 KB (12 pages)]
  • NIOSH/DCAS: Savannah River Site Special Exposure Cohort Petition Evaluation Status Update [2 MB (45 pages)]
  • Advisory Board: Savannah River Site Special Exposure Cohort Petition Evaluation Report Review – Status Report [134 B (9 pages)]

  Discussion Papers:

  • Sufficient Accuracy/Coworker Dose Modeling Session:
    • NIOSH/DCAS: Evaluation of a “Practically Significant Dose” Using NOCTS Data [1 MB (59 pages)]
      February 25, 2014
    • SC&A Draft: Review of Proposed One Person-One Sample (OPOS) Approach to Coworker Modeling [2 MB (99 pages)]
      Contract No. 200-2009-28555
      SCA-SEC-PR2014-0053, Revision 0
      February 21, 2014
  • Nuclear Metals Inc. SEC Petition (1980-1990) Session:
    • NIOSH/DCAS: Nuclear Metals Inc. SEC Petition Evaluation Report (1980-1990) (Addendum) [454 KB (48 pages)]
      April 8, 2014
  • Joslyn Manufacturing and Supply Co. SEC Petition (August 1948-1952) Session:
    • NIOSH/DCAS White Paper: Determination of External Dose from Thorium Metal Machining – A TBD-6000 Approach, Rev. 0 [80 KB (4 pages)]
      April 17, 2014
    • NIOSH/DCAS White Paper: Dose Reconstruction Methods for Joslyn Manufacturing and Supply Co., Rev. 0 [250 KB (20 pages)]
      April 17, 2014
    • NIOSH/DCAS White Paper: Justification for the use of Surrogate data at Joslyn Manufacturing and Supply Co. [97 KB (9 pages)]
      April 15, 2014

• April 23, 2014
  Teleconference Meeting on 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

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  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [10 KB (1 page)]
  • Transcript [404 KB (81 pages)]

  Discussion Papers:

  • NIOSH/DCAS White Paper: Determination of External Dose from Thorium Metal Machining – A TBD-6000 Approach, Rev. 0 [80 KB (4 pages)]
    April 17, 2014
  • NIOSH/DCAS White Paper: Dose Reconstruction Methods for Joslyn Manufacturing and Supply Co., Rev. 0 [250 KB (20 pages)]
    April 17, 2014
  • NIOSH/DCAS White Paper: Justification for the use of Surrogate data at Joslyn Manufacturing and Supply Co. [97 KB (9 pages)]
    April 15, 2014

• April 16, 2014
  Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Subcommittee on Procedure Reviews

  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 [30 KB (1 page)]
  • Transcript [582 KB (173 pages)]

  Discussion Papers:

  • SC&A Draft: SC&A Review of NIOSH Responses to SC&A Comments on ORAUT-OTIB-0054, Rev. 1: Fission and Activation Product Assignment for Internal Dose-Related Gross Beta and Gross Gamma Analyses [757 KB (26 pages)]
    Contract No. 211-2014-58081
    SCA-TR-PR2014-0084, Rev. 0
    April 10, 2014
  • SC&A Draft: A Pre-Evaluation of DCAS-PER-041, DCAS-PER-042, DCAS-PER-043, DCAS-PER-044, and DCAS-PER-045 for a Formal Audit by SC&A [318 KB (9 pages)]
    Contract No. 211-2014-58081
    SCA-TR-PR2014-0003, Rev. 0
    April 10, 2014

• April 15, 2014
  Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on Fernald

  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 [31 KB (1 page)]
  • Transcript [200 KB (84 pages)]

  Discussion Papers:

  • SC&A Draft: Fernald Plant Site Profile Issues Matrix – Draft Preliminary SC&A Assessment, Rev. 1 [485 KB (31 pages)]
    Contract 200-2009-28555
    SCA-SP-IM2013-0045, Rev. 1
    April 13, 2014
  • NIOSH Response to “SC&A Working Draft: Fernald Plant Site Profile Issues Matrix – Draft Preliminary SC&A Assessment” [293 KB (22 pages)]
    April 4, 2014

• April 7, 2014
  Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) Issues (including the 250 day issue)

  Time/Location:

  1:30 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 [31 KB (1 page)]
  • Transcript [437 KB (165 pages)]

  Presentation:

  • SC&A Presentation: One Person-One Sample (OPOS) Approach to Coworker Modeling [813 KB (25 pages)]
    April 7, 2014

  Discussion Papers:

  • NIOSH/DCAS: Evaluation of a “Practically Significant Dose” Using NOCTS Data [1 MB (59 pages)]
    February 25, 2014
  • SC&A Draft: Review of Proposed One Person-One Sample (OPOS) Approach to Coworker Modeling [2 MB (99 pages)]
    Contract No. 200-2009-28555
    SCA-SEC-PR2014-0053, Revision 0
    February 21, 2014

• April 1-2, 2014
  Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Subcommittee for Dose Reconstruction Reviews

  Time/Location:

  10:30 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: April 1 [516 KB (223 pages)]
  • Transcript: April 2 [549 KB (240 pages)]

  Discussion Papers:

  • SC&A Memo: Westinghouse Nuclear Fuels Division Dose Reconstruction Case from 18th set [178 KB (1 page)]
    January 17, 2014
  • SC&A: Blind Dose Reconstruction of Case #[Redacted] from Hanford and the Grand Junction Operations Office [3 MB (80 pages)]
    Contract No. 200-2009-28555
    SCA-TR-BDR2014-[Redacted]
    January 21, 2014
  • SC&A Draft: Blind Dose Reconstruction of Case #[Redacted] from the Fernald Environmental Management Project [2 MB (75 pages)]
    Contract No. 200-2009-28555
    SCA-TR-BDR2014-[Redacted]
    January 13, 2014

No meetings have been scheduled for this month.

• June 25, 2014–CANCELED
  Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Subcommittee on Procedure Reviews

  Time/Location:

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

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

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• June 18, 2014
  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 [119 KB (40 pages)]

• June 16, 2014
  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

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  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [10 KB (1 page)]
  • Transcript [168 KB (58 pages)]

  Discussion Papers:

  • SC&A Memo: Position on Findings 6 and 7 of the Simonds Saw and Steel TBD Review [935 KB (13 pages)]
    June 3, 2014
  • NIOSH/DCAS: Review of Simonds Saw and Steel Plant Residual Internal Dose [241 KB (19 pages)]
    February 4, 2014
  • NIOSH/DCAS: Review of Simonds Saw and Steel Plant Residual External Dose
    September 30, 2013

• June 10, 2014
  Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on Kansas City Plant

  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
  Phone: (859) 586-0166

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

  Pre-Decisional Document Policy

  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [13 KB (1 page)]
  • Transcript [1 MB (370 pages)]

  Discussion Paper:

  • 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

• June 5, 2014
  Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on Worker Outreach

  Time/Location:

  1:30 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 [6 KB (1 page)]
  • Transcript [348 KB (121 pages)]

  Presentation:

  • SC&A: Review of NIOSH Responsiveness to Worker Comments for Los Alamos National Laboratory [130 KB (13 pages)]

  Discussion Paper:

  • SC&A Draft: Review of Responsiveness to Worker Comments for Los Alamos National Laboratory, Rev. 2 [2 MB (219 pages)]
    June 11, 2014
  • Advisory Board: Worker Outreach – Looking Backward and Forward [135 KB (8 pages)]

• July 29, 2014
  Meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health

  Time/Location:

  8:15 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. (Mountain time)
  Public Comment Period: 5:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. (Mountain time)

  Hotel On The Falls
  475 River Parkway
  Idaho Falls, Idaho 83402
  Phone: (208) 523-8000
  Fax: (208) 529-9610

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

  Access to the meeting is also available via Microsoft Office Live Meeting
  Meeting ID: 7CSBK8
  Entry Code: ABRWH

  Help and support for Microsoft Live Meeting available at: Microsoft Live Meeting Support

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  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [24 KB (2 pages)]
  • Transcript [1 MB (395 pages)]

  Presentations:

  • NIOSH Program Update [109 KB (11 pages)]
  • DOE Program Update [672 KB (21 pages)]
  • DOL Program Update [252 KB (20 pages)]
  • NIOSH/DCAS: Special Exposure Cohort Petition Status Update [92 KB (8 pages)]
  • NIOSH/DCAS: General Atomics Special Exposure Cohort Evaluation Report–1960-1969 (Petition 218) [123 KB (24 pages)]
  • NIOSH/DCAS: Simonds Saw and Steel SEC Petition (residual period; 1958-2006), Lockport, NY [138 KB (22 pages)]
  • SC&A: Evaluation of Residual Dose Reconstruction Methods at Simonds Saw and Steel [382 KB (16 pages)]
  • Advisory Board: Worker Outreach – Looking Backward and Forward [130 KB (8 pages)]
  • NIOSH/DCAS: Idaho National Laboratory Site Profile Review Update [92 KB (12 pages)]
  • SC&A: Idaho National Laboratory Site Profile Update [400 KB (9 pages)]

  Discussion Papers:

  • NIOSH/DCAS White Paper: Evaluation of Differences between Strata Coworker Models, Rev. 0 [173 KB (8 pages)]
    July 11, 2014
  • NIOSH/DCAS White Paper: Draft Criteria for the Evaluation and Use of Internal Exposure Coworker Datasets [96 KB (6 pages)]
    June 17, 2014
  • NIOSH/DCAS: SEC Petition Evaluation Report for General Atomics–January 1, 1960 through December 31, 1969 [265 KB (42 pages)]
    July 17, 2014
  • NIOSH/DCAS: SEC Petition Evaluation Report for Simonds Saw and Steel Co.–January 1, 1948 through December 31, 2006 [984 KB (151 pages)]
    October 29, 2010
  • NIOSH/DCAS: Review of Simonds Saw and Steel Plant Residual Internal Dose [241 KB (19 pages)]
    February 4, 2014
  • NIOSH/DCAS: Review of Simonds Saw and Steel Plant Residual External Dose [175 KB (7 pages)]
    September 30, 2013

• July 28, 2014
  Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) Issues (including the 250 day issue)

  Time/Location:

  1:00 p.m. (Mountain Time)

  Hotel On The Falls
  475 River Pkwy.
  Idaho Falls, ID 83402
  Phone: (208) 523-8000
  Fax: (208) 529-9610

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

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  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [27 KB (1 page)]
  • Transcript [678 KB (240 pages)]

  Discussion Papers:

  • SC&A Memo: Preliminary Review and Comments on Three NIOSH White Papers Related to Coworker Modeling [710 KB (21 pages)]
    July 25, 2014
  • NIOSH/DCAS White Paper: Evaluation of Differences between Strata Coworker Models, Rev. 0 [173 KB (8 pages)]
    July 11, 2014
  • NIOSH/DCAS White Paper: Draft Criteria for the Evaluation and Use of Internal Exposure Coworker Datasets [96 KB (6 pages)]
    June 17, 2014
  • NIOSH/DCAS: NIOSH’s Reconsideration of the Application of the OPOS Methodology: Allowance for Time-Weighted Averaging [590 KB (21 pages)]

• July 7, 2014
  Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Subcommittee for Dose Reconstruction Reviews

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  10:30 a.m. Eastern Time
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  Participant Code: 9933701

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• August 28, 2014
  Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Subcommittee on Procedure Reviews

  Time/Location:

  11:00 a.m. Eastern Time
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  Discussion Papers:

  • SC&A Draft: A Review of NIOSH’s Program Evaluation Report DCAS-PER-045, “Aliquippa Forge TBD Revision” [1.2 MB (33 pages)]
    Contract No. 211-2014-58081
    SCA-TR-PR2014-0092, Rev. 0
    August 20, 2014
  • SC&A Draft: A Review of NIOSH’s Program Evaluation Report DCAS-PER-042, “Linde Ceramics Plant TBD Revision” [505 KB (25 pages)]
    Contract No. 211-2014-58081
    SCA-TR-PR2014-0088, Rev. 0
    August 19, 2014
  • SC&A Draft: A Review of NIOSH’s Program Evaluation Report DCAS-PER-043, “Internal Dosimetry Organ, External Dosimetry Organ, and IREP Model Selection by ICD-9 Code Revision”
    Contract No. 211-2014-58081
    SCA-TR-PR2014-0089, Rev. 0
    August 18, 2014
  • NIOSH/DCAS White Paper: Fitting Distributions to Dose Data [361 KB (7 pages)]
    May 1, 2014

• September 17, 2014
  Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health

  11:00 a.m. Eastern Time
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  Participant Code: 9933701

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• September 4, 2014
  Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on Pantex Plant

  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

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  Participant Code: 9933701

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  Discussion Papers:

  • SC&A Working Draft: Pantex Plant Site Profile Issues Matrix Draft Preliminary SC&A Assessment, Rev. 3 [507 KB (38 pages)]
    Contract No. 200-2009-28555
    October 8, 2013

• September 3, 2014
  Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on Fernald

  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

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  Discussion Papers:

  • SC&A Working Draft: Fernald Plant Site Profile Issues Matrix – Draft Preliminary SC&A Assessment, Rev. 2 [486 KB (40 pages)]
    September 1, 2014
  • NIOSH White Paper: Thorium In Vivo Coworker Study for Feed Materials Production Center (1979-89) – A proposed attachment for ORAUT-TKBS-0017-5, Rev 2 [354 KB (17 pages)]
    August 27, 2014
  • NIOSH White Paper: Feed Materials Production Center Subcontractor Bioassay Results (1983-87) and Search Results for Scopes of Work (1984-85), Rev. 0 [106 KB (9 pages)]
    August 21, 2014
  • NIOSH White Paper: Fernald Dose Reconstruction Methodology for the Post Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) Period, 1979-2006, Rev. 2 [1.6 MB (146 pages)]
    June 23, 2014

• October 29, 2014
  Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Subcommittee for Dose Reconstruction Reviews

  Time/Location:

  10:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time
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• October 28, 2014
  Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) Issues (including the 250 day issue)

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  1:30 p.m. Eastern Time
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  Discussion Papers:

  • NIOSH/DCAS: Full Model Versus Stratified Model Radiation Types [86 KB (2 pages)]
    Approved October 13, 2014
  • ORAUT-RPRT-0053, Rev. 2: Analysis of Stratified Coworker Datasets [531 KB (46 pages)]
    Revised October 8, 2014
  • NIOSH/DCAS: Draft Criteria for the Evaluation and Use of Coworker Datasets, Rev. 2 [125 KB (8 pages)]
    Revised September 30, 2014

• October 16, 2014
  Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on the Area IV of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory

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  11:00 a.m. Eastern Time
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  Participant Code: 9933701

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  Discussion Papers:

  • SC&A Working Draft: Issues Matrix for the Santa Susana SEC Petition and NIOSH Evaluation Report [358 KB (25 pages)]
    Updated September 2014
  • SC&A White Paper: Status Report on the Review of the Santa Susanna Field Laboratory (SSFL) Site Profile, SEC Petition, and SEC Petition Evaluation Report Prepared for the SSFL work group meeting in Cincinnati, Ohio, April 20, 2010 [223 KB (6 pages)]
    Approved April 15, 2010
  • SC&A Draft White Paper: Review of Database Used to Develop ORAUT-OTIB-0077: External Coworker Dosimetry Data for Area IV of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory, Rev. 1 [161 KB 919 pages)]
    Revised March 15, 2010
  • SC&ADraft: Review of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL) Area IV Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) Petition-00093 and the NIOSH SEC Petition Evaluation Report [868 KB (57 pages)]
    Revised October 29, 2009
  • SC&A Draft: Review of the NIOSH Site Profile for the Santa Susana Field Laboratory, with Attachment 1: Summary of Site Expert Interviews, Rev. 0 [1 MB (77 pages)]
    Approved August 16, 2008

• November 25, 2014
  Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Subcommittee on Procedures Review

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• November 6, 2014
  Meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health

  Time/Location:

  8:15 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Pacific Time
  Meeting Type: Face-to-Face; Public
  Public Comment Period: 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

  Hilton Garden Inn Los Angeles/Redondo Beach
  2410 Marine Avenue
  Redondo Beach, CA 90278
  Phone: 310–727–9999
  Fax: 310–727–9998

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  Participant Code: 9933701

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  Presentations:

  • NIOSH Program Update [142 KB (11 pages)]
  • Department of Labor Update [380 KB (20 pages)]
  • Department of Energy Update [555 KB (19 pages)]
  • Advisory Board: Procedures Subcommittee Report on Completed Review of Program Evaluation Report OCAS-PER-014 Construction Trade Workers [375 KB(21 pages)]
  • NIOSH/DCAS: Use of Co-worker Data in Dose Reconstruction: Savannah River Site Example [231 KB (7 pages)]
  • NIOSH/DCAS: Special Exposure Cohort Update [335 KB (9 pages)]
  • NIOSH/DCAS: Santa Susana Field Laboratory Special Exposure Cohort/Site Profile Update [122 KB (15 pages)]
  • Advisory Board: SC&A Site Profile and SEC Updates: Area IV of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory [146 KB (12 pages)]

  Discussion/Background Papers

  • NIOSH/DCAS: Draft Criteria for the Evaluation and Use of Coworker Datasets, Rev. 3 [109 KB (9 pages)]
    October 30, 2014
  • ORAUT-RPRT-0053, Rev. 2: Analysis of Stratified Coworker Datasets [531 KB (46 pages)]
    Revised October 8, 2014
  • SC&A Memo: Status of Issues Relating to the Development of Coworker Models [262 KB (8 pages)]
    September 5, 2014

• December 8, 2014
  Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Subcommittee for Dose Reconstruction Reviews

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  10:30 a.m. (Eastern Time)
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• December 4, 2014
  Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on Fernald

  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

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  Participant Code: 9933701

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  Discussion Papers:

  • SC&A Memo: Response to NIOSH’s White Paper Dated November 26, 2014 (Regarding Radon Emissions from the K-65 Silos) [413 KB (15 pages)]
    December 2, 2014
  • NIOSH/DCAS White Paper: Radon Emissions from Feed Materials Production Center K-65 Silos [134 KB (9 pages)]
    November 28, 2014
  • NIOSH/DCAS White Paper: Supplement to Radon Emissions from Feed Materials Production Center K-65 Silos [110 KB (3 pages)]
    November 28, 2014
  • SC&A Draft: Fernald Plant Site Profile Issues Matrix – Draft Preliminary SC&A Assessment [884 KB (41 pages)]
    Contract 211-2014-58081
    SCA-SP-IM2013-0045, Revision 3
    November 26, 2014

  Presentations:

  • SC&A Presentation: Review of Proposed NIOSH Methods for Reconstructing Thorium Doses at Fernald (1979–2006) [595 KB (35 pages)]
    December 4, 2014

• December 3, 2014
  Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on the Nevada Test Site

  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

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  Participant Code: 9933701

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  Discussion Papers:

  • SC&A Draft: Update of the Nevada Test Site (NTS) Issue Resolution Matrix Based on the SC&A Review of the NIOSH Site Profile for the Nevada Test Site [236 KB (48 pages)]
    Contract No. 200-2009-28555
    December 14, 2012
  • NIOSH/DCAS Draft White Paper: NIOSH Responses to the SC&A NTS issues matrix [403 KB (17 pages)]
    SCA-SP-IM2012-0042, Revision 1
    December 14, 2012