Savannah River Site (SRS)
(Site Profile/Docket Number 012)
Location: Aiken, South Carolina
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
There is one open/active SEC petition from Savannah River Site (SRS) (Petition 103).
Class(es) Added to the SEC
- All employees of the Department of Energy, its predecessor agencies, and their contractors and subcontractors who worked at the Savannah River Site from January 1, 1953, through September 30, 1972, for a number of work days aggregating at least 250 work days, occurring either solely under this employment or in combination with work days within the parameters established for one or more other classes of employees included in the Special Exposure Cohort.Note: This class was established from Petition 103
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 103 (Jan 1, 1950 to Dec 30, 2007)
Steps in Petition Process: | Petition Details: |
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Date Received | November 19, 2007 |
Date Qualified for Evaluation | March 4, 2008 |
Summary of Information in Petition |
Job Titles and/or Job Duties: All workers
Period of Employment: January 1, 1950 through December 31, 2007 And Job Titles and/or Job Duties: All laborers, foremen, and construction workers Period of Employment: March 9, 1951 through October 24, 1986 |
Copy of the Petition Received | November 19, 2010 [5 MB (91 pages)] |
Federal Register Notice Announcing that a Savannah River Site (SRS) SEC Petition has met the Minimum Qualifications for Review and Evaluation | March 10, 2008 [43 KB (1 page)] |
SEC Petition Evaluation Report |
November 14, 2008 [2.4 MB (94 pages)] (January 1, 1950 through December 31, 2007)
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Evaluation Report Sent to the Advisory Board | November 14, 2008 |
Petition Discussed by the Advisory Board | The Advisory Board discussed this petition on February 24, 2011; May 25, 2011; August 24, 2011; and December 11, 2012; and August 24, 2017, during its regular meetings.
Note: Agendas and transcripts for Board meetings will be posted on the Advisory Board and Public Meetings page as soon as they become available |
Advisory Board Recommendation on SEC Petition |
December 29, 2011 [68 KB (2 pages)] (January 1, 1953 through September 30, 1972) |
HHS Letters to Congress Regarding the SEC Petition |
February 2, 2012 [65 KB (10 pages)] (January 1, 1953 through September 30, 1972) |
HHS Designation/Determination of Additional Members to the SEC |
Designations
February 2, 2012 [43 KB (5 pages)] |
Federal Register Notice: Designation/Determination Regarding a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort |
Designations
February 16, 2012 [100 KB (2 pages)] |
Effective Date for the SEC Class | March 3, 2012 |
Federal Register Notice: Final Effect of Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort |
March 16, 2012 [56 KB (1 page)] (January 1, 1953 through September 30, 1972) |
Letter to DOL Regarding the Addition of a New Class of Employees to the SEC |
March 7, 2012 [18 KB (1 page)] (January 1, 1953 through September 30, 1972) |
SEC Petitions Not Qualifying for Evaluation
In addition to the petitions listed above, three petitions were received but did not qualify for evaluation because they 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 Savannah River Site (SRS):
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May 22, 2008
Meetings with current and former workers
Final Minutes [130 KB (29 pages)] -
September 15, 2004
Final Minutes [279 KB (5 pages)] -
November 11, 2003
Formal minutes were not taken at this meeting.
Advisory Board Work Group on SRS
This Work Group is responsible for reviewing the Savannah River Site (SRS) Site Profile, the SEC petition from Savannah River Site (SRS) petitioners, the NIOSH Evaluation Report of the petition, the SC&A Review of the Savannah River Site (SRS) Site Profile, considering issues raised by the Board’s contractor (SC&A) concerning the Site Profile and the petition Evaluation Report, and for assisting 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. The Work Group should strive to develop a recommendation to the Board on whether a class should be added to the SEC.
Work Group Members:
- Bradley P. Clawson (Chair)
- James E. Lockey
- David B. Richardson
- Phillip Schofield
Meeting Information:
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August 16, 2017 Joint Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Savannah River Site (SRS) and Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) Issues (including the 250 day issue) Work GroupsTime/Location:
10:30 a.m. (Eastern Time)
Meeting Type: Teleconference; Public, No Comment PeriodTeleconference: +1-866-659-0537
Participant Code: 9933701Available Meeting Items:
Discussion Papers:
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SC&A Draft: Evaluation of Savannah River Site Subcontractor Bioassay Data Completeness, Rev. 0 [689 KB (34 pages)]
July 13, 2017 -
ORAUT-RPRT-0083, Rev. 00: Evaluation of Monitoring of Construction Workers Identified in High-Level Cave Job Plans at the Savannah River Site [3 MB (51 pages)]
June 27, 2017 -
ORAUT-OTIB-0081, Rev. 3: Internal Coworker Dosimetry Data for the Savannah River Site (SRS) [1.8 MB (94 pages)]
November 22, 2016 -
SC&A Draft: Focused Review on the Concurrence of ORAUT-OTIB-0081, Revision 03, and the Draft Coworker Implementation Criteria [219 KB (25 pages)]
March 13, 2017 -
ORAUT-RPRT-0065, Rev.0: An Evaluation of Neptunium Operations at Savannah River Site [4.5 MB (67 pages)]
September 19, 2016 -
SC&A Memo: SC&A Review of RPRT-0065 – An Evaluation of Neptunium Operations at Savannah River Site [238 KB (8 pages)]
March 13, 2017 -
NIOSH/ORAU: Responses to SC&A Findings on ORAUT-RPRT-0065, Draft 2 [91 KB (1 page)]
May 23, 2017 -
ORAUT-RPRT-0077, Rev.0: Evaluation of Health Physics Area and Health Physics Department Codes To Identify Neptunium Workers at the Savannah River Site [377 KB (22 pages)]
November 8, 2016 -
SC&A Draft: SC&A Review of Dosimetry Coding Methods for Identifying Neptunium Workers at Savannah River Site, Rev. 0 [689 KB (34 pages)]
April 10, 2017 -
NIOSH/ORAU: Evaluation of Method for Assessment of Thorium-232 Exposures at the Savannah River Site from 1972 to 1989, Rev. 00 [2.3 MB (26 pages)]
May 15, 2017 -
NIOSH/ORAU: Appropriateness of using 1997 Gross Alpha Air Sampling Data as a Method of Bounding Thoron Intakes at the SRS H-Area Tank Farm Between 1972 and 1994, Rev. 00 [444 KB (14 pages)]
April 7, 2017 -
NIOSH/ORAU: Locations of Stable Metal Tritides Use at the Savannah River Site, Rev. 00 [382 KB (31 pages)]
January 9, 2017
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SC&A Draft: Evaluation of Savannah River Site Subcontractor Bioassay Data Completeness, Rev. 0 [689 KB (34 pages)]
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September 26, 2016 Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on Savannah River SiteTime/Location:
10:30 a.m. (Eastern Time)
Meeting Type: Teleconference; Public, No Comment PeriodTeleconference: +1-866-659-0537
Participant Code: 9933701Available Meeting Items:
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February 26, 2014
Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on Savannah River Site (SRS)Time/Location:10:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST)
Meeting Type: Teleconference; Public, No Comment PeriodTeleconference: +1-866-659-0537
Participant Code: 9933701Available Meeting Items:
Discussion Papers:
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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 Standard Time (EST)
Meeting Type: Face-to-Face; Public, No Comment PeriodCincinnati Airport Marriott
2395 Progress Dr.
Hebron, KY 41048Teleconference: +1-866-659-0537
Participant Code: 9933701Available Meeting Items:
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:
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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
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February 12, 2013
Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on Savannah River Site (SRS)Time/Location:1:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST)
Meeting Type: Teleconference; Public, No Comment PeriodTeleconference: +1-866-659-0537
Participant Code: 9933701Available Meeting Items:
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December 2, 2011
Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on Savannah River Site (SRS)Time/Location:10:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST)
Meeting Type: Teleconference; Public, No Comment PeriodTeleconference: +1-866-659-0537
Participant Code: 9933701Available Meeting Items:
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August 12, 2011
Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on Savannah River Site (SRS)Time/Location:8:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST)
Meeting Type: Teleconference; Public, No Comment PeriodTeleconference: +1-866-659-0537
Participant Code: 9933701Available Meeting Items:
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February 3, 2011
Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on Savannah River Site9:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST)
Meeting Type: Teleconference; Public, No Comment PeriodCincinnati Airport Marriott
2395 Progress Dr.
Hebron, KY 41048Teleconference: +1-866-659-0537
Participant Code: 9933701Available Meeting Items:
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January 20, 2011
Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on Savannah River Site–POSTPONED9:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST)
Meeting Type: Face-to-Face; Public, No Comment PeriodCincinnati Airport Marriott
2395 Progress Dr.
Hebron, KY 41048Teleconference: +1-866-659-0537
Participant Code: 9933701 -
November 10, 2010
Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on Savannah River SiteTime/Location:1:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST)
Meeting Type: Teleconference; Public, No Comment PeriodTeleconference: +1-866-659-0537
Participant Code: 9933701Available Meeting Items:
- An agenda will be provided at a later date.
- Transcript [289 KB (109 pages)]
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May 5, 2010
Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on the Savannah River SiteTime/Location:9:30a.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:
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January 19, 2010
Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on the Savannah River Site9:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST)
Meeting Type: Teleconference; Public, No Comment PeriodCincinnati Airport Marriott
2395 Progress Dr.
Hebron, KY 41048Teleconference: +1-866-659-0537
Participant Code: 9933701Available Meeting Items:
- An agenda will be provided at a later date.
- Transcript [672 KB (307 pages)]
Discussion Paper:
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November 14, 2006–POSTPONED
Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on Savannah River SiteTime/Location:9:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST)
Meeting Type: Face-to-Face; Public, No Comment PeriodHoliday Inn Cincinnati Airport
1717 Airport Exchange Blvd.
Erlanger, KY 41018
Phone: (859) 371-2233Teleconference: +1-866-659-0537
Participant Code: 9933701Available Meeting Items:
- Agenda: This meeting has been scheduled to discuss the SRS Site Profile review.
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August 22, 2006
Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on Savannah River SiteTime/Location:9:30 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:
- Agenda: This meeting has been scheduled to discuss the Savannah River Site, Site Profile document.
- Transcript [1 MB (253 pages)]
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.
Technical Basis Documents
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Technical Basis Document for the Savannah River Site to be Used for EEOICPA Dose Reconstructions [4 MB (248 pages)]
Revised April 5, 2005Revision Includes: Adds Section 3.1.3 and Attachment C.3 to include ingestion of foodstuffs.-
Occupational Medical Dose Section [581 KB (23 pages)]
Revised November 30, 2009Revision Includes: This revision is updated with newly acquired captured information. Includes Attributions and Annotations section. Specific changes are as follows: Added specific technique factors for PA and LAT projections for Type I machines and for LAT projections for Types II through IV machines in Table 3-3. Added Table 3-4. Rearranged the various sections and changed section headings: Section 3.3.1 changed from X-ray Apparatus to Photofluorography; Section 3.3.2 from Collimation to Radiography; Moved the existing section 3.4.2 on Collimation to Section 3.4. Added Section 3.3.3. Replaced the text in the existing Section 3.5 that contained example calculations of doses for the various projection types with two paragraphs of new text describing how doses were assigned. The original Table B.2 is now Table 3.9. All organ doses for the period 1950-1970 for Type I X-ray equipment have decreased; also doses for the male lungs and female bone marrow have been added. Entrance air kerma and skin doses for the PA and LAT projections have been deleted from Table 3-9. Table 3-10 and Table 3-11 have been added. The discussion regarding the four potential sources of uncertainty has been deleted except for the final statement to assume a +30% uncertainty at the 99% confidence level as stated in OTIB- 0006. Changed reported range on technique factors for the Picker machine. Values added to Table 3-3; The calculated entrance and exit skin doses were compared to the measured entrance and exit skin doses of Cooley (Cooley, 1967) made on the mobile Picker machine for the PA chest for the 1950-1970 time period. The comparison is shown in Table 3-7. The 21% uncertainty derived from the Cooley measurements is substituted into the root mean square calculation for combined uncertainty instead of the 10% value initially reported from this source of uncertainty in ORAUT-OTIB 0006 (2005). As a result of this substitution, the resulting combined, standard uncertainty is 34%, and rounded up to 35%. Skin doses were put into a different table format to more closely match the skin dose tools. Incorporates formal internal and NIOSH review comments. Constitutes a total rewrite of the document.
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Occupational Medical Dose Section [581 KB (23 pages)]
Technical Information Bulletins (TIBs)
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ORAUT-OTIB-0081, Rev. 3: Internal Coworker Dosimetry Data for the Savannah River Site (SRS) [1.8 MB (94 pages)]Revised: November 22, 2016
Revision Includes: Addresses the coworker study Implementation Guide requirements for americium, thorium, and tritium. Incorporates formal internal and NIOSH review comments. Constitutes a total rewrite of the document.
About this Document: Provides internal coworker data for the Savannah River Site.
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ORAUT-OTIB-0032 Rev-00 PC-1: External Coworker Dosimetry Data for the Savannah River Site [137 KB (10 pages)]Page Change Revision: November 7, 2006
Page Change Revision Includes: Page change revision due to release of ORAUT-OTIB- 0052 Rev 00. Updates required language on page 4 in Section 1.0. References ORAUT-OTIB-0052 Rev 00 on page 6 in Section 5.0. Completes Section 8.0 on page 8. Revises title of Table 3 on page 10. No changes occurred as a result of formal internal review. This revision results in an increase in assigned dose and a PER is required.
About this Document: Provides information to allow Dose Reconstructors (Health Physicists) to assign doses to Savannah River Site workers who have no or limited monitoring data, based on site coworker data.
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OCAS-TIB-006 Rev-02: Interpretation of External Dosimetry Records at the Savannah River Site (SRS) [17 KB (3 pages)]Revised: October 4, 2007
Revision Includes: Clarification of applicability per SC&A comments. This revision replaces guidance found in the SRS Site Profile dated April 5, 2005.
About this Document: Provides guidance on the Interpretation of External Dosimetry Records at the Savannah River Site.
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ORAUT-OTIB-0001 Rev-00: Maximum Internal Dose Estimates for Savannah River Site (SRS) Claims [155 KB (14 pages)]Approved: July 15, 2003
About this Document: Describes the maximum internal dose estimates for Savannah River Site (SRS) claims.
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OCAS-TIB-007 Rev-01: Neutron Exposures at the Savannah River Site [35 KB (6 pages)]Revised: October 15, 2007
Revision Includes: Clarification of locations, occupations, and time periods for which this TIB applies.
About this Document: Provides guidance on when neutrons exposure should be included in SRS dose reconstructions.
- ORAUT-OTIB-0011 Rev-00: Savannah River Site Tritium Dose AssignmentApproved: June 29, 2004
About this Document: This Technical Information Bulletin is no longer available. The information contained in this document can now be found in:
Technical Information Bulletin: Tritium Calculated and Missed Dose Estimates [101 KB (9 pages)]
Advisory Board and NIOSH Discussions on Savannah River Site (SRS)
The Savannah River Site (SRS) 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 have been cleared for distribution.
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SC&A Draft: Evaluation of Savannah River Site Subcontractor Bioassay Data Completeness [296 KB (32 pages)]
Contract No. 211-2014-58081
SCA-TR-2017-SEC009, Revision 0 PC-1
September 22, 2017 -
NIOSH/DCAS Presentation: Evaluation of Monitoring of Subcontractor Construction Trades Workers (CTWs) at the Savannah River Site (ORAUT-RPRT-0083 [597 KB (19 pages)]
Presentation at the August 23-24, 2017, Meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health -
SC&A Presentation: Evaluation of Savannah River Site Subcontractor Bioassay Data Completeness [118 KB (9 pages)]
Presentation at the August 23-24, 2017, Meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health -
SC&A Draft: SC&A Draft Review of ORAUT-RPRT-0080 [388 KB (19 pages)]
August 2, 2017 -
SC&A Draft: Evaluation of Savannah River Site Subcontractor Bioassay Data Completeness, Rev. 0 [689 KB (34 pages)]
Contract No. 211-2014-58081
SCA-TR-2017-SEC009, Revision 0
July 13, 2017 -
ORAUT-RPRT-0083, Rev. 00: Evaluation of Monitoring of Construction Workers Identified in High-Level Cave Job Plans at the Savannah River Site [3 MB (51 pages)]
June 27, 2017 -
NIOSH/ORAU: Responses to SC&A Findings on ORAUT-RPRT-0065, Draft 2 [91 KB (1 page)]
May 23, 2017 -
NIOSH/ORAU: Evaluation of Method for Assessment of Thorium-232 Exposures at the Savannah River Site from 1972 to 1989, Rev. 00 [2.3 MB (26 pages)]
May 15, 2017 -
SC&A Draft: SC&A Review of Dosimetry Coding Methods for Identifying Neptunium Workers at Savannah River Site, Rev. 0 [689 KB (34 pages)]
Contract No. 211-2014-58081
SCA-TR-2017-SEC006, Revision 0
April 10, 2017 -
NIOSH/ORAU: Appropriateness of using 1997 Gross Alpha Air Sampling Data as a Method of Bounding Thoron Intakes at the SRS H-Area Tank Farm Between 1972 and 1994, Rev. 00 [444 KB (14 pages)]
April 7, 2017 -
NIOSH/DCAS: Savannah River Site Status Update [137 KB (6 pages)]
Presentation at the March 22-23, 2017, Meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health -
SC&A Memo: SC&A Review of RPRT-0065 – An Evaluation of Neptunium Operations at Savannah River Site [238 KB (8 pages)]
March 13, 2017 -
SC&A Draft: Focused Review on the Concurrence of ORAUT-OTIB-0081, Revision 03, and the Draft Coworker Implementation Criteria [219 KB (25 pages)]
Contract No. 211-2014-58081
SCA-TR-2017-SEC005, Revision 0
March 13, 2017 -
SC&A Presentation: SC&A Status Summary for SRS [100KB KB (8 pages)]
Presentation at the March 22-23, 2016, Meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health -
NIOSH/ORAU: Potential Neptunium Exposure to Plutonium Fuel Facility Construction Workers in Building 235-F at the Savannah River Site, Rev. 00 [2.7 MB (54 pages)]
February 7, 2017 -
NIOSH/ORAU: Locations of Stable Metal Tritides Use at the Savannah River Site, Rev. 00 [382 KB (31 pages)]
January 9, 2017 - Advisory Board Presentation: SC&A Tasking – Review of Savannah River Site (SRS) Subcontractor Records (presented at the November 30 – December 1, 2016, Meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health) [82 KB (6 pages)]
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ORAUT-RPRT-0077, Rev.0: Evaluation of Health Physics Area and Health Physics Department Codes To Identify Neptunium Workers at the Savannah River Site [377 KB (22 pages)]
November 8, 2016 -
ORAUT-RPRT-0065, Rev.0: An Evaluation of Neptunium Operations at Savannah River Site [4.5 MB (67 pages)]
September 19, 2016 -
NIOSH/DCAS Presentation: Savannah River Site Special Exposure Cohort Update – Co-Worker Models (ORAUT-OTIB-0081), Petition 103 [186 KB (14 pages)]
Presentation at the August 9-10, 2016, Meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health -
NIOSH/DCAS: Schedule for DCAS Savannah River Activities [231 KB (3 pages)]
July 14, 2016 -
NIOSH/DCAS Presentation: Savannah River Site Special Exposure Cohort Update – Co-Worker Models (ORAUT-OTIB-0081), Petition 103 [637 KB (8 pages)
Presented at the March 23-24, 2016, Meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health -
SC&A Draft: Comparison of SC&A’s Blind Dose Reconstruction to NIOSH’s Dose Reconstruction of Case #[Redact] from the Dana Heavy Water Plant and Savannah River Site, Rev. 1 [527 KB (23 pages)]
Contract No. 211-2014-58081
SCA-TR-DRC2015-CN[REDACTED]
April 16, 2015 -
SC&A Draft: Comparison of SC&A’s Blind Dose Reconstruction to NIOSH’s Dose Reconstruction of Case #[Redact] from the Dana Heavy Water Plant and Savannah River Site [523 KB (23 pages)]
February 24, 2015 -
SC&A Draft: Review of ORAUT-RPRT-0055: A Comparison of Exotic Trivalent Radionuclide Coworker Models at the Savannah River Site [1.7 MB (84 pages)]
Contract No. 211-2014-58081
SCA-TR-RPRT2014-0055
November 11, 2014 - NIOSH/DCAS Presentation: Use of Co-worker Data in Dose Reconstruction: Savannah River Site Example (presentation for the November 6, 2014, Advisory Board meeting) [231 KB (7 pages)]
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ORAUT-RPRT-0066, Rev. 0: Analysis of Dosimeter Badges and Area Codes for Ten SRS Claimants for 1953 through 1972 [268 (23 pages)]
September 19, 2014 -
SC&A Draft White Paper: Review of Table 5-1 of “Internal Dosimetry Data for the Savannah River Site, ORAUT-OTIB-0081, Rev. 2” [1 MB (62 pages)]
July 22, 2014 -
SC&A Memo: SC&A’s Current Evaluation of the SRS SEC Matrix Issue 3 – Recycled Uranium [114 KB (6 pages)]
June 6, 2014 - Advisory Board Presentation at the April 29, 2014, Meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health: Savannah River Site Special Exposure Cohort Petition Evaluation Report Review – Status Report [134 KB (9 pages)]
- NIOSH/DCAS Presentation at the April 29, 2014, Meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health: Savannah River Site Special Exposure Cohort Petition Evaluation Status Update [2 MB (45 pages)]
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SC&A Draft: OCAS-PER-030, Subtask 4 Review of Impacted Cases Reworked for the Evaluation of External Ambient Doses and Internal Intakes from the Savannah River Site, Rev. 0 [341 KB (12 pages)]
Contract No. 211-2014-58081
March 19, 2014 -
SC&A Memo: Discussion Items and Clarifications for February 26th SRS Work Group Meeting [1.3 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 -
NIOSH/ORAU: ORAUT-RPRT-0062 Rev 00 – Response of Dosimeters to Aged Fission Products in a Tank Farm Environment at the Savannah River Site [992 (68 pages)]
February 11, 2014 - Presentation from the February 5, 2014, Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on Savannah River Site (SRS): NIOSH/DCAS: Savannah River Site (SRS) Special Exposure Cohort Petition Evaluation – Radiological Monitoring for Neptunium [1.6 MB (53 pages)]
- Presentation from the February 5, 2014, Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on Savannah River Site (SRS): NIOSH/DCAS: Savannah River Site (SRS) Special Exposure Cohort Petition Evaluation Report – Thorium at SRS (post 1972) [2 MB (53 pages)]
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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 Presentation: 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)]
(Presentation from the November 7, 2013, Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Subcommittee on Procedures Review) -
Advisory Board Presentation: Co-worker Dose Modeling [665 KB (25 pages)]
September 26, 2013 -
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)]
Contract Number 200-2009-28555
September 12, 2013About this Document: Reviews NIOSH’s proposed methods for estimating Thorium-232 intakes by workers at the Savannah River Site (SRS) -
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 Report: Assignment of Fission and Activation Product Radionuclides for Non-Specific Bioassays at Savannah River Site – Comparison of Methods [1 MB (100 pages)]Document Number: ORAUT-RPRT-0047, Rev. 00
About this document: Compares organ doses from an intake of fission products determined from urinalysis using the default guidance in Revision 03 of ORAUT-TKBS-0003, Savannah River Site (SRS Site Profile, p. 70) versus using an approach based on the method in ORAUT-OTIB-0054, Fission and Activation Product Assignment for Internal Dose-Related Gross Beta and Gross Gamma Analyses. Compares organ doses from an intake of 4,400 dpm/d of mixed fission products using the radionuclide guidance mixture in Table 4.4.2-7 of the SRS Site Profile (p. 82) with organ doses from an intake of 4,400 dpm/d of fission products apportioned as recommended in OTIB-0054. This addresses an SRS Advisory Board Work Group issue regarding fission products. Incorporates comparisons of organ doses computed using the nine representative reactor cases from OTIB-0054 with five cases selected to represent production reactor operations at the Savannah River Site (SRS). Develops site-specific intake and activity fraction values to be used for evaluating SRS claims and draws comparisons of committed organ doses assigned using these new values with doses assigned using the guidance currently given in the SRS Site Profile. Incorporates formal internal and NIOSH review comments.
Approved: July 23, 2013
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SC&A Draft: A Review of NIOSH’s Program Evaluation Report OCAS-PER-030, “SRS TBD Revisions”, Rev. 0 [389 KB (19 pages)]
Contract No. 200-2009-28555
SCA-TR-PR2013-0030, Rev. 0
July 1, 2013 -
NIOSH/ORAU Report: Exotic Radionuclides at the Savannah River Site [416 KB (45 pages)]Document Number: ORAUT-RPRT-0054, Rev. 01
About this document: Initiated in response to questions raised by SC&A that not all radionuclides have been identified and considered in the analysis of personnel exposures at the Savannah River Site
Revised: January 3, 2013
Revision Includes: Adds new information pertaining to 147Pm in Attachment B, 249Bk and 254Fm in Attachment C, and 171Tm in Attachment D. Responds to formal NIOSH review comments; For information adds a sentence at the end of the first paragraph in Section 5.0; deletes the last sentence in the plutonium paragraph; adds information at the end of the uranium paragraph related to the types of DU analysis used between 1986 through 1994 and for DU and EU after 1994; replaces the two paragraphs discussion in the neptunium section with a new paragraph on the separation of neptunium from the actinides and uranium and on the analysis of neptunium; adds additional references to the information in the section on 90Sr; clarifies the references for the whole body counting information and added a discussion on the counting geometry and the energy regions of interest and added the references into the reference section; revises the title of Table A-1 to reflect the doses were due to inhalation from handling the 1.8 x 10-6 g 99Tc; adds the words “estimates” and “handling” for clarification that estimated inhalation doses are a result of handling the 99Tc.
- NIOSH Presentation: Savannah River Site (SRS) Special Exposure Cohort Petition–SEC-00103
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Full Color Version [466 KB (38 pages)]
December 11, 2012 -
Black & White Version [847 KB (38 pages)]
December 11, 2012
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Full Color Version [466 KB (38 pages)]
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NIOSH/ORAU Report: A Comparison of Mixed Fission and Activation Product Coworker Models at the Savannah River Site [1.5 MB (81 pages)]Document Number: ORAUT-RPRT-0058, Rev. 0
About this document: Evaluates Savannah River Site mixed fission and activation product coworker models. Incorporates formal internal and NIOSH review comments.
Approved: September 10, 2012
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NIOSH/ORAU Report: A Comparison of Neptunium Coworker Models at the Savannah River Site [794 KB (52 pages)]Document Number: ORAUT-RPRT-0056, Rev. 0
About this document: Evaluates Savannah River Site neptunium coworker models. Incorporates formal internal and NIOSH review comments.
Approved: August 20, 2012
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NIOSH/ORAU Report: A Comparison of Exotic Trivalent Radionuclide Coworker Models at the Savannah River Site [1.8 MB (111 pages)]Document Number: ORAUT-RPRT-0055, Rev. 0
About this document: Evaluates Savannah River Site exotic trivalent nuclide coworker models. Incorporates formal internal and NIOSH review comments.
Approved: July 20, 2012
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SC&A Draft: Master Interview Summary for the Savannah River Site Construction Trades Workers Special Exposure Cohort Review [306 KB (66 pages)]
Contract Number 200-2009-28555
Revision 1
April 4, 2012About this document: Issued as a standalone document, with the addition of notes from interviews conducted in August and September 2010 and an Addendum documenting observations noted by the site in January 2012. -
SC&A Draft: Issues Matrix for the Savannah River Site SEC Petition and Petition Evaluation Report [84 KB (16 pages)]
Contract Number 200-2009-28555
December 28, 2011About this document: This update of the SRS SEC Issues Matrix follows the vote of the Advisory Board during its December 7–8, 2011, meeting in Tampa, Florida, to recommend an SEC for all employees, subcontractors, and subcontractors who worked at SRS between January 1, 1953, and September 30, 1972, and otherwise met the employment duration qualifications. -
SC&A Draft: Review of Some SRS Claimant Cases to Examine Badge and Area Codes for Adequacy in Thorium [69 KB (11 pages)]
Contract Number 200-2009-28555
November 28, 2011About this document: Some petitioner and claimant representatives believed that the dosimetry records were not adequate in several respects to prevent workers who were exposed to thorium in the designated work areas from being incorrectly excluded from the SEC. This report examines 10 claimant cases to evaluate completeness of the dosimetry codes. -
NIOSH/ORAU Report: Discussion of Tritium Coworker Models at the Savannah River Site – Part 2 [8 MB (475 pages)]Document Number: ORAUT-RPRT-0050, Rev.-00
About this document: Report initiated in response to SC&A comments on ORAUT-OTIB-0075 on the use of stratified coworker models.
Approved: November 14, 2011
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NIOSH/ORAU Report: Analysis of Potential Exposures Resulting from the Burning of Degraded Solvents at the Savannah River Site [105 KB (12 pages)]Document Number: ORAUT-RPRT-0051 Rev-00
About this document: Describes activities performed by the Savannah River Site (SRS) related to the burning of radioactive solvent waste with the objective of determining the feasibility of reconstructing internal doses potentially received from exposures to fission product and alpha radionuclides. Incorporates formal NIOSH review comments.
Approved: August 16, 2011
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SC&A Draft White Paper: Review of the Worker Comments for the May 22, 2008, Savannah River Site (SRS) Worker Outreach Meeting and Petitioner Supporting Material [176 KB (23 pages)]
Contract No. 200-2009-28555
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NIOSH/ORAU Report: Feasibility of Reconstructing Doses Received from Potential Exposures to Polonium at Savannah River Site [110 KB (11 pages)]Document Number: ORAUT-RPRT-0048 Rev-00
About this document: Describes activities performed by the Savannah River Site (SRS) related to the design of processes and facilities for separating 210Po from 210Bi with the objective of determining the feasibility of reconstructing internal and external doses potentially received from exposures to polonium. Incorporates NIOSH formal review comments.
Approved: January 24, 2011
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SC&A Draft Memo: Matrix Issues 22 and 23 Regarding Petitioner External Dose Issues [57 KB (9 pages)]
January, 20, 2011About this Document: Addresses the remaining external dose issues, as expressed in Matrix Issues 22 and 23. Catalogs the concerns regarding external dose that have been raised in the petition and in interviews that have not yet been addressed in the SEC comment resolution process. -
SC&A Draft White Paper: Incident Records at Savannah River Site – Discussion of the Special Exposure Cohort Issue Number 12 Related to Incidents [227 KB (37 pages)]
Contract No. 200-2009-28555
January, 14, 2011About this Document: Reviews the completeness of incident records used in SRS dose reconstructions. -
NIOSH/ORAU Report: Discussion of Tritium Coworker Models at the Savannah River Site – Part 1 [47 MB (381 pages)]Document Number: ORAUT-RPRT-0049, Rev-00
About this document: Report initiated in response to SC&A comments on OTIB-0075 concerning the use of stratified coworker models.
Approved: November 23, 2010
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NIOSH/ORAU Report: Analysis of Savannah River Site Thoria and Thoron Air Sampling Data as a Method of Intake Bounding between 1965 and 1971 [793 KB (24 pages)]Document Number: ORAUT-RPRT-0046 Rev-00
About this document: Describes the facilities, processes and equipment used to prepare and encapsulate thorium at Savannah River Site (SRS) 300-M area in the 1960s.
Approved: May 18, 2010
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SC&A Draft White Paper: Review of ORAUT-OTIB-0075 – Use of Claimant Datasets for Coworker Modeling for Construction Workers at Savannah River Site [601 KB (66 pages)]
Contract No. 200-2009-28555
January 13, 2010About this Document: A brief general review of the OTIB-0075 analysis prepared by NIOSH, and further analyses to address the significance of OTIB-0075 for construction workers at SRS. -
SC&A Draft: Status Report on the Resolution of the Savannah River Site Issues Resolution Matrix [2.5 MB (147 pages)]
Contract No. 200-2004-03805
Task Order No. 1
SCA-TR-TASK1-0003
October 2007About this Document: Evaluates the progress made in resolving issues identified in the review of Revision 02 of the Savannah River Site Technical Basis Document. -
SC&A Draft: Review of NIOSH Site Profile for Savannah River Site [2.4 MB (187 pages)]
Contract No. 200-2004-03805
Task Order No. 1
SCA-TR-TASK1-0003
March 21, 2005About this Document: Evaluates “Technical Basis Document for the Savannah River Site to be Used for EEOICPA Dose Reconstructions, Revision 2 (ORAUT-TKBS-0003, Scalsky 2004).”
Program Evaluation Plans (PEPs) and Program Evaluation Reports (PERs)
NIOSH is committed to applying the best available science in dose reconstructions. In keeping with this commitment, completed cases with probabilities of causation less than 50% are reviewed as relevant new information becomes available. The results of these reviews are described in a Program Evaluation Report (PER). The PER details the effect, if any, of the new information on the completed dose reconstruction. If it appears that the new information may result in an increase in dose for a completed dose reconstruction with a probability of causation of less than 50%, NIOSH is committed to working with the Department of Labor to reopen and rework the dose reconstruction, as appropriate. A Program Evaluation Plan (PEP) describes plans for evaluating specific program details or issues.
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OCAS-PER-0001 Rev-00: Misinterpreted Dosimetry Records Resulting in an Underestimate of Missed Dose in Savannah River Site Dose Reconstructions [958 KB (4 pages)]September 8, 2003
About this Document: Describes the evaluation of the programmatic effect of the misinterpreted dosimetry records resulting in an underestimate of the missed dose for Savannah River Site dose reconstructions.
Summary: While the underestimated missed dose resulted in a non-claimant favorable estimate of missed dose, the overestimated onsite ambient dose offset this underestimate. As a result, no further evaluation is necessary because the offset still resulted in a slight claimant favorable bias in the dose estimate and resulting probability of causation.
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OCAS-PER-0002 Rev-00: Error in Surrogate Organ Assignment Resulting in an Underestimate of X-ray Dose in Savannah River Site Dose Reconstructions [482 KB (4 pages)]December 15, 2003
About this Document: Describes the evaluation of the programmatic effect of an error in surrogate organ assignment resulting in a potential underestimate of the X-ray dose for certain Savannah River Site dose reconstructions.
Summary: An error in surrogate organ assignment for the liver, gall bladder and spleen (ovaries was assigned instead of lung) resulted in the underestimation of X-ray organ doses in three completed dose reconstructions. The impact on the probability of causation in these three cases has been evaluated and found to be minimal (<0.5%), and the probable compensability status of these claims was unaffected. No revision of any completed dose reconstructions is warranted; however, to preclude future occurrences of this error, revisions of several Technical Basis Documents has been initiated.
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OCAS-PER-0019 Rev-00: Program Evaluation Report: The Effect of Additional Neutron Dose Data from the Savannah River Site [20 KB (2 pages)]May 18, 2007
About this Document: New document to report the impact of additional neutron dose data received from the Savannah River Site.
Summary: Dosimetry records are requested from the Savannah River Site for each claim received from the Department of Labor with Savannah River employment. This data is used in reconstructing the individuals’ radiation dose. The Savannah River site notified NIOSH that additional data pertaining to neutron dosimetry was not sent for several claims. The additional data has since been received and added to the original dosimetry data.
Previously completed claims were re-evaluated to determine the affect of this new data on the individual claims. This Program Evaluation Report (PER) was prepared to report the results of that evaluation.
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OCAS-PER-0030 Rev-00: Program Evaluation Report: Savannah River Site TBD Revisions [31 KB (3 pages)]December 18, 2007
About this Document: Document to determine which previously completed claims require evaluation for the effect of revising the Savannah River Site TBD.
Summary: There were 54 Savannah River Site claims completed prior to August 21, 2003, (issue date of revision 1) with a probability of Causation below 50%. The dose reconstruction methodology of each will be reviewed to determine if a new dose reconstruction is necessary to determine if the revisions increase the dose estimate. NIOSH will review these dose reconstructions to determine if they meet any of the criteria listed in this PER. NIOSH will provide DOL with the list of 54 claims as well as a determination on each claim as to whether a new dose estimate is required. Documentation for each claim not requiring a new dose reconstruction will provide the basis for that determination.
Public Comments on Savannah River Site (SRS) Documents
How to Submit Comments
Comments on Savannah River Site (SRS) 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 (012) on all comments.
Comments Received
None received at this time.
Document Archive for Savannah River Site (SRS)
Technical Information Bulletins (TIBs):
- Technical Information Bulletin: External Coworker Dosimetry Data for the Savannah River Site
- Technical Information Bulletin: Internal Coworker Dosimetry Data for the Savannah River Site (SRS)
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ORAU-TIB-0081 Rev-02: Internal Coworker Dosimetry Data for the Savannah River Site (SRS) [1.08 MB (96 pages)]Revised: December 16, 2013
Revision Includes: Adds dose reconstruction guidance for radionuclide assignment in response to an Advisory Board request. Text added in Section 5.0 and a new Table 5-1 added. Intake rates for Cm and Cf added for the pre-1995 time period. Incorporates formal internal and NIOSH review comments.
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ORAU-TIB-0081 Rev-01: April 1, 2013 [979 KB (83 pages)]Revision Includes: Corrects the values provided in Tables 5-6, Type S uranium intake rates for 1968 through 2007, 5-10, changed end date from 2006 to 2007, A-3, plutonium bioassay data for 1955 through 2007, and A-8, neptunium bioassay data for 1991 through 2007. Incorporates formal internal review comments. No changes were made as a result of formal NIOSH review. No sections were deleted.
About this Document: Provides internal coworker data for the Savannah River Site.
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ORAU-TIB-0081 Rev-02: Internal Coworker Dosimetry Data for the Savannah River Site (SRS) [1.08 MB (96 pages)]Revised: December 16, 2013
- Technical Information Bulletin: Interpretation of External Dosimetry Records at Savannah River Site (SRS)
- OCAS-TIB-006 Rev-01: Revised February 20, 2004 [47 KB (3 pages)]Revision Includes: Revised discussion of shallow dose interpretation for low energy photons.
- OCAS-TIB-006 Rev-00: Approved September 8, 2003 [562 KB (6 pages)]
- Technical Information Bulletin: Neutron Exposures at the Savannah River Site
Reports:
- Report on the Savannah River Site (SRS): Exotic Radionuclides at the Savannah River Site
Technical Basis Documents (TBDs)
- Technical Basis Document for the Savannah River Site to be Used for EEOICPA Dose Reconstructions
- ORAUT-TKBS-0003 Rev-02: Revised October 29, 2004 [4 MB (242 pages)]Revision Includes: Allows use of Table C-17, Maximum site-wide annual intakes and geometric standard deviations, for all environmental dose reconstruction and clarifies periods of applicability. Modified instructions for determination of undetected dose from in vitro bioassay results (except tritium) below detection threshold. Clarified instructions for missed dose determination from whole body count results below the detection threshold. Corrected Ce-144 table 4.3-5. Pages changed are 24, 57, 58, 62, 72, 80, 81, 84, 85, 86, 89, 156, and 183. The Uncertainty Section (4.4.2) was deleted because it is not specific to SRS and because this avoids inconsistencies that might result from dose reconstruction programmatic changes. Incorporated medical x-ray changes and addition of section on photofluorography, addition of references, and information on TNX and CMX. Changed all dates referring to photofluorograph to 1951-1957. Removed reference to 1967.
- ORAUT-TKBS-0003 Rev-01: Revised August 21, 2003 [4 MB (233 pages)]Revision Includes: Incorporated changes to Section 2.2, 3.2.2, Table A-23, Tables B-1, C-17, and C-19; addition of last paragraph in “in vitro fission product analysis” in Section 4.1.2 and Section 5.3.5; additions of Dose Reconstructor instructions: Sections 2.5, 2.5.1, 2.5.2; 3.4, 3.4.1, 3.4.2; 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.5.3, 4.5.4; 5.7, 5.7.1, 5.7.2, and Tables D-11 through D-29. Additions were also made to Sections 4.4.3 and 4.4.4. Corrected several terms and definitions in the glossary, Sections 1.3, and 2.2. Revised Section 2.2 for clarity. Reassigned the thyroid to Groups 2 in Section 2.5.2. In Section 4.1.2, revised MDS/Reporting level in Tables 4.1.1-1 and 4.1.1-2, clarified 10 year old 12% Pu mix as claimant favorable, added text to the Note re: fission product Sr-90 sample/whole body in Section 2.4.1 discussing record forms for whole body counts and meaning of terms thereon. Corrected 4.4.3-x corrected to 4.4.3-9 in first sentence of Note:, page 79. Corrected tables 4.4.3-1 and 4.4.3-3 Type S and M values respectively and corrected units. Added bullets under Note: in Section 4.4.3 “Chronic Intakes for other radionuclide.” Clarified tritium equilibrium and corrected calculation in Section 4.4.3, corrected solubility types in tables 4.4.3-7, and 4.4.3-8. Added text to sections 4.5 and 4.5.1 and deleted sections related to “Best Estimate Approaches” and renumbered sections. Deleted footnote in Section 5.3.2.1. Added works to clarify use of annual intakes for dose reconstruction. Corrected Table D-5 Absorption Type.
- ORAUT-TKBS-0003 Rev-00: Approved July 15, 2003 [2.2 MB (188 pages)]
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- Page last updated: September 29, 2017
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