Radiation Dose Reconstruction

Sandia National Laboratories
(Site Profile/Docket Number 065)

Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico

Site Profile

Site Profile for Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and the Tonopah Test Range, Nevada
(Approved June 22, 2007)
PDF 1.5 MB (135 pages)

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Technical Information Bulletins (TIBs)

• External Coworker Dosimetry Data for the Sandia National Laboratory in Albuquerque, New Mexico (TIB 72)
  PDF 149 KB (12 pages)
  
  Document Number: ORAUT-OTIB-0072 Rev-00
  
  About this Document: Provides information to allow dose reconstructors to assign doses at the Sandia National Laboratory in Albuquerque, New Mexico to certain workers who have no or limited monitoring data, based on site coworker data. No changes occurred as a result of formal internal and NIOSH review.
  
  Approved: September 26, 2008
  
  

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Program Evaluation Reports (PERs) and Program Evaluation Plans (PEPs)

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.

At the current time, no PERs or PEPs specific to the Sandia National Laboratories have been developed. However, we have developed PERs and PEPs that pertain to multiple sites. To view all PERs and PEPs that have been developed, please refer to the Program Evaluation Reports (PERs) and Program Evaluation Plans (PEPs) page.

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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.

Below are the Worker Outreach Activities for the Sandia National Laboratories:

• February 19, 2009
  Meeting with Representatives of Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) Local 251; Albuquerque Metal Trades Council (MTC), AFL-CIO; Sandia Security Police Association; and New Mexico Building and Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO
  
  Final Minutes
  PDF 49 KB (8 pages)
  
  
• September 26, 2007
  Meeting with New Mexico Building and Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO, Albuquerque, New Mexico
  
  Final Minutes
  PDF 98 KB (24 pages)
  
  
• September 25, 2007
  Meeting with Office and Professional Employees International Union (OPEIU) Local 251 and Albuquerque Metal Trades Council (MTC), Albuquerque, New Mexico
  
  Final Minutes
  PDF 52 KB (9 pages)
  
  
• August 15, 2005
  Meeting with Security Police Association (Formerly IUPA Local 7002)
  
  Final Minutes
  PDF 52 KB (4 pages)
  
  
• June 20, 2005
  Meeting with Office and Professional Employees International Union Local 251; Albuquerque Metal Trades Council
  
  Final Minutes
  PDF 100 KB (17 pages)
  
  
• June 20, 2005
  Meeting with New Mexico Building and Construction Trades Council, Albuquerque, New Mexico
  
  Final Minutes
  PDF 61 KB (5 pages)

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Advisory Board Work Group on Sandia National Laboratories

This Work Group is responsible for a review of the Sandia National Laboratories (SNL - New Mexico) Site Profile and of the draft review of this Site Profile by the Board's contractor (SC&A). The Work Group shall consider issues identified by SC&A concerning the Site Profile and shall assist NIOSH and SC&A in the resolution of such issues. The Work Group may recommend to the Board changes in the Site Profile as appropriate. The Work Group may also be assigned to review Special Exposure Cohort petitions for SNL that may be received and evaluated by NIOSH, together with the NIOSH Evaluation Reports and SC&A review reports for such petitions.

Richard A. Lemen, Ph.D., M.S.P.H.--Chair
Henry A. Anderson, M.D.
Josie Beach
Genevieve S. Roessler, Ph.D.

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Comments on Sandia National Laboratories Documents

How to Submit Comments
Comments on Sandia National Laboratory documents can be submitted to the NIOSH Docket Officer electronically by e-mail at NIOCINDOCKET@cdc.gov or printed comments can be mailed to NIOSH Docket Office, Robert A. Taft Laboratories, MS-C34, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226. Please include the Site Profile/Docket Number (065) on all comments.

• Sandia National Laboratories--Albuquerque, NM
  
  Draft: Review of Site Profile for Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and the Tonopah Test Range in Nevada
  Contract No. 200-2009-28555
  Task Order No. 1
  SCA-TR-TASK1-0022
  February 12, 2009
  PDF 606 KB (82 pages)

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Special Exposure Cohort Petition Information for Sandia National Laboratories

• SEC Petitions Not Qualifying for Evaluation
  In addition to the petition listed below, one additional petition was received but did not qualify for evaluation because it did not meet the minimum petition requirements.
  
  
• Petitions Qualified for Evaluation
  
  
  1. Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
     
     Job Titles and/or Job Duties: All employees who worked within the Reactor Division
     
     Period of Employment: January 1, 1957 through December 31, 1962
     
     
  2. Location: Albuquerque, New Mexico
     
     Job Titles and/or Job Duties: All personnel who worked in any area
     
     Period of Employment: January 1, 1963 through May 21, 2011
     
     
• Federal Register Notice Announcing that a Sandia National Laboratories SEC Petition has met the Minimum Qualifications for Review and Evaluation
  
  
  1. April 28, 2010 (January 1, 1957 through December 31, 1962)
      PDF 55 KB (1 page)
     
     
  2. November 14, 2011 (January 1, 1963 through May 21, 2011)
      PDF 85 KB (1 page)
     
     
• Copy of the Petition Received
  
  
  1. January 19, 2010 (January 1, 1957 through December 31, 1962)
     
     Pages 1-35
     PDF 970 KB (35 pages)
     
     Pages 36-70
     PDF 887 KB (35 pages)
     
     Pages 71-105
     PDF 1 MB (35 pages)
     
     Pages 106-140
     PDF 1 MB (35 pages)
     
     Pages 141-171
     PDF 1 MB (30 pages)
     
     
  2. July 18, 2011 (January 1, 1963 through May 21, 2011)
     PDF 451 KB (8 pages)
     
     
• SEC Petition Evaluation Report
  
  
  1. SEC Petition Evaluation Report for Sandia National Laboratories (January 1, 1949 through December 31, 1962)
     (Approved May 6, 2011)
     PDF 572 KB (60 pages)
     
     
  2. Not available at this time. (January 1, 1963 through May 21, 2011 )
     
     
• Petition Discussed by the Advisory Board
  
  
  1. The petition was discussed by the Advisory Board on May 25, 2011, during its regular meeting.
     
     
  2. The petition has not been discussed by the Advisory Board at this time. (January 1, 1963 through May 21, 2011 )
     
     
• Advisory Board Recommendation on SEC Petition
  
  
  1. Advisory Board recommendation regarding Sandia National Laboratories SEC Petition (January 1, 1949 through December 31, 1962)
     (July 8, 2011)
      PDF 48 KB (2 pages)
     
     
  2. Not applicable at this time. (January 1, 1963 through May 21, 2011 )
     
     
• HHS Letters to Congress Regarding the SEC Petition
  
  
  1. HHS Letters to Congress regarding the Sandia National Laboratories SEC petition (January 1, 1949 through December 31, 1962)
     (August 10, 2011)
      PDF 106 KB (10 pages)
     
     
  2. Not applicable at this time. (January 1, 1963 through May 21, 2011 )
     
     
• Federal Register Notice: Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort
  
  
  1. Designation of a Class of Employees from Sandia National Laboratories to the SEC (January 1, 1949 through December 31, 1962)
     (August 17, 2011)
     PDF 48 KB (1 page)
     
     
  2. Not applicable at this time. (January 1, 1963 through May 21, 2011 )
     (Note: this only applies if the class is added to the SEC.)
     
     
• HHS Designation of Additional Members to the SEC
  
  
  1. HHS Designation of additional members from Sandia National Laboratories to the SEC (January 1, 1949 through December 31, 1962)
     (July 29, 2011)
      PDF 43 KB (5 pages)
     
     
  2. Not applicable at this time. (January 1, 1963 through May 21, 2011 )
     (Note: this only applies if the class is added to the SEC.)
     
     
• Effective Date for the SEC Class
  
  
  1. September 9, 2011 (January 1, 1949 through December 31, 1962)
     
     
  2. Not applicable at this time. (January 1, 1963 through May 21, 2011 )
     (Note: this only applies if the class is added to the SEC.)
     
     
• Federal Register Notice: Final Effect of Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort
  
  
  1. Final Effect of Designation of a Class of Employees from Sandia National Laboratories for Addition to the SEC (January 1, 1949 through December 31, 1962)
     (September 27, 2011)
      PDF 54 KB (2 pages)
     
     
  2. Not applicable at this time. (January 1, 1963 through May 21, 2011 )
     (Note: this only applies if the class is added to the SEC.)
     
     
• Letter to DOL Regarding the Addition of a New Class of Employees to the SEC
  
  
  1. Not available at this time. (January 1, 1949 through December 31, 1962)
     
     
  2. Not applicable at this time. (January 1, 1963 through May 21, 2011 )
     (Note: this only applies if the class is added to the SEC.)
     
     

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