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Site Profile
- Site Profile for Atomic Weapons Employers that Worked Uranium Metals
(Revised June 17, 2011)
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Previously titled "Site Profile for Atomic Weapons Employers that Worked Uranium and Thorium Metals"
About this Document: This document provides an exposure matrix for workers at AWE facilities that performed metal-working operations with uranium metal. Over 110 facilities performed these operations, and this document intends to provide guidance for dose reconstruction at any of these facilities. The main body of this document, in Sections 2-6, includes general discussions of operations and exposure conditions at these facilities. Following the main body of this document is a collection of appendices, with one appendix for each AWE site that performed metal-working operations. Each appendix contains site-specific information that can be used for dose reconstruction. For those sites where this information is insufficient or totally lacking, the dose reconstructor must use information in the main body of the Site Profile.
Revision Includes: Incorporates review comments. Added external beta dose from surface contamination. Expanded discussion in section 3.3.1. Additional editorial changes and typographical error corrections.
Appendices:
Appendix BB -- General Steel Industries
(Approved June 25, 2007)
PDF 82 KB (12 pages)
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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.
- PER
24 : General Steel Industries TBD Approval
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Document Number: OCAS-PER-0024 Rev-00
About this Document: New document to determine which
previously completed claims require
evaluation for the effect of approving a
GSI TBD.
Approved: September 25, 2007
Summary: There were 4 General Steel Industries claims completed with a probability of causation below 50% prior to the approval of the TBD. These were completed using ORAUT-OTIB-0004. Since the new document describes a higher dose for some of the dose estimate, it is necessary to revise these dose estimates to determine the effect. NIOSH is requesting that these claims be returned for a new dose estimate. A new dose reconstruction will be completed for each of the claims using the latest revision to the General Steel Industries TBD.
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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 AWE Site Wide Documents:
- October 9, 2007
Town Hall Meeting for General Steel Industries, Inc.
Meeting with former workers from General Steel Industries, Inc., and other interested parties in Collinsville, Illinois
Minutes
PDF 80 KB (21 pages)
- August 21-22, 2006
General Steel Industries Worker Outreach Meeting in Collinsville, Illinois
Note: This meeting was not sponsored by NIOSH.
Transcript from August 21, 2006
PDF 1.6 MB (62 pages)
Transcript from August 22, 2006
PDF 1.3 MB (50 pages)
- August 11, 2006
General Steel Industries Affidavit Testimony meeting held in East Alton, Illinois
Note: This meeting was not sponsored by NIOSH.
Transcript
PDF 1.9 MB (171 pages)
- July 7, 2006
General Steel Industries Affidavit Testimony meeting held in East Alton, Illinois
Note: This meeting was not sponsored by NIOSH.
Transcript
PDF 3.3 MB (299 pages)
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Advisory Board Work Group on TBD 6000
This Work Group is responsible for the review of the specified TBDs, as well as the Appendices that apply to specific work sites. They will also review
any reports developed by the Board's contractor (SC&A) pertaining to these TBDs and the Appendices, and will assist NIOSH and SC&A in resolving
issues that arise through the review process. The initial focus of the Work Group will be on Appendix BB of TBD 6000, dealing with General Steel Industries.
The Work Group will make recommendations to the Board in cases where Appendices involve sites with SEC petitions. Sites currently being considered under
this TBD by the Work Group include General Steel Industries and Bliss & Laughlin Steel.
- Work Group Members
Paul L. Ziemer, Ph.D.-Chair
Josie Beach
Mark Griffon
John W. Poston, Sr.
Wanda I. Munn--Alternate
- Meeting Information
- March 28, 2012
Meeting of the Advisory Board's Work Group on TBD 6000
Cincinnati Airport Marriott
2395 Progress Dr.
Hebron, KY 41048
(859) 586-0166
8:30 a.m. (Eastern time)
This meeting is open to the public, but without a public comment period.
Teleconference call access is available for this meeting
and it is limited only by the number of ports available.
To access the meeting via the teleconference call access,
you must dial 1-866-659-0537. To be automatically connected
to the meeting, you will need to enter the following participant
code: 9933701.
Agenda
PDF 80 KB (1 page)
Transcript
PDF 1.1 MB (288 pages)
Discussion Papers:
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 documents, which can include white papers, matrices, working drafts, etc., are distributed among the Work Group members as research and background tools to facilitate discussion and deliberation. The discussions during the above meeting may cover a pre-decisional document. Because these types of documents are pre-decisional in nature, may contain sensitive information, and may change over time, they are not posted on our Web site. These finalized, reviewed and redacted pre-decisional documents are also available to other interested parties through an appropriate Freedom of Information Act request. Requests for documents not in the public domain should be submitted to the CDC/ATSDR Freedom of Information Act Office at foiarequests@cdc.gov
.
- March 15, 2012
Meeting of the Advisory Board's Work Group on TBD 6000
Cincinnati Airport Marriott
2395 Progress Dr.
Hebron, KY 41048
(859) 586-0166
9:00 a.m. (Eastern time)
This meeting is open to the public, but without a public comment period.
Teleconference call access is available for this meeting
and it is limited only by the number of ports available.
To access the meeting via the teleconference call access,
you must dial 1-866-659-0537. To be automatically connected
to the meeting, you will need to enter the following participant
code: 9933701.
Agenda
PDF 80 KB (1 page)
Transcript
PDF 1.1 MB (301 pages)
Discussion Papers:
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 documents, which can include white papers, matrices, working drafts, etc., are distributed among the Work Group members as research and background tools to facilitate discussion and deliberation. The discussions during the above meeting may cover a pre-decisional document. Because these types of documents are pre-decisional in nature, may contain sensitive information, and may change over time, they are not posted on our Web site. These finalized, reviewed and redacted pre-decisional documents are also available to other interested parties through an appropriate Freedom of Information Act request. Requests for documents not in the public domain should be submitted to the CDC/ATSDR Freedom of Information Act Office at foiarequests@cdc.gov.
- November 2, 2011--LOCATION UPDATE
Meeting of the Advisory Board's Work Group on TBD 6000
Cincinnati Airport Marriott
2395 Progress Dr.
Hebron, KY 41048
(859) 586-0166
9:00 a.m. (Eastern time)
This meeting is open to the public, but without a public comment period.
Teleconference call access is available for this meeting
and it is limited only by the number of ports available.
To access the meeting via the teleconference call access,
you must dial 1-866-659-0537. To be automatically connected
to the meeting, you will need to enter the following participant
code: 9933701.
Agenda
PDF 12 KB (1 page)
Transcript
PDF 675 KB (248 pages)
Discussion Papers:
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 documents, which can include white papers, matrices, working drafts, etc., are distributed among the Work Group members as research and background tools to facilitate discussion and deliberation. The discussions during the above meeting may cover a pre-decisional document. Because these types of documents are pre-decisional in nature, may contain sensitive information, and may change over time, they are not posted on our Web site. These finalized, reviewed and redacted pre-decisional documents are also available to other interested parties through an appropriate Freedom of Information Act request. Requests for documents not in the public domain should be submitted to the CDC/ATSDR Freedom of Information Act Office at foiarequests@cdc.gov.
- September 20, 2011
Note: This meeting was rescheduled from September 16
Meeting of the Advisory Board's Work Group on TBD 6000
Cincinnati Airport Marriott
2395 Progress Dr.
Hebron, KY 41048
(859) 586-0166
9:00 a.m. (Eastern time)
This meeting is open to the public, but without a public comment period.
Teleconference call access is available for this meeting
and it is limited only by the number of ports available.
To access the meeting via the teleconference call access,
you must dial 1-866-659-0537. To be automatically connected
to the meeting, you will need to enter the following participant
code: 9933701.
Agenda
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Discussion Papers:
Transcript
PDF 998 KB (350 pages)
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 documents, which can include white papers, matrices, working drafts, etc., are distributed among the Work Group members as research and background tools to facilitate discussion and deliberation. The discussions during the above meeting may cover a pre-decisional document. Because these types of documents are pre-decisional in nature, may contain sensitive information, and may change over time, they are not posted on our Web site. These finalized, reviewed and redacted pre-decisional documents are also available to other interested parties through an appropriate Freedom of Information Act request. Requests for documents not in the public domain should be submitted to the CDC/ATSDR Freedom of Information Act Office at foiarequests@cdc.gov.
- September 16, 2011--POSTPONED
Note: This meeting was postponed to September 20
Meeting of the Advisory Board's Work Group on TBD 6000
Cincinnati Airport Marriott
2395 Progress Dr.
Hebron, KY 41048
(859) 586-0166
9:00 a.m. (Eastern time)
This meeting is open to the public, but without a public comment period.
Teleconference call access is available for this meeting
and it is limited only by the number of ports available.
To access the meeting via the teleconference call access,
you must dial 1-866-659-0537. To be automatically connected
to the meeting, you will need to enter the following participant
code: 9933701.
An agenda will be provided at a later date.
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 documents, which can include white papers, matrices, working drafts, etc., are distributed among the Work Group members as research and background tools to facilitate discussion and deliberation. The discussions during the above meeting may cover a pre-decisional document. Because these types of documents are pre-decisional in nature, may contain sensitive information, and may change over time, they are not posted on our Web site. These finalized, reviewed and redacted pre-decisional documents are also available to other interested parties through an appropriate Freedom of Information Act request. Requests for documents not in the public domain should be submitted to the CDC/ATSDR Freedom of Information Act Office at foiarequests@cdc.gov.
- February 16, 2011
Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board's Work Group on TBD 6000
11:00 a.m. (Eastern time)
This meeting is open to the public, but without a public comment period.
Teleconference call access is available for this meeting
and it is limited only by the number of ports available.
To access the meeting via the teleconference call access,
you must dial 1-866-659-0537. To be automatically connected
to the meeting, you will need to enter the following participant
code: 9933701.
Agenda
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Transcript
PDF 288 KB (106 pages)
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 documents, which can include white papers, matrices, working drafts, etc., are distributed among the Work Group members as research and background tools to facilitate discussion and deliberation. The discussions during the above meeting may cover a pre-decisional document. Because these types of documents are pre-decisional in nature, may contain sensitive information, and may change over time, they are not posted on our Web site. These finalized, reviewed and redacted pre-decisional documents are also available to other interested parties through an appropriate Freedom of Information Act request. Requests for documents not in the public domain should be submitted to the CDC/ATSDR Freedom of Information Act Office at foiarequests@cdc.gov.
- October 12, 2010
Meeting of the Advisory Board's Work Group on TBD 6000
Cincinnati Airport Marriott
2395 Progress Dr.
Hebron, KY 41048
(859) 586-0166
9:00 a.m. (Eastern time)
This meeting is open to the public, but without a public comment period.
Teleconference call access is available for this meeting
and it is limited only by the number of ports available.
To access the meeting via the teleconference call access,
you must dial 1-866-659-0537. To be automatically connected
to the meeting, you will need to enter the following participant
code: 9933701.
Agenda
PDF 64 KB (2 pages)
Discussion Papers:
Transcript
PDF 620 KB (326 pages)
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 documents, which can include white papers, matrices, working drafts, etc., are distributed among the Work Group members as research and background tools to facilitate discussion and deliberation. The discussions during the above meeting may cover a pre-decisional document. Because these types of documents are pre-decisional in nature, may contain sensitive information, and may change over time, they are not posted on our Web site. These finalized, reviewed and redacted pre-decisional documents are also available to other interested parties through an appropriate Freedom of Information Act request. Requests for documents not in the public domain should be submitted to the CDC/ATSDR Freedom of Information Act Office at foiarequests@cdc.gov.
- May 12, 2010--TIME CHANGE
Meeting of the Advisory Board's Work Group on TBD 6000
Cincinnati Airport Marriott
2395 Progress Dr.
Hebron, KY 41048
(859) 586-0166
8:30 a.m. (Eastern time)
This meeting is open to the public, but without a public comment period.
Teleconference call access is available for this meeting
and it is limited only by the number of ports available.
To access the meeting via the teleconference call access,
you must dial 1-866-659-0537. To be automatically connected
to the meeting, you will need to enter the following participant
code: 9933701.
Agenda
PDF 23 KB (2 pages)
Transcript
PDF 771 KB (351 pages)
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 documents, which can include white papers, matrices, working drafts, etc., are distributed among the Work Group members as research and background tools to facilitate discussion and deliberation. The discussions during the above meeting may cover a pre-decisional document. Because these types of documents are pre-decisional in nature, may contain sensitive information, and may change over time, they are not posted on our Web site. These finalized, reviewed and redacted pre-decisional documents are also available to other interested parties through an appropriate Freedom of Information Act request. Requests for documents not in the public domain should be submitted to the CDC/ATSDR Freedom of Information Act Office at foiarequests@cdc.gov.
Advisory Board Work Group on TBD 6000/6001, Appendix BB
This Work Group no longer exists. In March 2010, this Work Group was divided into two separate Work Groups--Advisory Board Work Group on TBD 6000
and Advisory Board Work Group on TBD 6001.
This Work Group is responsible for the review of the specified TBDs as well as the Appendices that apply to specific work sites. They will also review
any reports developed by the Board's contractor (SC&A) pertaining to these TBDs and the Appendices, and will assist NIOSH and SC&A in resolving
issues that arise through the review process. The initial focus of the Work Group will be on Appendix BB of TBD 6000, dealing with General Steel Industries.
The Work Group will make recommendations to the Board in cases where Appendices involve sites with SEC petitions.
- Work Group Members
Paul L. Ziemer, Ph.D.-Chair
Josie Beach
Mark Griffon
John W. Poston, Sr.
Wanda I. Munn--Alternate
- Meeting Information
- December 16, 2009
Meeting of the Advisory Board's Work Group on TBD 6000/6001, Appendix BB
Cincinnati Airport Marriott
2395 Progress Dr.
Hebron, KY 41048
(859) 586-0166
9:30 a.m. (Eastern time)
This meeting is open to the public, but without a public comment period.
Teleconference call access is available for this meeting
and it is limited only by the number of ports available.
To access the meeting via the teleconference call access,
you must dial 1-866-659-0537. To be automatically connected
to the meeting, you will need to enter the following participant
code: 9933701.
Agenda
PDF 21 KB (2 pages)
Transcript
PDF 688 KB (329 pages)
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 documents, which can include white papers, matrices, working drafts, etc., are distributed among the Work Group members as research and background tools to facilitate discussion and deliberation. The discussions during the above meeting may cover a pre-decisional document. Because these types of documents are pre-decisional in nature, may contain sensitive information, and may change over time, they are not posted on our Web site. These finalized, reviewed and redacted pre-decisional documents are also available to other interested parties through an appropriate Freedom of Information Act request. Requests for documents not in the public domain should be submitted to the CDC/ATSDR Freedom of Information Act Office at foiarequests@cdc.gov.
- October 14, 2009
Meeting of the Advisory Board's Work Group on TBD 6000/6001, Appendix BB
Cincinnati Airport Marriott
2395 Progress Dr.
Hebron, KY 41048
(859) 586-0166
9:30 a.m. (Eastern time)
This meeting is open to the public, but without a public comment period.
Teleconference call access is available for this meeting
and it is limited only by the number of ports available.
To access the meeting via the teleconference call access,
you must dial 1-866-659-0537. To be automatically connected
to the meeting, you will need to enter the following participant
code: 9933701.
An agenda will be provided at a later date.
Transcript
PDF 764 KB (351 pages)
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 documents, which can include white papers, matrices, working drafts, etc., are distributed among the Work Group members as research and background tools to facilitate discussion and deliberation. The discussions during the above meeting may cover a pre-decisional document. Because these types of documents are pre-decisional in nature, may contain sensitive information, and may change over time, they are not posted on our Web site. These finalized, reviewed and redacted pre-decisional documents are also available to other interested parties through an appropriate Freedom of Information Act request. Requests for documents not in the public domain should be submitted to the CDC/ATSDR Freedom of Information Act Office at foiarequests@cdc.gov.
- March 11, 2009
Meeting of the Advisory Board's Work Group on TBD 6000/6001, Appendix BB
Cincinnati Airport Marriott
2395 Progress Dr.
Hebron, KY 41048
(859) 586-0166
10:00 a.m. (Eastern Time)
This meeting is open to the public, but without a public comment period.
Teleconference call access is available for this meeting
and it is limited only by the number of ports available.
To access the meeting via the teleconference call access,
you must dial 1-866-659-0537. To be automatically connected
to the meeting, you will need to enter the following participant
code: 9933701.
An agenda will be provided at a later date.
Transcript
PDF 596 KB (335 pages)
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 documents, which can include white papers, matrices, working drafts, etc., are distributed among the Work Group members as research and background tools to facilitate discussion and deliberation. The discussions during the above meeting may cover a pre-decisional document. Because these types of documents are pre-decisional in nature, may contain sensitive information, and may change over time, they are not posted on our Web site. These finalized, reviewed and redacted pre-decisional documents are also available to other interested parties through an appropriate Freedom of Information Act request. Requests for documents not in the public domain should be submitted to the CDC/ATSDR Freedom of Information Act Office at foiarequests@cdc.gov.
- November 10, 2008
Meeting of the Advisory Board's Work Group on TBD 6000/6001, Appendix BB
Cincinnati Airport Marriott
2395 Progress Dr.
Hebron, KY 41048
(859) 586-0166
9:30 a.m. (Eastern time)
This meeting is open to the public, but without a public comment period.
Teleconference call access is available for this meeting
and it is limited only by the number of ports available.
To access the meeting via the teleconference call access,
you must dial 1-866-659-0537. To be automatically connected
to the meeting, you will need to enter the following participant
code: 9933701.
An agenda will be provided at a later date.
Transcript
PDF 707 KB (340 pages)
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 documents, which can include white papers, matrices, working drafts, etc., are distributed among the Work Group members as research and background tools to facilitate discussion and deliberation. The discussions during the above meeting may cover a pre-decisional document. Because these types of documents are pre-decisional in nature, may contain sensitive information, and may change over time, they are not posted on our Web site. These finalized, reviewed and redacted pre-decisional documents are also available to other interested parties through an appropriate Freedom of Information Act request. Requests for documents not in the public domain should be submitted to the CDC/ATSDR Freedom of Information Act Office at foiarequests@cdc.gov.
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Advisory Board and NIOSH Comments and Discussion Papers on General Steel Industries (GSI)
The General Steel Industries (GSI) discussion papers listed below are working documents prepared by NIOSH or its contractor for use in discussions with the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health or its Working Groups or Subcommittees. Draft, preliminary, interim, and white paper documents are not final NIOSH or Advisory Board (or their technical support and review contractors) positions unless specifically marked as such. These documents represent preliminary positions taken on technical issues prepared by NIOSH or its contractor.
The discussion papers have been reviewed to identify and redact any information that is protected by the Privacy Act 5 USC §552a and has been cleared for distribution.
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SC&A Draft: Issue Resolution Matrix for SC&A Findings on the General Steel Industries Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) Petition-00105 and the NIOSH SEC Petition Evaluation Report
March 22, 2012
PDF 112 KB (19 pages)
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SC&A Memo: Review of "Addendum to Dose Estimates for Betatron Operations White Paper"
March 25, 2012
PDF 80 KB (4 pages)
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Battelle-TBD Appendix BB General Steel Industries: Addendum to Dose Estimates for Betatron Operations White Paper
March 2012
PDF 88 KB (7 pages)
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SC&A Draft White Paper: Response to "Battelle-TBD-6000 Appendix BB General Steel Industries: Dose Estimates for Betatron Operations"
Contract Number 200-2009-28555
March 12, 2012
PDF 352 KB (23 pages)
- Battelle: TBD-6000 Appendix BB General Steel Industries
Dose Estimates for Betatron Operations
January 2012
PDF 647 KB (30 pages)
- SC&A Draft: Update on the Use of Sealed Radioactive Sources at General Steel Industries
Contract No. 200-2009-28555
October 20, 2011
PDF 400 KB (25 pages)
- NIOSH/DCAS: Evaluation of the Response of Film Badges to High Energy Photons
October 4, 2011
PDF 833 KB (5 pages)
- SC&A Draft: Review of NIOSH Report on Portable Radiography Sources at GSI- August 2011
Contract Number 200-2009-28555, Rev. 0
September 15, 2011
PDF 411 KB (21 pages)
- NIOSH/DCAS: Battelle-TBD-6000 Appendix BB General Steel Industries Dose Estimates for Portable Radiography Sources
August 2011
PDF 785 KB (35 pages)
- SC&A Draft: Issue Resolution Matrix for SC&A Findings on the General Steel Industries Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) Petition-00105 and the NIOSH SEC Petition Evaluation Report
July 25, 2011
PDF 78 KB (14 pages)
- SC&A Draft: Issue Resolution Matrix for SC&A Findings on Appendix BB to TBD-6000
July 25, 2011
PDF 150 KB (14 pages)
- SC&A: Issue Resolution Matrix for SC&A Findings on TBD-6000
October 7, 2010
PDF 471 KB (49 pages)
- NIOSH/DCAS: Path Forward for GSI Appendix and ER Review
October 2010
PDF 202 KB (9 pages)
- NIOSH/DCAS: TBD-6000 Working Group - Putzier Effect
September 2010
PDF 143 KB (3 pages)
- SC&A Draft: Review of NIOSH White Paper on Portable Radiography Sources at GSI
September 27, 2010
PDF 342 KB (14 pages)
- SC&A Draft: Review of the General Steel Industries Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) Petition-00105 and the NIOSH SEC Petition Evaluation Report
Contract No. 200-2009-28555
SCA-SEC-TASK5-0005
October 2009
PDF 328 KB (50 pages)
- SC&A Memo and Draft Report: Site Profiles for Atomic Weapons Employers That Worked Uranium and Thorium Metals - Appendix BB: General Steel Industries, Battelle-TBD- 6000, Appendix BB, Rev. 0
Contract No. 200-2004-03805
SCA-TR-TASK1-0024, Rev. 1
April 2008
PDF 1.7 MB (92 pages)
- Dr. Robert Anigstein of Sanford Cohen & Associates (SC&A) Interviewing Former Employees of General Steel Industries (GSI)
October 9, 2007
PDF 55 KB (11 pages)
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Public Comments on GSI Documents
How to Submit Comments
Members of the public can provide comments on GSI documents. Comments should 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 (140) on all comments.
Comments Received:
- Docket 140 (GSI) Submission from Kent Wall
(March 30, 2012)
PDF 100 KB (1 pages)
- Docket 140 (GSI) Submission from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D.: presentation to the Advisory Board's Work Group on TBD 6000 on March 15, 2012
(March 17, 2012)
PDF 5.3 MB (29 pages)
- Docket 140 (GSI) Submission from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D.
(March 11, 2012)
PDF 82 KB (1 page)
Docket 140 General Steel Industries: Addendum 1 and 2
PDF 4.8 MB (37 pages)
- Docket 140 (GSI) Submission from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., regarding the NIOSH January 2012 White Paper on "Dose Estimates For Betatron Operations"
(February 27, 2012)
PDF 2 MB (1 page)
Attachment: Critique of the NIOSH January 2012 White Paper
"Dose Estimates For Betatron Operations"
PDF 4.2 MB (24 pages)
- Comments from Kent Wall, in Response to the November 2, 2011, Advisory Board's Work Group Meeting on TBD 6000
(November 4, 2011)
PDF 1 MB (2 pages)
- Comments from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., on a new General Steel Industries related 1978 report: OSHA Regulates Betatrons & Accelerators
(September 6, 2011)
PDF 97 KB (6 pages)
- Comments from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., on the General Steel Industries SEC Petition (NIOSH SEC-00105)
(July 22, 2011)
PDF 203 KB (4 pages)
- Comments from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., on the General Steel Industries SEC Petition (NIOSH SEC-00105)
(March 12, 2011)
PDF 3.5 MB (19 pages)
- Comments from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., on the General Steel Industries SEC Petition (NIOSH SEC-00105)
(February 7, 2011)
PDF 2.7 MB (4 pages)
- Comments from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., on the General Steel Industries SEC Petition (NIOSH SEC-00105)
(April 26, 2010)
PDF 163 KB (3 pages)
- Comments from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., on the General Steel Industries SEC Petition (NIOSH SEC-00105)
(December 12, 2009)
PDF 7 MB (10 pages)
Note: The documents mentioned in the above comment can be viewed on the
U.S.
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Web site.
External Link: http://adamswebsearch2.nrc.gov/idmws/ViewDocBy
Accession.asp?AccessionNumber=ML093510887
- Comments on the Site Profile for Atomic Weapons Employers that Worked Uranium and Thorium Metals document, Appendix BB -- General Steel Industries
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Special Exposure Cohort Petition Information for GSI
Open/Active SEC Petitions
There is currently one open/active SEC petition from GSI (Petition 105). To see what actions remain for this SEC petition, please refer to the table below.
Class(es) Added to the SEC
Not applicable at this time.
Classes Not Added to the SEC
Not applicable at this time.
SEC Petitions Not Qualifying for Evaluation
Not applicable at this time.
Petitions Qualified for Evaluation
To date, one petition from GSI has qualified for evaluation. The left-hand column of the table below shows the various steps in the SEC petitioning process. The right-hand column of the table contains information related to the GSI petition.
| Petition 105 |
Date Received
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February 25, 2008
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Date Qualified for Evaluation
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May 5, 2008
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Summary of Information in Petition
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Job Titles and/or Job Duties: All individuals who worked in any
location
Period of Employment: January 1, 1953 through December 31, 1966,
and/or during the residual contamination period from January 1, 1967 through
December 31, 1992
Note: The information above is what qualified for evaluation. During our evaluation of whether dose reconstructions can adequately be completed for the above job titles and period of employment, information may cause NIOSH to change some the dates or job titles/duties. Therefore, as this petition proceeds through the SEC petitioning process and if an SEC class is proposed, the proposed class may not exactly match the above information.
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Copy of the Petition Received
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GSI Petition
PDF 816 KB (18 pages)
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Federal Register Notice Announcing that a
GSI SEC Petition has met the Minimum Qualifications
for Review and Evaluation
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June 17, 2008
PDF 76 KB (1 page)
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SEC Petition Evaluation Report
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October 3, 2008
PDF 267 KB (39 pages)
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Evaluation Report Sent to the Advisory Board
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October 3, 2008
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Petition Discussed by the Advisory Board
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The petition was discussed by the Advisory Board on February 18, 2009, during its regular meeting.
Note: the agenda and transcripts from this meeting are available on the Advisory Board and Public Meetings page.
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Advisory Board Recommendation on SEC Petition
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Not applicable at this time.
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HHS Letters to Congress Regarding the SEC Petition
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Not applicable at this time.
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HHS Designation of Additional Members to the SEC
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Not applicable at this time.
Note: this only applies if the class is added to the SEC.
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Federal Register Notice: Designation/Determination Regarding a Class of Employees
for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort
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Not applicable at this time.
Note: A "designation" will be published if there is a recommendation to add a class to the SEC. A "determination" will be published if there is a recommendation not to add a class to the SEC.
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Effective Date for the SEC Class
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Not applicable at this time.
Note: this only applies if the class is added to the SEC.
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Federal Register Notice: Final Effect of Designation of a Class
of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort
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Not applicable at this time.
Note: this only applies if the class is added to the SEC.
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Letter to DOL Regarding the Addition of a New Class of Employees to the SEC
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Not applicable at this time.
Note: this only applies if the class is added to the SEC.
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Previous Versions of GSI Documents
- Site Profile for Atomic Weapons Employers that Worked Uranium and Thorium Metals
(Approved December 13, 2006)
PDF 394 KB (57 pages)
About this Document: This document provides an exposure matrix for workers at AWE facilities that performed metal-working operations with uranium metal. Over 110 facilities performed these operations, and this document intends to provide guidance for dose reconstruction at any of these facilities. The main body of this document, in Sections 2-6, includes general discussions of operations and exposure conditions at these facilities. Following the main body of this document is a collection of appendices, with one appendix for each AWE site that performed metal-working operations. Each appendix contains site-specific information that can be used for dose reconstruction. For those sites where this information is insufficient or totally lacking, the dose reconstructor must use information in the main body of the Site Profile.
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