Radiation Dose Reconstruction

Connecticut Aircraft Nuclear Engine Laboratory (CANEL)
(Site Profile/Docket Number 142)

Location: Middletown, Connecticut

Also known as: Connecticut Advanced Nuclear Engineering Lab
                         Pratt and Whitney Corp.
                         United Aircraft Corp.

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 Connecticut Aircraft Nuclear Engine Laboratory (CANEL) 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 Connecticut Aircraft Nuclear Engine Laboratory (CANEL):

At the current time, worker outreach activities have not been scheduled.

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Comments on Connecticut Aircraft Nuclear Engine Laboratory (CANEL) Documents

How to Submit Comments
Comments on Connecticut Aircraft Nuclear Engine Laboratory (CANEL) 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 (142) on all comments.

Comments Received

At this time, no comments have been submitted on Connecticut Aircraft Nuclear Engine Laboratory (CANEL) documents.

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Special Exposure Cohort Petition Information for CANEL

• Class Added to the SEC
  
  All employees of the Department of Energy (DOE), its predecessor agencies, and DOE contractors or subcontractors who worked at the Connecticut Aircraft Nuclear Engine Laboratory in Middletown, CT, from January 1, 1958 through December 31, 1965 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 in the Special Exposure Cohort.
  
  
• Petitions Qualified for Evaluation
  
  Location: Middletown, Connecticut
  
  Job Titles and/or Job Duties: All employees
  
  Period of Employment: January 1958 through December 1960
  
  
• Federal Register Notice Announcing that the CANEL SEC Petition has met the Minimum Qualifications for Review and Evaluation
  August 15, 2008
  PDF 86 KB (1 page)
  
  
• Copy of the Petition Received
  Copy of the CANEL petition received
  (August 1, 2008)
  PDF 152 KB (2 pages)
  
  
• SEC Petition Evaluation Report
  SEC Petition Evaluation Report for CANEL
  (August 14, 2008)
  PDF 93 KB (32 pages)
  
  
• Petition Discussed by the Advisory Board
  The petition was discussed by the Advisory Board at it September 2-4, 2008, meeting.
  
  
• Advisory Board Recommendation on SEC Petition
  Advisory Board recommendation on the CANEL SEC Petition
  (September 23, 2008)
   PDF 92 KB (2 pages)
  
  
• HHS Letter to Congress Regarding the SEC Petition
  HHS letters to Congress regarding the CANEL SEC petition
  (October 24, 2008)
  PDF 331 KB (10 pages)
  
  
• Federal Register Notice: Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort
  December 12, 2008
  PDF 75 KB (1 page)
  
  
• HHS Designation of Additional Members to the SEC
  HHS designation of additional members from CANEL to the SEC
  (October 24, 2008)
  PDF 212 KB (5 pages)
  
  
• Effective Date for the SEC Class
  November 23, 2008 (January 1, 1958 through December 31, 1965)
  
  
• Federal Register Notice: Final Effect of Designation of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort
  December 10, 2008
   PDF 48 KB (1 page)
  
  
• Letter to DOL Regarding the Addition of a New Class of Employees to the SEC
  Letter to DOL Regarding the Addition of a New Class of Employees to the SEC for CANEL (January 1, 1958 through December 31, 1965)
  (December 4, 2008)
  PDF 20 KB (1 page)

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