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Timeline of Major OCAS Events for 2006

Establishing the foundation for conducting dose reconstructions as required under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA) has been an important and busy time for our Office. Major events of our dose reconstruction program for 2005 are listed below.

2006 Events

January Argonne National Laboratory--East: Occupational Medical Dose section revised

K-25 Occupational Internal Dose section revised

Site Profile for the Kansas City Plant Page Change Revision

Internal Dosimetry Coworker Data for the Hanford Site Page Change Revision

Technical Information Bulletin: Characterization of Occupational Exposure to Radium and Radon Progeny During Recovery of Uranium from Phosphate Materials approved

Y-12 Site Profile: Page change revision to Occupational Internal Dose section

INEEL Site Profile: Occupational Internal Dose section revised

Page change revision to the Exposure Matrix for Linde Ceramics Plant (including Tonawanda Laboratory)

Argonne National Laboratory--East: Site Description section approved

February Allied Chemical Corporation Site Profile approved

Energy Technology Engineering Center (ETEC) Site Description and Occupational Medical Dose sections approved

Argonne National Laboratory--East: Occupational Environmental Dose and Occupational External Dose sections approved

Internal Dosimetry Organ, External Dosimetry Organ, and IREP Model Selection by ICD-9 Code page change revision

Federal Register Notice: changes to the dose reconstruction target organ selection for lymphoma

W. R. Grace and Company: An Exposure Matrix for W.R. Grace and Company in Erwin, Tennessee approved

Y-12: Page change revision to Occupational Internal Dose and Occupational External Dose sections

Fernald: Occupational Environmental Dose section revised

Energy Technology Engineering Center (ETEC): Introduction, Occupational Internal Dose and Occupational External Dose sections approved

March Energy Technology Engineering Center (ETEC): Occupational Environmental Dose section approved

Argonne National Laboratory--East: Occupational Internal Dose section approved; revision to Occupational Medical Dose section of the site profile

Mound Plant: Page change revision to the Occupational Medical Dose section of the site profile

May Rocky Flats Plant: Technical Information Bulletin (TIB)--External Coworker Dosimetry Data for the Rocky Flats Plant approved

DOE Complex Wide Documents: Technical Information Bulletin (TIB)--A Standard Complex-Wide Conversion/Correction Factor for Overestimating External Doses Measured with Thermoluminescent Dosimeter revised

Y-12 Plant: Page change revision to the Occupational External Dose section of the site profile

Y-12 Plant: Technical Information Bulletin (TIB)--Effect of Threshold Energy and Angular Response of NTA Film on Missed Neutron Dose at the Oak Ridge Y-12 Facility approved

Y-12 Plant: Technical Information Bulletin (TIB)--External Radiation Dose Estimates For Individuals Near the 1958 Criticality Accident at the Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant approved

Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant (K-25 Site): Site Profile--Introduction section revised

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (X-10): Site Profile-Page change revision to the Occupational Internal Dose section

June Documents Covering both AWE and DOE Facilities: Technical Information Bulletin (TIB)--Technical Basis for Conversion from NCRP Report 38 Neutron Quality Factors to ICRP Publication 60 Radiation Weighting Factors for Respective IREP Input Neutron Energy Ranges approved

  DOE Complex Wide Documents: Technical Information Bulletin (TIB)--A Standard Complex-Wide Methodology for Overestimating External Doses Measured with Film Badge Dosimeters revised

  INEEL: Site Profile--Page change revision to the Occupational Internal Dose section

July Pinellas Plant: Site Profile--Page change revisions to the Occupational Medical Dose and Occupational External Dose sections

Mound Plant: Site Profile--Page change revision to the Site Description section

Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant: Site Profile--Revision to the Occupational Medical Dose section
Nevada Test Site: Site Profile--Page change revisions to the following site profile sections: Introduction, Occupational Internal Dose, and Occupational External Dose
Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant (K-25 Site): Technical Information Bulletin--Page change revision to Internal Dosimetry Coworker Data for K-25
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (X-10): Site Profile--Page change revision to Occupational Medical Dose section
Y-12 Plant: Site Profile--Occupational Environmental Dose and Occupational Internal Dose sections revised
Argonne National Laboratory-East: Page change revision to the Site Description section of the site profile
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory: site profile approved
Pantex Plant: Occupational Internal Dose and Occupational External Dose sections of the site profile approved

Revisions of the Introduction and Site Description sections of the site profile
Rocky Flats Plant: Technical Information Bulletin--Internal Dosimetry Coworker Data for Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site approved
August Technical Information Bulletin: Parameters to Consider When Processing Claims for Construction Trade Workers approved
Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant Site Profile: Site Description and Occupational External Dose sections revised; page change revision to the Introduction section
Area IV of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory Site Profile: Introduction section revised
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL or X-10) Site Profile: Site Description section revised
Hanford Site Profile: Introduction section revised
Pacific Proving Grounds Site Profile: Summary Site Profile for the Pacific Proving Grounds approved
Brookhaven National Laboratory Site Profile: Summary Site Profile for the Brookhaven National Laboratory approved
September Blockson Chemical Corporation: Technical Basis Document revised
Technical Information Bulletin: Application of Internal Doses Based on Claimant-Favorable Assumptions for Processing as Best Estimates approved
Area IV of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory Site Profile: Occupational Medical section revised
Technical Information Bulletin: Occupational Dose from Elevated Ambient Levels of External Radiation cancelled
Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant (K-25 Site) Site Profile: Page change revisions to Occupational Environmental Dose and Occupational External Dose sections
Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant Site Profile: Occupational Medical Dose section revised
October Hanford Site Profile: Page change revision to the Occupational External Dose section
Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant (K-25 Site) Site Profile: Revision to the Site Description section and page change revision to the Occupational Internal Dose section
Pinellas Plant Site Profile: Revision to the Site Description section and page change revision to the Occupational External Dose section
Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant Site Profile: Site Description section revised
Chapman Valve Technical Basis Document revised
Y-12 Plant Site Profile: Page change revision to the Occupational Internal Dose section
Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant Site Profile: Introduction and Occupational Internal Dose sections revised; page change revision to the Site Description section
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center: Site Profile approved
November INEEL Site Profile: Occupational External Dose section revised
Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant: Page change revision to Technical Information Bulletin: External Coworker Dosimetry Data for the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant and revision to the Occupational External Dose section of the site profile
Savannah River Site Technical Information Bulletin: Page change revision to External Coworker Dosimetry Data for the Savannah River Site
Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant: Revision to the Occupational Environmental Dose section of the site profile and page change revision to External Coworker Dosimetry Data Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant Technical Information Bulletin
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL or X-10): Revision to External Coworker Dosimetry Data for the X-10 Site Technical Information Bulletin
Oak Ridge Gaseous Diffusion Plant (K-25 Site): Page change revision to the Occupational Medical Dose section of the site profile and page change revision to External Coworker Dosimetry Data for the K-25 Site Technical Information Bulletin
Hanford: Page change revision to External Coworker Dosimetry Data for the Hanford Site Technical Information Bulletin and Site Profile: Occupational External Dose section revised
Pinellas Plant Site Profile: Page change revision to the Occupational External Dose section
Clarksville Facility: Site Profile approved
Medina Facility: Site Profile approved
Area IV of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory (Atomics International) Site Profile: Occupational External Dose section revised
Rocky Flats Site Profile: Introduction section revised
December Technical Information Bulletin: Page change revision to Estimating the Maximum Plausible Dose to Workers at Atomic Weapons Employer Facilities
Technical Information Bulletin: Page change revision to Validation of Thorium Annual Dose Conversion Factors
Nevada Test Site's Site Profile: Page change revision to the Occupational Environmental Dose section
S-50 Oak Ridge Thermal Diffusion Plant: Summary Site Profile approved
Site Profile for Atomic Weapons Employers that Refined Uranium and Thorium approved
Site Profile for Atomic Weapons Employers that Worked Uranium and Thorium approved
Idaho National Laboratory: Site Profile Introduction section revised and Technical Information Bulletin in Support of INEEL Technical Basis Document Section 6: Reanalysis of Hankins MTR Bonner Sphere Surveys revised
Hanford Site Profile: Occupational Environmental Dose section revised

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