AWE Site Wide Documents

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.

Site Profile

• Site Profile for Atomic Weapons Employers that Refined Uranium and Thorium–TBD 6001 (Canceled)In April 2011, this document was canceled. The Appendices in this document that applied to the specific work sites listed below were made into standalone documents.

  • Appendix AA — Hooker Electrochemical
    Canceled April 4, 2011

    Note: This document is now a standalone document and can be found under the Technical Basis Document section of the Hooker Electrochemical work site page.

  • Appendix B — Du Pont Deepwater Works
    Canceled February 15, 2011

    Note: This document is now a standalone document and can be found under the Technical Basis Document section of the Du Pont Deepwater Works work site page.

  • Appendix BH — International Minerals and Chemical Corporation
    Canceled July 10, 2008

    Note: This document was canceled. This is a phosphate plant and this Site Profile (Site Profile for Atomic Weapons Employers that Refined Uranium and Thorium) only deals with the uranium exposure. Because there are a limited number of claims from this facility, NIOSH will complete the dose reconstructions without the use of this Site Profile.

  • Appendix C — Electro Metallurgical Company
    Canceled February 15, 2011

    Note: This document is now a standalone document and can be found under the Technical Basis Document section of the Electro Metallurgical Company work site page.

  • Appendix D — United Nuclear Corp.
    Canceled March 21, 2011

    Note: This document is now a standalone document and can be found under the Technical Basis Document section of the United Nuclear Corp. work site page.

  • Appendix P — Baker-Perkins–Michigan
    Canceled February 17, 2011

    Note: This document is now a standalone document and can be found under the Technical Basis Document section of the Baker-Perkins Co. work site page.

• Site Profile for Atomic Weapons Employers that Worked Uranium Metals [944 KB (55 pages)]
  Previously titled “Site Profile for Atomic Weapons Employers that Worked Uranium and Thorium Metals”
  Revised June 17, 2011

  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 AS — Copperweld Steel Co. [79 KB (8 pages)]
    Approved July 16, 2007

  • Appendix B — Birdsboro Steel & Foundry Company [192 KB (8 pages)]
    Revised June 2, 2015

    Note: Additional information on the work site can be found on the Birdsboro Steel & Foundry page.

  • Appendix BB — General Steel Industries, Rev. 3 [826 KB (42 pages)]
    Revised February 9, 2017

  • Appendix BD — Heald Machine Company [73 KB (8 pages)]
    Approved July 16, 2007

  • Appendix BL — Jessop Steel Co. [113 KB (9 pages)]
    Revised October 19, 2015

  • Appendix BL — Jessop Steel Co. [107 KB (10 pages)]
    Approved May 25, 2007

  • Appendix BO — LaPointe Machine & Tool Co. [136 KB (9 pages)]
    Approved May 25, 2007

  • Appendix BP — Landis Machine Tool Co. [83 KB (9 pages)]
    Approved July 31, 2007

  • Appendix C — Dow Chemical Company (Madison Site) [373 KB (18 pages)]
    Revised April 3, 2014

  • Appendix CD — Seymour Specialty Wire Company [377 KB (8 pages)]
    Revised April 23, 2015

  • Appendix CO — U.S. Steel, National Tube Division [97 KB (10 pages)]
    Approved June 15, 2007

  • Appendix CU — Mitts & Merrel Co. [106 KB (9 pages)]
    Approved July 31, 2007

  • Appendix D — Bliss & Laughlin Steel, Rev. 01 [253 KB (9 pages)]
    Revised May 18, 2017

  • Appendix G — Anaconda Co. [364 KB (6 pages)]
    Revised August 19, 2014

  • Appendix J — Joslyn Manufacturing and Supply Company [352 KB (10 pages)]
    Approved October 7, 2014

  • Appendix Q — Allegheny-Ludlum Steel Company [126 KB (7 pages)]
    Revised October 24, 2014

  • Appendix R — Aluminum Company of America–Pennsylvania (Alcoa 1) [172 KB (5 pages)]
    Revised March 20, 2014

  • Appendix S — Aluminum Company of America–New Jersey (Alcoa 2) [66 KB (7 pages)]
    Approved April 30, 2007

  • Appendix V — American Chain and Cable Company [83 KB (8 pages)]
    Approved July 16, 2007

Technical Information Bulletins (TIBs)

• Default Assumptions and Methods for Atomic Weapons Employer Dose Reconstructions [638 KB (70 pages)]

  Document Number: Battelle-TIB-5000 Rev-00

  About this Document: Establishes the assumptions and methods to be used for dose reconstructions from certain AWE sites.

  Approved: April 2, 2007

• Dose Reconstruction During Residual Radioactivity Periods at Atomic Weapons Employer Facilities [520 KB (24 pages)]

  Document Number: ORAUT-OTIB-0070 Rev-01

  About this Document: Establishes a process for estimating dose to workers at AWE Facilities during residual radioactivity periods.

  Revised: March 5, 2012

  Revision Includes: Revises the source term depletion rate from 0.01 day^-1 to 0.00067 day^-1, removes NUREG-1400 source term approach, and deletes Attachment B. References updated. Incorporates formal internal and NIOSH review comments. Constitutes a total rewrite of the document.

• Estimating the Maximum Plausible Dose to Workers at Atomic Weapons Employer Facilities-CANCELED

  Document Number: ORAUT-OTIB-0004 Rev-03 PC-2

  Note: This document is no longer needed for dose reconstructions. Information in this document has been superseded by other approved methodologies.

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.

• DCAS-PER-80: General Steel Industries (GSI) Program Evaluation Report, Rev. 0 [50 KB (2 pages)]
  August 30, 2017

  Document Number: DCAS-PER-80

  About this Document: New document to determine the effect of revision 2 and 3 to Battelle-TBD-6000 Appendix BB (General Steel Industries) on previously completed claims.

  Summary: NIOSH will provide the Department of Labor with the list of all the claims evaluated under this PER. Further, NIOSH will request the return of the 6 claims that would now result in a probability of causation greater than 50%.

• DCAS-PER-073, Rev. 0: Birdsboro Steel and Foundry Company Program Evaluation Report [75 KB (2 pages)]
  August 1, 2016

  Document Number: DCAS-PER-073

  About this Document: Determines the effect of the revision to Appendix B of Battelle-TBD-6000 (Birdsboro) on previously completed claims.

  Summary: The resulting probability of causation (POC) was below 45% for all effected claims. NIOSH will provide the Department of Labor with the list of all claims evaluated under this PER. Since none would now result in a POC greater than 50%, NOSH will not request the return of any of the claims.

• PER 72: Seymour Specialty Wiring Company Program Evaluation Report, Rev. 0 [22 KB (2 pages)]
  July 11, 2016

  Document Number: DCAS-PER-072

  About this Document: Determines the effect of issuing revision 1 to Appendix CD of Battelle-TBD-6000 (Seymour Specialty Wiring) on previously completed claims.

  Summary: The resulting probability of causation (POC) was below 45% for all effected claims. NIOSH will provide the Department of Labor with the list of all claims evaluated under this PER. Since none would now result in a POC greater than 50%, NOSH will not request the return of any of the claims.

• PER 70: Nuclear Metals Inc. Program Evaluation Report, Rev. 0 [72 KB (2 pages)]
  April 5, 2016

  Document Number: DCAS-PER-070

  About this Document: Determines the effect of issuing DCAS-TKBS-0010, (Nuclear Metals Inc.) on previously completed claims.

  Summary: A new dose estimate was performed for 18 effected claims using the TBD, as well as all other applicable approved dose reconstruction methods. The resulting probability of causation (POC) was below 45% for 16 claims. The two remaining claims resulted in a POC between 45% and 50%. For those claims, IREP was run 30 times at 10,000 iterations per NIOSH procedures. The resulting POC remained below 50% for both claims. NIOSH will provide the Department of Labor with the list of all claims evaluated under this PER. Since none would now result in a POC greater than 50%, NOSH will not request the return of any of the claims.

• PER 69: Jessop Steel Company Program Evaluation Report, Rev. 0 [66 KB (2 pages)]
  April 5, 2016

  Document Number: DCAS-PER-069

  About this Document: Determines the effect of the revision to Appendix BL of Battelle-TBD-6000 (Jessop) on previously completed claims.

  Summary: A new dose estimate was performed for each of the 8 effected claims using revision 1 of the Appendix, as well as all other applicable approved dose reconstruction methods. The resulting probability of causation (POC) was below 45% for all 8 claims. NIOSH will provide the Department of Labor with the list of all claims evaluated under this PER. Since none would now result in a POC greater than 50%, NOSH will not request the return of any of the claims.

• PER 68: Electro Metallurgical Company Program Evaluation Report, Rev. 0 [46 KB (2 pages)]
  April 5, 2016

  Document Number: DCAS-PER-068

  About this Document: Determines the effect of the revision to DCAS-TKBS-0007, (Electro Metallurgical Company) on previously completed claims.

  Summary: The resulting probability of causation (POC) was below 45% for 19 claims. The 20 remaining claims resulted in a POC greater than 52%. NIOSH will provide the Department of Labor with the list of all claims evaluated under this PER and request the return of those that would result in a POC greater than 50%.

• PER 67: Allegheny Ludlum Appendix Q Revision [58 KB (2 pages)]
  March 11, 2016

  Document Number: DCAS-PER-067, Rev. 0

  About this Document: Determines the effect of the revision to Appendix Q of BattelleTBD-6000 (Allegheny Ludlum Steel Company) on previously completed claims.

  Approved: March 11, 2016

  Summary: Two claims had a probability of causation greater than 52%. NIOSH will provide the Department of Labor with the list of all claims evaluated under this PER. Further, NIOSH will request the return of the 2 claims that would now result in a probability of causation greater than 50%.

• PER 65: Anaconda Company Program Evaluation Report [30 KB (2 pages)]
  November 30, 2015

  Document Number: DCAS-PER-065, Rev. 0

  About this Document: Determines the effect of the revision to Appendix G (Anaconda) of Battelle-TBD-6000 on previously completed claims.

  Approved: November 30, 2015

  Summary: The probability of causation (POC) remained below 45% for the effected claims. NIOSH will provide the Department of Labor with the list of all claims evaluated under this PER. Since none would now result in a POC greater than 50%, NOSH will not request the return of any of the claims.

• PER 63: Aluminum Company of America – Pennsylvania (ALCOA-PN) Appendix R of TBD-6000 Revision [214 KB (2 pages)]
  June 15, 2015

  Document Number: OCAS-PER-0063 Rev-00

  About this Document: Determines the effect of the revision to Appendix R of TBD-6000 (ALCOA-PN) on previously completed claims

  Approved: June 15, 2015

  Summary: Seven claims resulted in a POC greater than 50%. NIOSH will provide the Department of Labor with the list of all claims evaluated under this PER and request the return of the seven claims.

• PER 55: TBD-6000 Revision [87 KB (3 pages)]
  September 12, 2014

  Document Number: OCAS-PER-0055 Rev-00

  About this Document: Determines the effect on previously completed claims due to issuing revision 1 of Battelle-TBD-6000.

  Approved: September 12, 2014

  Summary: One case resulted in a new POC greater than 50%. NIOSH will provide the Department of Labor with the list of all the claims evaluated under this PER. Further, NIOSH will request the return of the case that would now result in a probability of causation greater than 50%.

• PER 24 : General Steel Industries TBD Approval [14 KB (1 page)]
  September 25, 2007

  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.

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:

• General Steel Industries

  • 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 [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 [1.6 MB (62 pages)]
    Transcript from August 22, 2006 [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 [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 [3.3 MB (299 pages)]

Advisory Board Work Group on TBD 6000

This Work Group is responsible for the review of the specified TBDs and the Appendices that apply to specific work sites. The Work Group will also review reports developed by the Board’s contractor (SC&A) pertaining to these TBDs and the Appendices. They will assist NIOSH and SC&A in resolving issues that arise through the review process. The Work Group will make recommendations to the Board in cases where Appendices involve sites with SEC petitions. The initial focus of the Work Group will be on Appendix BB of TBD 6000, dealing with General Steel Industries (GSI). Other sites currently being considered under this Work Group include Joslyn Manufacturing and Supply Co., Simonds Saw and Steel Company, and Superior Steel Co..

Meeting information (including agendas and transcripts) for this Work Group can be found on either the individual site pages for Baker Brothers, Bliss & Laughlin Steel, General Steel Industries, Joslyn Manufacturing and Supply Co., Simonds Saw and Steel Company, Superior Steel Co., or the Advisory Board and Public Meetings page.

Note: Baker Brothers and Bliss & Laughlin Steel sites were previously discussed by the TBD 6000 Work Group, but are not currently under discussion.

Work Group Members:

• Paul L. Ziemer, Ph.D. (Chair)

• Henry A. Anderson, M.D.

• Josie Beach

Meeting Information

• April 1, 2021 Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s TBD 6000 Work Group

  Time/Location:

  10:30 a.m. (Eastern Time)
  Meeting Type: Teleconference; Public, No Comment Period

  Videoconference:

  Join ZoomGov MeetingTeleconference Audio & Video
  Meeting ID: 160 6763 3819
  Passcode: ABRWH#01

  Teleconference:

  Phone: +1 (646) 828-7666 (U.S. East Coast)Teleconference Phone
  Phone: +1 (669) 254-5252 (U.S. West Coast)Teleconference Phone
  Meeting ID: 160 6763 3819
  Participants ID: #
  Meeting Password: 98685439
  Find your local number

  Pre-Decisional Document Policy

  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [22 KB (1 page)]

  Presentations:

  • NIOSH/DCAS: Additional Information in Response to SEC-00247 Evaluation Report Review Finding #1 [286 KB (19 pages)]

  Discussion/Background Papers:

  • SC&A: Superior Steel Co. Special Exposure Cohort (SEC-00247) Issues Matrix revision 02 [150 KB (18 pages)]
    March 15, 2021

• February 4, 2020 Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s TBD 6000 Work Group

  Time/Location:

  1:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)

  Meeting Type: Teleconference; Public, No Comment Period

  Teleconference: +1-866-659-0537
  Participant Code: 9933701

  Pre-Decisional Document Policy

  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [115 KB (1 page)]

  • Transcript [249 KB (57 pages)]

  Presentations:

  • NIOSH/DCAS: NIOSH Responses to SC&A Review of the Evaluation Report for SEC-00247 – Superior Steel Co. [336 KB (22 pages)]

  Discussion/Background Papers:

  • SC&A Draft: Superior Steel Co. Special Exposure Cohort (SEC-00247) Issues Matrix [232 KB (15 pages)]
    January 14, 2020

• September 25, 2017 Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board Work Group on TBD 6000Time/Location:

  10:30 a.m. (Eastern Time)

  Meeting Type: Teleconference; Public, No Comment Period

  Teleconference: +1-866-659-0537
  Participant Code: 9933701

  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [41 KB (1 page)]

  • Transcript [281 KB (74 pages)]

  Discussion/Background Papers:

  • SC&A Draft: A Review of NIOSH’s Program Evaluation Report DCAS-PER-063, “Aluminum Company of America – Pennsylvania (ALCOA PN)” [157 KB (16 pages)]
    Contract No. 211-2014-58081
    SCA-TR-2017-PR008, Revision 0
    July 17, 2017

  • SC&A Draft: Review of NIOSH’s Program Evaluation Report DCAS-PER-065, “Anaconda” [638 KB (23 pages)]
    Contract No. 211-2014-58081
    SCA-TR-2017-PR004, Revision 0
    June 15, 2017

  • OCAS-PER-0063 Rev-0: Aluminum Company of America – Pennsylvania (ALCOA-PN) Appendix R of TBD-6000 Revision [214 KB (2 pages)]
    June 15, 2015

  • DCAS-PER-065: Anaconda Program Evaluation Report, Rev. 0 [30 KB (2 pages)]
    November 30, 2015

• December 14, 2016–TIME CHANGE Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on TBD 6000–TIME CHANGETime/Location:

  3:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)

  Meeting Type: Teleconference; Public, No Comment Period

  Teleconference: +1-866-659-0537
  Participant Code: 9933701

  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [122 KB (1 page)]

  • Transcript [249 KB (50 pages)]

  Discussion/Background Papers:

  • SC&A Memo: Review of “Site Profiles for Atomic Weapons Employers that Worked Uranium Metals Appendix BB – General Steel Industries,” Revision 2 [126 KB (12 pages)]
    September 6, 2016

  • NIOSH/DCAS: Response to Sanford Cohen & Associates Review of Battelle -TBD-6000 Appendix BB – General Steel Industries, Revision 2 [83 KB (4 pages)]
    November 4, 2016

• July 19, 2016 Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Uranium Refining Atomic Weapons Employers (AWEs) Work GroupTime/Location:

  9:00 a.m. (Eastern Time)
  Meeting Type: Face-to-Face; Public, No Comment Period

  Cincinnati Airport Marriott
  2395 Progress Dr.
  Hebron, KY 41048
  Phone: 859-586-0166
  Toll-Free: 1-877-222-7570
  Fax: 859-586-0266

  Teleconference: +1-866-659-0537
  Participant Code: 9933701

  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [75 KB (2 pages)]

  • Transcript [664 KB (207 pages)]

  Discussion/Background Papers:

  • NIOSH/DCAS Memo: Response to SC&A’s Comments on SEC Evaluation Report for SEC-00217 [225 KB (2 pages)
    May 24, 2016

• November 3, 2015–TIME CHANGE Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on TBD 6000Time/Location:

  1:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)

  Meeting Type: Teleconference; Public, No Comment Period

  Teleconference: +1-866-659-0537
  Participant Code: 9933701

  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [16 KB (1 page)]

  • Transcript [588 KB (182 pages)]
    Table of Contents will be corrected soon

  Presentation:

  • SC&A: Review of NIOSH Response Paper: July 10, 2015 [256 KB (9 pages)]

  Discussion/Background Papers:

  • SC&A Draft: Issue Resolution Matrix for SC&A Findings on Appendix BB, Rev. 1, to TBD-6000 [248 KB (14 pages)]
    September 25, 2015

  • SC&A Memo: Review of “Responses to Sanford Cohen & Associates Review of Battelle-TBD-6000 Appendix BB (General Steel Industries, Rev. 1),” Response Paper [581 KB (12 pages)]
    September 11, 2015

  • Submission from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., regarding Critique of NIOSH/DCAS: “Discussion of Remaining Issues to Sanford Cohen & Associates Review of Battelle TBD-6000 Appendix BB (General Steel Industries, Rev. 1) Response Paper” dated July 10, 2015 [421 KB (8 pages)]
    July 20, 2015

  • NIOSH/DCAS: Discussion of Remaining Issues to Sanford Cohen & Associates Review of Battelle-TBD-6000 Appendix BB (General Steel Industries, Rev. 1) Response Paper [105 KB (9 pages)]
    July 10, 2015

• February 5, 2015
  Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on TBD 6000Time/Location:

  11:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST)
  Meeting Type: Teleconference; Public, No Comment Period

  Teleconference: +1-866-659-0537
  Participant Code: 9933701

  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [10 KB (1 page)]

  • Transcript [511 KB (200 pages)]

  Presentations:

  • SC&A Presentation: Review of Appendix BB, Rev. 1 – General Steel Industries [297 KB (8 pages)]
    February 5, 2015

  • SC&A Presentation: Review of Two NIOSH Response Papers [261 KB (3 pages)]
    February 5, 2015

  Discussion Papers:

  • SC&A Memo: Review of NIOSH’s Response Paper No. 2: “General Steel Industries Layout man Beta Skin Dose” [361 KB (22 pages)]
    January 30, 2015

  • AEC/GSI correspondence regarding 1962 AEC inspection findings [74 KB (1 page)]
    January 29, 1963

  • SC&A Memo: Review of “Responses to Sanford Cohen & Associates Review of Battelle-TBD-6000 Appendix BB (General Steel Industries, Rev. 1),” Response Paper [196 KB (8 pages)]
    January 26, 2015

  • NIOSH/DCAS: Responses to Sanford Cohen & Associates Review of Battelle-TBD-6000 Appendix BB (General Steel Industries, Rev. 1) Response Paper [76 KB (5 pages)]
    January 8, 2015

  • NIOSH/DCAS: General Steel Industries Layout man Beta Skin Dose Response Paper [274 KB (14 pages)]
    January 8, 2015

  • SC&A Memo: Review of “Site Profiles for Atomic Weapons Employers that Worked Uranium Metals Appendix BB – General Steel Industries,” Revision 1 [547 KB (16 pages)]
    December 10, 2014

  • Appendix BB — General Steel Industries [893 KB (38 pages)]
    June 6, 2014

  • Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D. and John W. Ramspott, ‘Evidence of GSI Noncompliance with AEC radiation safety regulations 1963-1971’ [170 KB (5 pages)]
    January 29, 2015

  • Submission from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., (GSI SEC-00105 co-petitioner) “Critique of GSI Appendix BB Rev 1 (Dave Allen DCAS 6/6/14)” [2 MB (87 pages)]
    July 16, 2014

• June 16, 2014
  Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on TBD 600010:30 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.

  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [10 KB (1 page)]

  • Transcript [168 KB (58 pages)]

  Discussion Papers:

  • SC&A Memo: Position on Findings 6 and 7 of the Simonds Saw and Steel TBD Review [935 KB (13 pages)]
    June 3, 2014

  • NIOSH/DCAS: Review of Simonds Saw and Steel Plant Residual Internal Dose [241 KB (19 pages)]
    February 4, 2014

  • NIOSH/DCAS: Review of Simonds Saw and Steel Plant Residual External Dose [175 KB (7 pages)]
    September 30, 2013

  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.

• April 23, 2014
  Teleconference Meeting on the Advisory Board’s Work Group on TBD 6000 10:30 a.m. (Eastern Time)

  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.

  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [10 KB (1 page)]

  • Transcript [404 KB (81 pages)]

  Discussion Papers:

  • NIOSH/DCAS White Paper: Determination of External Dose from Thorium Metal Machining – A TBD-6000 Approach, Rev. 0 [80 KB (4 pages)]
    April 17, 2014

  • NIOSH/DCAS White Paper: Dose Reconstruction Methods for Joslyn Manufacturing and Supply Co., Rev. 0 [250 KB (20 pages)]
    April 17, 2014

  • NIOSH/DCAS White Paper: Justification for the use of Surrogate data at Joslyn Manufacturing and Supply Co. [97 KB (9 pages)]
    April 15, 2014

  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 website. 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.

• January 16, 2014
  Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on TBD 600010:00 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.

  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [10 KB (1 page)]
    Revised January 9, 2014

  • Transcript [442 KB (229 pages)]

  Presentation:

  • NIOSH/DCAS: Joslyn Manufacturing and Supply Co. Special Exposure Cohort Petition Evaluation Report [150 KB (18 pages)]

  Discussion Papers:

  • SC&A Draft: Issue Resolution Matrix for SC&A Findings on Appendix BB to TBD-6000 [371 KB (29 pages)]
    January 15, 2014

  • SC&A Memo: Update of Doses from External Exposure at General Steel Industries (GSI) [315 KB (8 pages)]
    January 12, 2014

  • SC&A Draft: Issue Resolution Matrix for SC&A Findings on Petition Evaluation Report for Joslyn SEC Petition 00200 [304 KB (6 pages)]
    December 18, 2013

  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 website. 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.

• December 19, 2013
  Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on TBD 600010:00 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.

  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [10 KB (1 page)]

  • Transcript [328 KB (155 pages)]

  Discussion Papers:

  • SC&A Draft: Issue Resolution Matrix for SC&A Findings on Appendix BB to TBD-6000 [370 KB (29 pages)]
    December 18, 2013

  • NIOSH/DCAS: Review of the Resuspension Factor Employed during the Residual Contamination Period at General Steel Industries [62 KB (2 pages)]
    December 10, 2013

  • SC&A Memo: Review of Skin Dose Calculations for General Steel Industries [237 KB (8 pages)]
    December 5, 2013

  • SC&A Memo: Alternative Calculations of Resuspension at GSI [186 KB (4 pages)]
    October 22, 2013

  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 website. 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 11, 2013
  Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on TBD 600010:00 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.
  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [10 KB (1 page)]

  • Transcript [460 KB (177 pages)]

  Presentation:

  • SC&A Presentation: Comparison of Updated NIOSH and SC&A Exposure Assessments at GSI [91 KB (8 pages)]

  Discussion Papers:

  • NIOSH/DCAS White Paper: Evaluation of Differences in Beta Dose Estimates for GSI [77 KB (3 pages)]
    October 2013

  • SC&A Draft White Paper: Comments on the NIOSH White Paper, “TBD 6000 Review by SC&A, Determination of Settling Time,” Rev. 0 [301 KB (8 pages)]
    October 7, 2013

  • SC&A Memo: Response to NIOSH White Paper: “Summary Dose Estimates for GSI,” [289 KB (12 pages)]
    October 6, 2013

  • Submission from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., SEC-00105 Co-petitioner: “GSI SEC-00105 Administrative Review application to HHS,” dated 4/17/13 [103 KB (184 pages)]
    September 19, 2013

    • Addendum [499 KB (13 pages)]
      October 7, 2013

  • NIOSH/DCAS White Paper: TBD 6000 Review by SC&A Determination of Settling Time [103 KB (7 pages)]
    August 2013

  • Submission from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., “Critique of NIOSH’s August 2013 White Paper: Summary Dose Estimates for GSI” [804 KB (22 pages)]
    August 30, 2013

  • NIOSH White Paper: Summary Dose Estimates for GSI [107 KB (6 pages)]
    August 2013

  • Submission from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., “A Review of AEC Report NYO-4699: Accelerator (Including Betatron) Stray Radiation Measurements and Film Badge Data at 23 Sites” [431 KB (19 pages)]
    August 19, 2013

  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 website. 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.

• June 20, 2013
  Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on TBD 600010:30 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.
  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [11 KB (1 page)]

  • Transcript [522 KB (202 pages)]

  Discussion Papers:

  • Submission from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., “Annotated Personal Transcript of GSI Portion of TBD-6000 Work Group 6/20/13 Teleconference Meeting” [1 MB (17 pages)]
    June 23, 2013

  • Submission from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., “Goals for the TBD-6000 Work Group” [1 MB (17 pages)]
    June 21, 2013

  • Submission from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., Critique of “NIOSH/DCAS White Paper: Square Function Approximation to Estimating Inhalation Intakes” [396 KB (15 pages)]
    June 13, 2013

  • SC&A Memo: Commentary on “White Paper – Square Function Approximation to Estimating Inhalation Intakes,” Prepared by David Allen, DCAS, June 2013 [185 KB (3 pages)]
    June 11, 2013

  • NIOSH/DCAS White Paper: Square Function Approximation to Estimating Inhalation Intakes [285 KB (11 pages)]
    June 2013

  • Submission from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., Analysis of the Adley et. al. 1952 Hanford Melt Plant Technical Report [782 KB (23 pages)]
    June 7, 2013

  • Submission from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., Analysis of GSI Administrative Personnel Dose Estimates [292 KB (9 pages)]
    June 5, 2013

  • SC&A Memo: Review of NIOSH Approach to Estimating Doses to GSI Employees Not Routinely Working in Production Areas at GSI [111 KB (1 page)]
    June 4, 2013

  • SC&A Draft: Supplementary Comments on Revision 01 of Battelle-TBD-6000, Rev. 0 [428 KB (34 pages)]
    May 13, 2013

  • NIOSH/DCAS White Paper: GSI – Dose Estimate from Radium Radiographer to Employees not Routinely Working in Production Areas [75 KB (3 pages)]
    May 2013

  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 website. 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.

• April 26, 2013–CHANGED TO A TELECONFERENCE MEETING, TIME CHANGED
  Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on TBD 600010:30 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.
  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [22 KB (1 page)]

  • Transcript [794 KB (263 pages)]

  Discussion Papers:

  • SC&A Presentation: Comparison of Updated NIOSH and SC&A Exposure Assessments at GSI [641 KB (13 pages)]
    April 26, 2013

  • NIOSH/DCAS: Simonds Saw and Steel Site Profile Review Issues Matrix [81 KB (12 pages)]
    April 23, 2013

  • NIOSH/DCAS White Paper: Issues Raised in February 21, 2013 Work Group Meeting [95 KB (9 pages)]
    April 2013

    • SC&A Memo: Review of NIOSH Estimates of Internal Exposures at GSI [35 KB (3 pages)]
      April 24, 2013

    • SC&A Memo: Review of NIOSH Estimates of External Exposures at GSI [102 KB (6 pages)]
      April 23, 2013

    • Comments from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D. regarding the NIOSH/DCAS White Paper “Issues Raised in February 21, 2013, Work Group Meeting” [785 KB (24 pages)]
      April 5, 2013

  • Submission from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., General Steel Industries Radium Era: 1952-1962 New Co-petitioner and Site Expert Information on the Building 6 Inner Radiography Facility [444 KB (13 pages)]
    April 22, 2013

  • NIOSH/DCAS: Cleanup after Uranium Operations at Baker Brothers, Toledo, Ohio [95 KB (4 pages)]
    April 2, 2013

    • SC&A Memo: Baker Brothers Follow-Up – Review of NIOSH/DCAS paper “Cleanup after Uranium Operations at Baker Brothers, Toledo, Ohio” from April 2, 2013 [41 KB (4 pages)]
      April 23, 2013

  • SC&A Draft: Review of the Joslyn Manufacturing and Supply Company Petition Evaluation Report for Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) Petition 00200 [235 KB (39 pages)]
    Contract No. 200-2009-28555
    SCA-TR-SEC 2013-0069
    March 28, 2013

  • Comments from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D. regarding new information on a stolen radium plumb bob source at GSI in 1953 [200 KB (6 pages)]
    March 12, 2013

  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 website. 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 21, 2013
  Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on TBD 60009:00 a.m. (Eastern time)

  Cincinnati Airport Marriott
  2395 Progress Dr.
  Hebron, KY 41048
  (859) 586-0166

  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.
  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [11 KB (1 page)]

  • Transcript [655 KB (290 pages)]

  Discussion Papers:

  • SC&A Presentation: Comparison of NIOSH and SC&A External Exposure Assessments at GSI [483 KB (9 pages)]
    February 21, 2013

  • SC&A: Simonds Saw and Steel Site Profile Review Issues Matrix [55 KB (10 pages)]
    February 13, 2013

  • NIOSH/DCAS: GSI Dose Estimation Comparison [128 KB (7 pages)]
    January 2013

    • SC&A Memo: Response to NIOSH Report “GSI Dose Estimation Comparison” [221 KB (11 pages)]
      February 12, 2013

  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 website. 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 28, 2012
  Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on TBD 6000Cincinnati 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.
  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [94 KB (1 page)]

  • Transcript [817 KB (193 pages)]

  Discussion Papers:

  • SC&A: Issue Resolution Matrix for SC&A Findings on Appendix BB to TBD-6000 [210 KB (23 pages)]
    November 26, 2012

  • SC&A Draft White Paper: Review of New Surrogate Data for Estimating Intakes of Uranium at General Steel Industries [217 KB (18 pages)]
    Contract Number 200-2009-28555
    November 25, 2012

  • Comments from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D. regarding NIOSH/DCAS: Evaluation of Additional Air Sample Data Applicable to GSI [4 MB (20 pages)]
    November 10, 2012

    • Addendum 1 [1 MB (4 pages)]
      November 10, 2012

    • Addendum 2 [6 MB (9 pages)]
      November 26, 2012

  • NIOSH/DCAS: Evaluation of Additional Air Sample Data Applicable to GSI [316 KB (10 pages)]
    November 2012

  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 website. 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.

• August 28, 2012
  Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on TBD 6000Cincinnati 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.
  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [20 KB (1 page)]

  • Transcript [614 KB (275 pages)]

  Presentations:

  • SC&A Presentation: Alternative Model for the Calculation of Uranium Intakes at GSI [252 KB (10 pages)]

  • SC&A Presentation: Review of the Use of Surrogate Data for Estimating Intakes of Uranium at General Steel Industries [97 KB (9 pages)]

  Discussion Papers:

  • Comments from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D. regarding the agenda for the August 28, 2012, Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on TBD 6000 [54 KB (3 pages)]
    August 21, 2012

  • NIOSH/DCAS: Use of Surrogate Data at GSI – Response to SC&A Review Dated July 16, 2012 [309 KB (12 pages)]
    August 2012

  • Comments from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D. regarding the SC&A Memo: Alternative Model for the Calculation of Uranium Intakes at GSI [9 MB (28 pages)]
    August 5, 2012

  • Comments from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D. regarding the General Steel Industries Special Exposure Cohort Petition-00105 [589 KB (14 pages)]
    July 26, 2012

  • SC&A Memo: Alternative Model for the Calculation of Uranium Intakes at GSI [218 KB (13 pages)]
    July 25, 2012

  • SC&A Draft White Paper: Review of the Use of Surrogate Data for Estimating Intakes of Uranium at General Steel Industries, Rev. 0 [132 KB (12 pages)]
    July 16, 2012

  • Comments from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D. regarding the General Steel Industries Special Exposure Cohort Petition-00105 [7 MB (24 pages)]
    July 10, 2012

  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 website. 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.

• June 14, 2012
  Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on TBD 60009:00 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.
  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [10 KB (1 page)]

  • Transcript [511 KB (140 pages)]

  Discussion Papers:

  • Comments from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D. on David Allen DCAS Memo Dated June 8, 2012 to the TBD-6000 Work Group of the ABRWH in Response to the SC&A Discussion Paper Update on GSI Intake Doses [439 KB (6 pages)]
    June 13, 2012

  • SC&A Memo: Reply to NIOSH Response to SC&A Memo Dated May 30, 2012 [31 KB (4 pages)]
    June 11, 2012

  • NIOSH/DCAS: Battelle-TBD-6000 Appendix BB General Steel Industries Response to SC&A memo dated May 30, 2012 Updated Review of Occupational Internal dose at GSI [211 KB (6 pages)]
    June 8, 2012

  • 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 [113 KB (20 pages)]
    June 1, 2012

  • Comments from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D. on SC&A Discussion Paper dated 5/30/12 titled “Update of “Review of ‘Site Profiles for Atomic Weapons Employers That Worked Uranium and Thorium Metals – Appendix BB: General Steel Industries” Battelle-TBD-6000, Appendix BB,” Occupational Internal Dose [ 7 MB (26 pages)]
    June 1, 2012

  • SC&A Memo: Update of “Review of ‘Site Profiles for Atomic Weapons Employers That Worked Uranium and Thorium Metals – Appendix BB: General Steel Industries,’ Battelle-TBD-6000, Appendix BB,”Occupational Internal Dose” [52 KB (6 pages)]
    May 30, 2012

  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 website. 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 28, 2012
  Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on TBD 6000Cincinnati 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.
  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [80 KB (1 page)]

  • Transcript [650 KB (288 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 website. 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 6000Cincinnati 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.
  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [75 KB (1 page)]

  Presentation:

  • SC&A presentation: Response to “Battelle-TBD-6000 Appendix BB General Steel Industries: Dose Estimates for Betatron Operations” [1.5 MB (12 pages)]
    March 12, 2012

  Discussion Papers:

  • Draft White Paper: Response to “Battelle-TBD-6000 Appendix BB General Steel Industries: Dose Estimates for Betatron Operations” [352 KB (23 pages)]
    Contract Number 200-2009-28555
    March 12, 2012

  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 website. 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.
  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [12 KB (1 page)]

  • Transcript [910 KB (247 pages)]

  Discussion Papers:

  • NIOSH/DCAS: Evaluation of the Response of Film Badges to High Energy Photons [833 KB (5 pages)]
    October 4, 2011

  • SC&A Draft: Update on the Use of Sealed Radioactive Sources at General Steel Industries [400 KB (25 pages)]
    Contract No. 200-2009-28555
    October 20, 2011

  • SC&A Memo: Review of “NIOSH/DCAS Evaluation of the Response of Film Badges to High Energy Photons” [210 KB (8 pages)]
    October 28, 2011

  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 website. 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
  Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on TBD 6000
  Note: This meeting was rescheduled from September 16
  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.
  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [11 KB (1 page)]

  • Transcript [998 KB (350 pages)]

  Discussion Papers:

  • SC&A Draft: Review of NIOSH Report on Portable Radiography Sources at GSI- August 2011 [411 KB (21 pages)]
    September 15, 2011

  • NIOSH/DCAS: Battelle-TBD-6000 Appendix BB General Steel Industries Dose Estimates for Portable Radiography Sources [785 KB (35 pages)]
    August 2011

  • 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 [78 KB (14 pages)]
    July 25, 2011

  • SC&A Draft: Issue Resolution Matrix for SC&A Findings on Appendix BB to TBD-6000 [150 KB (14 pages)]
    July 25, 2011

  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 website. 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 6000Cincinnati 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 website. 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 600011:00 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.
  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [10 KB (1 page)]

  • Transcript [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 website. 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 6000Cincinnati 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.
  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [64 KB (2 pages)]

  • Transcript [620 KB (326 pages)]

  Discussion Papers:

  • SC&A: Issue Resolution Matrix for SC& Findings on TBD-6000 [471 KB (49 pages)]
    October 7, 2010

  • NIOSH/DCAS: Path Forward for GSI Appendix and ER Review [202 KB (9 pages)]
    October 2010

  • SC&A Draft: Review of NIOSH White Paper on Portable Radiography Sources at GSI [342 KB (14 pages)]
    September 27, 2010

  • NIOSH/DCAS: TBD-6000 Working Group – Putzier Effect [143 KB (3 pages)]
    September 2010

  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 website. 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 6000Cincinnati 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.
  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [23 KB (2 pages)]

  • Transcript [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 website. 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.

Meeting Information:

February 17, 2022 Teleconference Meeting of the Uranium Refining Atomic Weapons Employers (AWEs) Work Group

Time/Location:

12:30 p.m. (Eastern Time)
Meeting Type: Teleconference; Public, No Comment Period

Videoconference:

Join ZoomGov MeetingTeleconference Audio & Video
Meeting ID: 161 731 2093
Passcode: ABRWH#01

Teleconference:

Phone: +1 (646) 828-7666 (U.S. East)Teleconference Phone
Phone: +1 (669) 254-5252 (U.S. West)Teleconference Phone
Meeting ID: 160 6763 3819
Passcode: 98685439
Find your local number

One Tap Mobile:
U.S. EastOne Tap Mobile
U.S. WestOne Tap Mobile

Join by H.323:
161.199.136.10 (U.S. East)
161.199.138.10 (U.S. West)
Meeting ID: 160 6763 3819
Passcode: 98685439

Pre-Decisional Document Policy

Available Meeting Items:

• Agenda [169 KB (1 page)]

Presentations:

• NIOSH/DCAS Presentation: SEC-00253 – Reduction Pilot Plant [572 KB (23 pages)]

• January 30, 2020 Teleconference Meeting of the Uranium Refining Atomic Weapons Employers (AWEs) Work Group

  Time/Location:

  9:30 a.m. (Eastern Time)

  Meeting Type: Teleconference; Public, No Comment Period

  Teleconference: +1-866-659-0537
  Participant Code: 9933701

  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [80 KB (2 pages)]

  Presentations:

  • SC&A: Current Status of W.R. Grace TBD Finding 2 [229 KB (9 pages)]

  • SC&A: Current Status of W. R. Grace TBD Finding 4 [217 KB (8 pages)]

  Discussion/Background Papers:

  • SC&A Draft: SC&A’s Review of the White Paper, “NIOSH Resolution of W. R. Grace Site Profile Finding 1” [82 KB (9 pages)]
    November 19, 2019

  • SC&A Draft: SC&A’s Review of the White Paper, “NIOSH Resolution of W. R. Grace Site Profile Findings 2 and 7” [115 KB (10 pages)]
    November 18, 2019

  • SC&A Draft: SC&A’s Review of NIOSH’s White Paper, “Internal Dosimetry Coworker Intake and Exposure Model for the W. R. Grace Company, Erwin, Tennessee” [131 KB (11 pages)]
    August 30, 2019

  • NIOSH/DCAS: NIOSH Resolution of W. R. Grace Site Profile Finding 1 [80 KB (8 pages)]
    August 28, 2019

  • NIOSH/ORAU: NIOSH Resolution of W. R. Grace Site Profile Findings 2 and 7 [684 KB (29 pages)]
    July 22, 2019

  • NIOSH/ORAU: Internal Dosimetry Coworker Intake and Exposure Model Methodology at the W. R. Grace Company, Erwin, Tennessee [986 KB (40 pages)]
    March 1, 2019

  • SC&A Memo: SC&A’s Evaluation of NIOSH’s White Paper, “Neutron Dose Assignment for Plutonium Fuel at W.R. Grace” (Site Profile Finding 4) [49 KB (4 pages)]
    September 26, 2017

  • NIOSH/DCAS: Neutron Dose Assignment for Plutonium Fuel at W.R. Grace [139 KB (7 pages)]
    May 1, 2017

• January 13, 2017 Teleconference of the Advisory Board’s Uranium Refining Atomic Weapons Employers (AWEs) Work GroupTime/Location:

  10:00 a.m. (Eastern Time)
  Meeting Type: Teleconference; No Public Comment Period

  Teleconference: +1-866-659-0537
  Participant Code: 9933701

  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [23 KB (1 page)]

  • Transcript [251 KB (29 pages)]

  Discussion/Background Papers:

  • SC&A Memo: SC&A Review of NIOSH Response Paper, NIOSH Response to Sanford Cohen & Associates Review of Hooker Electrochemical Company TBD (DCAS-TKBS-0009 Rev. 3)[34 KB (2 pages)]
    December 23, 2016

  • NIOSH/DCAS: NIOSH Response to Sanford Cohen & Associates Review of Hooker Electrochemical Company TBD (DCAS-TKBS-0009 Rev. 3) Response Paper [322 KB (4 pages)]
    (December 6, 2016)

  • SC&A Draft: SC&A Review of DCAS-TKBS-0009, Revision 03, for Hooker Electrochemical Company, Rev. 0 [110 KB (12 pages)]
    November 21, 2016

• July 19 Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Uranium Refining Atomic Weapons Employers (AWEs) Work GroupTime/Location:

  9:00 a.m. (Eastern Time)
  Meeting Type: Face-to-Face; Public, No Comment Period

  Cincinnati Airport Marriott
  2395 Progress Dr.
  Hebron, KY 41048
  Phone: 859-586-0166
  Toll-Free: 1-877-222-7570
  Fax: 859-586-0266

  Teleconference: +1-866-659-0537
  Participant Code: 9933701

  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [75 KB (2 pages)]

  • Transcript [664 KB (207 pages)]

  Discussion/Background Papers:

  • SC&A Draft: Review of Special Exposure Cohort Evaluation Report for Westinghouse Electric Corp. SEC-00217, Rev. 0 [401 KB (20 pages)]
    July 30, 2015

  • SC&A Draft: SC&A Review of DCAS-TKBS-0009, Rev. 2 for Hooker Electrochemical Company [159 KB (11 pages)]
    June 28, 2016

  • NIOSH White Paper: NUMEC Issues and Feasibility of Coworker Model, Rev. 0 [748 KB (19 pages)]
    June 23, 2016

  • SC&A Memo: SC&A’s Review of NIOSH’s White Paper Addressing Issues on the Coworker Model for United Nuclear Corporation [79 KB (3 pages)]
    June 3, 2016

  • NIOSH/DCAS Memo: Response to SC&A’s Comments on SEC Evaluation Report for Westinghouse Electric Corp.SEC-00217 [225 KB (2 pages)
    May 24, 2016

  • SC&A Draft: SC&A Assessment of Selected NIOSH Responses to SC&A NUMEC Site Profile Findings [352 KB (14 pages)]
    August 14, 2015

  • SC&A Draft: Review of Special Exposure Cohort Evaluation Report for Westinghouse Electric Corp. SEC-00217, Rev. 0 [401 KB (20 pages)]
    July 30, 2015

• August 3, 2015 Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on Uranium Refining Atomic Weapons Employers (AWEs)Time/Location:

  10:00 a.m. (Eastern Time)

  Meeting Type: Teleconference; Public, No Comment Period

  Teleconference: +1-866-659-0537
  Participant Code: 9933701

  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [15 KB (1 page)]

  • Transcript [878 KB (179 pages)]

  Discussion/Background Papers:

  • NIOSH/DCAS: NIOSH Responses to SC&A Review of ORAUT-TKBS-0041, Rev. 02: Site Profile for Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corporation, Apollo and Parks Township, Pennsylvania Response Paper, Rev. 0-A [859 KB (19 pages)]
    May 14, 2015

  • SC&A Draft: Review of the NIOSH Site Profile for Nuclear Materials and Equipment Parks Township and Apollo Sites [834 KB (74 pages)]
    Contract No. 200-2009-28555
    SCA-TR-SP2013-0038
    April 19, 2013

  • SC&A Draft: Issues Resolution Matrix for W.R. Grace & Company in Erwin, Tennessee Site Profile, Rev. 0 [98 KB (8 pages)]
    January 16, 2013

  • SC&A Draft: Review of the NIOSH Site Profile for the W.R. Grace and Company in Erwin, Tennessee [275 KB (39 pages)] Contract No. 200-2009-28555 SCA-TR-SP2013-0041
    January 16, 2013

• January 22, 2015
  Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on Uranium Refining Atomic Weapons Employers (AWEs)Time/Location:

  12:00 p.m. Eastern Time
  Meeting Type: Teleconference; Public, No Comment Period

  Teleconference: +1-866-659-0537
  Participant Code: 9933701

  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [19 KB (1 page)]

  • Transcript [242 KB (75 pages)]

  Discussion Paper:

  • SC&A Draft: Resolution of SC&A Findings Developed during Review of “DCAS-TKBS-0006, Revision 00,” Rev. 0 [260 KB (10 pages)]
    Contract No. 211-2014-58081
    November 21, 2014

  Please Note: 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 the CDC/ATSDR FOIA office at foiarequests@cdc.gov.

• September 27, 2013
  Teleconference Meeting of the Uranium Refining Atomic Weapons Employers (AWEs) Work Group11:00 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.
  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [31 KB (1 page)]

  • Transcript [128 KB (47 pages)]

  Discussion Papers:

  • SC&A Draft: Response to NIOSH’s Commentary on Findings Regarding the Site Profile for Du Pont Deepwater Works, Rev. 0 [119 KB (16 pages)]
    Contract No. 200-2009-28555
    June 6, 2013

  • NIOSH/DCAS: Du Pont Deepwater Works NIOSH’s Response to Findings in SC&A’s Review, Dated August 12, 2011 [365 KB (8 pages)]
    March 13, 2013

  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 website. 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 7, 2012–CHANGED TO A TELECONFERENCE
  Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on Uranium Refining Atomic Weapons Employers (AWEs)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.
  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [110 KB (1 page)]

  • Transcript [395 KB (131 pages)]

  Discussion Paper:

  • SC&A Memo: Du Pont Deepwater Works Issues Matrix [184 KB (2 pages)]
    September 4, 2012

  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 website. 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 14, 2012
  Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on Uranium Refining Atomic Weapons Employers (AWEs)2:00 p.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.
  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [105 KB (1 page)]

  • Transcript [356 KB (73 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 website. 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 21, 2011
  Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on Uranium Refining Atomic Weapons Employers (AWEs)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.
  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [17 KB (1 page)]

  • Transcript [523 KB (184 pages)]

  Discussion Papers:

  • NIOSH/DCAS: United Nuclear Corporation Air Concentration Data for 1961 and 1962 [79 KB (7 pages)]
    November 2011

    • Supplemental Graph Comparing Intakes Calculated from United Nuclear Air Data and Values Assigned Based on Bioassay for 1960-1963 [5 KB (1 page)]

  • NIOSH/DCAS White Paper: Representativeness and Applicability of United Nuclear Corporation Air Sampling for Reconstructing Thorium Intakes [390 KB (9 pages)]
    November 14, 2011

  • NIOSH/DCAS White Paper: SEC-00116 United Nuclear Corporation Petitioner Issues [92 KB (8 pages)]
    November 3, 2011

  • SC&A Draft: Review of the NIOSH Site Profile for Baker-Perkins, Saginaw, Michigan (DCAS-TKBS-0005) [255 KB (15 pages)]
    Contract No. 200-2009-28555
    SCA-TR-SP2011-0036, Revision 1
    November 2, 2011

  • SC&A Draft Memo: Use of Surrogate Air Sampling Data at Hooker Electrochemical Company: Comparison of DCAS and SC&A Approaches [83 KB (7 pages)]
    September 22, 2011

  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 website. 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.

• August 16, 2011
  Note: This meeting was changed from a regular meeting to a Teleconference meeting.
  Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on Uranium Refining Atomic Weapons Employers (AWEs) Work Group

  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.
  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [15 KB (1 page)]

  • Transcript [149 KB (67 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 website. 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 16, 2011
  Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on TBD 6001Cincinnati 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 website. 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, 2011–POSTPONED
  Note: The meeting is being postponed and will be rescheduled at a later date.
  Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on TBD 6001

  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 website. 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 4, 2010
  Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on TBD 6001Cincinnati 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.
  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [20 KB (1 page)]

  • Transcript [563 KB (271 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 website. 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.

• July 7, 2010
  Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on TBD 6001Cincinnati 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.
  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [25 KB (1 page)]

  • Transcript [745 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 website. 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 and NIOSH Discussions on AWE Site Wide Documents

The AWE Site Wide 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.

Program Evaluation Plans and Reports (PEPs and PERs)

• SC&A Presentation: Review of One Advisory Board-Selected Case Reworked for the Evaluation of Norton Dose Reconstruction Template Revisions (DCAS-PER-059, Subtask 4) [333 KB (15 pages)]
  Presentation at the February 15, 2022, Teleconference Meeting of the Subcommittee for Procedure Reviews

• SC&A Draft: DCAS-PER-080, Subtask 4: Review of Five Cases Reevaluated by NIOSH Using TBD-6000, Appendix BB, Revisions 2 and 3 [245 KB (24 pages)]
  Contract No. 211-2014-58081
  SCA-TR-2018-PER080-ST4, Revision 0
  July 19, 2018

• SC&A Draft: A Review of NIOSH’s Program Evaluation Report DCAS-PER-063, “Aluminum Company of America – Pennsylvania (ALCOA PN)” [157 KB (16 pages)]
  Contract No. 211-2014-58081
  SCA-TR-2017-PR008, Revision 0
  July 17, 2017

• SC&A Draft: Review of NIOSH’s Program Evaluation Report DCAS-PER-065, “Anaconda” [638 KB (23 pages)]
  Contract No. 211-2014-58081
  SCA-TR-2017-PR004, Revision 0
  June 15, 2017

Technical Documents (Site Profiles/Technical Basis Documents)

Technical Basis Document (TBD) 6000

• SC&A Draft: DCAS-PER-080, Subtask 4: Review of Five Cases Reevaluated by NIOSH Using TBD-6000, Appendix BB, Revisions 2 and 3 [245 KB (24 pages)]
  Contract No. 211-2014-58081
  SCA-TR-2018-PER080-ST4, Revision 0
  July 19, 2018

• SC&A Draft: Review of NIOSH’s Program Evaluation Report DCAS-PER-065, “Anaconda” [638 KB (23 pages)]
  Contract No. 211-2014-58081
  SCA-TR-2017-PR004, Revision 0
  June 15, 2017

• NIOSH/DCAS: NIOSH Response to Sanford Cohen & Associates Review Comments on Appendix BB, Rev. 3 [138 KB (3 pages)]
  April 6, 2017

• SC&A Memo: Reply to NIOSH Response Paper Regarding Appendix BB, Revision 2 [116 KB (3 pages)]
  December 9, 2016

• NIOSH/DCAS: Response to Sanford Cohen & Associates Review of Battelle -TBD-6000 Appendix BB – General Steel Industries, Revision 2 [83 KB (4 pages)]
  November 4, 2016

• SC&A Memo: Review of “Site Profiles for Atomic Weapons Employers that Worked Uranium Metals Appendix BB – General Steel Industries,” Revision 2 [126 KB (12 pages)]
  September 6, 2016

• Advisory Board Presentation: Report of TBD-6000 Work Group Concerning Appendix BB Rev. 1 Findings (General Steel Industries) [88 KB (11 pages)]
  Presented at the November 18-19, 2015, Meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health

• SC&A Draft: Issue Resolution Matrix for SC&A Findings on Appendix BB, Rev. 1, to TBD-6000 [314 KB (13 pages)]
  November 13, 2015

• SC&A Presentation: Review of NIOSH Response Paper: July 10, 2015 [256 KB (9 pages)]
  Presentation from the November 3, 2015, Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on TBD 6000

• SC&A Draft: Issue Resolution Matrix for SC&A Findings on Appendix BB, Rev. 1, to TBD-6000 [248 KB (14 pages)]
  September 25, 2015

• SC&A Memo: Review of “Responses to Sanford Cohen ” Associates Review of Battelle-TBD-6000 Appendix BB (General Steel Industries, Rev. 1),” Response Paper [581 KB (12 pages)]
  September 11, 2015

• SC&A Draft: A Review of NIOSH’s Program Evaluation Report DCAS-PER-055, “TBD-6000 Revision, 9/12/2014,” Rev. 0 [577 KB (23 pages)]
  Contract No. 211-2014-58081
  SCA-TR-PER2015-0097
  July 24, 2015

• SC&A Draft: Review of “Site Profiles for Atomic Weapons Employers that Worked Uranium Metals: Appendix J-Joslyn,” Rev. 0 [616 KB (33 pages)]
  Contract Number 211-2014-58081
  SCA-TR-SP2015-0050
  May 12, 2015

• SC&A Draft: Focused Review of Appendix C, Revision 1 to TBD-6000, Dow Chemical Company (Madison Site) [463 KB (22 pages)]
  Contract No. 211-2014-58081
  SCA-TR-SP2015-0051, Revision 0
  April 9, 2015

• SC&A Presentation: Review of Appendix BB, Rev. 1 – General Steel Industries [297 KB (8 pages)]
  February 5, 2015, Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on TBD 6000

• SC&A Presentation: Review of Two NIOSH Response Papers [261 KB (3 pages)]
  February 5, 2015, Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on TBD 6000

• SC&A Memo: Review of NIOSH’s Response Paper No. 2: “General Steel Industries Layout man Beta Skin Dose” [361 KB (22 pages)]
  January 30, 2015

• SC&A Memo: Review of “Responses to Sanford Cohen & Associates Review of Battelle-TBD-6000 Appendix BB (General Steel Industries, Rev. 1),” Response Paper [196 KB (8 pages)]
  January 26, 2015

• NIOSH/DCAS: Responses to Sanford Cohen & Associates Review of Battelle-TBD-6000 Appendix BB (General Steel Industries, Rev. 1) Response Paper [76 KB (5 pages)]
  January 8, 2015

• NIOSH/DCAS: General Steel Industries Layout man Beta Skin Dose Response Paper [274 KB (14 pages)]
  January 8, 2015

• NIOSH/DCAS White Paper: Determination of External Dose from Thorium Metal Machining – A TBD-6000 Approach, Rev. 0 [80 KB (4 pages)]
  April 17, 2014

• SC&A Memo: Response to Comments Regarding Time to Reach Equilibrium for the Buildup of Uranium on Surfaces [203 KB (2 pages)]
  October 14, 2013

• SC&A Draft White Paper: Comments on the NIOSH White Paper, “TBD 6000 Review by SC&A, Determination of Settling Time,” Rev. 0 [301 KB (8 pages)]
  October 7, 2013

• NIOSH/DCAS White Paper: TBD 6000 Review by SC&A Determination of Settling Time [103 KB (7 pages)]
  August 2013

• SC&A Draft: Supplementary Comments on Revision 01 of Battelle-TBD-6000, Rev. 0 [428 KB (34 pages)]
  Contract No. 200-2009-28555
  May 13, 2013

• SC&A: Issue Resolution Matrix for SC&A Findings on Appendix BB to TBD-6000 [210 KB (23 pages)]
  November 26, 2012

  • July 28, 2012 [186 KB (21 pages)]

  • July 25, 2011 [150 KB (14 pages)]

  • October 7, 2010 [471 KB (49 pages)]

• NIOSH/DCAS: TBD-6000 Working Group – Putzier Effect [143 KB (3 pages)]
  September 2010

Technical Basis Document (TBD) 6001

• SC&A Draft: Review of Battelle-TBD-6001, Site Profiles for Atomic Weapons Employers That Worked Uranium And Thorium Metals, Revision FO Dated December 13, 2006 [378 KB (53 pages)]
  Contract No. 200-2004-03805
  Task Order No. 1
  SCA-TR-TASK1-0026
  February 26, 2008

Technical Documents (Technical Information Bulletins)

Technical Information Bulletin (TBD) 5000

• SC&A Memo: Reply to NIOSH Response to SC&A Review Comments on Battelle-TIB-5000 [763 KB (11 pages)]
  March 27, 2023

• NIOSH/DCAS Presentation: Battelle Technical Information Bulletin – 5000 [542 KB (25 pages)]
  Presentation at the September 29, 2022, Teleconference Meeting of the Subcommittee for Procedure Reviews

• NIOSH/DCAS Memo: NIOSH Response to SC&A Review Comments of Battelle-TIB-5000, “Default Assumptions and Methods for Atomic Weapons Employer Dose Reconstructions” [385 KB (5 pages)]
  July 12, 2022

• SC&A Presentation: Review of Battelle-TIB-5000 Default Assumptions and Methods for AWE Sites [889 KB (28 pages)]
  Presentation at the February 15, 2022, Teleconference Meeting of the Subcommittee for Procedure Reviews

• SC&A Draft: Review of Battelle-TIB-5000, “Default Assumptions and Methods for Atomic Weapons Employer Dose Reconstructions” [2.3 MB (30 pages)]
  Contract No. 75D30119C04183
  Document No. SCA-TR-2022-PR001, Revision 0
  January 10, 2022

Public Comments on AWE Site Wide Documents

How to Submit Comments
Comments on AWE Site Wide documents can be submitted to the NIOSH Docket Officer electronically by e-mail 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 (020) on all comments.

Comments Received

• Submission from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., Critique of Battelle TBD-6000 Appendix BB (General Steel Industries) Rev. 2 [1.1 MB (22 pages)]
  January 26, 2017

• Submission from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., regarding Case Selection Criteria for NIOSH PER-057 pertaining to the General Steel Industries (GSI) Facility by SC&A and the PRSC [5 MB (45 pages)]
  May 12, 2016

• Submission from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., regarding Critique of NIOSH/DCAS: “Discussion of Remaining Issues to Sanford Cohen & Associates Review of Battelle TBD-6000 Appendix BB (General Steel Industries, Rev. 1) Response Paper” dated July 10, 2015 [421 KB (8 pages)]
  July 20, 2015

• Submission from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., Concerning Multiple NDT Radiographic Source Terms at the Birdsboro, PA EEOICPA AWE Site [256 KB (7 pages)]
  June 13, 2015

• Submission from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., regarding NIOSH, DOL, and DOE website data for Dow Chemical Corporation (CA and Madison sites) and SEC petition class size (operational and residual periods) for General Steel Industries Special Exposure Cohort Petition SEC-00105 [3 MB (27 pages)]
  March 27, 2015

• Submission from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., response to Paul Ziemer about remarks at the 2/5/15 TBD-6000 Work Group meeting [363 KB (7 pages)]
  February 12, 2015

• Submission from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., Addendum – Extended Comments on GSI PER-057 and the Related DOW PER-058 [196 KB (4 pages)]
  February 10, 2015

• Submission from John W. Ramspott, regarding justification for a General Steel Industries (GSI) Program Evaluation Report (PER) [1 MB (23 pages)]
  February 8, 2015

• Submission from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., regarding the February 5, 2015, Advisory Board Work Group Meeting on TBD 6000 [438 KB (17 pages)]
  February 6, 2015

• Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D. and John W. Ramspott, ‘Evidence of GSI Noncompliance with AEC radiation safety regulations 1963-1971’ [170 KB (5 pages)]
  January 29, 2015

• Submission from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., (GSI SEC-00105 co-petitioner) “Critique of GSI Appendix BB Rev 1 (Dave Allen DCAS 6/6/14)” [2 MB (87 pages)]
  July 16, 2014

• Submission from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., “Evidence that SC&A Uses Measured Data to Validate Co-60 and IR-192 MCNPX Computer Models” [269 KB (9 pages)]
  October 23, 2013

• Submission from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., SEC-00105 Co-petitioner: “GSI SEC-00105 Administrative Review application to HHS,” dated 4/17/13 [103 KB (184 pages)]
  September 19, 2013

  • Addendum [499 KB (13 pages)]
    October 7, 2013

• Submission from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., “Critique of Dave Allen DCAS August 2013 White Paper ‘Summary Dose Estimates for GSI'” [804 KB (22 pages)]
  August 30, 2013

• Submission from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., “A Review of AEC Report NYO-4699: Accelerator (Including Betatron) Stray Radiation Measurements and Film Badge Data at 23 Sites” [431 KB (19 pages)]
  August 19, 2013

• Submission from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., “Annotated Personal Transcript of GSI Portion of TBD-6000 Work Group 6/20/13 Teleconference Meeting” [1 MB (17 pages)]
  June 23, 2013

• Submission from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., “Goals for the TBD-6000 Work Group” [1 MB (17 pages)]
  June 21, 2013

• Submission from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., Critique of “NIOSH/DCAS White Paper: Square Function Approximation to Estimating Inhalation Intakes” [396 KB (15 pages)]
  June 13, 2013

• Submission from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., Analysis of the Adley et. al. 1952 Hanford Melt Plant Technical Report [782 KB (23 pages)]
  June 7, 2013

• Submission from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., Analysis of GSI Administrative Personnel Dose Estimates [292 KB (9 pages)]
  June 5, 2013

• Submission from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., General Steel Industries Radium Era: 1952-1962 New Co-petitioner and Site Expert Information on the Building 6 Inner Radiography Facility [444 KB (13 pages)]
  April 22, 2013

• Submission from Kent Wall regarding radiogenic organs [55 KB (3 pages)]
  April 2, 2013

• Comments from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D. regarding the NIOSH/DCAS White Paper “Issues Raised in February 21, 2013, Work Group Meeting” [785 KB (24 pages)]
  April 5, 2013

• Comments from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D. regarding new information on a stolen radium plumb bob source at GSI in 1953 [200 KB (6 pages)]
  March 12, 2013

• Annotated transcript of notes submitted by Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D. from the February 21, 2013, meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on TBD 6000 [2 MB (139 pages)]
  March 12, 2013

• Comments from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D. regarding GSI SEC Petition SEC-00105 [1 MB (60 pages)]
  December 11, 2012

• Comments from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D. regarding GSI betatron testing [2 MB (13 pages)]
  November 19, 2012

• Comments from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D. regarding NIOSH/DCAS: Evaluation of Additional Air Sample Data Applicable to GSI [4 MB (20 pages)]
  November 10, 2012

  • Addendum 1 [1 MB (4 pages)]
    November 10, 2012

  • Addendum 2 [6 MB (9 pages)]
    November 26, 2012

• Comments from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D. regarding his presentation at the September 19, 2012, Advisory Board meeting [3 MB (14 pages)]
  September 21, 2012

• Co-Petitioner Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., MD Presentation: General Steel Industries SEC Petition 105 [437 KB (7 pages)]
  September 18, 2012

• Annotated transcribed notes submitted by Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D. from the August 28, 2012, Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on TBD-6000 [897 KB (43 pages)]
  September 2, 2012

• Comments from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D. regarding NIOSH: Use of Surrogate Data at GSI Response to SC&A Review Dated July 16, 2012 [4 MB (16 pages)]
  August 26, 2012

  • Addendum [1 MB (6 pages)]
    August 26, 2012

• Comments from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D. regarding the agenda for the August 28, 2012, Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on TBD 6000 [54 KB (3 pages)]
  August 21, 2012

• Comments from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D. regarding the SC&A Memo: Alternative Model for the Calculation of Uranium Intakes at GSI [9 MB (28 pages)]
  August 5, 2012

• Comments from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D. regarding the General Steel Industries Special Exposure Cohort Petition-00105 [589 KB (14 pages)]
  July 26, 2012

• Comments from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D. regarding the General Steel Industries Special Exposure Cohort Petition-00105 [7 MB (24 pages)]
  July 10, 2012

• Docket 140 (GSI) Submission from a Private Person [370 KB (3 pages)]
  June 14, 2012

• Comments from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D. on David Allen DCAS Memo Dated June 8, 2012 to the TBD-6000 Work Group of the ABRWH in Response to the SC&A Discussion Paper Update on GSI Intake Doses [439 KB (6 pages)]
  June 13, 2012

• Comments from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D. on SC&A Discussion Paper dated 5/30/12 titled “Update of “Review of ‘Site Profiles for Atomic Weapons Employers That Worked Uranium and Thorium Metals – Appendix BB: General Steel Industries” Battelle-TBD-6000, Appendix BB,” Occupational Internal Dose [7 MB (26 pages)]
  June 2, 2012

• Comments from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D. on SC&A Discussion Paper dated 5/30/12 titled “Update of “Review of ‘Site Profiles for Atomic Weapons Employers That Worked Uranium and Thorium Metals – Appendix BB: General Steel Industries” Battelle-TBD-6000, Appendix BB,” Occupational Internal Dose [7 MB (26 pages)]
  June 1, 2012

• Submission from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D. requesting that technical documents and comments he made between 2/28/12 and 3/28/12 be posted to Docket 140 and sent to the Advisory Board [3 MB (4 pages)]
  May 21, 2012

  • Attachment 1: Critique of the NIOSH January 2012 White Paper “Dose Estimates For Betatron Operations” [7 MB (31 pages)]

  • Attachment 2: Docket 140 General Steel Industries – Addendum #1 to 2/28/2012 Submission [8 MB (36 pages)]

  • Attachment 3: Corrected Concrete Activation Isotopes, SEC Issues 5 and 6 From the David Allen/DCAS October 2010 “Path Forward for GSI” Report [4 MB (6 pages)]

  • Attachment 4: Memo – E-mail from John Ramspott to DWM 3/22/12 RE: MCNPx code [858 KB (4 pages)]

  • Attachment 5: Dan McKeel GSI-00105 Co-Petitioner Comments, Part 1, to David Allen Addendum 3 to his January 2012 Betatron Operations White Paper (via e-mail) [9 MB (14 pages)]

  • Attachment 6: Daniel McKeel GSI Co-Petitioner Comments, Part 2: David Allen January 2012 Betatron White Paper, ADDENDUM 3: New Betatron Scenario For Layout Worker Exposures; Interpretation of McKeel-Landauer Program 2084 (GSI) Film Badge Data (March 25, 2012) by Daniel W. McKeel, Jr. [8 MB (12 pages)]

  • Attachment 7: McKeel Petitioner Comments on NIOSH Allen August 2011 and January 2012 Path Forward For GSI White Papers and Addenda to Them [4 MB (7 pages)]

  • Attachment 8: E-mail from Dan McKeel to Ted Katz – Request to distribute TBD-6000 work group information to full Board [2 MB (3 pages)]

• Docket 140 (GSI) Submission from Kent Wall [100 KB (1 page)]
  March 30, 2012

• 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 [5.3 MB (29 pages)]
  March 17, 2012

• Docket 140 (GSI) Submission from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D. [82 KB (1 page)]
  March 11, 2012

  • Docket 140 General Steel Industries: Addendum 1 and 2 [ 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” [2 MB (1 page)]
  February 27, 2012

  • Attachment: Critique of the NIOSH January 2012 White Paper “Dose Estimates For Betatron Operations” [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 [1 MB (2 pages)]
  November 4, 2011

• Comments from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., on a new General Steel Industries related 1978 report: OSHA Regulates Betatrons & Accelerators [97 KB (6 pages)]
  September 6, 2011

• Comments from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., on the General Steel Industries SEC Petition (NIOSH SEC-00105) [203 KB (4 pages)]
  July 22, 2011

• Comments from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., on the General Steel Industries SEC Petition (NIOSH SEC-00105) [3.5 MB (19 pages)]
  March 12, 2011

• Comments from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., on the General Steel Industries SEC Petition (NIOSH SEC-00105) [2.7 MB (4 pages)]
  February 7, 2011

• Comments from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., on the Dow Chemical Co. (Madison Site) SEC Petition Evaluation Report (NIOSH SEC-00079) [1.6 MB (108 pages)]
  July 12, 2010

• Comments from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., on the Dow Chemical Co. (Madison Site) SEC Petition Evaluation Report (NIOSH SEC-00079) [6 MB (27 pages)]
  June 13, 2010

• Comments from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., on the Former Dow Chemical, Madison, IL, AWE Facility, Including NIOSH Addendum 2 to the NIOSH SEC-00079 Petition Evaluation; SC&A Review of Addendum 2; Appendix C to TBD-6000 and the SC&A Review of Appendix C [717 KB (15 pages)]
  May 11, 2010

• Comments from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., on the General Steel Industries SEC Petition (NIOSH SEC-00105) [163 KB (3 pages)]
  April 26, 2010

• Comments from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., on the General Steel Industries SEC Petition (NIOSH SEC-00105) [7 MB (10 pages)]
  December 12, 2009

• Submission from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., Reply to NIOSH/DCAS: Draft White Paper for GSI Appendix BB Review from October 31, 2008 [360 KB (16 pages)]
  November 9, 2008

• Submission from Daniel W. McKeel, Jr., M.D., Reply to NIOSH/DCAS: Draft White Paper for GSI Appendix BB Review from October 31, 2008 [360 KB (16 pages)]
  November 9, 2008

• Comments on the Site Profile for Atomic Weapons Employers that Worked Uranium and Thorium Metals document, Appendix BB — General Steel Industries

  • Critique to NIOSH of Appendix BB to Battelle TBD-6000 for the General Steel Industries SEC AWE Site [1.1 MB (23 pages)]

    • NIOSH written response to “Critique to NIOSH of Appendix BB to Battelle TBD-6000 for the General Steel Industries SEC AWE Site” [1 MB (11 pages)]

  • Comment and Reply Re: Appendix BB to Battelle TBD-6000 for the General Steel Industries Site. Submitted to OCAS and its Director, Larry Elliott, as a public comment to the July 17-19, 2007, ABRWH meeting and as a public docket comment to the Appendix BB for posting on the OCAS Website. [1.1 MB (23 pages)]

    • NIOSH written response to “Comment and Reply Re: Appendix BB to Battelle TBD-6000 for the General Steel Industries Site. Submitted to OCAS and its Director, Larry Elliott, as a public comment to the July 17-19, 2007, ABRWH meeting and as a public docket comment to the Appendix BB for posting on the OCAS Website.” [1.2 MB (13 pages)]

• Comments from private person on Simonds Saw and Steel Company [72 KB (1 page)]
  December 18, 2006

Document Archive for AWE Site Wide Documents

• Site Profiles for Atomic Weapons Employers that Worked Uranium Metals

  1. Appendix D — Bliss & Laughlin Steel [162 KB (9 pages)]
     Approved September 11, 2012

  2. Appendix BL — Jessop Steel Co. [165 KB (10 pages)]
     Approved May 25, 2007

• Dose Reconstruction During Residual Radioactivity Periods at Atomic Weapons Employer Facilities [349 KB (26 pages)]

  Document Number: ORAUT-OTIB-0070 Rev-00

  About this Document: Establishes a process for estimating dose to workers at AWE Facilities during residual radioactivity periods.

  Approved: March 10, 2008

• Estimating the Maximum Plausible Dose to Workers at Atomic Weapons Employer Facilities (TIB 4)–CANCELED
  Note: This document is no longer needed for dose reconstructions. Information in this document has been superseded by other approved methodologies.

  • Page Change Revision December 6, 2006 [285 KB (25 pages)]

    Document Number: ORAUT-OTIB-0004 Rev-03 PC-2

    Page Change Revision Includes: Removes Westinghouse Atomic Power Development Plant from Table B-1 in Attachment B on page 25, because their radiological activities included more than metallic uranium work. Updated required language in Purpose section on page 5. No further changes occurred as a result of internal formal review. Incorporated NIOSH formal review comment. This revision may result in an increase in assigned dose to Westinghouse Atomic Power Development Plant cases and a PER is required for Westinghouse Atomic Power Development Plant cases previously completed using this document.

  • Page Change Revision November 18, 2005 [196 KB (24 pages)]

    Document Number: ORAUT-OTIB-0004 Rev-03 PC-1

    Page Change Revision Includes: Approved page change revision to correct enriched uranium intake numbers in Table 3-5 (page 12).

  • Revised August 12, 2005 [258 KB (25 pages)]

    Document Number: ORAUT-OTIB-0004 Rev-03

    Revision Includes: Updates Appendix A, List of Applicable Facilities, and adds wording to clarify the application of the document. Allows for expansion to other facility types; includes estimate of industrial source exposures based on analyses of 1960-1980 commercial doses; deletes applicability (at this time) to U-recovery with phosphoric acid; adds type S assumption; used activity rather than mass air concentrations for calculations; uses different specific activity assumption for consistency with IMBA; uses OCAS-TIB-009 ingestion scenario; adds consideration of urinalysis; adds RU and EU assumptions; updates MCNP ingot doses; modifies ingot external dose assumptions; modifies external dose contamination calculation by accounting for isotopic fractions to consider effect of EU; removes external organ doses, but provides separate analyses (concern from Task 5 that reconstruction methods subject to their program should not be in Site Profile – the line is still blurry); added nonpenetrating dose assumptions; added photofluorography assumption prior to 1962. Corrected Table 3-8, first row to acute. Addressed OCAS comments: explicitly stated exception to default radiography doses could be made on a case-by-case basis, limited Appendix A industrial exposures to covered periods, and changed Appendix A industrial dose estimates back to linear (versus exponential) fit of data.

  • Revised December 4, 2003 [166 KB (13 pages)]

    Document Number: ORAUT-OTIB-0004 Rev-02

    Revision Includes: Adds remainder dose to Table 4.

  • Revised November 25, 2003 [164 KB (13 pages)]

    Document Number: ORAUT-OTIB-0004 Rev-01

    Revision Includes: Incorporates changes to correct errors on pages 4 and 10. TIB incorrectly referred to Absorption Type in ingestion discussion.

  • Approved November 20, 2003 [162 KB (13 pages)]
    Document Number: ORAUT-OTIB-0004 Rev-00

    About this Document: Establishes the technical basis for a process for estimating the maximum plausible dose to workers at selected AWE Facilities.

• Site Profile for Atomic Weapons Employers that Refined Uranium and Thorium [446 KB (75 pages)]
  Approved December 13, 2006

  About this Document: This technical basis is established for the reconstruction of radiation doses of workers at AWE sites which refined uranium under contract to the United States government from 1942 to 1958. This document covers the generic aspects of uranium refining and the data are useful where no other dosimetry data exist. Site specific appendices are included that provide information that apply to only the identified site.

  • Appendix AA — Hooker Electrochemical [66 KB (10 pages)]
    Approved June 15, 2007

  • Site Profile: Appendix B — Du Pont Deepwater Works [44 KB (10 pages)]
    Approved January 3, 2008

  • Site Profile: Appendix C — Electro Metallurgical Company [32 KB (8 pages)]
    Approved December 21, 2007

  • Site Profile: Appendix D — United Nuclear Corp. [55 KB (7 pages)]
    Approved March 13, 2008

  • Site Profile: Appendix P — Baker-Perkins–Michigan [68 KB (7 pages)]
    Approved September 14, 2007

• Site Profile for Atomic Weapons Employers that Worked Uranium and Thorium Metals [394 KB (57 pages)]
  Now titled “Site Profile for Atomic Weapons Employers that Worked Uranium Metals”
  Approved December 13, 2006

  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.

  • Appendix B — Birdsboro Steel & Foundry Company [86 KB (9 pages)]
    Approved September 14, 2007Note: Additional information on the work site can be found on the Birdsboro Steel & Foundry page.

  • Appendix CD — Seymour Specialty Wire Company [320 KB (20 pages)]
    Approved July 16, 2007

  • Appendix G — Anaconda Co. [119 KB (7 pages)]
    Approved April 30, 2007

  • Appendix Q — Allegheny-Ludlum Steel Company [206 KB (16 pages)]
    Approved April 30, 2007

  • Appendix R — Aluminum Company of America–Pennsylvania (Alcoa 1) [128 KB (10 pages)]
    Approved April 30, 2007

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

• 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.
  Available Meeting Items:

  • Agenda [21 KB (2 pages)]

  • Transcript [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 website. 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.
  Available Meeting Items:

  • Transcript [764 KB (351 pages)]

• 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.
  Available Meeting Items:

  • Transcript [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 website. 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.
  Available Meeting Items:

  • Transcript [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 website. 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.