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2023 General Activities on Department of Energy (DOE) Cases
DCAS will reconstruct radiation doses by evaluating all appropriate data relevant to which an individual worker or group of workers have been exposed, particularly when radiation monitoring data are unavailable, incomplete, or of poor quality. The data used for the dose reconstructions will be obtained through requests sent to DOE and data search and capture efforts.
DCAS along with Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU), the contractor hired to support NIOSH’s responsibilities under The Act, have been involved in data search and capture efforts. These efforts are being conducted at various DOE sites and federal and private records storage locations throughout the United States to retrieve radiation monitoring data needed to conduct dose reconstructions.
2023 Data Search and Capture
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos, NM
During this effort, 168 boxes were reviewed and 396 documents were captured.
| Work Site | Information Retrieved |
|---|---|
| Los Alamos National Laboratory | Data capture events were related to: water sample data, air sample data, Radiological Work Permits (RWP), area radiological surveys and incidents. |
- No data capture events
Department of Energy (DOE)
Richland, WA
During this effort, 180 boxes were reviewed and numerous documents, going through classification review, were captured.
| Work Site | Information Retrieved |
|---|---|
| Hanford | Data capture events were related to: review of 177 boxes that have been marked for destruction; selection of a large volume of nuclear material and control and accountability records; also, three boxes of legacy bioassay records were reviewed and most were selected for capture. |
Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI)
Oak Ridge, TN
During this effort, 6 boxes were reviewed and 49 documents were captured.
| Work Site | Information Retrieved |
|---|---|
| Y-12 Plant | Data capture events were related to: whole body counts, termination notices, exposure data, contamination event, and personal dose records. |
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Los Alamos, NM
During this effort, 20 boxes were reviewed and 134 documents were captured.
| Work Site | Information Retrieved |
|---|---|
| Los Alamos National Laboratory | Data capture events were related to: Radiological Work Permits (PWPs); also, a tour was conducted of the TA-53 accelerator line and the Health Physics Analytical Laboratory (HPAL). |
Department of Energy (DOE)
Richland, WA
During this effort, 31 boxes were reviewed and several documents including 12 full boxes were captured.
| Work Site | Information Retrieved |
|---|---|
| Hanford | Data capture events were related to: alpha and beta urinalysis forms results, plutonium urinalysis forms, daily urine samples, tritium bioassay analysis, and collection of Ja Jones weekly termination and hire reports. |
Chicago National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Chicago, IL
During this effort, 6 boxes were reviewed and 6 boxes of documents were captured.
| Work Site | Information Retrieved |
|---|---|
| Fernald | Data capture events were related to: Fernald legal database documents. |
Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI)
Oak Ridge, TN
During this effort, 33 boxes were reviewed and 469 documents were captured.
| Work Site | Information Retrieved |
|---|---|
| Y-12 Plant | Data capture events were related to: mobile body counts, check logs, calibration checks, daily logs, in-vivo results, trip reports, report on whole body counts/bioassay program, external dosimetry highlights, internal dosimetry reports, lung counter upgrades, fixe body counter upgrade, uranium urinalysis issues, reader calibration facts, lung counting logbook, beta counter efficiency, personnel survey for uranium contamination, hand calculations of body counts, data and plots of radon in fixed counter, and body counter controls. |
Idaho National Laboratory
Idaho Falls, ID
During this effort, 25 boxes were reviewed and 245 documents were captured.
| Work Site | Information Retrieved |
|---|---|
| Idaho National Laboratory | Data capture events were related to: documents in support of the Special Exposure Cohort Petition, dose reconstruction methodologies, and information about the Burial Ground/Radioactive Waste Management Complex. |
- No data capture events
Idaho National Laboratory
Idaho Falls, ID
During this effort, 275 documents were captured.
| Work Site | Information Retrieved |
|---|---|
| Idaho National Laboratory | Data capture events were related to: scanning of material selected during the June site visit. |
Chicago National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Chicago, IL
During this effort, 5 boxes were reviewed and 5 boxes of documents were captured.
| Work Site | Information Retrieved |
|---|---|
| Fernald | Data capture events were related to: Fernald legal database documents. |
Chicago National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Chicago, IL
During this effort, 10 boxes were reviewed and 10 boxes of documents were captured.
| Work Site | Information Retrieved |
|---|---|
| Fernald | Data capture events were related to: Fernald legal database documents. |
Chicago National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Chicago, IL
During this effort, 9 boxes were reviewed and 9 boxes of documents were captured.
| Work Site | Information Retrieved |
|---|---|
| Feed Materials Production Center (Fernald) | Data search/capture events were related to: Fernald legal database documents. |
Department of Energy (DOE)
Richland, WA
During this effort, 51 documents were captured.
| Work Site | Information Retrieved |
|---|---|
| Hanford | Data search/capture events were related to: scanning of documents from May site visit. |
Chicago National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Chicago, IL
During this effort, 9 boxes were reviewed and 9 boxes of documents were captured.
| Work Site | Information Retrieved |
|---|---|
| Feed Materials Production Center (Fernald) | Data search/capture events were related to: Fernald legal database documents. |
Department of Energy (DOE)
Richland, WA
During this effort, 22 documents were captured.
| Work Site | Information Retrieved |
|---|---|
| Hanford | Data search/capture events were related to: scanning of documents from May site visit. |
Chicago National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Chicago, IL
During this effort, 10 boxes were reviewed and 10 boxes of documents were captured.
| Work Site | Information Retrieved |
|---|---|
| Feed Materials Production Center (Fernald) | Data search/capture events were related to: Fernald legal database documents. |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge, TN
During this effort, 42 employee files were reviewed and 42 documents were captured.
| Work Site | Information Retrieved |
|---|---|
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) | Data search/capture events were related to: radiation exposure files of ORNL individuals with bioassay data from 1955-1959. |
Chicago National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Chicago, IL
During this effort, 3 boxes were reviewed and 3 boxes were captured.
| Work Site | Information Retrieved |
|---|---|
| Feed Materials Production Center (Fernald) | Data search/capture events were related to: Fernald legal database documents. |
Department of Energy (DOE)
Richland, WA
During this effort, 1 document was captured.
| Work Site | Information Retrieved |
|---|---|
| Hanford | Data search/capture events were related to: scanning of document from May site visit. |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge, TN
During this effort, 113 documents were reviewed and 113 documents were captured.
| Work Site | Information Retrieved |
|---|---|
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) | Data search/capture events were related to: radiation exposure files of ORNL individuals with bioassay data from 1955-1959. |
Chicago National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Chicago, IL
During this effort, 9 boxes were reviewed and 9 boxes of documents were captured.
| Work Site | Information Retrieved |
|---|---|
| Feed Materials Production Center (Fernald) | Data search/capture events were related to: Fernald legal database documents. |
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge, TN
During this effort, 116 documents were reviewed and 116 documents were captured.
| Work Site | Information Retrieved |
|---|---|
| Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) | Data search/capture events were related to: radiation exposure files of ORNL individuals with bioassay data from 1955-1959. |
- No data capture events
Memorandum of Understanding Between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of Energy
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and DOE signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in Fiscal Year 2019. The MOU describes how the Agencies will work together to carry out their responsibilities under The Act and Executive Order 13179. Part of the agreement covers how HHS and DOE will coordinate data search and capture activities.