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Tuesday, October 27, 2026
Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health
Members
- Updated previous Advisory Board member biographies
- Added new Advisory Board members, their biographies, and disclosure statements
- Added an Advisory Board tribute for Carmela Loretta R. Valerio
Advisory Board Subcommittee and Work Groups
Subcommittees/Work Groups
- Updated the members of multiple Advisory Board subcommittees and work groups and updated the related work site pages
Previous Updates
2026 Advisory Board and Public Meetings
December
- December 2, 2026: Meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health
October
- Agenda for the October 28, 2026, Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Subcommittee for Procedure Reviews
- Minutes for the October 8, 2026, Meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health
Hanford
Advisory Board and NIOSH Discussions on Hanford
- NIOSH/ORAU: Trace Constituent Fractions in Hanford Recycled Uranium (August 11, 2023)
Technical Information Bulletins (TIBs) — Numerical Listing
- ORAUT-OTIB-0068, Evaluation of Monday Morning Uranium Urine Samples, Revision 00 (July 30, 2026)
2026 Advisory Board and Public Meetings
October
- Agenda for the October 8, 2026, Meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health
2026 Advisory Board and Public Meetings
October
- Presentations for the October 28, 2026, Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Subcommittee for Procedure Reviews
- SC&A Presentation: A Review of Program Evaluation Report DCAS-PER-090, “Grand Junction Operations Office”
- SC&A Presentation: Review of ORAUT-OTIB-0022, Revision 00
- SC&A Presentation: Assessment of Professional Judgements in Six Case Reviews Performed under Program Evaluation Report (PER)-017
- SC&A Presentation: SC&A’s Evaluation of ORAUT-TKBS-0016-4, Revision 02, “Mound Plant – Occupational Environmental Dose”
- SC&A Presentation: Review of ORAUT-OTIB-0011, Revision 00
- Discussion/Background Papers for the October 28, 2026, Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Subcommittee for Procedure Reviews
- SC&A Handout: Document Reviews Approved by the Subcommittee for Procedure Reviews (SPR)
- SC&A Memo: SC&A’s Focused Review of ORAUT-RPRT-0109 for Battelle-TIB-5000 Observations 5 and 6 (September 4, 2026)
Advisory Board: Reports from the Technical Support Contractor
Topics: Argonne National Laboratory–East (ANLE), Argonne National Laboratory–West (ANLW), Idaho National Laboratory, Internal Dosimetry, Program Evaluation Reports (PERs)
- SC&A Presentation: Assessment of Professional Judgements in Six Case Reviews Performed under Program Evaluation Report (PER)-017 (presentation at the October 28, 2026, Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Subcommittee for Procedure Reviews)
Topics: Grand Junction Facilities, Program Evaluation Reports (PERs)
- SC&A Presentation: A Review of Program Evaluation Report DCAS-PER-090, “Grand Junction Operations Office” (presentation at the October 28, 2026, Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Subcommittee for Procedure Reviews)
Topics: Dose Reconstruction Procedures and Methods, Internal Dosimetry, Technical Documents (Site Profiles/Technical Basis Documents)
- SC&A Memo: SC&A’s Focused Review of ORAUT-RPRT-0109 for Battelle-TIB-5000 Observations 5 and 6 (September 4, 2026)
Topics: Mound Plant, Technical Documents (Site Profiles/Technical Basis Documents)
- SC&A Presentation: SC&A’s Evaluation of ORAUT-TKBS-0016-4, Revision 02, “Mound Plant – Occupational Environmental Dose” (presentation at the October 28, 2026, Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Subcommittee for Procedure Reviews)
Topics: Dose Reconstruction Procedures and Methods, Internal Dosimetry, Technical Documents (Technical Information Bulletins)
- SC&A Presentation: Review of ORAUT-OTIB-0022, Revision 00 (presentation at the October 28, 2026, Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Subcommittee for Procedure Reviews)
- SC&A Presentation: Review of ORAUT-OTIB-0011, Revision 00 (presentation at the October 28, 2026, Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Subcommittee for Procedure Reviews)
Dose Reconstruction Procedures and Methods
- SC&A Handout: Document Reviews Approved by the Subcommittee for Procedure Reviews (SPR) (presentation handout at the October 28, 2026, Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Subcommittee for Procedure Reviews)
Argonne National Laboratory–East (ANLE)
Advisory Board and NIOSH Discussions on Argonne National Laboratory – East
- SC&A Presentation: Assessment of Professional Judgements in Six Case Reviews Performed under Program Evaluation Report (PER)-017 (presentation at the October 28, 2026, Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Subcommittee for Procedure Reviews)
Argonne National Laboratory – West
Advisory Board and NIOSH Discussions on Argonne National Laboratory – West
- SC&A Presentation: Assessment of Professional Judgements in Six Case Reviews Performed under Program Evaluation Report (PER)-017 (presentation at the October 28, 2026, Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Subcommittee for Procedure Reviews)
Grand Junction Facilities
Advisory Board and NIOSH Discussions on Grand Junction Facilities
- SC&A Presentation: A Review of Program Evaluation Report DCAS-PER-090, “Grand Junction Operations Office” (presentation at the October 28, 2026, Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Subcommittee for Procedure Reviews)
Idaho National Laboratory
Advisory Board and NIOSH Discussions on Idaho National Laboratory
- SC&A Presentation: Assessment of Professional Judgements in Six Case Reviews Performed under Program Evaluation Report (PER)-017 (presentation at the October 28, 2026, Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Subcommittee for Procedure Reviews)
Mound Plant
Advisory Board and NIOSH Discussions on Mound Plant
- SC&A Presentation: SC&A’s Evaluation of ORAUT-TKBS-0016-4, Revision 02, “Mound Plant – Occupational Environmental Dose” (presentation at the October 28, 2026, Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Subcommittee for Procedure Reviews)
2026 Advisory Board and Public Meetings
August
- August 26-27, 2026, Meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health #167 Minutes
Advisory Board: Reports from the Technical Support Contractor
Program Evaluation Reports (PERs)
- SC&A Draft: Task 3: A Protocol to Review Program Evaluation Reports by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (July 6, 2026)
2026 Advisory Board and Public Meetings
June
- June 18, 2026, Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health Meeting #166 Minutes
- June 18, 2026, Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health Meeting #166 Transcript
- June 5, 2026, Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health’s Subcommittee for Procedure Reviews Meeting Minutes
- June 5, 2026, Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health’s Subcommittee for Procedure Reviews Meeting Transcript
May
- May 6, 2026, Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Work Group Meeting Transcript
April
- April 29, 2026, Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health Meeting #165 Transcript
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
Advisory Board Work Group on Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
- May 6, 2026, Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Work Group Meeting Transcript
Advisory Board: Reports from the Technical Support Contractor
Topics: Coworker Datasets, Models, and Studies, Dose Reconstruction Procedures and Methods, External Dosimetry, Internal Dosimetry, Program Evaluation Reports (PERs), Technical Documents (Technical Information Bulletins), and Texas City Chemicals, Inc.
- SC&A Presentation: Summary of Six Document Reviews Approved by the Subcommittee for Procedure Reviews (presentation at the August 26-27, 2026, Meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health)
Hanford
Advisory Board and NIOSH Discussions on Hanford
- NIOSH/DCAS Presentation: Hanford Update (presentation at the August 26-27, 2026, Meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health)
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
Advisory Board and NIOSH Discussions on Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
- NIOSH/DCAS Presentation: Los Alamos National Laboratory Special Exposure Cohort Petition-109 Dose Reconstruction Feasibility after 1995 (presentation at the August 26-27, 2026, Meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health)
Pinellas Plant
Advisory Board and NIOSH Comments and Discussion Papers on Pinellas Plant
- SC&A Presentation: SC&A Response to Pinellas Plant Issues Raised at the January 29, 2026, Work Group Meeting (presentation at the August 26-27, 2026, Meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health)
- NIOSH/DCAS Presentation: SEC-00256 Pinellas Plant Evaluation Report (presentation at the August 26-27, 2026, Meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health)
- SC&A Draft: SC&A Response to Pinellas Plant Issues Raised at the January 29, 2026, Work Group Meeting (August 17, 2026)
Texas City Chemicals
Advisory Board and NIOSH Comments and Discussion Papers on Texas City Chemicals
- SC&A Presentation: Summary of Six Document Reviews Approved by the Subcommittee for Procedure Reviews (presentation at the August 26-27, 2026, Meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health)
2026 Advisory Board and Public Meetings
August
- Presentations for the August 26-27, 2026, Meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health
- NIOSH/DCAS Presentation: Program Update
- Department of Labor (DOL): Program Update
- Department of Energy (DOE): Program Update
- SC&A Presentation: Summary of Six Document Reviews Approved by the Subcommittee for Procedure Reviews
- SC&A Presentation: SC&A Response to Pinellas Plant Issues Raised at the January 29, 2026, Work Group Meeting
- NIOSH/DCAS Presentation: SEC-00256 Pinellas Plant Evaluation Report
- NIOSH/DCAS Presentation: Los Alamos National Laboratory Special Exposure Cohort Petition-109 Dose Reconstruction Feasibility after 1995
- NIOSH/DCAS Presentation: Hanford Update
- Discussion/Background Paper for the August 26-27, 2026, Meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health
- SC&A Draft: SC&A Response to Pinellas Plant Issues Raised at the January 29, 2026, Work Group Meeting (August 17, 2026)
2026 Advisory Board and Public Meetings
August
- August 26-27, 2026, Agenda for the Meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health
- Presentations for the August 26-27, 2026, Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health Meeting
- NIOSH/DCAS Presentation: Special Exposure Cohort Overview
- SC&A Presentation: Status and Update of Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) Issue Discussion
- SC&A Presentation: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Work Group Status: Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) Addendum SEC-00109, 1996-2005
April
- April 29, 2026, Minutes for the Meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health
March
- March 17, 2026, Transcript for the Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on Savannah River Site (SRS)
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
Advisory Board and NIOSH Discussions on Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)
- SC&A Presentation: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Work Group Status: Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) Addendum SEC-00109, 1996–2005 (presentation at the August 26-27, 2026, Meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health)
Savannah River Site (SRS)
Advisory Board Work Group on Savannah River Site (SRS)
- March 17, 2026, Transcript for the Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Work Group on Savannah River Site (SRS)
2026 Advisory Board and Public Meetings
October
- October 28, 2026: Meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health’s Subcommittee for Procedure Reviews
- October 8, 2026: Meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health
- March 17, 2026, Advisory Board Work Group on Savannah River Site (SRS) Meeting Minutes
Advisory Board SEC Petition Recommendations
Savannah River Site
- Advisory Board Recommendation on the Savannah River Site (SRS) Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) Petition, SEC-00103–January 1, 1991, through December 31, 1993 (May 22, 2026)
Savannah River Site (SRS)
Special Exposure Cohort Petition Information/Petitions Qualified for Evaluation
- July 28, 2026: Federal Register Notice Published Announcing the Designation of a Class of Employees from Savannah River Site (SRS) to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC), Petition SEC-00103–January 1, 1991, through December 31, 1993
- March 17, 2026, Advisory Board Work Group on Savannah River Site (SRS) Meeting Minutes
Timeline of Major DCAS Events for 2026
Major Events of 2026
- July 28, 2026: Federal Register Notice Published Announcing the Designation of a Class of Employees from Savannah River Site (SRS) to the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC), Petition SEC-00103–January 1, 1991, through December 31, 1993
General Electric Company
Technical Documents/Site Profile
- Site Profile for General Electric Company (Ohio), Rev. 00 (April 27, 2026)
Savannah River Site (SRS)
Special Exposure Cohort Petition Information/Petitions Qualified for Evaluation
- HHS Letters to Congress Regarding the Savannah River Site (SRS) SEC Petition 103 (July 8, 2026)
- HHS Designation/Determination of Additional Members to the Savannah River Site (SRS), SEC Petition 103 (July 8, 2026)
Last Reviewed: June 30, 2025