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The Act (EEOICPA) established a compensation program for individuals who, over the past 50 years, have performed duties uniquely related to the nuclear weapons production and testing programs at Department of Energy (DOE) and its predecessor agencies. OCAS 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.
2009 Data Search and Capture Efforts for DOE Cases
OCAS 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.
Listed below are the data search and capture efforts for DOE sites that occurred during 2009. When available, we have included the sites for which information was recovered. The most recent efforts are at the top of the list:
- Hanford
Richland, WA
October 2009
One box and several documents that were previously requested were reviewed. Fifty-one documents for the Hanford site were retrieved. The following information was retrieved: Bioassay Plutonium Analysis and Bioassay Fission Product Analysis Reports (urine), Pacific Northwest Laboratory Monthly Activities Reports (Division of Production and Hanford Plant Assistance Programs 1966-1967), Bioassay Sampling for 147 Pm Workers, Criticality Safety Analysis Report for Criticality Prevention Specification, Examples of Reductions Made in Personnel Radiation Exposure at Hanford Reactors, Reduction of Gamma and Neutron Radiation in Hanford Plutonium Processing Facilities, The Application of Radiation Protection Standards to Environmental Exposures at Hanford, The Application of Occupational Radiation Protection Standards at Hanford, and Americium Recovery.
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Livermore, CA
October 2009
During this data capture effort, five documents were reviewed and retrieved for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory containing information such as: hazard category reduction of Building
251 from nuclear to radiological facility, inventory of heavy elements stored in Mosler safes, and a curie summary related to Building 251.
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- Mound Plant
Miamisburg, OH
September 2009
Nine boxes of information were reviewed and 99 documents were retrieved on the Mound Plant. The following data was retrieved: tritium urinalysis
data and results; thorium, U-233, and plutonium urinalysis data; tritium operations records; and bioassay count sheets in both loose records and
bound logbooks.
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- Area IV of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory
Canoga Park, CA
September 2009
Several file cabinets of records were reviewed and 151 documents were retrieved during this data capture effort.
| Work Site
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Information Retrieved
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Area IV of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory
Canoga Avenue Facility
De Soto Avenue Facility
Downey Facility |
Annual environmental reports, external information for sodium reactor and associated operations, decommissioning and decontamination program plans, hot cave dismantling, radiological incident, assessment of bioassay samples, x-ray equipment area surveys, Canoga facility drawing, ALARA reviews, radiological surveys, neutron/gamma paired survey data, ambient air sample results, safety evaluation of sodium reactor, evaluation of medical x-ray exposure |
| Piqua Organic Moderated Reactor |
Facilities test procedure manual |
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- San Bruno Federal Records Center
San Bruno, CA
September 2009
During this data capture effort, 114 boxes of information were reviewed and 33 documents were retrieved.
| Work Site
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Information Retrieved
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| Area IV of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory |
Radiation safety program appraisal, radiation exposure during chest x-ray, international dose assessment program
procedures, waste management operations and audits, Tiger Team corrective actions, occupational medicine appraisal |
| Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
Limited urinalysis results, radiation and toxic review of personnel data, environmental restoration guidance |
| Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory |
Radiation incident report |
| Nevada Test Site |
Tonapah Test Range exposure |
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- Mound Plant
Miamisburg, OH
August 2009
During this second data capture effort, organization charts on microfiche were reviewed and 16 documents were retrieved on the Mound Plant. Radiological
control organization charts from 1991, 1993-2004, and 2006, were retrieved.
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- Mound Plant
Miamisburg, OH
August 2009
During this first data capture effort, organization charts on microfiche were reviewed and 47 documents were retrieved on the Mound Plant. Health
physics and environmental organization charts were retrieved.
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- Sandia National Laboratory (Kirtland Air Force Base)
Albuquerque, NM
July 2009
During this data capture trip, 35 boxes of information were reviewed and 44 documents were retrieved on the Hangar 481 facility. The following
documents were retrieved: Ross Aviation appraisals, contamination surveys, samples of flight requests, exposure reports, and Ross Aviation photographs.
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- Nevada Test Site Records Center
Las Vegas, NV
July 2009
Eighteen boxes of information were reviewed and 68 documents were retrieved during this data capture effort.
| Work Site
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Information Retrieved
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Battelle Laboratories
(King Avenue and West Jefferson) |
License SNM-7 material |
| Hangar 481 |
Incoming/outgoing radioactive material checklists and associated surveys |
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory
Upton, NY
July 2009
Various file cabinets in the Personnel Monitoring Archives at Brookhaven National Laboratory were reviewed. Forty-nine documents pertaining to
the facility were retrieved. Selected medical and personnel monitoring files, whole body count data, exposure investigations,
tritium bioassay data, personnel contamination reports, medical x-ray related information, and external exposure with some neutron data was retrieved.
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- Kansas City Records Center
Lee's Summit, MO
June 2009
Twenty-seven boxes of information and 16 documents on the Brookhaven National Laboratory were retrieved. Health Physics and exposure investigations
and urinalysis and external exposure information for various employees was retrieved.
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- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Livermore, CA
June 2009
Information from folders and file cabinets from various rooms were reviewed and 340
documents were retrieved for this facility such as: bioassay results, positive dosimetry
results, gross alpha data & results, personnel external exposure information
(1992-1993), internal exposure information (1992), x-ray incident, exposure
investigations, discussion of internal/external monitoring requirements for B-332,
Health Physics Group monthly summaries and reports, fence radiation levels at B-212, B-212
dosimetry study, laser program status, incident reports, neutron exposure data, and
bioassay lab quality assurance/quality control plans.
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- Mound Plant
Miamisburg, OH
May 2009
Eighty-five boxes of information were reviewed and 15 documents were retrieved
during this data capture trip.
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Information Retrieved
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Extrusion Plant
(Reactive Metals Inc.) |
1986 ALARA program; minutes of the ALARA Committee
meetings from 1985-1987; and the renewals with renewal applications
for License SMB-602 from 1979, 1985, and 1991 |
| Mound Plant |
Neutron/photon dosimetry results processed by the Mound
Plant for the Pinellas Plant in 1985, data from the dosimetry intercomparison
conducted by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and data
from the Mound Plant investigation of the sensitivity of thermoluminescent
dosimeters to fluorescent light |
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- Kansas City Records Center
Lee's Summit, MO
May 2009
During this data capture trip, 105 boxes of information were reviewed and 45
documents were retrieved on Brookhaven National Laboratory. Limited whole body
count, urinalysis, and external exposure information for various employees was
retrieved.
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- Savannah River Site
Aiken, SC
May 2009
Ten boxes of information were reviewed and various documents were selected and
are in the process of going through classification review for the Savannah River
Site. Radiation survey log sheets, air sample log sheets, and special work permits
from the 300 area for thorium data were retrieved.
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory
Upton, NY
May 2009
Information was retrieved on the following: internal dosimetry information from
101 members of the Evaluation Team's sample group, tritium exposure reports for
1995 and the first quarter of 1996, liquid scintillation counter printouts with
chains of custody for tritium bioassay samples, and tritium monthly dose input
sheets from 1979 to 1986. Thirty-six file cabinet drawers and 19 file folders
were reviewed. Approximately 133 documents were retrieved.
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- Eastern Kentucky University
Richmond, KY
May 2009
Two boxes of information were reviewed and 28 documents were retrieved.
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Information Retrieved
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| Clarksville Facility |
1964 safety manuals and records disposition memos |
| Medina Facility |
1964 safety manuals and records disposition memos
Assembly cell plans |
| Pantex Plant |
1965 Modification center operations training program, reports written by Robert Jewell that include documentation of the
transfer of responsibility of the Pantex Plant from the United States Army to the Atomic Energy Commission |
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- Savannah River Site
Aiken, SC
April 2009
Seventeen boxes of information were reviewed. Various documents were
selected and are in the process of going through classification review.
Radiation survey logsheets, air sample logsheets, and special work permits from
the 300 area for thorium data were retrieved.
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- Eastern Kentucky University
Richmond, KY
April 2009
During this data capture effort, five boxes of information and two map folders
were reviewed. Four documents were retrieved on the Pantex Plant. Photos of the
damage from the November 14, 1976 explosion, engineering notes for the door
design of high explosive cells, a document entitled "The History of Pantex" 1951-1981,
and documents on development division technologies and capabilities (1973).
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- Atlanta National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Morrow, GA
April 2009
Forty boxes of information were reviewed and 32 documents were retrieved for Oak
Ridge Hospital. The following information was retrieved: list of physicians, annual reports,
1948 Rorem report, operating records from 1948 and 1949, a section of Contract AT-40-GEN-252
that was available, the establishment of film badge service for the radiology department,
and reports of services provided to the Oak Ridge Institute of Nuclear Studies.
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- Kansas Federal Records Center
Lenexa, KS
March 2009
During a second data capture trip to the Kansas Federal Records Center in March,
75 boxes of information were reviewed and 148 documents were retrieved for numerous
work sites.
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Information Retrieved
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| Aliquippa Forge |
Scope of work |
| Colonie Site |
TLD environmental reports, scope of work, surface contamination survey, instruction guide |
| Lake Ontario Ordinance Works |
TLD environmental reports |
| Latty Avenue Properties |
TLD environmental reports |
| Linde Ceramics Plant |
Scope of work |
| Mallinckrodt Chemical Co. |
Bioassay results and analyses, air sample data, hazardous waste permits, health and safety plan for
demolition of buildings |
| Middlesex Municipal Landfill |
TLD environmental reports, personal TLD badges and exposure reports, water analysis |
| Rare Earths/ W.R. Grace |
TLD environmental reports, bioassay urine samples, air particulate samples |
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- Kansas Federal Records Center
Lenexa, KS
March 2009
Ninety-eight boxes of information were reviewed and 189 documents
were retrieved for numerous work sites during this data capture trip.
Work Site
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Information Retrieved
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| Chapman Valve |
Radiological sample log book |
| Du Pont Deepwater Works |
Air particulate sample and reporting, bioassay sample routing log |
| Lake Ontario Ordinance Works |
Bioassay results, environmental safety data, TLD record logbooks, work instructions |
| Latty Avenue Properties |
Hazelwood interim storage annual environmental reports |
| Linde Ceramics Plant |
Bioassay results, air monitoring reporting, radon sample results, personnel radiological contamination reports |
| Mallinckrodt Chemical Co. |
Air monitoring logs, bioassay reports, hazardous waste permits |
| Middlesex Sampling Plant |
Scope of work, radon daughter air sampling results, bioassay sample routing logs, air particulate sample report loss |
| Ventron Corp. |
Sample collection logbook |
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- Savannah River Site
Aiken, SC
February 2009
Various documents for Savannah River Site were retrieved and are in
the process of going through classification review. Copies of
logbooks pertaining to calibration, testing, and operation of the
in-vivo counter and dosimeters were retrieved.
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory
Upton, NY
February 2009
Two boxes of information were reviewed and 47 documents were retrieved
for the Brookhaven National Laboratory such as: bioassay data for selected
employees, March 1996 tritium report with bioassay data
and calculated doses, reactor operations monthly reports, Landauer
tritium dose summary, High Flux Beam Reactor (HFBR) operational history
and brief history, HFBR tritium and heavy water losses, HFBR hazard
category reduction justification, the Alternating Gradient Synchrotron
operational history and bioassay Technical Basis Document,
and the site annual technical reports from 1949-1970.
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- Moundview
Miamisburg, OH
February 2009
The following information was retrieved for the Mound Plant during this
data capture trip: equipment release surveys from M Building, SW Building
trend sheets from the late 1970's, surveys, personnel monitoring, control
documents from the 1995 R Building filter bank change-out, neutron/gamma
dose rates, neutron flux measurements from various types of heat sources,
neutron dose tracking from source coating operations, neutron fluxes and
neutron/gamma dose rates for various heat sources, "G" Area special wipes
and air samples, T Building vault dose rate survey, heat source technical
manuals, M Building surveys, release logs, survey logs from 1997,
neutron-photon measurements from various series of heat sources, gamma film
calibration graphs (1949, 1951, 1952, 1954-1965), health physics trend
sheets for 1978, health physics operations monitoring profiles, and
decommissioning reports. Twenty-one boxes of information were reviewed
and 250 documents were retrieved.
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- Denver Federal Records Center
Denver, CO
February 2009
Eighty-three boxes of information were reviewed and 231 documents were
retrieved for Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) such as:
special work permits for work with and without exotic isotopes,
radiological incidents, nasal swipe data, radiological and air sample survey
data, radiation safety training, whole body counting program information, soil
contamination, tritium handling priorities, stack effluent information, PanAm
related bioassay documents, and environmental monitoring program information.
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- Piqua Public Library
Piqua, OH
January 2009
During this data capture trip, 62 boxes of information were reviewed
to locate information for the Piqua Organic Moderated Reactor facility.
City records, time sheets, business blueprints, and financial reports
were reviewed.
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- Savannah River Site
Aiken, SC
January 2009
Fifty boxes of radiation survey logbooks for the Savannah River Site
facility were reviewed during this data capture trip. Various documents
were selected and are undergoing classification review.
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory
Upton, NY
January 2009
Station monitoring worksheets (1949-1969), Stan Cohn's whole body count
logbooks, visitors' bioassay (1988-1991), tritium documents, whole body
count results (1972-1978), and whole body count histories (1980-1984)
were retrieved for the Brookhaven National Laboratory. Twelve boxes and
2 file cabinets of information were reviewed and 200 documents were
retrieved.
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Technical Documents Used in Dose Reconstruction
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. General information on these documents and a listing of approved technical documents can be found on the Technical Documents Used in Dose Reconstruction page.
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Memorandum of Understanding Between the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of Energy
The Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) serves to set forth the authorities, responsibilities, and procedures between the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Energy to conduct statutorily mandated activities required to assist with claims processing under The Act.
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Page last updated: November 23, 2009
Page last reviewed: June 9, 2009
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