Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH)

Meeting 154

Thursday, October 12, 2023

Summary Proceedings

The Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health meeting convened via teleconference at 11:00 a.m. 

Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), Dr. Henry A. Anderson, Chair, presiding.

Attendees

Members

Henry A. Anderson, Chair 

Josie Beach, Member 

Bradley P. Clawson, Member 

Arthur Frank, Member 

James E. Lockey, Member 

Nicole Martinez, Member 

David Pompa, Member 

Paul L. Ziemer, Member

Non-Members, Registered and/or Public Comment Participants

Roberts, Rashaun, DFO 

Nancy Adams, NIOSH Contractor

Barton, Bob, SC&A 

Behling, Kathy SC&A

Buchanan, Ron, SC&A 

Gogliotti, Rose, SC&A 

Habighurst, Ashton, HHS 

Mangel, Amy, SC&A 

Nelson, Chuck, NIOSH/DCAS

Ostrow, Steve, SC&A

Rafkey, Michael, HHS

Rutherford, LaVon, NIOSH/DCAS

Sundin, Dave, NIOSH/DCAS

Frowiss, Al Sr., member of the public
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Roll Call/Welcome - Dr. Rashaun Roberts, DFO

Dr. Rashaun Roberts called to order the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health at 11:00 am 

EDT on October 12, 2023, via teleconference. A roll call of all ABRWH members confirmed that a quorum 

was present. The quorum was maintained throughout the meeting. Dr. Roberts turned the meeting over 

to Dr. Anderson, Board Chair, who moved on to the first agenda item.

Update on Cybersecurity Modernization Initiative – LaVon Rutherford, 

DCAS

Mr. Rutherford reported that the status of the modernization is much the same as it was at the August 

meeting. Dose reconstructions are being completed as they are received. Progress continues on an 

application to replace the Site Research Database, but a completion date is not known. 

Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) Petition Status Update – Chuck 

Nelson, DCAS

Mr. Nelson reported that DCAS will not present any new SEC Petition Evaluation Reports at the December

Board meeting. DCAS is determining if the SEC petition for Weldon Spring, which he mentioned at the 

August Board meeting, is qualified for evaluation. The Pinellas Work Group will meet to discuss that site’s 

petition on November 20, and the Metals & Controls Work Group will meet to discuss that site’s petition on 

December 6.

Updates from Work Groups and Subcommittees

Selected Work Group and Subcommittee Chairs reported progress and plans for their respective groups. 

Pinellas Work Group will meet on November 20. Procedures Review Subcommittee will meet on November 

16. Metals & Controls Work Group will meet on December 6. Dr. Anderson and members thanked Rose 

Gogliotti for the training she provided on the dose reconstruction review process.

Plans for the December 2023 Board Meeting – Dr. Rashaun Roberts, 

DFO

The December meeting will be a one-day meeting on December 7. Although the Board originally planned 

for it to be an in-person meeting in the vicinity of Lawrence Livermore, they decided to hold a virtual meeting 

instead. The reasons for this are: several Board members are unable to travel at that time and would have 

to attend virtually anyway; there are not many items on the projected agenda; and past program activities 

in the vicinity of Lawrence Livermore have not been well attended. The agenda for the December meeting 

will include the usual Departmental program updates and SEC status update, as well as updates from the 

Pinellas Work Group, the Subcommittee for Procedures Reviews, The Subcommittee for Dose 

Reconstruction Reviews, and perhaps from the Metals & Controls Work Group. Additionally, annual ethics 

training will be provided to the Board before the December meeting, perhaps in a session on December 5, 

or 6, after the Metals & Controls Work Group meeting.

Meeting Adjourned

Dr. Anderson adjourned the meeting at 11:41 am.