Centers for Disease Control 

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health 

Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH) 

148th Meeting

Thursday, October 20, 2022 

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 Anderson, Chair 

Josie Beach, Member 

David Kotelchuck, Member 

James Lockey, Member 

Genevieve S. Roessler, Member 

Loretta Valerio, Member 

Paul L. Ziemer, Member

Non-Members, Registered and/or Public Comment Participants:

Rashaun Roberts, Designated Federal Official 

Grady Calhoun, DCAS 

Tim Taulbee, DCAS 

LaVon Rutherford, DCAS 

Chuck Nelson, ORAU Team 

Bob Barton, SC&A 

Steve Ostrow, SC&A 

Joe Fitzgerald, SC&A 

Ron Buchanan, SC&A 

Rose Gogliotti, SC&A 

Asheton Habighurst, SC&A 

Chris Crawford
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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 20, 2022, 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.

Introduction of New Staff – Dr. Henry Anderson, ABRWH Chair

Dr. Anderson introduced Ashton Habighurst, a new attorney with HHS, who will be providing legal support 

to the EEOICPA program. She described her work experience and expressed gratitude for those who 

have helped her get oriented in her new job. 

Update on Cybersecurity Modernization Initiative – Grady Calhoun, 

DCAS

Mr. Calhoun reported that DCAS is working with NIOSH’s ODIT organization to develop applications that 

will be similar to those that were available before the Cybersecurity Modernization Initiative. At present, if 

Board members want access to particular documents, they can make requests to Grady Calhoun, Lavon 

Rutherford, or Lorie Marion-Moss of DCAS, and the documents will be placed on the virtual drive for them.

Mr. Calhoun’s opinion is that new applications will not be available for at least 12 months. He commented 

that DCAS does not have any search capability either. They must request searches from their contractor 

ORAUT. Josie Beach asked if any particular application had a timeline associated with it. Grady replied that 

he meets with NIOSH ODID roughly weekly, and they are currently working on an initial case input 

application. The DCAS applications are quite complex, so compiling requirements and evaluating potential 

approaches is something of an iterative process.

Ms. Beach asked if it would be possible for Board members or SC&A staff to visit the ORAU facility in order 

to conduct document searches. Mr. Calhoun couldn’t say for sure if that would be possible. Dr. Anderson 

asked who would decide when a new application was complete and acceptable. Mr. Calhoun replied that 

NIOSH ODIT would decide if the application was suitably secure, and that ODIT is supposed to provide 

applications that meet DCAS’s functional requirements. He wasn’t sure what would happen if DCAS and 

ODIT disagreed about whether functional requirements had been met.

Finally, Ms. Beach pointed out that the lack of document search capability severely impedes the work of 

the Board and SC&A.

Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) Petition Status Update – Chuck 

Nelson

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

December Board meeting. DCAS has received two Form B SEC petitions in the past few months. Mr. 

Nelson reported on one of those at the August Board meeting. That petition is on hold pending verification 

that the petitioner was employed by the facility. A second petition, which was received about a month ago, 

was for a facility that is not currently covered by EEOICPA. DCAS has forwarded information from the 

petitioner to DOE so that they can determine if the site should be added to the covered facility list. 

Updates from Work Groups and Subcommittees

Work Group and Subcommittee Chairs reported progress and plans for their respective groups, with 

assistance from DCAS staff. Rose Gogliotti, SC&A, reported that SC&A has completed the 31st set of dose 

reconstruction reviews. Dr. Anderson and SC&A decided that they would wait until the December Board 
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meeting, when new Board members have been seated, to assign the reviewed cases to individual Board 

members.

Plans for the December 2022 Board Meeting – Dr. Rashaun Roberts, 

DFO

Dr. Roberts reported that the paperwork for onboarding new Board members is being reviewed. She 

expects they will be onboarded prior to the December meeting. An additional announcement, asking for 

nominations for additional new members has also been published. 

For the December Board meeting, Dr. Roberts intends to provide orientation sessions to the new Board 

members on December 7, along with annual ethics training for the entire Board (including the new 

members). The meeting’s agenda items will fill one full day, December 8. In addition to the customary 

reports from DCAS, DOL, and DOE, and SEC update, there will be presentations updating status for the 

Rocky Flats Plant, and the Pinellas Plant. The meeting will be held at the St. Petersburg Marriott – 

Clearwater, which is in Clearwater, Florida.

With the new members onboard, Dr. Anderson and Dr. Roberts intend to fill some vacancies that have been 

created in Subcommittees and Working Groups.

Board Correspondence 

Dr. Anderson read tribute letters from NIOSH and the Board to retired Board member Phil Schofield.

Meeting Adjourned 

Dr. Anderson adjourned the meeting at 12:06 pm.