Special Exposure Cohort Updates

LaVon B. Rutherford, CHP

Special Exposure Cohort Health Physics Team Leader

Division of Compensation Analysis and Support

Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health

Oak Ridge, TN 

April 11, 2018

Department of Health and Human Services

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Department of Health and Human Services

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Purpose

 Update the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker 

Health (Advisory Board)

 Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) summary of petitions

‒ in qualification

‒ under evaluation

‒ currently under Board review

‒ potential SEC petitions (83.14)
Department of Health and Human Services

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Summary

 Petitions received - 245

• Petitions in qualification process - 0

• Petitions qualified for evaluation - 147

• NIOSH evaluation in progress - 3

• NIOSH evaluation completed - 144

 Reports with the Advisory Board - 9

 Petitions not qualifying for evaluation - 94

(NOTE: 245 includes 5 petitions received prior to the federal regulation)
Department of Health and Human Services

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

SEC Petitions under Evaluation

Sandia National Laboratory 1995-2005

 Albuquerque, NM

 Petition SEC-00188

 Addendum to address remaining years 

 All employees

 Expected completion: July 2018
Department of Health and Human Services

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

SEC Petitions under Evaluation cont.

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 

1990-2014

 Livermore, CA

 Petition SEC-0221

 Addendum to address remaining years 

 All employees

 Expected completion: November 2018
Department of Health and Human Services

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

SEC Petitions under Evaluation cont.

De Soto 1965-1995

 Los Angeles County, CA

 Petition SEC-0246

 All employees

 Expected completion: Late July 2018
Department of Health and Human Services

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Under Advisory Board Review

 Hanford (SEC-00056) – NIOSH reviewing documentation 

to determine whether prime contractors radiological 

control program were meeting bioassay commitments

 Savannah River Site (SEC-00103) – NIOSH is working to 

resolve issues raised by SC&A and the work group

 Los Alamos National Lab (SEC-0192) – NIOSH anticipates 

having a response to SC&A’s review out by the end of 

April 2018
Department of Health and Human Services

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Under Advisory Board Review - cont.

 Idaho National Lab (SEC-00219) – Advisory Board 

reviewing proposed class and initial evaluation report 

(ER)

 Argonne National Laboratory - West (SEC-00224) –

Advisory Board and SC&A reviewing ER

 Area IV Santa Susanna (SEC-0235) – NIOSH is working 

to resolve issues raised by SC&A during their review of 

the evaluation report
Department of Health and Human Services

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Under Advisory Board Review - cont.

 Metals and Controls (SEC-00236) – NIOSH providing 

white paper on subsurface model to work group by mid 

to late April that will be discussed at work group 

meeting in May 2015
Department of Health and Human Services

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Sites with remaining evaluation periods awaiting action

Hanford, SEC-0057 1984-1990

(Primes 

only)

Savannah River Site,

SEC-0103

1973-2007

Los Alamos National Laboratory, 

SEC-0109

1996-2005 Sandia National

Laboratories –

Albuquerque, SEC-0188

1995-2011

Idaho National Laboratory,

SEC-00219

1949-1970 Lawrence Livermore 

National Laboratory, SEC0221

1990-2014

Argonne National Laboratory –

West, SEC-0224

1958-1979 Area IV Santa Susanna, SEC02351991-1993

Metals and Controls, SEC- 0236 1968-1997

(Residual) 
Department of Health and Human Services

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Potential Petitions (83.14)

 Sandia National Laboratories – Albuquerque (1945-1948)