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ADVISORY BOARD ON RADIATION AND WORKER HEALTH

4676 Columbia Parkway, MS: C-46

Cincinnati, Ohio 45226

(513) 533-6825

CHAIRMAN

James M. Melius, M.D., Dr. PH.

 Albany, New York

MEMBERS

Henry Anderson, M.D.

 Madison, Wisconsin

Josie Beach

 Kennewick, Washington 

Bradley P. Clawson

 Rexburg, Idaho

R. William Field, Ph.D. 

 Iowa City, Iowa

Michael H. Gibson

 Franklin, Ohio

Mark A. Griffon

 Salem, New Hampshire

Richard Lemen, Ph.D.

 Canton, Georgia

James E. Lockey, M.D.

 Cincinnati, Ohio

Wanda I. Munn

 Richland, Washington

John W. Poston, Sr., Ph.D.

 College Station, Texas

David B. Richardson, Ph.D.

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Genevieve S. Roessler, Ph.D.

 Elysian, Minnesota

Phillip Schofield

 Bosque Farm, New Mexico

Paul L. Ziemer, Ph.D.

 Lafayette, Indiana

STAFF

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

Theodore M. Katz, MPA

 Atlanta, Georgia

COMMITTEE MANAGEMENT 

Zaida Burgos

 Atlanta, Georgia

April 9, 2012

The Honorable Kathleen Sebelius

Secretary 

Department of Health and Human Services

200 Independence Avenue, S.W.

Washington, D.C. 20201

Dear Madam Secretary:

The Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (The Board) has evaluated 

Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) Petition 00196 concerning workers at the 

Brookhaven National Laboratory under the statutory requirements established 

by the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 

2000 (EEOICPA) and incorporated into 42 CFR Sec. 83.13. 

The Board respectfully recommends that SEC status be accorded to:

“All employees of the Department of Energy, its predecessor agencies, 

and their contractors and subcontractors who worked at the Brookhaven 

National Laboratory in Upton, New York, from January 1, 1980 through 

December 31, 1993, for a number of work days aggregating at least 250 

work days, occurring either solely under this employment, or in 

combination with work days within the parameters established for one or 

more other classes of employees included in the Special Exposure 

Cohort."

This recommendation is based on the following factors:

 Individuals employed at the Brookhaven National Laboratory during the 

time period in question worked on nuclear research, development, and 

application.

 The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) 

review of available monitoring data, as well as available process and 

source term information for this facility found that NIOSH lacked the 

sufficient information, which includes in vivo and in-vitro monitoring data, 

to allow it to estimate with sufficient accuracy the potential internal 

exposures to various radionuclides which employees at this facility may 

have been subjected. The Board concurs with this determination. 

 NIOSH determined that health may have been endangered for these 

Brookhaven National Laboratory employees during the time period in 

question. The Board also concurs with this determination.
The Secretary April 9, 2012 

Based on these considerations and the discussion at the February 28-29, 2012, Board meeting 

held in Oakland, California, the Board recommends that this class be added to the SEC.

Enclosed is the documentation from the Board meeting(s) where this SEC class was 

discussed. The documentation includes copies of the petition, the NIOSH review thereof, and 

related materials. If any of these items are unavailable at this time, they will follow shortly. 

Sincerely,

[Signature on file]

James M. Melius, M.D., Dr. PH

Chairman, ABRWH

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