Department of Health and Human Services

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

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

Naperville, Illinois 

March 22, 2017
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 - 237

• Petitions in qualification process - 0

• Petitions qualified for evaluation - 144

• NIOSH evaluation in progress - 5

• NIOSH evaluation completed - 139

 Reports with the Advisory Board - 8

 Petitions not qualifying for evaluation - 88

(NOTE: 237 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

Area IV of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory 

1991-1993 

 Ventura County, CA 

 Petition SEC-00235

 All employees

 Expected completion: May 2017
Department of Health and Human Services

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Metals & Controls (Residual Period)

 Attleboro, MA

 Petition SEC-00236

 All employees

 January 1, 1968 – March 1, 1997

 Expected completion: April 2017
Department of Health and Human Services

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Los Alamos National Laboratory 1996-2005

 Los Alamos, NM

 Petition SEC-00109

 Addendum to original evaluation

 All employees

 Expected completion: April 2017
Department of Health and Human Services

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Sandia National Laboratory 1995-2005

 Albuquerque, NM

 Petition SEC-00188

 Addendum to address remaining years 

 All employees

 Expected completion: June 2017
Department of Health and Human Services

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 

1990-2014

 Livermore, CA

 Petition SEC-0221

 Addendum to address remaining years 

 All employees

 Expected completion: August 2017
Department of Health and Human Services

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Petitions under Advisory Board Review

 Carborundum – work group update scheduled for this 

meeting

 Feed Materials Production Center (Fernald, SEC00046) – The internal TBD is in internal review 

Expected completion: April 2017
Department of Health and Human Services

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Under Advisory Board Review - cont.

 Hanford (SEC-00056) – the petition period ends in 1990 

 NIOSH reviewing documentation to determine whether prime 

contractors radiological control program were meeting bioassay 

commitments

 Savannah River Site (SEC-00103) – NIOSH update is scheduled 

for this meeting
Department of Health and Human Services

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Under Advisory Board Review - cont.

 Grand Junction Facilities (SEC-00175) – additional data 

capture and interviews are required to address recent 

SC&A findings

 Rocky Flats Plant (SEC-00192) – Advisory Board work 

group update is scheduled for this meeting
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) 

• NIOSH recently completed a revision of ER that will be presented at 

this meeting

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

Board and SC&A reviewing ER
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

Feed Materials Production Center 

(Fernald), SEC-0046

1984-1989 Hanford, SEC-0057 1984-1990

(Primes only)

Savannah River Site,

SEC-0103

1973-2007 Los Alamos National 

Laboratory, 

SEC-0109

1996-2005

Grand Junction Facilities,

SEC-0175

1986-2010 Sandia National

Laboratories –

Albuquerque, SEC-0188

1995-2011

Rocky Flats Plant,

SEC-0192

1984-1989 Idaho National 

Laboratory, SEC-00219

1949-1970

Argonne National Laboratory –

West

SEC-0224

1958-1979 Lawrence Livermore 

National Laboratory

SEC-0221

1990-2014
Department of Health and Human Services

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Potential Petitions (83.14)

 Idaho National Lab - CPP 

 Ames Laboratory 

 Sandia National Laboratories – Albuquerque (1945-1948)

 Dayton Project Monsanto (modify based on change in facility 

designation)

• Changed to a Department of Energy facility

• Add the 9-month period when operations were being shifted from “The 

Dayton Project” to Mound