National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) Update

LaVon B. Rutherford, CHP

SEC Health Physics Team Leader

Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health (ABRWH)

Providence, Rhode Island| August 23, 2018
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)
Summary

 Petitions received - 249

• Petitions in qualification process - 2

• Petitions qualified for evaluation - 148

• NIOSH evaluation in progress – 3

• NIOSH evaluation completed - 147

 Reports with the Advisory Board - 9

 Petitions not qualifying for evaluation - 99

(NOTE: 249 includes 5 petitions received prior to the federal regulation)
SEC Petitions in Qualification

SEC-0248 Clinton Engineering Works 1943-

1949

 Oak Ridge, TN

 All employees

SEC-0249 Clinton Engineering Works 1943-

1949

 Oak Ridge, TN

 All Roane Anderson employees
SEC Petitions under Evaluation

Sandia National Laboratory 1997-2005

 Albuquerque, NM

 Petition SEC-00188

 Addendum to address remaining years 

 All employees

 Expected completion: December 2018
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: May 2019
SEC Petitions under Evaluation cont.

Superior Steel Co. 1952-1957

 Carnegie, PA

 Petition SEC-0247

 All employees

 Expected completion: December 2018
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-00109) – NIOSH anticipates 

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

2018
Under Advisory Board Review CONT.

 Sandia National Lab. – Albuquerque (SEC-00188) – NIOSH 

will present an Addendum to the evaluation report at this 

meeting. 

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

proposed class and initial evaluation report

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

Board and SC&A reviewing Evaluation Report
Under Advisory Board Review CONT.

 Area IV Santa Susanna (SEC-00235) – NIOSH is working to 

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

evaluation report

 Metals and Controls (SEC-00236) – Work group and NIOSH 

will provide update at this meeting.

 De Soto Avenue Facility (SEC-00246) – The evaluation report 

will be presented at this advisory Board meeting
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

SEC-0221

1990-2014

Argonne National Laboratory – West

SEC-0224

1958-1979 Area IV Santa Susanna

SEC- 0235

1991-1993

Metals and Controls

SEC- 0236 

1968-

1997(Res) 

De Soto Avenue Facility

SEC-0246

1965-1995