Pinellas Site Profile Review

Status Report and Action Items 

Following the Work Group Meeting

Held on October 13, 2011

Presented by Phillip Schofield

Presented to the Advisory Board on Radiatio

Worker Health

Full Board Meeting Held in Tampa, Florid

December 7-8, 2011
Background 

• Original Pinellas Technical Basis Documents (TBDs) produ

2005-2006 timeframe 

• SC&A Site Profile review completed September 2006 • Subsequently, three Work Group meetings 

– June 11, 2008 – June 11, 2009 – October 13, 2011 

• Interim between June 2009 and October 2011 meetings, N

made extensive revisions to their TBDs – most complete re

– April – July 2011, all posted save TBD-3 (occupational medical) 

• October 13 WG meeting: NIOSH presents summary chang

context of addressing unresolved SC&A concerns 

– SC&A tasked to review relevant TBD changes – currently underway. 

involve follow-on worker interviews 
SC&A Action Items - October 13, 20

Work Group Meeting

• Review documents in table “Summary of Data Capture Searc

Pinellas Plant” of ORAUT-TKBS-0029-1 Rev 1 for relevance treconstruction pre-1980 

– Status: ongoing, based on preliminary results, additional informa

requested from NIOSH 

• Review Mound tritides white paper as it applies to Pinellas an

formal response (overarching methodology) 

– Status: ongoing – Worker interviews: on-site destructive/non-destructive testing of 

tubes, leaks, incidents. Also unmonitored dose from DU (tritium TiT2 in glass beds in early years, incidents/accidents) 

• Check the NIOSH revision to TBD-5, Rev. 1 (Occupational Int

Dose), Section 5.7.3, to remove guidance for individual dose reconstruction in the event of positive plutonium bioassay 

– Status: Awaiting NIOSH revision 
SC&A Action Items - October 13, 20

Work Group Meeting, Continued

• Revisit discussions that resulted from the SC&A white paper 

Pinellas Plutonium Bioassay Data, dated December 9, 2008.” bioassay data for confirmation of comprehensive null results 

– Conduct worker interviews to obtain more information on: 

• Types of RTGs at Pinellas (use of asbestos gloves implies Pu eleme

place during testing) 

• On-site non-destructive/destructive testing of RTGs • Worker recollections of the plutonium bioassay program (frequency, w

monitored, criteria for selection, reporting results) 

– Status: ongoing – may extend into 2012 

• Review badge data to confirm that most highly exposed (or ex

non-exposed) were badged. Strategy will likely involve matchtitles for badged vs. unbadged personnel (Related to Item #1) 

– Conduct worker interviews to obtain more information about why 

worn (maximally exposed vs. cohort sampling. Criteria for selectjobs?) 

– Status: ongoing 
SC&A Action Items - October 13, 20

Work Group Meeting, Concluded

• Review performance characteristics for dosimeters used in th

1974 time period as identified by NIOSH and tabulated in TBD(Occupational External Dose). 

– Status: ongoing. Based on preliminary results, one concerns re

• Prepare memo outlining deficiencies in D&D discussion and m

Following NIOSH action to identify and provide monitoring/ suand activity descriptions to support position that D&D activitierequire additional dose assignment beyond what is already coreview for adequacy 

– Conduct worker interviews to obtain more information on activitie

exposure potential during the D&D period. Also availability of sucompiled under 10 CFR 835 and associated DOE directives/stan

– Status: ongoing – awaiting NIOSH action on D&D data 

• Review TBD- 3, Rev.1 (Occupational Medical Dose) when av

– Confirm that the information presented in the Work Group meetin

and that the new information addresses SC&A concerns 

– Status: Awaiting revision 
Path Forward

• SC&A expects that the reviews enhanced by inte

results will likely extend into 2012 

– Finalization of the Pinellas Site Profile (TBD-3) not determin– Process of conducting, documenting, processing, and finaliz

interview results will likely extend into 2012 

– Dependence on data for D&D period – Dependence on resolution of Mound tritides issue 

• Though SC&A not tasked, TBD revisions could bene

formal review in some cases (e.g., TBD-3 medical do

• Schedule fourth Work Group meeting when NIO

SC&A complete assigned tasks 
Questions?