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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

Mark A. Griffon

 Salem, New Hampshire

David Kotelchuck, Ph.D.

 New York, New York

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

Loretta R. Valerio

 Santa Fe, New Mexico

Paul L. Ziemer, Ph.D.

 Lafayette, Indiana

STAFF

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY

Theodore M. Katz, MPA

 Atlanta, Georgia

COMMITTEE MANAGEMENT 

Zaida Burgos

 Atlanta, Georgia

February 21, 2014

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 00200 concerning 

workers at the Joslyn Manufacturing and Supply Company in Fort Wayne, 

Indiana, under the statutory requirements established by the Energy 

Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 and 

incorporated into 42 C.F.R. § 83.13.

The Board respectfully recommends that SEC status be accorded to:

“All Atomic Weapons Employees who worked for Joslyn 

Manufacturing and Supply Co. at the covered facility in Fort 

Wayne, Indiana, from March 1, 1943, through July 31, 1948, 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 is a recommendation to extend the SEC class added for individuals 

employed at the Joslyn Manufacturing and Supply Co. from the previous 

end date of December 31, 1947, to July 31, 1948. This recommendation is 

based on the following factors:

• Individuals employed at the Joslyn Manufacturing and Supply Co.

worked on a number of projects related to the manufacture and 

development of nuclear weapons.

• 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 information necessary to complete individual dose 

reconstructions with sufficient accuracy for internal radiological 

exposures from thorium and/or uranium and their progeny to which 

these workers may have been subjected during the time period in 

question. The Board concurs with this determination.

• NIOSH determined that health may have been endangered for 

these Joslyn Manufacturing and Supply Co. employees during the 

time period in question. The Board also concurs with this 

determination.
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Based on these considerations and the discussion at the January 28, 2014, Board meeting 

held in Kansas City, Missouri, 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

Enclosure