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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

Robert W. Presley

 Seymour, Tennessee

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

September 1, 2010

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 

SEC Petition-00164 concerning workers at Revere Copper and Brass in Detroit, 

Michigan, under the statutory requirements established by EEOICPA and 

incorporated into 42 CFR Sec. 83.13. The Board respectfully recommends 

Special Exposure Cohort status be accorded to all Atomic Weapons Employer 

employees who worked at Revere Copper and Brass, Detroit, Michigan, from 

July 24, 1943 through December 31, 1954, 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:

• Employees at this facility during the time period in question worked on 

the extrusion of uranium and thorium billets for nuclear weapons 

production.

• The NIOSH review of available data found that they lacked adequate 

source term, process, and monitoring data in order to establish with 

sufficient accuracy internal radiation doses for thorium and external 

exposures (other than occupational medical X-ray) for employees at this 

facility during the time period in question. The Board concurs with this 

determination. 

• NIOSH determined that health may have been endangered for these 

Revere Copper and Brass facility workers during the time period in 

question. The Board concurs with this determination.

Based on these considerations and the discussions held at our August 10-12, 

2010 Advisory Board meeting in Idaho Falls, Idaho, the Board recommends that 

this Special Exposure Cohort petition be granted. 
The Honorable Kathleen Sebelius Page 2

Enclosed is the documentation from the Board meeting(s) where this Special Exposure Cohort 

class was discussed. The documentation includes transcripts of the deliberations, 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, Advisory Board on Radiation and 

Worker Health

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