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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

December 8, 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-00179 concerning workers at BWX Technologies, Inc. in 

Lynchburg, Virginia under the statutory requirements established by EEOICPA 

and incorporated into 42 CFR Sec. 83.14. The Board respectfully recommends 

Special Exposure Cohort status be accorded to all Atomic Weapons Employer 

employees who worked at BWX Technologies, Inc. in Lynchburg, Virginia 

during the period from January 1, 1985 through November 30, 1994, 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 in the Special Exposure 

Cohort. 

This recommendation is based on the following factors:

• People working at this facility during the time period in question 

conducted laboratory work related to nuclear weapons production.

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

source term, process, air monitoring data, and personnel monitoring 

data in order to complete individual dose reconstructions with 

sufficient accuracy for internal radiation doses 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 

BWX Technologies, Inc. facility workers. The Board concurs with this 

determination.

Based on these considerations and the discussions held at our November16 -

18, 2010 Advisory Board meeting held in Santa Fe, New Mexico, the Board 

recommends that this class be added to the Special Exposure Cohort. 
The Secretary December 8, 2010

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, ABRWH

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