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Sites with Unreviewed DR Methodology Templates and Reports

Meeting of the Subcommittee for Procedure Reviews 

September 29, 2022 

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health’s (NIOSH’s) development of a dose 

reconstruction (DR) methodology for many smaller sites under the Energy Employees 

Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act did not consist of the standard technical basis 

document (TBD) or site profile approach, but rather what has been termed a “DR methodology 

template.” At the request of the Subcommittee for Procedure Reviews (SCPR), NIOSH provided 

SC&A with this list on July 7, 2022. To date, SC&A has not been tasked with reviewing this DR 

methodology for the majority of these sites. Table 1 lists the sites, current and previous versions 

of the templates, and current review status. 

Table 1. List of DR templates for sites with no TBD or site profile

Site Latest version

number: date

Previous version dates(a) Comments

Amchitka Island 

Nuclear Explosion Site

32: 11/18/21 10/13/21, 8/31/20, 10/3/19, 

7/17/19, 6/24/16, 5/25/16, 

2/11/15, 10/28/14, 8/11/14, 

10/30/13, 10/29/13, 10/10/12, 

5/26/11, 2/17/11, 11/2/10, 

3/4/10, 8/17/09, 3/7/09, 2/25/09, 

2/20/09

Not reviewed

Albuquerque 

Operations Office

5: 5/3/22 9/23/20, 5/21/18, 8/25/11, 

11/16/10, 12/14/09

Not reviewed

Albany Research 

Center

4: 10/3/19 5/21/18, 8/24/11, 11/16/10, 

7/1/09

Not reviewed

BWX Technologies 16: 8/31/2020 11/21/19, 6/18/19, 1/23/18, 

8/3/17, 5/27/16, 7/21/14, 

5/20/14, 7/19/12, 5/17/12, 

5/4/12, 9/1/11, 4/14/11, 2/1/11, 

1/21/11, 1/19/11, 1/5/11

Not reviewed

Modified under 

DCAS-PER-056, 

September 12, 2014. 

SCPR determined 

PER review not 

necessary.

Clinton Engineer 

Works

8: 7/29/21 7/2/21, 8/31/20, 10/23/19, 

10/3/19, 11/16/18, 11/22/17, 

12/13/12, 4/17/12

Not reviewed

General Electric Ohio 7: 10/2/19 8/5/19, 11/22/17, 7/11/16, 

11/5/13, 3/2/12, 2/21/12, 9/5/11, 

8/4/11, 7/28/11, 7/26/11, 7/25/11

Not reviewed
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Site Latest version

number: date

Previous version dates(a) Comments

General Electric

Vallecitos

9: 8/28/20 6/30/20, 10/3/19, 5/21/18, 

7/25/17, 1/9/14, 9/28/11, 9/6/11, 

10/16/10, 2/2/10

Not reviewed

Horizon 2: 11/2/2010 4/29/09 Not reviewed

International Rare 

Metals

3: 5/21/18 11/8/11, 11/16/10, 4/29/09 Not reviewed

Kirtland Operations 

Office

4: 10/3/19 5/21/18, 11/14/11, 11/16/10, 

1/4/10

Not reviewed

Latty Ave. Properties 3: 5/21/18 11/13/11, 11/16/10, 4/29/09 Not reviewed

Lake Ontario 

Ordnance Works

5: 10/3/19 5/21/18, 8/21/12, 8/30/11, 

11/16/10, 11/6/09

Not reviewed

Lovelace Respiratory 

Research Institute

5: 8/28/20 10/3/19, 5/21/18, 11/13/11, 

11/16/10, 2/17/10

Not reviewed

Medina Modification

Center

2: 10/1/19 10/12/18 Not reviewed

Modified under OCASPER-027, October 30, 

2007. SCPR 

determined PER 

review not necessary

Metallurgical Lab 4: 10/4/2019 5/21/18, 8/30/11, 11/16/10, 

12/14/09, 7/20/09

Not reviewed

Modified under DCASPER-044, May 16, 

2013. SCPR 

determined PER 

review not necessary

Metals & Controls 19: 10/2/19 7/17/18, 7/13/17, 7/19/16, 

7/21/15, 2/18/15, 10/28/14, 

9/8/14, 8/5/14, 5/20/14, 9/5/13, 

2/21/12, 6/3/11, 5/10/11, 

4/27/11, 4/19/11, 4/12/11, 

4/11/11, 4/7/11, 4/4/11

SC&A has reviewed 

the SEC ER.

Middlesex 3: 5/21/18 11/13/11, 11/16/10, 4/29/09 Not reviewed

New Brunswick 4: 11/4/20 5/21/18, 2/21/12, 11/13/11, 

11/16/10, 4/29/09

Not reviewed

Norton 11: 8/31/20 12/2/19, 11/6/19, 10/4/19, 

5/21/18, 11/14/11, 10/18/11, 

5/12/11, 11/23/10, 11/19/10, 

11/7/10, 11/16/10, 10/7/10, 

11/13/09

Reviewed under 

DCAS-PER-059

Office of Scientific and 

Technical Information

4: 5/5/22 5/21/18, 8/25/11, 11/16/10, 

11/19/09

Not reviewed

Peek Street Facility 4: 12/7/20 5/21/18, 11/16/11, 11/16/10, 

6/28/10, 2/2/10

Reviewed. Findings in 

progress.

Salmon Nuclear NA (just notes) NA Not reviewed

South Albuquerque 

Works

1: 5/5/22 NA Not reviewed
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Site Latest version

number: date

Previous version dates(a) Comments

Spencer Chemical 7: 8/26/20 10/4/19, 5/21/18, 1/16/12, 

8/12/11, 11/16/10, 3/4/10, 

3/7/09, 2/20/09

Not reviewed

Vitro NJ 4: 10/4/19 5/21/18, 11/16/11, 11/16/10, 

4/29/09

Not reviewed

Vitro PA 4: 8/31/20 10/4/19, 5/21/18, 1/16/12, 

5/13/11

Not reviewed

Vitro TN 3: 5/21/18 1/16/21, 11/16/10, 4/29/09 Not reviewed

Wah Chang 11: 10/4/19 4/16/18, 7/17/17, 7/19/12, 

5/7/12, 1/16/12, 10/25/11, 

10/14/11, 10/7/11, 11/16/10, 

2/17/10

Not reviewed

Modified under 

DCAS-PER-048, 

September 27, 2013. 

SCPR determined 

PER review not 

necessary

Westinghouse Electric 

Corp-NJ

4: 10/4/19 4/7/17, 9/25/12 Not reviewed

Westinghouse Atomic 

Power Development 

Plant

7:10/4/19 12/18/18, 5/21/18, 2/23/12, 

8/16/11, 11/16/10, 3/4/10, 

2/11/10, 11/19/09

Not reviewed

Winchester 4: 10/4/19 5/21/18, 1/16/12, 11/16/10, 

4/29/09

Not reviewed

Westinghouse Nuclear 

Fuels Division

13: 8/31/20 10/4/19, 5/21/18, 10/25/16, 

4/29/15, 5/20/14, 2/21/14, 

1/21/14, 2/19/13, 11/1/12, 

8/31/11, 11/16/10, 7/6/10, 

10/19/09, 10/15/09, 9/21/09, 

8/25/09

Reviewed under 

DCAS-PER-052

W.R. Grace-MD 4: 10/4/19 5/21/18, 8/7/14, 2/22/12, 

10/10/11

Not reviewed

(a) The number of revisions to the DR Template over the years is not an indication that there were revisions to the 

DR methodology. Revisions to templates are common to update tool integration and references.

Note: ER = evaluation report; NA = not applicable; PER = program evaluation report; SEC = Special Exposure 

Cohort.

In addition to the DR methodology templates listed in table 1, SC&A has identified several 

NIOSH-issued reports that have not been tasked for review. Table 2 lists those reports along with 

a brief summary of the document content. 
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Table 2. NIOSH-issued reports not tasked for review

Document number Document title Document summary

ORAUT-RPRT-0071 External Dose Coworker 

Methodology

This document describes the multiple 

imputation for external coworker 

models. This method will replace the 

current practice of substituting <LOD 

readings with LOD/2.

ORAUT-RPRT-0084 Two-Count Filter Method for 

Measurement of Thoron Progeny 

in Air

New document describing the twocount filter method to be used for 

measuring thoron progeny in air.

ORAUT-RPRT-0085 Probability of Causation 

Evaluation of ICRP 116 AnteriorPosterior, Isotropic, and 

Rotational Geometries

New document for evaluating 

probability of causation using ICRP 

116 anterior-posterior, isotropic, and 

rotational geometries.

ORAUT-RPRT-0087 Applications of Regression in 

External Dose Reconstruction

New document to introduce least 

squares regression and quantile 

regression as alternative methods for 

estimating beta dose based on 

gamma dose for workers whose 

dosimeters were relatively insensitive 

to beta radiation.

ORAUT-RPRT-0089 Evaluation of Issues in the Use of 

General Area Air Sampling for 

Argonne National LaboratoryWest Internal Dose Assessment

New document to evaluate issues

raised about using general area air 

sampling for internal dose 

assessment at Argonne National 

Laboratory-West.

Note: ICRP = International Commission on Radiological Protection; LOD = limit of detection.