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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

 Division of Compensation Analysis and Support

Memorandum

To: Pinellas Plant Working Group 

From: Peter Darnell, DCAS Health Physicist

Brian Gleckler, ORAU Team Health Physicist

Mutty Sharfi, ORAU Team Health Physicist

Matthew Smith, ORAU Team Health Physicist

Subject: Response to SC&A Memorandum on Matrix Issue #6: Decontamination and 

Decommissioning

Date: March 3, 2016 

The following update responds to SC&A’s February 3, 2016 comments on Matrix Issue #6: 

Decontamination and Decommissioning. The original SC&A comment was:

Issue 6 – The decontamination and decommission (D&D) era of Pinellas operations is not 

sufficiently addressed.

In the January 2016 SC&A response, this issue was open at the 11/19/2012 WG meeting. 

SC&A Comment 

The SME from January 2012 interviews indicated that all the contract employees were 

monitored by Pinellas RadSafe, before, during and after the D&D operations. Issue remained 

open pending NIOSH receipt of confirmatory D&D monitoring records from Albuquerque 

(11/19/2012 transcript, pp. 53–54). 

During the February 11, 2016 Pinellas Working Group (WG) meeting, NIOSH described its Site 

Research Data Base (SRDB) holdings for the site. NIOSH has captured 5161 references in the SRDB. 

This represents an exhaustive search for Pinellas records and includes records searches at Albuquerque. 

Accordingly, the WG had placed this issue in abeyance until delivery of the Sandia National 

Laboratories (SNL) finding aid. NIOSH received the finding aid on March 1, 2016 and assessed its 

usefulness based on key word searches. 
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ABRWH or its Working Groups or Subcommittees. Draft, preliminary, interim, and White Paper documents are not final NIOSH or ABRWH (or their technical

support and review contractors) positions unless specifically marked assuch. This document represents preliminary positionstaken on technical issues prepared

by NIOSH or its contractor. NOTICE: This document has been reviewed to identify and redact any information that is protected by the Privacy Act 5 USC

§552a and has been cleared for distribution.

The key words used to search the finding aid are in the following table. The key words used were 

chosen to determine if there was any information related to health physics; site radioactive materials; 

site decontamination and decommissioning (D&D); and, radiation protection was in the finding aid. 

NIOSH/ORAU Key Word Searches of SNL Finding Aid

• Leak 

• Break 

• Spill 

• Incident 

• Problem 

• Dosimetry

• Accident 

• Failure 

• Health/HP

• Survey 

• Document 

• TLD

• Procedure

• Monitor 

• Urine 

• Tritium 

• Bioassay 

• Tritide

• Air 

• Contamination

• Bed 

• S. M. Stoller 

Corporation 

• Stoller

• MACTEC Environmental 

Restoration Services 

• Decontamination

• Uranium 

• Radiation

• Neutron

During the 2008, 2010 and 2014 data captures at SNL and Morgantown (Legacy Management holdings), 

NIOSH captured 103 documents (see attached listing). Of the 44 documents captured in 2010, only one 

provided information (SRDB 86965) useful to the Pinellas TBD efforts. The 2010 and 2014 data 

capture efforts exhausted the known cache of unclassified documents. 

The latest SNL finding aid of Pinellas holdings lists 50 boxes containing various documents that, based 

upon the title of the documents, mostly relate to plant operations. However, NIOSH did note that the 

SNL finding aid contains some document titles that indirectly could be of potential value (e.g., The 

Helium3 Release and Retention Characteristics and the Stoichiometric Behavior of Aged Tritided 

Uranium, Uranium Oxide and Uranium-Aluminum Samples). While these titles relate to possible 

source terms, they do not relate to D&D or radiation safety programmatic knowledge. 

Based on our review, NIOSH believes that none of the documents in the SNL finding aid will add to our 

understanding of the D&D activities at Pinellas. 

Because of its size (60 pages), NIOSH will place a copy of the finding aid on the ABRWH drive in the 

following folder: 

ABRWH\AB Document Review\Pinellas\Finding Aid

Sincerely,

[Signature on File] 

 

Peter Darnell, CHP, RRPT 

Division of Compensation Analysis and Support 
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support and review contractors) positions unless specifically marked assuch. This document represents preliminary positionstaken on technical issues prepared

by NIOSH or its contractor. NOTICE: This document has been reviewed to identify and redact any information that is protected by the Privacy Act 5 USC

§552a and has been cleared for distribution.

Sandia National Laboratory 2008 and 2010 Data Capture Results 

Ref ID Title PDN Comments

12839 Final Radiological Status Report - Area 351 A-H 

July 15, 1996 240001109 Captured at SNL on 04/12/2008 

but document already in the 

12877 Final Radiological Status Report - Building 550 A 

and B July 23, 1996 240001139 Captured at SNL on 04/12/2008 

but document already in the 

12897 Final Radiological Status Report - Area 135 and 147 

July 23, 1996 240001147 Captured at SNL on 04/12/2008 but document already in the 

12907 Final Radiological Status Report Areas 150, 164, 

and 168 March 15 and 20, 1996 240001150 Captured at SNL on 04/12/2008 but document already in the 

12945 Internal Dosimetry Technical Basis Document - 

Lockheed Martin - 1995 240001222 Captured at SNL on 04/12/2008 but document already in the 

13137 Final Radiological Status Report Area 350 A, R-Y 

and MA 240001277 Captured at SNL on 04/12/2008 but document already in the 

52188 Personnel Exposure Data Sorted by Badge Number 030037917

52189 Personnel Exposure Data Sorted by Whole Body 

Dose 1996 030037918

52190 Updated Life Dose Sorted by Badge Number 1996 030037919

52223 Pinellas Plant Personnel External Dosimetry 030037920

52230 Safety Office Active Employee Listing by Badge 

Number as of August 18, 1996 030037921

52233 Bioassay Results December 1996 030037922

52236 Bioassay Results November 1996 030037923

52238 Bioassay Results October 1996 030037924

52239 Bioassay Results September 1996 030037925

52240 Bioassay Results January - August 1996 030037926

52248 Bioassay Results June 1996 030037927

52249 Bioassay Results April 1996 030037928

52250 Bioassay Results March 1996 030037929

52251 Bioassay Results February 1996 030037930

52252 Bioassay Results January 1996 030037931

52253 Bioassay Results December 1995 030037932

52254 Landauer External Exposure Report 1996 030037934

52255 INEL Radiation Dosimetry System Company 

Radiation Dose Equivalent Report 030037934

52256 Landauer Personnel Exposure Report Fourth 

Quarter CY 1996 030037935

52257 Landauer Personnel Exposure Report Third Quarter 

CY 1996 030037936

52258 Landauer Personnel Exposure Report First Quarter 

CY 1996 030037938

52259 Landauer Personnel Exposure Report Second 

Quarter CY 1996 030037937

52260 Radiation Exposure Report DOE Pinellas Plant 

Area 108 Cleanup Project September 1996 - 030037939

52263 Bioassay Results October-December 1994 030037940

52406 Bioassay Results July-September 1994 030037941

52408 Bioassay Results April-June 1994 030037942

52409 Bioassay Results January-March 1994 030037943

52410 Landauer Personnel Exposure Report Fourth 030037944

52411 Landauer Personnel Exposure Report Third Quarter 030037945

52412 Landauer Personnel Exposure Report Second 

Quarter 1994 030037946

52414 Landauer Personnel Exposure Report First Quarter 030037947

52415 Spare Badges Issued Report 1994 030037948

52417 Dose Data Summary 1994 030037949

52418 Personnel Dosimetry -TLD System Questionnaire 030037950
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ABRWH or its Working Groups or Subcommittees. Draft, preliminary, interim, and White Paper documents are not final NIOSH or ABRWH (or their technical

support and review contractors) positions unless specifically marked assuch. This document represents preliminary positionstaken on technical issues prepared

by NIOSH or its contractor. NOTICE: This document has been reviewed to identify and redact any information that is protected by the Privacy Act 5 USC

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Ref ID Title PDN Comments

52420 Dose Data Summary 1995 030037951

52421 Bioassay Results December 1995 030037952

52422 Bioassay Results November 1995 030037953

52423 Bioassay Results October 1995 030037954

52425 Bioassay Results September 1995 030037955

52427 Bioassay Results August 1995 030037956

52429 Bioassay Results July 1995 030037957

52430 Bioassay Results June 1995 030037958

52431 Bioassay Results May 1995 030037959

52433 Bioassay Results April 1995 030037960

52434 Bioassay Results March 1995 030037961

52435 Bioassay Results February 1995 030037962

52436 Bioassay Results January 1995 030037963

52437 Landauer Personnel Exposure Report Fourth 030037964

52440 Landauer Personnel Exposure Report Third Quarter 030037965

52441 Landauer Personnel Exposure Report Second 

Quarter 1995 030037966

52443 Landauer Personnel Exposure Report First Quarter 030037967

52444 Active Employee Listing as of May 21, 1995 030037968

52445 Bioassay Results Fourth Quarter 1993 030037969

52446 Bioassay Results Third Quarter 1993 030037970

52447 Bioassay Results Second Quarter 1993 030037971

52450 Bioassay Results First Quarter 1993 030037972

52499 Landauer Personnel Exposure Report Fourth 030037973

52500 Landauer Personnel Exposure Report Third Quarter 030037974

52501 Landauer Personnel Exposure Report Second 

Quarter 1993 030037975

52503 Landauer Personnel Exposure Report First Quarter 030037976

52505 Spare Badges and Visitor Badges Issued 1993 030037977

52506 Personnel Dose Summary 1993 030037978

52508 Area Characterization and Final Closeout Report 

Area 111 A and H 030037979

52509 Final Radiological Status Report Area 126 030037980

52511 Final Radiological Status Report Area 350 B, C and 030037981

52512 Final Radiological Status Report Area 350 D, E and 030037982

52515 Final Radiological Status Report Area 351 I-L, N, 

R1 and R2 030037984

52516 Final Radiological Status Report Area 352 030037985

52520 Final Radiological Status Report Building 500 030037986

52522 Final Radiological Status Report Area 550D 030037987

52523 Final Radiological Status Report Buildings 700, 710 

and 720 030037988

52524 Final Radiological Status Report Building 800 030037989

52525 Final Radiological Status Report Building 1000 030037990

52526 Final Radiological Status Report Building 1010 030037991

52527 Final Radiological Status Report Building 1040 030037992

52528 Final Radiological Status Report Building 1050 030037993

52530 Final Radiological Status Report Building 1225, 

1230 and 1236 030037994

52531 Final Radiological Status Report Area 106 030037995

52532 Final Radiological Status Report Area 107 030037996

52534 Final Radiological Update on Floor in Area 108 030037997

52540 Final Radiological Status Report Area 108 030037998

52541 Final Radiological Status Report Area 109 030037999

52543 Final Radiological Status Report Area 148 030038000
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ABRWH or its Working Groups or Subcommittees. Draft, preliminary, interim, and White Paper documents are not final NIOSH or ABRWH (or their technical

support and review contractors) positions unless specifically marked assuch. This document represents preliminary positionstaken on technical issues prepared

by NIOSH or its contractor. NOTICE: This document has been reviewed to identify and redact any information that is protected by the Privacy Act 5 USC

§552a and has been cleared for distribution.

Ref ID Title PDN Comments

52545 Final Radiological Status Report Area 173 030038001

52546 Final Radiological Status Report Area 190 E-L, N, 

O, U, Q and S 030038002

Better copy captured at DOE 

Morgantown on 06/18/2014 - 

original replaced. 

52548 Final Radiological Status Report Area 191 030038003

52549 Final Radiological Status Report Building 200 030038004

52551 Final Radiological Status Report Area 306 030038005

Better copy captured at DOE 

Morgantown on 06/18/2014 - 

original replaced. 

52552 Final Radiological Status Report Area 307 030038006

52553 Final Radiological Status Report Area 308 030038007

52554 Final Radiological Status Report Area 309 030038008

52555 Final Radiological Status Report Area 310 030038009

52556 Final Radiological Status Report Area 313 030038010

52557 Final Radiological Status Report Area 314 030038011

Better copy captured at DOE 

Morgantown on 06/18/2014 - 

original replaced. 

52558 Final Radiological Status Report Area 315 030038012

Better copy captured at DOE 

Morgantown on 06/18/2014 - 

original replaced. 

52559 Final Radiological Status Report Area 349 030038013

86965 Health Protection Survey Reports 030074098 Only Pinellas document captured 

during the 2010 data capture at