Department of Health and Human Services

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Special Exposure Cohort Updates

LaVon B. Rutherford, CHP

Special Exposure Cohort Health Physics Team Leader

Division of Compensation Analysis and Support

Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health

Santa Fe, NM 

August 23, 2017
Department of Health and Human Services

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Purpose

 Update the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker 

Health (Advisory Board)

 Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) summary of petitions

‒ in qualification

‒ under evaluation

‒ currently under Board review

‒ potential SEC petitions (83.14)
Department of Health and Human Services

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Summary

 Petitions received - 243

• Petitions in qualification process - 5

• Petitions qualified for evaluation - 145

• NIOSH evaluation in progress - 1

• NIOSH evaluation completed - 144

 Reports with the Advisory Board - 12

 Petitions not qualifying for evaluation - 88

(NOTE: 243 includes 5 petitions received prior to the federal regulation)
Department of Health and Human Services

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Idaho National Laboratory 1975-1980 

 Scoville, Idaho 

 Petition SEC-00238

 All employees (CPP)

 Expected completion: The 83.14 Petition evaluation being 

presented at this Advisory Board meeting
Department of Health and Human Services

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Area IV of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory 

1991-1993 

 Ventura County, CA 

 Petition SEC-00235

 All employees

 Expected completion: Petition evaluation being 

presented at this Advisory Board meeting
Department of Health and Human Services

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Metals & Controls (Residual Period)

 Attleboro, MA

 Petition SEC-00236

 All employees

 January 1, 1968 – March 1, 1997

 Expected completion: Petition evaluation being 

presented at this Advisory Board meeting
Department of Health and Human Services

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Los Alamos National Laboratory 1996-2005

 Los Alamos, NM

 Petition SEC-00109

 Addendum to original evaluation

 All employees

 Expected completion: Petition evaluation addendum 

being presented at this Advisory Board meeting 
Department of Health and Human Services

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Sandia National Laboratory 1995-2005

 Albuquerque, NM

 Petition SEC-00188

 Addendum to address remaining years 

 All employees

 Expected completion: November 2017
Department of Health and Human Services

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory 

1990-2014

 Livermore, CA

 Petition SEC-0221

 Addendum to address remaining years 

 All employees

 Expected completion: February 2018
Department of Health and Human Services

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Under Advisory Board Review - cont.

 Feed Materials Production Center (Fernald, SEC-00046) – Work 

group update is scheduled for this Advisory Board meeting

 Hanford (SEC-00056) – the petition period ends in 1990 

 NIOSH reviewing documentation to determine whether prime 

contractors radiological control program were meeting bioassay 

commitments
Department of Health and Human Services

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Under Advisory Board Review - cont.

 Savannah River Site (SEC-00103) – NIOSH update is 

scheduled for this meeting

 Grand Junction Facilities (SEC-00175) – Work group 

update is scheduled for this meeting
Department of Health and Human Services

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Under Advisory Board Review - cont.

 Idaho National Lab (SEC-00219) – Advisory Board reviewing 

proposed class and initial evaluation report (ER) 

• NIOSH recently completed an 83.14 for adding additional years for 

CPP. The ER is scheduled to be presented at this meeting

 Argonne National Laboratory - West (SEC-00224) – Advisory 

Board and SC&A reviewing ER
Department of Health and Human Services

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Sites with remaining evaluation periods awaiting action

Feed Materials Production Center 

(Fernald), SEC-0046

1984-1989 Hanford, SEC-0057 1984-1990

(Primes only)

Savannah River Site,

SEC-0103

1973-2007 Los Alamos National 

Laboratory, SEC-0109

1996-2005

Grand Junction Facilities,

SEC-0175

1986-2010 Sandia National

Laboratories –

Albuquerque, SEC-0188

1995-2011

Idaho National Laboratory,

SEC-00219

1949-1970 Lawrence Livermore 

National Laboratory, SEC0221

1990-2014

Argonne National Laboratory –

West, SEC-0224

1958-1979
Department of Health and Human Services

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Potential Petitions (83.14)

 Idaho National Lab - CPP 

 Ames Laboratory 

 Sandia National Laboratories – Albuquerque (1945-1948)

 Dayton Project Monsanto (modify based on change in facility 

designation)

• Changed to a Department of Energy facility

• Add the 9-month period when operations were being shifted from “The 

Dayton Project” to Mound