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(Site Profile/Docket Number 074)
Location: Huntington, West Virginia
Also known as: Huntington Pilot Plant
Special Exposure Cohort Petition Information
The Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) is a unique category of employees established by the Act (42 CFR Part 83). Claims compensated under the SEC do not have to go through the dose reconstruction process. To qualify for compensation under the SEC, a covered employee must meet specific requirements (e.g., must have at least one of 22 “specified cancers,” and have worked for a specified time period at one of the SEC sites). Classes of employees and work sites can be considered for addition to the SEC through a NIOSH petition process. More information about the Special Exposure Cohort can be found on our Frequently Asked Questions page.
Open/Active SEC Petitions
There are currently no open/active SEC petitions from Reduction Pilot Plant.
Class(es) Added to the SEC
No classes have been added to the SEC at this time.Classes Not Added to the SEC
All International Nickel Company (INCO) security personnel who worked at any location within the Reduction Pilot Plant (RPP) during the period from June 7, 1976, through November 26, 1978.Petitions Qualified for Evaluation
Below is a list of the petitions that qualified for evaluation. Select a petition on the list to view the table for that particular petition.Petition 253 (Jun 7, 1976 to Nov 26, 1978)
	Petition Information
Steps in Petition Process:
Petition Details:Date Received
June 25, 2019Date Qualified for Evaluation
December 13, 2019Summary of Information in Petition
**Location:** Huntington, West Virginia
**Job Titles and/or Job Duties:** All INCO security personnel who worked at any location within the Reduction Pilot Plant.
**Period of Employment:** June 7, 1976 to November 26, 1978
**Note:** The information above is what qualified for evaluation. During our evaluation of whether dose reconstructions can adequately be completed for the above job titles and period of employment, information may cause NIOSH to change some the dates or job titles/duties. Therefore, as this petition proceeds through the SEC petition process and if an SEC class is proposed, the proposed class may not exactly match the above information.Copy of the Petition Received
June 25, 2019 [1.4 MB (33 pages)]
                (June 7, 1976 to December 31, 1981)Federal Register Notice Announcing that a Reduction Pilot Plant SEC Petition has met the Minimum Qualifications for Review and Evaluation
December 26, 2019 [67 KB (1 page)]
                (June 7, 1976 through November 26, 1978)SEC Petition Evaluation Report
April 24, 2020 [1 MB (46 pages)]
                (June 7, 1976 through November 26, 1978)Evaluation Report Sent to the Advisory Board
May 19, 2020
                (June 7, 1976 through November 26, 1978)Petition Discussed by the Advisory Board
The petition was discussed by the Advisory Board at the August 26-27, 2020, Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health; and at the April 27-28, 2022, Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health.
**Note:** Agendas and transcripts for Board meetings will be posted on the Advisory Board and Public Meetings page as soon as they become available.Advisory Board Recommendation on SEC Petition
May 16, 2022 [187 KB (1 page)]
                (June 7, 1976, through November 26, 1978)HHS Letters to Congress Regarding the SEC Petition
September 27, 2022 [591 KB (12 pages)]
                (June 7, 1976 through November 26, 1978)HHS Designation/Determination of Additional Members to the SEC
**Determination:**
September 27, 2022 [214 KB (4 pages)]
                    (June 7, 1976 through November 26, 1978)
**Note:** A “designation” means that HHS is recommending a class be added to the SEC. A “determination” means that HHS is recommending a class **not** be added to the SEC.Federal Register Notice: Designation/Determination of a Class of Employees for Addition to the Special Exposure Cohort
**Determination:**
December 12, 2022 [114 KB (1 page)]
                (June 7, 1976 through November 26, 1978)
**Note:** A “designation” will be published if there is a recommendation to add a class to the SEC. A “determination” will be published if there is a recommendation **not** to add a class to the SEC.**Note:** This only applies if the class is added to the SEC.
Worker Outreach Activities
Based on a recommendation from the Advisory Board to provide workers and site experts with opportunities to participate in developing the technical documents used in dose reconstruction, NIOSH established a Worker Outreach Program. At Worker Outreach Meetings, current and former DOE and AWE employees have opportunities to obtain information about Site Profiles, Technical Basis Documents, and Technical Information Bulletins, and to provide information for consideration and possible use in dose reconstruction. This process is valuable to ensure that the technical documents used in dose reconstruction contain correct and useful information.
Worker Outreach Activities for the Reduction Pilot Plant:
**March 23, 2010**
        Meeting with Members of United Steelworkers of America (USW) Local 40 and Steelworkers Organization of Active Retirees (SOAR)Final Minutes [75 KB (12 pages)]
**January 5, 2006**
        Meeting with United Steelworkers of America (USW) Local 40, Huntington, West VirginiaFinal Minutes [72 KB (10 pages)]Advisory Board Work Group on Uranium Refining Atomic Weapons Employers (AWEs)–*formerly TBD 6001 Work Group*
This Work Group reviews technical documents and Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) petitions for uranium refining AWEs assigned to it by the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health. The Work Group makes recommendations to the Board on SEC petitions, reviews reports developed by the Board’s contractor (SC&A), and assists NIOSH and SC&A in resolving issues that arise through the review process.
Sites currently being considered by the Work Group include: General Atomics, Hooker Electrochemical, Reduction Pilot Plant, Westinghouse Electric Corp. (New Jersey), and W.R. Grace (Erwin, TN).
Meeting information (including agendas and transcripts) for this Work Group can be found on either the individual work site pages or on the Advisory Board and Public Meetings page.
*Note: Baker-Perkins Co., Du Pont Deepwater Works, Electro Metallurgical Company,Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corp. (NUMEC) – Apollo, Nuclear Materials and Equipment Corp. (NUMEC) – Parks Township, and United Nuclear Corp. were previously discussed by this Work Group, but are not currently under discussion.*
**Work Group Members:**
Henry A. Anderson, M.D. (Chair)
David Kotelchuck, Ph.D., M.P.H., C.I.H.
David Pompa
**Meeting Information**
February 17, 2022 Teleconference Meeting of the Uranium Refining Atomic Weapons Employers (AWEs) Work Group
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Pre-Decisional Document Policy
Available Meeting Items:
Agenda [169 KB (1 page)]
Transcript [220 KB (27 pages)]Presentations:
SC&A Presentation: SC&A’s Review of NIOSH’s SEC-00253 Petition Evaluation Report for the Reduction Pilot Plant, Huntington, WV [452 KB (16 pages)]
NIOSH/DCAS Presentation: SEC-00253 – Reduction Pilot Plant [1.1 MB (10 pages)]Discussion/Background Papers:
NIOSH/ORAU: Special Exposure Cohort Petition Evaluation Report for the Reduction Pilot Plant, Petition SEC-00253 Rev. 0 (June 7, 1976 through November 26, 1978) [1 MB (46 pages)]
                        April 24, 2020Pre-Decisional Document Policy
Please note that as part of the procedures and processes of the Advisory Board’s Work Groups, several kinds of pre-decisional documents may be developed. These pre-decisional documents, such as white papers, matrices, working drafts, etc., are distributed among Work Group members as research and background tools to facilitate discussion and deliberation. Although discussion during a public meeting may cover pre-decisional documents, these documents often are not further revised or finalized, and thus do not reflect the final determination or evaluation of the Advisory Board and its Work Groups. Additionally, some pre-decisional documents not otherwise posted on the website may contain sensitive information, which would require an interested party to obtain such documents by filing a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the CDC/ATSDR FOIA office at foiarequests@cdc.gov.
Technical Documents
If the energy employee’s personal radiation information is incomplete, NIOSH will use other sources to estimate the radiation dose. This may involve using technical documents called Site Profiles, Technical Basis Documents, and Technical Information Bulletins.
***Please Note:**Reduction Pilot Plant is also known as Huntington Pilot Plant.*

Technical Basis Documents
Technical Basis Document for the Huntington Pilot Plant, Huntington, West Virginia [900 KB (32 pages)]
            Revised November 5, 2018
**Revision Includes:** Corrected intake values in the last three rows of Table 5.
Advisory Board and NIOSH Discussions on Reduction Pilot Plant
The Reduction Pilot Plant discussion papers listed below are working documents prepared by NIOSH or its contractor for use in discussions with the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health or its Working Groups or Subcommittees. Draft, preliminary, interim, and white paper documents are not final NIOSH or Advisory Board (or their technical support and review contractors) positions unless specifically marked as such. These documents represent preliminary positions taken on technical issues prepared by NIOSH or its contractor.
The discussion papers have been reviewed to identify and redact any information that is protected by the Privacy Act 5 USC §552a and have been cleared for distribution.
***Please Note:**Reduction Pilot Plant is also known as Huntington Pilot Plant.*
SC&A Presentation: SC&A’s Review of NIOSH’s SEC-00253 Petition Evaluation Report for the Reduction Pilot Plant, Huntington, WV [417 KB (23 pages)]
            Presentation at the April 27-28, 2022, Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health
SC&A Presentation: SC&A’s Review of NIOSH’s SEC-00253 Petition Evaluation Report for the Reduction Pilot Plant, Huntington, WV [452 KB (16 pages)]
            Presentation at the February 17, 2022, Teleconference Meeting of the Uranium Refining Atomic Weapons Employers (AWEs) Work Group
NIOSH/DCAS Presentation: SEC-00253 – Reduction Pilot Plant [1.1 MB (10 pages)]
            Presentation at the February 17, 2022, Teleconference Meeting of the Uranium Refining Atomic Weapons Employers (AWEs) Work Group
NIOSH/DCAS Memo: Reduction Pilot Plant SEC Evaluation Review [121 KB (4 pages)]
            April 29, 2021
SC&A Draft: SC&A’s Review of NIOSH SEC-00253 Petition Evaluation Report for the Reduction Pilot Plant, Huntington, WV [564 KB (38 pages)]
            Contract No. 75D30119C04183
            Document No. SCA-TR-2021-SEC003, Revision 0
            April 2, 2021
NIOSH/DCAS: SEC-00253 – Reduction Pilot Plant [590 KB (34 pages)]
            Presentation at the August 26-27, 2020, Meeting of the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker Health
SC&A Draft: DCAS-PER-066, SUBTASK 4 Review of Impacted Cases Reworked for the Evaluation of Internal Intakes from the Huntington Pilot Plant [119KB (14 pages)]
            Contract No. 211-2014-58081
            October 11, 2016
SC&A Draft: DCAS-PER-033, Subtask 4 Review of Impacted Cases Reworked for the Evaluation of Internal Intakes and Shallow Dose from the Huntington Pilot Plant [386 KB (12 pages)]
            Contract No. 200-2009-28555
            January 15, 2014
SC&A Draft: OCAS-PER-025, Subtask 4 Review of One Impacted Case Reworked for the Evaluation of Shallow Dose from the Huntington Pilot Plant [372 KB (10 pages)]
            Contract No. 200-2009-28555
            December 5, 2013
SC&A: Huntington Pilot Plant Site Profile Review – Findings Matrix [102 KB (4 pages)]
            November 18, 2013
SC&A Presentation: OCAS-PER-025 and DCAS-PER-033, Subtasks 1–3 Evaluation of Huntington Pilot Plant (HPP) TBD Revisions (SC&A Report Dated July 18, 2013) [387 KB (23 pages)]
            (Presentation from the November 7, 2013, Teleconference Meeting of the Advisory Board’s Subcommittee for Procedures Review)
SC&A Draft: A Review of NIOSH’s Program Evaluation Reports OCAS-PER-025 and OCAS-PER-033, “Huntington Pilot Plant TBD Revisions” [421 KB (16 pages)]
            Contract No. 200-2009-28555
            SCA-TR-PR2013-0082, Rev. 0
            July 18, 2013
SC&A Draft: Review of the Revised Huntington Pilot Plant Site Profile [537 KB (25 pages)]
            Contract No. 200-2009-28555
            SCA-TR-SP2013-0043
            June 4, 2013
SC&A Draft: Preliminary Review of the Revised Site Profile for the Huntington Pilot Plant [65 KB (12 pages)]
            Contract No. 200-2009-28555
            March 21, 2013Program Evaluation Plans (PEPs) and Program Evaluation Reports (PERs)
NIOSH is committed to applying the best available science in dose reconstructions. In keeping with this commitment, completed cases with probabilities of causation less than 50% are reviewed as relevant new information becomes available. The results of these reviews are described in a Program Evaluation Report (PER). The PER details the effect, if any, of the new information on the completed dose reconstruction. If it appears that the new information may result in an increase in dose for a completed dose reconstruction with a probability of causation of less than 50%, NIOSH is committed to working with the Department of Labor to reopen and rework the dose reconstruction, as appropriate. A Program Evaluation Plan (PEP) describes plans for evaluating specific program details or issues.
***Please Note:**Reduction Pilot Plant is also known as Huntington Pilot Plant.*
DCAS-PER-066: Huntington Pilot Plant Program Evaluation Report, Rev. 0 [87 KB (2 pages)]
            November 30, 2015
**About this Document:** Determines the effect of the revision to DCAS-TKBS-0004, (Huntington Pilot Plant) on previously completed claims.
**Summary:** The probability of causation (POC) remained below 50% for the effected claims. NIOSH will provide the Department of Labor with the list of all claims evaluated under this PER. Since none would now result in a POC greater than 50%, NOSH will not request the return of any of the claims.
DCAS-PER-033 Rev-0: Reduction Pilot Plant TBD Revision [112 KB (3 pages)]
            December 9, 2011
**About this Document:** Determines affect of revising the Reduction Pilot Plant TBD on previously completed claims.
**Summary:** Several changes in the Dose Reconstruction methodology occurred in the revision to the TBD. Most changes reflect a decrease in the estimated dose. However, the estimate of internal dose increased from 1956 through 1963 and for 1978 and 1979. The inhalation estimate for operators went from approximately 3.83 pCi/day (1400 pCi/yr) to 44 pCi/day. The original intake was the geometric mean of a lognormal distribution with a geometric standard deviation of 4.3. The new estimate is a single bounding value.
While the internal dose estimate increased, other exposure pathways decreased. Due to the nature of some of the changes, the magnitude of the effect on individual dose estimates will vary from claim to claim.
OCAS-PER-0025 Rev-00: Program Evaluation Report: Huntington Pilot Plant TBD Revision [14 KB (1 page)]
            September 28, 2007
**About this Document:** New document to determine which previously completed claims require evaluation for the effect of revising the Huntington Pilot Plant TBD.
**Summary:** There was one Huntington Pilot Plant claims completed for the above target organs with a probability of causation below 50% prior to 1/16/2004. NIOSH is requesting that this claim be returned for a new dose estimate. A new dose reconstruction will be completed using the latest revision to the Huntington Pilot Plant TBD.Public Comments on Reduction Pilot Plant Documents
How to Submit Comments
Comments on Reduction Pilot Plant Documents can be submitted to the NIOSH Docket Officer electronically by email at nioshdocket@cdc.gov or printed comments can be mailed to:
NIOSH Docket Office
Robert A. Taft Laboratories, MS-C34
1090 Tusculum Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45226
Please include the Site Profile/Docket Number (074) on all comments.
Comments Received
No discussion papers have been submitted on Reduction Pilot Plant at this time.Document Archive for Reduction Pilot Plant
***Please Note:**Reduction Pilot Plant is also known as Huntington Pilot Plant.*
Basis for Development of an Exposure Matrix for Huntington Pilot Plant
Revised January 16, 2004 [410 KB (17 pages)]
**Revision Includes:** Revision resolves issue of exposure to electrons and make document applicable to skin cancers.
Approved October 31, 2003 [683 KB (17 pages)]
Technical Basis Document for Huntington Pilot Plant
Revised December 12, 2013 [457 KB (32 pages)]
**Revision Includes:** Adds values of Am-241, Th-230, and Tc-99 to Tables 4 and 5. Changes (corrects) the header of the fourth column of Table A-2 to “Photons per hour per Ci 238U.” Corrects three errors in the text of Section 6.2 describing dose and dose rates (actual doses reported for dose reconstructions in Table 6 were correct). Incorporates formal review comments.
Note: Supersedes “Basis for Development of an Exposure Matrix for Huntington Pilot Plant”
Approved August 13, 2008 [413 KB (30 pages)]
							
					
							Last Reviewed:  June 30, 2022						Source: 	National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
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