NIOSH Program Portfolio

Radiation Dose Reconstruction

The Radiation Dose Reconstruction Program conducts activities to assist claimants and support the role of the Secretary of Health and Human Services under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000 (the Act). NIOSH is responsible for conducting occupational radiation dose reconstructions for certain workers with cancer who file claims for compensation under the Act. The basic principle of dose reconstruction is to characterize the occupational radiation environment to which workers were exposed using available worker and/or workplace monitoring information. The methods employed for radiation dose reconstruction are published in 42 CFR 82. The results of worker dose reconstructions are used by the Department of Labor to determine the probability that a worker's cancer was "at least as likely as not" due to his or her occupational exposure to ionizing radiation during employment at a covered facility. Criteria and guidelines for making this determination are established by the Act and HHS under 42 CFR 81.

Related NIOSH Topics

• Office of Compensation Analysis and Support (OCAS)

 

NIOSH Program Portfolio: Radiation Dose Reconstruction