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Timeline of Major OCAS Events for 2004

Establishing the foundation for conducting dose reconstructions as required under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act (EEOICPA) has been an important and busy time for our Office. Major events of our dose reconstruction program for 2004 are listed below.

2004 Events

January Technical Information Bulletin: A Standard Complex-Wide Correction Factor for Overestimating External Doses Measured with Film Badge Dosimeters approved

Technical Information Bulletin: IMBA Organ, External Dosimetry Organ, and IREP Model Selection by ICD-9 Code approved

Huntington Pilot Plant Site Profile: Technical Basis Document: Basis for Development of an Exposure Matrix for Huntington Pilot Plant revised

K-25 Site Profile: Introduction and Site Description sections approved

Technical Information Bulletin: Maximum Internal Dose Estimates for Certain DOE Complex Claims revised

Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) Site Profile: Occupational Medical Dose section approved

Hanford Site Profile: Introduction and Occupational External Dosimetry sections revised

Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant Site Profile: Occupational Medical Dose section approved

Rocky Flats Plant Site Profile: Site Description, Occupational Environmental Dose, Occupational External Dosimetry, and Occupational Internal Dosimetry sections approved

Y-12 National Security Complex Site Profile: Introduction section approved

February Nevada Test Site's Site Profile: Introduction and Site Description sections approved

Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant Site Profile: Occupational Medical Dose section approved

Rocky Flats Site Profile: Occupational Medical Dose section approved

Fernald Environmental Management Project Site Profile: Introduction and Occupational Medical Dose sections approved

Pantex Plant Site Profile: Introduction section approved

March Fernald Environmental Management Project Site Profile: Introduction section revised

Y-12 National Security Complex Site Profile: Occupational Internal Dose section approved

Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant Site Profile: Occupational Environmental Dose section approved

Technical Information Bulletin in Support of INEEL Technical Basis Document Section 6: Reanalysis of Hankin's MTR Bonner Sphere Surveys approved

Technical Information Bulletin: IMBA Organ, External Dosimetry Organ, and IREP Model Selection by ICD-9 Code page change revision

Mound Site Profile: Site Description section approved

Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) Site Profile: Occupational Environmental Dose section approved

Pantex Plant Site Profile: Site Description section approved

Basis for the Development of an Exposure Matrix for Tennessee Valley Authority, Muscle Shoals, Alabama, Period of Operation: 1951-1955 approved

Number of final dose reconstructions sent to the Department of Labor (DOL) exceeds 2,000

April Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) Site Profile: Occupational External Dosimetry section approved

Fernald Environmental Management Project Site Profile: Occupational Environmental Dose and Occupational External Dose sections approved

Iowa Army Ammunition Plant Technical Basis Document approved

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (X-10) Site Profile: Occupational Medical Dose section approved

Nevada Test Site's Site Profile: Occupational Environmental Dose section approved

Rocky Flats Plant Site Profile: Introduction section approved

Congressional Briefing with the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee and the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee

May Technical Information Bulletin: IMBA Organ, External Dosimetry Organ, and IREP Model Selection by ICD-9 Code page change revisions

Technical Information Bulletin: Maximum Internal Dose Estimates for Certain DOE Complex Claims page change revisions

Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) Site Profile: Introduction and Occupational Medical Dose sections approved

Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Site Profile: Site Description section approved

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (X-10) Site Profile: Occupational Environmental Dose section approved

Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant Site Profile: Introduction and Site Description sections approved

Fernald Environmental Management Project Site Profile: Site Description and Occupational Internal Dose sections approved

Mound Site Profile: Occupational Medical Dose section approved

Final Rule on the procedures for designating classes of employees as members of the Special Exposure Cohort (SEC) published in the Federal Register

June Number of final dose reconstructions sent to the Department of Labor (DOL) exceeds 3,000

Nevada Test Site's Site Profile: Occupational Medical Dose section approved

Report on Residual Radioactive and Beryllium Contamination at Atomic Weapons Employer Facilities and Beryllium Vendor Facilities--Revised released

Congressional Briefing with the House Education and the Workforce Committee and the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (X-10) Site Profile: Internal Dosimetry section approved

Rocky Flats Plant Site Profile: Occupational Environmental Dose section revised

K-25 Site Profile: Occupational Medical Dose section approved

Blockson Chemical Company Site Profile: Technical Basis Document for the Development of an Exposure Matrix for Blockson Chemical Company revised

Bethlehem Steel Corporation Site Profile: Basis for Development of an Exposure Matrix for Bethlehem Steel Corporation revised

SEC Petition Evaluation Internal Procedures approved

July Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) Site Profile: Site Description section revised

Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant Site Profile: Occupational Medical Dose section revised

August Number of final dose reconstructions sent to the Department of Labor (DOL) exceeds 4,000

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (X-10) Site Profile: Introduction and External Dosimetry sections approved

Mound Site Profile: Occupational External Dosimetry section approved

Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) Site Profile: Occupational Internal Dose section approved

Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant Site Profile: Occupational Environmental Dose and Occupational External Dose sections approved

Pantex Plant Site Profile: Occupational Medical Dose and Occupational Environmental Dose sections approved

September Government Accountability Office (GAO) Report to the Chairman, Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security, and Claims, Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives: Energy Employees Compensation--Many Claims Have Been Processed, but Action is Needed to Expedite Processing of Claims Requiring Radiation Exposure Estimates released

Y-12 National Security Complex Site Profile: Page change revisions on Site Description, Occupational Medical Dose, and Occupational Environmental Dose sections

Mound Site Profile: Introduction and Internal dosimetry sections approved and page change revision on the Occupational Medical Dose section

Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant Site Profile: Introduction and Occupational Internal Dose sections approved

Argonne National Laboratory--West Site Profile: Site Description, Occupational Medical Dose, Occupational Environmental Dose, and Occupational External Dose sections approved

SEC Petition Evaluation Internal Procedures revised

Nevada Test Site's Site Profile: Occupational Internal Dose and Occupational External Dose sections approved

October Number of final dose reconstructions sent to the Department of Labor (DOL) exceeds 5,000

October 25: Federal Register Notice Published Announcing that an Iowa Ordnance Plant SEC Petition has met the Minimum Qualifications for Review and Evaluation (1947-1974)

Ronald W. Reagan National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2005 (includes sections addressing EEOICPA Reform)

Page change revision on Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) Site Profile: Occupational Internal Dose section

Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Site Profile: Occupational Environmental Dose section approved

November K-25 Site Profile: Occupational External Dose section approved

Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant Site Profile: Occupational Internal Dose section approved

Y-12 National Security Complex Site Profile: Page change revision on Introduction section

Hanford Site Profile: Occupational Internal Dose section revised

December Argonne National Laboratory--West Site Profile: Introduction section approved

Number of final dose reconstructions sent to the Department of Labor (DOL) exceeds 6,000

K-25 Site Profile: Occupational Environmental Dose and Occupational Internal Dose sections approved

Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Site Profile: Occupational Medical Dose and Occupational Internal Dose sections approved

Hanford Site Profile: Site Description section revised

Aliquippa Forge Site Profile approved

Technical Information Bulletin: Use of Coworker Dosimetry Data for External Dose Assignment approved

Technical Information Bulletin: External Coworker Dosimetry Data for the X-10 Site approved

Technical Information Bulletin: Analysis of Coworker Bioassay Data for Internal Dose Assignment approved

December 20:
Federal Register Notice Published Announcing that a Mallinckrodt Chemical Company SEC Petition has met the Minimum Qualifications for Review and Evaluation (1942-1957)

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Page last reviewed: May 30, 2008
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