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Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant
(Site Profile Number 022)

Location: Piketon, Ohio

Site Profile

  1. Introduction
    (Revised February 12, 2007)
    this document in PDF PDF 54 KB (9 pages)

    Revision Includes: Revised as a result of a biennial review. Updated cover page. Added required standard language to the Purpose section. Added references to the Reference section. Constitutes a total rewrite of document. Incorporates internal and DOL formal review comments. This revision results in no change to the assigned dose and no PER is required.

  2. Site Description
    (Revised October 4, 2006)
    this document in PDF PDF 298 KB (38 pages)

    Revision Includes: Revision initiated for biennial review and to incorporate recent direction from NIOSH to include DOL review comments. Revised to change from a page change (Rev 00 PC-1-A) to a revision (Rev 01- A) as a result of worker outreach comments from PACE Local 5-689 and SPFPA Local 66 04/16/2004 meeting. Approved issue of Revision 01. Section 2.3.12 was added to reflect new information on building X-770 facilities. Table 2-15 was also added. Three references were added. Added a Purpose and Scope subsection to the Introduction (Section 2.0). Three references were added. No sections were deleted. No further changes occurred as a result of internal formal review. Incorporates NIOSH formal review comments. This revision results in no change to the assigned dose.


  3. Occupational Medical Dose
    (Revised July 7, 2006)
    this document in PDF PDF 193 KB (25 pages)

    Revision Includes: Deletes the uterus as an analogue/surrogate organ in Table 3.3.5-1 in Section 3.3.5. Updates required introductory language. Revised to change from a page change (Rev 01 PC-1-B) to a revision (Rev 02-A) as a result of NIOSH comment. Added a Purpose and Scope subsection to the Introduction (Section 3.1).


  4. Occupational Environmental Dose
    (Revised September 8, 2006)
    this document in PDF PDF 185 KB (28 pages)

    Revision Includes: Updated document for biennial review. Adds a Purpose and Scope subsection to the Introduction (Section 4.1). Changes the ambient maximum value to 44.8 mrem in Table 4-6. Adds Table 4-7 Perimeter road ambient radiological conditions from GM measurements and citations. Adds locations 9 and 15 of GM monitoring to Figure 4-1. Approved issue of Revision 01. This revision results in an increase in assigned dose and a PER is required.


  5. Occupational Internal Dose
    (Approved November 24, 2004)
    this document in PDF PDF 238 KB (27 pages)


  6. Occupational External Dose
    (Page Change Revision August 20, 2007)
    this document in PDF PDF 342 KB (59 pages)

    Page Change Revision Includes: Approved page change initiated to clarify information provided in Section 6.3.2.2.1 on page 20 and the application of neutron dose. The need for a PER as stated in Rev. 01 of this TBD is not correct. No PER is required since the method of assigning unmonitored neutron dose remained the same through the previous TBD revisions (i.e. the application of a neutron to photon ratio of 0.2, see Section 6.3.4.2.4). Added NIOSH date reference in Section 6.7 on page 47. Added an Attributions and Annotations section in Section 6.8 on page 48. No further changes occurred as a result of formal internal and NIOSH formal review.

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Technical Information Bulletins (TIBs)

  • Internal Dosimetry Coworker Data for Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant
    this document in PDF PDF 112 KB (16 pages)

    Document Number: ORAUT-OTIB-0036 Rev-00

    About this Document: Establishes the technical basis for assignment of Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant internal doses based on coworker bioassay data.

    Approved: July 29, 2005

  • External Coworker Dosimetry Data for the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant
    this document in PDF PDF 61 KB (10 pages)

    Document Number: ORAUT-OTIB-0040 Rev-00 PC-1

    About this Document: Allows dose reconstructors to assign doses to Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant workers who have no or limited monitoring data, based on site coworker data.

    Page Change Revision: November 7, 2006

    Page Change Revision Includes: Approved page change revision due to release of ORAUT-OTIB-0052 Rev 00. Updates required language on page 4 in Section 1.0. References ORAUT-OTIB-0052 Rev 00 on page 6 in Section 5.0. Completes Section 8.0 on page 9. No changes occurred as a result of formal internal review. This revision results in an increase in assigned dose and a PER is required.

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Program Evaluation Reports (PERs) and Program Evaluation Plans (PEPs)

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 compensability of a completed dose reconstruction may be effected, 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.

At the current time, no PERs or PEPs specific to Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant have been developed. However, we have developed PERs and PEPs that pertain to multiple sites. To view all PERs and PEPs that have been developed, please refer to the Program Evaluation Reports (PERs) and Program Evaluation Plans (PEPs) page.

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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.

Below are the Worker Outreach Activities for Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant:

  • April 16, 2004
    Meeting with Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers Local Union 5-689; Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America Local 66

    Final Minutes
    this document in PDF PDF 45 KB (7 pages)

  • March 24, 2004
    Meeting with Building Trades Unions; Plumbers and Pipefitters Local

    Final Minutes
    this document in PDF PDF 44 KB (4 pages)

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Comments Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant Documents

How to Submit Comments
Comments on Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant documents can be submitted to the NIOSH Docket Officer electronically by e-mail at NIOCINDOCKET@cdc.gov or printed comments can be mailed to NIOSH Docket Office, Robert A. Taft Laboratories, MS-C34, 4676 Columbia Parkway, Cincinnati, OH 45226. Please include the Site Profile Number (022) on all comments.

Comments Received

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Special Exposure Cohort Petition Information for Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant

  • Class Added to the SEC
    • Gaseous Diffusion Plants--employees who worked at least 250 days before February 1, 1992, at a gaseous diffusion plant in Paducah, Kentucky; Portsmouth, Ohio; or Oak Ridge, Tennessee and who were or could have been monitored in those jobs using dosimetry badges

      Note: The SEC was established by The Act. The Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant was one of the classes that Congress included when The Act was signed.

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Previous Versions of Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant Documents

  • Site Profile: Introduction
    (Approved May 11, 2004)
    this document in PDF PDF 87 KB (6 pages)

  • Site Profile: Site Description
    Approved November 18, 2003
    this document in PDF PDF 321 KB (33 pages)


  • Site Profile: Occupational Medical Dose section

  • Occupational Environmental Dose
    Approved March 17, 2004
    this document in PDF PDF 307 KB (26 pages)


  • Site Profile: Occupational External Dose

    • Revised November 7, 2006
      this document in PDF PDF 336 KB (59 pages)

      Revision Includes: Approved Revision 01 to incorporate worker outreach comments addressed in CT-0189. Amends Section 6.3.2.2 based on worker outreach comments. Adds required language to the Introduction. Adds purpose and scope subsections to the Introduction. Adds four references. Incorporates formal internal, NIOSH, and DOL review comments. Table 6-37 has been changed to include footnote citations. Constitutes a total rewrite of the document. Sections 6.5, 6.5.1, and 6.5.2 and the reference section were changed to include ORAUT-OTIB-0040, Rev. 00, "External Coworker Dosimetry Data for the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant" coworker dosimetry data information for dose reconstruction. ORAUT-OTIB-0017, Rev. 01, and ORAUT-OTIB-0040, Rev. 00 citations were also added. This revision results in an increase in assigned dose and a PER is required.


    • Approved January 18, 2005
      this document in PDF PDF 247 KB (55 pages)


  • Technical Information Bulletin: External Coworker Dosimetry Data for the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant

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Page last reviewed: May 30, 2008
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