Site Profile
- Introduction
(Revised February 12, 2007)
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.
- Site
Description
(Revised October 4, 2006)
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.
- Occupational
Medical Dose
(Revised July 7, 2006)
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).
- Occupational
Environmental Dose
(Revised September 8, 2006)
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.
- Occupational Internal
Dose
(Approved November 24, 2004)
PDF 238 KB (27 pages)
- Occupational External Dose
(Page Change Revision August 20, 2007)
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
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
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:
- Meeting with Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers Local Union 5-689; Security, Police and Fire Professionals of America Local 66
April 16, 2004
Final Minutes
PDF 45 KB (7 pages)
- Meeting with Building Trades Unions; Plumbers and Pipefitters Local
March 24, 2004
Final Minutes
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)
PDF 87 KB (6 pages)
- Site Profile: Site
Description
Approved November 18, 2003
PDF 321 KB (33 pages)
- Site Profile: Occupational Medical Dose section
- Occupational
Environmental Dose
Approved March 17, 2004
PDF 307 KB (26 pages)
- Site Profile: Occupational External Dose
- Revised November 7, 2006
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
PDF 247 KB (55 pages)
- Technical Information Bulletin: External Coworker Dosimetry Data for
the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant
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Page last updated: April 20, 2008
Page last reviewed: May 30, 2008
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