Internal Dose Reconstruction Under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program

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• Personal Author:
  Allen DK ; Brackett EM ; Kenning RW ; King VA ; Olsen BM
• Description:
  To provide for a fair and compassionate approach to the processing of claims, it is essential that dose reconstructions be performed as expeditiously as possible. This approach differs from traditional occupational internal dosimetry in that worst case assumptions may be applied to determine that the energy employee was not likely to have incurred a compensable level of radiation dose or, conversely, a reconstruction can be truncated at the point where it becomes evident that the claimant likely qualifies for compensation. In addition, the yearly dose, from the start of exposure until the date of cancer diagnosis, to the organ relevant to the specified cancer is required for determining the probability of compensation. The probability is based on radiation type, and in some cases, is further broken down by energy range, rather than radionuclide. These departures from traditional occupational internal dose assessment have created a need for the development of new approaches as well as new software to accomplish the goal. Claims where it is apparent that a large dose was delivered to the relevant organ can be expedited by performing a partial dose assessment. It was initially thought that claims appearing to be clearly noncompensable would be relatively quick and simple, but they have turned out to be the most challenging. Examples of several dose reconstructions are provided. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Environmental Monitoring Neoplasms Nuclear Power Plants Occupational Exposure Occupational Health Radiation Radiation Dosimeters Radiation Injuries Safety Software
• Keywords:
  Cancer Computer-models Computer-software Dose-response Dosimetry Employee-exposure Exposure-assessment Nuclear-energy Nuclear-radiation Occupational-exposure Organs Radiation-exposure Radiation-injury Radiation-measurement Radiation-properties

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• ISSN:
  0017-9078
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Contract
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary ; Proceedings
• Place as Subject:
  New York ; Ohio ; OSHA Region 2 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  OCAS - Office of Compensation Analysis and Support
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  84
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20032215
• Citation:
  Health Phys 2003 Jun; 84(Suppl):S212
• Contact Point Address:
  MJW Corporation Inc., 338 Harris Hill Road, Williamsville, NY 14221
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• Performing Organization:
  MJW Corporation Inc., Williamsville, New York
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Health Physics
• Supplement:
  Suppl
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8e2f0fd96a595c14cf69646bb46585c1bb116e08b76c6592bd2dc106f9cdd8128318c6a9f028c82799855d9bf4bfabf32a1f8880751da514746ac003c9f5e22b
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/186253/cdc_186253_DS1.pdf
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