CFR > Title 42 - Public Health > CHAPTER I—PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES > SUBCHAPTER G—OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH RESEARCH AND RELATED ACTIVITIES (parts 80 to 87) > PART 82—METHODS FOR CONDUCTING DOSE RECONSTRUCTION UNDER THE ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION PROGRAM ACT OF 2000 > SUBPART C—Dose Reconstruction Process (§82.10 to §82.19) > 82.14—What types of information could be used in dose reconstructions?

82.14—What types of information could be used in dose reconstructions?

NIOSH will obtain the types of information described in this section for dose reconstructions, as necessary and available:
(a) Subject and employment information, including:
(1) Gender;
(2) Date of birth; and,
(3) DOE and/or AWE employment history, including: job title held by year, and work location(s): including site names(s), building numbers(s), technical area(s), and duration of relevant employment or tasks.
(b) Worker monitoring data, including:
(1) External dosimetry data, including external dosimeter readings (film badge, TLD, neutron dosimeters); and,
(2) Pocket ionization chamber data.
(c) Internal dosimetry data, including:
(1) Urinalysis results;
(2) Fecal sample results;
(3) In Vivo measurement results;
(4) Incident investigation reports;
(5) Breath radon and/or thoron results;
(6) Nasal smear results;
(7) External contamination measurements; and
(8) Other measurement results applicable to internal dosimetry.
(d) Monitoring program data, including:
(1) Analytical methods used for bioassay analyses;
(2) Performance characteristics of dosimeters for different radiation types;
(3) Historical detection limits for bioassay samples and dosimeter badges;
(4) Bioassay sample and dosimeter collection/exchange frequencies;
(5) Documentation of record keeping practices used to record data and/or administratively assign dose; and,
(6) Other information to characterize the monitoring program procedures and evaluate monitoring results.
(e) Workplace monitoring data, including:
(1) Surface contamination surveys;
(2) General area air sampling results;
(3) Breathing zone air sampling results;
(4) Radon and/or thoron monitoring results;
(5) Area radiation survey measurements (beta, gamma and neutron); and,
(6) Fixed location dosimeter results (beta, gamma and neutron); and,
(7) Other workplace monitoring results.
(f) Workplace characterization data, including:
(1) Information on the external exposure environment, including: radiation type (gamma, x-ray, proton, neutron, beta, other charged particle); radiation energy spectrum; uniformity of exposure (whole body vs partial body exposure); irradiation geometry;
(2) Information on work-required medical screening x rays; and,
(3) Other information useful for characterizing workplace radiation exposures.
(g) Information characterizing internal exposures, including:
(1) Radionuclide(s) and associated chemical forms;
(2) Results of particle size distribution studies;
(3) Respiratory protection practices; and
(4) Other information useful for characterizing internal exposures.
(h) Process descriptions for each work location, including:
(1) General description of the process;
(2) Characterization of the source term (i.e., the radionuclide and its quantity);
(3) Extent of encapsulation;
(4) Methods of containment;
(5) Other information to assess potential for irradiation by source or airborne dispersion radioactive material.