NIOSH Proposing Increases in 'Reconstructed' Uranium Intake Levels

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health will consider increasing the recommended dose of uranium "reconstructions" for former workers eligible for workers' compensation at four nuclear power plant sites when it meets in a teleconference today.NIOSH will recommend raising the recommended dose reconstructions to 44pCi/d of total uranium from 3.83 pCi/d for employees who worked at the former Huntington Pilot Plant in Huntington, W.V.; the Hooker Electrochemical Section, Niagara Falls (Love Canal), N.Y.; the Savannah River Site, Aiken, S.C., and the Y-12 Plant at Oak Ridge, T...