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Re: Bill in Congress
Please let's all write to our members of Congress about this travesty.
Whatever one may think about second-hand smoke, remember that the flight
attendants had to prove their case in court. So should these people!
Ruth F. Weiner, Ph. D.
7336 Lew Wallace NE
Albuquerque, NM
505-856-5011
fax 505-856-5564
ruth_weiner@msn.com
-----Original Message-----
From: D. Kosloff <dkosloff@ncweb.com>
To: Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
Date: Friday, March 10, 2000 1:55 PM
Subject: Re: Bill in Congress
>The purpose of this Bill is to buy votes with taxpayer money. You have the
>same number of votes regardless of dose.
>
>Don Kosloff mailto:dkosloff@ncweb.com
>2910 Main St Perry OH 44081
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Elizabeth M. Brackett <brackett@bright.net>
>To: Multiple recipients of list <radsafe@romulus.ehs.uiuc.edu>
>Sent: Friday, March 10, 2000 2:57 PM
>Subject: Re: Bill in Congress
>
>
>> I know there's a Weldon Springs site in St. Charles, Missouri. Is there
>> also a Weldon Spring in Maryland (and what was done there, if so), or is
>> this a mistake?
>>
>> I notice there's no provision for dose. Are they intending to give money
>> to anyone who was ever monitored (or "should have been") at a DOE
facility
>> and gets cancer? Very interesting, if so. In the past we badged
>everyone
>> in Oak Ridge even if it wasn't required according to the regulations. A
>> major part of the justification was that, in the event of a lawsuit, it
>was
>> better to have records showing no dose rather than having no record for
>the
>> individual. Apparently that logic was flawed!
>>
>> Liz Brackett
>>
>> >
>> >A BILL
>> >To establish a compensation program for Department of Energy employees
>> >injured in Federal nuclear activities.
>> >
>> >Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United
>> States
>> >of America in Congress assembled,
>> >
>> >SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
>> >
>> >This Act may be cited as the `Department of Energy Nuclear Employees
>> Exposure
>> >Compensation Act'.
>> >
>> <snip>
>>
>> >SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
>> >
>> >For purposes of this Act:
>> >
>> >(1) DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY- The term `Department of Energy' includes the
>> >predecessor agencies of the Department.
>> >
>> >(2) DOE NUCLEAR EMPLOYEE- The term DOE nuclear employee` means an
>individual
>> >employed by--
>> >
>> >(A) the Department of Energy;
>> >
>> >(B) an entity that contracted with the Department of Energy to provide
>> >management and operations, management and integration, production,
>testing,
>> >research, development, environmental remediation, or waste management at
>> >facilities at locations, including the following:
>> >
>> >(i) Portsmouth, Ohio;
>> >
>> >(ii) Paducah, Kentucky.
>> >
>> >(iii) O.R. K-25, Tennessee;
>> >
>> >(iv) O.R. Y-12, Tennessee;
>> >
>> >(v) O.R. X-10, Tennessee;
>> >
>> >(vi) Hanford, Washington;
>> >
>> >(vii) Idaho National Engineering Laboratory;
>> >
>> >(viii) Rocky Flats, Colorado;
>> >
>> >(ix) Fernald, Ohio;
>> >
>> >(x) Miamisburg, Ohio;
>> >
>> >(xi) Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico;
>> >
>> >(xii) Pinellas, Florida;
>> >
>> >(xiii) Pantex, Texas;
>> >
>> >(xiv) Nevada Test Site;
>> >
>> >(xv) Brookhaven, New York;
>> >
>> >(xvi) Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory;
>> >
>> >(xvii) Sandia National Laboratory, New Mexico
>> >
>> >(xviii) Burlington, Iowa;
>> >
>> >(xix) Fermi Nuclear Facility, Illinois;
>> >
>> >(xx) Weldon Spring, Maryland; or
>> >
>> >(xxi) Savannah River, South Carolina
>> >
>> >(xxii) Argonne National Lab, Illinois
>> >
>> >(C) a supplier that supplied uranium conversion or manufacturing
>services,
>> >including Allied Signal Facility in Metropolis, Illinois, Nuclear Fuels
>> >Services in Erwin, Tennessee, Linde Air Products, Tonowanda, New York,
>and
>> >Reactive Metals in Ashtabula, Ohio.
>> >
>> <remainder deleted>
>>
>>
>> ******************************
>> Elizabeth M. Brackett, CHP
>> Sr. Health Physicist
>> MJW Corporation, Inc.
>> (330) 644-3757
>> mailto:brackett@bright.net
>> ******************************
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