Re: What Should We Do With Plutonium Once Nuclear Weapons Are

[Pambo1@aol.com]

Okay, Ruth, below I've got links to some "specific evidence" that makes me doubt whether DOE and its contractors can be trusted.  These are all DOE web sites, and I've even thrown in a couple of university-related items (University of California and University of Missouri).  

Yes, I'm quite aware that DOE has contracts with universities.  Would you elaborate on how those are different from the others?

Pam Watson
DOE subcontractor worker
Oak Ridge, TN

Examples:

DOE fines Univ. of California for workers' radiation exposure at Livermore (March 1998):

http://www.doe.gov/news/releases98/marpr/pr98028.htm

DOE fines Fluor Daniel Hanford for violations including some related to May 1997 explosion (March 1998):

http://home.doe.gov/news/releases98/marpr/pr98037.htm

DOE fines Westinghouse Savannah River Company for recurring violations of procedures used to ensure equipment and materials important to safety are properly designed, constructed and installed (March 8, 2000):

http://www.doe.gov/news/releases00/marpr/pr00065.htm

DOE fines Mason & Hanger for safety violations in relation to fire that occurred while a nuclear weapons component was being cleaned (August 3, 1999): 

http://www.doe.gov/news/releases00/marpr/pr00065.htm

DOE cites Argonne for violations of nuclear safety procedures that resulted in worker contaminations on two occasions  (December 16, 1999):

http://home.doe.gov/news/releases99/decpr/pr99329.htm

DOE fines Lockheed Martin and MAC Isotopes for nuclear safety violations that resulted in low-level contamination of six workers (June 8, 1998):

http://home.doe.gov/news/releases98/junpr/pr98080.htm

DOE fines Kaiser-Hill and Lockheed Martin for violating nuclear safety procedures associated with the fabrication and procurement of nuclear waste storage containers at Rocky Flats (August 20, 1999):

http://home.doe.gov/news/releases99/augpr/pr99225.htm

DOE levies penalties on Babcock & Wilcox and Lockheed Martin for nuclear safety violations at the Mound Site and ORNL, respectively (November 1998):

http://www.doe.gov/news/releases98/novpr/pr98174.htm

DOE and state of Missouri enter into Abatement Order on Consent in regard to violations of Missouri state laws by the Missouri University Research Reactor (October 1995):

http://www.em.doe.gov/ffaa/murrffca.html

DOE issues scathing Type A Accident Investigation Report on chemical explosion that injured 11 eleven workers at the Lockheed Martin-managed Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant (February 2000):

http://tis.eh.doe.gov/oversight/acc_inv/y-12_report/Y-12_NaK_Accident_Investigation.htm


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