RE: Niagara, Franz, Kidneys around MED AEC sites

["Rick Orthen" <rorthen@cecinc.com>]

Speaking of Bethlehem, this is what Dr. John Howard (NIOSH) said about the

mistake during US Senate Committee testimony delivered on 3/30/04:



"Residual Contamination 



Finally, pursuant to Public Law 107-107, NIOSH was responsible for

conducting a residual contamination study. The study, conducted by NIOSH,

evaluated whether significant residual contamination remained at atomic

weapons employer or beryllium vendor facilities after such facilities had

concluded work for DOE or its predecessor agencies. 



NIOSH submitted a final report on this study to Congress in November 2003.

The study evaluated 219 AWE facilities and 72 beryllium vendor facilities.

It found insufficient information to make a determination for 34 AWE

facilities and 12 beryllium vendor facilities. Among facilities that could

be evaluated, the study found that Atomic Weapons Employer sites were almost

equally divided between those that had and did not have potential for

significant residual contamination outside of the periods in which

weapons-related production occurred (96 and 89 facilities, respectively). On

the other hand, most of the beryllium vendor facilities (57) continue to

have potential for significant residual contamination. 



We regret the mistake recently identified in part of the report. The report

wrongly stated that there was a potential for significant residual

contamination at the Bethlehem Steel site in New York beyond the period when

weapons related work was completed at the site. Documentation reviewed

indicates that there is little potential for significant residual

contamination outside of the period in which weapons-related production

occurred. We are working to release an updated report as quickly as possible

with this corrected information. '



The full text of Dr. Howard's testimony may be accessed at:

http://energy.senate.gov/hearings/testimony.cfm?id=1106

<http://energy.senate.gov/hearings/testimony.cfm?id=1106&wit_id=3189>

&wit_id=3189



Rick Orthen



 



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