Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant: Hearing Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixth Congress, First Session, Special HearingU.S. Government Printing Office, 2000 - 79 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα 37 - Paducah workers should be tested but that, referring to management personnel "they hesitate to proceed to intensive studies because of the union's use of this as an excuse for hazard pay (p.
Σελίδα 23 - Papers referring to levels of soil and water contamination surrounding Atomic Energy Commission installations, idle speculation on future genetic effects of radiation and papers dealing with potential process hazards to employees are definitely prejudicial to the best interests of the government.
Σελίδα 23 - very careful study" before making the report public: We can see the possibility of a shattering effect on the morale of the employees if they become aware that there was substantial reasons to question the standards of safety under which they are working. In the hands of labor unions the results of this study would add substance to demands for extrahazardous pay...
Σελίδα 63 - ... (PCBs), radionuclides, volatile organic compounds, and metals; • twelve burial grounds containing a variety of radioactive and hazardous wastes; • 52,000 drums of low-level and/or hazardous chemical waste stored on-site that must be characterized and...
Σελίδα 23 - In October 1947 Oak Ridge recommended to AEC Headquarters that the AEC Insurance Branch routinely review declassification decisions for liability concerns: Following consultation with the Atomic Energy Commission Insurance Branch, the following declassification criteria appears desirable. If specific locations or activities of the Atomic Energy Commission and/or its contractors are closely associated with statements and information which would invite or tend to encourage claims against the Atomic...
Σελίδα 2 - US SENATE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT, COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, Washington, DC. The subcommittee met at 9:36 am, in room SD-124, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Hon.
Σελίδα 20 - There are possibly 300 people at Paducah who should be checked out [for Neptunium], but they are hesitant to proceed to intensive studies because of the union's use of this as an excuse for hazard...
Σελίδα 35 - ... participant recruitment, baseline testing, follow-up, and overall program administration. Medical advances typically benefit metropolitan areas of the United States first, since large cities are often the home to the leading medical schools and major medical centers. Lung cancer screening is being rapidly established in New York, San Francisco, and Chicago. Later and perhaps slowly, it will diffuse to rural areas, where DOE facilities are typically located. Through integrating the proposed lung...
Σελίδα 32 - ... Allied-Industrial Chemical and Energy (PACE) International Union with the full cooperation of the employers at the plants. This program developed as a result of Congressional passage of Section 3162 of the National Rcauthorization Defense Act of 1993. Section 3162 required that the Department of Energy to conduct a medical surveillance program for former DOE workers who a) were at significant risk for work-related illness as a result of prior occupational exposures at DOE facilities, and b) would...
Σελίδα 35 - ... facilities are typically located. Through integrating the proposed lung cancer screening method into our Worker Health Protection Program, we have the opportunity to reverse this pattern and make Paducah, Portsmouth and Oak Ridge among the first communities in the nation to receive the potentially enormous benefits of this life-saving screening technique. The United States Congress and the Department of Energy will accrue enormous gratitude from the current and former gaseous diffusion plant...