Toxic waste is burned in the one-of-a-kind incinerator at Oak Ridge
A CALL FOR UNITY AMONG
THE NATION'S DOE VICTIMS!
 Please Read DOE Victims Testimonies Below

BREAKING NEWS!

NEW! "Preston Truman founded Downwinders, a watchdog organization for radiation victims living in the path of radioactive fallout, more than 20 years ago. .. "There's a lot more hype than hope in that bill," Truman said, noting that there is no guarantee of which workers will be included in the compensation."

-Quoted from this article:Next president to decide who'll be compensated, by Mary Manning, Las Vegas Sun, Oct. 24, 2000

Compensation bill OK'd, by Mary Manning, Las Vegas Sun, October 13, 2000
- Downwinders, atomic veterans, and off-site exposed ignored.-

OCT. 9, 2000: ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION ACT OF 2000

THE 106th CONGRESS SHOULD REJECT DOE’S “TROJAN HORSE” BILL
STATEMENT OF EDWARD A. SLAVIN JR. BEFORE SUBCOMMITTEE ON IMMIGRATION AND CLAIMS, COMMITTEE ON THE JUDICIARY, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES - Sept., 25, 2000

Sept. 6, 2000:

Recent Articles and Commentaries

Thompson blasted on sick worker bill - Letter to the Oak Ridger, by Ed Slavin, 7/05/2000 

AMENDMENT NO. 3250, ENERGY EMPLOYEES OCCUPATIONAL ILLNESS COMPENSATION - 6/9/2000

The Emperor's New Clothes:
Thompson Amendment is a farce on the American people
- Letter to the Oak Ridger, by Ed Slavin, 6/15/2000

Fifty Questions for Senator Fred Dalton Thompson on Amendment 3250 to S.2549
- by Ed Slavin, 6/10/2000
Test site workers didn't always know dangers, by Kalynda Tilges, Las Vegas Review-Journal, Sunday, June 18, 2000
Cold War Victims Win One - by Bill Straub, Cincinnati Post, June 16, 2000
Pass fallout compensation bill, Deseret News Editorial, May 31, 2000
Guest Column: Persistence may pay off for sick workers - by Ed Slavin,The Oak Ridger, May 29, 2000
Bar None, DOE's strategy in dealing with sick workers, by Gene Joyce, The Oak Ridger, May 31, 2000
Fallout-compensation bill clears panel, By Lee Davidson, Deseret News, May 25, 2000
Bill to Expand Eligibility of Ex-Uranium Miners,'Downwinders' for Compensation, SL Tribune, May 25, 2000
Berkley Demands Compensation for Test Site Workers - Congresswoman Shelley Berkley, Nev., May 19, 2000
Nuke compensation weakens in Congress, By Benjamin Grove, Las Vegas Sun, May 19, 2000
House OKs measure for nuclear workers, By Tony Batt, Las Vegas Review-Journal, May 19, 2000
Model Compensation Legislation (Draft May 21, 2000) by Ed Slavin
Includes Draft and Section-by-Section Analysis
Summary of Discussion Draft
Related Links:
America's Cold War Casualties by Robert Alvarez, Salon Magazine, April 24, 2000
Energy in Decay and One Vast Experiment by Robert Alvarez, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, May/June, 2000Comments on Compensation Legislation at CHE Meeting compiled by Jackie Kittrell
"CON-pensation" By J. Truman, Director of Downwinders

Sen. Wellstone calls for expanded coverage for atomic veterans, May 15, 2000

"Why Not the Best Compensation System For All Nuclear Weapons Victims?" by Attorney Ed Slavin

"Non-worker Exposures: Targeted Help" and "Downwinders, RECA, and Compensation"
by Attorney Trisha Pritikin of Hanford Downwinders

Letter to the Editor of the Denver Post by Glenn Bell - May 7, 2000

"We need a JUSTICE, not JUST US, solution" Testimony letters from Glenn Bell

What of the Linde/Praxair Workers and Local Residents? by Don Finch of FACTS

Informational points for Senator Thompson - from Harry L. Williams, President CHE
Joe Carson Comments to Harry Williams

Letter to David Michaels from Michael H. Jackson

Letter to Vice President Gore by Janet Michel, May 18, 2000

Letter to Vice President Gore by Glenn Bell

Letter to Vice President Gore May 19, 2000 by Janine L. Voner

Hanford Beryllium Awareness Group letter to David Michaels by Terrance F. Cherney
 

Victims' Testimonies

- DOE victims testimonies and additional information below -

Victims' Testimonies: United States Senate, Committee on Governmental Affairs, Hearing on Safety and Health at DOE Oak Ridge K-25, Piketon and Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plants - March 22, 2000

"DOE now admits toxic materials have killed workers at its facilities. In response to the Oak Ridge health crisis, DOE proposes only flummery. DOE's "pilot" compensation bill, S. 1954 and H.R. 3418, the Energy Employees Beryllium Compensation Act is, at best, a Kafkaesque nuclear compensation bill that is defective by design -- long on rhetoric and short on fairness, with no medical benefits, no independent health clinics, no hearings, no Administrative Procedure Act rights, no independent Administrative Law Judges, no appeal rights, and no Due Process."

DOE's Toxic, Hostile Working Environment Violates Human Rights - Attorney Ed Slavin
Victims Testimonies:
 
Related Links:
  • Press Release announcing the hearing
  • Witnesses and testimony transcripts
  • Video of hearings
  • Opening statement of Senator Fred Thompson -- Chairman
  • Statement of Senator George V. Voinovich
  • Statement of Senator Mike Dewine


    • PRE-HEARING MEDIA

    3/3/2000 "Hearings Scheduled on Health of Workers", Laura Frank - Tennessean
    3/3/2000 "Senate hearings to focus on K-25",Staff Reports -- The Oak Ridger
    3/3/2000 "Senate to Investigate Past Safety Practices Piketon Nuclear Plant",
                    Jonathan Riskind - The Columbus Dispatch
    3/3/2000 "Editorial: Don't leave ex-Test Site workers out", Las Vegas Sun
    3/5/2000 "Compensation earned", Editorial - Las Vegas Review Journal
    3/16/2000 "Ill Workers Will Testify In Washington", Lara Frank -- Tennessean

    IN DEPTH REPORTS

    Courier-Journal Report on the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant


    MEDIA ON THE HEARING

    3/22/2000 "Nuclear Victims Blast Narrow Scope", IPA National Release
    3/23/2000 "Relief Promised For Ill Workers", Larisa Brass -- Oak Ridger
    3/23/2000 "Piketon Workers' Testimony Gets Results" - The Columbus Dispatch

    DOE AND GOVERNMENT LINKS:

    RECENT TESTIMONIES OF WORKERS AT DOE PLANTS
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