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HANFORD: New nonprofit supports ill nuclear workers | Tri-City Herald : Mid-Columbia news

A nonprofit group has been formed to support ill nuclear workers who are applying for federal compensation or collecting benefits under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program. The group, Cold War Patriots, is sponsored by Professional Case Management, a company that provides home health care for Hanford and other ill nuclear workers. Those who sign up for the program will receive a periodic newsletter. It also has a Web site that includes a forum to help workers or their survivors connect with former coworkers.

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HANFORD: Doctor to discuss treating the 'Atomic Man' | Tri-City Herald : Mid-Columbia news

The doctor who treated the “Atomic Man” contaminated at Hanford in the nation’s worst radiological accident speaks today in Richland about Harold McCluskey’s care. McCluskey was caught in the August 1976 explosion of a glove box at Hanford’s Plutonium Finishing Plant when nitric acid was added to a column containing resin and radioactive americium. McCluskey spent five months in a steel-and-concrete isolation tank at the Hanford Emergency Decontamination Facility in Richland.

Tags: nuclear, health, safety, fuel-cycle, worker, contamination, nuke.news, hanford, doe on 2008-04-25 -All Annotations (0) -About

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Hanford expands landfill for low-level wastes | Seattle Times Newspaper

The landfill - officially called the Environmental Restoration Disposal Facility - takes about 150 truckloads a day of Hanford' low-level radioactive waste.

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House panel wants cost of Hanford work delays | Tri-City Herald : Mid-Columbia news

The chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee is calling for an assessment of the cost of halting work because of safety problems at Hanford's vitrification plant and tank farms. "The committee is assessing whether DOE's contractors should be held financially accountable for the costs of any schedule delays and cost overruns due to their failure to adhere to nuclear safety and other requirements," said a letter signed by Chairman John Dingell and four other committee members, including Rep. Jay Inslee, D-Wash.

Tags: doe, hanford, wa, n-weapons, economics, cleanup on 2008-04-20 -All Annotations (0) -About