[Senate Hearing 106-570]
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                                 ERRATA

                                                        S. Hrg. 106-570
 
  [ERRATA] DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'S MANAGEMENT OF HEALTH AND SAFETY 
  ISSUES AT ITS  GASEOUS DIFFUSION PLANTS IN OAK RIDGE, TENNESSEE, 
                           AND PIKETON, OHIO

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                                HEARING

                               BEFORE THE

                              COMMITTEE ON
                          GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS
                          UNITED STATES SENATE

                       ONE HUNDRED SIXTH CONGRESS

                             SECOND SESSION

                               __________

                             MARCH 22, 2000

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                   COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS

                   FRED THOMPSON, Tennessee, Chairman
WILLIAM V. ROTH, Jr., Delaware       JOSEPH I. LIEBERMAN, Connecticut
TED STEVENS, Alaska                  CARL LEVIN, Michigan
SUSAN M. COLLINS, Maine              DANIEL K. AKAKA, Hawaii
GEORGE V. VOINOVICH, Ohio            RICHARD J. DURBIN, Illinois
PETE V. DOMENICI, New Mexico         ROBERT G. TORRICELLI, New Jersey
THAD COCHRAN, Mississippi            MAX CLELAND, Georgia
ARLEN SPECTER, Pennsylvania          JOHN EDWARDS, North Carolina
JUDD GREGG, New Hampshire
             Hannah S. Sistare, Staff Director and Counsel
               William M. Outhier, Investigative Counsel
 Elizabeth ``Libby'' S. Wood, Legislative Director for Senator Thompson
   Catherine C. Walters, Legislative Assistant for Senator Voinovich
             Andrew Richardson, Professional Staff Member,
 Oversight of Government Management, Restructuring and the District of 
                                Columbia
      Joyce A. Rechtschaffen, Minority Staff Director and Counsel
                Jonathan M. Gill, Minority GAO Detailee
                 Darla D. Cassell, Administrative Clerk



                            C O N T E N T S

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Opening statements:
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    Senator Thompson.............................................     1
    Senator Voinovich............................................     2
    Senator Akaka................................................     7
    Senator Lieberman............................................     8

                               WITNESSES
                        Wednesday March 22, 2000

Vikki Hatfield, daughter of former K-25 and Y-12 worker, 
  Kingston, Tennessee............................................     8
Ann H. Orick, former K-25 worker, Knoxville, Tennessee...........    11
Sam Ray, former Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant worker, 
  Lucasville, Ohio...............................................    15
Jeffery B. Walburn, current guard with restriction, Portsmouth 
  Gaseous Diffusion Plant, Greenup, Kentucky.....................    17
David Michaels, Ph.D., MPH, Assistant Secretary for Environment, 
  Safety and Health, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC...    28
Steven B. Markowitz, M.D., Professor and Director, Center for the 
  Biology of Natural Systems, Queens College, City University of 
  New York, Flushing, New York...................................    30

                     Alphabetical List of Witnesses

Hatfield, Vikki:
    Testimony....................................................     8
    Prepared statement with attachments..........................    48
Markowitz, Steven B., M.D.:
    Testimony....................................................    30
    Prepared statement with attachments..........................    93
Michaels, David, Ph.D.:
    Testimony....................................................    28
    Prepared statement...........................................    86
Orick, Ann H.:
    Testimony....................................................    11
    Prepared statement with attachments..........................    63
Ray, Sam:
    Testimony....................................................    15
    Prepared statement...........................................    72
Walburn, Jeffery B.:
    Testimony....................................................    17
    Prepared statement...........................................    84

                                APPENDIX

Senator Mike DeWine, U.S. Senator from the State of Ohio, 
  prepared statement.............................................    47
Question for the record submitted by Senator Stevens and response 
  from Dr. David Michaels........................................    47

             Additional Testimony Submitted for the Record

Peggy Adkins, Oak Ridge, TN......................................   123
Ruby I. Anderson, Kingston, TN...................................   124
Glenn Bell, Oak Ridge, TN, with attachments......................   128
Joseph P. Carson, P.E., Knoxville, TN............................   191
Richard Coen.....................................................   194
Linda Cox, Clinton, TN...........................................   195
Lynn Cox, Clinton, TN............................................   198
Cheryll A. Dyer, Clinton, TN.....................................   201
Rick A. Dyer, Clinton, TN........................................   205
Sherrie Graham Farver, Oak Ridge, TN, with attachments...........   206
Linda Gass, Powell, TN, with attachments.........................   234
Harry Edwin Gray, Oak Ridge, TN..................................   247
Barbara Hooper, Knoxville, TN....................................   248
Roscoe Hooper, Knoxville, TN.....................................   252
J.D. Hunter, Oliver Springs, TN..................................   253
Elizabeth Hutchins, Nashville, TN................................   255
Rose Marshall, Knoxville, TN.....................................   256
Karen Renee Dyer Massey, Hermitage, TN...........................   258
Janet R. Michel, Knoxville, TN...................................   260
James E. Phelps, Oak Ridge, TN...................................   277
Mary Pinckard, Kingston, TN......................................   284
Mack A. Orick, Knoxville, TN.....................................   287
Edward A. Slavin, Jr., ``DOE's Toxic, Hostile Working Environment 
  Violates Human Rights''........................................   294
Thomas G. and Marjorie Spangler, Knoxville, TN...................   437
Kathryn B. Swain, Harrisburg, NC.................................   438
Roy E. Swatzell..................................................   441
Lloyd Terry, Powell, TN..........................................   442
Sherry Terry, Powell, TN.........................................   443
Whitney Terry, Powell, TN........................................   444
Janine L. Voner, Maryville, TN...................................   445
Pamela Gillis Watson, Oak Ridge, TN..............................   447
Harry L. Williams, President, Coalition for a Healthy Environment   454



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