[Senate Hearing 106-570]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
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
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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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