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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY’S MANAGEMENT OF

HEALTH AND SAFETY ISSUES AT ITS GASEOUS

DIFFUSION PLANTS IN OAK RIDGE, TENNESSEE,

AND PIKETON, OHIO

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

TED STEVENS, Alaska

SUSAN M. COLLINS, Maine

GEORGE V. VOINOVICH, Ohio

PETE V. DOMENICI, New Mexico

THAD COCHRAN, Mississippi

ARLEN SPECTER, Pennsylvania

JUDD GREGG, New Hampshire

JOSEPH I. LIEBERMAN, Connecticut

CARL LEVIN, Michigan

DANIEL K. AKAKA, Hawaii

RICHARD J. DURBIN, Illinois

ROBERT G. TORRICELLI, New Jersey

MAX CLELAND, Georgia

JOHN EDWARDS, North Carolina

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

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C O N T E N T S

Opening statements: Page

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

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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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