[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 ======================================================================= HEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS UNITED STATES SENATE ONE HUNDRED SIXTH CONGRESS SECOND SESSION __________ MARCH 22, 2000 __________ Printed for the use of the Committee on Governmental Affairs U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 67-123 cc WASHINGTON : 2000 _______________________________________________________________________ For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, Congressional Sales Office U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402 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 ------ 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 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. 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