[CPEO-MEF] Aid to former nuclear workers

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

House widens N-compensation 

Ex-workers at 5 more area plants to get payments

By JERRY ZREMSKI 
Buffalo News (NY)
October 9, 2004

WASHINGTON - Congressional negotiators Friday struck a deal to
dramatically broaden the number of former nuclear workers eligible for
compensation for illnesses resulting from radioactive contamination. 

Under a bill that passed the House on Friday and is expected to pass the
Senate shortly, former workers at five additional Western New York
plants will be eligible for payments of up to $150,000 and medical
coverage for some cancers. 

Those plants include Bliss and Laughlin Steel of Buffalo, Linde Ceramics
and Ashland Oil, both of the Town of Tonawanda, Simonds Saw and Steel of
Lockport and the West Valley Demonstration Project. Congressional
staffers estimate that hundreds of additional Western New Yorkers will
now be eligible for aid. 

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for the entire article, see
http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20041009/1045557.asp

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
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