[CPEO-MEF] Rocky Flats (CO) dose reconstruction

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Review exposes Flats data as faulty

Union petition claims dosage calculations can't be estimated

By Ann Imse
Rocky Mountain News (CO)
February 6, 2006

Serious flaws exist in one of the standards used to determine whether 
former Rocky Flats workers with cancer were sickened by dangerous levels 
of radiation at the nuclear weapons plant, an official review found.

The review, ordered by the Advisory Board on Radiation and Worker 
Health, details 21 problems with the National Institute for Occupational 
Safety and Health report that currently calculates levels of worker 
exposure.

Rocky Flats Steelworkers' Union leader Tony DeMaiori said the review is 
more ammunition for a union petition alleging that contamination records 
at the plant are so inaccurate that workers can't prove radiation caused 
their illnesses.

The accuracy of the Rocky Flats "site profile" is vital because it is 
used by NIOSH to determine if a radiation dose was high enough to cause 
the cancer and thus qualify the worker for federal medical care and 
other compensation.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_4444434,00.html

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
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