Radiation

Former LANL Employee, EEOICA Caseworker Loretta Valerio Brings Experience to Assist Nuclear Workers

August 29, 2007 -- (Santa Fe, NM) Today, New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson announced the appointment of Loretta Valerio as the Director of the newly established Office of Nuclear Worker’s Advocacy. The Office of Nuclear Worker’s Advocacy was passed in the 2007 legislative session and signed into law by Governor Richardson.    » read more »

July 3, 2007 -- HARRISBURG – Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell said today that the Department of Environmental Protection, Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency and state police will be better able to protect the public and monitor nuclear and radiological activities in the commonwealth following passage of House Bill 496.    » read more »

June 28, 2007 -- The nation’s top circuit court has refused to hear Utah’s appeal over a proposed nuclear waste site because it is so unlikely the facility will ever be built. Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff says this legal victory should end plans to put 4,000 high level nuclear waste containers in Utah.

“The courts are learning what we have known for some time: the proposed nuclear waste dump in Utah is at death’s door. I appreciate the hard work of our attorneys to help add another nail to the coffin,” says Shurtleff.    » read more »

May 11, 2007 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will soon begin conducting multiple projects in the Port of Tacoma, Wash., to evaluate technology and concepts of operations for radiation detection that will scan cargo at various points in transfer from ship to rail. By establishing a Rail Test Center (RTC) at the port, DHS will identify and evaluate radiological and nuclear detection solutions for intermodal rail port facilities that can be used across the country.    » read more »

May 10, 2007 -- WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Richard Durbin (D-IL) and Barack Obama (D-IL) and U.S. Congressmen John Shimkus (R-IL) and Jerry Costello (D-IL) announced progress in their effort to secure compensation for nuclear workers at the Dow Chemical facility in Madison, Illinois. The workers were subjected to radiation as part of their work for the Atomic Energy Commission at the facility during the 1950s and 1960s, and a federal program has been established to compensate the workers for health problems stemming from this work.    » read more »

Court Rebuffs “Laughable” Argument, Demands Full Assessment at Santa Susana

LOS ANGELES (May 2, 2007) – In a thorough and sweeping decision that sets extraordinary precedent, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California held today the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) accountable for identifying and cleaning up the radioactive contaminants at a nuclear facility in Southern California.    » read more »

April 11, 2007 -- The departments of Homeland Security (DHS) and Energy (DOE) announced today that operational testing is underway in Honduras and Pakistan to strengthen global supply chain security by scanning shipping containers for nuclear or radiological materials before they are allowed to depart for the United States. The tests represent the initial phase of the Secure Freight Initiative announced Dec. 7, 2006, which involves the deployment of nuclear detection devices to six foreign ports.    » read more »