MROHP Interviews: Caron Balkany
Subjects: Lawyer and member of Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety (activist group in New Mexico), Rocky Flats Grand Jury (Grand Jurors inability to talk legally about what they heard as jurors, unsuccessful attempt to get immunity for Rocky Flats Grand Jurors, explanation of Rule 6e), Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant (role of Justice Department in getting a settlement with Rockwell, accusation of midnight burning in an incinerator shut down for safety violations, alleged deception and collusion of the Justice Department and the Department of Energy and the Rocky Flats contractors, disagreement between EPA and Department of Energy about whether Rocky Flats is covered by the RCRA-Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, contamination at the Rocky Flats site and in surrounding neighborhoods, use of site for recreation in the future), "The Ambushed Grand Jury: How the Justice Department Covered Up Government Crimes and How We Caught Them Red-Handed" (research and writing of the book, "shadow" investigation to prove a Justice Department cover-up, difficulties publishing the book, use of the book's web site to make donations to non-profit groups), lack of need for additional nuclear weapons manufacturing.
This interview was recorded for the Maria Rogers Oral History Program, interview conducted and filmed by Dorothy D. Ciarlo, 2004. For more oral histories, visit the online archive at
http://oralhistory.boulderlibrary.org
Her book;
The Ambushed Grand Jury
http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&page=1&rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3ACaron%20Balkany
Her book;
The Ambushed Grand Jury
http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&page=1&rh=n%3A283155%2Cp_27%3ACaron%20Balkany
Subjects: work as chemical operator in Building 771 beginning in 1982, plutonium recovery process in Building 771, making pits or triggers for nuclear weapons, incentive of high pay and unlimited overtime at Rocky Flats, difficulties of being one of the first women in production, "Charlie's Angels", an all-women production team, feelings about the role of the union at Rocky Flats, filing a Form 628 Safety Concern regarding a near-criticality incident (suppression of information by the union, investigation by Rockwell of incident, reputation as a trouble-maker), inadequacy of dosimeters, problems with monitoring badges, getting radiation sickness, FBI raid, role in possible illegal midnight incineration (contacting the FBI about incident, testimony to Grand Jury, receiving immunity for testimony, journals kept by Jacque Brever, implications of alleged midnight incineration), harassment by management and other workers, experience with Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome, health problems that may be related to Rocky Flats work, collaboration with Caron Balkany, work to prevent a wildlife refuge/recreation area on Rocky Flats site, helping workers with health problems, feelings about manufacture of nuclear weapons, danger to workers.
This interview was recorded for the Maria Rogers Oral History Program, interview conducted and filmed by Dorothy D. Ciarlo, 2004. For more oral histories, visit the online archive at
MROHP Interviews: Alfonso L. Cardenas
People: Richard B. Stuart (Rocky Flats worker with berylliosis and asbestosis), Dr. Lee Newman of National Jewish Hospital -- Places: Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant -- Subjects: work at Rocky Flats from 1957 to 1978, job as chemical operator at Rocky Flats, cleaning up of Building 771 after 1957 fire, sheet metal work with beryllium and plutonium, beryllium and berylliosis (contamination from airborne beryllium oxide, inadequate protection for workers, beryllium handling compared to plutonium handling, beryllium in buildings 883 and 444, lawsuit for compensation for berylliosis, amount of compensation for berylliosis, medical expenses for berylliosis, Workmen's Compensation, diagnosis of berylliosis, living with berylliosis, berylliosis program at National Jewish Hospital), discrimination against Hispanics and Blacks at Rocky Flats, in Longmont and elsewhere, radioactive contamination at Rocky Flats, decontamination procedures, 1969 fire in Building 776, his feeling about the union at Rocky Flats, safety at Rocky Flats, asbestos at Rocky Flats, lead at Rocky Flats, high pay at Rocky Flats, extreme weather at Rocky Flats, attitude about the Cold War, impact of illness on interviewee and family.
This interview was recorded for the Maria Rogers Oral History Program, interview conducted and filmed by Dorothy D. Ciarlo, 2004. For more oral histories, visit the online archive at
http://oralhistory.boulderlibrary.org
Abbreviated Fact Sheet; Informed Consent About the Rocky Flats Cleanup
http://ambushedgrandjury.com/pdf/RF_Fact_Sheet.pdf
COVERUP AROUND CLEAN UP OF ROCKY FLATS AND CONVERSION TO 'PARK'
Abbreviated Fact Sheet; Informed Consent About the Rocky Flats Cleanup
http://ambushedgrandjury.com/pdf/RF_Fact_Sheet.pdf
ROCKY FLATS THREE MILE ISLAND TRITIUM RADIATION DISASTER
Via 'The Disaster of America's Experience with Atomic Radiation'"Like Agnes Engel of Canonsburg, Tom Charlie downriver from Church Rock, and the Haag and Mixon families near Rocky Flats, radiation has affected the life of Rita Linzy. A mother of two and a lifelong resident of Tucson, Linzy knew little of the intricacies of atomic power until one of her near neighbors accidentally leaked radioactive tritium, introducing it into food being served to forty thousand local schoolchildren. It happened in the summer of 1979. During the incident--which Linzy called "our Three Mile Island"--her hair fell out and scores of her neighbors began wondering if their health had been damaged.[1]
,,, routine tests in early June at the Tucson school system's central kitchen, near the plant, found food with radiation counts 2.5 times above permissible levels. The kitchen regularly fed approximately forty thousand students. Water in cake that had been served to twenty-eight thousand pupils contained fifty-six thousand picocuries per liter; federal standards allowed only twenty-thousand picocuries. Vegetation outside the kitchen tested at levels thirty-six times the legal limit. Radiation, said acting AAEC director Kenneth Geiser, was "in the humidity in the air. Everywhere. And all the time. Cake or bread left on a table gets kind of soggy; it picks up moisture like a sponge--and tritium with it." Tucson was shocked. The school board was soon forced to bury seventeen thousand cases of food. In all some $300,000 in perishables and $90,000 in canned goods were destroyed, at taxpayer expense.[12]
Meanwhile urine tests of people living near the plant revealed at least six cases of abnormal levels of tritium. Six-year-old Tony Bruckmeier tested at 89,100 picocuries per liter, a level termed by Gail Schmidt of the Bureau of Radiation Health as "small but not negligible."[13] Though federal officials emphasized the levels were not likely to be harmful, local residents had their doubts. Mrs. Gloria Mendoza, who had lived in the neighborhood more than a quarter century, showed levels of 71,700 picocuries per liter. The AAEC, she told the Star, "told us to see our own physicians or call the Health Department. They told me it was nothing to be alarmed about. But I've had blisters inside my mouth, and the doctors say they haven't seen anything like it since World War II. It's all cracked and constantly purplish red." For more on this story, click on;
MORE ARTICLES ABOUT ROCKY FLATS
Dr. Kristen Iverson - Rocky Flats Accidents Exposed Downwinders To Plutonium; via @AGreenRoad
Under The 'Plutonium Shadow' Of Colorado's Rocky Flats; via @AGreenRoad
Dr. Kristen Iverson - Rocky Flats Accidents Exposed Downwinders To Plutonium; via A Green Road
SEC Radiation Exposure Compensation For Former Nuclear Facility Workers; via @AGreenRoad
Plutonium Dangers Detailed; Evidence Of 2 Major Plutonium Fires And Other Rocky Flats Health and Safety Violations Around Lawsuit
Rocky Flats Former Workers And Lawyer Caron Balkany Interviewed, Grand Jury, Lawsuit, Rule 6e, DOE, Dept. Of Justice Lying
The HUGE scope and scale of the coverups around Rocky Flats and involvement of the US government agencies charged with investigating Rocky Flats is outlined by the lawyer above.
LAWSUITS AGAINST NUCLEAR COMPANIES
There is no 'safe' nuclear anything. Even small doses of radiation are cumulative and lead to increased risk of cancer, future genetic damage, and worse.
How Can A Radiation Exposure Victim Get 10 Million Dollars As Compensation For Health And Property Damage? via @AGreenRoad
This facility can be taken to be a general example of other nuclear companies and other facilities like it around the world. Cover ups are common. Lawsuits by former workers are common. Lawsuits by surrounding communities should also be common, for the same reasons outlined above. For more specifics around lawsuits against the nuclear industry specifically, in many different areas, click on this link...
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Rocky Flats Former Workers And Lawyer Caron Balkany Interviewed, Grand Jury, Lawsuit, Rule 6e, DOE, Dept. Of Justice Lying, Beryllium
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