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Letter in lien of assebamf f oe s Sohn Ustasls a U.S. Departmnt of hhemy July 10, 198.
on the subject of storage of radimaive worts at the •""_ford Rsaa vatian
neat Richland, Washington.
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`, ran is Sohn Bartels, I as a retired joumalist eN a forcer make s, of
the. Elyen Weir 6 Metric Board, the e a ieipel electric sal water utility in
Eugene, 0re9on.
In. 1970 I stonbW cote the a snaing stay of the tedioaetivs onamt:ation
N of the CoLUMUa :fiver in il, 1950' 3 acid 1960's while I vas dolnkf teaeazch prior'
kF to t" ^h laser Bhgulatory COmstssbm hearings in St. Helens, (1 e9er an siting
+x on the TOOjen stack ' . Plant.
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mdiactive metals in to bodies of specific v -Lies of this emtaminatim in
their oamonii hos m to masts of Dre9on amt Washington scats and al on g to
CO1.rnbia River. T't?9e victLre included asfoad wrkea in Willapa Day, wash,
0 ingtn amt 1ticWway, Oce_on and their children -oho ate mnam anneal she llfish
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0 smi o this vsy xmaivef what is appropriately called in mietiflc jams "a
body harden of ^oeati%ro rtetels" including esime strmtius and zinc
For 25 ye arn I have staml tat tl, +Odieal histories of these isforhurmtas
would provide mn 1=b a pogo£ Of to dangers of this nuclear mulstta ud.t'r th e
uaaa of the alarms River that you are still blit hely continuing. I eve raisai
this commation of every available aomrtunity: sitinq of to TeOjm nuke Plant,
.Seating revia.2 sad hetringe an Trojan, see a press aide to U.S. F paamatb O
St v:aawr, my electlen m are of th e six entih. ear electric utility acmḋ -
siomes in the U.S. in 1978, se a a, her of to Sales and Imislatim Nmdttm
OF tho Nearian pulhic Bnnr Amatiattes, in Ue aft ma th Of the Thee "Atha I,
land nuke aaid ant, and now in to a Ḟ Oaath of nuke ac ident in to U.S.S.R.
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During this time I think I mat have experienc ed just about every Ity 01
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inertia, baa,-pmsing, cplbrbmisn, nest-feathesi , irmslcesiblity arch detait
kman to mound.
Usually the people corking for the Private seater ant a etars keep their
jobs hal their n ouths shut Ie3mdazy pti. stoned here are John Zeigler,
w blew the whistle on inadequate- design work by BmItteal (brpomtim m the
T 3= plant The Y1 1l leguUMry Camdse sent his letter to Bechtel
na-tion his his job arcs mve,.-i ng UP to Bechtel screw ups Un til they were raised
before £o3esal holies again in 1970 am cousin, Trojan to be shut den for ten
nnta in 1970.
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Stew_ Stshlo9 blew Ca whistle what Paaks Ll diametinued me ammtal on- O
itethrg Of hanford karts in 1979 arch rtanged to may in corporate huxeau¢atic a N
li'am l on g smagh to passes UxOeiell into rammdn4 necessary testing again. 7
Bafcra Bteve raovx3 on to = he zee for mnyass against "Atonic Mike" 3ks1brem k,
longt-e merge assn Eton Hereford and cartel Aterdc Mike's slide into oblivion.
Qk the other en3 of the sale w have Unman cm ammo Ujs A§aver cola
[aims hall s la nt'daaysr mtleale imah, is at wh en he is asedn, for reelection "t1
eel huskers do"n after. (D
leas this I Seams? that that ag=.reim of corporations end politician,
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poefite, konvenionce and threats, weld net help them local rsdic islet victiss.
Tber we have to mtinwolear amt moron tuasmOecim. She antinmlear
Waauarmies ors dmeendent m £ollanna t he trends being picked U, by the journelists
:Ax) if they =='pin mployed, are sitar seld- or ignorant or worse.
As a result Case 'emetemd tmel bureaemies" haven't trnatsl the crussd¢
news hurry to hel, these v as in Unman sod •;Ashingthn and to slat seal light
m •drrt yon peopl e . as doing to us ant`: your pee renh at Useford.
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