While I do not work DOE, what upsets me the most is the radio-phobia (and fear mongering) displayed in these articles will of course spill over to my baby......commercial Nuclear Power. As it goes for Hanford, just because they made Nuclear Weapons (or the ingredients at least) out there doesn't mean the main health hazard is radiation. The heavy metals and ESPECIALLY the chemicals used to separate the Pu-239 have a MUCH.....MUCH greater chance of doing physical harm to ones health, yet every article referenced RADIATION as the cause to their cancer or whatever other ailment they have. Heck even one guy is worried about the bone cancer he "might' get years from now due to the 100 mrem he received......and he wants to get paid.
If you are 78 years old and develop colon cancer.....it is IMPOSSIBLE to pin point (the additional work related) radiation exposure you received 55 years ago to be the actual cause, however the Government has no problem writing checks to these people. If you are 70+ years old, you already have a good chance of developing cancer.....no matter if you worked DOE or not.
