Ailing US nuclear workers in limbo after Trump pauses medical compensation claim

[Marlin]

Here is another example of misunderstanding the risks at nuclear facilities especially the old Manhattan project facilities in remediation and demolition. When there is a mix of hazards the press automatically goes to the radiological risk just because it is present. I was a waste engineer for the remediation of a million square foot building at Y-12 prior to its demolition. There was beryllium, asbestos, PCBs, and mercury among other hazards besides the radiological risk. It was only place I have ever had to wear a respirator for airborne mercury. These are buildings that were built and operated during a war (1940s) effort long before OSHA and RCRA regulations (1970s) that governs these hazards.   

Ailing US nuclear workers in limbo after Trump pauses medical compensation claims

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/ailing-us-nuclear-workers-limbo-100451690.html

[fiveeleven]

My personal emphasis to all newbies, nubbs, interns, etc. as far as leaving everyday as you came in, was by far industrial safety. I think every fatality at a nuclear plant has been to date attributed to an industrial accident or natural causes. Shrimp on the barbie for all!

[Marlin]

Shrimp on the barbie for all!

 

[Mounder]

Meanwhile the vets and police get everything on a silver platter.  Keep collecting their "work-related" disability checks for sleep apnea, hearing loss, sore back, and fibromyalgia. And why am I bombed with television adds for every county in the area offering free pick-up rides...