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On Senate floor, Alexander honors nuclear workers, Bill Wilcox, Calutron Girls

Posted at 8:04 am October 31, 2013
By John Huotari Leave a Comment

U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander

Lamar Alexander

Sen. Lamar Alexander spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate on Wednesday in honor of nuclear weapons program workers. Among those he honored were Bill Wilcox and the Calutron Girls.

Wilcox was a Manhattan Project veteran, former technical director at the K-25 site and Y-12 National Security Complex, and Oak Ridge city historian.

Wednesday was the fifth annual National Day of Remembrance for nuclear weapons program workers. It had been recognized under a resolution that Alexander cosponsored earlier this year.

Here are the senator’s full remarks: [Read more…]

Filed Under: East Tennessee Technology Park, Federal, Government, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Top Stories, Y-12 National Security Complex Tagged With: American Museum of Science and Energy, Bill Wilcox, Calutron Girls, calutrons, city historian, Cold War, Cold War Patriots, Congress, Department of Labor, Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program, K-25, Lamar Alexander, Leslie Groves, Manhattan Project, National Day of Remembrance, nuclear program workers, nuclear workers, Oak Ridge, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, radiation, Tennessee Eastman, toxic materials, U.S. Senate, uranium, World War II, Y-12, Y-12 National Security Complex

Senate passes Alexander, Udall resolution for nuclear workers’ Day of Remembrance

Posted at 7:53 pm September 19, 2013
By Oak Ridge Today Staff Leave a Comment

U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander

Lamar Alexander

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Senate unanimously passed a resolution Wednesday by U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander, a Tennessee Republican, and U.S. Senator Mark Udall, a Colorado Democrat, to designate Oct. 30, 2013, as the fifth National Day of Remembrance for nuclear weapons program workers.

“In Tennessee, more than 14,000 workers have made claims for compensation, many of whom worked countless hours with little-understood hazardous materials to build our country’s nuclear deterrent,” Alexander said. “Many Americans labored behind the scenes, and Tennesseans—like those from Anderson and Roane counties, for example—filed more claims than any other state. It’s these workers, and those all around the country, whose sacrifice we seek to honor with this day of remembrance.” [Read more…]

Filed Under: Federal, Government, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: Anderson County, Cold War, Day of Remembrance, hazardous materials, Lamar Alexander, Mark Udall, National Day of Remembrance, nuclear weapons, nuclear workers, Roane County, Tennessee, U.S. Senate, World War II

Udall, Alexander reintroduce plan for independent panel to help Cold War nuclear workers

Posted at 12:24 pm August 1, 2013
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U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander

Lamar Alexander

Mark Udall

Mark Udall

U.S. senators Mark Udall, a Colorado Democrat, and Lamar Alexander, a Tennessee Republican, on Thursday reintroduced a bipartisan plan to create an independent advisory panel to help Cold War workers from Oak Ridge and other nuclear weapons facilities get the help they need to treat cancer and other illnesses they developed as a result of exposure to radiation, a press release said.

“The panel would oversee the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program, which has been plagued by procedural inconsistencies and delays, preventing former nuclear workers from accessing the benefits they are owed,” the release said.

It said about 600,000 workers were unknowingly exposed to radioactive and toxic substances while employed at U.S. atomic weapons program facilities during the Cold War era. Because of this exposure, thousands of Americans now have developed debilitating—and often terminal—diseases. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Federal, Government, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: advisory panel, Anderson County, atomic weapons, cancer, claims, Cold War, diseases, Ed Perlmutter, Ed Whitfield, Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program, illnesses, Jared Polis, Lamar Alexander, Mark Udall, nuclear weapons facilities, nuclear workers, radiation, Roane County, Rocky Flats, Toxic Substances and Worker Health Advisory Board Act

Alexander proposes National Day of Remembrance for nuclear workers

Posted at 8:11 am June 24, 2013
By John Huotari 4 Comments

U.S. Senator Lamar Alexander

Lamar Alexander

Earlier this month, U.S. Sen Lamar Alexander introduced a resolution to designate Oct. 30, 2013, as the fifth National Day of Remembrance for nuclear weapons program workers.

“In Tennessee, more than 14,000 workers have made claims for compensation, many of whom worked countless hours with hazardous materials to build our country’s nuclear deterrent,” Alexander said. “Many Americans labored behind the scenes, and Tennesseans—like those from Anderson and Roane counties, for example—filed more claims than any other state. It’s these workers, and those all around the country, whose sacrifice we seek to honor with this day of remembrance.” [Read more…]

Filed Under: Federal, Government, Top Stories, U.S. Department of Energy Tagged With: Lamar Alexander, National Day of Remembrance, nuclear workers

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