Dec. 13, 2010
Minutes of March Meeting of Houdaille Retirees Still Delayed by Backlog at Department of Energy
By Tony Rutherford
Huntingtonnews.net Reporter
Huntington, WV (HNN) – Houdaille Industries retirees and others that met in March 2010 with NIOSH officials at the Local 40 United Steelworkers of America will continue waiting on minutes from the discussion.
Retirees from Houdaille had complained at the Jan 2006 roll out meeting that their work site should be included in the Atomic Weapons compensation eligible venues.
According to Shannon Bradford, Health Communications Specialist, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Division of Compensation Analysis and Support , that the March minutes of the Local 40 outreach which included Houdaille retirees have not yet become available due to a “backlog.”
Ms. Bradford explained in September 2010 that “I did find out that that the minutes have not yet come back from their DOE review. I do not know how long it will be until they are available, but I will keep an eye out for them.”
The NIOSH communications specialist agreed that a “backlog” has held up the document on December. 9, 2010.
Retirees contend that the site should be included on the atomic workers compensation list as it allegedly received radioactively contaminated materials from the uranium processing facilities operated by the Department of Energy (DOE) on the INCO venue operated as the Huntington Pilot Plant/Reduction Pilot Plant.
Workers of the HPP/RPP from 1952-1962, and 1978-1979 qualify for the compensation. The equipment and debris from the contaminated dismantled plant were buried in 1979 on the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant venue, Piketon, Ohio, along with the trucks and rail cars that transported the debris.
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Minutes of March Meeting of Houdaille Retirees Still Delayed by Backlog at Department of Energy
By Tony Rutherford
Huntingtonnews.net Reporter
Huntington, WV (HNN) – Houdaille Industries retirees and others that met in March 2010 with NIOSH officials at the Local 40 United Steelworkers of America will continue waiting on minutes from the discussion.
Retirees from Houdaille had complained at the Jan 2006 roll out meeting that their work site should be included in the Atomic Weapons compensation eligible venues.
According to Shannon Bradford, Health Communications Specialist, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) Division of Compensation Analysis and Support , that the March minutes of the Local 40 outreach which included Houdaille retirees have not yet become available due to a “backlog.”
Ms. Bradford explained in September 2010 that “I did find out that that the minutes have not yet come back from their DOE review. I do not know how long it will be until they are available, but I will keep an eye out for them.”
The NIOSH communications specialist agreed that a “backlog” has held up the document on December. 9, 2010.
Retirees contend that the site should be included on the atomic workers compensation list as it allegedly received radioactively contaminated materials from the uranium processing facilities operated by the Department of Energy (DOE) on the INCO venue operated as the Huntington Pilot Plant/Reduction Pilot Plant.
Workers of the HPP/RPP from 1952-1962, and 1978-1979 qualify for the compensation. The equipment and debris from the contaminated dismantled plant were buried in 1979 on the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant venue, Piketon, Ohio, along with the trucks and rail cars that transported the debris.
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