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Thank you. www.laka.org | [email protected] | Ketelhuisplein 43, 1054 RD Amsterdam | 020-6168294 Proceedings of the National Citizens'Hearings for Radiation Victims April 10-14, 1980 Nat ional Committee for Radiation Victim s N ational Committee for Radiation Victims 3 17 Pennsyl vania Avenue S.E ., w ashingt on , D .C. 20003, 2021543· {) 222 The No tionul Co m niittccIor Radia tion Vict ims is <In independent o rgauiz.a tion r-sta blixhvd to xc-rve- tl n- m-c'ds o f vc- n -t- ans, wo rkers. and other nu -m ber.... of tlu- ge!lcral puh lir- ex pos ed to unsafe- k-vc-Is of human-rua d c- ioni/ing rad ia t ion. T he Com mi ttee was for m ed to ("0 IIIiuu c- Lhe work h q.~- u ll a t t he Cit izcn s I /('fl ring.\for R a dia tion C'jet hns, 11t'1<I ill A p ril 1980. Bcc-ausc t lu-rc h as been only limi u -d recog ni tio ll of t he he alt h c-ffc- rts o f ra d ia tio n ('X!l0SlIIT . the Commit u-c- will act as a ce nte r for assista nce to rad iation vic-tims a nd in for m a tion to tilt' gcnera l public. T h e C ornmit t ec- will a c- ti vc lv cnrou rug«. assist a nd coo rdi n a te o rg a n izing o n the c-um munitv h-vr-I. SplTific Xuiionul Com nutteeFur Radm tion Victims ac-tivitir-s in clude : • ,\ ssisting Citizc-ns' I k a r ings in loca l a rt-as • Coo rdinat ing :" at io llal Ra d ia tio n Vic-rims Da y •In itia ting a m aj or medi a ca m pa ig n • P u b lish ing a m ont hl v m -wsh-tu-r . SI' V. \,/i" f' • D ist r ib u ti ng ra di atiou hea lth information • D irect ing T ill' n uck St O/J5 l ierv ca m p a ig n Slt'ering Co rnm ince R obe-r t Alvarez: Environmc-utal Policy Center Da vid Cortright . SAi'\ E Vah-rir- I Icin om- n . ln n-rfaith Coali tio n on Corp ora u - Re spons ib ility .\Iike J!'nd rzejn yk. Fellowshi p of Rccon cilia tion v' X uch-a r \\"eapons Facil ities Projcct Ad a Sanc hc z.. Vu -wpo im Syndicau- Pa m Solo. Am e rican Fri('llds Service Conuuiucc-/ Xurlcar \-\'('a p o lls Fa cilities P roject Xo rrnan Solom on. C o rnmittee- for U. S. Ve te ra ns of H iroshima a nd ;'\agasak i Kilty Tucke-r: Hc-al t h a nd Ellngy l. ea rn ing P rojec-t El r-an o r wah crs. Environmental Policy Ce-n t e- r Kunn \ \"ilso n . X a noua! Co m m it te-e- for Ra d ia tio n Victim s Contents Introdu cti o n . Edited Excerpt s from Nati on al Citizens ' Hearings for Radiati on Victims , 2 Co mm issio n Panel Report 26 Resources 29 Ed itor: Ell i Wa lte rs Acknowledgements Special than ks to Karen Wilson and Mary Black for editing and proo freading assistance, to Lesley Haas for developing the photog raphs , to Nancy M ainland for typesetting the copy , and to Clarity for laying out the final copy . Copyright 198 1 by the National Com mittee for Radiation Victims Portions of the Introduction origi nally appeared in SANE WORLD Special Report, May 1980. Photo credits: Page 6, atomic mushroom/Defe nse Dept. photo (Marine Co rps .) T/ Sgt. Joseph A. , Gudas: page 11. Paducah. Ken tucky/ DOE photo by Ed Westcott; page 15, Lawrence Livermore Laboratory/LLL photo; page 17, uranium miners/ DOE, Grand Junction Office: page 19. Ted Lombard/ Ma ine Times -Tom Jones; page 21, Bikini Atol l (july 1. 1954 )/DOE photo. A. II other photog raphs copyright 1980 by Doug Magee. NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR RADIATION VICTIMS Sce nes from th e Nati on al Citizen s' Hearings for Rad iation Victims. A pril 10-14, 1980 .'. _.'I / \ ... \ . , . , I r r- CITIZENS' HEARINGS FOR RADIATION VICTIMS Introduction T he C itize ns' H earings for Radia tion The Hearings' fellow ship beca me That evening , people aga in gathered Victims we re uniq ue. They we re histor­ ce nt ra lized as J ean Ra lph rose to in the hotel lob by. This time , however , ic. For t hos e ra d ia tion vict ims. c ro wded welcome th e partici pants. Ral ph's la te th e re were no awkward sile nces .In less int o a w ashi ngt on . D.C. hotel lobby. hu sb and was ex posed to ra d ia tion wh ile th an 24 hours, no one wa s -c-or would they rep rese nt ed a n en d and a beg in­ serving as part of the occu pation/clean­ be - a lone again . T he conversa tions and ning of im m en se iru portu nce . up force in Nag asak i in September informal mee ti ngs co nt inued until th e The I le a rings ' .... ('TC a n en d [0 the iso­ 1945 . l Ie d ied a pa inf u l, ea rly d ea th of morning ho urs. lat ion of those people - a tomic vete ra ns, hone m a rr ow ca ncer. Ilis wife a nd nucle ar workers. dow nw in d residents ch ildren have re cei ved no co m pensa tion and ot hers -, wh o have suf fe red from from th e gov e rn ment he had served in April 13, 1980 human -m ade radia tio n a nd ha ve t he n wa rt ime. [<In.' <1 a brick wa ll of gove rn men t a nd " Welcome," she sa id , " You are whik- th e Com m ission panel met to ('()r poratl' ind iffe rence. am ong friends . \\' t' a re here to show our prepa re a report fro m the testimon y it T he )' were a lso a bcg inn ing . A new str e ngt h and ou r beli efs. If ou r beli efs heard th e day before. I lea rings' partici ­ a re strong- enoug h , t ha t wa ll will soon coa liti on - the N ational Co m mittee fo r pa nt s we re involved in workshops on Radiation Victims -was crea ted , for ged crum ble." health effec ts . ha za rds of m ining, local in t he co m m onality of painfu l ex pert. A J apa nese vict im of the Nagasaki comm un ity orga nizing , and com pensa ­ (· IK C . which d ecla red itself in an in te nse bom b ing - a l liba kush a - struck a com ­ tion claims. At om ic vetera ns met to resolve to st ruggle on to wa rd justi ce for mon chord a m ong all th ose in the ro om. formula t e thei r own age nd a a nd to the victims o f radiation a nd p rotecti on " w e a re witn esses ." he sa id . "of the reco rd th ei r expe riences as radiation for fu t ur e genera tions . d ange rs of the nucl ear program: ' fodde r a nd nuclea r gu inea pigs. The Jh-a rings participant s were fro m A speci a l p rese nt a tion by Penny Ame rica's hcartland : the soldi e rs, till' Bernstein, co - producer of Paul [ aco bs p a n·lll s.