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What you can learn in the book: Every cancer and leukemia
since 1945 can be fractionally blamed on one thing: nuclear testing fallout. 'Chernobyl fallout' was 90-95% from Chernobyl and the rest from a covered-up U.S. nuclear release. There are dozens of nuclear reactors orbiting us - many have crashed on Earth. The U.S. may have replicated a 'Hiroshima' inferno on actual humans (in cages in Nevada). Your cremated remains mixed into water would be undrinkable per the EPA because of its strontium-90 levels.
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April 30, 2013 - While LaScram
LaSalle Falls Apart, Operator Asks NRC If They Can Put a Hemi
In It- Exelon is proceeding with a formal request to the NRC for a mega-power boost (aka
'uprate') at the LaSalle plant to increase thermal output by a whopping 12.5%. Also, it has
been learned that the culprit of the technical shutdown of LaSalle Unit 1 reactor on
April 27th was the same exact valve that failed
following a scram in February 2011 due to a welding defect. The recommended fix (buy a new one, duh!) was apparently not heeded;
Status: LaSalle 1 is being restarted (at 22%). LaSalle 2 is at 1% power.
April 29, 2013 - Map of eastern U.S. nuclear plants that
have no containment vent filters (which is a 'Fukushima lessons learned'
that 'wasn't implemented')- enlarge image
April 25-27, 2013 - April 25: LaSalle Unit 2 restart attempt results in a
scram - reason: condenser leak. April 26: NRC
announces 'Special Investigation'
into April 17th events; April 27: during Unit 1 startup process, operators
were forced to shut reactor down after leak was detected in the primary containment
April 17, 2013 - LaSalle County
Nuclear Generating Station is hit by lightning - both reactors scram - pressure
builds in containment - radioactive gases vented from containment - monitoring fails -
vents from Unit 2 not filtered - leaks and other problems not reported until days later - our initial report
and our analysis of the types of radioactive gases released
in unfiltered vent
The Downwinders
This independent full-feature film, called
'The Downwinders,' was written by Lance Brittan and produced by
Shawnee Brittan, who is currently filmmaker-in-residence
at the University of Oklahoma. The film was shot in the summer of 2008 in the Oklahoma City area
and is now in post-production.
'The Downwinders' is inspired by true events and takes place in two eras: the
era of U.S. atomic testing in Nevada in the 1950s and a famous trial that took
place in 1982 in Utah.'
Synopsis of 'The Downwinders' [found on the web]:
'[The Downwinders]examines the consequences of the citizens
living in the surrounding areas, or "downwind", of the Nevada Nuclear Test Site in the 1950s. During the Cold War, a time when patriotism is at an all-time high, Atomic Energy Commission spokesman Tom Fisher discovers a possible cover-up and lie to the American public while meeting the locals who, unbeknownst to them, are becoming victims of radioactive fallout. Part courtroom drama in the vein of "Erin Brockovich" and
"A Civil Action", and part character drama, the film is set in two eras: the patriotic American 1950s, and the more hardened, jaded federal trial of 1982 that eventually led to the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, a program that compensates victims of the Nevada Test
Site...'
The outcome of the trial
The decision made in May 1984 by Utah District Court Justice Bruce Jenkins
in Irene Allen et. al., Plaintiffs, v. United States of America was notable
in that for the first time a federal judge
had ruled that, with regard to above-ground nuclear testing, the federal government had a special
duty of care towards those citizens living downwind and had been negligent in the way it conducted
its nuclear tests in Nevada. Jenkins, in his decision, held that:
1. The government failed to adequately warn the
plaintiffs of known or foreseeable long range biological consequences from
exposure to fallout radiation from open-air testing; and that such a failure was
negligent
2. The government failed to measure adequately
and concurrently with open-air testing the actual amount in communities near the
Nevada test site on a person-specific basis; and that such a failure was
negligent
3. The government failed to adequately inform
individuals and communities near the test site of well-known and inexpensive
methods to prevent, minimize, or mitigate the known or foreseeable long range
biological consequences of exposure to radioactive fallout; and that such
failure was negligent
4. As a direct and proximate result of such
negligent failures, the government unreasonably placed the plaintiffs at risk of
injury.
Jenkin's decision was based on the 'contributory role'
that radiation (as fallout) from the explosions played in causing cancers or
leukemias among the plaintiffs. He cited evidence including the fallout incident from Shot Harry in 1953 and testimony from Dr. John W. Gofman.
Introduced in the trial proceedings and exhibits were a set of
common-sense notions regarding 'radiation victim justice' that had Jenkins and his judicial colleagues acted upon could have
radically altered the way we view, perceive and act with regards to the
incidence of cancer and leukemia in America. It could have drastically
altered the progress of our nuclear age, for better, too.
The combined notion that (1) all
Americans since 1951 have been exposed to fallout from Nevada that carried or
carries some risk of the onset of disease, (2) through scientifically-determined
probability each American's cancer or leukemia therefore is caused
'fractionally' by these exposures, and (3) since the federal government
conducted its testing program negligently and put all Americans at risk of
injury then the government is liable, should mean (4) that each and every cancer or leukemia victim in the U.S.
since the 1950s ought to receive from the U.S. Treasury the corresponding fraction of
a full payment owed for the wrongful 'injury' or death that was likely caused by their
exposures to Nevada fallout by the U.S. government. The
reason why is spelled out in our second book chapter
here.
Shamefully, Jenkins failed to fully embrace this
notion, his colleagues in the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals who overturned his
decision willfully ignored an important phrase in federal legislation ('due
care') that led to their unjust verdict, and Congressional leaders finally settled
upon a bill (RECA) that addresses the compensation issue for 'downwinders' in a way that ignores
science, common sense and true justice. Lastly, the entire downwinder community, the
lawyers involved and federal justice and legislative entities before, during and after the Irene Allen Trial completely overlooked
the public health harm that arose via the U.S.'s contribution via its 1940s through 1960s Pacific nuclear tests to global fallout, which was far more injurious - radiologically speaking -
to the American populace than Nevada fallout.
Links
Read our full analysis on the trial and related
issues: here
A
famous quote from the trial occurred at its end. After listening to
the rebuttals, Jenkins turned to one of the plaintiffs and said: 'As I was
sitting here, I remembered a line from My Fair Lady. "I've grown accustomed
to your face." I appreciate your being here. I'm rather going to miss
you. I'll do the best that I can within the time that it takes to turn out a
determination on the matter.'
Learn more about the efforts of Kimberley
Joseph, television show host, photographer and most recently documentary
filmmaker. After taking interest in the radiation victims of fallout from
Soviet nuclear testing, she has completed a 13-minute
docufilm titled 'Where the Dust Settles' that is to be made into a
full-length feature by the end of 2010. Ms. Joseph is a
native of Australia's Gold Coast.
Jenkin's decision
Judge Jenkins' 489-page decision in the case of
Irene ALLEN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, Defendant is
available for perusal and download via WestLaw. Below is the table of
contents as it appears in Jenkins' May 10, 1984 opinion. We provide short
and long excerpts in our book's 2nd chapter.
In footnotes 19 & 20 on this page here
we link to & reproduce full sections of Jenkins' opinion.
I. INTRODUCTION AND STATEMENT OF THE
CASE
II. BACKGROUND: BASIC PRINCIPLES OF RADIATION
AND NUCLEAR PHYSICS
III. NUCLEAR FALLOUT
IV. BACKGROUND: BASIC PRINCIPLES OF HEALTH
PHYSICS
d V. LEGAL ANALYSIS: DISCRETIONARY FUNCTION
VI. LEGAL ANALYSIS: STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS
VII. LEGAL ANALYSIS: THE DUTY ISSUE
VIII. LEGAL ANALYSIS: BREACH OF DUTY
IX. THE QUESTION OF CAUSATION
X. DAMAGES
XI. FINDINGS OF ULTIMATE FACT AND CONCLUSIONS
OF LAW
APPENDIX A
APPENDIX B
APPENDIX C
APPENDIX D
