Whistle-blower fired from Hanford nuclear site

[think]

Source: USA Today

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Whistle-blower Donna Busche, who raised safety concerns at the nation's most polluted nuclear weapons production site, was fired Tuesday from her job at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.

Busche's complaints are part of a string of whistle-blower and other claims related to the design and safety of an unfinished waste treatment plant at Hanford.

Busche, 50, said she was called into the office Tuesday morning and told she was being fired for cause.

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Busche is the second Hanford whistle-blower to be fired by URS in recent months. Walter Tamosaitis, who also raised safety concerns about the plant, was fired in October after 44 years of employment.

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Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/02/18/hanford-nuclear-whistle-blower/5591607/

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[DeSwiss]

1. The Hanford Nuclear Reservation: Poisoning the planet with radioactive shit since 1943.

- I know that 60 miles seems too far for radiation to spread and cause birth deformity clusters, at least in some people's minds. On the other hand, with these assholes at Hanford running things, we'll never know just how far they let that shit spread, now will we?

They keep firing all the people who try to tell us......

K&R

[tomm2thumbs]

2. oh but Snowden should have come forward using traditional channels like these people did

it will all be fine. just listen to what we say and it'll all be fine.

blah blah blah blah garbage

if you want to make a difference, you go directly to the press, period.

[WillyT]

3. Yep...

[Nanjing to Seoul]

6. But Snowden embarrassed the president. And ran to Russia. And didn't come home to be

railroaded into prison (Bradley Manning) on trumped up charges.

Snowden a RW troll too. . .and should have gone to his supervisors first.

Did I cover all the anti-Snowden talking points?

[ellennelle]

4. related?

didn't i just see where there's been a disturbing spike in neurological birth defects in three counties in wash?

yakima, franklin, and right between them, benton.

hanford nuclear is in benton county.

[think]

7. Experts claim to be confounded: 'Bizarre' Cluster of Severe Birth Defects Haunts Health Experts

'Bizarre' Cluster of Severe Birth Defects Haunts Health Experts
By. Jonel Aleccia

A mysterious cluster of severe birth defects in rural Washington state is confounding health experts, who say they can find no cause, even as reports of new cases continue to climb.

Federal and state officials won’t say how many women in a three-county area near Yakima, Wash., have had babies with anencephaly, a heart-breaking condition in which they’re born missing parts of the brain or skull. And they admit they haven't interviewed any of the women in question, or told the mothers there's a potentially widespread problem....

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http://www.nbcnews.com/health/kids-health/bizarre-cluster-severe-birth-defects-haunts-health-experts-n24986

[nilesobek]

12. 130 Miles due East of Hanford

there has long been pancreatic and liver cancer clusters. We will probably never know the extent of the contamination. The wind blows predominately West to East from the reservation.

The Yucca Mountain idea was embraced by Washington State for obvious reasons. It was like Guiliani shipping his crime problem across the river to Jersey. They must have known that the containers were deteriorating when they tried to get Congress and Nevada to vote for it. The secrecy and scandal run deep on this one.

[jtuck004]

5. Karen Silkwood died trying to expose unsafe nuclear conditions. TImes change... n/t

[Javaman]

13. +1 nt

[blkmusclmachine]

8. Change you can believe in..

[filterfreeradio]

9. We spoke with Walt Tamosaitis on the American Whistleblower Tour on FFR

In case you missed our coverage of the American Whistleblower Tour in Filter Free Radio Episode 92 featuring Walter Tamosaitis, here is the entire episode and Walt's speech.

FFR Full Episode 92 - [link:

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Walt Part 1 [link:

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Walt Part 2 [link:

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Most of you have never heard of me or my show Filter Free Radio, Here's my short bio: FFR broadcasts live and free Mondays 7-9pm ET on our website [link:http://filterfreeradio.com|] www.filterfreeradio.com - The home of Nicole Sandler RadioOrNot.com and on Liberal Justice Radio via Tune-In. FFR was created by host Jacob Dean, former associate producer for The Thom Hartmann National Radio and TV Program 2009-2012. I focus on what is filtered out of the conversation, activism, movements, civics, solutions, alternatives and more. You can hear me guest hosting for Nicole Sandler 2/19 - 2/26 at [link:http://www.radioornot.com|] 7a-9a PT (10a-12n) Please check out my website for TONS of stuff I've been doing so far under the radar, DU hasn't even picked up on it yet Much love all, keep up the good fight! - JD

[bananas]

11. Welcome to DU, will check it out. nt

[defacto7]

10. As the mighty Columbia river

flows to the ocean....................