Show $A Standard-Examin- Saturday er I November 25 1953 National Rocky Flats damage may be irreversible investigator says GOLDEN Cola (AP) — A congressional investigator says damage at the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant from radioacme materials and toxic chemicals may be irreversible and even the punt's defenders admit a cleanup : would be costly The Rocky Flats plant which makes weapons components from plutonium has become the target of safety and environmental concerns over the years There have been tires lawsuit settlements ad studies showing higher can-- c rates and plutonium contamination “I don't believe that it's possible to reverse the harm that has been done at Rocky Flats” said Bob Alvarez who works for the V S Senate's governmental affairs committee which monitors t Radioactivity data hidden suit claims HARRISBURG Pa (AP) — A lawyer for a fund created in the wake of the Three Mile Island nuclear reactor accident contends th? Department of Energy is blocking researchers from crucial data on the accident’s long-terhealth effects The Three Mile Island Public Health Fund which supports health research filed a petition this week with US District Judge Sylvia Rambo asking that the department be ordered to turn over health records it and previous federal agencies have collected since the beginning of the nuclear age Considered the world’s most extensive compilation of d health data the records cover 300000 people who have 'worked since 1943 at federal nuclear weapons and energy re- intensified in recent years But they acknowledge it might cost hundreds of millions if not billions of dollars to undertake an effective cleanup William Fenzel a General Accounting Office investigator who headed a recent safety study of Rocky Flats likened predicting groundwater flow to forecasting Colorado weather The Department of Energy and its contractor Rockwell International have conceded they lack nuclear weapons complexes The plant site 16 miles northwest of Denver is surrounded by a 6550-acr- e federally owned buffer zone Fred Dow sett head of the Colorado Health Department's waste management division said concentrations of hazardous compounds in some groundwater on the plant site are 20000 times above the drinking water standard But Dowsett said that in itself poses no threat to local residents “The nature of the plant with a large security zone around it means groundwater contamination is confined to the area of the plant” he said 385-ac- re sufficient information about groundwater migration Fenzel said because they have decided to drill 200 additional test wells around the plant during the next few years He said that raises questions about just how polluted the site Officials say all 107 waste sites at Rocky Flats are closely moni- US SAVINGS BONDS THE GREAT AMERICAN INVESTMENT tored The monitoring also has actually is FOR THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS : m atomic--relate- search and production laboratories “The department has acted in “bad faith and has no present indention of releasing he data” the fund’s attorney Daniel Berger said in his brief filed Wednesday “The data holds the promise of producing more precise and 'authoritative estimates of cancer e risks of radiation than was previously available” the brief said The TMI Public Health Fund was created in 1981 by a n in a suit Berber's father David had filed i against subsidiaries and contractors of General Public Utilities Corp owner of TMI The Unit 2 reactor at the plant was severely damaged in a March 979 accident when a series of operator errors and equipment malfunctions allowed a loss of cooling water which led to the melting of some of the uranium fuel and the release of some ra- dioactive particles and gas low-lev- el expo-isur- settle-J'me- class-actio- 1 fumtUeiX 5k G cycle Whether it’s for yourself a loved one or just a friend we at the Ogden Athletic Club have the gift for you from a full membership of your own to a simple stocking stuffer for a friend INDOOROUTDOOR FACILITIES INCLUDE: AEROBICS BASKETBALL VOLLEYBALL RACQUETBALl INDOOR TENNIS SAUNA INDOOR SWIMMING OUTDOOR JACUZZI STEAM ROOM TENNIS nt OUTDOOR SWIMMING TONING NAUTILUS FREE WEIGHTS ROWERS TANNING LIFECYCLES STAIRMASTERS 3T NORDIC TRACK MACHINE KIDS CLUB NURSERY USS SWIM TEAM MASSAGE JOGGING TRACK 200 PARKING LOCKER FACILITIES GRACES' FREE NUTRITIONAL COUNSELING EXERCISE PHYSIOLOGIST INDIVIDUAL FITNESS PROGRAM haus SNOWBOARD SALE SNOWBOARDS 479-650- 0 ' 'M V ? " P 0 ' ' vt v¥r 33995 TERRY KIDWELl$35995 334" 319" KINETIC $!-- KAOS eg $29995 t S BLACK SNOW MOGUL NT FE DFCFMRER FRF JOIN TODAY! EXPIRES DECEMBER 31 1988 M0NSTER$£495 L£°END EDGE W 30 DAY GIFT CERTIFICATES AVAILABLE $8995 $1 CQ9S zmsmsmui) 'u&iigayyyywmis Washington tto I Slvi tnTiSkiiislM licydim |