The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 65, No. 129, Ed. 1 Monday, March 26, 1979 Page: 2 of 14
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“There has been
leakage, but it doesn’t
seem to be of serious con-
cern to humans at this
point," said Bill Hoch,
Gov. John Carlin’s press
secretary in Topeka.
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Robert Slease, public
information officer for
the Kansas Department
of Transportation, said a
radiation reading taken
one foot away registered
35 milli-roetgens an
hour. He described the
readingas "very low."
Gene Beaver,
Sedgwick County civil
prepardness director,
said at the scene there was
no significant danger to
humans from the spilled
uranium, commonly
known as “yellowcake.”
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processed at the Gore
plant for eventual use by
the Yankee Atomic Elec-
tric Co. of Manchester,
N.H.
mg handled by Salt Creek
Freight Ways of Casper.
It was mined in the
Shirley Basin of Wyom-
ing, and was to be further
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Jock-knifed truck spills low-grade
unless ingested.
Judson H. Whitman,
spokesman for the ship-
per, the Petrotomics Co.
in Casper, said the pro-
cessed ore is “less hazar-
dous than many in-
dustrial chemicals." The
fumes, he said, would be
harmful only if inhaled at
a very close range.
The truck driver, Joe
E. Lowndes, 44, of
Casper, was taken to
Osteopathic Hospital in
Wichita with minor in-
juries where he was
WICHITA, Kan. (AP)
— Low-grade processed
uranium ore was scat-
tered along rainslick In-
terstate 235 west of
Wichita when a semi-
trailer (ruck jack-knifed
and overturned on its side
Thurday.
Authorities took im-
mediate steps to contain
and clean up the spill to
prevent contamination,
which they said was a
“minimal danger”.
As many as 20 of the
55-gallon drums broke
open when thrown from
(he truck, bound from
Casper, Wyo., to a Gore,
. Okla., facility of the
Kerr-McGee Nuclear
Corp., one of the na-
tion's largest uranium
processors.
Earthen dams and
diversion channel were
constructed quickly in
roadside ditches and the
highway median to pre-
vent any runoff into
nearby streams. The spill
also was covered with
special plastic to prevent
contamination of the air.
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ing a 0 day period in the summer of 1974 there were
, plant air samples containing more radioactivity
than is permissable. The report said other higher
levels of contamination weren’t reported since
u In those areas *ore respirators. Zitting said
nedidn t remember the report.
He was asked about a memo showing employee
turn badges registering doses of radiation that exceed-
ed AEC guidelines. Three workers were relieved of
their normal duties until tests could be made to see
how much contamination they had breathed.
Zitting said he couldn’t remember seeing the July
16,1974 memo.
An Aug. 30, 1974 exhibit in the case reveals addi-
tional radiation shielding was ordered for the plant.
In answer to a question, Zitting said the facility had
operated for about four years at that point.
U.S. District Judge Frank G. Theis allowed several
questions about the intelligence-gathering activities
of James Redding, the Kerr-McGee Corp.’s security
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fr,mferAruS,de,nt Of ,he Kerr-McGee Nuclear Corp,
testified Thursday.
. ,^.eD*eut °y®r lwo *ears without a lost-time acci-
sa^d Rlchard T- Zitting, 49, of Albuquerque, N.M.
Under questioning by an attorney for the Karen
Silkwood estate, Zitting agreed nuclear fuel produc-
ion workers may have worn respirators to eliminate
lost-time because of contaminated areas
Silkwood’s survivors allege the Kerr-McGce Corp,
and its subsidiary, the nuclear corporation, were
negligent in allowing her to become contaminated
with plutonium. She was working as a Kerr-McGee
lab technician when she died in a 1974 car crash.
The compnay contends she contaminated herself,
either accidentally or on purpose, possibly to
dramatize her safety accusations.
Zitting said there were numerous reports of con-
Friday, March 23,1979 THE OKLAHOMA DAILY, Normae, Oklahoma
Former official testifies Kerr-McGee plant had good record
lamination at the plutonium plant near Crescent,
Okla, because "any time you get the tiniest speck of
this stuff on your skin you have to scrub it off.”
He testified he felt it was all right with the Atomic
Energy Commission for workers to paint con-
taminated walls and floors.
Silk wood lawyer Gerry Spence gave Zitting several
exhibits in the case and asked him if he had ever seen
the reports they contained. The exhibits included a
radiation film badge memo, a monthly nuclear fuel
plant report and two volumes of AEC contamination
reports.
"1 was presdient of this company,” Zitting said. "I
didn t run every machine thecompany operated.”
He said he didn’t recall seeing the reports before
and assumed his subordinants probably told him
about their contents. Asked if he wasn’t aware of
AEC criticism of the plant, Zitting said, “1 knew we
werecited for a few things.”
1 knew we had lots of problems we had to solve as
we went along,” he said several questions later.
chief. Company attorneys had objected to the line of
questioning Wednesday.
Zitting said he didn’t know of any investigations
Reading made at the nuclear fuel plant prior to Miss
Silkwood’s contamination in November 1974. He
said Reading reported directly to Kerr-McGee co-
founder and Board Chairman Dean A. McGee.
The beginning of testimony was delayed about an
hour and a half because of a closed-door conference
in the judge's chambers and the abscence of a preg-
nant alternate juror who made an emergency trip to
her doctor. Cathy Freeman of Oklahoma City return-
ed to the courtroom about 10 minutes after testimony
resumed. Theis allowed Mrs. Freeman to take her
seal and said she would be read the court record of the
testimony she missed.
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Ford, Tim. The Oklahoma Daily (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 65, No. 129, Ed. 1 Monday, March 26, 1979, newspaper, March 26, 1979; Norman, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1830125/m1/2/: accessed June 6, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center.