This is a measure designed to compensate the former energy workers at the Mallinkrodt site in the St. Louis, MO, area and the Iowa atomic energy workers at what was known as the Burlington Atomic Energy Commission plant and the Iowa ordinance plant. ... This is huge to the former workers and their families who are directly affected. I went back to Missouri last Friday, after we had talked about this on the Senate floor. I met with some of the workers and some of their families. The young woman who has been the leader in this effort, Denise Brock, was there. She told me how much this meant to her mother, who lost her husband several years ago as a result of the cancers brought on by excessive radiation.
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Discussing compensation for former energy workers affected by radiation exposure.
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