People: Doug Woodard -- Places: Rocky Flats nuclear weapons plant -- Subjects: work at Rocky Flats from 1966 to 1995, job as radiation monitor (aka RCT, radiation control technician), training, safety of equipment used, 1969 fire in Building 776 (description of building after the fire, monitoring radiation contamination during the cleanup, incident of FBI investigation of possible sabotage, safety issues and procedures), hazardous buried materials on site (discovery of leaking barrels on the 903 pad, controversy about how to monitor, covering the contamination with 3 feet of dirt, contaminated trucks leaving plant site, discovery of buried barrels containing uranium and plutonium, insisting that they be cleaned up, discovery of buried contaminated hemishells - bomb parts, map that shows deep burial pits for radioactive and hazardous chemicals, inability to find anyone to address his concerns about buried waste), the union at Rocky Flats (safety issues, Joint Company-Union Safety Committee, managers and union workers differing perceptions of safety, participation in union strike in 1971, being fired for bringing up safety issues then reinstated after threatening to go public), worker health and safety issues (radiation monitoring badges and body count equipment not working correctly, Rocky Flats refusal to pay compensation for some workers with cancer, cutting corners on safety to meet production schedules, regulating workers' radiation exposure on their jobs, beryllium and berylliosis at Rocky Flats), Building 771 (dangerous materials and processes used there, patrolling the building at night, fires, explosions and air reversals, description of how to get out of a contaminated room, description of the building), incorporating women and minorities into the production work, thoughts about Rocky Flats work and the Cold War, closure and cleanup of Rocky Flats (thoughts about closure, belief that cleanup procedures are not safe, issuing RWPs - Radiation Work Permits - during the cleanup, workers loss of pensions and insurance coverage due to early completion of cleanup).
