Norm Buske on Hanford

The Hanford Health Information Network

Norm Buske, M.S., was mainly concerned that possible health effects could not be "reliably appraised until Hanford's major releases have been identified." His assessment is that Hanford's dose reconstruction work has probably overlooked important radiological releases to the Columbia River. Buske suggested that the significance of these releases was "probably greater than anything yet reported" by the Dose Reconstruction Project. He asserted that the Dose Reconstruction Project should have included other radionuclides, such as chromium-51 and iron-59, in the dose calculations. Buske has presented his concerns to Hanford officials and is awaiting a response. He has a degree in oceanography and has done research on Hanford radioactive releases and the Columbia River over the last 10 years.