The Sunflower Newsletter No. 41 October 2000

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Is Your College Contaminated?

        On 21 September 2000, the US Department of Energy (DoE) published a list of more than 577 sites that may have been involved in nuclear activities.  The DoE is examining each site for possible nuclear contamination.  The list includes more than 40 colleges and universities that may have conducted nuclear weapons research over the last 50 years.  Publication of the list comes at the same time as the US House of Representatives is discussing legislation that would compensate people who worked in the nuclear weapons program and now suffer from illnesses related to radiation exposure.

        Among the colleges listed on the DoE's list are:  Brown University, California Institute of Technology, Case Western Reserve University, Colorado School of Mines, Columbia University, Cornell University Medical College, Fordham University*, Harvard University, Iowa State University, John Hopkins University, Long Island College of Medicine*, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Montana State College, New York University*, North Carolina State University, Ohio State University, Princeton University, Purdue University, St. Louis University, Stanford University*, Syracuse University*, Tufts College, University of Arizona*, University of California at Berkeley, University of California at Davis, University of Chicago, University of Cincinnati, University of Denver Research Institute, University of Florida, University of Indiana at Bloomington, University of Miami*, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, University of Nevada*, University of Notre Dame, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pittsburgh, University of Rochester, University of Utah, University of Virginia, University of Washington, Washington University (Mo.), Wesleyan University and Yale University.  The entire list can be viewed at Http://www2.em.doe.gov/sitelist/

*Indicates institutions previously found not be contaminated
(The Chronicle of Higher Education, 26 September 2000)