Worker Alienation and Compensation at the Savannah River Site

What happens to workers who do not have access to their own exposure data? Co-author Steve Wing and I completed a study that pertains to the Savannah River Site (SRS), designated by the Environmental Protection Agency as a hazardous Superfund Site. The health repercussions for its workers have been quite severe, so severe that the United States Department of Energy provides lump-sum compensation to plant workers who demonstrate exposure. But as we explain in this paper, those exposures are not always officially documented, making it difficult for workers, especially those who worked as temporary contractors, to get compensation now. Download the article here.