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Groundwater pollution plumeAn estimated 5.9 billion gallons of groundwater are pollutedunder and near the plant. Map shows darker areas asheavier concentrations of trichloroethylene in atwo-pronged, roughly three-mile-long plume that expertssay likely has reached the Ohio River. The end of the plumeis denoted with question marks, indicating TCE is likely
present but in lower concentrations. To remove the TCE,workers are heating the ground in the area of highestconcentration. As the pollutant vaporizes, it is drawn offand collected in tanks. TCE can cause nervous system andliver damage, among other medical problems.
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PADUCAH, Ky. The moon suitsand radioactivity monitors thatworkerswear while decontaminating long-idlebuildings speak to the dangers that re-main at the nuclear fuel factory outsidePaducah.
And theworriesabout radiation, tox-ic gases in old pipes and asbestos inbuilding materials extend beyond the
5.5-square-mile Paducah Gaseous Diffu-sion Plant property.
We all have health problems, saidRonald Lamb, wholives two miles fromtheplant,whichhasbeenon theU.S. En-vironmental Protection Agencys Su-perfund list of most toxic places since1994. Thats just part of living next to aplace like this.
Yet, while a cleanup that began in1988 has made progress, buoyed by$79 million in 2009 economic stimulusfunds, thattemporary money is running
out, and the U.S. Department of Energyis warning thatfuture budget cutscouldslow the project dramatically.
A 2019 deadline set eight years agofor the first phase of the massive reme-diation will need tobe pushedbackto atleast 2032, the federal agency says andas many as 350 cleanup workersarein jeopardy of layoffs this year.
Thats a hugedisappointmentto resi-dents and state regulators, who say that
A protective suit is as much a tool of thetrade as a reciprocating saw for this cleanupworker at the Paducah Gaseous DiffusionPlant property.
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JEOPARDYBy James [email protected] Courier-Journal
Budget problems could slowprogress at nuclear fuel plant
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Before killing her three children and then fatal-lyshootingherself lastmonth, Amanda Bennett ofAustin, Ind., posted comments on an Internet fo-rumabout thebreakupof hermarriageand itstollon her family.
Thepostingson Topix.comattracteda string ofresponses, including several from people whoanonymously blasted her and accused her ofbringing the crisis on herself.
Now its time totakethepainaway,shesaidinone posting. A final one, posted at 12:30 a.m. theday of the shootings, was apparently intended forher estranged husband, JohnBennett,saying,yougot what you wanted no wife an (sic) no kids.
Themessages, whichwereverifiedas AmandaBennetts by Topix CEO Chris Tolles, might havegone unnoticed if it werent for the deaths. But
now they have rampedup criticismof Topix, a so-cial networking website based in Palo Alto, Calif.,that is wildly popular in many small towns, partic-ularly in Kentucky.
See TOPIX, A14, col. 1
Social network for smalltowns can be a harsh worldBy Grace [email protected] Courier-Journal
S. Ind. deathsturn spotlighton Topix.com
For more than a decade, JoseMartin Cruz Del Porte says, heearned $10 an hour pouring con-crete for homebuilders in andaround Louisville.
But after an arrest in LaGrangeon misdemeanor harassment
charges that were later dropped,Del Porte, 40, was found to be inthe country illegally.
By June, he says, he had agreedtomove backto his native Chiapas,Mexico.
DelPorte leavesbehind an esti-mated 50,000 workersin Kentuckywho are here illegally, often earn-ing less than $10 an hour, clearingrestaurant tables, tending to race-
horses and other jobs that em-ployerssay arehardto filleven inaweak economy.
And even in the midst of aneconomic downturn, employerssay they have little choice but tobringon immigrantworkerswhenfilling positions.
All of us are in a position of
By Michael Hayman, The Courier-Journal
Yusleidy Perez-Gonzalez says Senate Bill 6has made her fearful, despite her legal status.
Illegal workers part of Ky. dilemmaMove to toughen immigration law targets key part of work force
By Jere [email protected] Courier-Journal
See NEED, A17, col. 1
Editors note: Today TheCourier-Journal features the
sixth of 12 Sunday storiesthat focus on Louisville-areaemployment.Well provide information onthe local job market and tipsto help workers find theirway. Also, the newspapersemployment classifieds moveto the main news section onSundays and offer advicefrom experts at CareerBuilder.
SUNDAY PRINT EXCLUSIVE
JOBS FOR THE FUTURE PART 6 OF 12
See PUDUCAH, A8, col. 1
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