THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
January 4, 1994
Former San Onofre inspector sues over radiation exposure
COURTS: In a landmark case challenging the industry's limits, woman says
radiative fuel fragments at the plant caused her leukemia.
By Andrew Horan
The Orange County Register
For 18 months, R.C. Tang monitored the safety of workers at the San Onofre
Nuclear Generating Station. She saw to it that they safely followed security,
engineering and technical procedures.
Today she is in a Los Angeles-area cancer ward, recovering from leukemia
treatments as jury selection begins on her landmark lawsuit that challenges the
industry's position on safe radiation limits.
Tang's attorneys, Don Howarth and Suzelle Smith of Los Angeles, will argue
that radiation-detection badges and monitors are adequate.
For instance, most monitors are not designed to detect the kind of radiation
emitted by fuel fleas because it is assumed they will not escape.
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