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Energy Department Report Faults Procedures at Hanford Nuclear Waste Site
2013-10-04 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: Bechtel, which is building a $12.2 billion waste-treatment plant at the federal government's decommissioned Hanford nuclear weapons site in Washington state, has been buying critically important parts without subjecting them to the required quality assurance regime, according to a new report by the Energy Department's inspector general. The department's inspector general, Gregory H. Friedman, said a sample of 235 design documents over a three-year period showed that Bechtel had failed to run more...
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