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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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Report details woes at Hanford nuclear plant

2013-10-04 00:45:23| Waste Management - Topix.net

Design changes at a new radioactive waste disposal plant at the country's most contaminated nuclear site in south-central Washington were not properly verified to ensure safety, the U.S. Department of Energy's Inspector General concluded in a report issued Thursday.

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Hanford vit plant builder earns half of award payment

2013-09-19 11:22:57| Waste Management - Topix.net

Bechtel National has been awarded 49.6 percent of the performance pay possible for the first half of 2013 for its work on the Hanford vitrification plant, according to the Department of Energy.

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People: Bechtel National Names New Project Director for $12B Hanford Vitrification Plant

2013-07-10 13:34:40| Waste Management - Topix.net

Bechtel National Inc. has named Margaret "Peggy" McCullough as project director for the estimated $12.2-billion nuclear-waste vitrification project at the U.S. Energy Dept.'

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