Audit: South Carolina radioactive waste cleanup will cost $1.5 billion more than expected

The Department of Energy will have to spend nearly $1.5 billion more than planned to decommission the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, according to an audit by the Government Accountability Office. The department, which bid $3.2 billion for the project, miscalculated by about 70% on labor expenses and did not compute other costs, the report added. Star Tribune (Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.)/The Associated Press

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