Energy official rails over job by nuclear cleanup contractor

Energy official rails over job by nuclear cleanup contractor
USA TODAY
The company hired to clean up the government's biggest radioactive mess should be removed from key aspects of the project because it made critical errors designing a massive plant to treat the waste, according to an internal Energy Department memo.http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2012-08-28/Hanford-Site-radioactive-waste-contractor/57373620/1

Official lists technical concerns at vit plant

Mid Columbia Tri City Herald -

The Department of Energy has uncovered technical findings in the vitrification plant's proposed design at a nearly constant rate since 2008, according to Gary Brunson, plant engineering division director for DOE. "The number and rate of problems identified is ...

DOE director wants Bechtel authority for vit plant cut

Mid Columbia Tri City Herald - ‎

Bechtel National should be removed as the design authority for the Hanford vitrification plant, according to a memo from a key Hanford Department of Energy official overseeing engineering of the project. Bechtel holds the Department of Energy contract to ...