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Nation & World | Feds to fine Hanford contractor $385,000 | Seattle Times Newspaper

Feds to fine Hanford contractor $385,000

The Seattle Times By The Associated Press December 4, 2008

RICHLAND — The U.S. Department of Energy plans to issue a $385,000 fine to Bechtel National, the contractor building a nuclear waste treatment plant at the Hanford nuclear reservation………

……..The largest portion of the fine, $220,000, will be for failing to improve quality. The rest will cover problems related to piping used in “black cells,” or areas that will be so radioactively hot that workers cannot enter them during the 40 years the plant may operate.

Nation & World | Feds to fine Hanford contractor $385,000 | Seattle Times Newspaper

December 5, 2008 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | safety