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“When I first arrived in April 2003 I was asked the bus ticket question by several employees: “Do you have your bus ticket?” I said “no” and asked “why?” Their response was: “Bechtel Engineering is building the plant so poorly that everyone in Engineering has a bus ticket to get out of town before they push the start button. You don’t want to be left behind.” (Walter Tamosaitis, 2013)

Hanford Waste Treatment Plant STILL under construction

“The issues I raised relate to hydrogen gas explosions, uncontrolled nuclear reactions (a criticality), environmental releases, and plant pluggages that could render the plant non-operable.” (Walter Tamosaitis, 2013). He’s talking nuclear radiation here!

“Ending years of legal wrangling, a whistleblower who raised safety concerns regarding operations at the Hanford nuclear waste site in Washington has won a $4.1 million settlement, his lawyer announced Wednesday. Walter Tamosaitis, an engineer, worked…