Hanford safety audit

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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Hanford injury reports doubted 

Audit finds nuclear-cleanup projects understated numbers for three years

By LISA STIFFLER
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER
May 25, 2004

Contractors have underreported the number of injuries and illnesses at
the Hanford Nuclear Reservation and other nuclear-cleanup projects,
creating a false image of safety and possibly masking threats to
workers, according to a federal audit. 

The inaccuracies, which had gone undetected by the federal department
responsible for overseeing the Hanford cleanup, also helped boost
payments to contractors by millions of dollars, critics charged
yesterday. 

The revelations have Washington's senators, watchdog groups and the
Department of Energy's Inspector General's Office, which performed the
audit, calling for improvements at Hanford and elsewhere. 

"The Department of Energy cannot credibly claim that worker safety at
nuclear-waste cleanup sites is a top priority if it can't accurately
track work-related injuries and illnesses," said Sen. Maria Cantwell. "I
hope and expect the DOE will take the results of this audit to heart."

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for the entire article, see
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/174874_hanford25.html

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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