Hanford contractor criticized

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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Hanford contractor is criticized over safety issues 

By LISA STIFFLER
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER 
June 3, 2004

A Hanford contractor was sharply criticized yesterday by federal
investigators for failing to protect workers from toxic and radioactive
chemicals at the nuclear-waste cleanup site, concluding that aging
underground tanks are at risk of collapsing and aren't being properly monitored.

A separate Energy Department investigation, however, found no evidence
of criminal misconduct by contractors accused of trying to cover up
worker illnesses and injuries.

Investigators looking into the tank cleanup cited dangerous practices by
contractor CH2M Hill that "could seriously damage" some of the 177
massive tanks holding highly radioactive waste.

"It's not just worker health and safety," said Tom Carpenter, a Seattle
attorney with the Government Accountability Project, a watchdog group.
"It's all of our health and safety." 

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for the entire article, see
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/176179_hanford03.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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