Whistleblowing at Hanford via OPB

AIR DATE: Thursday, July 28th 2011

POSTED BY: ALLISON FROST

The clean-up at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation near Richland, Washington has been underway since 1989. Last year,  Whistleblower Walt Tamosaitis charged the Department of Energy, which is responsible for the clean-up, with being too cozy with its contractors, undermining safety. A federal nuclear watchdog agency also says the culture of safety at the facility is flawed. The DOE said it would make changes but objected to those findings.

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