[ RadSafe ] 60 Minutes feature on Hanford last night

[Sandy Perle]

On 1 May 2006 at 13:50, John Jacobus wrote:

> I think the real issue was
> government's wasteful spending and lack of contract oversight.

John,

That too was my perception. I think that the DOE spokes-person didn't 
do himself any favours when he stated that when you have these large 
projects, mistakes will be made, considering that they were talking 
billions of dollars wasted and another 5 to 10 years added on after 
scrapping most of the work due to lack of "correct" specifications 
and non-approval of the construction, while still continuing with 
construction.

I don't know the facts and can only evaluate what I saw. THere are 
those out there (and here on Radsafe) who do know more of the 
intimate details. I am sure that this episode will attract more 
negative media attention, also considering the Chernobyl 20th 
Anniversary.

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