[ RadSafe ] 60 Minutes feature on Hanford last night

[John Jacobus]

Sandy,
What I consider important is that after X number of
years, we still have the same issues of waste at
Hanford.  With no end in sight.

--- Sandy Perle <sandyfl at earthlink.net> wrote:

> 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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"People will be shocked to see how safe it is to live in New York City."
ANDREW KARMEN, a sociology professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, on murder trends in the city.

-- John
John Jacobus, MS
Certified Health Physicist
e-mail:  crispy_bird at yahoo.com

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