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06-03-2009, 10:06 AM
DoE gives 'inadequate' report on nukes cleanup
Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:45:52 GMT
http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=9684§ionid=3510203
A new audit released by the US Government Accountability Office indicates that the Department of Energy misinforms Americans on its nuclear waste clean-up plans.
In the assessment, the GAO has branded the DoE nuclear clean-up projects as "a high-risk area for fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement," which is the consequence of "inadequate management and oversight of its projects."
The office goes on to say that despite a sharp spike in government spending to reduce the environmental hazards of nuclear disposals, project contractors have become less transparent in their clean-up acts.
GAO also accuses the Department of Energy of failing to properly manage DoE's private contractors, already predisposed to 'fraud.'
The US government has already allocated over six billion dollars to the clean-up projects in order to handle the environmental issues of the nuclear refuse including the spread of contaminants in the subterranean waterbeds around the project venues.
The review adds that “the pollutants at DOE's Hanford site in Washington have migrated through the soil into the groundwater, which generally flows toward the Columbia River."
Furthermore, an additional $25 to $42 billion, the audit says, is required to complete the projects.
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) also accused some contractors in 2007 of "falsifying documents about their handling of nuclear waste."
The report adds that the contractors failed to report operational delays spanning between 2 to 15 years.
Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:45:52 GMT
http://www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=9684§ionid=3510203
A new audit released by the US Government Accountability Office indicates that the Department of Energy misinforms Americans on its nuclear waste clean-up plans.
In the assessment, the GAO has branded the DoE nuclear clean-up projects as "a high-risk area for fraud, waste, abuse, and mismanagement," which is the consequence of "inadequate management and oversight of its projects."
The office goes on to say that despite a sharp spike in government spending to reduce the environmental hazards of nuclear disposals, project contractors have become less transparent in their clean-up acts.
GAO also accuses the Department of Energy of failing to properly manage DoE's private contractors, already predisposed to 'fraud.'
The US government has already allocated over six billion dollars to the clean-up projects in order to handle the environmental issues of the nuclear refuse including the spread of contaminants in the subterranean waterbeds around the project venues.
The review adds that “the pollutants at DOE's Hanford site in Washington have migrated through the soil into the groundwater, which generally flows toward the Columbia River."
Furthermore, an additional $25 to $42 billion, the audit says, is required to complete the projects.
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) also accused some contractors in 2007 of "falsifying documents about their handling of nuclear waste."
The report adds that the contractors failed to report operational delays spanning between 2 to 15 years.