tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post6931168978927739228..comments2024-03-28T15:27:51.773-07:00Comments on LLNL - The True Story -: Hanford whistleblower winsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-1638366653686508922015-09-01T07:26:14.521-07:002015-09-01T07:26:14.521-07:00The Center for Public Integrity
"Nuclear cle...The Center for Public Integrity<br /><br />"Nuclear cleanup project haunted by legacy of design failures and whistleblower retaliation"<br /><br />http://www.publicintegrity.org/2015/09/01/17922/nuclear-cleanup-project-haunted-legacy-design-failures-and-whistleblower<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-42233956735705505022015-08-26T19:48:36.215-07:002015-08-26T19:48:36.215-07:00Who Cares?
Video Part 1: Capitol Hill/C-SPAN/ Whi...Who Cares?<br /><br />Video Part 1: Capitol Hill/C-SPAN/ Whistleblowers at Hanford Nuclear Site <br /><br />http://www.c-span.org/video/?318226-1/hanford-nuclear-site-safety-roundtable-hearing<br /><br />Video Part 2:<br /><br />http://www.c-span.org/video/?318226-2/hanford-nuclear-site-safety-hearing<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-66941096952906644082015-08-26T19:18:00.632-07:002015-08-26T19:18:00.632-07:00Get back to work.
No one in Congress cares anyt...Get back to work. <br /><br />No one in Congress cares anything about this type of meaningless fluff.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-17196656360795820062015-08-26T12:35:05.051-07:002015-08-26T12:35:05.051-07:00"...Something at a level that deters this typ..."...Something at a level that deters this type of behavior..."<br /><br />Yes, the $ reward to $ risk ratio does not discourage poor conduct by DOE Contractors. It is comparable to billion dollar banking fraud where the penalties or fines levied against the responsible parties are only a fraction of the money illegally acquired. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-80226866586852636752015-08-26T11:03:44.610-07:002015-08-26T11:03:44.610-07:00They should claw back the 6m bonus and assess a pe...<br />They should claw back the 6m bonus and assess a penalty on top. 2x? 3x? <br /><br />Something at a level that deters this type of behavior. <br /><br />I'm happy for the guy, but we need to fix the systemic issues, not just pay off guys who persevere through the legal system.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-46723652003341052202015-08-25T14:10:18.703-07:002015-08-25T14:10:18.703-07:00It would have been nice if the judgement had been ...It would have been nice if the judgement had been equal to or greater than the 6 million bonus that Bechtel and URS received. If one discounts the lawyer fees that URS had to pay their own lawyers, the 4.1 million judgement still leaves 1.9 million profit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-20854064886022561102015-08-24T18:07:56.567-07:002015-08-24T18:07:56.567-07:00You think this story will appear in the LLNL "...You think this story will appear in the LLNL "news clips"? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-62475242584891765762015-08-24T15:27:14.551-07:002015-08-24T15:27:14.551-07:00Another perfect example of the "Bechtel-ized&...Another perfect example of the "Bechtel-ized" nuclear weapons complex.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936951073896589340.post-47044065760537148422015-08-24T10:51:09.935-07:002015-08-24T10:51:09.935-07:00LLNS LLC members Bechtel and URS identified in pre...LLNS LLC members Bechtel and URS identified in press release: <br /><br />"...In the summer of 2010, Dr. Tamosaitis, a URS employee, was a lead engineer working at the Hanford Waste Treatment Plant (“WTP”). The purpose of the WTP is to turn the toxic and radioactive sludge stored in the more than 100 tanks at Hanford, into glass rods, which can be safely stored. Dr. Tamosaitis and his research team were charged with trying to figure out how to keep the sludge mixed so it could be pumped into the WTP processors, which were under construction. Bechtel and URS were to receive and split a $6 million bonus if the mixing issue was resolved by the end of July 2010. As the deadline approached, Dr. Tamosaitis opposed Bechtel’s claims that mixing issues regarding the sludge had been resolved. Within a few days after voicing his opposition, he was removed from his management position at Hanford, escorted off the property, and assigned to a basement office at URS performing no meaningful work for fifteen months. He was only transferred to an aboveground office after testifying before Congress, but still he was given no meaningful work. In 2013, he was laid off for “lack of work.”..."<br /><br />http://sheridanlawfirm.com/whistleblower-dr-walter-tamosaitis-settles-case-against-hanford-contractor-urs-for-4-1-million/<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com