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POGO (or Project on Governement Oversight) Requests White House Intervention for Los Alamos
Time for a Different Kind of "Energetic Reaction" at Los Alamos
http://pogoblog.typepad.com/pogo/2010/02/time-for-a-different-kind-of-energetic-reaction-at-los-alamos.html
POGO has obtained a recent internal memo from the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) demonstrating a steady lapse in enforcement of safety policies at the Los Alamos Site Office. The contents don't paint a pretty picture, noting a sense of déjà vu about recent safety episodes, including (but "not limited to") shock and burn of a worker, several explosions, and a certain incident with a large-bore powder gun:
These events are similar to each other and to prior events, indicating that prior corrective actions have not been fully effective or have degraded with time. Without appropriate management focus, evaluation, and response, these could become precursors to incidents of even greater significance, up to and including serious injuries or fatalities.
POGO (or Project on Governement Oversight) Requests White House Intervention for Los Alamos
Time for a Different Kind of "Energetic Reaction" at Los Alamos
http://pogoblog.typepad.com/pogo/2010/02/time-for-a-different-kind-of-energetic-reaction-at-los-alamos.html
POGO has obtained a recent internal memo from the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) demonstrating a steady lapse in enforcement of safety policies at the Los Alamos Site Office. The contents don't paint a pretty picture, noting a sense of déjà vu about recent safety episodes, including (but "not limited to") shock and burn of a worker, several explosions, and a certain incident with a large-bore powder gun:
These events are similar to each other and to prior events, indicating that prior corrective actions have not been fully effective or have degraded with time. Without appropriate management focus, evaluation, and response, these could become precursors to incidents of even greater significance, up to and including serious injuries or fatalities.
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They need to be able to explain why
costs rose with privatization, while it should have the other way around.
You can thank POGO for being one of the attack dogs that helped push the NNSA labs from their previous non-profit management into the hands of the current "for-profit" LLC robber barons.
* "PAY ATTENTION (You Idiots)!!!"
..and to..
* "Wear shoes that GRIP!".
Under the new "for-profit" LLC management scheme, these labs now exhibit extreme forms of risk aversion and have unbelievably high cost structures borne by an increasingly demoralized work force.
It's all part of NNSA's winning strategy for success!
I know of one NWC site that in the mid 80’s accomplished the largest ever workload in their history with ~3000 employees. Today, they accomplish ~20% of that peak workload with 3800 employees.
February 13, 2010 3:13 PM
If a letter to the White House causes the White House to call and offer you a meeting, then you have clout.
You are very wrong here. POGO get's lot of attention and some are looking into their accusations. February 11, 2010 9:26 PM is correct on may issues and what February 11, 2010 10:20 PM says I see on a daily basis.
http://pogoblog.typepad.com/pogo/2009/05/pogo-responds-to-nifs-award-over-budget-behind-schedule-undeserving.html