Tri-Valley Cares needs to be on this if they aren't already. We need to make sure that NNSA and LLNL does not make good on promises to pursue such stupid ideas as doing Plutonium experiments on NIF. The stupidity arises from the fact that a huge population is placed at risk in the short and long term. Why do this kind of experiment in a heavily populated area? Only a moron would push that kind of imbecile area. Do it somewhere else in the god forsaken hills of Los Alamos. Why should the communities in the Bay Area be subjected to such increased risk just because the lab's NIF has failed twice and is trying the Hail Mary pass of doing an SNM experiment just to justify their existence? Those Laser EoS techniques and the people analyzing the raw data are all just BAD anyways. You know what comes next after they do the experiment. They'll figure out that they need larger samples. More risk for the local population. Stop this imbecilic pursuit. They wan...
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Oversight? Cricket.
Intervention? Cricket.
Preventive Measures? Cricket.
Early assessment (pre-DOE IG)? Cricket.
NNSA LANS Field Office "value added" ? ______
"In its response to the Environment Department regarding WIPP, the Energy Department appeared to shift responsibility for the radiation leak to Los Alamos or its contractors, arguing that “some other person or entity ... caused such violation in whole or in part.”
Sure does look like DoE just threw LANL under the bus.
Only goodness and feral, oops, federal wisdom flow from them. They are the anointed representatives of the people, sanctified in the service of national security.
Weasels, really!
Was the $36 million fine issued to LANS LLC or DOE?
If DOE drags this through the courts it could be many years before its resolved.
So if the fine is against LANS LLC, and if DOE loses the battle to void the fine after a new contractor takes over LANL - who pays the fine since the LANS LLC will have been dissolved?
Ultimately you do (taxpayer). The LANS collective will be a memory and the elements of the LLC don't count.
LANSLLNS doesn't need "for profit" training wheels. They can bicycle with training wheel free pride. If they detect a significant fall, they can just pop out of existence before they ever hit the ground. Rewards without risks. Sure, LANSLLNS is exactly like Google and other companies in Silicon Valley(?).
And the local NNSA "Field Office" staff? They just become the 2 dimensional shepherd of the next Contractor, or pack up and seek out another Contractor host in another state. No worries.
"Honest teacher, it can't be my fault that I hit the kid in the face and broke their nose. You never stopped me from striking them, and you did not grab my arm when I pulled back with a fist aimed at their face. Really, you must see it my way. This is all your fault."
A "teacher" that claims to have explicit classroom rules, educational oversight, educational guidance, proactive student involvement, and enforcement for non-compliance to said rules, but in reality does NONE of the above, and instead allows the students to run the class at their discretion, is not much of a teacher, independent of the problem kids in the room. If you knew this as a parent, you would probably select another teacher, another school, or at least request an assessment or track record of the teacher in question.
January 13, 2015 at 11:24 AM
Really? He hit "the kid" and broke "their" nose, and struck "them" and aimed at "their" face??? If it was "the" kid then why did you make it sound like there was more than one involved? Is it possible that you do not know the proper English for referring to subjects of unknown gender? Hint: plural is not the correct method. Were you sleeping in English grammar class??
January 14, 2015 at 9:49 PM
A new low for relevance of a comment to the posted topic.
DOE HQ
NNSA HQ
NNSA Field Office
LANS
LANS Subcontractor
Directly: 100% LANS
Indirectly:
10% each for
-Pattiz and Anastasio for insisting on Mcmillan as Director
-D'Agastino and Chu for going along with the poor choice
30% each for Mcmillan and Wallace for the post accident Keystone Kops response.
- Charlie "I Will Never Resign" McMillan