From: | Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com> |
Date: | Fri, 4 Jan 2008 23:02:22 -0800 (PST) |
Reply: | cpeo-military |
Subject: | [CPEO-MEF] Pacific Northwest Labs (WA) |
DOE recommends fining Battelle for nuclear safety violations By SHANNON DININNY/ASSOCIATED PRESS SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER (WA) January 3, 2008 YAKIMA, Wash. -- The U.S. Department of Energy on Thursday recommended a $288,750 fine against Battelle Memorial Institute for nuclear safety violations at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland. However, Battelle is exempt from civil penalties for nuclear safety violations under its current contract and will not have to pay the fine. A nonprofit, Battelle does not plan to appeal the recommendation, spokesman Greg Koller said. "Our performance certainly wasn't adequate here. We failed to live up to our own expectations and values," Koller said. "But, that said, we did mount a comprehensive response to these events, and we're committed strongly to implementing the corrective actions that were identified in all of this." Among the steps taken by Battelle were improved training, more rigorous radiation surveys and adjustments to workers' handling procedures for sealed radiological sources, Koller said. ... For the entire article, see http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420ap_wa_battelle_violations.html -- Lenny Siegel Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight a project of the Pacific Studies Center 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041 Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545 Fax: 650/961-8918 <lsiegel@cpeo.org> http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Military mailing list Military@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/military-cpeo.org | |
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