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Not that surprising given the current leadership and budgetary direction at the Department of Energy. Micheal Lewis ran a great piece [0] on the Nuclear facility safeguards about a year ago, and it appears it is quite prophetic...

[0]: https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/07/department-of-energy...

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This appears to have happened months before Perry became the DOE leader.

You are right. My point is moot.

Alas, when we could not even fix Hanford with money in the past, I am a little worried about doing it with less cash going forward.

Money doesn't solve what's effectively a bad corporate culture.

One of the main companies involved, CH2M, has been ignoring worker radiation safety for years despite massive amounts of DOE funding. I think that endemic corruption and politicized contract awards are the major issues here.

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