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CH2M Hill Companies, Ltd.

Radioactive Waste Spill at Hanford Tank Farm

Date: 06/05/2008 (Date of PNOV)

Misconduct Type: Environment

Enforcement Agency: Energy

Contracting Party: Energy

Court Type: Administrative

Amount: $302,500

Disposition: Fine

Synopsis: A U.S. Department of Energy investigation of a July 27, 2007 radioactive waste spill in the vicinity of the S-102 retrieval pump at the Hanford Tank Farm found CH2M Hill Hanford Group, Inc. committed nine nuclear safety violations and led to a proposed civil penalty of $302,500. According to the DOE’s letter accompanying the preliminary notice of violation (PNOV), “DOE is concerned by both the longstanding engineering lapses underlying the event, and the deficiencies in appropriate recognition and response.”