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Bechtel Corporation
Violation of DOE Safety Procedures (Hanford)
Date: 05/19/2000 (Date of PNOV)
Misconduct Type: Environment
Enforcement Agency: Energy
Contracting Party: Energy
Court Type: Administrative
Amount: $82,500
Disposition: Fine
Synopsis: In violation of Department of Energy safety procedures, “workers [at the Hanford, WA plutonium plant] unwrapped a highly contaminated Filter Press without utilizing appropriate engineering and/or administrative controls. As a result, an Airborne Radioactivity Area was created which was not adequately recognized, posted, or controlled.” The base civil penalty for the violations was $165,000, which the Department of Energy mitigated by half.
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