DOE: Poor Safety Culture, Lax Oversight Contributed to WIPP Release

Kenneth Fletcher
WC Monitor
4/25/2014
The “preventable” Feb. 14 radiation release at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant was preceded by poor maintenance, safety culture issues by contractor Nuclear Waste Partnership and lax oversight by Department…

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