DOE: Suspect Yucca Mountain work is sound, but will be redone

[NVMojo]

Yep, a stupid redstate is about to get a nuclear waste enema from Georgie porgy. First they say science is not sound and now it is. I thought Bush and his right wing religious whack jobs don't believe in science?

Feb. 18, 2006

New Bush administration report describes project work as 'strong,' 'valid'

WASHINGTON (AP) - Work on the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste dump, though performed by federal employees who apparently made up facts, was scientifically sound, an Energy Department report said Friday.

But the work will be redone anyway because it didn't comply with quality assurance rules. That will take months and could cost as much as several million dollars, said Paul Golan, acting director of the department's Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management.

"We need to move forward based on work that meets our quality standards. And if that means redeveloping this work, taking the time and incurring the cost to do that, we just need to do that," Golan said in a conference call.

The Energy Department released the 144-page report nearly a year after disclosing the existence of e-mails written by U.S. Geological Survey hydrologists indicating they fabricated facts, deleted inconvenient data and kept one set of documents for themselves and another for quality assurance officials.


more...

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/nevada/2006/feb/17/021710412.html

and here:



http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2006/Feb-18-Sat-2006/news/5953256.html

[medeak]

1. know an engineer working on Yucca

He told me last summer he didn't think it would go through but would be employed for at least a few more years...sounds like he has job security now?

Crap...:-(

[medeak]

2. Paul Golan...who is he?

funny there's no info on him?



Personnel Announcement

President George W. Bush today announced his intention to nominate one individual and designate one individual to serve in his Administration:

The President intends to nominate William Robert Timken, Jr., of Ohio, to be Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to the Federal Republic of Germany. Mr. Timken currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of The Timken Company. He has served as Chairman since 1975 and retired as a company executive at the end of 2003. Mr. Timken began his career with the company in 1962. He received his bachelor's degree from Stanford University and his master's degree from Harvard University.

The President intends to designate Paul M. Golan, of Virginia, to be Acting Director of the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management.

edited to say...found gov link giving him an award for renegotiating clean up contracts getting them done faster and saving billions.. sounds like a heck of a guy.. let's take as little time and spend the least to clean up toxic spills.

[phantom power]

3. What's that old saw about government...

never do anything once if you can do it two times for twice the price...