WASHINGTON -- The Department of Energy paid incentive fees to Yucca Mountain management contractor Bechtel SAIC for work that was found to be late or unacceptable, government auditors said in a report Thursday.
The company was awarded payments by the Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management "even though Bechtel delivered poor quality work and missed deadlines," the Energy Department inspector general said.
The inspector general challenged $3.99 million out of $43.4 million in incentives for work performed on the proposed Nevada nuclear waste repository between February 2001 and September 2004.
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