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AlｂertEinｓｔｅinｏncedeｆiｎeｄiｎｓａnityaｓｄoingthｅsａmethinｇｏverandｏveragaｉnａndeｘｐｅctｉngdifferｅntｒesults。Wｅll,thaｔ’ｓwhatcｒitiｃsaｃｃusetheＵ.Ｓ。ＤepartmenｔofＥｎｅｒgyof:makinｇthesameｍisｔaｋｅｓoｖerａnｄｏveｒinａprojeｃtｔhathaｓalreａdysｑuandｅreｄｂillｉoｎsoｆdｏllarsiｎｔａxｐayｅrs'mｏney。Ｂutthｅｒisｋheｒeisfargreａｔerｔhanfinancｉal,sinceitinvolveshighlｙｔoｘicnucｌearwａste。

ﻫAtstakｅaremillionsｏfgalｌonsofraｄioactiveliquｉdwａsｔelｅftoverfromtｈｅｍakiｎgofnuｃleａrbombｓ,includｉnｇtheｏｎethatwaｓdrｏppedonNagａsaki。ＴhiswａstehａｓbeｅnsiｔｔiｎｇiｎundｅrgrounｄtａnkｓinHanfoｒd,Wash．，ｅveｒｓinｃe,whiｌｅtｈegovｅrnmenttｒｉeｓtofiｇｕreoutｈowｔocleaｎｉtup。AｓcｏrｒespoｎdeｎtLesleySｔａhlreports,theｗasｔｅｉｓｓolethalthatａsmaｌｌcupｏfitwoｕldｋｉllｅveryｏneinacrowdedreｓtaurant，inminuｔes．

６0MinutesｒeｃentlyｖisiｔeｄHanｆorｄ,ｗherethewitches'brewｉsbeinｇｓtoreｄ。Hanford,locatedalongｔheCｏluｍbｉaRiveｒ,ishoｍetotｈemoｓtcontamｉnatedpｉecｅｏfrｅalesｔaｔeｉnｔｈeworldoutsideｏfRussia。ﻫ

Itｉscｏnｔamｉｎａtｅdbｙwasteleftoｖerfroｍtheproｄuctionofnucｌearwｅaｐons。Therearｅ５3mｉlｌｉongallonsofｈigｈｌyradioacｔiｖｅliquｉｄwastｅsｔｏｒeｄinｕndｅｒgｒoｕndtanksｔhatarｅnoｗｓｏolｄｔheｙhavelｅakeｄonemilliｏngaｌｌonsofｔhｅstufｆ.

Sｏmeofitlｅaｋｅdintothegroundwａtｅr,aｎｄit'sheadingriｇｈtfortherｉｖｅr。Wｉthamｉllioｎpeｏpｌｅｄｏwnsｔｒeam,there’sasenseofuｒgencyａboｕtｃｌｅaｎiｎgupthesiｔe，whicｈishuge.Iｔtakｅsｕp５86sｑｕaremilesinｓoｕtheastｅｒnWaｓhington.

ＢutｆｏrtheＥｎerｇyDeｐartｍeｎｔ,ｗhiｃｈruｎstheprojeｃt，iｔ＇ｓbeenａcaseoｆeaｓiｅrｓaiｄtｈandonｅ。Ｉｎthenearlｙ16yeａrs60Miｎuｔeshaｓbｅencoveringｔhisｓtoｒy，ｉt’sbｅenonefoulupaftｅrthｅnｅｘt。ﻫﻫCharlesAnｄｅrｓon,thｅＥnerｇｙＤepartmeｎt’ｓoffiｃialoｖerseｅingｎucleaｒcleanuｐ，ｇaveＳｔaｈlatｏｕroｆwhathａsbeeｎbuiｌtsofａratHanfｏｒd,startｉngwithareplicａofthｅundergrｏundｔaｎkｓ。ﻫﻫ”Tｈｉsiｓamodeloｆtａnksｔhａｔarealrｅａｄybuiｌtthaｔhavewａｓtｅinthem．Becarefulwithyouｒｈeａdhｅreaswｅgoin，”AndersoｎtoｌdStahｌduｒｉｎgtｈetour.ﻫﻫTheｔａnkｃanｈold750，000gallonｓoｆwasｔe.Mａｎｙofthetanｋs,builtｆｏrtheＭaｎhatｔanＰrojectｔｏdevｅｌopthefirｓtnucleａrweａponｓ,ａｒemoｒethan6０ｙｅarｓoｌd。ﻫ

Anｄersｏnexｐlainsｔhereaｒeatotalof1７7tａnｋshoｌｄing＂high-level”ｗａstｅaｔthｉssiｔe。

Theplａｎistopuｍｐthewaｓtｅoutofthｅtanksａｎｄrouｔeitthrouｇhmileｓofpipestoayet-ｔo—be-ｃomplｅteｄpｒe-ｔreatmentfaｃility。Thｅideaistｏｃonｖeｒttherａｄｉｏａｃtivewastｅintogｌasｓloｇｓ.

”Thｉsiswheretheradioactivewａstｅwiｌlcｏmeｆｒｏmtｈetanｋｆarmｓ,wｉllcoｍefｒomｔhoｓetａnksandwｉllcomｅiｎhereaｎdbeｔｒeatｅdinｄiffeｒentｃhemicalprocｅssｅsａnｄｂeturnedintogｌaｓslogsforｆｉnalｄispositｉonｔobediｓpoｓｅdｏfinalaｎｄfｉll，”Ａｎdｅrsｏnexｐｌains.ﻫ

Stahllａstviｓitedtheareain2００1,whｅｎｔhesitewａsjusｔａfield。Aｎdｅrｓonｓayssｉgｎificantｐrｏｇresshasbeenｍadｅ。”Thｅplａｎｔ’ｓ３5perceｎtcoｍpｌeteinreｇａrdtoｃonｓｔruction，"hesａys.

Buttｈepｌａcｅisatoｔalgｈostｔown.Wｈaｔhappeｎｅd?ﻫﻫWhａthａppenedherｅｉsｔhａtafｔeｒthrｅｅyearｓｏfweｌding,pouｒingｃemｅntａndlayｉngmilesoｆpipesanｄtｏｎsoｆsteel,ｃonsｔruｃtioncametoaｓcreeｃhinｇhaltiｎ2005becａusetｈeEneｒgyDeｐartmentｕｎdereｓｔiｍateｄbｙ40peｒcenｔhowsｔrｏnｇthｅbｕildinｇｍuｓtbetowｉthｓｔaｎdanearｔｈqｕake。We’reｔalkｉngaboutabｕildｉｎgthatwoｕldbeｆullｏfradioactiｖｅliquiｄ.

”Inaｂuildinglｉkｅthis,youneedtobuiｌditｔoｅnｓｕreｔhatｉtwiｔhｓｔaｎdｓwhatevｅｒａneaｒthqｕａkemayposｅ-ifｔhｅｒｅisｏnｅ－becauseweａｂsoｌｕｔelｙdonotwａntaｂreechoftｈisradｉｏａctivｅmateｒiａｌintheatmosphｅre,”saysGeneＡloiｓｅoｆtheGoveｒnｍｅntAcｃoｕntabilityOffice(GAＯ),Coｎgreｓs'investiｇaｔivearｍ。ﻫﻫＢuthｅre’sｗhat60Mｉnuｔeｓhasｌeａrnｅｄ:thaｔtheEnergyDeｐaｒtmentanｄｔheｃontraｃtor,Ｂechtel，ｗeｎtaｈeadwithｔheplantkｎoｗingtheｉrseｉsmicstaｎdaｒdmighｔbeoff.JｕstａscoｎstrucｔｉonwasaboｕｔtobegininJulｙ２００2，anｉｎdｅpeｎdeｎtsaｆetybｏardseｎｔaletter，wａｒniｎgｔhedeparｔmeｎt。

ﻫ"Energｙdeｂａｔeｄｗitｈtheｓaｆetyboaｒdｆｏｒaｌmoｓttwoyeａｒsｏｖerthestａｎdａrds,”saysＡloｉse。

ﻫ”Ok，letｍeunｄｅrstanｄtｈis．Thiｓｉsbroｕｇhtuｐaｓaｎissuein20０2．Insteａｄoｆgoingbackrigｈｔthen,theydebateｕntil2005，ｄuriｎgwhicｈｔimetheｙ＇rｅbuilｄingtheｂｕｉlｄing？”ＳtａｈlaskｅｄAloise.

”They＇rebuiｌdiｎgthebuｉlｄing,”herｅｐliｅｄ．

ﻫTheywerebuildｉnｇitusinｇthewrongseismiｃｓｔaｎｄarｄ。Bｅcaｕsetheydiｄｆacｔoｒinsoｍｅｍaｒgiｎoｆsaｆｅtｙ,thecoｎｔractor，Bechteｌ，hastｏldtheEnergyＤepａrｔｍentthereisｎorｅsｔｒucｔuringrequiｒedonｔhefoｕndａｔionorthewaｌls.ﻫﻫButAloisesayswｈattheyｄohａveｔofixａｒetheintｅｒnalcompｏnenｔsｏｆtheｂuilding.”Haｎgeｒs,pｉping,vesselsuｐpｏrts,allofｔhisiｎterｉorofthｅｂuilｄｉng，whｅretheｔecｈnology’sgｏｉnｇtｏｒｅsｔ。Thａｔalｌｈａstｏbｅre－enginｅerｅd，”ｈeeｘplainｓ.”Theyhaveｔore-ｄotensｏfｔｈoｕsandsofｄesｉgns。”ﻫ

Theseｉｓｍicmisｃａｌｃｕlationisｃｏsｔｉnｇaｔleast＄８0０mｉllｉｏnaｎdatｗｏ—tofｏｕｒ—yｅardｅlaｙｉnｃompletingtheｂuiｌdｉng.Thispraｃticｅｏfpｕshingaheadwithconｓtructionbeforｅｔｈeenginｅeriｎgｉｓcoｍplｅtｅisｋnownａs”faｓｔｔrack.＂ﻫﻫ”ＴhｅpeoplｅinthｅｓtateｏｆWaｓhinｇtｏｎwhoareliｖinｇwiththisthing,thｅydｏn'twaｎｔｉttoｓloｗdown,tｈeyｗaｎtittospeedｕp,”Stahｌｒeｍarked.ﻫﻫ”Ｂuｔitdoｅｓn'tworｋinourvieｗoncomｐｌｅx,tecｈniｃａlnｕclearfａｃiｌitieｓｌiketheｏｎeｓinHanｆord,"Alｏｉsereｐｌieｄ。

AsｋedwhａtｈewｏulｄtelltｈepeopleｏｆWashington，Ａlｏiｓesaid，”Thaｔwｅneeｄtodｏitrｉght.＂

Fasttraｃkwａssingledｏutａsamajorproｂｌemfiveyeａrsagowhen6０Ｍinｕteslastｒeporteｄonthecｌｅanuｐ．

ﻫGaryＪones,aＧAOiｎvestigatoriｎ2０01，told60MｉnutesthａｔtｈeyｈadruｓhedaheaｄwｉtｈconｓtｒuｃｔionofｔhｉｓbuｉldingatasimｉｌaｒsitｅinIdahoｂｅforetｈedesiｇnswｅrｅfinisheｄ。Ｗeasｋedａbｏｕｔiｔbaｃktｈen。ﻫﻫ＂Yｏｕ’rｅｓayingtheyｗentaｈｅadaｎdｂｕiltｔｈebuildiｎｇandthｅｎwhｅntheyｗereｆinｉsｈeｄｍａｋinｇａlltｈechanges，thｅeqｕｉpmentwｏuldｎ’tfｉtｉｎthebuiｌdｉｎg?"ＳtａhlaskedJｏｎesinthereｐortfｉvｅｙｅａrsａgo。ﻫ

”Thｅeqｕiｐmeｎｔｆorthispaｒticulａrprocesｓｗoｕlｄnｏtｆｉｔintｏthｅｂｕｉldinｇasdesigｎed,”Joneｓreplied。ﻫﻫFiveyｅarsａgｏ,60Miｎutｅｓwａｓａssuredthegｏveｒnmenthadlearｎedfroｍitsmisｔaｋeｓａndthiｎgsweｒefiｎａｌlyunｄeｒｃontroｌ．Andyeｔ,sｉncetｈen，coｓtsｈavegｏnｅtｈroughtｈeｒｏｏｆ,ｕｐmoｒethａｎ150ｐeｒｃent，anｄｔhｅｓｔartdaｔｅfoｒmaｋiｎgｔhｏseｇlasslogsｈａsｓliｐpedseveｎyears，to20１８.Theｓｅismicerrorｗasonlｙonｅoｆsｅveｒalsnafus．

TomCarｐｅnteｒofthewatｃhｄoggroｕpcａlledGoｖernmentAｃｃountabilｉtyProjｅctgotholｄofinternalEnergyDeｐａrtmｅntandBechtｅldｏｃumeｎtswhｉｃhrevealａsｅriｅsoｆｐrobleｍswiｔｈaspeciａltａnkｆｏrproceｓsingorｓcruｂｂinｇthenuclearｗaｓte。TheprｏblｅmsbeganｗhenBechtelhireｄａnouｔsiｄeｖeｎdoｒtoｂuilｄit.ﻫﻫ"Theygavｅtheｗronｇdｅsignspｅcsｔotｈemanｕｆａctuｒｅｒ,”saｙsCａrpenｔｅr。…”Theｙｇａvethemａｌeｓsstｒictnucｌeaｒdesigｎ。”

Ａccordiｎgｔotｈedｏcumｅｎts,whenthｅtaｎkarrｉvｅdatHanfordithａd＂cｒaｃkｅｄstａywelds."Theyweｒefiｘed。Butthｅn”dｉffeｒentｔypeｓofwelddeｆects"weredｉscoveｒed.AnｄyｅｔBeｃhtelｗｅntａｈeaｄａndｉnstａllｅdtheｓcrｕｂbeｒtanｋａnyway。

ﻫ＂Ｔhｅystiｌlsaiｄ,’Weｃａnfixｔhosewhenｔheｔaｎk’sinstａllｅd。'Ｓｏtｈeywenｔａhｅadａndｉｎstａllｅｄitｗithdefｅcｔs,ａllright?”Ｃarpentersays."Knowiｎｇit,okaｙ。Soａtthispoiｎtthey,Becｈtｅｌ，demandedandtｈenreｃｅiｖeda$15mｉllioｎboｎｕｓfoｒmeetingamiｌestone.”

ﻫＢechｔelwoｕlｄn’tgｉｖe60Minuｔesaｎon—camｅraｉnterview,ｂutdidsaytｈａttｈe＄15milｌionｗasn’ｔa"bonｕs,”itwasafeｅ。Ｉｎanｙeveｎt,afteｒｔheygotthemonｅy,a”newｄeficiencywasｄisｃｏvered"by”inｄepenｄeｎtｉnspecｔoｒsforWａｓhingｔonsｔaｔe。”ﻫﻫThisnｅwdｅfｉｃienｃy,saｙsCaｒpｅntｅｒ,wａｓdiscｏverｅｄafteｒthｅtaｎkwasinstalled。ﻫ

Carｐenｔersaｙs,”Thereｄfｌａggoeｓuｐaｎdafuｌlｉnｓｐｅctｉonｉsthｅｎordeｒedｏnthｅｔank。Wｅｌl，ｔhefuｌｌiｎsｐectionshouｌd'vebｅendｏnｅatｔhefaｃtoryｗhｅretheybｕiltthetａnk。”

ﻫＡskｅdwhｅtｈｅｒｔhisinspeｃtioｎwaｓpartofthecｏntｒact,Ｃａrｐeｎtersａｙs,”Sｕre.＂ﻫ

TheｆulliｎsｐectionｆinａllyｌedBｅchtｅｌｔoｒｅａｌiｚethetaｎkwａsnotuｐtospecification。BｕｔCarpenｔersａysthat’snｏtall.ﻫ

＂Tｈedesｉｇnflａｗs缺点thaｔｌedｔothｉstａnｋbeinｇdeｆｉcｉｅntappｌieｄｔo6６otｈervessels,"Cａｒpenｔｅrexplaｉｎs。”Ｓｅvenofwhicｈhadalreadyｂeenｂuilt…。Ａndtｈeyhaｄｔoｇｏaｎdredeｓigntheoneｓtｈaｔｈaｄnotbeeｎbｕｉlt，andfixtheoneｓthatｈadbeeｎｂｕilt.Itreallyraiｓesａｂigｑuestiｏnabout，wｅll,whathavｅｔheｙｎoｔcaughtｏuｔthere?Ｗhatotｈｅrｅｑuiｐmｅntortoｏls,ormａｃhinｅ,iｓiｎsｔalledmaybeunｄｅrfeｅtofconcretｅtｈattｈeseprｏgramsfaiｌeｄtocatｃh？Beｃａusｅｔhｅirprogramsfailed.Thecontｒactｏｒfaiｌed.ＴｈeDｅｐarｔｍentｏfEnｅｒgyfaiｌed。Ｉttooｋanindepeｎｄｅｎtｉnspｅcｔortofinｄｎewdeficienｃｉｅs.Whｅreiｓtheadulｔsｕpervisionhere?We’ｒeｔａlｋinganｕclｅarfacｉｌityhaｎdlingsｏｍｅoftheworstwａsteintheworld,ａndｔhey'refaｓttrackingｉt？Excusemｅ．”

60MiｎutesａｓkｅdChａrlｅsＡndersonoｆｔheDepartmentｏｆEnerｇyaboｕtthis.

ﻫ"Wｈｅnyｏuhｅarｔheygａvethewrongdesiｇnspecifｉｃatｉｏns-youａlmｏsｔcan'tｂelieveｉt–onｏnepiｅceofeqｕipment,andthenwｈenyoｕhｅarｉt’sbeｅnｒepｅatｅｄoverandover,Imean，thａｔdoｅsｎ'tsoundlｉkeｔheDepartｍentｏfEnergyｉsｍaｎagingtｈesitｕatｉｏｎveｒywｅll,"Stahｌsａiｄ.ﻫ

"Theｒｅ’saｎumberofｔhosｅissueｓｔhathaｖeoccurreｄ。Thｏseiｓsueshaｖｅbeenideｎtｉfiｅdａndcｏｒrｅctedbutthｅre＇salsoalarｇe，ｌaｒｇｅperｃenｔageoｆｅquipmentwｈｅrethｅspeｃsｈaｖebeｅncorｒｅctlyｇivｅn,thｅeｑｕiｐｍent’ｓbeenpurｃhａsedcｏrrｅｃtly,”Ａｎdersonrepｌｉｅd.ﻫ

”Ｂuｔthｅresｈouldn'tbｅmisｔａkeｓlikethatiｎapｌａntlikｅthis,shouldｔhere?＂Stａｈlaskeｄ．

ﻫ"Well，Lesley，ｉｎalargeｃomｐlexfacility,ａprojectｌikeｔhis,youdｏhａｖｅmiｓtakｅs,”hereplied。ﻫ

Andeｒsｏnａｃｋnｏwledｇedtheｙａｒｅｂigmisｔaｋes."Ｉwouldagreethａｔtｈereaｒｅbigmistａkesｈeretｈatwearｅtaｋiｎgcontｒoloｆａｎｄwe’recoｒrｅcｔｉｎg,"ｈesays。ﻫﻫ”Ｙouｋnow,I'mgetｔiｎgａlｉｔｔledejavuｈerebｅcaｕｓewhenwewereherein２001itwasthesaｍetｈing。'Wefiｇuredｉtoｕt.Iｔ’sbｅtterｎow。Noprobｌｅmaｎymｏｒe．’Doｙouthinｋ,beingcandｉdwｉｔｈuｓ,ｔhatthedepartｍeｎt＇sｕptothis？”Stahlａｓkｅd.ﻫ

"Weｌlｈerｅ’ｓwhat’sdifferentnｏw。We'ｖetakenstepstoproｖiｄeiｎcreasｅｄｏvｅrsight,tｏreachｏutforiｎcreasｅｄｅｘｔeｒｎalｒeｖｉews，"Ａnｄersoｎｒeｐlｉed.”Tocｏmpｌeteｔｈisiｍpｏｒtaｎtworｋofdｉsｐoｓｉnｇof,sｔabilｉzｉｎｇａndthendｉsｐosｉngofｔhiswaｓte.”ﻫ

Ａndersonsayｓtｈaｔtheleakiｎgｔaｎkshaｖebｅeｎstabiｌiｚｅdanｄtｈａtｔherｅ'svirｔuallynocｈaｎceofｆurtｈeｒseｅpage。ＢutChｒiｓｔｉneＧｒegｏire,thegovernoｒofＷasｈｉngtonＳtaｔe，wｈohａsworkeｄoｎthisissuefroｍｔheｂeginning,doesn’tｂｅlievetｈatf