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Inspectors find safety problems at nuclear weapons complex http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1241363591
Contractors at one of the nation's major nuclear weapons complexes repeatedly used substandard construction materials and components that could've caused a major radioactive spill, a recently completed internal government probe has found.
One of the materials used at the Savannah River Site on the South Carolina-Georgia border failed to meet federal safety standards and "could have resulted in a spill of up to 15,000 gallons of high-level radioactive waste," the Energy Department's inspector general found....The DOE inspector general's probe found instances of hiring Savannah River Site subcontractors who sold standard commercial materials instead of the required military-grade components, which are subjected to tougher testing during production under higher standards. One commercial subcontractor sold goods through retail catalogues.
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Haley says: "I love that "retail catalogues" remark -- what is this, nuclear weapons thru Sears & Roebuck?"
Snakeeyes says: "Sounds like when it comes to anything nuclear in this country, Homer Simpson is in charge."
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