March 03, 2026
A contractor paid the U.S. Department of Energy $3.45 million to settle a dispute over alleged time card fraud at the decommissioned Hanford nuclear site in Washington where workers took naps, watched movies and read while on the clock.
January 25, 2024
The federal government has taken up a whistleblower's claims that the primary mission support contractor for the decommissioned Hanford nuclear site overcharged the U.S. Department of Energy for tens of thousands of unworked hours on a $4 billion contract.