James Dempsey
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National Security Technologies, LLC (NSTec) has been responsible for 3 of 6 nuclear accidents since 2011 and have not been fined: 1. Sandia National Laboratory August 26, 2011 Hydrogen and steam explosion destroys a lab during a lithium experiment. One worker is knocked to ground, other narrowly misses getting hit by flying debris. DOE calls it a near miss for serious injury or fatality. CONTRACTOR: Sandia Corporation (2004 April 30, 3017) FINE PROPOSED: $412,000 FINE LEVIED: $0 PROFIT EARNED BY CONTRACTOR THAT YEAR: $27.0 million, or 95% of what was available to be earned. 2. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory February 12, 2013 Accidental spraying of sulfuric acid on three workers during manufacture of high explosives. Two severely burned on the skin and the third inhaled sulfuric acid mist. DOE labeled it of high safety significance. CONTRACTOR: Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC (LLNS) FINE PROPOSED: $0 FINE LEVIED: $0 PROFIT EARNED BY CONTRACTOR THAT YEAR: $41. 3 million, or 87% of what was available to be earned. 3. Nevada National Security Site April and May, 2014 Godiva low-power reactor spews radiation and 31 people inhale uranium particles. Management is slow to detect problem and slow to test workers for intakes. DOE labels it safety significant and preventable. CONTRACTOR: Los Alamos National Security, LLC, (LANS) and National Security Technologies, LLC FINE PROPOSED: $0 FINE LEVIED: $0 PROFIT EARNED BY CONTRACTOR THAT YEAR: Los Alamos, $6.2 million (huge fee cut for other safety incident); National Security Technologies, $26.4 million. 4. Los Alamos National Laboratory May 3, 2015 Electrician was spraying cleaning fluid in a cubicle where high-power electrical connectors were not turned off. The power ignited the cleaning fluid mist, producing an arc-flash explosion that blew the worker out of the workspace and burned him over 30 percent of his body. CONTRACTOR: Los Alamos National Security, LLC (LANS) FINE PROPOSED: $0 FINE LEVIED: $0 PROFIT EARNED BY CONTRACTOR THAT YEAR: $43.9 million, or 71 percent of possible fee. 5. Nevada National Security Site June 14, 2014 A worker picked up a 55-gallon drum that he thought was empty in an outdoor shed bay. The drum exploded, blowing him 8 feet through the air and sending shrapnel into his leg. An accident board said the incident was wholly preventable. CONTRACTOR: National Security Technologies, LLC (NSTec) FINE PROPOSED: $0 FINE LEVIED: $0 PROFIT EARNED BY CONTRACTOR THAT YEAR: $26.4 million, or 86 percent of possible fee. 6. Idaho National Laboratory November 8, 2011 Workers were checking and repacking plutonium plates. One plate was found to be wrapped in plastic. When the plastic was cut open, plutonium oxide dust spilled out, filling the air. Sixteen workers breathed in radioactivity. DOE reports cited a litany of errors on the part of BEA. This followed another incident in August when three workers were exposed to radiation in another facility. CONTRACTOR: Battelle Energy Alliance, LLC FINE PROPOSED: $600,000 for both incidents FINE LEVIED: $412,000 PROFIT EARNED BY CONTRACTOR THAT YEAR: $17.1 million, or 92% of possible fee.

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About Nstec

National Security Technologies, LLC (NSTec) is a defense comapny

Website
nstec.com
Address
2621 losee road
Categories
Defense & space