Company fires scientist who warned of Hanford waste site problems

[kristopher]

6. You "checked with DOE'"?

And, instead of posting a link to a DOE website that actually gives data to support the attempt you are making to whitewash the nuclear waste industry, you post a link saying Tamosaitis' lawsuit had been dismissed. Your clear and obvious implication being that the court vindicated the nuclear waster industry in regard to Tamosaitis' concerns about safety.

It didn't.

The nuclear waste industry found a technicality related to timing of the way Tamosaitis' wrongful dismissal lawsuit was pursued by his lawyer. You reference has absolutely no bearing on the merits of his wrongful dismissal lawsuit nor on the validity of the safety issues at Hanford that he brought to light.

This week, Suko ruled that Tamosaitis had not followed requirements of the Energy Reorganization Act requiring that the Department of Labor have a full year to issue a decision before it is moved to federal court.

The claim was amended to name URS Energy and Construction, rather than URS Inc., after it was filed, and the clock on the year with the Department of Labor started then, the ruling found.

But even if that was not the case, URS was not responsible for dismissing Tamosaitis, Suko found.

URS, a subcontractor to Bechtel National, was acting on the instructions of Bechtel National, Suko said in court documents.

Read more here: http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2012/10/12/2133043/hanford-whistleblowers-case-dismissed.html#storylink=cpy