MOX Services Played Fast and Loose With Subcontract Costs, DOE IG Says

摘要

MOX Services, prime contractor for the canceled Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility (MFFF), played fast and loosewith federal contracting rules, the U.S. Department of Energy’s inspector general wrote in a scathing report publisheddays before the winter holidays.The audit, which focused on MOX Services’ administration of project subcontractors, identified some $8.5 million inquestionable costs claimed in 2015: the year before DOE first asked for Congress’ permission to stop construction of theplant at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina.