Government attorney argues SAIC damaged NRC's credibility

摘要

Science Applications International Corp. jeopardized NRC's credibility and undermined its mission by conducting business and maintaining connections with companies that would benefit from a rulemaking that SAIC was helping the agency develop, a government attorney asserted July 1 in federal court. Four years after the NRC filed suit against SAIC seeking nearly $3 million in damages, the case moved to a jury trial in Washington, DC. In opening arguments, US Attorney Donald Williamson said NRC had relied on SAIC for "expert, scientific advice" on a rule the agency was considering after a previous attempt to develop the rule failed. Under contract, SAIC was to develop the technical basis underpinning a possible standard for the release of radiologically contaminated materials.