Review: Cost Overrun Increasingly Likely On Hanford Waste Plant

摘要

An independent review panel says it is “in-ncreasingly unlikely” that the massive nu-nclear waste treatment plant being built at nthe Energy Department’s Hanford site can nbe completed within its approved budget of n$12.26 billion, citing potential cost overruns nof $800-900 million and “significant” ad-nditional problems that remain insufficiently nunderstood to determine possible financial nimpacts.